-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, C4HvyFY9AXM+ZUZUE7UAM5c1keqjyZlmP/+69uoH5Gm7pwXGLu+VQYT6qzKSs0Ni Sy+EzJvHWhNQ00Pjn1/3cg== 0001193125-10-142381.txt : 20100618 0001193125-10-142381.hdr.sgml : 20100618 20100618173118 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-142381 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 169 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100618 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100618 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICA, INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000084567 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 160613330 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-42 FILM NUMBER: 10906667 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICA INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000328 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FRONTIER CORP /NY/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941228 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ROCHESTER TELEPHONE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000783425 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 382643582 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-78 FILM NUMBER: 10906706 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALC COMMUNICATIONS Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100527 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERITEL MANAGEMENT INC /FI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000806901 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A1 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-77 FILM NUMBER: 10906705 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 595 BURRARD STREET, THREE BENTALL CENTRE STREET 2: SUITE 2600, P.O. BOX 49314 CITY: VANCOUVER STATE: A1 ZIP: VX7 1L3 BUSINESS PHONE: 604-631-3300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 595 BURRARD STREET, THREE BENTALL CENTRE STREET 2: SUITE 2600, P.O. BOX 49314 CITY: VANCOUVER STATE: A1 ZIP: VX7 1L3 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BERMUDA RESOURCES LTD /FI DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19881208 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERITEL MANAGEMENT INC /FI DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19861204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001022329 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMUNICATION SERVICES, NEC [4899] IRS NUMBER: 521910372 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-14 FILM NUMBER: 10906638 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ELVIRA RAWSON DE DELLEPIANE 150 STREET 2: PISO 8 CITY: BUENOS AIRES STATE: C1 ZIP: C1107BCA BUSINESS PHONE: 54115170000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ELVIRA RAWSON DE DELLEPIANE 150 STREET 2: PISO 8 CITY: BUENOS AIRES STATE: C1 ZIP: C1107BCA FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IMPSAT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960905 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING LTD 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ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL, LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067933 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 954670902 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-46 FILM NUMBER: 10906671 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID ST CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412968600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID ST CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980810 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING EMPLOYEE SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269484 IRS NUMBER: 943328185 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-51 FILM NUMBER: 10906676 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING EUROPE LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269485 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-50 FILM NUMBER: 10906675 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 4408450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING IRELAND LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269501 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: L2 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-24 FILM NUMBER: 10906648 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOURTH FL, THE SWEEPSTAKES CENTER STREET 2: BALLSBRIDGE, NO 3 CITY: DUBLIN STATE: L2 ZIP: 4 BUSINESS PHONE: 35316188787 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOURTH FL, THE SWEEPSTAKES CENTER STREET 2: BALLSBRIDGE, NO 3 CITY: DUBLIN STATE: L2 ZIP: 4 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATLANTIC CROSSING LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269505 IRS NUMBER: 980167636 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-76 FILM NUMBER: 10906704 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412968600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269508 IRS NUMBER: 383273802 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-22 FILM NUMBER: 10906646 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICES IRELAND LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269510 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: L2 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-28 FILM NUMBER: 10906653 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4TH FL, THE SWEEPSTAKES CENTRE STREET 2: NO. 3, BALLSBRIDGE CITY: DUBLIN STATE: L2 ZIP: 4 BUSINESS PHONE: 35316188787 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4TH FL, THE SWEEPSTAKES CENTRE STREET 2: NO. 3, BALLSBRIDGE CITY: DUBLIN STATE: L2 ZIP: 4 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING SVERIGE AB CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269512 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: V7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-25 FILM NUMBER: 10906650 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: MEJERIVAGEN 6 CITY: STOCKHOLM STATE: V7 ZIP: 11743 BUSINESS PHONE: 9739370100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: MEJERIVAGEN 6 CITY: STOCKHOLM STATE: V7 ZIP: 11743 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BUDGET CALL LONG DISTANCE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269520 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 470755311 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-75 FILM NUMBER: 10906703 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269522 IRS NUMBER: 363098226 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-19 FILM NUMBER: 10906643 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031107 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS CANADA LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269523 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A6 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-20 FILM NUMBER: 10906644 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: COMMERCE COURT WEST STREET 2: 199 BAY STREET, SUITE 2800 CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5L 1A9 BUSINESS PHONE: 9739370100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: COMMERCE COURT WEST STREET 2: 199 BAY STREET, SUITE 2800 CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5L 1A9 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING TELEMANAGEMENT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269524 IRS NUMBER: 391423549 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-18 FILM NUMBER: 10906642 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING VENEZUELA SA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269530 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-16 FILM NUMBER: 10906640 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CALLE 7, ZONA 1, MANZANA B-2 STREET 2: SECTOR SUR - EDIFICIO - EDIFICIO IMPSAT CITY: CARACAS STATE: X5 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 582122435044 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CALLE 7, ZONA 1, MANZANA B-2 STREET 2: SECTOR SUR - EDIFICIO - EDIFICIO IMPSAT CITY: CARACAS STATE: X5 ZIP: 0000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING VENEZUELA BV DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031107 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Old GMS Holdings Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269535 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-11 FILM NUMBER: 10906635 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412968600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL MARINE HOLDINGS BERMUDA LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031107 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA S DE RL DE CV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269545 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: O5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-21 FILM NUMBER: 10906645 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: LAGO ZURICH 96 STREET 2: COL. 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NUMBER: 10906691 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 4408450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PAC PANAMA LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269605 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-10 FILM NUMBER: 10906634 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID ST CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412968600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID ST CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GC ST CROIX CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269609 IRS NUMBER: 660575696 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-65 FILM NUMBER: 10906690 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 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PEDRO II STREET 2: 329 SAO CRISTOVAO CITY: RIO DE JANEIRO STATE: D5 ZIP: 20941-070 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SAC BRASIL LTDA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031107 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING BELGIE BVBA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269615 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: C9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-58 FILM NUMBER: 10906683 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: KOUTERVELDSTRAAT 15 CITY: DIEGEM STATE: C9 ZIP: B-1831 BUSINESS PHONE: 32022755111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: KOUTERVELDSTRAAT 15 CITY: DIEGEM STATE: C9 ZIP: B-1831 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL CROSSING CYPRUS HOLDINGS LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269623 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: G4 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-53 FILM NUMBER: 10906678 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: DIAGOROU, 2 ERA HOUSE STREET 2: 11TH FLOOR CITY: NICOSIA STATE: G4 ZIP: PC 1097 BUSINESS PHONE: 35722817830 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: DIAGOROU, 2 ERA HOUSE STREET 2: 11TH FLOOR CITY: NICOSIA STATE: G4 ZIP: PC 1097 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GT LANDING II CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269633 IRS NUMBER: 020555657 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-15 FILM NUMBER: 10906639 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERNATIONAL OPTICAL NETWORK LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269638 IRS NUMBER: 133979526 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-12 FILM NUMBER: 10906636 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing (Bidco) LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001360235 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-64 FILM NUMBER: 10906689 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 44(0)8450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GC IMPSAT Holdings Nederland B.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001463200 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: P7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-68 FILM NUMBER: 10906693 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 442079042930 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492568 IRS NUMBER: 650600569 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-63 FILM NUMBER: 10906688 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 WATERFORD WAY STREET 2: SUITE 390 CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33126 BUSINESS PHONE: 9739370100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 WATERFORD WAY STREET 2: SUITE 390 CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33126 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Development Co. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492570 IRS NUMBER: 954670902 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-52 FILM NUMBER: 10906677 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492571 IRS NUMBER: 770228804 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-59 FILM NUMBER: 10906684 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing International Networks Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492572 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-47 FILM NUMBER: 10906672 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412968600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492573 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-61 FILM NUMBER: 10906686 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412968600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492574 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-62 FILM NUMBER: 10906687 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412968600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pan American Crossing UK Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492575 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-09 FILM NUMBER: 10906633 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 4408450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GC Crystal Holdings Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492576 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-72 FILM NUMBER: 10906700 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412968600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WESSEX HOUSE, 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 45 REID STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Financial Markets Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492577 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-49 FILM NUMBER: 10906674 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 4408450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GC Impsat Holdings III Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492578 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-69 FILM NUMBER: 10906694 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 4408450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GC Impsat Holdings II Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492579 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-70 FILM NUMBER: 10906698 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 4408450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GC Impsat Holdings I Plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492580 IRS NUMBER: 980643145 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-71 FILM NUMBER: 10906699 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 4408450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Fibernet Holdings Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492581 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-73 FILM NUMBER: 10906701 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG BUSINESS PHONE: 4408450001000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 LONDON BRIDGE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 9BG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Fibernet GmbH CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492582 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 2M FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-74 FILM NUMBER: 10906702 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: KLEYERSTRASSE STREET 2: FRANKFURT AM MAIN CITY: FRANKFURT STATE: 2M ZIP: 82 D-60326 BUSINESS PHONE: 496971373400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: KLEYERSTRASSE STREET 2: FRANKFURT AM MAIN CITY: FRANKFURT STATE: 2M ZIP: 82 D-60326 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492684 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: P7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-32 FILM NUMBER: 10906657 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GOOIMER 3-15 CITY: NAARDEN STATE: P7 ZIP: 1411 DC BUSINESS PHONE: 31356556575 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GOOIMER 3-15 CITY: NAARDEN STATE: P7 ZIP: 1411 DC FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Chile S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492686 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: F3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-57 FILM NUMBER: 10906682 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: AV KENNEDY 5732 STREET 2: 802 TORRE PONIENTE LAS CONDES CITY: SANTIAGO STATE: F3 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 5624225900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: AV KENNEDY 5732 STREET 2: 802 TORRE PONIENTE LAS CONDES CITY: SANTIAGO STATE: F3 ZIP: 0000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492687 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: H1 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-56 FILM NUMBER: 10906681 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CALLE JUAN DIAZ STREET 2: URBANIZACION INAQUITO ALTO CITY: QUITO STATE: H1 ZIP: N37-111 BUSINESS PHONE: 59322264101 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CALLE JUAN DIAZ STREET 2: URBANIZACION INAQUITO ALTO CITY: QUITO STATE: H1 ZIP: N37-111 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Australia Pty Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492688 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: C3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-60 FILM NUMBER: 10906685 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1395B BOLONG ROAD CITY: SHOALHAVEN HEADS STATE: C3 ZIP: NSW 2535 BUSINESS PHONE: 61292255306 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1395B BOLONG ROAD CITY: SHOALHAVEN HEADS STATE: C3 ZIP: NSW 2535 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492689 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-55 FILM NUMBER: 10906680 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 666 EID MANSUR AV PARQUE SAO GEORGE STREET 2: CITY OF COTIA CITY: SAO PAULO STATE: D5 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 551139572200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 666 EID MANSUR AV PARQUE SAO GEORGE STREET 2: CITY OF COTIA CITY: SAO PAULO STATE: D5 ZIP: 0000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Costa Rica, SRL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492690 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: G2 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-54 FILM NUMBER: 10906679 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SABANTA NORTE, EDIFICIO TORRE LA SABANA STREET 2: PISO SIETE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: G2 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 3058086007 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SABANTA NORTE, EDIFICIO TORRE LA SABANA STREET 2: PISO SIETE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: G2 ZIP: 0000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Hong Kong Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492692 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: K3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-08 FILM NUMBER: 10906632 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FLAT/RM 601 PRINCE'S BLDG. STREET 2: CHATER RD. CENTRAL CITY: HONG KONG STATE: K3 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 85235125838 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FLAT/RM 601 PRINCE'S BLDG. STREET 2: CHATER RD. CENTRAL CITY: HONG KONG STATE: K3 ZIP: 0000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Japan KK CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492693 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: M0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-23 FILM NUMBER: 10906647 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PIER WEST SQUARE STREET 2: TSUKUDA 1-CHOME, CHUOKU CITY: TOKYO STATE: M0 ZIP: 11-8 BUSINESS PHONE: 819356458089 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PIER WEST SQUARE STREET 2: TSUKUDA 1-CHOME, CHUOKU CITY: TOKYO STATE: M0 ZIP: 11-8 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Mexicana, II S. de R.L. de C.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492694 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: O5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-45 FILM NUMBER: 10906670 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: LAGO ZURICH 96 STREET 2: COL. GRANADA MIGUEL CITY: HIDALGO STATE: O5 ZIP: DF BUSINESS PHONE: 525525816270 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: LAGO ZURICH 96 STREET 2: COL. GRANADA MIGUEL CITY: HIDALGO STATE: O5 ZIP: DF FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing PEC Espana S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492696 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: U3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-35 FILM NUMBER: 10906660 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: O?DONNELL STREET, 10 STREET 2: 4? DERECHA CITY: MADRID STATE: U3 ZIP: 28009 BUSINESS PHONE: 34913691414 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: O?DONNELL STREET, 10 STREET 2: 4? DERECHA CITY: MADRID STATE: U3 ZIP: 28009 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492697 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: V8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-31 FILM NUMBER: 10906656 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RAUTISTRASSE 77 CITY: ZURICH STATE: V8 ZIP: CH-8048 BUSINESS PHONE: 41444971900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: RAUTISTRASSE 77 CITY: ZURICH STATE: V8 ZIP: CH-8048 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492834 IRS NUMBER: 161543620 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-17 FILM NUMBER: 10906641 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-255-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 KENNETH DRIVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Peru S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492835 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: R5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-30 FILM NUMBER: 10906655 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: AV. MANUEL OLGUIN 359 URB. STREET 2: SANTIAGO DE SUCRO CITY: LIMA STATE: R5 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 5117055700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: AV. MANUEL OLGUIN 359 URB. STREET 2: SANTIAGO DE SUCRO CITY: LIMA STATE: R5 ZIP: 0000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492836 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: U0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-26 FILM NUMBER: 10906651 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 80 RAFFLES PLACE, #33-00 STREET 2: UOB PLAZA CITY: SINGAPORE STATE: U0 ZIP: 048624 BUSINESS PHONE: 6562252626 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 80 RAFFLES PLACE, #33-00 STREET 2: UOB PLAZA CITY: SINGAPORE STATE: U0 ZIP: 048624 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Impsat Participacoes e Comercial Ltda. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492837 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-13 FILM NUMBER: 10906637 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 666 EID MANSUR AV. PARQUE SAO GEORGE STREET 2: CITY OF COTIA CITY: SAO PAULO STATE: D5 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 551139572200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 666 EID MANSUR AV. PARQUE SAO GEORGE STREET 2: CITY OF COTIA CITY: SAO PAULO STATE: D5 ZIP: 0000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492838 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: R5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-02 FILM NUMBER: 10906626 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CARRETERA PANAMERICANA SUR KM STREET 2: 20.5 VILLA DEL SALVADOR CITY: LIMA STATE: R5 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 5152957400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CARRETERA PANAMERICANA SUR KM STREET 2: 20.5 VILLA DEL SALVADOR CITY: LIMA STATE: R5 ZIP: 0000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492842 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: O5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-167635-27 FILM NUMBER: 10906652 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: LAGO ZURICH 96 STREET 2: COL. GRANADA MIGUEL CITY: HIDALGO STATE: O5 ZIP: DF BUSINESS PHONE: 525525816270 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: LAGO ZURICH 96 STREET 2: COL. GRANADA MIGUEL CITY: HIDALGO STATE: O5 ZIP: DF S-4 1 ds4.htm FORM S-4 Form S-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2010

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

GLOBAL CROSSING LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   4813   98-0407042

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

(For Co-Registrants, see “Table of Co-Registrants” on the following page)

Wessex House

45 Reid Street

Hamilton HM12, Bermuda

(441) 296-8600

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

John B. McShane

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Global Crossing Limited

Wessex House

45 Reid Street

Hamilton HM12, Bermuda

(441) 296-8600

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Dennis D. Lamont

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000

New York, NY 10022

(212) 906-1200

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   þ
Non-accelerated filer   ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)  ¨

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)  ¨


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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Unit(1)

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price(1)

 

Amount of

registration fee

12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015(2)

  $750,000,000   100%   $750,000,000   $53,475

Guarantees of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015(3)

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A
 
 
(1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(f) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee.
(2) The 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 will be the obligations of Global Crossing Limited.
(3) Represents the guarantees of the 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, to be issued by the Co-Registrants. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no additional registration fee is being paid in respect of the guarantees.

 

 

The Registrants hereby amend this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Co-Registrant

as Specified in its Charter

 

Address, including zip code,
and telephone number,
including area code, of

Co-Registrant’s principal
executive offices

 

State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization

 

I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.

Global Crossing Holdings Limited

  (1)   Bermuda   98-0407045

Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   98-0167636

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   *

Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   *

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   *

Global Crossing International, Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   98-0193017

Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   *

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   *

Global Crossing International Networks Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   *

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   *

PAC Panama Ltd.

  (1)   Bermuda   *

Global Crossing Telecommunications–Canada, Ltd.

  (2)   Canada (Federal)   *

Ameritel Management, Inc.

  (3)   Canada (Federal)   *

Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited

  (4)   Hong Kong Special Administrative Region   *

Fibernet Holdings Limited

  (5)   England and Wales   *

Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited

  (5)   England and Wales   *

Global Crossing Europe Limited

  (5)   England and Wales   *

Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited

  (5)   England and Wales   *

Pan American Crossing UK Ltd.

  (5)   England and Wales   *

GC Impsat Holdings I Plc.

  (5)   England and Wales   98-0643145

GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

  (5)   England and Wales   *

GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

  (5)   England and Wales   *

GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited

  (5)   England and Wales   *

Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

  (6)   Delaware   65-0782799

International Optical Network, L.L.C.

  (6)   Delaware   13-3979526

Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

  (6)   California   77-0228804

Global Crossing North America, Inc.

  (6)   New York   16-0613330

Global Crossing Development Co.

  (6)   Delaware   95-4670902

Global Crossing Employee Services Inc.

  (6)   Delaware   94-3328185

Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

  (6)   Michigan   38-3273802

Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

  (6)   Delaware   52-2288471

Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

  (6)   Delaware   16-1194420

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

  (6)   Michigan   36-3098226

ALC Communications Corporation

  (6)   Delaware   38-2643582

Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

  (6)   Delaware   47-0755311

GT Landing II Corp.

  (6)   Delaware   02-0555657


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Exact Name of Co-Registrant

as Specified in its Charter

 

Address, including zip code,
and telephone number,
including area code, of

Co-Registrant’s principal
executive offices

 

State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization

 

I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.

Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

  (6)   Wisconsin   39-1423549

Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC

  (6)   Virginia   16-1543620

Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

  (7)   Delaware   52-1910372

Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

  (8)   Delaware   65-0600569

Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited

  (9)   Australia   *

Global Crossing Japan KK

  (10)   Japan   *

Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd.

  (11)   Singapore   *

SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.

  (12)   Brazil   *

SAC Brasil S.A.

  (12)   Brazil   *

Impsat Participacoes e Comercial Ltda.

  (13)   Brazil   *

Global Crossing Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda.

  (13)   Brazil   *

Global Crossing Chile S.A.

  (14)   Chile   *

Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V.

  (15)   Mexico   *

Global Crossing Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V.

  (15)   Mexico   *

Global Crossing Mexicana, II S. de R.L. de C.V.

  (15)   Mexico   *

SAC Panama S.A.

  (16)   Panama   *

Global Crossing Panama Inc.

  (17)   Panama   *

Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.

  (18)   Peru   *

Global Crossing Peru S.A.

  (19)   Peru   *

GC St. Croix Company, Inc.

  (20)   U.S. Virgin Islands   66-0575696

Global Crossing Costa Rica, S.R.L.

  (21)   Costa Rica   *

Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A.

  (22)   Ecuador   *

Global Crossing Venezuela S.A.

  (23)   Venezuela   *

Fibernet GmbH

  (24)   Germany   *

Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH

  (24)   Germany   *

Global Crossing Ireland Limited

  (25)   Ireland   *

Global Crossing Services Europe Limited

  (25)   Ireland   *

Global Crossing Services Ireland Limited

  (25)   Ireland   *

Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg I s.à.r.l.

  (26)   Luxembourg   *

Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg II s.à.r.l.

  (26)   Luxembourg   *

Global Crossing PEC España S.A.

  (27)   Spain   *

GC IMPSAT Holdings Nederland B.V.

  (28)   The Netherlands   *

Global Crossing PEC Holdings B.V.

  (29)   The Netherlands   *

GC Pan European Crossing Networks B.V.

  (29)   The Netherlands   *

Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V.

  (29)   The Netherlands   *

Global Crossing Nederland B.V.

  (29)   The Netherlands   *

Global Crossing Belgie b.v.b.a.†

  (30)   Belgium   *

Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a.

  (30)   Belgium   *

Global Crossing Cyprus Holdings Limited

  (31)   Cyprus   *

Global Crossing PEC Danmark A.p.S.

  (32)   Denmark   *

Global Crossing Sverige AB

  (33)   Sweden   *

Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG

  (34)   Switzerland   *

 

(1) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Wessex House, 1st floor, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda, telephone (441) 296-8600.
(2) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Commerce Court West, 199 Bay Street, Suite 2800, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5L 1A9, telephone (416) 863-2400.
(3) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 595 Burrard Street, Three Bentall Centre, Suite 2600, P.O. Box 49314, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V7X 1L3, telephone (604) 631-3300.
(4) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 601 Prince’s Bldg., Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong, telephone (852) 3512-5838.
(5) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 1 London Bridge, London SE1 9BG, United Kingdom, telephone (44) 845-000-1000.
(6) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 225 Kenneth Drive, Rochester, New York 14623-4277, telephone (585) 255-1100.
(7) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane 150, Piso 8, C1107BCA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, telephone (5411) 5170-0000.
(8) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 701 Waterford Way, Suite 390, Miami, FL 33126, telephone (305) 808-5934.
(9) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Suite 21A, Level 4, 33 MacMahon St., Hurtsville, NSW 2220, Australia, telephone (61 2) 9225-5306.


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(10) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Pier West Square, 11-8, Tskuda 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, telephone (81 3) 5645-8089.
(11) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 80 Raffles Place, #33-00, UOB Plaza 048624, Singapore, telephone (65) 6225-2626.
(12) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Av. Pedro II 329 Sao Cristovao Rio de Janeiro, rio 20941-070 Brazil, telephone (55 21) 3957-2100.
(13) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 666 Eid Mansur Av., Parque Sao George, City of Cotia, Sao Paulo, Brazil, telephone (55 11) 3957-2200.
(14) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Av Kennedy 5732, 802 Torre Poniente Las Condes, Santiago, Chile, telephone (56 2) 422-5900.
(15) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Lago Zurich 96 Col. Granada Miguel Hidalgo Mexico D.F. Mexico, telephone (52 55) 2581-6270.
(16) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Avenida Arnulfo Arias Madrid a un costado de Cable & Wireless, Balboa, Ancon Panama, telephone (507) 314-0324.
(17) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Avenida Arnulfo Arias y Calle Remon Levy Balboa, Edificio No. 851 Panama City, Panama, telephone (507) 324-0324.
(18) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Carretera Panamericana Sur Km 20.4 Villa del Salvador, Lima, Peru, telephone (51 5) 295-7400.
(19) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Av. Manuel Olguin 359 Urb., Santiago de Sucro, Lima Peru, telephone (51 1) 705-5700.
(20) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 14A Norre Gade St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, telephone (305) 808-6007.
(21) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Sabana Norte, Edificio Torre La Sabana, Piso Siete, San Jose, Costa Rica, telephone 305-808-6007.
(22) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Calle Juan Diaz N37-111, Urbanizacion Iñaquito Alto, Quito, Ecuador, telephone (593 2) 226-4101.
(23) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Calle 7, Zona 1, Manzana B-2, Sector Sur—Edificio—Edificio Impsat, La Urbina, Caracas, Venezuela, telephone (58 212) 243-5044.
(24) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Kleyerstrasse, 82 D-60326, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, telephone (49 69) 71373-400.
(25) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Fourth Floor, The Sweepstakes Centre, No. 3, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland, telephone (353 1) 618-8787.
(26) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 208 Val des Bons Malades, L-2121 Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, telephone (352) 262-0451.
(27) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is O´Donnell street, 10, 4º Derecha, 28009 Madrid, Spain, telephone (34 91) 369-14-14.
(28) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Prins Bernhardplein 200, 1097 JB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, telephone (31 35) 655-6575.
(29) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Gooimeer 3-15, 1411 DC Naarden, The Netherlands, telephone (31 35) 655-6575.
(30) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Kouterveldstraat 15, B-1831 Diegem, Belgium, telephone (32 2) 275-51-11.
(31)

The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Diagorou, 2 Era House 11th Floor, P.C. 1097 Nicosia, Cyprus, telephone (357 22) 817830.

(32) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Gladsaxe Ringvej 11, 2860 Søborg, Denmark, telephone (45) 4346-3333.
(33) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Mejerivagen 6, Stockholm 11743, Sweden, telephone (46 8) 503-20-502.
(34) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Rautistrasse 77, CH-8048 Zurich, Switzerland, telephone (41 44) 497-1900.
The registrant is currently in liquidation.
* The registrant currently does not have an I.R.S. employer identification number.

Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each Co-Registrant’s agent for service is c/o Global Crossing Limited, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda, and the name of each Co-Registrant’s agent for service is John B. McShane, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Global Crossing Limited.

The Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number for each Co-Registrant is 4813.

 

 

 

 


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THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 18, 2010

PROSPECTUS

LOGO

Global Crossing Limited

Offer To Exchange Up To

$750,000,000

12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015

which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

for any and all outstanding

12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015

 

 

The Exchange Offer:

 

  Ÿ  

The notes offered by this prospectus, or “exchange notes,” have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are being offered in exchange for the outstanding, unregistered notes, or “original notes,” that we issued on September 22, 2009.

 

  Ÿ  

We will exchange all original notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer for an equal principal amount of exchange notes.

 

  Ÿ  

You may withdraw tendered outstanding original notes at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

  Ÿ  

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2010, unless extended by us.

 

  Ÿ  

The exchange of outstanding original notes for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer generally will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

  Ÿ  

We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.

The Exchange Notes:

 

  Ÿ  

The terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the terms of the original notes, except that the exchange notes are registered under the Securities Act, the exchange notes will bear a separate CUSIP number, and the transfer restrictions, registration rights and related special interest terms applicable to the original notes will not apply to the exchange notes.

 

  Ÿ  

The exchange notes will mature on September 15, 2015. We will pay interest on the exchange notes semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year.

 

  Ÿ  

The exchange notes will be guaranteed by all of our direct and indirect subsidiaries other than the subsidiaries comprising the GC UK Segment (as defined in this prospectus) and certain other subsidiaries as further described in this prospectus. The exchange notes and the guarantees will be senior obligations, will rank equally in right of payment with all of our and the guarantors’ other existing and future senior indebtedness and will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future liabilities of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the exchange notes.


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  Ÿ  

The exchange notes and the guarantees will be secured on a first-priority basis, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens, on our and certain of the guarantors’ existing and future assets as described in this prospectus.

 

  Ÿ  

We do not intend to list the exchange notes on any securities exchange.

Any broker-dealer that holds original notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and that receives exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer, must deliver a prospectus in connection with any resales of such exchange notes. We have agreed that, for a period beginning on the date the exchange offer is consummated and ending on the earlier of 180 days after the date of this prospectus and the date on which a broker-dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making activities or other trading activities, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

 

Investments in the exchange notes involve risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 15.

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

This prospectus, the letter of transmittal and the notice of guaranteed delivery are first being mailed to all holders of the original notes on                     , 2010.

 

 

The date of this prospectus is                     , 2010.


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     Page

Summary

   1

Risk Factors

   15

Forward-Looking Statements

   43

Use of Proceeds

   44

Capitalization

   45

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

   46

Selected Consolidated Financial Information

   47

Description of Certain Indebtedness

   51

Description of Collateral

   54

Description of the Exchange Notes

   62

The Exchange Offer

   140

Certain ERISA Considerations

   152

Certain Bermuda Tax Considerations

   153

Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

   154

Plan of Distribution

   159

Legal Matters

   160

Experts

   161

Enforcement of Civil Liabilities

   161

Where You Can Find More Information

   161

Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference

   162

 

 

We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson or other person to give any information or represent anything to you other than the information contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on unauthorized information or representations.

This prospectus does not offer to sell nor ask for offers to buy any of the securities in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful, where the person making the offer is not qualified to do so, or to any person who cannot legally be offered the securities. The information in this prospectus is current only as of the date on its cover and may change after that date.

This prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about us that is not included in or delivered with this document. You may obtain information incorporated by reference, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Global Crossing Limited

200 Park Avenue

Suite 300

Florham Park, NJ 07932

(973) 937-0100

Attention: Corporate Secretary

To obtain timely delivery, you must request the information no later than five (5) business days prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, or                 , 2010. See “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” beginning on page 161.

 

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SUMMARY

This summary contains basic information about Global Crossing Limited, or “GCL,” an exempt company with limited liability formed under the laws of Bermuda in 2003, and its subsidiaries. This summary highlights selected information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. This summary is not intended to be a complete description of the matters covered in this prospectus and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the more detailed information and financial statements (including the notes thereto) included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Except as otherwise noted herein, or as the context may otherwise require, references to “Global Crossing,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” mean GCL and its subsidiaries. Various financial terms, including “OIBDA,” have the meanings set forth under “Summary Consolidated Financial Information.”

Our Company

We are a global communications service provider. We offer a full range of data, voice and collaboration services and deliver services to approximately 40 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and Internet service providers around the world. Our operations are based principally in North America, Europe, Latin America and a portion of the Asia/Pacific region.

We assess performance and allocate resources based on the following three operating segments:

(i) The ROW Segment.    The “Rest of World” Segment (“ROW Segment”) represents all our operations outside the GC UK Segment and the GC Impsat Segment (each, as defined below) and operates primarily in North America, with smaller operations in Europe, Latin America and a portion of the Asia/Pacific region and includes our subsea fiber network, serving many of the world’s largest corporations and many other telecommunications carriers with a full range of managed telecommunication services, including data, IP, data center and voice products.

(ii) The GC Impsat Segment.    The segment consisting of GC Impsat Holdings I Plc (“GC Impsat”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “GC Impsat Segment”) operates primarily in the Latin American region and provides telecommunication services, including data, IP, data center, information technology and voice services to corporate, government and other communication clients in Latin America.

(iii) The GC UK Segment.    The segment consisting of Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited (“GC UK”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “GC UK Segment”) operates primarily in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) and provides a wide range of managed network communications services, including data, IP, data center and voice services, to government and other public sector organizations, major corporations and other communications companies in the U.K.

We believe that our global and diversified customer base, global IP network, IP-enabled solutions and hosting capabilities, and extensive network of suppliers globally, coupled with our systems, processes and superior customer service, provide us with a differentiated platform and enable us to take advantage of the evolving competitive landscape of the telecommunications industry.

 

 

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Our Network

Our global IP network allows us to operate service platforms enabling the delivery of various IP-based data and voice services in major business centers throughout the world. We monitor, provision and maintain the global network utilizing a suite of operational support systems. Our business benefits from significant growth in global demand for IP-based network services.

At the base of our network are subsea and terrestrial fiber-optic cables that connect and cross North America, South America, Europe and a portion of the Asia/Pacific region, which we either own or hold under long-term indefeasible rights of use (“IRUs”) from other carriers. These fiber optic assets and related transmission, switching and routing equipment (the “GC Fiber Network”) provides seamless, broadband connectivity to 32 countries through a combination of subsea cables, national and international networks and metropolitan networks.

The subsea portion of the GC Fiber Network consists of six fiber-optic cable systems owned by us: Atlantic Crossing-1 (“AC-1”); Atlantic Crossing-2 (“AC-2”); Mid-Atlantic Crossing (“MAC”); South America Crossing (“SAC”); Pan American Crossing (“PAC”); and an approximate 314 route mile system connecting the U.K. and Ireland. SAC is a 12,400 route mile sub-sea system including an approximately 2,500 mile terrestrial route connecting Argentina and Chile. SAC connects major markets throughout Latin America and is one of only two sub-sea systems currently in operation that circumnavigates the majority of South America. At approximately 4,600 route miles, MAC provides a strategic gateway between the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. and our Latin America assets, a route that is experiencing acute demand growth and increasing capacity scarcity. PAC is integrated with a 2,300 mile terrestrial ring route (including associated backhaul) within Mexico, and we completed the extension of our PAC system to Costa Rica in 2008. In the aggregate, these subsea cable systems span approximately 39,000 route miles and have approximately 24 landing points on three continents: North America, South America and Europe.

The North American network portion of the GC Fiber Network comprises approximately 18,000 route miles of fiber in the U.S. and Canada, most of which consists of IRUs on fibers purchased from other carriers.

We also have a deep footprint in Latin America through our GC Impsat assets and in the U.K. where our approximately 9,800 route mile network comes within 1.5 miles of approximately two-thirds of Britain’s business infrastructure. GC Impsat currently provides telecommunications services to its customers using its local access and long haul fiber optic and satellite networks. The deployed facilities include 15 metropolitan area networks in the largest cities of the region, long haul networks across Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia, and leased submarine capacity to link South America to the United States.

Our GC Fiber Network consists of more than 90,000 route miles spanning the globe. In addition to the GC Fiber Network, we lease rights (such as wavelengths) on other carriers’ fiber-optic cables on a non-IRU basis. In certain cases, we operate (and generally own) the network transmission, switching and routing equipment that provides us with the ability to monitor and manage traffic over these leased facilities. We refer to the portions of our leased network over which we have this degree of control, together with the GC Fiber Network, as the “Core Network.” The Core Network has approximately 800 points of presence (“PoPs”) in approximately 400 cities in approximately 45 countries worldwide.

In addition to our Core Network, we also deliver service to additional cities and countries through network-to-network interface agreements with other service providers, extending our total reach to more than 700 cities in more than 70 countries around the world.

 

 

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Our Service Offerings

Our services are built around a streamlined global service delivery model designed to provide outstanding customer service, including prompt and accurate provisioning and billing.

The following is a brief description of our key service offerings, divided into product categories of Infrastructure and Switched Data Services, Collaboration and Voice Services and Data Center Services. These categories reflect the different levels of value-added services we provide to our customers.

Infrastructure and Switched Data Services

We offer a broad range of infrastructure and switched data services to enterprise and carrier customers. These include IP services, transport services, managed solutions and carrier rings. Our infrastructure and switched data services accounted for approximately 56%, 56% and 52% of the consolidated revenues in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The chart below briefly summarizes some of our principal infrastructure and switched data services.

 

Services

  

Product

  

Description

IP Services    IP VPN(1)    Secure, private, MPLS(2) -based VPN enabling single access connection to deliver voice, video, data and multimedia.
   IP Transit    IP capacity used to support high capacity internet connectivity between content distributors and users.
   Dedicated Internet Access    Always-on, direct high-speed connectivity to the Internet.
   Remote Access Services    Secure access to the customer’s WAN(3) through global dial, WiFi and broadband Internet access.
Transport Services    EtherSphere (Ethernet WAN IP) Service    Multipoint to multipoint, point to point, and point to multipoint service of up to 10 gigabits per second (“Gbps”) with six classes of service. Provides virtual connections using Ethernet over our MPLS network at designated speeds, enabling the transport of voice, data, multimedia and collaboration applications between two or more locations.
   International Private Line and Wavelength Services    Secure point-to-point digital connectivity between any two points of presence on our network.
   Metro Access Network Service    Network capabilities extend into more than 50 major metropolitan markets globally.
Managed Services       Full suite of managed equipment and security services.
Switched Data    Frame Relay & ATM(4)    Reliable data transport services widely used in the enterprise market to support commercial applications.

 

(1) Internet Protocol-based virtual private networks (“IP VPN”)
(2) Multi-Protocol Label Switching (“MPLS”)
(3) Wide Area Network (“WAN”)
(4) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (“ATM”)

 

 

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Collaboration and Voice Services

We offer a suite of collaboration and voice services to our enterprise and carrier customers. These services accounted for approximately 39%, 40% and 46% of the consolidated revenues in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. These services transported over 43 billion, 43 billion and 38 billion minutes of voice traffic over our global voice network during 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The chart below briefly summarizes these services:

 

Services

  

Product

  

Description

Collaboration Services    Audio Conferencing    On-demand/reservationless audio conferencing service enabling geographically dispersed teams to connect instantaneously. Event Call provides highly reliable, operator-assisted, full-service conference calls.
   Web Conferencing    Full suite of on-demand Web-based collaboration tools, fully integrated with our audio conferencing services.
   Video Conferencing    Connects multiple customer video sites, either IP or ISDN(1) , using multipoint bridging.
Voice Services    VoIP(2) Services    Complete VoIP services portfolio of inbound, outbound, and on-net calling solutions. Key features include VoIP Ready Access®, IP access to our on-demand audio conferencing service, VoIP Community Peering, true IP-to-IP call flows, and VoIP Integrity Service, monitor and management of VoIP applications.
   Traditional Voice Services    Global outbound (domestic and international long distance), local and inbound (toll free) voice services via TDM(3) connection.
   Hosted IP Telephony (GC UK Only)    IP telephony service that uses software-enabled switching managed in the core of our network.

 

(1) Integrated Services Digital Network (“ISDN”)
(2) Voice over IP (“VoIP”)
(3) Time-Division Multiplexing (“TDM”)

Data Center Services

We also offer enterprise and carrier customers a set of data center and collocation services. These services accounted for approximately 5%, 4% and 2% of the consolidated revenues in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The chart below briefly summarizes these services:

 

Services

  

Product/Description

Data Center and Collocation Services    17 existing data center facilities operating in Latin America, the U.K., Europe and the U.S., which offer customers a complete set of data center services ranging from housing and hosting to more complex managed solutions, including disaster recovery, applications management, business continuity, and security services in order to manage mission critical applications.

 

 

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Our Business Strategy

Our business benefits from a global IP-based network and from significant growth in global demand for IP-based network services. Our strategy is based on four key elements. First, we are focused on the following target markets: multinational enterprises, governments, Web2.0 companies and telecommunications carriers. Second, our solutions are based on IP and Ethernet technologies that cover the full range of service offerings typically utilized by our target markets. Third, we focus on those communication requirements that are pan-regional in scope. Fourth, we strive to provide unsurpassed customer service.

Our objectives are to continue to grow revenue, to expand our gross margin and OIBDA margin through operating leverage and continuing opportunities for cost efficiencies, and to generate substantial free cash flow. For 2010, we have defined the following operational imperatives which we believe will help enhance revenue growth and profitability.

 

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Continue to Aggressively Manage Costs and Improve Margins.    We will continue to improve our cost structure by aggressively managing operating and third party access costs. This will be done by network optimization, infrastructure improvements, customer migrations, use of alternative termination providers and other traditional means such as revenue assurance and dispute resolution. We intend to leverage relationships with third party access providers for our wholesale voice services to help reduce our costs across our product offerings. Finally, we continue to manage expenditures on discretionary items and control payroll costs by limiting salary increases and defined benefit plan matching contributions in certain jurisdictions, and reducing other discretionary sales, general and administrative expenses.

 

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Focus on our Employees and Customers and Selectively Augment our Sales Force.    We will continue our efforts to maintain a motivated, enthusiastic and talented work force in order to achieve our strategies and support our growing customer base. We have adopted a continuous improvement management approach to enhance the customer experience and are investing in processes, systems and tools to better enable our customers to configure and manage our services, including the development of a new customer portal that will provide customers with real-time visibility of their network. We also have selectively strengthened our sales and support staff, both in our indirect and direct channels serving governments, multinational and regional enterprises and carriers.

 

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Capitalize on Industry Trends to Capture New Demand.    We believe that our growing customer base, transport and hosting capabilities, and extensive network of suppliers globally, coupled with our systems, processes and strong customer service, position us as a leading provider of global services. We believe that our comprehensive network and value-add service offerings position us well to meet the growing demand for complete solutions for outsourcing, hosting as well as for bandwidth and IP connectivity. We also intend to leverage our innovation and focus on IP and Ethernet services to capture the customer demand created by the convergence of legacy protocols to fixed, mobile and unified communications, which increasingly rely on packet-based networks such as ours.

 

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Leverage our Global Network and Enhance our Service Offerings.    We intend to offer substantially all of our service offerings throughout our entire network. For example, we introduced hosting and Ethernet capabilities that we acquired in the Impsat and Fibernet acquisitions in new markets where we have operations. We intend to increase our selling efforts on managed solutions and collaboration services, as we believe that the current economic environment supports these products. We also intend to continue to add capacity to and maintain our network, bringing new cities on-net and adding new service offerings to our product portfolio such as telepresence, managed security and wide area network optimization services.

 

 

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Enhance our Business Through Opportunistic Expansion.    We intend to pursue the extension of our network in order to offer our growing suite of value-add service offerings to additional markets. The expansion of our network may occur through ongoing capital expenditures and other organic initiatives, additional service arrangements with other carriers and targeted acquisitions, which in the past have accelerated the growth of our enterprise and carrier data businesses. We also intend to continue to analyze potential acquisition opportunities that would increase our scale and efficiency and/or expand our product sets and network reach.

Summary Corporate Information

GCL is a publicly traded company with its common stock listed on Nasdaq, under the symbol “GLBC.” Our principal executive offices are located at Wessex House, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda. Our principal administrative offices are located at 200 Park Avenue, Suite 300, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932. Our Internet address is www.globalcrossing.com. Except to the extent set forth under the caption “Where You Can Find More Information,” the information on our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

 

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The Exchange Offer

On September 22, 2009, we completed the offering of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015. The offering was made in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. As part of the offering, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of such notes in which we agreed, among other things, to deliver this prospectus and to complete an exchange offer for such notes. Below is a summary of the exchange offer.

 

The Exchange Offer

We are offering to exchange our 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, which have been registered under the Securities Act and which we refer to as the “exchange notes,” for our outstanding, unregistered 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, which we issued on September 22, 2009, and which we refer to as the “original notes,” in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Unless we specify otherwise or the context indicates otherwise, we refer to the exchange notes and the original notes together as the “notes.”

To be exchanged, an original note must be properly tendered and accepted. All original notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn will be exchanged. As of the date of this prospectus, there are $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of original notes outstanding. We will issue exchange notes promptly after the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

Resales of Exchange Notes

Based on interpretations by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or “SEC,” in no-action letters issued to third parties with respect to other transactions, we believe that the exchange notes issued in the exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as long as:

 

   

you are acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of your business;

 

   

you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the exchange notes; and

 

   

you are not our affiliate within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, which defines “affiliate” as a person that, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified person.

If you do not satisfy the foregoing conditions, in the absence of an exemption, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with the resale of the exchange notes. If you fail to comply with these requirements, you may incur liabilities under

 

 

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  the Securities Act, and we will not indemnify you for such liabilities.

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for original notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities must acknowledge that it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any offer to resell, resale or other transfer of the exchange notes issued in the exchange offer. We have agreed in a registration rights agreement that, for a period beginning on the date the exchange offer is consummated and ending on the earlier of 180 days after the date of this prospectus and the date on which a broker-dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making activities or other trading activities, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. For additional information, see “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Expiration Date

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2010, unless extended by us.

 

Withdrawal Rights

You may withdraw tenders of the original notes at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. For additional information, see “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer.”

 

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

The exchange offer is subject to certain customary conditions, which we may waive in our sole discretion. For additional information, see “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” The exchange offer is not conditioned upon the exchange of any minimum principal amount of original notes.

 

Procedures for Tendering Original Notes

If you wish to accept the exchange offer, you must (1) complete, sign and date the accompanying letter of transmittal, or a facsimile copy of such letter, in accordance with its instructions and the instructions in this prospectus, and (2) mail or otherwise deliver the executed letter of transmittal, together with the original notes and any other required documents, to the exchange agent at the address set forth in the letter of transmittal. If you are a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you hold original notes through The Depository Trust Company, or “DTC,” and wish to accept the exchange offer, you must do so pursuant to DTC’s automated tender offer program. For additional information, see “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering.”

 

 

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If you are a beneficial owner whose original notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender your original notes in the exchange offer, we urge you to contact promptly the person or entity in whose name your original notes are registered and instruct that person or entity to tender on your behalf. If you wish to tender original notes in the exchange offer on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering your original notes, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of your original notes in your name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the person or entity in whose name your original notes are registered. The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time.

By executing the letter of transmittal, you will represent to us that, among other things:

 

   

any exchange notes to be received by you will be acquired in the ordinary course of business;

 

   

you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the original notes or the exchange notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act;

 

   

you are not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under Securities Act) of GCL; and

 

   

if you are a broker-dealer that will receive exchange notes for your own account in exchange for outstanding notes that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes.

 

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you wish to tender your original notes and your original notes are not immediately available or you cannot deliver your original notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to the exchange agent (or comply with the procedures for book-entry transfer) prior to the expiration date, you must tender your original notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

Interest on the Notes

The exchange notes will bear interest from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid on the original notes or, if no interest has been paid on the original notes, from the date of initial issuance of the original notes. Interest on the original notes accepted for exchange will cease to accrue upon the issuance of the exchange notes.

 

 

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Taxation

The exchange pursuant to the exchange offer will generally not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For additional information, see “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Certain Bermuda Tax Consequences.”

 

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

If you do not exchange your original notes, they will remain entitled to the rights and subject to the limitations contained in the indenture governing the notes. Following the exchange offer, however, all outstanding original notes will continue to be subject to the same restrictions on transfer, and we will have no obligation to register outstanding original notes under the Securities Act or to pay contingent increases in interest based on our original registration obligation.

 

Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.

 

Exchange Agent

Wilmington Trust FSB is serving as the exchange agent in connection with the exchange offer. The address, telephone number and facsimile number of the exchange agent are listed in “The Exchange Offer—Exchange Agent.”

 

 

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The Exchange Notes

The exchange offer relates to the exchange of up to $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of original notes for an equal aggregate principal amount of exchange notes. The terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the terms of the original notes, except the exchange notes are registered under the Securities Act, the exchange notes will bear a separate CUSIP number, and the transfer restrictions, registration rights and related additional interest terms applicable to the original notes will not apply to the exchange notes. The exchange notes will evidence the same indebtedness as the original notes which they will replace. Both the original notes and the exchange notes are governed by the same indenture.

 

Issuer

Global Crossing Limited.

 

Notes Offered

$750 million in aggregate principal amount of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015.

 

Maturity

September 15, 2015.

 

Interest Payment Dates

March 15 and September 15 of each year.

 

Guarantees

The exchange notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis (subject to certain legal restrictions and except as described below) by each of our existing and future restricted subsidiaries, other than the excluded restricted subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2010, these guarantors had aggregate book value of “Specified Tangible Assets” (as defined in “Description of the Exchange Notes”) of $1.28 billion, or 72% of total Specified Tangible Assets of Global Crossing and its restricted subsidiaries. The excluded restricted subsidiaries that will not guarantee the notes include:

 

   

Global Crossing Colombia S.A. (“GC Colombia”) until such time as it is no longer prohibited from guaranteeing the notes under the indenture governing its Senior Guaranteed Notes due December 18, 2010 or such notes are repaid;

 

   

Global Crossing Landing Mexicana S. de R. L., a joint venture entity, so long as such entity is not our direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary (the “Mexican Joint Venture”);

 

   

SAC Peru S.R.L, GC Pan European Crossing France S.A.R.L., GC SAC Argentina S.R.L. and Global Crossing Argentina S.A.;

 

   

any of our other direct or indirect subsidiaries that are prohibited by applicable laws or regulations from guaranteeing the notes; and

 

   

any of our other direct or indirect subsidiaries that are deemed immaterial, that are expected to dissolve or cease operation, or that are organized in jurisdictions where they cannot give full and unconditional guarantees.

 

 

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The subsidiaries that comprise our GC UK Segment are not restricted subsidiaries and therefore will not guarantee the exchange notes.

 

Collateral

The exchange notes and related guarantees will be secured, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens, by:

 

   

a security interest in substantially all of the assets of the grantor guarantors (other than certain excluded assets) who as of March 31, 2010 had an aggregate book value of Specified Tangible Assets of $1.16 billion, or 66% of total Specified Tangible Assets of Global Crossing and its restricted subsidiaries (see “Description of Collateral” for an explanation of “substantially all” and see “Description of Collateral” and “Description of the Exchange Notes” for a description of excluded assets);

 

   

a pledge by the grantor guarantors and pledgor guarantors of the outstanding equity interests in each of our restricted subsidiaries other than (i) the Mexican Joint Venture, (ii) GC SAC Argentina S.R.L., (iii) restricted subsidiaries deemed to be immaterial or which are expected to dissolve or cease operations, and (iv) any restricted subsidiary (other than Global Crossing Argentina S.A.) that if pledged would be required to present separate audited financial statements pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X; and

 

   

a pledge of the outstanding equity interests of GC UK (the parent and principal operating company for our GC UK Segment); provided that no security interest will be granted in the assets of GC UK or in the outstanding equity interests or assets of any of its subsidiaries.

The exchange notes and the related guarantees will not be secured by a security interest in the assets of pledgor guarantors (other than equity interests held by the pledgor guarantors to the extent set forth above) or the excluded restricted subsidiaries.

See “Description of Collateral” and “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

 

Excluded Assets

The grant of security interests in, or pledge of, our assets will not include a number of assets that will be excluded under the indenture and the collateral documents. These significant exclusions are set forth in the definition of “Excluded Assets.” See “Description of Collateral” and “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

 

Ranking

The exchange notes and the related guarantees are senior secured obligations. Accordingly, they will be:

 

   

equal in right of payment to all of our and the guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness;

 

 

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secured on an equal and ratable first-priority lien basis, subject to certain limitations and exceptions, with respect to our and the grantor guarantors’ obligations under any other pari passu obligations incurred after the date of the indenture;

 

   

effectively senior to all of our and the grantor guarantors’ existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness to the extent of the collateral securing the exchange notes and related guarantees;

 

   

senior in right of payment to any of our and the guarantors’ existing and future subordinated indebtedness; and

 

   

effectively junior to all of the liabilities of our non-guarantor subsidiaries.

As of March 31, 2010:

 

   

we and the guarantors had $244 million of senior indebtedness owed to third parties (excluding the notes and the related guarantees) plus approximately $56 million of senior indebtedness including accrued interest owed to GC UK; and

 

   

our excluded restricted subsidiaries and GC UK had $474 million of indebtedness owed to third parties.

 

Optional Redemption

On and after September 15, 2012, we may redeem all or a portion of the exchange notes at the prices set forth in this prospectus. Prior to September 15, 2012, we may redeem all or a portion of the exchange notes at a “make-whole” amount. In addition, prior to September 15, 2012, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

We may also redeem the exchange notes, in whole but not in part, at a price equal to their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and certain additional amounts, if any, if certain changes in applicable tax law occur as described under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption for Additional Amounts.”

 

Certain Covenants

The indenture governing the exchange notes contains covenants that, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to, among other things:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock;

 

   

pay dividends or make other distributions;

 

   

make certain investments;

 

 

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enter into arrangements that restrict dividends or other payments to us from our restricted subsidiaries;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

sell assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries;

 

   

engage in transactions with affiliates; and

 

   

merge or consolidate with other companies or sell substantially all of our assets.

These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and limitations, which are described under “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

 

Change of Control

Upon certain change of control events, we will be required to make an offer to purchase each holder’s exchange notes at a repurchase price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

 

Asset Sales and Events of Loss

If we sell certain assets or experience certain events of loss and do not apply the proceeds thereof as permitted, we will be required to make an offer to purchase exchange notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” and “—Events of Loss.”

 

Original Issue Discount

The exchange notes will be treated as having been issued with original issue discount, or “OID.” Thus, in addition to the stated interest on the notes, U.S. holders (as defined in “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”) will generally be required to include amounts representing the original issue discount in gross income on a constant yield basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash payments to which such income is attributable. See “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

 

Risk Factors

See “Risk Factors” for a discussion of certain factors that you should carefully consider before investing in the notes and participation in the exchange offer.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks described below before participating in the exchange offer. The risks described below are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business operations in the future. Any of the following risks could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. In such case, you may lose all or part of your investment in the exchange notes.

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer

You may have difficulty selling the original notes you do not exchange.

If you do not exchange your original notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer, you will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer of your original notes as described in the legend on the global notes representing the original notes. There are restrictions on transfer of your original notes because we issued the original notes under an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. In general, you may only offer or sell the original notes if they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or offered and sold under an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, these requirements. We do not intend to register any original notes not tendered in the exchange offer and, upon consummation of the exchange offer, you will not be entitled to any rights to have your untendered original notes registered under the Securities Act. In addition, the trading market, if any, for the remaining original notes will be adversely affected depending on the extent to which original notes are tendered and accepted in the exchange offer.

If you do not properly tender your outstanding notes, you will continue to hold unregistered outstanding notes.

We will only issue exchange notes in exchange for original notes that are timely received by the exchange agent together with all required documents, including a properly completed and signed letter of transmittal. Therefore, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the original notes and you should carefully follow the instructions on how to tender your original notes. Neither we nor the exchange agent are required to tell you of any defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of the outstanding notes. If we do not accept your outstanding notes because you did not tender your outstanding notes properly, then, after we consummate the exchange offer, you may continue to hold outstanding notes that are subject to the existing transfer restrictions.

Broker-dealers and others may need to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

Any broker-dealer that (1) exchanges its original notes in the exchange offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the exchange notes or (2) resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account in the exchange offer may be deemed to have received restricted securities and will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction by that broker-dealer. Any profit on the resale of the exchange notes and any commission or concessions received by a broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. In addition, other persons that tender original notes for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the exchange notes will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the exchange notes.

 

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You may not receive exchange notes in the exchange offer if the exchange offer procedure is not followed.

We will issue the exchange notes in exchange for your original notes only if you tender the original notes and deliver a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal and other required documents before expiration of the exchange offer. You should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the necessary documents. Neither the exchange agent nor we are under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to the tenders of original notes for exchange. If you are the beneficial holder of original notes that are registered in the name of your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and you wish to tender original notes in the exchange offer, you should promptly contact the person in whose name your original notes are registered and instruct that person to tender your original notes on your behalf.

Risks Related to the Notes

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under these notes.

We have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of March 31, 2010, we had total indebtedness of $1.453 billion of which $735 million consisted of the notes ($750 million aggregate principal less $15 million of unamortized discount), and the remaining balance consisted of $426 million of GC UK’s 10.75% U.S. Dollar denominated senior secured notes due 2014 and 11.75% pounds sterling denominated senior secured notes due 2014 (the “GC UK Notes”) ($424 million aggregate principal plus $2 million of net unamortized premium), $132 million of 5% convertible senior notes due 2011 ($144 million aggregate principal less $12 million of unamortized discount), $134 million of capital lease obligations and $26 million of other debt.

Our substantial indebtedness could have negative consequences to you and us. For example, it could:

 

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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to the notes;

 

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increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

 

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limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;

 

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place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; and

 

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limit our ability to obtain financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other purposes on acceptable terms, on a timely basis or at all.

Despite current indebtedness levels, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur substantially more debt. This could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial leverage.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. The terms of the indenture and other existing indebtedness do not fully prohibit us or our subsidiaries from doing so. In addition, the indenture will not prevent us from incurring other liabilities that do not constitute indebtedness. If new debt is added to our and our subsidiaries’ current debt levels, the related risks that we and they now face could intensify. See “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

 

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To service our indebtedness, we will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control.

Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness, and to fund planned capital expenditures and other strategic investments will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. This depends to a degree on general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors (such as satisfactory resolution of contingent liabilities) that are beyond our control. Based on our current level of operations and anticipated cost management and operating improvements, we believe our expected cash flow from operations, available cash and other sources of available financing will be adequate to meet our future liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months. There can be no assurance, however, that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, that currently anticipated operating improvements will be realized on schedule or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity. We cannot provide assurances that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Furthermore, we cannot provide any assurances that ongoing adverse general economic conditions will not have a material adverse impact on our future operations and cash flows.

We may not have access to the cash flow and other assets of our subsidiaries that may be needed to make payment on the notes.

As a holding company, all of our revenues are generated by our subsidiaries, and substantially all of our assets are owned by our subsidiaries. Accordingly, our ability to make payments on the notes is dependent on the earnings and the distribution of funds from our subsidiaries. However, our subsidiaries are not obligated to make funds available to us for payment on the notes. The terms of the instruments governing GC UK’s debt significantly restrict it from paying dividends and otherwise transferring assets to us, and other subsidiaries of ours may have similar restrictions under the terms of their debt that will remain outstanding after the exchange offer. Furthermore, our subsidiaries will be permitted under the terms of the indenture to incur additional indebtedness that may severely restrict or prohibit the making of distributions, the payment of dividends or the making of loans by such subsidiaries to us. We cannot assure you that the agreements governing the current and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries will permit our subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient dividends, distributions or loans to fund payments on these notes when due. Additionally, legal constraints, such as restrictions relating to foreign exchange controls or transfer approvals, a lack of retained earnings or the solvency of our subsidiaries may also limit the amounts our subsidiaries can distribute to us. If distributions from our subsidiaries to us were eliminated, delayed, reduced or otherwise impaired, our ability to make payments on the notes would be substantially impaired.

Your right to receive payments on these notes could be adversely affected if any of our non-guarantor subsidiaries declare bankruptcy, liquidate, or reorganize.

A number of our subsidiaries will not guarantee the notes. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Note Guarantees.” Accordingly, claims of holders of the notes will be structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of these non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade creditors. All obligations of our non-guarantor subsidiaries will have to be satisfied before any of the assets of such subsidiaries would be available for distribution, upon liquidation or otherwise, to us or a guarantor of the notes. The indenture governing the notes permits these subsidiaries to incur certain additional debt and does not limit their ability to incur other liabilities that are not considered indebtedness under the indenture. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of our non-guarantor subsidiaries, holders of their indebtedness and their trade creditors will generally be entitled to payment of their claims from the assets of those subsidiaries before any assets are made available for distribution to us.

 

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As of March 31, 2010, 28% of our consolidated Specified Tangible Assets (as defined in “Description of the Exchange Notes”) was held by our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes. At March 31, 2010, the notes were effectively junior to $474 million of indebtedness of our non-guarantor subsidiaries.

The guarantees and the granting of the collateral securing the guarantees may be voidable, subordinated or limited in scope under United States’ federal and state laws governing fraudulent transfer and insolvency and, under certain circumstances, such laws allow courts to void guarantees and require note holders to return payments received from guarantors.

Under the federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws, a guarantee could be voided, or claims in respect of a guarantee could be subordinated to all other debts of that guarantor if, among other things, the guarantor, at the time it incurred the indebtedness evidenced by its guarantee:

 

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intended to hinder, delay or defraud any present or future creditor; or

 

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received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the incurrence of such guarantee; and either

 

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was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence; or

 

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was engaged in a business or transaction for which the guarantor’s remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

 

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intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature.

In addition, any payment by that guarantor pursuant to its guarantee could be voided and required to be returned to the guarantor, or to a fund for the benefit of the creditors of the guarantor.

The measures of insolvency for purposes of these fraudulent transfer laws will vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, a guarantor would be considered insolvent if:

 

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the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets;

 

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if the present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or

 

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it could not pay its debts as they become due.

On the basis of historical financial information, recent operating history and other factors, we believe that each guarantor, after giving effect to its guarantee of these notes, will not be insolvent, will not have unreasonably small capital for the business in which it is engaged and will not have incurred debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature. We cannot assure you, however, as to what standard a court would apply in making these determinations or that a court would agree with our conclusions in this regard. The rights of the collateral agent under the security documents to foreclose upon and sell collateral, including assets in any reserve account, upon the occurrence of an event of default on the notes is likely to be significantly impaired by applicable bankruptcy law if a bankruptcy or reorganization case were to be commenced by or against us. A court would likely find that a subsidiary did not receive reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for its guarantee unless it benefited directly or indirectly from the issuance of the notes. If a court avoided such guarantee, holders of the notes would no longer have a claim against such subsidiary or the benefit of the assets of such

 

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subsidiary constituting collateral that purportedly secured such guarantee under applicable bankruptcy law, secured creditors such as the holders of the notes would be prohibited from foreclosing upon or disposing of a debtor’s property without prior bankruptcy court approval. In addition, the court might direct holders of the notes to repay any amounts already received from such subsidiary. If the court were to avoid any guarantee, we cannot assure you that funds would be available to pay the notes from any other subsidiary or from any other source.

The enforceability of the guarantees issued by and security interests granted by our subsidiaries organized under the laws of jurisdictions outside the U.S. will be subject to the local laws of such jurisdictions.

The laws of certain of the jurisdictions in which the non-U.S. grantor guarantors and pledgor guarantors are organized limit (i) the ability of these subsidiaries to guarantee and secure debt of a direct or indirect parent company and/or (ii) any obligations other than such subsidiaries’ direct obligations or the obligations of such subsidiaries’ subsidiaries. These limitations arise under various provisions or principles of corporate and tax law which include provisions requiring a subsidiary guarantor to receive adequate corporate benefit from the financing, financial assistance rules, ultra vires rules, rules governing preservation of share capital, thin capitalization and fraudulent transfer principles. In many of these jurisdictions, including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela, the note guarantees and/or security documents contain language limiting the amount of debt guaranteed and/or secured to the maximum extent allowable in accordance with applicable local law. Accordingly, if you were to enforce the note guarantees and security interests of the grantor guarantors or the pledgor guarantors in these jurisdictions, your claims may be limited. If these limitations were not observed, the guarantees of the notes and security interests of the subsidiary guarantors could be subject to legal challenge. Furthermore, although we believe that the note guarantees and security interests of these grantor guarantors and these pledgor guarantors are enforceable (subject to local law restrictions), a third party creditor may challenge these note guarantees and security interests and prevail in court.

Any enforcement of the guarantees and collateral after an insolvency event of any of the non-U.S. grantor guarantors or pledgor guarantors will be subject to the insolvency and administrative laws of such non-U.S. grantor guarantor’s or pledgor guarantor’s jurisdiction of organization, or the insolvency laws of the country where the center of main interests of such grantor guarantor or pledgor guarantor is situated. The insolvency, administrative and other laws of each of these jurisdictions may be materially different from, or in conflict with, each other and those of the United States, including in the areas of rights of creditors, priority of governmental and other creditors, ability to obtain post-petition interest and duration of the proceeding. The application of these laws, or any conflict among them, could call into question whether any particular jurisdiction’s law should apply, adversely affect your ability to enforce your rights under the guarantees and the collateral in these jurisdictions or limit any amounts that you may receive.

The security interests over the collateral are not granted directly to the holders of the notes.

The security interests in the collateral that secure the obligations of GCL under the notes and the obligations of the guarantors under the guarantees are not granted directly to the holders of the notes but are granted only in favor of the collateral agent. The indenture and the collateral agency agreement provide that only the collateral agent has the right to enforce the collateral documents. As a consequence, holders of the notes will not have the right to directly enforce security interests and will not be entitled to take enforcement action in respect of the collateral securing the notes and related guarantees, except through the collateral agent for the holders of the notes (and, if applicable, certain pari passu obligations permitted under the indenture) and in accordance with and subject to the terms of the collateral agency agreement.

 

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The collateral pledged to secure the notes may not be sufficient to satisfy amounts owed in respect of the notes and, upon any foreclosure, it may be difficult to realize the value of the collateral pledged to secure the notes.

The notes are secured on a first-priority lien basis, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens, by substantially all of our existing and future assets, including the pledge of capital stock of our sole direct subsidiary. Similarly, the guarantees by our subsidiaries are secured on a first-priority lien basis, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens, by (a) substantially all or a significant portion of the existing and future assets of “Grantor Guarantors” and (b) by a pledge of the existing and future capital stock of subsidiaries in the case of “Pledgor Guarantors” (as each such term is defined under the caption “Description of the Exchange Notes”). As indicated, some of the guarantors are not granting liens in most of their assets, and some of our subsidiaries are not granting any liens at all, including the subsidiaries comprising our GC UK Segment. Moreover, because of legal requirements in jurisdictions in Latin America we are unable to provide a security interest in all our receivables in such jurisdictions. See “Risk Factors— Rights of the holders of the notes in the collateral may be adversely affected by the failure to create or perfect security interests in certain collateral on a timely basis or at all”. In addition, the definition of “Excluded Assets” (as defined under the caption “Description of the Exchange Notes”) creates significant exceptions to the assets that are required to be subjected to a lien in favor of the collateral agent. See “Description of Collateral” and “Description of the Exchange Notes.” Accordingly, the assets and properties that comprise the collateral that secures the notes and guarantees are significantly less than our consolidated assets.

Under the terms of the indenture governing the notes, we may grant additional first-priority liens that rank pari passu with the lien securing the notes or other liens on the collateral securing the notes in order to secure certain obligations permitted to be incurred pursuant to the indenture. Also, additional indebtedness (including additional notes) may be issued if we satisfy a certain leverage ratio and subject to certain other conditions. In either case, any grant of additional liens on the collateral would dilute the value of the first-priority lien on the collateral securing the notes. To the extent pre-existing liens or liens permitted under the indenture encumber (i) any of the collateral, the parties benefiting from such liens may have or may exercise rights and remedies that affect the value of the collateral or the ability of the collateral agent to realize or foreclose on the collateral and (ii) any assets that do not constitute collateral, the claims of the parties benefiting from such liens would be senior to the claims of the holders of the notes to the extent of such parties’ liens in such assets.

No appraisals of any collateral have been prepared in connection with this exchange offer. The value of the collateral at any time will depend on market and other economic conditions, including the availability of suitable buyers for the collateral. By their nature, some or all of the collateral may be illiquid and may not have a readily ascertainable market value. Collateral constituting receivables may be subject to set off, recoupment and inability to collect. The value of the assets pledged as collateral for the notes could be impaired in the future as a result of changing economic conditions, competition or other future trends. Also, the value of the collateral may be affected by the fact that assets comprising only a portion of our global telecommunications network are being pledged to secure the notes. See “Risk Factors—The assets included in the collateral constitute a portion of a network and our inability to operate, or the collateral agent’s inability to foreclose on, any integral part of the network could significantly interrupt operations or reduce the value of the other components.” If we default on the payments due on the notes and the collateral agent forecloses on and sells the collateral, or in the event of a liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, no assurance can be given that the proceeds from any sale or liquidation of the collateral will be sufficient to pay our obligations under the notes, in full or at all. If the proceeds of any sale or liquidation of the collateral are not sufficient to repay all amounts due on the notes, the holders of the notes (to the extent not repaid from the proceeds of the sale of the collateral) would have only an unsecured claim against our and the guarantors’ remaining assets.

 

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In addition, if the collateral agent were to foreclose upon the assets that constitute collateral rather than upon the equity interests in the guarantors, the ability of the collateral agent to realize upon the value of the collateral may be delayed and result in less net proceeds, as it is generally more complicated, time consuming and costly to foreclose upon all or a substantial portion of the assets of an entity instead of its capital stock. Furthermore, there are certain assets, such as permits, licenses and contracts, that the collateral agent may not be able to effectively foreclose upon without the consent of a third party, such as a contracting party or governmental authority. We cannot assure investors that if the collateral agent seeks to foreclose on the guarantors’ assets, the collateral agent will be able to obtain all of the third party consents and approvals necessary to foreclose on such assets. A foreclosure on contractual rights may also trigger rights of first refusal and similar rights held by third parties. Furthermore, if the collateral agent exercises its right to foreclose on the collateral, transferring required governmental approvals and licenses to a purchaser or new operator of the business may require additional governmental approvals or proceedings, with consequent delays.

The collateral agent’s ability to foreclose on the collateral on the noteholders’ behalf may be subject to perfection and priority issues. In accordance with customary financing practices, the collateral may not be fully perfected at all possible registries. For example, fixture filings will not be made with respect to certain assets included in the collateral and no liens will be created in the real estate leasehold interests. Similarly, charges will not be made on all owned real property assets in various jurisdictions. Although personal property financing statements have been filed and certain other charges have been made with respect to the collateral, subject to certain exceptions, such financing statements and charges may be ineffective to, where applicable, perfect the interest of the collateral agent therein or, even if effective, may be subject to the interests of other creditors who may obtain priority over the security interest of the collateral agent therein. For example, there is legal uncertainty as to whether, and how, the security interest of the collateral agent in certain collateral located in international territories, such as our subsea cables, may be perfected, and this collateral may be material. The collateral agent for the notes has no obligation to monitor the acquisition of additional property or rights that constitute collateral or the perfection of any security interest in favor of the notes against third parties.

Rights of holders of the notes in the collateral may be adversely affected by the failure to create or perfect security interests in certain collateral on a timely basis or at all.

We have agreed to secure the notes by granting first priority liens, subject to certain permitted liens, on all of our and the guarantors’ property that may also secure other indebtedness in the future, subject to significant exceptions, and to take other steps to assist in perfecting the security interests granted in the collateral. We have agreed under the indenture to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of certain present and future customers in Latin America to the assignment of receivables generated under their contracts with our Latin American subsidiaries so that a security interest therein can be granted (and, if applicable, perfected or registered) in favor of the collateral agent. These customers included our 20 largest customers in Latin America as of June 30, 2009 (representing accounts receivable in the aggregate amount of $17 million as of that date). We have granted a lien on the accounts receivable generated by only 6 of such customers (representing accounts receivable in the aggregate amount of $4 million as of June 30, 2009) based on the consents we have been able to obtain. Our attempts to obtain consents from the other 14 such customers have been unsuccessful to date, and we have no reason to believe these customers will change their positions. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will be successful in entering into future contracts with provisions that permit assignment of receivables or in obtaining consents from customers who enter into future contracts that prohibit such assignment. To the extent that we fail to obtain such consents and contract provisions, we will be unable to grant (and, if applicable, perfect or register) a security interest in such accounts receivable in favor of the collateral agent. Such receivables comprise a substantial portion of the tangible assets of our Latin American subsidiaries.

 

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The security interests in portions of the collateral may not be capable of, where applicable, perfection or registration according to commonly established means of filing financing statements, recording charges, possession, or otherwise. For example, a significant amount of the value of the collateral is attributable to undersea cable in international waters where there is inadequate or uncertain authority about whether a security interest in such cable can be perfected or registered or the proper means for doing so that will be recognized by all relevant jurisdictions. To the extent the security interest in any property or asset comprising part of the collateral cannot be perfected or registered by established customary means of filing financing statements, recording a charge or taking possession, we will not be required to, where applicable, perfect or register such security interest in that portion of the collateral (or deliver legal opinions to the effect that such security interests are perfected or registered). Furthermore, the collateral agent for the notes has no obligation to monitor the acquisition of additional property or rights that constitute collateral or the perfection of any security interest in favor of the notes against third parties.

Certain of our restricted subsidiaries do not guarantee the notes.

Each of our subsidiaries that constitutes an Excluded Restricted Subsidiary do not guarantee the notes and the assets of those subsidiaries do not secure the notes or any guarantee of the notes. The definition of Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries is set forth in this prospectus under the caption “Description of the Exchange Notes—Note Guarantees.” Our subsidiaries that constituted Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this prospectus generated 7% of our revenues and 2% of our OIBDA for the year ended December 31, 2009, and held 10% of our consolidated tangible assets as of March 31, 2010. Those of our current subsidiaries that constitute Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries may change in the future and we may have new subsidiaries in the future that constitute Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries.

The enforceability of the guarantees issued by and security interests granted by our subsidiaries may require FCC or state regulatory approvals, which may not be granted or which may be subject to delays or conditions and may also be limited by foreign laws and regulations.

In the event it becomes necessary to enforce the guarantees or the security interests, the collateral agent under the indenture may be required to obtain regulatory approvals, including approval for the transfer of control of various licenses held by our operating subsidiaries or the transfer of control over or sale of the assets of our operating subsidiaries. These approvals may not be obtained or may be subject to delays or conditions that could affect your ability to enforce the guarantees.

Guarantees provided by foreign guarantors are subject to limitations and restrictions applicable under the laws of such guarantor’s jurisdiction of organization. For example, corporate benefit regulations may limit the liability that can be assumed by a foreign guarantor to the amount commensurate with the benefit derived, directly or indirectly, from the proceeds of the notes. Also, with respect to thin capitalization regulations applicable in certain jurisdiction, a guaranty may not be enforceable to the extent that the net assets of the guarantor will fall below certain required capital or the company will be deprived of liquidity necessary to fulfill financial liabilities due to an enforcement of the guarantee. Certain jurisdictions have prohibitions on guarantees in connection with acquisition of equity interests in the guarantor or the guarantor’s direct or indirect holding company. Violating any of these or other applicable restrictions can expose us, our subsidiaries and our or their officers and directors to significant legal risks, including fines and criminal penalties.

 

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The assets included in the collateral constitute a portion of a network and our inability to operate, or the collateral agent’s inability to foreclose on, any integral part of the network could significantly interrupt operations or reduce the value of the other components.

Our business is primarily comprised of a telecommunications network that provides services to customers around the world. Our networks have a limited design lifetime and must be upgraded from time to time and may ultimately become obsolete or uneconomic to use. Additionally, many of our cable landing stations and telehouses throughout the world are operated under leases, licenses or similar arrangements. We also lease property housing our fiber-optic backbone and distribution network facilities, our point-to-point distribution capacity, our switching equipment and connecting lines between other carriers’ equipment and facilities and the equipment and facilities of customers. If our leasing arrangements terminate and if we are unable to renew them, we may be required to relocate these assets to other jurisdictions, and it may not be feasible to relocate cable that feeds into such landing stations, telehouses distribution network facilities or other assets. This could materially impair our ability to operate our network, and could reduce the value of the collateral.

The majority of our property, plant and equipment (including ducts and segments of our fiber optic cable) is located on leased premises or on land not owned or leased by us in which no security interests are being granted. We are not required to, and we will not, provide landlord waivers or consents in favor of the collateral agent. In addition, our rights to use land not owned or leased by us depend on rights of way from the land owners and various permits and licenses which require renewal. We may be unable to renew our permits, licenses or rights of way with respect to such land or otherwise have our right to use such land suspended. Therefore, the collateral agent may be unable to foreclose on any assets located on such property in order to sell or operate them. This may substantially impair the value of the collateral and adversely affect the operation of the network.

Segments of our fiber optic cable and related equipment are located in territorial waters (generally 12 nautical miles from the coastal baseline) of sovereign jurisdictions. If for any reason the subsidiaries which own such segments were to lose the right to own and operate the cable segments and related equipment, the value of the surrounding cable and equipment constituting collateral, as well as our ability to operate the overall network, will be substantially impaired. Losing portions of the network will limit our ability to operate and administer the cable system and provide services to our clients. For example, if the collateral agent were to foreclose under such circumstances, it may be unable to operate the network on going concern basis and the liquidation proceeds may not be adequate to repay amounts owed on the notes. Similarly, damage to a portion of the cable or a hardware related to it can substantially decrease the value and impair the collateral. See “Risk Factors—Risks related to our operations.”

Inter-company loans may be significant, and may be challenged by other creditors.

The collateral securing the notes and guarantees includes the pledge of intercompany loans made from time to time among the guarantors and between guarantors and other restricted subsidiaries. The balances on these intercompany loans may be significant from time to time. Recovery under these intercompany loans may be limited by challenges or other claims on the grounds that such intercompany loans should be limited, subordinated or voided in favor of third party creditors of the borrowers of such loans under applicable law. For example, the intercompany loans could be challenged because the loans are between related parties or were not made for adequate consideration or should be treated as equity to the extent that the borrower is deemed to be undercapitalized.

 

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Holders of the notes may have difficulty enforcing their rights across multiple jurisdictions.

GCL and its subsidiaries, including the guarantors, are incorporated in various jurisdictions. In the event that any one of GCL, any guarantor or any of their subsidiaries experiences financial difficulty, it is not possible to predict with certainty the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which insolvency or similar proceedings would be commenced or the outcome of such proceedings.

If a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event occurs, there could be proceedings involving us or our subsidiaries in Bermuda, the U.S., U.K. or elsewhere and it is possible that we could be made a part of these proceedings. Multi-jurisdictional proceedings are likely to be complex and costly for creditors and otherwise may result in greater uncertainty and delay regarding the enforcement of the rights of the holders of the notes. The rights of the holders of the notes under the notes and the guarantees could be subject to the insolvency and administrative laws of several jurisdictions, and therefore we cannot assure holders of the notes that they will be able to effectively enforce their rights in such complex multiple bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings.

In addition, the bankruptcy, insolvency, administrative and other laws of these various jurisdictions may be materially different from, or be in conflict with, one another and those with which holders of the notes may be familiar, including in the areas of the rights of creditors, the priority of governmental and other creditors, the ability to obtain post-petition interest and the duration of the proceedings. These laws may also not be as favorable to the interests of the holders of the notes as the laws with which they may be familiar. The application of these laws, or any conflict among them, could call into question whether any particular jurisdiction’s laws should apply and could adversely affect the ability of the holders of the notes to enforce their rights under the notes and the guarantees in the relevant jurisdictions or limit any amounts that they may receive.

The value of the notes may be limited by applicable Bermuda law affecting the rights of creditors.

GCL and certain of its subsidiaries are organized under the laws of Bermuda. Under Bermuda insolvency law, the liquidator, on behalf of a company, may apply to the courts to avoid a transaction entered into by that company on the grounds that the transaction constituted a fraudulent preference if the company was insolvent at the time of, or immediately after, the transaction and entered into a formal insolvency proceeding within six months of completion of the transaction. In addition, under Bermuda law, a transaction at less than fair value and made with the dominant intention of putting property beyond the reach of creditors is voidable after an action is successfully brought by an eligible creditor for a period of up to six years from the date of the transaction. A transaction might be challenged if it involved a gift by the company or the company received consideration of significantly less value than the benefit given by such company. A Bermuda court generally will not intervene, however, if a company entered into the transaction in good faith for the purposes of carrying on its business and there were reasonable grounds for believing the transaction would benefit the company. Under Bermuda law, a court (if it deems appropriate) may, upon application by the Official Receiver, or liquidator, creditor or contributory of a company being wound up, order that, where individuals were knowingly parties to the carrying on of a business of that company with the intent of defrauding creditors of the company, or any other person, or of any fraudulent purpose, such individuals be personally held liable without limitation for all or any debt or other liability of that company.

We believe that the guarantee of the notes by our subsidiaries organized under Bermuda law is not issued on terms that would amount to a transaction at less than fair value and that such guarantee is in good faith for the purposes of carrying on each such subsidiaries’ business and that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the transactions would benefit them. We also believe that each of our subsidiaries organized under Bermuda Law is solvent and that the guarantee by such subsidiary

 

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does not render it insolvent. There can be no assurance, however, that the issue of the guarantee will not be challenged by a liquidator of GCL or its subsidiaries, or that a Bermuda court would support the analysis described above.

The guarantee of the notes by each of our subsidiaries organized under the laws of Bermuda is limited to the maximum amount that can be guaranteed without rendering the guarantee voidable or otherwise ineffective under applicable laws relating to insolvency, financial assistance, ultra vires or similar laws or regulations affecting the rights of creditors generally. As a result, the liabilities of each Bermuda subsidiary guarantor under its guarantee of the notes could be reduced to zero, depending upon the amount of its other obligations.

Because the non-U.S. Global Crossing companies are incorporated under the laws of countries outside of the United States, and certain of their directors and officers reside outside of the United States, it may be difficult for you to enforce judgments against the non-U.S. Global Crossing companies or their directors and officers.

Certain of the directors and officers of the non-U.S. Global Crossing companies reside outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process on the non-U.S. Global Crossing companies or those persons in the United States or to enforce in the United States judgments obtained in U.S. courts against the non-U.S. Global Crossing companies or those persons based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. securities laws. Uncertainty exists as to whether courts in the jurisdictions of organization of the non-U.S. Global Crossing companies will enforce judgments obtained in other jurisdictions, including the United States, against the non-U.S. Global Crossing companies or the directors or officers under the securities laws of those jurisdictions or entertain actions in those jurisdictions against the non-U.S. Global Crossing companies or the directors or officers under the securities laws of other jurisdictions.

The pledge of the capital stock and other securities of our subsidiaries that secure the notes will automatically be released from the lien on such securities for as long as the pledge of such capital stock or other securities would require the filing of separate financial statements with the SEC for that subsidiary.

The notes and the related guarantees are secured by a pledge of the capital stock of some of our subsidiaries. Under the SEC regulations in effect as of the issue date of the notes, if the principal amount, par value, book value as carried by us or market value (whichever is greatest) of the capital stock or other securities of a subsidiary pledged as part of the collateral is greater than or equal to 20% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding, such subsidiary would be required to provide separate financial statements to the SEC. Therefore, the indenture governing the notes and the collateral documents provide that any capital stock and other securities of any of our subsidiaries (other than the parent of our GC UK Segment and our subsidiary Global Crossing Argentina S.A. if they are not grantors under the indenture) will be excluded from the collateral for so long as the pledge of such capital stock or other securities to secure the notes would cause such subsidiary to be required to file separate financial statements with the SEC pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X (as in effect from time to time, “Rule 3-16”) or other law, rule or regulation. As a result, holders of the notes could lose a portion or all of their security interest in the capital stock or other securities of those subsidiaries during such period. It may be more difficult, costly and time-consuming for holders of the notes to foreclose on the assets of a subsidiary than to foreclose on its capital stock or other securities, so the proceeds realized upon any such foreclosure could be significantly less than those that would have been received upon any sale of the capital stock or other securities of such subsidiary. We are required to assess the value of pledged securities for purposes of Rule 3-16 annually for as long as the notes are outstanding. As a result, changes in the value of the securities of any of our subsidiaries could cause the amount of pledged securities to decrease each year. Furthermore, if we redeem any portion

 

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of the notes, the threshold at which the pledged securities of any of our subsidiaries becomes excluded from the collateral will be reduced and additional pledged securities could become excluded from the collateral. See “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance the change of control offer required by the indenture.

Upon the occurrence of a “Change of Control,” as defined in the indenture that governs the notes, we will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding notes at 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. However, it is possible that we will not have sufficient funds at the time of the change of control to make the required repurchase of notes or that such change of control triggers repayment obligations under our other indebtedness and capital leases. In addition, certain important corporate events, such as leveraged recapitalizations that would increase the level of our indebtedness, would not constitute a “Change of Control” under the indenture. See “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

One of the circumstances under which a “Change of Control” may occur is upon the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of our capital stock or assets. However, the phrase “all or substantially all” will likely be interpreted under the laws of the State of New York, which is the applicable state law that governs the indenture and the notes, and will be dependent upon particular facts and circumstances. As a result, there may be a degree of uncertainty in ascertaining whether a sale or disposition of “all or substantially all” of our capital stock or assets has occurred, in which case, the ability of a holder of the notes to obtain the benefit of an offer to repurchase all or portion of the notes held by such holder may be impaired.

The notes will be treated as issued with original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The exchange notes will be treated as having been issued with original issue discount. Thus, in addition to the stated interest on the notes, U.S. holders (as defined in “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”) are required to include amounts representing the original issue discount in gross income on a constant yield basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes as it accrues and in advance of the receipt of cash payments to which such income is attributable. See “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

If an active trading market does not develop for these notes you may not be able to resell them.

The exchange notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We cannot assure you that an active trading market will develop for the exchange notes. If no active trading market develops, you may not be able to resell your exchange notes at their fair market value or at all. Future trading prices of the exchange notes will depend on many factors, including, among other things, prevailing interest rates, our operating results and the market for similar securities. We have been informed by the initial purchasers of the original notes that they currently intend to make a market in the exchange notes. However, the initial purchasers may cease their market-making at any time. We do not intend to apply for listing the exchange notes on any securities exchange. Historically, the market for non-investment grade debt has been subjected to disruptions that have caused substantial volatility in the prices of securities similar to the exchange notes. The market for the exchange notes, if any, may be subject to similar disruptions. Any such disruptions may adversely affect the value of your notes.

 

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Risks Related to Our Business

Risks Related to Liquidity and Financial Resources

We face a number of risks related to current global economic conditions and the severe tightening in the global credit markets.

The global economy and capital and credit markets have been experiencing exceptional turmoil and upheaval. Many major economies entered significant recessions in 2008 which continued throughout much of 2009. Ongoing concerns about the systemic impact of potential long-term and wide-spread recession, volatile energy costs, volatile foreign currency markets, sovereign debt levels and associated default risk, geopolitical issues, the availability, cost and terms of credit, consumer and business confidence, substantially increased unemployment and the crisis in the global housing and mortgage markets have contributed to increased market volatility and diminished expectations for both established and emerging economies, including those in which we operate. In the second half of 2008, added concerns fueled by government interventions in financial systems led to increased market uncertainty and instability in both U.S. and international capital and credit markets. These conditions contributed to economic uncertainty of levels not seen in over seventy years. The availability, cost and terms of credit have also been and may continue to be adversely affected by illiquid markets and wider credit spreads. Concern about the stability of the markets generally and the strength of counterparties specifically has led many lenders and institutional investors to reduce, and in many cases cease to provide, credit to businesses and consumers. These factors have led to a substantial decrease in spending by businesses and consumers, and a corresponding decrease in or deferral of global infrastructure spending, which could impact future demand for our services. Turbulence in the U.S. and international markets and economies and prolonged declines in business and consumer spending may adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition, and the liquidity and financial condition of our customers, including our ability to refinance maturing debt instruments and to access the capital markets and obtain capital lease and similar financing to meet liquidity needs.

We have incurred substantial operating losses since inception and will continue to experience negative cash flows.

For most periods since inception, we have incurred substantial operating losses. Although we expect our operating results to improve over time, there is no assurance that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, that currently anticipated operating improvements will be realized on schedule or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs. In 2010, operating cash flows will be adversely impacted by approximately $55 million of annual interest expense resulting primarily from the issuance of the notes and the associated refinancing in September 2009. We also anticipate lower IRUs and prepaid services than those realized in 2009. Despite these factors, in the short-term, we expect cash provided by operating activities (including IRUs and prepaid sales) to exceed purchases of property and equipment. This expectation is based in part on raising financing for such property and equipment from vendors and others in amounts somewhat lower than those arranged in 2009. Our ability to arrange such financings is subject to negotiating acceptable terms from equipment vendors and financing parties. This could prove more difficult given current conditions in the credit markets. If we are unable to arrange such financings, we may not be able to make all necessary capital and other expenditures to run and grow our business, including the expenditures that will be necessary to implement our operational imperatives.

Our ability to generate positive cash flow over the long term is predicated on significant revenue growth in our target enterprise, carrier data and indirect sales channel, together with economies of scale expected from such growth. We can provide no assurances that we will be successful in these regards. If our cash flows do not improve, we would need to arrange financing facilities in order to

 

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continue as a going concern. We may be unable to arrange financing facilities on acceptable terms or at all. Adverse conditions in global capital and credit markets could make it more difficult for us to obtain financing on commercially acceptable terms or at all.

We may not be able to achieve anticipated economies of scale.

We expect that economies of scale will allow us to increase revenues while incurring incremental costs that are proportionately lower than those applicable to our existing business. If the increased costs required to support our revenue growth turn out to be greater than anticipated, we may be unable to improve our profitability and/or cash flows even if revenue growth goals are achieved. Adverse conditions in the world economy could temper our growth, although the value we offer prospective customers could attract business in a cost-saving environment. In addition, improvements in our cost structure in the short term become more difficult as the amount of potential savings decreases due to the success of past savings initiatives.

The sale of IRUs and similar prepayments for services continue to be an important source of cash flows for us, representing tens of millions of dollars of cash in most quarters.

If customers’ buying patterns were to change such that those traditionally buying IRUs were to switch to monthly payment plans, our liquidity would be adversely affected. Adverse conditions in the world economy and tightening of global credit markets could cause customers to change their buying patterns away from prepaid services and IRUs in order to conserve cash. In addition, the large dollar amounts and long sales cycles typically associated with IRU sales increase the volatility of our quarter-to-quarter cash flow results.

Access vendors could force us to accelerate payments to them, which would adversely impact our working capital and liquidity.

Cost of access represents our single largest expense and gives rise to material current liabilities. We actively manage our working capital through careful attention to our receivables and payables. In the past, certain telecommunications carriers from which we purchase access services demanded that we pay for access services on a more timely basis, which resulted in increased demands on our liquidity. If such demands were to continue to a greater degree than anticipated, or if access vendors were to insist on significant deposits to secure our access payment obligations, we could be prevented from meeting our cash flow projections and our long-term liquidity requirements. Current global economic and credit market conditions could cause access vendors to insist upon more timely payment or the provision of security deposits.

The covenants in our major debt instruments limit our financial and operational flexibility.

We and numerous of our subsidiaries have material indebtedness outstanding under the following debt instruments (collectively, the “Principal Debt Instruments”):

 

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GCL’s $144 million aggregate original principal amount of 5.0% convertible senior notes due 2011 (the “5% Convertible Notes”); and

 

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GC UK’s $200 million and 157 million pounds sterling aggregate principal amount (approximately $424 million combined at the exchange rate at March 31, 2010) of senior secured notes due 2014 (the “GC UK Notes” or “GC UK Senior Secured Notes”).

 

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The Principal Debt Instruments generally contain covenants and events of default that are customary for high-yield debt facilities, including limitations, on:

 

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incurring or guaranteeing additional indebtedness and issuing preferred stock;

 

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dividend and other payments to holders of equity and subordinated debt;

 

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investments or other restricted payments;

 

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asset sales, consolidations, and mergers;

 

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creating or assuming liens; and

 

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transactions with affiliates.

These covenants impose significant restrictions on the ability of entities in our ROW and GC Impsat segments to make intercompany funds transfers to entities in our GC UK segment and vice versa. In addition, the covenants in the indenture governing the notes impose certain limitations on the ability of entities in our ROW and GC Impsat segments to make intercompany funds transfers to other entities in those segments that have not granted liens on their assets to secure the notes.

Additionally, the certificate of designations governing our 2% Cumulative Preferred Shares requires the holder’s approval for certain major corporate actions of us and/or our subsidiaries.

Finally, many of our assets are leased by us under capital lease facilities (the “Capital Lease Facilities”) that contain non-financial covenants which require specific tracking and reporting procedures for the physical location of the leased assets. The failure to meet these covenants allows the lessor to accelerate payments under the lease. We have in the past failed to meet such non-financial covenants in certain Capital Lease Facilities.

A failure to comply with the restrictions or covenants contained in our Principal Debt Instruments or certain Capital Lease Facilities could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could result in an acceleration of all such debts, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. If the indebtedness under any of our Principal Debt Instruments or material Capital Lease Facilities were to be accelerated, we would have to raise funds from alternative sources, which may not be available on favorable terms, on a timely basis or at all. Moreover, a default by any of our subsidiaries under any capital lease obligation or debt obligation totaling more than $2.5 million, as well as the bankruptcy or insolvency of any of our subsidiaries, could trigger cross-default provisions under certain of our debt instruments.

Our international corporate structure limits the availability of our consolidated cash resources for intercompany funding purposes and reduces our financial flexibility.

As a holding company, all of our revenues are generated by our subsidiaries and substantially all of our assets are owned by our subsidiaries. As a result, we are dependent upon dividends and inter-company transfers of funds from our subsidiaries to meet our debt service and other payment obligations. Our subsidiaries are incorporated and operate in various jurisdictions throughout the world. Some of our subsidiaries have cash on hand that exceeds their immediate requirements but that cannot be distributed or loaned to us or our other subsidiaries to fund our or their operations due to contractual restrictions (such as those described in the immediately preceding risk factor) or legal constraints related to the lack of retained earnings, the solvency of such entities or other local law restrictions (e.g., restrictions related to foreign exchange controls or transfer approvals). These restrictions, which apply to most of our subsidiaries given their history of operating losses, could cause us or certain of our subsidiaries to become and remain illiquid while other subsidiaries have sufficient liquidity to meet their liquidity needs. Also see “—We are exposed to significant currency exchange

 

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rate risks and our net loss may suffer due to currency translations,” below, for a discussion of important exchange rate and expatriation risks involving our Venezuelan and other subsidiaries.

We cannot predict our future tax liabilities.

If we become subject to increased levels of taxation or if tax contingencies are resolved adversely, our results of operations could be adversely affected. Due to the international nature of our operations, we are subject to multiple sets of complex and varying tax laws and rules. We cannot predict the amount of future tax liabilities to which we may become subject. Any increase in the amount of taxation incurred as a result of our operations or due to legislative or regulatory changes could result in a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. While we believe that our current tax provisions are reasonable and appropriate, we cannot be assured that these items will be settled for the amounts accrued or that additional exposures will not be identified in the future. We have material tax-related contingent liabilities that are difficult to predict or quantify.

The Ministry of Finance in Bermuda has granted a tax assurance to GCL and its Bermuda incorporated subsidiaries under the Exempted Undertakings Tax Protection Act, 1966, which expires in 2016.

GCL and its Bermuda incorporated subsidiaries have received an assurance from the Ministry of Finance granting an exemption, until March 28, 2016, from the imposition of tax under any applicable Bermuda law computed on profits or income or computed on any capital asset, gain or appreciation, or any tax in the nature of estate, duty or inheritance tax, provided that such an exemption shall not prevent the application of any such tax or duty to such persons as are ordinarily resident in Bermuda and shall not prevent the application of any tax payable in accordance with the provisions of the Land Tax Act, 1967 or otherwise payable in relation to land in Bermuda leased to GCL or its Bermuda incorporated subsidiaries. To date, the Ministry of Finance has given no indication that the Ministry would extend the term of the assurance beyond 2016 or would not change the tax treatment afforded to exempted companies either before or after 2016.

We may become subject to unanticipated tax liabilities that may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We and certain of our subsidiaries are Bermuda-based companies, and we believe that a significant portion of our income will not be subject to tax in Bermuda, which currently has no corporate income tax, or in other countries in which we conduct activities or in which our customers are located, including the United States and the United Kingdom. This belief is based on our current position under the tax laws of the countries in which we have assets or conduct activities. This position is subject to review and possible challenge by taxing authorities and to possible changes in law that may have a retroactive effect. In addition, tax legislation and regulations are proposed from time to time in various jurisdictions, which, if adopted, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. For example, in December 2006, the U.S. Department of the Treasury finalized regulations with respect to the source of international and other types of communications income. The regulations as adopted could, under certain circumstances, subject us to U.S. withholding tax on a significant portion of our income, possibly even if we are not found to have engaged in a trade or business within the United States or to have had an office or other fixed place of business in the United States.

Our pension plans may require additional funding and negatively impact our cash flows.

Certain North American and European hourly and salaried employees are covered by our defined benefit pension plans. On December 31, 1996, our North American plan was frozen and all employees hired thereafter are not eligible to participate in the plan. Our U.K. plans were closed to new employees

 

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on December 31, 1999. Our pension expense and required contributions to our pension plan are directly affected by the value of plan assets, the projected rate of return on plan assets, the actual rate of return on plan assets and the actuarial assumptions we use to measure the defined benefit pension plan obligations. As of December 31, 2009, the projected benefit obligation under our pension plans was approximately $89 million ($14 million for U.S. plans and $75 million for U.K. plans) and the value of plan assets was approximately $77 million ($17 million for US plans and $60 million for U.K. plans), resulting in our pension plans being underfunded by approximately $12 million, of which $4 million is attributable to participants of the plans and is therefore not a liability of GCL. If plan assets perform below expectations, future pension expense and funding obligations will increase, which would have a negative impact on our cash flows from operations, decrease borrowing capacity and increase interest expense.

Risks Related to Our Operations

We are subject to several unpredictable factors that may adversely impact our results of operations.

Our revenue and operating results may vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control. Some of the primary factors that may affect our results of operations include the following:

 

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changes in pricing policies or the pricing policies of our competitors;

 

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general economic conditions as well as those specific to our industry;

 

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demand for our higher margin services;

 

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costs of acquisitions, including the integration of such acquisitions;

 

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changes in regulations and regulatory rulings or interpretations;

 

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changes in tax law or policy; and

 

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resolution of contingent liabilities.

A delay in generating revenue or the timing of recognizing revenue and expenses could cause significant variations in our operating results from quarter to quarter. Results in future quarters may be below analysts’ and investors’ expectations, as well as our own forecasts.

Our rights to the use of the fiber that make up our network may be affected by the financial stability of our fiber providers.

The majority of our North American network and some of the other transmission facilities comprising our global network are held by us through long-term leases or IRU agreements with various companies that provide us access to fiber owned by them. The bankruptcy or financial collapse of one of these fiber providers could result in a loss of our rights under such leases and agreements with the provider, which in turn could have a negative impact on the integrity of our network and ultimately on our results of operations. To our knowledge, the rights of the holder of such rights in strands of fiber in the event of bankruptcy have not been specifically addressed by the judiciary at the state or federal level in the U.S. or in most of the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate and, therefore, our rights with respect to fiber agreements under such circumstances are unclear. In addition, the laws governing the ability of fiber providers to provide us access to their fibers pursuant to long-term leases and IRU agreements vary by jurisdiction and, in some cases, the term of such leases and agreements may be limited by law. Our providers, along with certain of our subsidiaries, also are parties to legal proceedings the outcome of which may affect our rights to use certain portions of our network.

 

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We may not be able to continue to connect our network to incumbent carriers’ networks or maintain Internet peering arrangements on favorable terms.

We must be party to interconnection agreements with incumbent carriers and certain independent carriers in order to connect our customers to the PSTN. If we are unable to renegotiate or maintain interconnection agreements in all of our markets on favorable terms, it could adversely affect our ability to provide services in the affected markets. In Europe, although certain rights to interconnect with other networks are subject to legal and regulatory protection, new IP-based networking technologies are becoming more generally adopted within the industry and new commercial and charging models are being developed for interworking between these networks. The extent to which such new models may affect our business is still uncertain. Peering agreements with Internet service providers allow us to access the Internet and exchange transit for free with these providers. Depending on the relative size of the carriers involved, these exchanges may be made without settlement charge. Recently, many Internet service providers that previously offered peering have reduced or eliminated peering relationships or are establishing new, more restrictive criteria for peering and an increasing number of these service providers are seeking to impose charges for transit. Increases in costs associated with Internet and exchange transit could have a material adverse effect on our margins for our products that require Internet access. We may not be able to renegotiate or maintain peering arrangements on favorable terms, which would impair our growth and performance.

The Network Security Agreement imposes significant requirements on us. A violation of the agreement could have severe consequences.

The Network Security Agreement imposes significant requirements on us related to information storage and management; traffic routing and management; physical, logical, and network security arrangements; personnel screening and training; corporate governance practices; and other matters. While we expect to continue to comply fully with our obligations under the Network Security Agreement, it is impossible to eliminate completely the risk of a violation of the agreement. The consequences of a violation of the Network Security Agreement could be severe, potentially including the revocation of our FCC licenses in the U.S., which would result in the cessation of our U.S. operations and would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

It is expensive and difficult to switch new customers to our network, and lack of cooperation of incumbent carriers can slow the new customer connection process.

It is expensive and difficult for us to switch a new customer to our network because:

 

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we usually charge the potential customer certain one-time installation fees, and, although the fees may be less than the cost to install a new customer, they may act as a deterrent to becoming our customer; and

 

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we require cooperation from the incumbent carrier in instances where there is no direct connection between the customer and our network, which can complicate and add to the time that it takes to provision a new customer’s service.

Many of our principal competitors, the domestic and international incumbent carriers, are already established providers of local telephone services to all or virtually all telephone subscribers within their respective service areas. Their physical connections from their premises to those of their customers are expensive and difficult to duplicate. To complete the new customer provisioning process, we rely on the incumbent carrier to process certain information. The incumbent carriers have a financial interest in retaining their customers, which could reduce their willingness to cooperate with our new customer provisioning requests, thereby adversely impacting our ability to compete and grow

 

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revenues. Further consolidation of incumbent carriers with other telecommunications service providers may make these problems more acute.

The operation, administration, maintenance and repair of our systems require significant expenses and are subject to risks that could lead to disruptions in our services and the failure of our systems to operate as intended for their full design life.

Each of our systems is subject to the risks inherent in large-scale, complex fiber-optic telecommunications systems including (i) equipment breakdowns; (ii) service interruptions; (iii) power outages; (iv) software defects; (v) security breaches; (vi) physical damage to access lines and equipment and (vii) natural disasters. The operation, administration, maintenance and repair of our systems require the coordination and integration of sophisticated and highly specialized hardware and software technologies and equipment located throughout the world and require significant operating and capital expenses. Our systems may not continue to function as expected in a cost-effective manner. For example, as our network elements become obsolete or reach their design life capacity, our operating and capital expenses could significantly increase depending on the nature and extent of repairs or replacements. The failure of the hardware or software to function as required could render a cable system unable to perform at design specifications or at all, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Furthermore, interruptions in service or performance problems, for whatever reason, could undermine confidence in our services and cause us to lose customers or make it more difficult to attract new ones. In particular, a failure of our operations support systems could adversely affect our ability to process orders and provision sales, and to bill for services efficiently and accurately, all of which could cause us to suffer customer dissatisfaction, loss of business, loss of revenue or the inability to add customers on a timely basis, any of which would adversely affect our revenues. In addition, because many of our services are critical to our customers’ businesses, a significant interruption in service could result in lost profits or other loss to customers. Although we attempt to disclaim liability for these losses in our service agreements, a court might not enforce a limitation on liability under certain conditions, which could expose us to financial loss. In addition, we often provide customers with guaranteed service level commitments. If we are unable to meet these guaranteed service level commitments for whatever reason, we may be obligated to provide our customers with credits, generally in the form of free service for a short period of time, which could negatively affect our operating results and we may be exposed to other liabilities.

We may not be able to retain our key management personnel or attract additional skilled management personnel.

We depend on key members of our senior management team to remain competitive and achieve our strategic goals. Our inability to retain our key management personnel or to continue to attract skilled management personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Recent capital expenditure levels may not be sustainable.

While capital expenditures have remained relatively stable at levels significantly below those prevailing prior to our bankruptcy reorganization, such levels may not be sustainable in the future, particularly as our business continues to grow. Our ability to fund future capital expenditures may be limited by our ability to generate sufficient cash flow, including raising any necessary financings, which could prove to be difficult if the adverse conditions in the credit markets continue.

 

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Intellectual property and proprietary rights of others could prevent us from using necessary technology.

While we do not believe that there exists any technology patented by others, or other intellectual property owned by others, that is necessary for us to provide our services and that is not now subject to a license allowing us to use it, from time to time we receive claims from third parties in this regard and there can be no assurances as to our ability to defend against those claims successfully. If such intellectual property is owned by others and not licensed by us, we would have to negotiate a license for the use of that intellectual property. We may not be able to negotiate such a license at a price that is acceptable or at all. This could force us to cease offering products and services incorporating such intellectual property, and adversely affecting our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may not be successful in making or integrating acquisitions with our business or may not be able to realize the benefits we anticipate from such acquisitions.

We have in the past, and may in the future, pursue acquisitions to grow our business. The process of integrating acquisitions with our business so that the consolidated business operates as efficiently as possible requires significant corporate resources, and such efficiencies will be limited to some degree by our Principal Debt Instruments and Capital Lease Facilities. In addition, this process could cause the interruption to, or a loss of momentum in, the activities of our or our acquisitions’ businesses, including customer service, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. The management of the integration of the businesses, systems and culture of our acquisitions requires the continued development of our financial and management controls, including the integration of information systems and structure, the integration of product offerings and customer base, the integration of networks, the retention of current personnel and the training of new personnel, all of which could disrupt the timeliness of financial information, place a strain on our management resources and require significant expenditure. Any significant diversion of management’s attention or any major difficulties encountered in the integration of the business could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We have substantial international operations and face political, legal, tax, regulatory and other risks from our operations in foreign jurisdictions.

We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from international operations and have substantial physical assets in several jurisdictions along our routes, including Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina and other countries in Latin America, Asia and Europe. In addition, we lease capacity and obtain rights-of-way and other services from carriers and government and quasi-government agencies in those and other regions. As a result, our business is subject to particular risks from operating in some of these areas, including: uncertain and rapidly changing political, regulatory and economic conditions, including the possibility of civil unrest, vandalism affecting cable assets, terrorism, armed conflict or the seizure or nationalizing of private property; unexpected changes in regulatory environments and trade barriers; interruptions to essential energy inputs; exchange and/or transfer restrictions related to foreign currency; direct and indirect price controls; cancellation or non-renewal of contract rights; delays or denial of government approval; exposure to new or different accounting, legal, tax and regulatory standards; burdensome tax, customs, duties, regulatory assessments or right-of-way charges based on new or differing interpretations of law or regulations; and difficulties in staffing and managing operations consistently through our several operating areas. These risks significantly increased as a result of our acquisition of the operations of Impsat in Latin America. In addition, managing operations in multiple jurisdictions may place further strain on our ability to manage growth.

 

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We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) and other anticorruption laws, and our failure to comply therewith could result in penalties which could harm our reputation and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are subject to the FCPA, which generally prohibits companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business and/or other benefits. Although we have policies and procedures designed to ensure that we, our employees and agents comply with the FCPA, there is no assurance that such policies or procedures will work effectively all of the time or protect us against liability under the FCPA for actions taken by our agents, employees and intermediaries with respect to our business or any businesses that we acquire. We operate in a number of jurisdictions that pose a high risk of potential FCPA violations. As previously disclosed, between 2004 and 2006 (prior to our acquisition of Impsat in May 2007), Impsat paid approximately $23,000 (based on the exchange rate at the time of payment) to government officials to allow performance of construction work notwithstanding the fact that required permits were not obtained. Also as previously disclosed, the Colombian National Attorney General (Procuraduría General de la Nación (“NAG”)) published a decision in November 2007 finding (as part of broader allegations unrelated to Impsat) that funds originated with Impsat had been used by a contractor retained by Impsat to bribe an official within Colombia’s homeland security agency (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (“DAS”)). Impsat retained the contractor in question in 2003 and paid him approximately $44,000 (based on the exchange rate at the time of payment) in 2004; we have not been able to determine whether any of these funds went to DAS officials. The NAG’s decision included a referral of the report and its findings to the criminal prosecutor, and the referral included specific reference to Impsat. One DAS official has been criminally convicted in connection with a related investigation, and criminal proceedings are pending against two other individuals (including a former senior official at DAS). We brought these matters to the attention of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the U.S. Department of Justice in March 2008. Following that disclosure we were notified that the SEC had commenced an investigation of the matter. The staff of the SEC notified us in March 2010 that it has completed its investigation and does not intend to recommend any enforcement action by the SEC. If we are not in compliance with the FCPA and other laws governing the conduct of business with government entities (including local laws), we may be subject to criminal and civil penalties and other remedial measures, which could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. Any investigation of any potential violations of the FCPA or other anticorruption laws by U.S. or foreign authorities could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are exposed to significant currency transfer restrictions and currency exchange rate risks and our net loss may suffer due to currency translations.

Certain of our current and prospective customers derive their revenue in currencies other than U.S. Dollars but are invoiced by us in U.S. Dollars. The obligations of customers with revenue in foreign currencies may be subject to unpredictable and indeterminate increases in the event that such currencies depreciate in value relative to the U.S. Dollar. Furthermore, such customers may become subject to exchange control regulations restricting the conversion of their revenue currencies into U.S. Dollars. In either event, the affected customers may not be able to pay us in U.S. Dollars. In addition, where we issue invoices for our services in currencies other than U.S. Dollars, our operating results may suffer due to currency translations in the event that such currencies depreciate relative to the U.S. Dollar and we cannot or do not elect to enter into currency hedging arrangements in respect of those payment obligations. Declines in the value of foreign currencies (such as the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar discussed below) relative to the U.S. Dollar could adversely affect our ability to market our services to customers whose revenue is denominated in those currencies.

 

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Certain Latin American economies have experienced shortages in foreign currency reserves and have adopted restrictions on the use of certain mechanisms to expatriate local earnings and convert local currencies into U.S. Dollars. Any such shortages or restrictions may limit or impede our ability to transfer or to convert such currencies into U.S. Dollars and to expatriate such funds for the purpose of making timely payments of interest and principal on our indebtedness. These restrictions have a significantly greater impact on us and on our ability to service our debt as a result of the Impsat acquisition. In addition, currency devaluations in one country may have adverse effects in another country.

We are subject to some limitations on the ability of our Venezuelan operations to expatriate cash and may be subject to similar restrictions elsewhere in the future. In Venezuela, the official bolivares—U.S. Dollar exchange rate established by the Venezuelan Central Bank and the Venezuelan Ministry of Finance has historically attributed to the bolivar a value that is significantly greater than the value prevailing on the parallel market. The official rate is the rate used for recording the assets, liabilities and transactions for our Venezuelan subsidiary. Effective January 12, 2010, the Venezuelan government devalued the Venezuelan bolivar. The official rate increased from 2.15 Venezuelan bolivares to the U.S. Dollar to 4.30 for non-essential goods (which we believe includes our products and services). This devaluation reduced our net monetary assets (including unrestricted cash and cash equivalents) by approximately $27 million based on the bolivares balances as of such date resulting in a corresponding foreign exchange loss, which was recorded to other expense, net in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

The current official rate continues to attribute to the bolivar a value that is significantly greater than the value prevailing on the parallel market. Moreover, the conversion of bolivares into foreign currencies is limited by the current exchange control regime. Accordingly, the acquisition of foreign currency by Venezuelan companies to honor foreign debt, pay dividends or otherwise expatriate capital is subject to registration and subject to a process of application and approval by the Comisión de Administración de Divisas (“CADIVI”) and to the availability of foreign currency within the guidelines set forth by the National Executive Power for the allocation of foreign currency. Such approvals have become less forthcoming over time, resulting in a significant buildup of excess cash in our Venezuelan subsidiary and a significant increase in our exchange rate and exchange control risks. We cannot predict if and when we will obtain CADIVI approval to honor foreign debt, distribute dividends or otherwise expatriate capital using the official Venezuelan exchange rate or the timing of receipt of such approval. At March 31, 2010, we had $19 million registered and subject to approval by CADIVI for the conversion of bolivares into foreign currencies. If we elected, or were required, to convert our Venezuelan subsidiary’s cash balances into U.S. Dollars using unofficial, parallel currency-exchange mechanisms that may be available from time to time, material currency exchange losses would likely be incurred in the period of conversion. Additionally, if we further determined that the unofficial parallel rate should be used in the future to measure bolivar-based assets, liabilities and transactions, reported results could be further adversely affected. As of March 31, 2010, approximately $30 million (valued at the fixed official rate) of our cash and cash equivalents were held in Venezuelan bolivares. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, our Venezuelan subsidiary generated approximately $12 million of our consolidated revenue and $8 million of our consolidated OIBDA at the fixed official rate. As of March 31, 2010, our Venezuelan subsidiary had $27 million of net monetary assets of which $1 million and $26 million were denominated in U.S. Dollars and Venezuelan bolivares, respectively. The official exchange rate is 4.30 bolivares to the U.S. Dollar at March 31, 2010. The estimated exchange rate on the parallel market is between 6.90 and 7.00 bolivares to the U.S. Dollar at March 31, 2010. As of March 31, 2010 our Venezuelan subsidiary had $62 million of net assets, of which $24 million may not be transferred to us in the form of loans, advances or cash dividends without the consent of a third party (i.e., CADIVI). This amount represents the difference in value of our Venezuelan subsidiary’s net assets calculated using the official exchange rate as of March 31, 2010 versus such subsidiary’s net assets calculated using our estimate of the parallel market rate as at such date (since no third party

 

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consent is required to convert bolivares into U.S. Dollars on the parallel market and to then transfer such dollars to us).

We conduct a significant portion of our business using the British Pound Sterling, the Euro and the Brazilian Real. Appreciation of the U.S. Dollar adversely impacts our consolidated revenue. Since we tend to incur costs in the same currency in which we realize revenue, the impact on operating income and operating cash flow is largely mitigated. In addition, the appreciation of the U.S. Dollar relative to foreign currencies reduces the U.S. Dollar value of cash balances held in those currencies.

Economic and political conditions in Latin America pose numerous risks to our operations.

Our business operations in the Latin American region constitute a material portion of our business. As events in the Latin American region have demonstrated, negative economic or political developments in one country in the region can lead to or exacerbate economic or political instability elsewhere in the region. Furthermore, events in recent years in other developing markets have placed pressures on the stability of the currencies of a number of countries in Latin America in which we operate, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. While certain areas in the Latin American region have experienced economic growth, this recovery remains fragile. Pressures on local currencies are likely to have an adverse effect on our customers. Volatility in regional currencies and capital markets could also have an adverse effect on our ability and that of our customers to gain access to international capital markets for necessary financing, refinancing and repatriation of earnings.

In addition, any changes to the political and economic conditions in certain Latin American countries could materially and adversely impact our future business, operations, financial condition and results of operations. For example, in January 2007, the Venezuelan National Assembly issued an Enabling Law allowing the President of Venezuela to carry out the nationalization of certain businesses in the electricity and energy sectors, as well as Venezuela’s largest telecommunications company, Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (“CANTV”). CANTV was nationalized in the same year. A statement from the Venezuelan minister of telecommunications and director of the Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, the country’s telecommunications regulatory authority, has indicated that the nationalization of CANTV does not imply the nationalization of the telecommunications sector as a whole. However, there can be no assurance that such nationalization plans will not also extend to other businesses in the telecommunications sector, including our business. The government has also announced plans to modify the telecommunications law, and we cannot predict the impact of such amendments to our business. In addition, a referendum held on February 15, 2009, approved an amendment to the nation’s constitution removing presidential term limits.

Inflation and certain government measures to curb inflation in some Latin American countries may have adverse effects on their economies, our business and our operations.

Some Latin American countries have historically experienced high rates of inflation. Inflation and some measures implemented to curb inflation have had significant negative effects on the economies of these countries. Governmental actions taken in an effort to curb inflation, coupled with speculation about possible future actions, have contributed to economic uncertainty at times in most Latin American countries. These countries may experience high levels of inflation in the future that could lead to further government intervention in the economy, including the introduction of government policies that could adversely affect our results of operations. In addition, if any of these countries experience high rates of inflation, we may not be able to adjust the price of our services sufficiently to offset the effects of inflation on our cost structures. A high inflation environment would also have negative effects on the level of economic activity and employment and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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Many of our most important government customers have the right to terminate their contracts with us if a change of control occurs or to reduce the services they purchase from us.

Various agencies of the U.K. Government together represented approximately 49%, 47% and 47% of the GC UK Segment’s revenues in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Many of GC UK’s government contracts contain broad change of control provisions that permit the customer to terminate the contract if GC UK undergoes a change of control. A termination in many instances gives rise to other rights of the government customer, including, in some cases, the right to purchase some of GC UK’s assets used in servicing those contracts. Some change of control provisions may be triggered when any lender (other than a bank lender in the normal course of business) or a noteholder or group of noteholders would have the right to control GC UK or the majority of GC UK’s assets upon any event, including upon bankruptcy. If GC UK’s noteholders have the right to control GC UK or the majority of GC UK’s assets upon such event, it could be deemed to be a change of control of GC UK. Similarly, if ST Telemedia’s ownership interest in Global Crossing falls below certain levels, it could be deemed to be an indirect change of control of GC UK. In addition, most of GC UK’s government contracts do not include significant minimum usage guarantees. Thus, the applicable customers could simply choose not to use GC UK’s services and move to another telecommunications provider. If any of GC UK’s significant government contracts were terminated as a result of a change of control or otherwise, or if the applicable customers were to significantly reduce the services that they purchase under these contracts, we could experience a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, one of GC UK’s principal customer relationships is with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (“FCO”), to whom GC UK provides an international telecommunications network known as the FTN. GC UK’s contract to provide the FTN expired in May 2010. GC UK continues to provide the existing services pursuant to interim arrangements while the FCO finalizes its plans regarding the future of the FTN.

Risks Related to Competition and Our Industry

The prices that we charge for our services have been decreasing, and we expect that such decreases will continue over time.

We expect overall price erosion in our industry to continue at varying rates based on our service portfolio and reflective of marketplace demand and competition relative to existing capabilities and availability. Accordingly, our historical revenues are not indicative of future revenues based on comparable traffic volumes. If the prices for our services decrease for whatever reason and we are unable to increase profitable sales volumes through additional services or otherwise or correspondingly reduce operational costs, our operating results would be adversely affected. Similarly, future price decreases could be greater than we are anticipating.

Technological advances and regulatory changes are eroding traditional barriers between formerly distinct telecommunications markets, which could increase the competition we face and put downward pressure on prices.

New technologies, such as VoIP, and regulatory changes are blurring the distinctions between traditional and emerging telecommunications markets. As a result, a competitor in any of our business areas is potentially a competitor in our other business areas.

We face competition in each of our markets from the incumbent carrier in that market and from more recent market entrants. In addition, we could face competition from other companies, such as other competitive carriers, cable television companies, microwave carriers, wireless telephone system operators and private networks built by large end-users or municipalities. The introduction of new technologies may reduce the cost of services similar to those that we plan to provide and create

 

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significant new competitors with superior cost structures. If we are not able to compete effectively with any of these industry participants, or if this competition places excessive downward pressure on prices, our operating results would be adversely affected.

In the U.K., the OFCOM is encouraging new operators to build their own infrastructures to compete with BT and during recent years, BT has made significant progress towards completing construction of a new, IP based network which it refers to as a “21st Century” network. At present, it is not clear how operators will connect with this network or as to how and at what level BT will charge for access to the network. In January 2010, discussions were initiated between BT and communications providers, including us, on the interconnect nodes that will be available for calls originating on Voice over “Next Generation Access” (“VoNGA”) lines and how migration from TDM to IP Interconnect for VoNGA will take place. Regulation has historically provided for the expansion of competition in the marketplace and the subsequent lowering of tariffs charged across the industry. However, there is no way to know what regulatory actions OFCOM and other governmental and regulatory agencies may take in the future. Individually and collectively, these matters could have negative effects on our U.K. business, which could materially and adversely affect our consolidated business, results of operations and financial condition.

Many of our competitors have superior resources, which could place us at a cost and price disadvantage.

Many of our existing and potential competitors have significant competitive advantages, including greater market presence, name recognition and financial, technological and personnel resources, superior engineering and marketing capabilities, more ubiquitous network reach, and significantly larger installed customer bases. As a result, many of our competitors can raise capital at a lower cost than we can, and they may be able to adapt more swiftly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, take advantage of acquisition and other opportunities (including regulatory changes) more readily, and devote greater resources to the development, marketing and sale of products and services than we can. Also, our competitors’ greater brand name recognition may require us to price our services at lower levels in order to win business. Our competitors’ financial advantages may give them the ability to reduce their prices for an extended period of time if they so choose. Many of these advantages are expected to increase with the trend toward consolidation by large industry participants. Continued industry consolidation could further strengthen our competitors and adversely affect our prospects.

Failure to develop and introduce new services could affect our ability to compete in the industry.

We continuously develop, test and introduce new communications services that are delivered over our communications network. These new services are intended to allow us to address new segments of the communications marketplace and to compete for additional customers. In certain instances, the introduction of new services requires the successful development of new technology. To the extent that upgrades of existing technology are required for the introduction of new services, the success of these upgrades may be dependent on reaching mutually-acceptable terms with vendors and on vendors meeting their obligations in a timely manner. In addition, new service offerings may not be widely accepted by our customers. If our new service offerings are not widely accepted by our customers, we may terminate those service offerings and we may be required to impair any assets or technology used to develop or offer those services. If we are not able to successfully complete the development and introduction of new services in a timely manner, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

 

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Our selection of technology could prove to be incorrect, ineffective or unacceptably costly, which would limit our ability to compete effectively.

The telecommunications industry is subject to rapid and significant changes in technology, evolving industry standards, changing customer needs, emerging competition and frequent new product and service introductions. The future success of our business will depend, in part, on our ability to adapt to these factors in a timely and cost-effective manner. If we do not replace or upgrade technology and equipment that becomes obsolete, or if the technology choices we make prove to be incorrect, ineffective or unacceptably costly, we will be unable to compete effectively because we will not be able to meet the expectations of our customers, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our operations are subject to regulation in each of the countries in which we operate and require us to obtain and maintain a number of governmental licenses and permits. If we fail to comply with those regulatory requirements or to obtain and maintain those licenses and permits, including payment of related fees, if any, we may not be able to conduct our business. Moreover, those regulatory requirements could change in a manner that significantly increases our costs or otherwise adversely affects our operations.

In the ordinary course of constructing our networks and providing our services we are required to obtain and maintain a variety of telecommunications and other licenses and authorizations in the countries in which we operate, as well as rights-of-way from utilities, railroads, incumbent carriers and other persons. We also must comply with a variety of regulatory obligations. Due to the political and economic risks associated with the countries in which we operate, we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our licenses or that they will be renewed upon their expiration. Our failure to obtain or maintain necessary licenses, authorizations and rights-of-way, or to comply with the obligations imposed upon license holders including the payment of fees, in one or more countries, may result in sanctions or additional costs, including the revocation of authority to provide services in one or more countries.

Our operations around the world are subject to regulation at the regional level (e.g., European Union), the national level (e.g. FCC) and, in many cases, at the state, provincial, and local levels. The regulation of telecommunications networks and services around the world varies widely. In some countries, the range of services that we are legally permitted to provide may be limited. In other countries, existing telecommunications legislation is in the process of development, is unclear or inconsistent, or is applied in an unequal or discriminatory fashion, or inadequate judicial, regulatory or other forums are available to address these inadequacies or disputes. Our inability or failure to comply with the telecommunications laws and regulations of one or more of the countries in which we operate could result in the temporary or permanent suspension of operations in one or more countries. We also may be prohibited from entering certain countries at all or from providing all of our services in one or more countries. In addition, many of the countries in which we operate are conducting regulatory or other proceedings that will affect the implementation of their telecommunications legislation. We cannot be certain of the outcome of these proceedings. These proceedings may affect the manner in which we are permitted to provide our services in these countries as well as the level of fees and taxes payable to the government, and may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence or war may adversely affect the financial markets and our business and operations.

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attacks or that such attacks could impact other telecommunications companies or infrastructure or the Internet in a manner that disrupts our operations. Terrorist attacks (or threats of attack) also could lead to volatility or illiquidity in world financial markets and could otherwise adversely affect the economy. These events could adversely affect our business and our ability to obtain financing on favorable terms. In addition, it is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to obtain adequate insurance for losses due to terrorist attacks. Uninsured losses as a result of such attacks could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Other Risks

Actions of our controlling shareholder may conflict with your interests.

As of May 31, 2010, STT Crossing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ST Telemedia, owned 60.4% of GCL’s outstanding equity securities. As a result, ST Telemedia has the power to elect the majority of GCL’s directors. Under applicable law, our memorandum of association and bye-laws and the certificate of designations for GCL’s preferred stock, certain actions cannot be taken without the approval of holders of a majority of our voting stock including, without limitation, mergers, certain acquisitions and dispositions, issuances of additional equity securities (with certain enumerated exceptions), incurrences of indebtedness above specified amounts, the making of capital expenditures in excess of specified amounts, and amendments to our articles of association and bye-laws. GCL’s bye-laws include significant additional corporate governance rights of ST Telemedia. The interests of ST Telemedia may, in certain circumstances, conflict with your interests as the holders of the notes. We cannot assure you that ST Telemedia will take actions that are consistent with your best interest as holders of the notes. For example, ST Telemedia could vote to declare distributions or to cause us to incur indebtedness, in each case to the extent permitted under the indenture governing the notes, causing capital outflows or increasing debt service obligations for us, all of which could hinder our ability to meet our obligations under the notes.

A sale by ST Telemedia of a significant portion of its shareholdings in GCL could trigger contractual provisions tied to a change in control of GCL. For example, a change in control could result in the termination of significant contracts with U.K. Government customers, the requirement that we offer to purchase the GC UK Notes and the notes offered hereby at a price equal to 101% of their outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and the 5% Convertible Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, and the acceleration of the vesting of stock options and other incentive compensation awards granted to our officers, directors and employees.

Federal law generally prohibits more than 25% of GCL’s capital stock to be owned by foreign persons.

Ownership of GCL’s common stock is governed in part by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Other than ownership by ST Telemedia and its affiliates, which cannot exceed 66.25% without prior FCC approval, foreign ownership of GCL’s capital stock (i.e., total equity interests held by non-U.S. persons) generally cannot exceed 25% without prior FCC approval. Although we monitor foreign ownership in our capital stock, we cannot necessarily detect or control it and could be subject to governmental penalties if trading in our capital stock resulted in foreign ownership in excess of 25% without prior FCC approval.

 

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We are exposed to legal proceedings and contingent liabilities, including those related to Impsat, that could result in material losses that we have not reserved against.

We are a party to various legal proceedings and are subject to certain important contingent liabilities. If one or more of these legal proceedings or contingent liabilities were to be resolved in a manner adverse to us, we could suffer losses that are material to our business, results of operations and financial condition. We have not established reserves for many of these contingent liabilities and those for which reserves have been established could be adversely resolved at levels exceeding the reserved amounts. Certain of these contingent liabilities could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition in addition to the effect of any potential monetary judgment or sanction against us. Furthermore, any legal proceedings, regardless of the outcome, could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Assets and entities that we acquired from Impsat, or may acquire from future acquisitions, may be subject to unknown or contingent liabilities for which we may have no recourse, or only limited recourse to the entity from which the business was acquired (or its stakeholders).

Our real estate restructuring reserve represents a material liability, the calculation of which involves significant estimation.

As of December 31, 2009, our real estate restructuring reserve related to 2003 and prior restructuring plans aggregated $94 million of continuing building lease obligations and broker commissions, offset by anticipated receipts of $34 million from existing subleases and $47 million from subleases projected to be entered into in the future. Although we believe these estimates to be reasonable, actual sublease receipts could turn out to be materially less than we have estimated.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These statements set forth anticipated results based on management’s plans and assumptions. From time to time, we also provide forward-looking statements in other materials we release to the public as well as oral forward-looking statements. Such statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events; they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify such statements by using words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “will,” “could” and similar expressions in connection with any discussion of future events or future operating or financial performance or strategies or trends. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding:

 

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our services, including the development and deployment of data products and services based on IP and other technologies and strategies to expand our targeted customer base and broaden our sales channels and the opening and expansion of our data center and collocation services;

 

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the operation of our network, including with respect to the development of IP-based services and data center and collocation services;

 

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our liquidity and financial resources, including anticipated capital expenditures, funding of capital expenditures, anticipated levels of indebtedness, and the ability to raise capital through financing activities, including capital leases and similar financings;

 

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trends related to and management’s expectations regarding results of operations, required capital expenditures, integration of acquired businesses, revenues from existing and new lines of business and sales channels, OIBDA, gross margin, order volumes, expenses and cash flows; and

 

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sales efforts, expenses, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and the outcome of contingencies, such as regulatory, legal and tax proceedings and audits.

Our forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of factors that could cause actual results or events to differ significantly from current beliefs and expectations. See the section titled “Risk Factors” in this prospectus. In addition to the risk factors identified in this prospectus, the operation and results of our business are subject to general risks and uncertainties such as those relating to general economic, regulatory and political conditions and demand for telecommunications services as well as risks and uncertainties not known to us or that we deem to be immaterial. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the SEC, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes in the exchange offer. In consideration for issuing the exchange notes, we will receive in exchange the original notes in the same principal amount. The terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the terms of the original notes, except that the transfer restrictions, registration rights and related special interest terms applicable to the original notes will not apply to the exchange notes. The original notes surrendered in exchange for the exchange notes will be retired and canceled and may not be reissued. Accordingly, issuance of the exchange notes will not result in any increase in our outstanding indebtedness or in the obligations of the guarantors of the notes.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of March 31, 2010. This table should be read in conjunction with “Selected Consolidated Financial Information,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, all of which are included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

     As of
March 31,
2010
 
     (in millions)  

Cash and Cash Equivalents(1)

   $ 373   
        

GC UK Debt:

  

GC UK Senior Secured Notes due 2014

   $ 426   

Capital Leases and other debt

     28   
        

Total GC UK Debt

   $ 454   

GC Impsat Debt:

  

Capital Leases and other debt

   $ 25   
        

Total Impsat Debt

   $ 25   

GCL Debt:

  

12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015(2)

   $ 735   

Capital Leases and other debt

     107   

5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011(3)

     132   
        

Total GCL Debt

   $ 974   
        

Total Debt

   $ 1,453   

Total Shareholders’ Deficit

   $ (449 ) 
        

Total capitalization

   $ 1,004   
        

 

(1) Includes $14 million in restricted cash.

 

(2) Represents $750 million original aggregate principal less $15 million original issue discount.

 

(3) Reflects the impact of the adoption of FASB Staff Position No. 14-1. At March 31, 2010 the principal amount of the liability component, its amortized discount, and its net carrying value were $144 million, $12 million and $132 million, respectively.

 

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table sets forth our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated.

Global Crossing Limited

(Dollars in Millions)

 

    Years Ended December 31,     Three Months Ended March 31,  
        2005             2006             2007             2008             2009             2009    
(unaudited)
        2010    
(unaudited)
 

Loss before provision for income taxes

  $ (300   $ (261   $ (249   $ (235   $ (140   $ (54   $ (112

Interest expense

    99        110        177        176        160        36        49   

Portion of rent expense representing interest

    49        47        57        66        64        15        17   
                                                       

Income (losses) available for fixed charges

  $ (152   $ (104   $ (15   $ 7      $ 84      $ (3   $ (46
                                                       

Fixed Charges:

             

Interest expense

  $ 99      $ 110      $ 177      $ 176      $ 160      $ 36      $ 49   

Portion of rent expense representing interest

    49        47        57        66        64        15        17   

Preferred stock dividends

    4        3        4        4        4        1        1   
                                                       

Fixed charges

  $ 152      $ 160      $ 238      $ 246      $ 228      $ 52      $ 67   
                                                       

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

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Deficiency

  $ 304      $ 264      $ 253      $ 239      $ 144      $ 55      $ 113   
                                                       

 

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following table presents our selected consolidated financial information of and for the periods ended on the dates indicated. The selected consolidated financial information for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The selected consolidated financial information as of and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2009 and 2010 have been derived from our unaudited financial statements, which have been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial statements and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the information set forth therein. Our results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire fiscal year.

You should read the data set forth below together with the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and GCL’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto incorporated by reference from our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and our subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and with the other financial information incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

    Year Ended December 31,     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
        2005             2006             2007             2008             2009         2009
(unaudited)
    2010
(unaudited)
 

Statement of Operations Data:

             

Revenue

  $ 1,968      $ 1,871      $ 2,265      $ 2,599      $ 2,536      $ 609      $ 648   

Cost of revenue

             

Cost of access

    (1,216     (1,120     (1,146     (1,211     (1,159     (286     (305

Real estate, network and operations

    (309     (303     (391     (423     (406     (97     (99

Third party maintenance

    (96     (90     (103     (107     (103     (24     (27

Cost of equipment sales

    (55     (65     (88     (94     (98     (23     (24
                                                       

Total cost of revenue

    (1,676     (1,578     (1,728     (1,835     (1,766     (430     (455
                                                       

Gross margin

    292        293        537        764        770        179        193   

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    (412     (342     (414     (491     (428     (104     (116

Depreciation and amortization

    (142     (163     (264     (326     (340     (79     (88
                                                       

Operating income (loss)

    (262     (212     (141     (53     2        (4     (11

Other expense, net

    (74     (81     (141     (192     (142     (50     (101

Net gain on pre-confirmation contingencies

    36        32        33        10        —          —          —     

Provision for income taxes

    (63     (67     (63     (49     (1     (4     (7

Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

    9        —          —          —          —          —          —     
                                                       

Net loss

  $ (354   $ (328   $ (312   $ (284   $ (141   $ (58   $ (119
                                                       

Other Data:

             

OIBDA(1)

  $ (120   $ (49   $ 123      $ 273      $ 342      $ 75      $ 77   

OIBDA margin (%)(2)

    NM        NM        5.4     10.5     13.5     12.3     11.9

Capital expenditures

  $ 70      $ 99      $ 214      $ 192      $ 174      $ 38      $ 41   

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(3 )

    —   (4)      —   (5)      —   (6)      —   (7)      —   (8)      —   (9)      —   (10) 

 

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    As of
December 31,
    As of
March 31,
 
    2005     2006     2007     2008     2009     2009
(unaudited)
    2010
(unaudited)
 
    (in millions)  

Balance Sheet data:

 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 224      $ 459      $ 397      $ 360      $ 477      $ 306      $ 359   

Working capital deficit

    (252     (99     (114     (153     (128     (152     (178

Property and equipment, net

    963        1,132        1,467        1,300        1,280        1,260        1,229   

Goodwill and intangibles, net

    —          26        193        172        198        172        193   

Total assets

    1,590        2,054        2,666        2,349        2,488        2,258        2,343   

Short term debt and Long term debt (including current portion)

    649        913        1,246        1,153        1,332        1,148        1,319   

Capital leases (including current portion)

    76        138        177        145        139        134        134   

Total shareholders’ deficit

    (173     (161     (35     (246     (360     (260     (449
    Year Ended
December 31,
    Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
        2005             2006             2007             2008             2009         2009
(unaudited)
    2010
(unaudited)
 
    (in millions)  

Cash flow data:

             

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (114   $ (70   $ (16   $ 203      $ 256      $ 6      $ (31

Net cash used in investing activities

    (4     (157     (330     (146     (168     (36     (39

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    (15     455        283        (75     26        (22     (20

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (8     7        1        (19     3        (2     (28

 

(1) We define OIBDA as operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”). OIBDA differs from operating income (loss), as calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and reflected in our consolidated financial statements, in that it excludes depreciation and amortization. Such excluded expenses primarily reflect the non-cash impacts of historical capital investments, as opposed to the cash impacts of capital expenditures made in recent periods. In addition, OIBDA does not give effect to cash used for debt service requirements and thus does not reflect available funds for reinvestment, distributions or other discretionary uses. OIBDA is an important part of our internal reporting and planning processes and a key measure to evaluate profitability and operating performance, make comparisons between periods, and to make resource allocation decisions.

We believe that OIBDA is a relevant indicator of operating performance, especially in a capital-intensive industry such as telecommunications. OIBDA provides us with an indication of the underlying performance of our everyday business operations. It excludes the effect of items associated with our capitalization and tax structures, such as interest income, interest expense and income taxes, and of other items not associated with our everyday operations.

There are material limitations to using non-U.S. GAAP financial measures. Our calculation of OIBDA may differ from similarly titled measures used by other companies, and may not be comparable to those other measures. Additionally, OIBDA does not include certain significant items such as depreciation and amortization, interest income, interest expense, income taxes, other non-operating income or expense items, and preferred stock dividends. OIBDA should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

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The following table provides a reconciliation of OIBDA to income (loss) applicable to common shareholders:

 

     Year Ended December 31,      Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2005     2006     2007     2008     2009      2009
(unaudited)
     2010
(unaudited)
 

OIBDA

   $ (120   $ (49   $ 123      $ 273      $ 342       $ 75       $ 77   

Depreciation and amortization

     (142     (163     (264     (326     (340      (79      (88

Interest expense, net

     (86     (93     (156     (166     (153      (35      (49

Other income (expense), net

     12        12        15        (26     11         (15      (52

Net gain on pre-confirmation contingencies, net

     36        32        33        10        —           —           —     

Income tax provision

     (63     (67     (63     (49     (1      (4      (7

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

     9        —          —          —          —           —           —     

Preferred stock dividends

     (4     (3     (4     (4     (4      (1      (1
                                                          

Loss applicable to common shareholders

   $ (358   $ (331   $ (316   $ (288   $ (145    $ (59    $ (120
                                                          
(2) OIBDA margin represents OIBDA divided by revenue.

 

(3) These computations include us and our consolidated subsidiaries. For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, “earnings” is calculated by adding (i) income from continuing operations before income taxes and (ii) fixed charges for continuing operations. For purposes of calculating this ratio, fixed charges includes interest expense, capitalized interest, preferred dividends and one-half of rent expense, which is deemed to be representative of that portion of rental expense estimated to be attributable to interest.

 

(4) Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $304 million for the year ended December 31, 2005.

 

(5) Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $264 million for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

(6) Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $253 million for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

(7) Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $239 million for the year ended December 31, 2008.

 

(8) Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $144 million for the year ended December 31, 2009.

 

(9) Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $55 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009.

 

(10) Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $113 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

In reading the above historical financial data, please note the following:

 

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On September 22, 2009, we issued $750 million in aggregate principal amount of notes due 2015 at an issue price of 97.944% of their par value. We used proceeds from the issuance of the notes to: (i) repay in full the loan outstanding under the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2007, among us, certain of our subsidiaries, Goldman Sachs Partners L.P. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“the “Term Loan Agreement”) together with a 1% prepayment penalty and unpaid interest to but not including the date of repayment (total cost of $348 million); (ii) purchase all of the 9.875% senior notes due February 15, 2017 of GC Impsat (the “GC Impsat Notes”) that were validly tendered in a tender offer for such notes, including a consent fee of 5% of the principal amount of those notes tendered by the early withdrawal date (total cost of $237 million); and (iii) pay the estimated initial purchaser discounts, professional fees and other transactions fees and expenses in connection with the offering. After these costs, the remaining $125 million is to be used for general corporate purposes. Included in other income (expense), net in our consolidated statements of operations is a charge of approximately $29 million recorded in connection with the early extinguishment of the GC Impsat Notes and the Term Loan Agreement.

 

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On May 9, 2007, we acquired Impsat for cash of $9.32 per share of Impsat common stock, representing a total equity value of approximately $95 million. The total purchase price including direct costs of acquisition was approximately $104 million. Impsat is a leading Latin American provider of IP, hosting and value-added data solutions. As a result of the acquisition, we are able to provide greater breadth of services and coverage in the Latin American region and enhance our competitive position as a global service provider. The results of Impsat’s operations have been included in our results commencing May 9, 2007. Due to the purchase, we recorded a $27 million non-cash, non-taxable gain from the deemed settlement of pre-existing arrangements.

 

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On February 14, 2007, GC Impsat, a wholly owned subsidiary, issued $225 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.875% senior notes due February 15, 2017. On May 9, 2007, we entered into the Term Loan Agreement pursuant to which we borrowed $250 million on that date and on June 1, 2007 amended the Term Loan Agreement to provide for the borrowing of an additional $100 million on that date. Also, in conjunction with the recapitalization pursuant to which we entered into the Term Loan Agreement, on August 27, 2007, STT Crossing Ltd. converted $250 million original principal amount of Mandatorily Convertible Notes into approximately 16.58 million shares of common stock. We recorded a $30 million inducement fee related to the early conversion of STT Crossing Ltd. debt to equity in other income (expense), net.

 

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During 2007, we released a contingent liability and interest accrued on that liability as a result of a tax court dismissing the claim and we recorded a $27 million net gain on settlement of pre-confirmation contingencies and an $8 million reduction in interest expense.

 

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On December 28, 2006, we issued an additional 52 million pounds sterling aggregate principal amount of 11.75% pound sterling senior secured notes due 2014. The additional notes were issued at a premium of approximately 5 million pounds sterling which resulted in us receiving gross proceeds, before underwriting fees, of approximately $111 million. The notes are additional notes issued under the original GC UK Notes bond indenture dated December 23, 2004.

 

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In October 2006, we acquired Fibernet. The total purchase price including direct costs of the acquisition was approximately 52 million pounds sterling (approximately $97 million at the exchange rate at the closing date). Fibernet is a provider of specialist telecommunications services to large enterprises and other telecommunications and internet service companies primarily located in the U.K. and Germany. Fibernet’s results of operations have been included in our results since October 11, 2006, the date we took control of their operations.

 

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On May 30, 2006, we made concurrent public offerings of 12,000,000 shares of common stock and $144 million aggregate principal amount of the 5% Convertible Senior Notes for total gross proceeds of $384 million. Restructuring plans resulting in employee terminations, closing of real estate facilities, and cancellation of contracts have resulted in significant restructuring charges (credits). Excluding those related to acquired businesses which are included as liabilities assumed in our purchase price, we have recorded restructuring charges (credits) of $4 million, $3 million, $(30) million, $(4) million and $18 million in the results from operations above in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These charges (credits) are included in selling, general and administrative expenses. See further discussion under the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS

In addition to the original notes for which we are offering the exchange notes pursuant to this prospectus, we currently have the following indebtedness outstanding.

GC UK Notes

On December 23, 2004, GC UK issued $200 million in aggregate principal amount of 10.75% U.S. dollar denominated senior secured notes due 2014 and 105 million pounds sterling aggregate principal amount of 11.75% pounds sterling denominated senior secured notes due 2014. The U.S. dollar and sterling denominated notes were issued at a discount of approximately $3 million and 2 million pounds sterling, respectively, which resulted in our receiving gross proceeds before underwriting fees, of approximately $398 million. The GC UK Notes mature on December 15, 2014. Interest is payable in cash semi-annually on June 15 and December 15.

On December 28, 2006, GC UK Finance issued an additional 52 million pounds sterling aggregate principal amount of pound sterling denominated GC UK Notes. The additional notes were issued at a premium of approximately 5 million pounds sterling, which resulted in us receiving gross proceeds, before underwriting fees, of approximately $111 million.

The GC UK Notes are senior obligations of GC UK Finance and rank equal in right of payment with all of its future senior debt. GC UK has guaranteed the GC UK Notes as a senior obligation ranking equal in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior debt. The GC UK Notes are secured by certain assets of GC UK and GC UK Finance, including the capital stock of GC UK Finance, but certain material assets of GC UK do not serve as collateral for the GC UK Notes.

GC UK Finance may redeem the GC UK Notes in whole or in part, at any time on or after December 15, 2009 at redemption prices decreasing from 105.375% (for the U.S. dollar denominated notes) or 105.875% (for the pounds sterling denominated notes) of the principal amount in 2009 to 100% of the principal amount in 2012 and thereafter. At any time before December 15, 2009, GC UK Finance may redeem either series of notes, in whole or in part, by paying a “make-whole” premium, calculated in accordance with the GC UK Notes indenture. GC UK Finance may also redeem either series of notes, in whole but not in part, upon certain changes in tax laws and regulations.

The GC UK Notes were issued under an indenture which includes covenants and events of default that are customary for high-yield senior note issuances. The indenture governing the GC UK Notes limits GC UK’s ability to, among other things: (i) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, (ii) pay dividends or make other distributions to repurchase or redeem its stock; (iii) make investments or other restricted payments, (iv) create liens; (v) enter into certain transactions with affiliates (vi) enter into agreements that restrict the ability of its material subsidiaries to pay dividends; and (vii) consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of its assets.

As required by the indenture governing the GC UK Notes, within 120 days after the end of each twelve month period ending December 31, GC UK must offer (the “Excess Cash Offer”) to purchase a portion of the GC UK Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, with 50% of “Designated GC UK Cash Flow” from that period. “Designated GC UK Cash Flow” means GC UK’s consolidated net income plus non-cash charges minus capital expenditures. With respect to the 2009 Excess Cash Offer, we made an offer for and purchased approximately $18 million and less than $1 million, respectively, principal amount of the GC UK Notes, exclusive of accrued but unpaid interest. With respect to the 2008 and 2007 Excess Cash Offers, we made an offer for and purchased approximately $11 million and $2 million principal amount of the GC UK Notes, plus accrued interest through the purchase date, respectively.

 

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A loan or dividend payment by GC UK to GCL and its affiliates is a restricted payment under the indenture governing the GC UK Notes. Under the indenture such a payment (i) may be made only if GC UK is not then in default under the indenture and would be permitted at that time to incur additional indebtedness under the applicable debt incurrence test; (ii) may generally be made only within ten business days of consummation of each Excess Cash Offer; and (iii) would generally be limited to 50% of GC UK’s Designated GC UK Cash Flow plus the portion, if any, of the applicable Excess Cash Offer that the holders of the notes decline to accept. In addition, so long as GC UK is not then in default under the indenture, GC UK may make up to 10 million pounds sterling (approximately $15 million at March 31, 2010) in the aggregate in restricted payments in excess of 50% of Designated GC UK Cash Flow for a given period; provided that any such excess payments shall reduce the amount of restricted payments permitted to be paid out of future Designated GC UK Cash Flow. Prior to the conversion of the Mandatorily Convertible Notes (see Term Loan Agreement and Other Financing Activities below), loans from GC UK made to us or our other subsidiaries were subordinated to the payment of obligations under the Mandatorily Convertible Notes. Any future loans made by GC UK to GCL or GCL’s other subsidiaries must be subordinated to the payment of obligations under the Term Loan Agreement. The terms of any inter-company loan by GC UK to GCL or GCL’s other subsidiaries are required by the GC UK Notes indenture to be at arm’s length and must be agreed to by the board of directors of GC UK, including its independent members. In the exercise of their fiduciary duties, GC UK’s directors will require GC UK to maintain a minimum cash balance in an amount they deem prudent.

5% Convertible Notes

On May 30, 2006, we completed a public offering of $144 million aggregate principal amount of the 5% convertible notes due 2011. The 5% Convertible Notes rank equal in right of payment with any other of our senior indebtedness, except to the extent of the value of any collateral securing such indebtedness. The notes were priced at par value, mature on May 15, 2011, and accrue interest at 5% per annum, payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The 5% Convertible Notes may be converted at any time prior to maturity at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of approximately $22.98 per share. At any time prior to maturity, we may unilaterally and irrevocably elect to settle our conversion obligation in cash and, if applicable, shares of our common stock, calculated as set forth in the indenture governing the 5% Convertible Notes. During the twelve months commencing on May 20, 2009 and May 20, 2010, we may redeem some or all of the 5% Convertible Notes for cash at a redemption price equal to 102% and 101%, respectively, of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest. We had no right to redeem the 5% Convertible Notes prior to May 20, 2009. We may be required to repurchase, for cash, all or a portion of the notes upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (i.e., a change in control or a delisting of our common stock) at a purchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, or, in certain cases, to convert the notes at an increased conversion rate based on the price paid per share of our common stock in a transaction constituting a fundamental change.

Concurrent with the closing of the 5% Convertible Notes offering we purchased a portfolio of U.S. treasury securities with total face value of $21 million for $20 million, and pledged these securities to collateralize the first six interest payments due on the 5% Convertible Notes.

GC Impsat Notes and Colombian Bonds

On February 14, 2007, GC Impsat, our wholly owned subsidiary, issued $225 million aggregate principal amount of 9.875% senior notes due February 15, 2017. Interest on the GC Impsat Notes is payable in cash semi-annually in arrears every February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2007. The proceeds of this offering were used to finance a portion of the purchase price (including the

 

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repayment of indebtedness and payment of fees) of our acquisition of Impsat, which was consummated on May 9, 2007. Pursuant to a pledge and security agreement, entered into on the date of the acquisition, GC Impsat maintained a debt service reserve account in the name of the collateral agent for the benefit of the note holders equal to two interest payments ($22 million) on the GC Impsat Notes until certain cash flow metrics were met. During 2008, those cash flow metrics were met and the $22 million debt service reserve funds for the GC Impsat Notes were released to unrestricted cash and cash equivalents.

The GC Impsat Notes are senior unsecured obligations of GC Impsat and rank equal in right of payment with all of its other senior unsecured debt. Upon consummation of the acquisition, the restricted subsidiaries of GC Impsat (including Impsat and most of its subsidiaries) guaranteed the GC Impsat Notes on a senior unsecured basis, ranking equal in right of payment with all of their other senior unsecured debt.

In August 2009, we commenced a tender offer for any and all of the outstanding GC Impsat Notes, and on September 10, 2009, we entered into a supplemental indenture that removed substantially all of the restrictive covenants in the indenture, which changes became operative when we accepted for purchase all of the GC Impsat Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in the offer.

At December 31, 2009 the primary debt of the GC Impsat Segment that remains outstanding was approximately $10 million of bonds issued by Impsat’s subsidiary in Colombia. These bonds bear interest at the Colombian consumer price index plus 8%. The Colombia Bonds are repayable in December 2010.

Other Financing Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we entered into one debt agreement to finance various equipment purchases and software licenses. The total debt obligation resulting from this agreement was $4 million and is payable over one year with annual interest of 8.8%. In addition, we also entered into various capital leasing arrangements that aggregated $12 million. These agreements have terms that range from 15 to 48 months with a weighted average effective interest rate of 11.6%.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF COLLATERAL

The following description is an overview of the collateral securing the notes, certain requirements with respect thereto and certain important exclusions therefrom. It does not restate the provisions of the indenture or the collateral documents pertaining to security in their entirety. We urge you to read the indenture and the collateral documents because they, and not this summary, define your rights in the collateral. Copies of the indenture and the collateral documents are available as set forth under the caption “Where You Can Find More Information.” Certain defined terms used in this description but not defined under the caption “Description of the Exchange Notes—Certain Definitions” have the meanings assigned to them in the indenture and the collateral documents.

The notes and the related guarantees are secured by our assets and the assets of certain of our subsidiaries (the “Grantors”), subject to the limitations described below. GCL has granted a security interest in substantially all of its assets, which primarily consisted of the capital stock of its sole direct subsidiary, Global Crossing Holdings Limited. Our subsidiaries that guarantee the notes have granted security interests in certain of their assets to secure those guarantees. Since the subsidiaries in our GC UK Segment are Unrestricted Subsidiaries, they do not guarantee the notes and none of their assets secure the notes.

In general, the notes and guarantees are secured by liens on the following categories of assets of the Grantor Guarantors (as defined below). These assets will also secure future permitted pari passu indebtedness on a pari passu basis.

 

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Cash and cash equivalents.    Aggregate cash and cash equivalents of the Grantor Guarantors were $248 million as of March 31, 2010. The indenture requires us to grant (and, where applicable, register or perfect) a security interest in all cash and cash equivalents of the Grantor Guarantors, other than cash and cash equivalents in an amount equal to $15 million (or, at any time that Impsat Colombia becomes a Grantor Guarantor, $25 million). There is no requirement in the indenture, however, that the Grantor Guarantors maintain a particular level of cash and cash equivalents.

 

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Accounts receivable.    As of March 31, 2010, the Grantor Guarantors had aggregate receivables in an amount equal to approximately $244 million. As described in greater detail below, a substantial portion of the receivables of the Latin American Grantors (as defined below) are not subject to a valid and enforceable security interest. As of March 31, 2010, the Latin American Grantors had aggregate receivables equal to approximately $40 million. The amount of the Latin American Grantors’ receivables fluctuates from time to time, sometimes significantly.

 

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Sub-sea fiber optic cable network in international waters.    As of March 31, 2010, our sub-sea fiber optic cable network in international waters had a book value of approximately $102 million. As explained in further detail below, there is a lack of certainty as to the ability to establish and perfect a security interest in these assets.

 

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Real estate, improvements and fixtures.    As of March 31, 2010, the Grantor Guarantors had real estate and improvements with an aggregate book value of $85 million. However, the indenture only requires us to establish (and, where applicable, register or perfect) a security interest in the Grantor Guarantors’ principal cable landing stations and telehouses in Latin America and in other owned real estate, improvements and fixtures with a value at any single site of $3 million or more. Also, certain of our owned real estate is subject to existing mortgage liens. The owned real properties in which we have granted (and, where applicable, registered or perfected) a security interest had an aggregate book value of $71 million as of March 31, 2010. With certain limited exceptions, the collateral does not include our cable landing stations

 

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and principal telehouses outside of South America, which are generally located on leased real property.

 

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Equipment.    As of March 31, 2010, the Grantor Guarantors held equipment (excluding equipment held under capital leases) with an aggregate book value of $515 million, of which $109 million of equipment (excluding equipment held under capital leases) was held by Latin American Grantors. Due to the difficulty in establishing (and, where applicable, registering or perfecting) a security interest in the Latin American Grantors’ equipment, as contemplated by the indenture, we only have granted security interest on the equipment (excluding equipment held under capital leases) at certain principal operating sites in Latin America, which had an aggregate book value of $47 million as of March 31, 2010. In addition, in many jurisdictions the indenture does not require a security interest in ductwork and fiber optic cable due to its dispersed nature and the need for local filings to establish (and, where applicable, register or perfect) the same.

In addition, the notes and guarantees are secured by liens on the following assets. These assets will also secure any future permitted pari passu indebtedness on a pari passu basis.

 

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The capital stock of approximately 60 out of our approximately 105 restricted subsidiaries that are subject to the covenants under the indenture; and

 

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The capital stock of Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Ltd. (“GC UK”), the principal operating subsidiary of our GC UK Segment, which is separately financed and is not subject to the covenants under the indenture.

The value and scope of the security interests granted by each such guarantor vary depending on, among other things, the following factors:

 

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the status of such guarantor under the indenture;

 

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such guarantor’s ability to grant (and, where applicable, register or perfect) security interests in the jurisdiction in which it is organized and the nature of the assets in which the security interest is given;

 

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in the case of any Latin American Grantor, our ability to conduct asset identification and valuation audits with a sufficient level of detail to grant (and, where applicable, register or perfect) security interests in the collateral to be provided by such guarantors;

 

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exceptions to the requirement to provide a security interest in light of the relative cost, benefits and burden of granting (and, where applicable, registering or perfecting) the same;

 

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our ability to designate some of our subsidiaries that do not provide liens on assets on the date of this prospectus as Grantors in the future, or to release the liens on collateral provided by Grantors in accordance with the terms of the indenture;

 

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the value from time to time of the assets comprising collateral; and

 

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the scope of assets excluded by the definition of “Excluded Assets” in the indenture.

Each of these factors is further described below. Additional and important details regarding these factors are included in the terms of the indenture set forth under the caption “Description of the Exchange Notes,” and you should consult those provisions and related definitions for a more precise description of the collateral arrangements. There also are material risks related to the collateral securing the notes and guarantees and the grant (and, where applicable, registration or perfection) of such security interests, and material limitations on the scope of collateral and the rights and remedies of creditors in respect of the collateral. See “Risk Factors—The collateral pledged to secure the notes

 

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may not be sufficient to satisfy amounts owed in respect of the notes and, upon any foreclosure, it may be difficult to realize the value of the collateral pledge to secure the notes.”

In this summary description of collateral, when we say “substantially all”, we mean that we would have in place appropriate filings and registrations (and as applicable, pledge agreements, control agreements, mortgages and other documents) that cover substantially all tangible assets and certain intangible assets of the applicable legal entity, subject to significant exceptions detailed in the definition of “Excluded Assets” set forth in the indenture and described further below and subject to other limitations described below. Due to the different requirements for perfection (or similar concepts, if applicable) in various jurisdictions around the world with respect to various categories of assets and the widely dispersed nature of the assets comprising our global network, we are not able to quantify with precision the amount or value of the assets that constitute “Excluded Assets” or that will otherwise be excluded from collateral as described below, and such excluded assets may be significant in amount. When we refer to “tangible assets”, we mean principally cash and cash equivalents, third party accounts receivable and property, plant and equipment (excluding assets subject to capital leases, fixtures in real estate not subject to a mortgage, and owned real estate that has a book value below certain agreed thresholds). When we refer to intangible assets, we principally refer to intellectual property in the United States and certain contract rights. No security interest will be granted in our intellectual property rights outside of the United States, and we do not expect that our intangible assets will comprise a material portion of the collateral. Certain contract rights and governmental licenses, permits or concessions which may be material to our operations may also not be included in the collateral.

Status of Subsidiaries under the Indenture

Grantor Guarantors

Certain of our subsidiaries guarantee the notes on a secured basis and have granted liens on their assets to secure the notes, other than certain excluded assets and subject to limitations detailed below. These subsidiaries are referred to as “Grantor Guarantors” in the indenture. These Grantor Guarantors currently include our subsidiaries organized under the laws of Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, other than certain immaterial subsidiaries, subsidiaries that will be liquidated, unrestricted subsidiaries and certain other individually named subsidiaries. For the year ended December 31, 2009, these subsidiaries as a group represented approximately 71% of our consolidated revenues and approximately 67% of our consolidated OIBDA. The total book value of the tangible assets of these subsidiaries as of March 31, 2010 was approximately $1.16 billion.

Pledgor Guarantors

Certain of our other subsidiaries that guarantee the notes only pledge the outstanding equity interests held by them in their direct subsidiaries, subject to certain exclusions. These subsidiaries are referred to as “Pledgor Guarantors”. These include our subsidiaries organized under the laws of Australia, Belgium, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela. Most of these subsidiaries do not hold any equity interests in other subsidiaries; however, they will pledge any future equity interests held by them. For the year ended December 31, 2009, these subsidiaries as a group represented approximately 3% of our consolidated revenues and approximately 4% of our consolidated OIBDA.

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grant (and, where applicable, register or perfect) security interests in their assets, or to release the liens on collateral of Grantor Guarantors or Pledgor Guarantors in compliance with the covenants in the indenture.

Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

Our subsidiaries that we deem to be immaterial subsidiaries, subsidiaries that we expect to liquidate or commence liquidation before September 22, 2010 and other specified subsidiaries (the “Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries”) are subject to the restrictive covenants contained in the indenture, but do not guarantee the notes and do not grant a security interest in their assets, including any outstanding equity interests held by them. Our subsidiaries organized under the laws of France and Italy are not guaranteeing the notes and will not grant security interests in their assets to secure the notes because of significant limitations under local law on the value of the guarantee, as well as the fact that such a guarantee could require them to provide separate audited financial statements and become separate reporting companies under applicable SEC rules. However, the equity interests in our Italian subsidiary have been pledged by its parents. Further, despite their status as Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries, Global Crossing Argentina S.A. and Global Crossing Colombia S.A. are each pledged by their respective parent. For the year ended December 31, 2009, all of our Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries as a group represented approximately 7% of our consolidated revenues and approximately 2% of our consolidated OIBDA. The stock pledge of Global Crossing Argentina S.A., or GC Argentina, is initially limited to $35 million, which was over 120% of the net worth of GC Argentina as reflected on its balance sheet as of June 30, 2009 because of the substantial stamp taxes under Argentina law as a result of such pledge. We will periodically increase the limit on the pledge to an amount that is at least 120% of GC Argentina’s shareholders equity from time to time as set forth in “Description of the Exchange Notes—Global Crossing Argentina S.A. Pledge”. No such increase has been required through March 31, 2010. In a foreclosure, the collateral agent would not be able to recover amounts under the pledge in excess of the maximum amount specified from time to time in the collateral documents affecting such pledge.

Certain of our other subsidiaries are unrestricted subsidiaries. These entities do not provide a guarantee of the obligations under the notes, do not grant a security interest in their assets and are not subject to the restrictive covenants contained in the indenture. On the date of this prospectus, only Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited (“GC UK”) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries are unrestricted subsidiaries. For the year ended December 31, 2009, these subsidiaries as a group represented approximately 19% of our consolidated revenues and approximately 27% of our consolidated OIBDA. In general, equity interests held by guarantors in unrestricted subsidiaries will not be pledged pursuant to the terms of the indenture; however, the equity interests in GC UK have been pledged by its direct parent to secure the notes.

Jurisdiction in which Grantor Guarantor is Organized

Subsidiaries in Bermuda, Canada, England & Wales, Ireland and the United States

We have provided a security interest in substantially all of the assets (excluding (i) owned real property and buildings and fixtures thereon with an aggregate book value of such property and associated fixtures of less than $3.0 million individually and (ii) other excluded assets) of our subsidiaries organized under the laws of (or political subdivisions of) the following jurisdictions: Bermuda, Canada, England & Wales, Ireland and the United States. These jurisdictions have legal regimes allowing the grant of security interests (and, where applicable, registration and perfection of such security interests ) on substantially all tangible assets of a Grantor Guarantor without requirements for individual identification of those assets (except real estate and fixtures on real estate), and on deposit and securities accounts. For the year ended December 31, 2009, these subsidiaries as

 

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a group represented approximately 59% of our consolidated revenues and approximately 49% of our consolidated OIBDA. The total book value of tangible assets of these subsidiaries as of March 31, 2010 was approximately $828 million.

In contrast, many of our subsidiaries that are organized under the laws of other countries, notably in continental Europe and Latin America, are subject to more complicated legal regimes for the making of guarantees and the granting (and, where applicable, registration or perfection) of security interests on assets. We are able to provide liens only on a portion of their assets as described below.

Continental European Subsidiaries

Certain of our subsidiaries organized under the laws of continental European countries guarantee the notes and have granted security interests in certain of their assets to secure the notes. These countries include Germany, The Netherlands and Spain. In most of these jurisdictions there is legal uncertainty as to whether these security interests are effective as to certain classes of assets (such as fiber optic cable and duct work) and the collateral is limited in this regard. Portions of our network infrastructure in these jurisdictions therefore may not constitute part of the collateral securing the notes. Other such jurisdictions have practical limits on our ability to provide security interests in cash or future accounts receivable in those countries, and these assets may be excluded from the collateral.

Latin American Subsidiaries

Certain of our subsidiaries organized under the laws of Latin American countries guarantee the notes and have granted security interests in certain of their assets to secure the notes. These countries include Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Panama and Peru (the “Latin American Grantors”). For the year ended December 31, 2009, these subsidiaries as a group represented approximately 10% of our consolidated revenues and approximately 33% of our consolidated OIBDA.

In general, the Latin American Grantors require consent of the applicable contract counterparty for a security interest in contract rights and receivables to be granted (and, if applicable, registered or perfected), unless the applicable contract expressly permits such assignment (in which case only notice to the counterparty is generally required). Most of our customer contracts in these countries, however, prohibit assignment without consent. As required by the indenture, we have used commercially reasonable efforts (a) to contact our 20 largest customers in Latin America with existing contracts (representing accounts receivable in the aggregate amount of $17 million as of June 30, 2009) and (b) to obtain their consent (if necessary) so that we may grant a lien on the accounts receivable generated by these customers’ contracts. We have granted a lien on the accounts receivable generated by 6 out of such 20 customers based on the consents we have been able to obtain, representing accounts receivable in the aggregate amount of $4 million as of June 30, 2009. We have no reason to believe that the non-consenting customers will change their positions.

In addition, under applicable local law the Latin American Grantors must identify equipment with particularity (which, in some jurisdictions may require serial numbers, detailed narrative descriptions and similar information) in order to grant (and, if applicable, register or perfect) security interests in their equipment. In light of these restrictions and the nature of our operations in Latin America, these subsidiaries have provided security interests only in specified owned real property and equipment at a limited number of cable landing stations and telehouse sites that have significant concentrations of plant, property and equipment. With respect to these subsidiaries, we have provided a lien on real property and equipment at certain principal operating sites with a book value for property, plant and equipment of $176 million (such amount excludes real property and fixtures onsite in Lima, Peru with a book value of $11 million which has an existing mortgage loan and therefore does not constitute collateral for the notes), as of March 31, 2010. In addition, we will provide a lien on real property and

 

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equipment at any other operating sites of the Latin American Grantors that may in the future have a book value at any single site of $3 million or more.

Furthermore, these subsidiaries will track the requisite detailed information on new equipment to enable them to provide a security interest in new equipment with a value in excess of $25,000 located at the key sites referred to above or at any other premises or facility comprising real property, fixtures and equipment with a book value in excess of $3 million and will use commercially reasonable efforts to include a consent to assignment of receivables in all new contracts in accordance with the terms of the indenture applicable to after-acquired property.

The total book value of tangible assets of the Latin American Grantors was approximately $274 million as of March 31, 2010.

Subsea Assets

Finally, with respect to our sub-sea fiber optic cable in international waters, our Grantor Guarantor subsidiaries that own those assets have granted a security interest in those assets; however, given the lack of any governmental authority with jurisdiction over the physical location of the assets, it may not be practicable to perfect a security interest in those assets in a manner which would be recognized in applicable jurisdictions.

Changes in Collateral over Time

We have the right to redesignate the status of certain of our subsidiaries as Grantor Guarantors, Pledgor Guarantors or Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in each case in compliance with the provisions of the indenture. That means that the total security interests in our consolidated assets securing the notes and guarantees may increase, in the case of redesignating a subsidiary as a Grantor Guarantor, or possibly decrease, to the extent that we redesignate a Grantor Guarantor as a Pledgor Guarantor or if a guarantee is otherwise released in accordance with the indenture. Moreover, as discussed in greater detail below, under certain circumstances the pledge of capital stock of a subsidiary may be released, or repledged, to the extent the pledge of such capital stock would require separate audited financial statements of the issuer of that capital stock under applicable SEC rules.

Value and Measurement of Assets

The value of the assets constituting collateral can be measured in different ways. For purposes of the indenture, we focus on the book value of the assets in monitoring the collateral and using commercially reasonable efforts to grant liens on assets securing the notes and related guarantees. The book value may be greater or less than the fair market value of those assets due to the effects of fresh-start accounting, ordinary course depreciation and amortization, reserves for bad debt expense and other factors. The value of collateral also may vary from time to time due to market conditions, the effects of the currency in which it is denominated or recorded, collectability, and other factors which are generally outside of our control. In addition, the book value of assets may not reflect the strategic importance of an asset or collection of assets in light of the role it plays in the interconnectivity of our global network. We cannot assure you that the collateral securing notes will have a particular value. See “Risk Factors—The collateral pledged to secure the notes may not be sufficient to satisfy amounts owed in respect of the notes and, upon any foreclosure, it may be difficult to realize the value of the collateral pledged to secure the notes.”

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all tangible assets of the Grantor Guarantors, even though not all of those tangible assets will constitute “collateral” due to the definition of “Excluded Assets” discussed below. Moreover, in some calculations the test will be measured based on the book value of the tangible assets of a subset of the Grantor Guarantors organized in Approved Jurisdictions.

With respect to pledges of capital stock and other securities of our subsidiaries as collateral, under applicable SEC rules we will have to periodically value the principal amount, par value, book value and market value of those securities, and the greatest of any such value will be determinative in whether or not the pledge of such capital stock or securities triggers a separate financial statement requirement under SEC rules. If such a separate financial statement requirement is triggered, the pledge of such capital stock or securities of the relevant subsidiary will be released, except in the case of the parent of our GC UK Segment and our subsidiary Global Crossing Argentina S.A.

Definition of “Excluded Assets”

For all purposes of the indenture and the collateral documents, the grant of security interests in assets or pledge of assets are limited to assets of GCL, Grantor Guarantors and Pledgor Guarantors that are not “Excluded Assets” as defined in the indenture. The definition of Excluded Assets includes a number of significant exceptions to the assets that constitute collateral securing the notes and guarantees. We are not able to quantify the aggregate amount of these Excluded Assets of the Grantor Guarantors or Pledgor Guarantors, but the aggregate book value of these excluded assets is material.

Certain of the Excluded Assets are excluded from the collateral because, among other reasons, the cost of obtaining such security interests may be impracticable or excessive relative to the benefit that would be afforded by such security interests. As a general matter, the scope of excluded assets includes but is not limited to:

 

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contracts, agreements, leases and other documents that restrict assignment, or in the case of contracts, agreements, leases and other documents that must be identified with particularity in order to register the security interest under local law, those that account for under $1.0 million in annual revenues;

 

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governmental licenses, permits, concessions, applications and authorizations that restrict assignment or require consent to assign, or in the case of governmental licenses, permits, concessions, applications or authorizations that must be identified with particularity in order to register the security interest under local law, that are not individually material to the business, financial condition or operations of the applicable Grantor Guarantor;

 

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equity interests of immaterial subsidiaries, certain specified subsidiaries and subsidiaries where the pledge is excused because it would require the filing of separate financial statements of the subsidiary under SEC rules (other than GC UK and Global Crossing Argentina S.A., unless such subsidiaries become Grantor Guarantors);

 

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all (a) leased real property; (b) owned real property other than (i) specific real property located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, (ii) specific real property owned by the Latin American Grantors and (iii) any other owned real property with a book value equal to or greater than $3.0 million; and (c) fixtures (including ductwork and conduit) that cannot be perfected using commercially reasonable efforts;

 

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plant, machinery, office equipment, computers and similar tangible property that must be identified with particularity in order to register the security interest under local law having an individual book value below (a) $200,000 or (b) in the case of any property, plant or equipment of any Latin American Grantor which is acquired after the date of the indenture and located at any of the specified real property owned by the Latin American Grantors which is subject to a

 

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mortgage in accordance with the indenture or at any other premises or facility comprising real property, fixtures and equipment with a value in excess of $3 million, $25,000;

 

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property subject to liens securing debt existing at closing, and property from time to time financed by capital leases, mortgage financings and purchase money obligations permitted under the indenture;

 

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motor vehicles and other equipment subject to a certificate of title statute in an aggregate amount less than $10 million;

 

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certain letter of credit rights and commercial tort claims;

 

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crops or farm products, and as-extracted collateral;

 

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intellectual property rights located outside the United States;

 

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personal property (other than deposit and securities accounts) outside the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Canada, the Netherlands or the United Kingdom if a lien is prohibited by law or regulation or that cannot be perfected either automatically or by filing or registering a financing statement charge, chattel mortgage or equivalent filing or registration in a single central filing office or registry with respect to the applicable Grantor Guarantor or (b) in the case of any premises required to be subject to a mortgage or at which equipment with a value exceeding $3 million is located, any one or more additional local filing offices (or, in the case of equity interests, by taking possession or similar process);

 

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assets of Pledgor Guarantors that are not capital stock of a Subsidiary;

 

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deposit and securities accounts containing an aggregate daily balance (calculated for each calendar month as of the last business day of such month) not to exceed $15.0 million in the aggregate or, after our Colombia subsidiary becomes a Grantor Guarantor, not to exceed $25 million;

 

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assets (other than cash, cash equivalents and Equity Interests) of any Grantor Guarantor formed under the law of Luxembourg with a book value of $5 million or less;

 

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insurance policies (other than proceeds therefrom under certain circumstances);

 

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Equity Interests of the subsidiaries of the parent of our GC UK Segment;

 

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assets with an aggregate book value of $10 million as to which our chief financial officer certifies the cost of granting, perfecting, registering or maintaining the liens thereon is materially burdensome relative to their book value; and

 

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other assets with an aggregate book value of $20 million or less.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES

You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this description under the subheading “Certain Definitions.” In this description, the words “Global Crossing” refer only to Global Crossing Limited and not to any of its Subsidiaries.

The original notes were, and the exchange notes will be, issued under an indenture, dated as of September 22, 2009, among Global Crossing, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee. The terms of the notes include those stated in the indenture and those made part of the indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The Collateral Documents referred to below under the caption “—Security” define the terms of the agreements that secure the notes.

The following description is a summary of the material provisions of the indenture and the Collateral Documents. It does not restate those agreements in their entirety. We urge you to read the indenture and the Collateral Documents because they, and not this description, define your rights as holders of the notes. Copies of the indenture and the Collateral Documents are available as set forth below under the caption “—Additional Information.” Certain defined terms used in this description but not defined below under the caption “—Certain Definitions” have the meanings assigned to them in the indenture and the Collateral Documents.

The registered holder of a note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered holders will have rights under the indenture.

Global Crossing issued $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of original notes on September 22, 2009. The terms of the exchange notes offered in exchange for the original notes will be substantially identical to the terms of the original notes, except that the exchange notes are registered under the Securities Act, and the transfer restrictions, registration rights and related additional interest terms applicable to the original notes (as described under “The Exchange Offer—Purpose of the Exchange Offer—Registration Rights Agreement”) will not apply to the exchange notes. As a result, we refer to the exchange notes and the original notes collectively as “notes” for purposes of the following summary.

The following summary includes a description of the “Limited Guarantors” and certain provisions applicable to them. “Limited Guarantors” are certain U.S. operating subsidiaries of Global Crossing that required regulatory approvals in order to guarantee the full amount of the notes issued. Such regulatory approvals have been obtained by the Limited Guarantors and such subsidiaries have taken all necessary actions to provide a Full and Unconditional guarantee of the notes. As a result, provisions in the indenture applicable to the Limited Guarantors are no longer operative.

The following summary also includes a description of certain actions to be taken by certain Grantors to grant (and, where applicable, register or perfect) initial security interests in their assets after the closing of the offering of the original notes. Such Grantors have completed all such actions required under the indenture through the date of this prospectus.

Brief Description of the Notes and the Note Guarantees

The Notes

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date of the indenture by Global Crossing (it being understood that no such Pari Passu Obligations have been incurred as of the date of this prospectus), by First Priority security interests in substantially all of Global Crossing’s existing and future assets, other than Excluded Assets;

 

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are pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior Indebtedness of Global Crossing;

 

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are senior in right of payment to all future subordinated Indebtedness of Global Crossing; and

 

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are unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations).

The Note Guarantees

The notes are jointly and severally guaranteed by each of Global Crossing’s Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries. Each guarantee:

 

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is a general obligation of the Guarantor;

 

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with respect to each Grantor Guarantor, is secured, subject to the exceptions and limitations described below under the caption “—Security,” on an equal and ratable basis with all Pari Passu Obligations incurred after the date of the indenture by such Grantor Guarantor (it being understood that no such Pari Passu Obligations have been incurred as of the date of this prospectus), by First Priority security interests on substantially all of such Grantor Guarantor’s existing and future assets, other than Excluded Assets;

 

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with respect to each Pledgor Guarantor is secured, subject to the exceptions and limitations described below under the caption “—Security,” on an equal and ratable basis with all Pari Passu Obligations incurred after the date of the indenture by such Pledgor Guarantor (it being understood that no such Pari Passu Obligations have been incurred as of the date of this prospectus), by a First Priority pledge of the Equity Interests owned by such Pledgor Guarantor, if any, in any other Subsidiary of Global Crossing (except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets);

 

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is pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior Indebtedness of that Guarantor; and

 

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is senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated Indebtedness of that Guarantor.

In addition, certain of Global Crossing’s Restricted Subsidiaries were previously Limited Guarantors because of the necessity to obtain certain governmental approvals in order for such entities to be able to guarantee all Obligations in respect of the notes. As a result, on the date of the indenture, each Limited Guarantor entered into a Limited Note Guarantee providing for a guarantee of the notes up to an aggregate maximum amount of $200.0 million. The indenture required Global Crossing to:

 

(1) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all governmental approvals necessary for each Limited Guarantor to be able to provide a Full and Unconditional guarantee of all Obligations of Global Crossing under the notes and the indenture incurred on the date of the indenture (and any related exchange notes issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement); and

 

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upon the earlier of (a) the receipt of such approvals with respect to a Limited Guarantor and (b) the time that a Limited Guarantor is no longer prohibited by any law or regulation from executing such a guarantee, cause such Limited Guarantor as promptly as practicable, but in any event within five business days of such earlier date, to execute a new Note Guarantee pursuant to which such Limited Guarantor will guarantee on a Full and Unconditional basis all Obligations

 

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of Global Crossing under the notes and the indenture incurred on the date of the indenture (and any related exchange notes issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement) and, if applicable, enter into the required Collateral Documents, unless the Limited Note Guarantee of such Limited Guarantor has previously been released pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of this section. See “—Certain Covenants—Approvals for Certain Note Guarantees” and “—Additional Note Guarantees.”

As noted above, all such governmental approvals have been obtained by the Limited Guarantors and such subsidiaries have taken all necessary actions to provide a Full and Unconditional guarantee of the notes.

Additionally, (1) the Note Guarantee of certain Guarantors organized outside of the United States is limited to the extent necessary to comply with financial assistance, “thin capitalization”, corporate benefit and other laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and (2) each Note Guarantee is limited as necessary to prevent that guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or other invalid transfer under applicable law. See “Risk Factors—The guarantees and the granting of the collateral securing the guarantees may be voidable, subordinated or limited in scope under federal, state and foreign laws governing fraudulent transfer and insolvency and, under certain circumstances, such laws allow courts to void guarantees and require note holders to return payments received from guarantors.”

As stated above, Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries do not guarantee the notes. Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries consist of:

 

(1) any Immaterial Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2) any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing that is (a) prohibited by the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, or by any regulatory authority to which it is subject, from guaranteeing the notes, or (b) incorporated or organized in a jurisdiction for so long as the laws of such jurisdiction do not permit such Restricted Subsidiary to enter into a Note Guarantee that is a Full and Unconditional guarantee of all of Global Crossing’s Obligations under the notes and the indenture incurred on the date of the indenture (and any related exchange notes issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement) without significant risk of civil or criminal liability, all as determined by Global Crossing in consultation with its counsel, in each case under clauses (a) and (b) above, until such date as Global Crossing and its counsel determine that clauses (a) and (b) above no longer apply to such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(3) Impsat Colombia until the earlier of (a) the time that the Colombia Notes Indenture no longer prohibits the guarantee of the notes by Impsat Colombia and (b) the repayment, defeasance, discharge, repurchase, cancellation or extinguishment of the Colombia Notes, whether at final maturity on December 18, 2010, or otherwise; and

 

(4) any Limited Guarantor the Note Guarantee of which is released in accordance with the provisions set forth below until such time (if any) as such Limited Guarantor enters into a new guarantee in accordance with the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Additional Note Guarantees”;

 

(5) SAC Peru S.R.L.;

 

(6) GC Pan European Crossing France S.A.R.L.;

 

(7) GC SAC Argentina S.R.L. and Global Crossing Argentina S.A.; and

 

(8) Global Crossing Landing Mexicana S. De R.L., so long as such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Global Crossing.

 

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Furthermore, as of the date of this prospectus, all of our Subsidiaries are “Restricted Subsidiaries”, other than GC UK and its Subsidiaries. However, under the circumstances described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries”, we will be permitted to designate certain of our other Subsidiaries as additional “Unrestricted Subsidiaries.” Although interactions between us and our Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and our Unrestricted Subsidiaries, on the other hand, are restricted by the covenants set forth in the indenture, our Unrestricted Subsidiaries are not restricted by those covenants and do not guarantee the notes.

The following table sets forth the approximate percentage of our revenues and OIBDA generated by, and book value of Specified Tangible Assets owned by, the applicable groups of Subsidiaries for the period or as of the date presented, as applicable, as compared to the consolidated financial results and balance sheet of Global Crossing and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole:

 

     Year ended
December 31, 2009
    As of
March 31, 2010
 
     Revenues(a)     OIBDA(a)     Specified
Tangible Assets
 

Global Crossing Limited

   0   (10 %)    2

Grantor Guarantors

   71   77   64

Pledgor Guarantors

   3   4   6

Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries

   7   2   10
                  

Total Restricted Group

   81   73   82

Unrestricted Subsidiaries

   19   27   18
                  
   100   100   100
                  

 

(a) Excludes revenues and OIBDA, as applicable, related to intercompany transactions.

The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:

 

(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing, if the sale or other disposition does not violate the “Asset Sale” provisions of the indenture;

 

(2) in connection with any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing, if the sale or other disposition does not violate the “Asset Sale” or “Event of Loss” provisions of the indenture and the Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing as a result of the sale or other disposition or Event of Loss;

 

(3) if Global Crossing designates such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of the indenture;

 

(4) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the indenture as provided below under the captions “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” and “—Satisfaction and Discharge”;

 

(5) upon a liquidation or dissolution of such Guarantor permitted under the indenture; provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a result of such liquidation or dissolution; or

 

(6) at such time as such Guarantor constitutes an Excluded Restricted Subsidiary and Global Crossing has delivered to the trustee and the collateral agent an officer’s certificate of its chief financial officer so stating; provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of delivery of such officer’s certificate.

 

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Principal, Maturity and Interest

Global Crossing has issued $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of notes. Global Crossing may issue additional notes under the indenture from time to time. Any issuance of additional notes is subject to all of the covenants in the indenture, including the covenants described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and “—Liens.” The notes and any additional notes subsequently issued under the indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

Global Crossing will issue notes in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The notes will mature on September 15, 2015.

Interest on the notes will accrue at the rate of 12% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year through maturity. Interest on overdue principal, interest and Special Interest, if any, will accrue at a rate that is 1% higher than the then applicable interest rate on the notes. Global Crossing will make each interest payment to the holders of record on the immediately preceding March 1 and September 1.

Interest on the notes will accrue from the date of original issuance or, if interest has already been paid, from the date it was most recently paid. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Additional Amounts

All payments made by Global Crossing, any Guarantor or a successor of the foregoing (each, a “Payor”) under, or with respect to, the notes or the relevant Note Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties and interest related thereto) (collectively, “Taxes”) imposed, levied, collected or assessed by or on behalf of (1) Bermuda or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having power to tax, (2) any jurisdiction from or through which payment on the notes or the relevant Note Guarantee is made on behalf of Global Crossing or any Guarantor, or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax, or (3) any other jurisdiction in which the relevant Payor is organized or resident, or any political or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (each of clause (1), (2) and (3), a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law or the interpretation or administration thereof.

If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes of any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction will at any time be required from any payments made with respect to the notes or the relevant Note Guarantee, including payments of principal, premium, if any, redemption price, interest or Special Interest, the Payor will pay (together with such payments) such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each holder, after such deduction or withholding (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts), will not be less than the amounts which would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such deduction or withholding; provided, however, that no such Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:

 

(1)

any Taxes that would not have been so imposed, levied, collected or assessed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the relevant holder or beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, partner or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, the relevant holder or beneficial owner, if the relevant holder or beneficial owner is an estate, nominee, trust, limited liability company, partnership or corporation, if applicable) and the

 

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Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (other than the ownership or holding of such note or enforcement of rights thereunder or the receipt of payments in respect thereof);

 

(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or similar Taxes;

 

(3) any Taxes payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments on or in respect of any note or Note Guarantee;

 

(4) any Taxes which would not have been imposed, payable or due if the presentation (where presentation is required) of the notes for payment occurred within 30 days after the date such payment was due and payable or was provided for, whichever is later, except for Additional Amounts with respect to Taxes that would have been imposed had the holder presented the note for payment within such 30-day period;

 

(5) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of a note to comply, upon Global Crossing’s reasonable request, with certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of the holder or such beneficial owner or to make, upon Global Crossing’s reasonable request, any other claim or filing for exemption to which it is entitled if such compliance, making a claim or filing for exemption is required or imposed by a statute, treaty or regulation or administrative practice of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such Taxes;

 

(6) any withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual and required to be made pursuant to European Union Directive on the taxation of savings income which was adopted by the ECOFIN Council (the Council of EU Finance and Economic Ministers) on June 3, 2003, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced to conform to, such directive, or pursuant to related measures entered into on a reciprocal basis between member states of the European Union and certain non-European Union countries and dependent or associated territories;

 

(7) any Taxes which could have been avoided by the presentation (where presentation is required) of the relevant note to another paying agent in a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction; or

 

(8) any combination of the above.

Also, such Additional Amounts will not be payable with respect to any payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on), interest or Special Interest on such note or Note Guarantee to any holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the actual holder of such note.

The Payor will (1) make any required withholding or deduction and (2) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the applicable taxing authority in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law.

The Payor will use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld from each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes and upon request by the trustee at the direction of a holder will provide such certified copies to the trustee.

If the Payor becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the notes or a Note Guarantee, the Payor will deliver to the trustee, at least five days prior to the relevant payment date (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the fifth day prior to the relevant payment date, in which case the Payor shall notify the trustee and paying agent promptly after becoming aware of such obligation), an officer’s certificate

 

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stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts estimated to be so payable and will set forth such other information reasonably necessary to enable the trustee and paying agent to pay such Additional Amounts to holders of notes on the relevant payment date. Each such officer’s certificate shall be relied upon by the trustee and paying agent without further inquiry until receipt of a further officer’s certificate addressing such matters.

The Payor will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary, value added, excise, property or other similar taxes and duties (including interest and penalties) payable in respect of the creation, issue, offering or execution of the notes or a Note Guarantee, or any documentation with respect thereto, excluding any such taxes, charges or similar levies or duties imposed by a jurisdiction outside the jurisdiction in which the Payor is organized or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein other than those resulting from, or required to be paid in connection with, the enforcement of the notes or a Note Guarantee following the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.

The foregoing obligations will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the indenture and will apply with appropriate modifications to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to a Payor is organized or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.

Whenever in the indenture or in this description there is mentioned, in any context, (1) the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, (2) redemption prices or purchase prices in connection with the redemption or purchase of notes, or (3) any other amount payable under or with respect to any note or a Note Guarantee, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes

If a holder of notes has given wire transfer instructions to Global Crossing, Global Crossing will pay all principal, interest and premium and Special Interest, if any, on that holder’s notes in accordance with those instructions. All other payments on the notes will be made at the office or agency of the paying agent and registrar unless Global Crossing elects to make such payments by check mailed to the noteholders at their address set forth in the register of holders.

Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes

The trustee will initially act as paying agent and registrar. Global Crossing may change the paying agent or registrar without prior notice to the holders of the notes, and Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries may act as paying agent or registrar.

Transfer and Exchange

A holder may transfer or exchange notes in accordance with the provisions of the indenture. The registrar and the trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. Global Crossing will not be required to transfer or exchange any note selected for redemption. Also, Global Crossing will not be required to transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days before a selection of notes to be redeemed.

Collateral Agency Agreement

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hold and distribute the proceeds of any property and assets of any Grantor encumbered by Liens securing both (1) the present and future holders of the Obligations in respect of the notes, including additional notes issued under the indenture from time to time, and (2) one or more series of Pari Passu Obligations (such property and assets, the “Common Collateral”; the Obligations secured thereby collectively, the “Secured Obligations”; and the holders thereof collectively, the “Secured Debtholders”).

Pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, all Liens on Common Collateral granted at any time to secure any Secured Obligations will secure equally and ratably all of the Secured Obligations, and all proceeds from any exercise of rights or remedies with respect to any Common Collateral will be allocated and distributed equally and ratably on account of the Secured Obligations.

Upon receiving notice in writing of the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under any agreement evidencing any series of Secured Obligations, in each case after any applicable notice requirement has been satisfied and any applicable cure period has expired (an “Actionable Default”), the collateral agent shall send written notice of such Actionable Default to the trustee or agent, as applicable, with respect to each other series of Secured Obligations, and thereafter the collateral agent will follow the direction of the holders of a majority in principal amount of all Secured Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations and Obligations with respect to Treasury Management Arrangements) as to the initiation and exercise of any rights or remedies of secured creditors (or the forbearance from exercising any such rights and remedies) with respect to Global Crossing and its Subsidiaries or Common Collateral.

After the occurrence of an Actionable Default and the exercise of rights or remedies (or sale or transfer in lieu thereof) with respect to any Common Collateral as a consequence thereof, all proceeds of Common Collateral will be applied in the following order of priority:

 

(1) first, to pay administrative expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, accountants, auditors, consultants, appraisers and other professionals) and reasonable compensation of the collateral agent, the trustee, any agent for lenders under the revolving facility (if applicable) and/or any agent of any other Secured Debtholders for services rendered in connection with the administration of Common Collateral;

 

(2) second, to pay, equally and ratably, all amounts then due and payable (including as a result of acceleration or automatic acceleration) under each series of Secured Obligations;

 

(3) third, to the extent of any remaining proceeds after application pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) above, if any series of Secured Obligations or portion thereof remains unpaid, such proceeds will be held as collateral for such Secured Obligations until satisfied in full, and applied from time to time to such Secured Obligations as they become due; and

 

(4) fourth, to the extent of any remaining proceeds after application pursuant to clauses (1), (2) and (3), above, to the applicable Grantor or its successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

The collateral agent will not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly assumed by it in the Collateral Agency Agreement and the other Collateral Documents and shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of the Collateral Agency Agreement and the other Collateral Documents. Further, the collateral agent shall not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under the Collateral Agency Agreement or under any other Collateral Document, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

If at any time the collateral agent receives an officer’s certificate from Global Crossing stating that the collateral agent is required by the indenture and any Additional Secured Debt Agreement or by an Act of the Secured Debtholders to release any property of Global Crossing or any other Grantor

 

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described in such certificate from any Lien granted by a Collateral Document specified in such certificate and that no Event of Default is continuing on the date of such certificate or will result from the release of such Lien, accompanied by the proposed instrument releasing such Lien as to such property and a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the collateral agent (which opinion may include exceptions and qualifications consistent with customary practice in the applicable jurisdiction in which the Lien must be released for written third party legal opinions relating to the subject matter of the opinion) to the effect that the release of such Lien as to such property is required or permitted by the indenture and all Additional Secured Debt Agreements or by an Act of the Secured Debtholders and that such proposed instrument is effective solely to release such Lien as to such property, without requiring the collateral agent to make any representation or warranty in respect thereof, without releasing or satisfying any Obligation secured by such Lien, and without imposing any liability upon the collateral agent or any other person, then, subject to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, the collateral agent will, within five business days thereafter, execute (and if necessary acknowledge in recordable form) such proposed instrument and deliver it to Global Crossing or such other Grantor in order to release such Lien. In connection with the execution of any such instrument, the collateral agent will be authorized to authorize, execute, deliver and/or file amendments to UCC financing statements, deeds, mortgages, registrations, charges or other public records of the security interest (and to execute powers of attorney to effectuate the foregoing in any jurisdiction) to evidence the release of such Lien.

The Collateral Documents may be amended or supplemented from time to time by written agreement of Global Crossing and the Guarantors party thereto and the collateral agent, acting as directed by an Act of the Secured Debtholders. No amendment or supplement to the provisions of the Collateral Agency Agreement or any of the other Collateral Documents that reduces, impairs or adversely affects the right of any Secured Debtholder to share equally and ratably in the proceeds of any Common Collateral that has not been released in accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Agency Agreement will become effective without the consent of such Secured Debtholder.

The Collateral Agency Agreement provides that no Collateral Document will impose upon Global Crossing or any other Grantor any condition, covenant or default, or require Global Crossing or any other Grantor to make any representation or warranty, relating to the creation or perfection or registration (or compliance with any equivalent filing requirement) of any security interests in any Excluded Asset. Each Collateral Document will be deemed to provide (unless such Collateral Document already so expressly provides) that all representations, warranties, covenants, defaults and other obligations contained therein with respect to Global Crossing or any other Grantor are subject to the “override” provision described in the immediately preceding sentence.

Security

Collateral Securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees

The notes and the Note Guarantees are secured, subject to the provisions of the following paragraphs, by (i) a First Priority Lien on the existing and future property and assets of Global Crossing and each Grantor Guarantor, including a First Priority pledge of the outstanding Equity Interests owned by Global Crossing in any Subsidiary and by each Grantor Guarantor in any other Subsidiary, in each case other than Excluded Assets, and (ii) a First Priority pledge of the outstanding Equity Interests owned by each Pledgor Guarantor in any other Subsidiary (except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the pledge of Equity Interests may be released as described below under the caption “Limitations on Collateral in the Form of Securities.”

The notes and the Note Guarantees are not secured by (1) Liens on the property or assets of Pledgor Guarantors (other than Equity Interests in any other Subsidiary owned by any such Pledgor Guarantor (except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets)) in light of the cost of obtaining such

 

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Liens relative to the benefit to holders of the notes or the feasibility of obtaining such Liens, (2) Liens on the property or assets of any of our Unrestricted Subsidiaries, which on the date of this prospectus are GC UK and its Subsidiaries, (3) the property or assets of any Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries or (4) any Excluded Assets. The covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Additional Collateral; Acquisition of Property or Assets” will govern when the notes and the Note Guarantees will be secured by future property and assets of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

In addition, assets of Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor will cease to constitute Collateral to the extent they are transferred to or invested in any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing other than a Grantor Guarantor (except in the case of any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that constitute Collateral and are transferred to a Pledgor Guarantor). Such a transfer or investment is only permitted in accordance with the covenant set forth below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” and the definition of “Permitted Investments.”

Initially, only the notes will have the benefit of the First Priority Liens on the Collateral. However, Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be able to incur additional Indebtedness in the future which could be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis. The amount of all such additional Indebtedness will be limited by the covenants set forth under the captions “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and “—Liens.” The amount of such additional secured Indebtedness could be significant.

Global Crossing, the other Grantors, the trustee and the collateral agent are party to the Collateral Documents, which define the terms of the Liens securing the notes and the Note Guarantees. These Liens secure the payment and performance when due of (1) the Obligations of Global Crossing and the Grantors under the notes, the indenture, the Note Guarantees and the Collateral Documents, as applicable, and (2) all Pari Passu Obligations, in each case as provided in the Collateral Documents (and to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation).

Global Crossing shall have the right to designate certain newly formed or acquired Restricted Subsidiaries and certain existing Grantor Guarantors as Pledgor Guarantors in accordance with the covenant set forth below under the caption “Certain Covenants—Designation of Grantor Guarantors and Pledgor Guarantors.”

Limitations on Collateral in the Form of Securities

Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (as currently enacted and as it may be amended or modified, “Rule 3-16”) under the Securities Act requires the presentation of a company’s stand-alone, audited financial statements if that company’s capital stock or other securities are pledged to secure the securities of another issuer, and the greatest of the principal amount, par value, book value or market value of the pledged stock or securities equals or exceeds 20% of the principal amount of the securities secured by such pledge. The indenture provides that, subject to the final paragraph of this section, the Equity Interests and other securities of a Subsidiary of Global Crossing that are owned by any Grantor will constitute Collateral only if all such Equity Interests or other securities can secure the notes or any Note Guarantee without Rule 3-16 or any other law, rule or regulation requiring separate financial statements of such Subsidiary to be filed with the SEC (or any other U.S. federal governmental agency).

In accordance with Rule 3-16 and any other applicable law, rule or regulation, Global Crossing will periodically reassess whether the pledge of the Equity Interests or other securities of each of its Subsidiaries held by a Grantor would cause Rule 3-16 or any other law, rule or regulation to require the filing of separate financial statements of such Subsidiary with the SEC (or any other U.S. federal governmental agency). The indenture and the Collateral Documents provide that, subject to the

 

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following paragraph, if Rule 3-16 or any other law, rule or regulation would so require (or is interpreted by the SEC to so require) as a result of the pledge of the Equity Interests or other securities of a Subsidiary of Global Crossing, the First Priority pledge of the Equity Interests or other securities of such Subsidiary will be released. In addition, the indenture and the Collateral Documents will provide that if the Equity Interests or other securities of any Subsidiary of Global Crossing are held by a Grantor, are not part of the Collateral and may be pledged without causing separate financial statements of such Subsidiary to be filed with the SEC (or any other U.S. federal governmental agency) pursuant to Rule 3-16 or any other law, rule or regulation as a result of such pledge, then the Equity Interests or other securities of such Subsidiary shall be required to become part of the Collateral and Global Crossing shall promptly cause such Equity Interests to be pledged in accordance with the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Additional Collateral; Acquisition of Property or Assets.”

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (1) the pledge of the Equity Interests of GC UK or Global Crossing Argentina S.A. be released as a result of Rule 3-16 or any other law, rule or regulation, unless GC UK and each of its Subsidiaries or Global Crossing Argentina S.A. and its subsidiaries, as applicable, has become a Grantor Guarantor, and (2) the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of Global Crossing be required to be pledged unless all such Equity Interests owned, directly or indirectly, by Global Crossing may be so pledged without Rule 3-16 or any other law, rule or regulation requiring separate financial statements.

Release of Collateral

Subject to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement relating to Pari Passu Obligations, the Liens on property and assets constituting Collateral securing the notes and the Note Guarantees will be released under the following circumstances:

 

(1) the Lien on any property or asset will be released in connection with the disposition of such property or asset to the extent such disposition is not in violation of the first paragraph of the covenant entitled “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” or to the extent such property or asset was the subject of an Event of Loss;

 

(2) the Lien on the property and assets of a Grantor will be released upon the release of such Grantor from its Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the indenture;

 

(3) the Lien on any property or asset of Global Crossing or any other Grantor will be released to the extent such property or asset is or becomes an Excluded Asset;

 

(4) the Lien on any property or asset of Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor will be released upon the transfer of such property or asset to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Grantor Guarantor in a transaction that complies with the covenant set forth under the caption “Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”, including pursuant to one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments; provided that in the case of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary transferred to a Pledgor Guarantor, the Lien on such Equity Interests will be released only to the extent necessary in order to permit such transfer and until such Equity Interests are pledged by such Pledgor Guarantor;

 

(5) the Lien on the property and assets of any Grantor Guarantor will be released upon such Grantor Guarantor becoming a Specified Pledgor Guarantor (except in the case of any Equity Interests in a Subsidiary constituting Collateral);

 

(6) in whole or in part, as provided under the caption “Amendment, Supplement and Waiver”;

 

(7)

with respect to the pledge of Equity Interests or other securities of any Subsidiary of Global Crossing, at any time that Rule 3-16 (as currently enacted or as modified or amended) or any other law, rule or regulation requires or is interpreted by the SEC to require the filing with the SEC

 

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(or any other U.S. federal governmental agency) of separate financial statements of such Subsidiary due to the fact that such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests or other securities are pledged to secure the notes or any Note Guarantee; provided that this clause shall only apply to the pledge of Equity Interests of GC UK or Global Crossing Argentina S.A. or any of their respective Subsidiaries after GC UK and each of its Subsidiaries or Global Crossing Argentina S.A. and each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, has become a Grantor Guarantor; and

 

(8) the Lien on any equipment will be released if required under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in order to permit the removal of such equipment from such jurisdiction for purposes of repairing or refurbishing the same in the ordinary course of business, so long as promptly upon completion of such repairs or refurbishment, such equipment is subjected to a fully perfected (or the applicable equivalent) First Priority Lien.

Subject to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement relating to Pari Passu Obligations, the Liens on all Collateral securing the notes and the Note Guarantees will be released:

 

(1) upon payment in full and discharge of all notes then outstanding under the indenture and the full and final payment and performance of all other Obligations of Global Crossing due and payable under the indenture at the time that the notes are paid in full and discharged, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;

 

(2) upon legal defeasance or covenant defeasance under the indenture as provided below under the caption “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture as provided below under the caption “—Satisfaction and Discharge”; or

 

(3) upon purchase or other acquisition of all of the notes then outstanding by Global Crossing and/or its Affiliates, including without limitation in connection with a Change of Control Offer, Asset Sale Offer, Event of Loss Offer or other tender offer or open market purchases.

Optional Redemption

At any time prior to September 15, 2012, Global Crossing may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued under the indenture at a redemption price equal to 112% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the rights of holders of notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:

 

(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of notes originally issued under the indenture (excluding notes held by Global Crossing and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and

 

(2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

On or after September 15, 2012, Global Crossing may redeem all or a part of the notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on September 15 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of holders of notes on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date:

 

Year

   Percentage

2012

   106.000%

2013

   103.000%

2014 and thereafter

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In addition, Global Crossing may on any one or more occasions prior to September 15, 2012, redeem all or a part of the notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the sum of the present values of (1) the redemption price of the notes to be redeemed at September 15, 2012 (set forth in the prior paragraph), and (2) the remaining scheduled payments of interest on such notes from the redemption date through September 15, 2012, excluding accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, in each case discounted to the redemption date, computed on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on such notes to the redemption date. The notice of redemption with respect to the redemption described in this paragraph need not set forth the redemption price, but shall set forth the manner of calculation thereof. Global Crossing will notify the trustee of the redemption price with respect to any redemption described in this paragraph promptly after the calculation and the trustee shall not be responsible for such calculation.

Optional Redemption for Additional Amounts

If, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) or treaties applicable to the jurisdiction in which Global Crossing is then incorporated or organized (so long as such jurisdiction is a jurisdiction in which Global Crossing may reincorporate or reorganize pursuant to the covenant entitled “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”) or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any amendment to or change in an official interpretation or application of such laws, rules, regulations or treaties, which amendment to or change of such laws, rules, regulations or treaties becomes effective on or after the date of the indenture, Global Crossing would be obligated, after taking all reasonable measures to avoid this requirement, to pay Additional Amounts (provided that Global Crossing shall not be required to take any measures that, in its reasonable determination, would result in the imposition on it of any material legal or regulatory burden or the incurrence by it of any material costs, or would otherwise result in any material adverse consequences), then, at Global Crossing’s option, all, but not less than all, of the notes may be redeemed at any time on giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, any Special Interest and any Additional Amounts due thereon up to but not including the date of redemption; provided, however, that (1) no notice of redemption for tax reasons may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which Global Crossing would be obligated to pay these Additional Amounts if a payment on the notes or the relevant Note Guarantee were then due, and (2) at the time such notice of redemption is given such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect. Such notice, once delivered by Global Crossing to the trustee, will be irrevocable.

Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to the previous paragraph, Global Crossing will deliver to the trustee:

 

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an officer’s certificate stating that Global Crossing is entitled to effect the redemption described in the previous paragraph and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to Global Crossing’s right to redeem have occurred; and

 

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an opinion of legal counsel in the jurisdiction in which Global Crossing is then incorporated or organized (which may be Global Crossing’s counsel) of recognized standing to the effect that Global Crossing has or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such amendment or change.

Unless Global Crossing defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

 

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Mandatory Redemption

Global Crossing is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the notes.

Repurchase at the Option of Holders

Change of Control

If a Change of Control occurs, each holder of notes will have the right to require Global Crossing to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that holder’s notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer on the terms set forth in the indenture. In the Change of Control Offer, Global Crossing will offer a Change of Control Payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the notes repurchased to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of holders of notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, Global Crossing will mail a notice to each holder and the trustee describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase notes on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the indenture and described in such notice.

Global Crossing will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the indenture, Global Crossing will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the indenture by virtue of such compliance.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, Global Crossing will, to the extent lawful:

 

(1) accept for payment all notes or portions of notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all notes or portions of notes properly tendered; and

 

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the notes properly accepted together with an officer’s certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of notes or portions of notes being purchased by Global Crossing.

The paying agent will promptly send to each holder of notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such notes, and the trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each holder a new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered, if any. Global Crossing will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

The provisions described above that require Global Crossing to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of the indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, the indenture does not contain provisions that permit the holders of the notes to require that Global Crossing repurchase or redeem the notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

 

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Global Crossing will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by Global Crossing and purchases all notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption for all outstanding notes has been given pursuant to the indenture as described above under the caption “—Optional Redemption,” unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.

The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the properties or assets of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a holder of notes to require Global Crossing to repurchase its notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain.

Holders of notes will not be entitled to require Global Crossing to purchase their notes in the event of a merger, takeover, recapitalization, leveraged buyout or similar transaction that is structured in a manner that does not constitute a Change of Control. In addition, under a recent Delaware Chancery Court interpretation of the definition of “Continuing Directors,” a board of directors may approve, for purposes of such definition, a slate of shareholder-nominated directors without endorsing them, or while simultaneously recommending and endorsing its own slate instead. It is unclear whether, pursuant to Bermuda law, our Board of Directors is similarly capable of approving a slate of dissident director nominees while recommending and endorsing its own slate. If such an action is possible under Bermuda law, the foregoing interpretation would permit our board to approve a slate of directors that included a majority of dissident directors nominated pursuant to a proxy contest, and the ultimate election of such dissident slate would not constitute a “Change of Control” that would trigger your right to require us to repurchase your notes as described above.

Asset Sales

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

 

(1) Global Crossing (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents or a combination thereof. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

 

  (a) any liabilities, as shown on Global Crossing’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to (i) a customary novation agreement that releases Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability or (ii) a customary indemnity agreement that indemnifies Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary from and against any loss, liability or expense in respect of such assumed liability; provided that the liabilities so assumed (A) in the case of an Asset Sale by Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor, shall be liabilities of Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor and (B) in the case of an Asset Sale by a Pledgor Guarantor, shall be liabilities of Global Crossing, a Grantor Guarantor or a Pledgor Guarantor;

 

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  (b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by Global Crossing or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and

 

  (c) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clauses (2) or (4) of the next paragraph of this covenant.

Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Global Crossing (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds:

 

(1) to the extent such Net Proceeds are attributable to an Asset Sale of assets, rights or Equity Interests, in each case that do not constitute Collateral, to repay, redeem or purchase Indebtedness, if any, secured by such assets, rights or Equity Interests;

 

(2) to acquire (a) all or substantially all of the assets of another Person engaged in a Permitted Business or (b) any Capital Stock of another Person engaged in a Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing;

 

(3) to make a capital expenditure; or

 

(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, Global Crossing or the Restricted Subsidiary that consummated the applicable Asset Sale may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings and invest such Net Proceeds in Cash Equivalents.

Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the second paragraph of this covenant will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Within 30 days after the date that the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, Global Crossing will make an offer to purchase notes to all holders of notes and will redeem or repay (or make an offer to do so) Pari Passu Obligations the terms of which require redemption or repayment (or the making of an offer to do so) with the proceeds of any sales of assets, the maximum principal amount of notes and such Pari Passu Obligations that may be purchased, redeemed and repaid out of the Excess Proceeds as follows:

 

(1) Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries will (a) make an offer to purchase notes to all holders of notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture and (b) redeem or repay (or make an offer to do so) Pari Passu Obligations (and permanently reduce the related loan commitment (if any) in an amount equal to the principal amount so redeemed or repaid, other than with respect to Pari Passu Obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of the definition thereof), pro rata in proportion to the respective principal amounts of the notes and Pari Passu Obligations required to be redeemed or repaid, the maximum principal amount of notes and Pari Passu Obligations that may be repurchased, repaid and redeemed out of the Excess Proceeds;

 

(2) the offer price for the notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of repurchase and will be payable in cash and the redemption or repayment price for the Pari Passu Obligations will be equal to 100% of the principal amount or accreted value, as applicable, thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption or repayment;

 

(3) if the aggregate amount offered to holders of the notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by holders thereof exceeds the pro rata portion of the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds to be paid to holders of the notes, notes to be purchased will be selected on a pro rata basis (provided that the minimum denomination of notes is maintained); and

 

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(4) if any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of the applicable offer to purchase notes and redemption or repayment of applicable Pari Passu Obligations, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero and such remaining Excess Proceeds may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the indenture.

Global Crossing will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture, Global Crossing will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture by virtue of such compliance.

Events of Loss

Within 365 days after the receipt of any Event of Loss Proceeds from an Event of Loss, Global Crossing (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Event of Loss Proceeds:

 

(1) to the extent such Event of Loss Net Proceeds are attributable to an Event of Loss of assets, rights or Equity Interests, in each case that do not constitute Collateral, to repay, redeem or purchase Indebtedness, if any, secured by such assets, rights or Equity Interests;

 

(2) to acquire (a) all or substantially all of the assets of another Person engaged in a Permitted Business or (b) any Capital Stock of another Person engaged in a Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing;

 

(3) to make a capital expenditure; or

 

(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.

With respect to any Event of Loss, the amount equal to (1) the greater of the Event of Loss Proceeds from such Event of Loss and the Fair Market Value of the assets that are the subject of such Event of Loss less (2) the amount of the Event of Loss Proceeds from such Event of Loss that are applied within 365 days after such Event of Loss in accordance with the previous paragraph, will constitute “Excess Event of Loss Proceeds.” Within 30 days after the date that the aggregate amount of Excess Event of Loss Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, Global Crossing will make an offer to purchase notes to all holders of notes and will redeem or repay (or make an offer to do so) Pari Passu Obligations the terms of which require redemption or repayment (or the making of an offer to do so) with the proceeds of any Events of Loss, the maximum principal amount of notes and such Pari Passu Obligations that may be purchased, redeemed and repaid out of the Excess Event of Loss Proceeds as follows:

 

(1) Global Crossing will (a) make an offer to purchase notes to all holders of notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture and (b) redeem or repay (or make an offer to do so) Pari Passu Obligations (and permanently reduce the related loan commitment (if any) in an amount equal to the principal amount so redeemed or repaid, other than with respect to Pari Passu Obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of the definition thereof), pro rata in proportion to the respective principal amounts of the notes and Pari Passu Obligations required to be redeemed or repaid, the maximum principal amount of notes and Pari Passu Obligations that may be repurchased, repaid and redeemed out of the Excess Event of Loss Proceeds;

 

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(2) the offer price for the notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of repurchase and will be payable in cash and the redemption or repayment price for the Pari Passu Obligations will be equal to 100% of the principal amount or accreted value, as applicable, thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption or repayment;

 

(3) if the aggregate amount offered to holders of the notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by holders thereof exceeds the pro rata portion of the aggregate amount of Excess Event of Loss Proceeds to be paid to holders of the notes, notes to be purchased will be selected on a pro rata basis (provided that the minimum denomination of notes is maintained); and

 

(4) if any Excess Event of Loss Proceeds remain after consummation of the applicable offer to purchase notes and redemption or repayment of applicable Pari Passu Obligations, the amount of Excess Event of Loss Proceeds will be reset at zero and such remaining Excess Event of Loss Proceeds may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the indenture.

Within five days after an Event of Loss, Global Crossing shall deliver to the trustee an officer’s certificate of its chief financial officer describing the assets that were the subject of such Event of Loss, the Fair Market Value of such assets and the amount of cash and Fair Market Value of any assets received or expected to be received in connection with such Event of Loss.

Global Crossing will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of notes pursuant to an Event of Loss Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Event of Loss provisions of the indenture, Global Crossing will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Event of Loss provisions of the indenture by virtue of such compliance.

Selection and Notice

If less than all of the notes are to be redeemed at any time, the trustee will select notes for redemption on a pro rata basis (or, in the case of notes issued in global form as set forth under the caption “—Book-Entry, Delivery and Form,” based on a method that most nearly approximates a pro rata selection as the trustee deems fair and appropriate) unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange or depositary requirements.

No notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of notes to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the indenture. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

If any note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that note will state the portion of the principal amount of that note that is to be redeemed. A new note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original note will be issued in the name of the holder of notes upon cancellation of the original note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on notes or portions of notes called for redemption.

 

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Certain Covenants

Restricted Payments

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of Global Crossing’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of Global Crossing’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Global Crossing);

 

(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving Global Crossing) any Equity Interests of Global Crossing or any direct or indirect parent of Global Crossing;

 

(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value (a) any Subordinated Indebtedness, except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof or (b) the GC UK Intercompany Debt; or

 

(4) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”),

unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

 

(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

 

(ii) Global Crossing would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four- quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio Test; and

 

(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of the indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (8), (9)(but, in the case of clause (9)(b), only to the extent accrued prior to the date of the indenture) and (12) of the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

 

  (a) 100% of Global Crossing’s Consolidated Cash Flow for the period (taken as one accounting period) from July 1, 2009 to the end of Global Crossing’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (the “Calculation Period”) less 1.5 times Global Crossing’s Fixed Charges for the Calculation Period; minus

 

  (b) the sum of the Quarterly Specified Tangible Assets Reduction Amounts for all completed fiscal quarters in the period from July 1, 2009 to the end of Global Crossing’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment; minus

 

  (c) the aggregate amount of Permitted Investments in the form of Specified Tangible Assets made pursuant to clause (1)(c) of the definition of Permitted Investments after the end of Global Crossing’s most recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment; minus

 

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  (d) the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is subject to a Currency Restriction as of the applicable date of determination; plus

 

  (e) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by Global Crossing since the date of the indenture as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of Global Crossing (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of Global Crossing that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of Global Crossing); plus

 

  (f) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of the indenture is sold for cash or otherwise cancelled, liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment; plus

 

  (g) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary designated as such after the date of the indenture is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing after the date of the indenture, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of Global Crossing’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date of the indenture, in each case to the extent such amount was a Restricted Investment on the date of such redesignation; plus

 

  (h) 100% of any dividends received by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of the indenture from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Cash Flow of Global Crossing for such period.

The preceding provisions will not prohibit:

 

(1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of the indenture;

 

(2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with, the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of Global Crossing) of, Equity Interests of Global Crossing (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to Global Crossing; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (iii)(e) of the preceding paragraph and clause (5)(b)(i) of this paragraph;

 

(3) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Indebtedness of Global Crossing or any Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

(4) any dividends or distributions by, or any payment on or with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any payment on or with respect to any purchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of any Subordinated Indebtedness) by:

 

  (a) any Pledgor Guarantor or Excluded Restricted Subsidiary to Global Crossing or any other Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing; and

 

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(5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of Global Crossing or any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing held by any current or former officer, director or employee of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $5.0 million in any twelve-month period; provided further, that (a) Global Crossing may carry over and make in subsequent twelve-month periods, in addition to the amounts permitted for such twelve-month period, any unutilized capacity under this clause (5) attributable to the immediately preceding twelve-month period, up to a maximum amount of carry forward of $10.0 million into any subsequent twelve-month period, and (b) such amount in any twelve-month period may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

  (i) the net cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Global Crossing to any current officer, director or employees of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that occurs after the date of the indenture; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized (A) for any such repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement, (B) to make a Restricted Payment pursuant to clause (2) of this paragraph or (C) to make an optional redemption of notes pursuant to the provisions of the indenture summarized above under the caption “Optional Redemption” will, in each case, be excluded from clause (iii)(e) of the preceding paragraph and clause (2) of this paragraph; plus

 

  (ii) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by Global Crossing or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of the indenture;

 

(6) repurchases of Subordinated Indebtedness at a purchase price not greater than (a) 101% of the principal amount or accreted value, as applicable, of such Subordinated Indebtedness and accrued and unpaid interest thereon in the event of a Change of Control, (b)100% of the principal amount or accreted value, as applicable, of such Subordinated Indebtedness and accrued and unpaid interest thereon in the event of an Asset Sale or (c) 100% of the principal amount or accreted value, as applicable, of such Subordinated Indebtedness and accrued and unpaid interest thereon in the event of an Event of Loss, in connection with any change of control offer, asset sale offer or event of loss offer required by the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness, but only if:

 

  (i) in the case of a Change of Control, Global Crossing has first complied with and fully satisfied its obligations under the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control”;

 

  (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale, Global Crossing has first complied with and fully satisfied its obligations under the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”; or

 

  (iii) in the case of an Event of Loss, Global Crossing has first complied with and fully satisfied its obligations under the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Events of Loss”;

 

(7) payment or distributions to dissenting shareholders or stockholders pursuant to applicable law in connection with a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Global Crossing that does not violate the covenant described below under the caption “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”;

 

(8) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the vesting or exercise of stock options, warrants, restricted stock or other similar rights to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price or tax withholding cost thereof;

 

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(9) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of (a) any class or series of Disqualified Stock of Global Crossing or any preferred stock or preferred shares of any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing issued on or after the date of the indenture in accordance with the covenant described below under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and (b) the 2.0% Cumulative Senior Preferred Shares of Global Crossing outstanding from time to time to the extent outstanding on the date of the indenture, to the extent such dividend payment is in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect on the date of the indenture;

 

(10) any payment on or with respect to, or the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of GC UK Intercompany Debt existing as of the date of the indenture;

 

(11) payments to STT and its Affiliates as reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by STT and its Affiliates in connection with any amendments, modifications, waivers or consents with respect to the 2.0% Cumulative Senior Preferred Shares of Global Crossing outstanding on the date of the indenture; and

 

(12) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10.0 million since the date of the indenture.

As of March 31, 2010, the outstanding balance of the GC UK Intercompany debt, including accrued interest, was $56.0 million, and Global Crossing’s 2.0% Cumulative Senior Preferred Shares had accrued unpaid dividends (since initial issuance in 2002) of $23 million. In addition, as of the date of this prospectus we believe that none of our subsidiaries is subject to Currency Restriction that could reduce our capacity to make Restricted Payments.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this covenant shall be (1) set forth in an officer’s certificate of the chief financial officer of Global Crossing delivered to the trustee if such value is equal to or greater than $15.0 million but no more than $35.0 million and (2) shall be set forth in a certified resolution of the Board of Directors of Global Crossing delivered to the trustee if such value exceeds $35.0 million.

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and Global Crossing will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that (i) Global Crossing may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock (ii) any Grantor Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock and (iii) any Pledgor Guarantor may Guarantee Indebtedness incurred by Global Crossing, incur Subordinated Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt that constitutes Subordinated Debt) or issue preferred stock, in each case if the Leverage Ratio at the time (the “Calculation Time”) at which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or (if applicable) such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been no greater than 4.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom) as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or (if applicable) the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued at the beginning of Global Crossing’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the Calculation Time (the “Leverage Ratio Test”).

 

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The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

 

(1) the incurrence by Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;

 

(2) the incurrence by Global Crossing and the Guarantors of (a) Indebtedness represented by the notes and the related Note Guarantees issued on the date of the indenture, (b) Indebtedness represented by the exchange notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement and (c) their respective obligations arising under the Collateral Documents to the extent such obligations constitute Indebtedness;

 

(3) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding under this clause (3), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (3), not to exceed the amount outstanding on the date of the indenture plus $100.0 million;

 

(4) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness and, to the extent such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness would prevent Impsat Colombia from at any time becoming a Grantor Guarantor, the Colombia Notes) that was permitted by the indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (13), (14), (16), (17) or (18) of this paragraph;

 

(5) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among Global Crossing and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

 

  (a) such Indebtedness is incurred in compliance with the covenants set forth under the captions “—Certain Covenants—Advances Between or Among Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries” and “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”; and

 

  (b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (5);

 

(6) the issuance by any of Global Crossing’s Restricted Subsidiaries to Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of Qualified Preferred Stock; provided, however, that:

 

  (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing; and

 

  (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (6);

 

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(7) Indebtedness arising from agreements of Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness will at no time exceed the gross proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration) actually received by (or held in escrow for later release to) Global Crossing and such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;

 

(8) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any Restricted Subsidiary of Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

 

(9) the Guarantee by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this covenant; provided that (i) if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the notes or any Note Guarantee, then the Guarantee shall be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed, (ii) if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is permitted to be incurred only by Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor pursuant to the applicable provision of this covenant, then the guarantor thereof shall be Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor and (iii) if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is permitted to be incurred only by Global Crossing or a Guarantor pursuant to the applicable provision of this covenant, then the guarantor thereof shall be Global Crossing or a Guarantor;

 

(10) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, performance bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business;

 

(11) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five business days;

 

(12) Indebtedness of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

 

(13) Acquired Debt of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries assumed or acquired in connection with a transaction governed by, and effected in accordance with, the covenant set forth under the caption “Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”; provided, however, that such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such transaction;

 

(14) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by Global Crossing (other than Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of, or in connection with, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing) in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause (14), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (14), not to exceed $25.0 million;

 

(15) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any Guarantor of additional revolving credit Indebtedness and letters of credit under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (15) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of Global Crossing and the Guarantors thereunder) not to exceed $50.0 million;

 

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(16) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any Guarantor of Indebtedness owing to any Unrestricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause (16), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (16), not to exceed $50.0 million; provided that any Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (16) is not secured by a Lien;

 

(17) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any Guarantor of any Deeply Subordinated Debt in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause (17), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (17), not to exceed $150.0 million; and

 

(18) the incurrence by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause (18), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (18), not to exceed $25.0 million.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Counterparty in respect of any Hedging Obligation secured by a Lien entered into by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may not be an Affiliate of Global Crossing or any such Restricted Subsidiary.

Global Crossing will not incur, and will not permit any Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Global Crossing or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the notes and the applicable Note Guarantee on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Global Crossing or any Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a first or junior Lien basis.

For purposes of determining compliance with this “Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (18) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, Global Crossing will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this covenant. The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual, accretion, amortization or payment (other than with respect to Deeply Subordinated Debt) is included in Fixed Charges of Global Crossing as accrued and that any such outstanding additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is counted as Indebtedness for purposes of determining the Leverage Ratio and the Priority Leverage Ratio.

With respect to any U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. Dollar equivalent principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred

 

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to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge would cause the applicable U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date thereof, such U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of such Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that Global Crossing or any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing may incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates or currency values.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

 

(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;

 

(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and

 

(3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:

 

  (a) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and

 

  (b) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.

Liens

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing to:

 

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(2) make loans or advances to Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

 

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the date of the indenture and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of the indenture;

 

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(2) the indenture, the notes, the Note Guarantees and the Collateral Documents;

 

(3) agreements governing Indebtedness incurred in compliance with the covenant set forth under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” if the encumbrance or restriction is not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in the indenture, notes, Note Guarantees or the Collateral Documents, in each case as then in effect;

 

(4) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

 

(5) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of the indenture to be incurred;

 

(6) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(7) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph;

 

(8) any agreement for (a) the sale of assets that restricts such assets pending the sale or other disposition and (b) the sale, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other disposition of Global Crossing or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, that restricts Global Crossing and/ or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries pending such sale, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other disposition;

 

(9) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(10) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of the covenant described above under the caption “—Liens” that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

 

(11) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements; and

 

(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

Global Crossing will not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not Global Crossing is the surviving entity) or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

 

(1) either: (a) Global Crossing is the surviving entity or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than Global Crossing) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is (i) an exempt company with limited liability under the laws of Bermuda or (ii) a corporation or company organized or existing under the laws of another Qualified Jurisdiction;

 

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(2) the First Priority Liens granted to the collateral agent under the Collateral Documents in the assets of Global Crossing or the assets subject to such disposition, as the case may be, shall remain in full force and effect and perfected to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such consolidation, amalgamation or merger or such disposition;

 

(3) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than Global Crossing) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes (i) all the obligations of Global Crossing under the notes and the indenture pursuant to agreements satisfactory to the trustee and the registration rights agreement and (ii) all of the obligations of Global Crossing under the Collateral Documents pursuant to agreements or instruments satisfactory to the trustee and the collateral agent (and shall cause such instruments to be filed and recorded in such jurisdictions and take such other actions as may otherwise be required to comply with the requirements of immediately preceding clause (2));

 

(4) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default would exist; and

 

(5) Global Crossing or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than Global Crossing), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio Test and (b) have a Priority Leverage Ratio no greater than (i) 2.75 to 1.00, if such transaction occurs on or prior to December 31, 2010, (ii) 2.50 to 1.00, if such transaction occurs on or after January 1, 2011 and on or prior to December 31, 2011, and (iii) 2.25 to 1.00, if such transaction occurs after December 31, 2011 (the “Priority Leverage Ratio Test”).

In addition, Global Crossing will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.

A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than Global Crossing or another Guarantor that is not a Limited Guarantor, unless:

 

(1) either:

 

  (a) such Guarantor is the surviving Person; or

 

  (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is (i) organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Guarantor was organized, (ii) an exempt company with limited liability under the laws of Bermuda or (iii) a corporation or company organized or existing under the laws of another Qualified Jurisdiction;

 

(2) the First Priority Liens granted to the collateral agent under the Collateral Documents in the assets of such Guarantor or the assets subject to such disposition, as the case may be, shall remain in full force and effect and perfected to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such transfer;

 

(3)

the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger assumes (i) all the obligations of that Guarantor under the indenture and its Note Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture

 

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satisfactory to the trustee and under the registration rights agreement and (ii) all of the obligations of such Guarantor under the Collateral Documents pursuant to agreements or instruments satisfactory to the trustee and the collateral agent (and shall cause such instruments to be filed and recorded in such jurisdictions and take such other actions as may otherwise be required to comply with the requirements of immediately preceding clause (2));

 

(4) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default would exist; and

 

(5) Global Crossing would, on the date of such transaction and after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio Test and (b) have a Priority Leverage Ratio that satisfies the Priority Leverage Ratio Test;

provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply if such Guarantor is released from its Note Guarantee pursuant to clause (1) of the sixth paragraph set forth under the caption “—The Note Guarantees” as a result of such sale, disposition, consolidation, amalgamation or merger.

In addition, Global Crossing may merge or amalgamate with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating Global Crossing in any Qualified Jurisdiction without complying with clauses (4) and (5) of the first paragraph of this covenant; provided that prior to such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or other disposition, Global Crossing has delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the trustee confirming that the holders of the outstanding notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or other disposition and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or other disposition had not occurred.

A successor Person formed by (i) any consolidation or amalgamation with or into, (ii) with which Global Crossing or a Guarantor is merged or (iii) to which a sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition governed by this covenant is made shall, in each case, succeed to and be substituted for Global Crossing or such Guarantor, as applicable (and the provisions of the indenture referring to Global Crossing or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall refer instead to the successor Person).

Transactions with Affiliates

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of Global Crossing (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

 

(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to Global Crossing or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

 

(2) Global Crossing delivers to the trustee:

 

  (a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $15.0 million but no more than $35.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of Global Crossing set forth in an officer’s certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of Global Crossing; and

 

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  (b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $35.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to Global Crossing or such Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, except as set forth below will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:

 

(1) any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration of less than $2.0 million;

 

(2) reasonable fees and compensation paid to, and any indemnity provided on behalf of (and entering into related agreements with), officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as determined in good faith by Global Crossing’s Board of Directors or senior management;

 

(3) transactions between or among Global Crossing and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(4) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate of Global Crossing solely because Global Crossing owns, directly or through one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

 

(5) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Global Crossing to Affiliates of Global Crossing;

 

(6) Restricted Payments that do not violate the provisions of the indenture described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments”;

 

(7) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $4.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

 

(8) Affiliate Transactions undertaken pursuant to (a) any contractual obligations or rights in existence on the date of the indenture and (b) any amendment or replacement agreement to the obligations and rights described in clause (a) above, so long as such amendment or replacement agreement is not materially more disadvantageous to the holders of the notes in any material respect, taken as a whole, than the agreement as in effect on the date of the indenture;

 

(9) transactions for the purchase and sale of products and services used or useful in a Permitted Business in the ordinary course of business and on terms not materially less favorable to Global Crossing or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary than those that could reasonably be expected to be obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of Global Crossing;

 

(10) Indebtedness incurred by Global Crossing or a Guarantor pursuant to clause (16) of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; provided, however, that the terms of such Indebtedness are not materially less favorable to Global Crossing or the applicable Guarantor than those that would reasonably be expected to be obtained in a comparable transaction by Global Crossing or such Guarantor with a Person that is not an Affiliate of Global Crossing and, to the extent the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness is greater than $10.0 million, Global Crossing has delivered to the trustee an officer’s certificate to such effect;

 

(11) the incurrence of any Deeply Subordinated Debt in accordance with clause (17) of the second paragraph set forth under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

 

(12) the provision of administrative services to any Unrestricted Subsidiary on substantially the same terms provided to or by Restricted Subsidiaries of Global Crossing in the ordinary course of business consistent with the policies and practices of Global Crossing in effect on the date of the indenture; and

 

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(13) the purchase by an Affiliate of Global Crossing of (a) Indebtedness convertible into shares of Voting Stock of Global Crossing or (b) Equity Interests constituting or convertible or exchangeable into, or exerciseable for, shares of Voting Stock of Global Crossing, in each case issued in a bona fide, underwritten public or private offering; provided that such Affiliate’s participation in such offering is limited to the greater of 25% of the amount of the securities being offered or the amount of securities needed to allow such Affiliate to retain the percentage Beneficial Ownership of the outstanding Capital Stock of Global Crossing calculated on a fully diluted basis that it owned immediately prior to such offering.

Business Activities

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

Global Crossing may designate any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as Unrestricted will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the covenant described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments” or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by Global Crossing. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Global Crossing may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing if that redesignation would not cause a Default.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of Global Crossing as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced by filing with the trustee (a) if the Investment arising out of such designation is less than or equal to $5.0 million, an officer’s certificate giving effect to such designation and certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments” or (b) otherwise, a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of Global Crossing giving effect to such designation and an officer’s certificate of the chief financial officer of Global Crossing certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments.” If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary fails to meet the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of the indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under the covenant described under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” Global Crossing will be in default of such covenant. Global Crossing may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing that is a Grantor Guarantor or a Pledgor Guarantor (subject to compliance with the covenants described under the captions “—Certain Covenants—Additional Note Guarantees” and “—Additional Collateral; Acquisition of Property or Assets”), unless at the time of designation such Subsidiary constitutes an Excluded Restricted Subsidiary, in which case it may be designated as such; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness could at that time be incurred under the first paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Debt, (2) any

 

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Liens on property or assets of such Subsidiary are, after giving effect to such designation, Permitted Liens and (3) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, GC UK and its Subsidiaries will be Unrestricted Subsidiaries without Global Crossing designating them as such or otherwise complying with the other requirements of this covenant with respect thereto unless and until Global Crossing re-designates any such Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the previous paragraph.

Sale and Leaseback Transactions

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:

 

(1) Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under the covenant described above under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to the covenant described above under the caption “—Liens”; and

 

(2) the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and Global Crossing applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”; provided that in connection with any sale and leaseback of equipment acquired by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries substantially simultaneously with (but in any event not more than 90 days prior to) the sale and leaseback of such equipment, Global Crossing or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to have applied the proceeds from such sale and leaseback transaction to the acquisition of the equipment that was the subject of such sale and leaseback transaction.

Advances Between or Among Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries

All advances between or among Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries made after the date of the indenture will be evidenced by intercompany loans that are not “securities” as defined by United States securities laws (to the extent (x) not prohibited by law or regulation, (y) such loan would not be subject to any materially burdensome local registration requirement or material stamp tax or other duty or (z) such loan would not reasonably be expected to result in an adverse tax consequence to Global Crossing or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that the accrual and inclusion of interest in taxable income shall not be treated as an adverse tax consequence)), which will be substantially in the form of the intercompany loan attached as an exhibit to the indenture. Any such intercompany loan held by Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor will be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents to secure the notes and the Note Guarantees. Intercompany loans between Pledgor Guarantors will be subordinated in right of payment to Global Crossing’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under the notes and the Note Guarantees, as applicable.

Designation of Grantor Guarantors and Pledgor Guarantors

Global Crossing may designate as a Specified Pledgor Guarantor:

 

(1) at any time, any newly formed or acquired Guarantor (other than any Guarantor formed under the laws of Bermuda, Canada, Luxembourg, the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the United Kingdom or the Netherlands); or

 

(2)

on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the indenture, any Grantor Guarantor (other than any Grantor Guarantor formed under the laws of Bermuda, Canada, Luxembourg, the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the United Kingdom or the Netherlands) existing on the

 

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date of the indenture for which the cost of maintaining the First Priority Liens of the collateral agent on its property and assets becomes burdensome relative to the Book Value of such property and assets (or otherwise not practicable), as determined in good faith by the chief financial officer of Global Crossing (which determination shall be conclusive);

provided, in each case, that (a) such designation will not cause a Default or Event of Default and (b) all outstanding Investments owned by Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the applicable Guarantor being designated as a Pledgor Guarantor will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of such designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the covenant described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments” or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by Global Crossing. Any designation of a Subsidiary of Global Crossing as a Pledgor Guarantor will be evidenced to the trustee (a) if the Investment arising out of such designation is less than or equal to $5.0 million (for this purpose, using the Book Value of property and assets other than cash), by delivery to the trustee and the collateral agent of an officer’s certificate of the chief financial officer of Global Crossing giving effect to such designation and certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments” or (b) otherwise, by filing with the trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of Global Crossing giving effect to such designation and an officer’s certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments.”

Global Crossing may redesignate any Specified Pledgor Guarantor, Initial Pledgor Guarantor or Excluded Restricted Subsidiary to be a Grantor Guarantor at any time upon (i) delivery of an officer’s certificate by the chief financial officer of Global Crossing to the trustee and the collateral agent giving effect to such redesignation and (ii) the applicable Pledgor Guarantor or Excluded Restricted Subsidiary that is being redesignated as a Grantor Guarantor has complied with the second paragraph of the covenant set forth below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Additional Collateral; Acquisition of Property or Assets”.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Initial Pledgor Guarantors will be Pledgor Guarantors without Global Crossing designating them as such or otherwise complying with the other requirements of this covenant with respect thereto unless and until they become a Grantor Guarantor in accordance with the previous paragraph.

Global Crossing Argentina S.A. Pledge

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the indenture, the aggregate amount secured by the Collateral Documents providing a pledge of the Equity Interests of Global Crossing Argentina S.A. (“GC Argentina”), will initially be limited to $35.0 million. Within 60 days after the end of each of its fiscal quarters occurring after the date of the indenture, GC Argentina will determine its shareholder’s equity as of the end of such fiscal quarter in conformity with GAAP. If the aggregate maximum amount secured by such Collateral Documents is less than 105% of GC Argentina’s shareholders equity as of the end of any such fiscal quarter, Global Crossing will, within 30 days of such determination, execute and deliver to the collateral agent such amendments to such Collateral Documents, additional Collateral Documents and related documents and certificates, and take such other actions, as are necessary to increase the maximum amount secured by the relevant Collateral Documents to an aggregate amount equal to or in excess of 120% of such shareholder’s equity. No Default or Event of Default shall result from the limitations on the amount secured by the pledge of the Equity Interests of GC Argentina referred to in this paragraph, as long as Global Crossing complies with the requirements to increase the maximum secured amount under such Collateral Documents from time to time to the extent required by in the immediately preceding sentence.

 

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Approvals for Certain Note Guarantees

Global Crossing was required to use its commercially reasonable efforts to, as promptly as practicable after the date of the indenture, obtain any regulatory or other approvals necessary in order for each Limited Guarantor to provide a Full and Unconditional guarantee of all Obligations of Global Crossing under the notes and the indenture incurred on the date of the indenture (and any related exchange notes issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement), but limited as necessary to prevent that guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or other invalid transfer under applicable law. As previously noted, Global Crossing has obtained all such approvals.

Additional Note Guarantees

If, after the date of the indenture:

 

(a) Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(b) any Excluded Restricted Subsidiary ceases to meet the definition thereof (including ceasing to meet the definition of Immaterial Restricted Subsidiary) or Global Crossing redesignates any Excluded Restricted Subsidiary as a Guarantor in accordance with the covenant described under the caption “—Designation of Grantor Guarantors and Pledgor Guarantors”; or

 

(c) any Unrestricted Subsidiary ceases to meet the definition thereof or Global Crossing redesignates any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the covenant described under the caption “—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries” and such Subsidiary does not otherwise constitute an Excluded Restricted Subsidiary,

then Global Crossing will, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event within 45 days of such event:

 

(1) cause such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally (to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation) guarantee Global Crossing’s obligations under the indenture and the notes on the terms set forth in the indenture;

 

(2) take such further actions and execute and deliver such other documents specified in the indenture; and

 

(3) deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel that such supplemental indenture and any other documents required to be delivered have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and constitute legally valid and binding and enforceable obligations of such Subsidiary (such opinion otherwise being in a form and with such qualifications and exceptions as may be customary for the applicable jurisdiction(s));

and upon the completion of the actions described in clauses (1) through (3) of this covenant, such Subsidiary shall constitute a Guarantor for all purposes of the indenture until such time as the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor may be released in accordance with the terms of the indenture.

Additional Collateral; Acquisition of Property or Assets

If after the date of the indenture any Person becomes a Guarantor as contemplated by the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Additional Note Guarantees”, Global Crossing will, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event within 90 days thereof (subject to the last paragraph of this covenant), cause such Guarantor to:

 

(1)

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relevant jurisdiction), instruments and other documents, and take such other actions, as may be necessary to create and perfect (or comply with any equivalent requirement) in favor of the collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of the notes and Pari Passu Obligations under the laws of each applicable jurisdiction, a First Priority Lien on the Equity Interests of such Guarantor (except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets or to the extent such Equity Interests have already been pledged to the collateral agent pursuant to the terms of the indenture);

 

(2) with respect to any real property of such Guarantor (except to the extent constituting an Excluded Asset), execute and deliver to the collateral agent:

 

  (a) a deed of trust or other appropriate granting instrument (under which such Guarantor shall grant a security interest to the collateral agent in such real property and any related fixtures (except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets)); and

 

  (b) title insurance with extended coverage covering such real property in an amount at least equal to the Fair Market Value of such real property;

 

(3) with respect to any other assets or property of such Guarantor (other than Excluded Assets), execute and deliver to the trustee and the collateral agent such amendments to the Collateral Documents, additional Collateral Documents, certificates, instruments and other documents, and take such other actions (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (or charges or other registrations)), as may be necessary to create and perfect (or comply with any equivalent requirement) in favor of the collateral agent, for the benefit of the holders of the notes and Pari Passu Obligations under the laws of each applicable jurisdiction, a First Priority Lien on such assets or property;

 

(4) take such further actions and execute and deliver such other documents as may be required under the indenture or the Collateral Documents; and

 

(5) deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel that the agreements delivered pursuant to the preceding clauses (1) through (4) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Guarantor and constitute legally valid and binding and enforceable obligations of such Guarantor (such opinion otherwise being in a form and with such qualifications and exceptions as may be customary for the applicable jurisdiction(s));

and upon the completion of the actions described in clauses (1) through (5) of this paragraph, such Person shall constitute a Grantor Guarantor (or if such Guarantor has been designated as a Specified Pledgor Guarantor in compliance with the covenant described under the caption “—Designation of Grantor Guarantors and Pledgor Guarantors,” a Pledgor Guarantor) for all purposes of the indenture.

If after the date of the indenture Global Crossing designates any Pledgor Guarantor as a Grantor Guarantor in accordance with the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Grantor Guarantors and Pledgor Guarantors”, Global Crossing will, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event within 90 days thereof (subject to the last paragraph of this covenant), cause such Pledgor Guarantor to take the actions referred to in clauses (2) through (5) of the preceding paragraph, and upon the completion of such actions such Subsidiary shall constitute a Grantor Guarantor for all purposes of the indenture.

In addition, if after the date of the indenture Global Crossing or any other Grantor acquires (x) any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary or (y) any other assets or property (including Equity Interests) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $1.0 million individually or $2.5 million in the aggregate for all related assets so acquired, in each case as to which the collateral agent, for the benefit of the holders of the notes and Pari Passu Obligations does not have a perfected (of the equivalent thereof) First Priority Lien, Global Crossing will, or will cause such Grantor to, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event within 90 days thereof (subject to the last paragraph of this covenant):

 

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(1) with respect to any real property so acquired (except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets), execute and deliver to the collateral agent:

 

  (a) a deed of trust or other appropriate granting instrument (under which Global Crossing or such Grantor shall grant a security interest to the collateral agent in such real property and any related fixtures (except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets)); and

 

  (b) title insurance with extended coverage covering such real property in an amount at least equal to the Fair Market Value of such real property;

 

(2) with respect to any other assets or property so acquired (other than Excluded Assets), execute and deliver to the trustee and the collateral agent such amendments to the Collateral Documents, additional Collateral Documents, certificates (including stock certificates endorsed to the collateral agent or endorsed in blank, if a security interest can be perfected thereby in the relevant jurisdiction), instruments and other documents, and take such other actions (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (or charges or other registrations)), as may be necessary to create and perfect (or comply with any equivalent requirement) in favor of the collateral agent, for the benefit of the holders of the notes and Pari Passu Obligations under the laws of each applicable jurisdiction, a First Priority Lien on such assets or property;

 

(3) take such further action and execute and deliver such other documents as may be required under the indenture or the Collateral Documents; and

 

(4) deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel that the agreements delivered pursuant to the preceding clauses (1) through (3) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and constitute legally valid and binding and enforceable obligations of such Subsidiary (such opinion otherwise being in a form and with such qualifications and exceptions as may be customary for the applicable jurisdiction(s)).

If at any time any Equity Interests owned by Global Crossing or any other Grantor theretofore constituting Excluded Assets pursuant to clause (5)(b) of the definition of “Excluded Assets” cease to constitute Exclude Assets, Global Crossing will, or will cause such Grantor to, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event within 90 days thereof (subject to the last paragraph of this covenant), execute and deliver to the trustee and the collateral agent such amendments to the Collateral Documents, additional Collateral Documents, certificates (including stock certificates endorsed to the collateral agent or endorsed in blank), instruments and other documents, and take such other actions, as may be necessary to create and perfect (or comply with any equivalent requirement) in favor of the collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of the notes and Pari Passu Obligations, a First Priority Lien on such Equity Interests.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the four foregoing paragraphs, Global Crossing shall not be required to, or to cause any of its Subsidiaries to, execute any Collateral Documents, perfect or register any security interest (or comply with any equivalent filing requirement), deliver any opinions or take any further actions pursuant to this covenant more frequently than once during any fiscal quarter, other than with respect to (1) any Subsidiary having a Fair Market Value greater than $15.0 million becoming a Guarantor, (2) any Grantor having or acquiring Equity Interests not previously pledged with a Fair Market Value greater than $15.0 million or (3) any acquisition (in any transaction or series of related transactions) by any Grantor Guarantor of any assets or property (other than Equity Interests) having a Fair Market Value greater than $15.0 million. Any actions with respect to Collateral that Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries are excused from taking in any fiscal quarter pursuant to this paragraph shall, in any event, be required to be taken no later than the end of the fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter in which the event giving rise to such requirement occurred.

 

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Post-Closing Collateral Requirement

To the extent the Grantors were not able to execute and deliver all Collateral Documents required in connection with the creation and perfection or registration of the First Priority Liens of the collateral agent on the Collateral (to the extent required by the indenture and the Collateral Documents) on or prior to the date of the indenture, the Grantors were required to use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete such actions as soon as reasonably practicable, and in no event later than 90 days following the date of the indenture; provided, however, that the period for such compliance was automatically extended for an additional (1) 180 days for real property of the Latin American Grantors and (2) 90 days for other items of Collateral having an aggregate book value of less than $25.0 million, in each case if Global Crossing delivered to the collateral agent a notice stating that the Grantors have not completed all actions necessary to create and perfect or register First Priority Liens in such Collateral; provided further that this paragraph shall not apply to the property and assets described in the following paragraph.

In addition, Global Crossing will cause each Latin American Grantor to use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

 

(1) within 180 days following the date of the indenture, (a) complete a physical audit of the Specified PP&E of such Latin American Grantor in order to identify such Specified PP&E with sufficient particularity to allow the making of any filing or registration required to perfect (or comply with any equivalent requirement) a Lien thereon in the applicable jurisdiction and (b) execute and deliver to the trustee and the collateral agent such amendments to the Collateral Documents, additional Collateral Documents, certificates, instruments and other documents, and take such other actions (including the filing or registration in the applicable filing office or registry, no less frequently than once each calendar month commencing no later than January 2010, of financing statements, charges or other similar registrations with respect to any Specified PP&E so identified), as may be necessary to create and perfect (or comply with any equivalent requirement) in favor of the collateral agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations under the laws of each applicable jurisdiction, a First Priority Lien on the Specified PP&E; and

 

(2) within 90 days following the date of the indenture, (a) obtain consents from customers to the collateral assignment of all Specified A/R under each contract pursuant to which such consent is required and (b) execute and deliver to the trustee and the collateral agent such amendments to the Collateral Documents, additional Collateral Documents, certificates, instruments and other documents, and take such other actions (including the filing or registration in the applicable filing office or registry, no less frequently than once each calendar month commencing no later than November 2009, of financing statements, charges or other similar registrations with respect to any Specified A/R with respect to which such customer consent has been obtained), as may be necessary to create and perfect (or comply with any equivalent requirement) in favor of the collateral agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations under the laws of each applicable jurisdiction, a First Priority Lien on the Specified A/R;

provided that such commercially reasonable efforts may be discontinued (i) with respect to any individual item of Specified PP&E, once such asset ceases to meet the definition thereof or is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction in which Collateral would be permitted to be disposed of pursuant to the indenture, (ii) with respect to any individual item of Specified A/R, once such account receivable ceases to meet the definition thereof or the underlying contract is terminated and (iii) generally, upon and after the first anniversary of the date of the indenture. Upon perfection (or compliance with any equivalent requirement) of a security interest in any Specified PP&E or Specified A/R, such property shall thereafter constitute Collateral, notwithstanding any provision of the definition of “Excluded Assets” to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of any Latin American Grantor to successfully establish a fully perfected (or the applicable equivalent) First Priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent in respect of any Specified PP&E or Specified A/R shall not constitute a

 

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Default or an Event of Default under the indenture if, on the 90th day and the 180th day following, and on the first anniversary of, the date of the indenture (or, if either such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day), the chief financial officer of Global Crossing submits to the trustee and the collateral agent an officer’s certificate certifying that each Latin American Grantor has exercised its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with its obligations under this paragraph (it being understood that the failure of any Latin American Grantor to complete any actions described in preceding clauses (1) and (2) within the time periods specified therein shall not relieve such Latin American Grantor of its obligation to continue to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to complete such actions unless and until such actions may be discontinued pursuant to this proviso).

In addition, each Latin American Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to include in each customer contract entered into after the date of the indenture (including any renewal or replacement of any contract with any existing customer) expected to generate receivables in excess of $25,000 per annum, a consent to the assignment by the applicable Grantor as Collateral of receivables generated under such contract; provided that no such consent to assignment need be obtained from any governmental entity or quasi-governmental entity which uses forms that do not contemplate such consent or which does not otherwise allow for such provisions in its contracts.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the indenture or any Collateral Document, no Default or Event of Default will result from any failure to provide a First Priority security interest (or to perfect such security interest or comply with any equivalent requirement) in any property or asset owned by Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries (1) so long as the requirements of this covenant are otherwise satisfied or (2) in any jurisdiction where all necessary documents or filings have been submitted by Global Crossing and its Subsidiaries, but a governmental entity or office has failed to register, or otherwise take necessary administrative or discretionary action, in respect of the relevant First Priority security interest within the requisite time period specified in the indenture for registration or establishment of a First Priority security interest in any Collateral.

As previously noted, each Grantor has completed all actions required by this section (Post-Closing Collateral Requirement) through the date of this prospectus.

Insurance

Except with respect to jurisdictions where such insurance is not available to Global Crossing on commercially reasonable terms (determined in good faith by Global Crossing’s chief financial officer), Global Crossing will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers (with such requirement to be applicable, in the case of any liability with respect to which an event of loss has occurred, only at the time such insurance was procured), such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance, business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall, in the aggregate, be customary for such Persons.

Further Assurances

Global Crossing will, and will cause each other Grantor to, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register or re-register, as applicable, any deeds, conveyances, security agreements, mortgages, assignments, estoppel certificates, financing statements and continuations thereof, charges, termination statements, notices of assignment, transfers, certificates, assurances and other instruments as may be required from time to time, and take all such further acts, in order to:

 

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(2) subject to the Liens created by any of the Collateral Documents any of the properties, rights or interests required to be encumbered thereby;

 

(3) perfect or register (or comply with any equivalent filing requirement) and maintain the validity and effectiveness of any of the Collateral Documents and the First Priority nature of the Liens intended to be created thereby, other than with respect to Excluded Assets; and

 

(4) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm to the collateral agent any of the rights granted now or hereafter intended by the parties thereto to be granted to the collateral agent or under any other instrument executed in connection therewith or granted to the collateral agent under the Collateral Documents or under any other instrument executed in connection therewith within the time frame required thereby and by the indenture.

Upon exercise by the trustee, the collateral agent or any holder of any power, right, privilege or remedy under the indenture or any of the Collateral Documents which requires consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any governmental authority, upon request, Global Crossing will, and will cause each other Grantor to, execute and deliver all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that may reasonably be required from Global Crossing or any of other Grantor for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization.

Payments for Consent

Global Crossing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any holder of notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of the indenture, the notes, the Note Guarantees or the Collateral Documents unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all holders of the notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

Reports

Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any notes are outstanding, Global Crossing will furnish to the holders of notes, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations:

 

(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if Global Crossing were required to file such reports; and

 

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if Global Crossing were required to file such reports.

All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on Global Crossing’s consolidated financial statements by Global Crossing’s certified independent accountants. Global Crossing shall include in each report on Forms 10-Q and 10-K the calculation of the aggregate Book Value of Specified Tangible Assets of Global Crossing and the other Grantor Guarantors organized in Approved Jurisdictions, taken as a whole, as of the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such report (each a “Specified Tangible Assets Calculation”); provided, however, that (1) if a Specified Tangible Assets Calculation is not permitted by the SEC to be included in the applicable Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, Global Crossing shall (1) supplementally publicly disclose such Specified Tangible Assets Calculation no later than five business days after the date of filing such report with the SEC or (2) if such supplemental disclosure is not permitted by the SEC or applicable laws or regulations, Global Crossing shall, to the extent possible in compliance with Regulation FD under the Securities Act, supplementally furnish to the holders of notes such Specified Tangible Assets Calculation.

 

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If, at any time, Global Crossing is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, Global Crossing will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in the preceding paragraphs of this covenant with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing. Global Crossing will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept Global Crossing’s filings for any reason, Global Crossing will post the reports referred to in the preceding paragraphs on its website within the time periods that would apply if Global Crossing were required to file those reports with the SEC.

If Global Crossing has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraphs will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and results of operations of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Global Crossing.

In addition, with respect to GC UK and its Subsidiaries, so long as any of GC UK’s 11.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2014 (the “GC UK Notes”) are outstanding, Global Crossing will furnish to the holders of notes all reports and other information that GC UK is required to furnish to the holders of GC UK Notes under the indenture dated December 28, 2006 (the “GC UK Indenture”), governing the GC UK Notes, as the GC UK Indenture is in effect on the date of the indenture, within the time periods required by the GC UK Indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Global Crossing will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the holders if it has filed (or, in the case of a Form 8-K or Form 6-K that is furnished, furnished) such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system within the time periods set forth above and such reports are publicly available.

In addition, Global Crossing and the Guarantors agree that, for so long as any notes remain outstanding, if at any time they are not required to file with the SEC the reports required by the preceding paragraphs, they will furnish to the holders of notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Events of Default and Remedies

Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

 

(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest, Special Interest or Additional Amounts on the notes;

 

(2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the notes;

 

(3) failure by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”;

 

(4) failure by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to Global Crossing by the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of the other agreements in the indenture or any of the Collateral Documents;

 

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(5) 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 by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the indenture, if that default:

 

  (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or

 

  (b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express 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 $40.0 million or more;

 

(6) failure by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $40.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed, for a period of 60 days after such judgments have become final and non-appealable;

 

(7) except as expressly permitted by the applicable Collateral Documents and the indenture, any Collateral Document at any time for any reason shall cease to be in full force and effect in all material respects, or shall cease to give the collateral agent a First Priority Lien in any Collateral or the rights, powers, privileges and priority purported to be created thereby, subject to no other Liens (other than Permitted Liens), in any such case other than with respect to an immaterial portion of the Collateral, and such failure continues unremedied for 30 consecutive days after the earlier of (i) an executive officer of Global Crossing obtaining actual knowledge thereof or (ii) Global Crossing receiving notice thereof from the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding voting as a single class;

 

(8) (a) Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, contest the effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Collateral Document (except to the extent any such Collateral Document has been limited, released or discharged in accordance with its terms or the terms of the indenture) or (b) any representation or warranty made by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Collateral Document fails to be true in all material respects and such failure continues unremedied for 60 consecutive days after notice to Global Crossing by the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding voting as a single class;

 

(9) except as permitted by the indenture, any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or the Note Guarantees of any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any such Guarantor or group of Guarantors, or any Person acting on behalf of any such Guarantor or group of Guarantors, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee; and

 

(10) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the indenture with respect to Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary.

No Default or Event of Default shall occur with respect to the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Approvals for Certain Note Guarantees” if Global Crossing does not receive any regulatory or other approval referred to therein so long as Global Crossing has complied with its obligations under such covenant.

 

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In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to Global Crossing, any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Global Crossing that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes may declare all the notes to be due and payable immediately.

Subject to certain limitations, holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes may direct the trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The trustee may withhold from holders of the 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, premium or Special Interest, if any.

Subject to the provisions of the indenture and the Collateral Documents relating to the duties of the trustee and the collateral agent, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, neither the trustee nor the collateral agent will be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the indenture or any Collateral Document at the request or direction of any holders of notes unless such holders have offered to the trustee and the collateral agent satisfactory indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest or Special Interest, if any, when due, no holder of a note may pursue any remedy with respect to the indenture, any Collateral Document or the notes unless:

 

(1) such holder has previously given the trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(2) holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes have requested the trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(3) such holders have offered the trustee reasonably satisfactory security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(4) the trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(5) holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes have not given the trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes by notice to the trustee may, on behalf of the holders of all of the notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest, premium or Special Interest, if any, on, or the principal of, the notes.

Global Crossing is required to deliver to the trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the indenture. Upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, Global Crossing is required to deliver to the trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of Global Crossing or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of Global Crossing or the Guarantors under the notes, the indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Collateral Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of notes by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

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Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

Global Crossing may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an officer’s certificate, elect to have all of its obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding notes and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees (“Legal Defeasance”) except for:

 

(1) the rights of holders of outstanding notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest, premium or Special Interest, if any, on, such notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to below;

 

(2) Global Crossing’s obligations with respect to the notes concerning issuing temporary notes, registration of notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

 

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the trustee, and Global Crossing’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(4) the Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions of the indenture.

In addition, Global Crossing may, at its option and at any time, elect to have the obligations of Global Crossing and the Guarantors released with respect to certain covenants (including its obligation to make Change of Control Offers, Asset Sale Offers and Event of Loss Offers) that are described in the indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with those covenants will not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events) described under “—Events of Default and Remedies” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the notes.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

 

(1) Global Crossing must irrevocably deposit with the trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the holders of the notes, cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. Dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest (including Additional Amounts), premium and Special Interest, if any, on the outstanding notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and Global Crossing must specify whether the notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;

 

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, Global Crossing must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the trustee confirming that (a) Global Crossing has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of counsel will confirm that, the holders of the outstanding notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, Global Crossing must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the trustee confirming that the holders of the outstanding notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which Global Crossing or any Guarantor is a party or by which Global Crossing or any Guarantor is bound;

 

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than the indenture) to which Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

 

(6) Global Crossing must deliver to the trustee an officer’s certificate stating that the deposit was not made by Global Crossing with the intent of preferring the holders of notes over the other creditors of Global Crossing with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of Global Crossing or others; and

 

(7) Global Crossing must deliver to the trustee an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

Except as provided in the next three succeeding paragraphs, the indenture, the notes, the Note Guarantees or the Collateral Documents (subject to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement) may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, notes), and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the indenture, the notes, the Note Guarantees or the Collateral Documents may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, notes).

Without the consent of each holder of notes affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not (with respect to any notes held by a non-consenting holder):

 

(1) reduce the principal amount of notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the notes (other than provisions relating to the covenants described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders”);

 

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any note;

 

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest, premium or Special Interest, if any, on, the notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the notes by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(5) make any note payable in money other than that stated in the notes;

 

(6) make any change in the provisions of the indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of holders of notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium on, the notes;

 

(7) make any change in the provisions of the indenture described under “Additional Amounts” that adversely affects the rights of any holder or amend the terms of the notes in a way that would result in a loss of exemption (if any) from Bermuda (or the jurisdiction in which Global Crossing is then organized or incorporated) withholding tax;

 

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(8) waive a redemption payment with respect to any note (other than a payment required by one of the covenants described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders”);

 

(9) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or the indenture, except in accordance with the terms of the indenture;

 

(10) release any Collateral from the Lien of the indenture or of the Collateral Documents, except in accordance with the terms of the indenture and the Collateral Documents; or

 

(11) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

The consent of the holders holding at least 85% in aggregate principal amount of the notes shall be required to release all or substantially all of the Liens on Collateral securing the notes otherwise than in accordance with the terms of the indenture and the Collateral Documents.

Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any holder of notes, Global Crossing, the Guarantors, the trustee and the collateral agent may amend or supplement the indenture, the notes, the Note Guarantees or the Collateral Documents (subject to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement) :

 

(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(2) to provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in place of certificated notes;

 

(3) to provide for the assumption of Global Crossing’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to holders of notes and Note Guarantees in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of Global Crossing’s or such Guarantor’s assets, as applicable;

 

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders of notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the indenture of any such holder;

 

(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

 

(6) to conform the text of the indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Collateral Documents or the notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of Global Crossing’s offering memorandum dated September 11, 2009, relating to the offering of the original notes, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Collateral Documents or the notes as certified in an officer’s certificate delivered to the trustee;

 

(7) to provide for the issuance of additional notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the indenture as of the date of the indenture;

 

(8) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the notes;

 

(9) to release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or the indenture in accordance with the terms of the indenture;

 

(10) to enter into additional or supplemental Collateral Documents or any amendment to the Collateral Agency Agreement that adds additional creditors permitted to become party thereto as contemplated above under the caption “Collateral Agency Agreement”; or

 

(11) to release any Collateral from the Lien of the indenture or of the Collateral Documents in accordance with the terms of the indenture and the Collateral Documents.

 

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Satisfaction and Discharge

The indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all notes issued thereunder, when:

 

(1) either:

 

  (a) all notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed notes that have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to Global Crossing, have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation; or

 

  (b) all notes that have not been delivered to the trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and Global Crossing or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders, cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. Dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the notes not delivered to the trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, Special Interest, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which Global Crossing or any Guarantor is a party or by which Global Crossing or any Guarantor is bound;

 

(3) Global Crossing or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the indenture and the Collateral Documents; and

 

(4) Global Crossing has delivered irrevocable instructions to the trustee under the indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, Global Crossing must deliver an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel to the trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Waiver of Immunity

To the extent that Global Crossing or any of the Guarantors may be or become entitled to claim for itself or its property any immunity on the ground of sovereignty or the like from suit, court jurisdiction, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or execution of a judgment, and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed such an immunity (whether or not claimed), pursuant to the indenture or the Collateral Documents, each of Global Crossing and the Guarantors will irrevocably waive and not claim such immunity with respect to its obligations under the indenture, the notes and the Collateral Documents.

Currency Indemnity

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which such holder is able to do so. If the U.S. Dollar amount is less than the U.S. Dollar amount expressed to be due such holder under any note, Global Crossing and the Guarantors will jointly and severally indemnify such holder against any loss it sustains as a result. In any event, Global Crossing and the Guarantors will jointly and severally indemnify such holder against the cost of making any purchase of U.S. Dollars. For the purposes of this paragraph, it will be sufficient for such holder to certify in a satisfactory manner that such holder would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of U.S. Dollars been made with the amount received in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery or, if it was not practicable to make the purchase on that date, on the first date on which such holder was able to do so. In addition, such holder will also be required to certify in a satisfactory manner the need for a change of the purchase date.

The indemnities described above:

 

(1) constitute a separate and independent obligation from the other obligations of Global Crossing and the Guarantors;

 

(2) will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action;

 

(3) will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any holder; and

 

(4) will continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any note.

Concerning the Trustee

If the trustee becomes a creditor of Global Crossing or any Guarantor, the indenture limits the right of the trustee to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee (if the indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act) or resign.

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The indenture provides that in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request of any holder of notes, unless such holder has offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

Additional Information

Anyone who receives this prospectus may obtain a copy of the indenture and the Collateral Documents without charge by writing to Global Crossing Limited, 200 Park Avenue, Suite 300, Florham Park, NJ 07932, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

Book-Entry, Delivery and Form

The exchange notes will initially be represented by one or more global notes in registered form without interest coupons attached.

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credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as described below. Except as set forth below, global notes may be transferred only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee, in whole and not in part. Except in the limited circumstances described below under “—Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes,” beneficial interests in global notes may not be exchanged for notes in certificated form and owners of beneficial interests in global notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of notes in certificated form.

Depository Procedures

The following description of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear System, or “Euroclear,” and Clearstream Banking, S.A., or “Clearstream,” is provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. We take no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urge investors to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters.

DTC has advised us that it is a limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations, or “participants,” and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between the participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the participants. The participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies, which are referred to as “indirect participants,” that clear though or maintain a direct or indirect custodial relationship with a participant. Persons who are not participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the participants or the indirect participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the participants and indirect participants.

DTC has also advised us that, pursuant to procedures established by it:

 

(1) upon deposit of the global notes, DTC will credit the accounts of participants with portions of the principal amount of the global notes; and

 

(2) ownership of these interests in global notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of these interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the participants) or by the participants and the indirect participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the global notes).

All interests in a global note may be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. Interests in a global note held through Euroclear or Clearstream also may be subject to the procedures and requirements of those systems. The laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global note to persons that are subject to those requirements will be limited to that extent. Because DTC may act only on behalf of participants, which in turn act on behalf of indirect participants, the ability of a person having beneficial interests in a global note to pledge those interests to persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of those interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.

Except as described below, owners of interests in the global notes will not have notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of notes in registered, certificated form, and will not be considered the registered owners or holders thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.

 

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Payments in respect of the principal of and premium, interest and special interest, if any, on a global note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to DTC in its capacity as the registered holder under the Indenture. Under the terms of the Indenture, we and the Trustee will treat the persons in whose names notes, including global notes, are registered as the owners of such notes for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes. Consequently, neither we, the Trustee nor any agent of us or the Trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for:

 

(1) any aspect or accuracy of DTC’s records or any participant’s or indirect participant’s records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in global notes, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any participant’s or indirect participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in global notes; or

 

(2) any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its participants or indirect participants.

DTC has advised us that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the notes (including payments of principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant participants with the payment on the payment date in amounts proportionate to their respective ownership interests in the relevant security as shown on DTC’s records. Payments by the participants and the indirect participants to the beneficial owners of notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the participants or the indirect participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Trustee or us. Neither we nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its participants in identifying the beneficial owners of any notes, and we and the Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee as the registered owner of the notes for all purposes.

DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of the notes only at the direction of one or more participants to whose account DTC has credited the interests in the global notes and only in respect of the portion of the aggregate principal amount of the notes as to which such participant or participants has or have given such direction. If there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default under the notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the applicable global notes for notes in registered, certificated form, and to distribute such certificated forms of notes to its participants.

Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes

A global note is exchangeable for definitive notes in registered, certificated form if:

 

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DTC (a) notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the applicable global notes and we thereupon fail to appoint a successor depository within 90 days or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act;

 

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we, at our option, notify the Trustee in writing that we elect to cause the issuance of the notes in certificated form; or

 

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there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the notes.

In addition, beneficial interests in a global note may be exchanged for certificated notes upon prior written notice given to the Trustee by DTC on behalf of its direct or indirect participants in accordance with the Indenture.

In all cases, certificated notes delivered in exchange for any global note or beneficial interests in a global note will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by DTC on behalf of its direct or indirect participants (in accordance with DTC’s customary procedures).

 

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Same Day Settlement and Payment

Except for trades involving only Euroclear and Clearstream participants, interests in the global notes will trade in DTC’s same-day funds settlement system and secondary market trading activity in such interests will therefore settle in immediately available funds, subject in all cases to the rules and procedures of DTC and the participants. Transfers between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be effected in the ordinary way in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures.

Cross-market transfers between DTC participants, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its respective depositary. Such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant global note from DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream.

Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant purchasing an interest in a global note from a DTC participant will be credited, and any such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear and Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC. DTC has advised us that cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a global note by or through a Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following DTC’s settlement date.

Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in global notes among participants, they are under no obligation to perform or to continue to perform those procedures, and may discontinue or change those procedures at any time. Neither we, the Trustee nor any agent of us or the Trustee will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear, Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

Certain Definitions

Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the indenture. Reference is made to the indenture for a full disclosure of all defined terms used therein, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is amalgamated with or merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

 

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Act of the Secured Debtholders” means, as to any matter, a direction in writing delivered to the collateral agent by or with the written consent of:

 

(1) the percentage of the applicable Secured Debtholders required to consent to such matter under any express provision of the indenture or any applicable Additional Secured Debt Agreements requiring that all Secured Debtholders or a percentage of Secured Debtholders greater than the Required Secured Debtholders to consent to such matter; provided that the trustee and any Additional Secured Debt Agent, as applicable, shall execute such written consent on behalf of such Secured Debtholders, as the case may be; and

 

(2) in all other cases, the Required Secured Debtholders,

in each case accompanied by written confirmation (x) from the trustee (in a form reasonably satisfactory to the trustee and the collateral agent) as to the amount of outstanding notes as outstanding in the name of any consenting Secured Debtholder who is a holder of notes and (y) from the Additional Secured Debt Agent (in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Additional Secured Debt Agent and the collateral agent) as to the amount of applicable outstanding Additional Secured Debt and, if applicable and other than in connection with the exercise of remedies, the aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded, would constitute Additional Secured Debt registered by the Additional Secured Debt Agent as outstanding and/or, if applicable unfunded, in the name of any consenting Secured Debtholder who is a holder of such Additional Secured Debt under the applicable Additional Secured Debt Agreement.

Additional Secured Debt” means the unpaid amount of all Obligations of Global Crossing or any Guarantor in respect of Pari Passu Obligations that:

 

(1) are permitted to be incurred by Global Crossing or the Guarantors under the indenture and each other Additional Secured Debt Agreement;

 

(2) are permitted under the indenture and each other Additional Secured Debt Agreement to be secured equally and ratably with the notes and any other Additional Secured Debt;

 

(3) by the express terms of such Pari Passu Obligations, are to be secured equally and ratably by the Collateral; and

 

(4) are secured solely by Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents;

provided that Global Crossing and the applicable Additional Secured Debt Agent, on behalf of the holders of the applicable Additional Secured Debt, shall have become a party to the Collateral Agency Agreement in accordance with the provisions thereof.

Additional Secured Debt Agent” means any duly appointed trustee, agent or other representative acting on behalf of the Secured Debtholders under any Additional Secured Debt Agreement, together with the respective successors and assigns thereof.

Additional Secured Debt Agreement” means each agreement evidencing or governing any Additional Secured Debt, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.

 

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Approved Jurisdictions” means, with respect to the jurisdiction of organization of any Grantor Guarantor, each of:

 

(1) Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom; and

 

(2) any state, province or territory or other political subdivision of any of the foregoing.

Asset Sale” means:

 

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of the indenture described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and/or the provisions described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” and not by the provisions of the Asset Sale covenant; and

 

(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of Global Crossing’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:

 

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $5.0 million;

 

(2) a transfer of assets between or among Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries not in violation of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”;

 

(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing to Global Crossing or to a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing;

 

(4) sales of property or equipment that, in the reasonable determination of Global Crossing, has become worn out, obsolete or damaged or otherwise unsuitable for use in connection with the business of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(5) the sale, grant, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, consignment, conveyance or other disposition of equipment, inventory, telecommunications product, service or capacity, indefeasible rights of use, accounts receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business;

 

(6) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(7) a Restricted Payment that does not violate the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” or a Permitted Investment; and

 

(8) dispositions of receivables and related assets or interests in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements.

Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning assigned to that term in the indenture governing the notes.

Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligation.

 

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Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns”, “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” have a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors” means:

 

(1) with respect to a company or corporation, the board of directors of the company or corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

 

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;

 

(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and

 

(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Book Value” means the book value of property or assets, other than cash, as set forth on the books and records of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

Capital Stock” means:

 

(1) in the case of a company or corporation, shares or corporate stock, respectively;

 

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

 

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

 

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person,

but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(1) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by: (a) the United States government, (b) Switzerland or (c) the United Kingdom, or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, Switzerland or the United Kingdom, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(2) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s or any successor thereto;

 

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(3) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s;

 

(4) demand deposits, certificates of deposit, time deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by (a) any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or (b) any U.S. branch of a non-U.S. bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $500.0 million;

 

(5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

 

(6) to the extent an Investment is made using the currency of any country generated from the operations of a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing in that country, demand deposits, certificates of deposit, time deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any of the ten largest banks (based on assets as of the most recent December 31) organized under the laws of such country; provided that such bank is not under intervention, receivership or any similar arrangement at the time of making such Investment; and

 

(7) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in cash in Approved Jurisdictions or in any country that is a member of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and/or securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act)) other than the Permitted Holders;

 

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Global Crossing;

 

(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger, amalgamation or consolidation), the result of which is that any Person (including any “person” (as defined in clause (1) above)), other than the Permitted Holders, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 40% of the Voting Stock of Global Crossing, measured by voting power rather than number of shares, and the percentage of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person exceeds the percentage of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by the Permitted Holders, in each case measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

 

(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Global Crossing are not Continuing Directors.

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning assigned to that term in the indenture governing the notes.

Collateral” means (1) substantially all existing and future property and assets (other than Excluded Assets) of Global Crossing and each of the Grantor Guarantors and (2) the Equity Interests, if any, owned by each of the Pledgor Guarantors in any of its Subsidiaries (except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets).

 

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Collateral Agency Agreement” means the Collateral Agency Agreement dated the date of the indenture, among Global Crossing, the other Grantors, the trustee, each holder of Pari Passu Obligations (or their duly appointed trustee, agent or other representative acting on such holders’ behalf) and the collateral agent, as amended, restated or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and the indenture.

Collateral Document” means each document purporting to grant a security interest in any Collateral to the collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Debtholders or establishing the First Priority perfection or registration of such security interests, in each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, and the Collateral Agency Agreement.

Colombia Notes” means the Senior Guaranteed Notes due December 18, 2010, of Impsat Colombia.

Colombia Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated December 18, 2003, governing the Colombia Notes.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means, with respect to notes to be redeemed, the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to September 15, 2012, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities; provided that if such period is less than one year then the U.S. Treasury security having a maturity of one year shall be used.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date:

 

(1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations; or

 

(2) if the trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:

 

(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(2) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(3) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles, but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period (other than amortization of prepaid cash expenses relating to the installation of equipment and costs of connecting customers to Global Crossing’s network)) and other non-cash expenses (including, without limitation, non-cash expenses resulting from currency translation adjustments, but excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period (other than amortization of prepaid cash expenses relating to the installation of equipment and costs of connecting customers to Global Crossing’s network)) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(4) legal, accounting and other fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance and sale of the notes on the date of the indenture and the write-off of deferred financing costs from time to time; plus

 

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(5) acquisition-related costs and restructuring reserves incurred by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition of, merger, amalgamation or consolidation with, any Person expensed in computing such Consolidated Net Income to the extent the same would have been capitalized prior to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141R, Business Combinations; plus

 

(6) other non-recurring or unusual losses or expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (as determined by Global Crossing in good faith and in accordance with Regulation G, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; minus

 

(7) non-recurring or unusual gains of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (as determined by Global Crossing in good faith in accordance with Regulation G, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act and the Exchange Act); minus

 

(8) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period (including, without limitation, non-cash gains resulting from currency translation adjustments), other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business,

in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

 

(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;

 

(2) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person will be excluded to the extent that a corresponding amount could not be transferred (including by way or one or more of the following: (a) dividend, (b) loan, (c) repayment of intercompany loans, (d) other conveyances) to such Person at the date of determination as a result of any restriction pursuant to the constituent documents of such Restricted Subsidiary or any law, regulation, agreement or judgment applicable to any such distribution (and the equity in any net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary shall be included in determining Consolidated Net Income);

 

(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

 

(4) except for purposes of calculating Consolidated Cash Flow under clause (iii)(a) of the first paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”, the Net Income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person will be included to the extent a corresponding amount of cash held by such Restricted Subsidiary would not be subject to a Currency Restriction as of the applicable date of determination (and the equity in any net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary shall be included in determining Consolidated Net Income); and

 

(5) the Net Income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries.

As of the date of this prospectus, we believe that none of our Restricted Subsidiaries are subject to a Currency Restriction that could reduce our Consolidated Net Income.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, for any Person as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) (without duplication) of all Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis outstanding at such time, with all Hedging Obligations valued at the net amount that the same are reflected as a liability upon the most recent balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of Global Crossing who:

 

(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the indenture; or

 

(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities with banks or other institutional lenders, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, in each case providing for revolving credit loans or letters of credit.

Currency Restriction” means the failure of any governmental authority of a particular jurisdiction to exchange, or to approve or permit the exchange of, currency for U.S. Dollars, the unavailability of U.S. Dollars in any lawful currency market in any such jurisdiction, or any other action of a governmental authority that has the effect of prohibiting or preventing such exchange or the transfer of such funds outside of any such jurisdiction, in each case for ten or more consecutive days.

Deeply Subordinated Debt” means Indebtedness of Global Crossing or any Guarantor that (1) is Subordinated Indebtedness, (2) does not require or permit any cash payment of any Obligation thereon prior to its maturity (but which may require or permit prior to the maturity thereof (x) the payment of any Obligations thereon in kind or in Equity Interests of Global Crossing (other than Disqualified Stock) and/or (y) the conversion or exchange of such Indebtedness into Equity Interests of Global Crossing (other than Disqualified Stock) and (3) does not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the notes.

Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require Global Crossing to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale or event of loss will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that Global Crossing may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.” The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of the indenture will be the maximum amount that Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale either (1) of Equity Interests of Global Crossing (other than Disqualified Stock and other than to a Subsidiary of Global Crossing) or (2) of Equity Interests of a direct or indirect parent entity of Global Crossing (other than to Global Crossing or a

 

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Subsidiary of Global Crossing) to the extent that the net cash proceeds therefrom are contributed to the common equity capital of Global Crossing.

Event of Loss” means, with respect to any asset of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (1) any condemnation, seizure, nationalization, expropriation or taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise of such asset, or confiscation of such asset or the requisition of the use of such asset, in each case by any government or regulatory authority with jurisdiction over such asset and after such action has become final and non-appealable or (2) any final settlement in lieu of the actions set forth in clause (1) above.

Event of Loss Offer” has the meaning assigned to that term in the indenture governing the notes.

Event of Loss Proceeds” means the aggregate cash and Cash Equivalents proceeds received by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Event of Loss (including, without limitation, any cash and Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Event of Loss), net of the direct costs relating to such Event of Loss, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Event of Loss, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Event of Loss, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements.

Excluded Assets” means:

 

(1)

any contract, agreement, lease or other document (and any contract rights arising thereunder and any property or assets that is the subject of or relating to any such contract, agreement, lease or document) to which any of the Grantors is a party at any time to the extent (but only to the extent) that the assignment thereof, or the creation of a Lien thereon, would (a) constitute a breach of the terms of such contract, agreement, lease or other document, or would cause a default or event of default under the terms of such contract, agreement, lease or other document, or would permit any party to such contract, agreement, lease or other document to terminate any material contract right arising under any such contract, agreement, lease or other document or to exercise any put, call, right of refusal, purchase option or other similar right, (b) permit any party to such contract, agreement, lease or other document to terminate, cancel or withdraw from such contract, agreement, lease or other document, (c) result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Grantor therein or (d) require notice of assignment to be provided to any party to such contract, agreement, lease or other document, provided that such notice shall be provided to each counterparty to a contract, agreement, lease or other document (x) providing for payments (excluding prepayments) to any Grantor reasonably anticipated to exceed $1.0 million per annum during the one-year period following the date of any such notice and (y) which does not otherwise constitute an Excluded Asset under preceding sub-clauses (a), (b), or (c) (all such contracts, agreements, leases and other documents being the “Excluded Agreements”) (for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that the restrictions referred to in preceding sub-clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) are not negative pledges or similar undertakings in favor of a lender or other financial counterparty), other than, in each case of the restrictions referred to in preceding sub-clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), to the extent that any such restrictions would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code); provided, however, any of the Excluded Agreements (and any such property that is the subject of or relating to any such Excluded Agreement) shall automatically cease to be excluded at such time as (A) the restriction on assignment or on the creation of a Lien with respect to such agreement or other Collateral is no longer in effect or is rendered ineffective as a matter of law or (B) the applicable Grantor has obtained the consent of the other parties to such agreement to the assignment of, or creation of a

 

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Lien with respect to, the contract rights of such Grantor thereunder or other Collateral (which consent such Grantor shall not, except as set forth in the covenant described under the caption “Certain Covenants—Post Closing Collateral Requirement”, be required to obtain under the indenture or the Collateral Documents);

 

(2) any contract, agreement, lease or other document in any jurisdiction where such contract, agreement, lease or other document must be identified with particularity in the applicable security filing or registration, unless such contract, agreement, lease or other document provides for payments to (excluding prepayments), any Grantor reasonably anticipated to be in excess of $1.0 million per calendar year;

 

(3) any license, permit, concession, application or authorization from any governmental or regulatory authority in favor of any Grantor to the extent (but only to the extent) that the assignment thereof or the creation of a Lien thereon would (a) constitute a breach of or a default or event of default under the terms of such license, permit or authorization, (b) would require any separate license, permit, concession, application or authorization or would otherwise terminate such license, permit, concession, application or authorization, or (c) result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Grantor therein (all of the licenses, permits, concessions, applications and authorizations referred to herein being the “Excluded Authorizations”); provided, however, that any of the Excluded Authorizations shall cease to be excluded at such time as (x) the restriction on assignment or on the creation of a Lien with respect to such license, permit, concession, application or authorization is no longer in effect or is rendered ineffective as a matter of law or (y) the applicable Grantor has obtained the consent of the applicable governmental or regulatory authority to the assignment of, or creation of a Lien with respect to, such license, permit, concession, application or authorization of such Grantor (which consent such Grantor shall not be required to obtain);

 

(4) any license, permit, concession, application or authorization in any jurisdiction in which such license, permit, concession, application or authorization must be identified with particularity in the applicable security filing or registration, unless such license, permit, concession, application or authorization is, individually, material to the business, financial condition or operations of the applicable Grantor;

 

(5) the Equity Interests of (a) any Immaterial Restricted Subsidiary and (b) any Subsidiary if the pledge of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary is not required or is released in accordance with the provisions set forth under the caption “—Security—Limitations on Collateral in the Form of Securities”;

 

(6) the Equity Interests and assets and property of (a) SAC Peru S.R.L., (b) GC Pan European Crossing France S.A.R.L., (c) GC SAC Argentina S.R.L. and (d) for so long as such Subsidiary remains an Excluded Restricted Subsidiary, Global Crossing Landing Mexicana S. De R.L.;

 

(7)

(a) any leased real property of a Grantor, (b) any owned real property of a Grantor as of the date of the indenture, except to the extent (x) constituting a Specified Site or (y) having a Book Value (including owned fixtures and improvements thereon) greater than $3.0 million for any individual or related parcels, (c) any owned real property of a Grantor acquired after (or owned by a person who becomes a Grantor after) the date of the indenture having a Book Value (including owned fixtures and improvements thereon) for any individual or related parcels of less than $3.0 million and (d) any fixtures (including, without limitation, ductwork and conduit), except to the extent that a Lien can (if required) be perfected or otherwise evidenced under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction governing notice of security interests either automatically or by filing or registering a financing statement, charge, chattel mortgage or an equivalent filing or registration (in the case of any such fixtures having an individual Book value in excess of the Threshold Amount, irrespective of whether any such fixture must be identified with particularity in the applicable security filing or registration) no more frequently than annually in (x) a central filing office or registry with respect to

 

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the applicable Grantor and (y) the filing office or registry of the jurisdiction of the location of any owned real property not constituting an Excluded Asset;

 

(8) any plant, machinery, office equipment, computers and similar tangible property (and all related rights) in any jurisdiction where any such property must be identified with particularity in the applicable security filing or registration, other than any such property having an individual Book Value in excess of the Threshold Amount located at one of the properties, premises or facilities described in clause (ii) of the proviso to clause (14) below;

 

(9) any property or assets subject to a Lien that secures Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (1) (or clause (4) to the extent of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness refinancing Existing Indebtedness), (3), (13) and (14) of the second paragraph of the covenant set forth above under the caption “Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

 

(10) any motor vehicles and other equipment subject to a certificate of title statute, up to an aggregate Book Value of $10.0 million for all such property referred to in this clause (10);

 

(11) certain letter of credit rights and commercial tort claims specified in the Collateral Documents;

 

(12) crops or farm products or as-extracted collateral;

 

(13) any intellectual property rights located outside of the United States;

 

(14) any personal property with respect to which (a) a Lien cannot, if required under the law of the applicable jurisdiction (other than the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Canada, the United Kingdom or the Netherlands), be perfected or otherwise evidenced in accordance with applicable statutes governing notice of security interests either automatically or by filing or registering a financing statement, charge, chattel mortgage or an equivalent filing or registration in a single central filing office or registry with respect to such Grantor no more frequently than annually or, in the case of Equity Interests, by taking possession or similar process, (b) the applicable Grantor is prohibited by the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, or by any regulatory authority to which it is subject, from suffering a Lien to exist thereon or (c) any governmental entity or regulatory authority claiming jurisdiction over any such property or asset including Equity Interests, wherever located, prohibits the existence of a Lien thereon; provided that sub-clause (a) of this clause (14) shall not exclude (i) any deposit account or securities account (or any cash, Cash Equivalents and other investment property held therein) or (ii) any property (x) located at any owned real property not constituting an Excluded Asset or (y) having an aggregate Book Value in excess of $3.0 million located at any single facility (e.g., any cable station, landing station, data center or tele-house) or premises (in each case of the preceding sub-clauses (x) and (y), (1) to the extent a Lien on such property can be perfected or otherwise evidenced in accordance with applicable statutes by filing or registering a financing statement, charge, chattel mortgage or an equivalent filing or registration no more frequently than annually in one or more additional local filing offices or registries and (2) other than equipment held temporarily at a location referred to in the preceding clause (x) or (y) pending transfer to a customer or transfer within 90 days to another premises or facility of Global Crossing or a Subsidiary).

 

(15) deposit accounts and securities accounts containing an aggregate average daily balance (calculated for each calendar month as of the last Business Day of such month) not to exceed (a) $25.0 million at any time that GC Columbia is a Grantor Guarantor and (b) otherwise, $15.0 million;

 

(16) assets of any Pledgor Guarantor not constituting Equity Interests in any other Subsidiary;

 

(17) any assets or property (other than cash, Cash Equivalents and Equity Interests) of any Grantor formed under the laws of Luxembourg, to the extent such assets do not have a Book Value in excess of $5.0 million at any time outstanding;

 

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(18) any policy of insurance; provided that proceeds of insurance shall not constitute Excluded Assets to the extent the Lien granted by the Collateral Documents in the property or assets covered by such insurance would constitute Collateral in accordance with Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar provision of the applicable law of the relevant jurisdiction;

 

(19) the outstanding Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than the outstanding Equity Interests in GC UK);

 

(20) property and assets of the Grantors as of the date of the Indenture that have, in the aggregate, Book Value of less than $10.0 million with respect to which the chief financial officer of Global Crossing determines in good faith (with such determination to be conclusive) that the cost of granting, perfecting, registering or maintaining a First Priority Lien on such property or asset is burdensome relative to the Book Value of such property or asset (or otherwise is not practicable);

 

(21) other assets and property of the Grantors having an aggregate Book Value not to exceed $20.0 million at any time;

provided , that (i) any proceeds received by any Grantor from the sale, transfer or other disposition of any Excluded Asset shall constitute Collateral except to the extent such proceeds are in the form of property or assets constituting Excluded Assets and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, except a provided in clause (17) above, no assets or property of any Grantor formed under the laws of Luxembourg shall constitute Excluded Assets.

Excluded Restricted Subsidiary” means:

 

(1) any Immaterial Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2) any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing that is (a) prohibited by the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, or by any regulatory authority to which it is subject, from guaranteeing the notes, or (b) incorporated or organized in a jurisdiction for so long as the laws of such jurisdiction do not permit such Restricted Subsidiary to enter into a Note Guarantee that is Full and Unconditional guarantee of all of Global Crossing’s Obligations under the notes and the indenture incurred on the date of the indenture (and any related exchange notes issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement), without significant risk of civil or criminal liability, all as determined by Global Crossing in consultation with its counsel, in each case under clauses (a) and (b) above, until such date as Global Crossing and its counsel determine that clauses (a) and (b) above no longer apply to such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(3) Impsat Colombia until the earlier of (a) the time that the Colombia Notes Indenture no longer prohibits the guarantee of the notes by Impsat Colombia and (b) the repayment, defeasance, discharge, repurchase, cancellation or extinguishment of the Colombia Notes, whether at final maturity on December 18, 2010, or otherwise;

 

(4) any Limited Guarantor the Note Guarantee of which is released in accordance with the provisions set forth above under the caption “Note Guarantees” and “—Certain Covenants—Approvals for Certain Note Guarantors” until such time (if any) as such Limited Guarantor enters into a new guarantee in accordance with the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Additional Note Guarantees”;

 

(5) SAC Peru S.R.L.;

 

(6) GC Pan European Crossing France S.A.R.L.;

 

(7) GC SAC Argentina S.R.L. and Global Crossing Argentina S.A.; and

 

(8) Global Crossing Landing Mexicana S. De R.L., so long as such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Global Crossing.

 

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Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the date of the indenture, other than Capital Leases Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money obligations in existence on the date of the indenture, until such amounts are repaid.

Fair Market Value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, as determined in good faith by (1) the chief financial officer of Global Crossing, if such value is equal to or less than $35.0 million and (2) the Board of Directors of Global Crossing, if such value exceeds $35.0 million, in each case unless otherwise provided in the indenture.

First Priority” means (1) with respect to any Lien purported to be created on any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of Global Crossing pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is a duly perfected or registered first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens of the type listed in clauses (3), (4), (7), (18), (19) and (22) in the definition thereof) in such Equity Interests and (2) with respect to any Lien purported to be created on any other asset pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is a duly perfected or registered first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in such asset.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments (including interest calculations in accordance with FASB Staff Position No. APB 14-1 for all purposes other than determining Fixed Charges under clause (iii)(a) of the first paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”), the interest component of any deferred payment obligations or contingent obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings and late payment charges, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus

 

(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

 

(3) any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

 

(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of Global Crossing (other than Disqualified Stock) or to Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Full and Unconditional” has the meaning set forth in Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act or any successor rule.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, as in effect on the date of the indenture.

 

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GC UK” means Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales.

GC UK Intercompany Debt” means the Obligations in pounds sterling owing to GC UK in respect of Indebtedness issued pursuant to:

 

(1) the Inter-Company Credit Agreement, dated as of April 2006, between and among Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited, as lender, Global Crossing Europe Limited, as borrower, and Global Crossing Limited, as guarantor, as amended from time to time prior to the date of the indenture;

 

(2) the Guarantee, dated as of April 2006, by Global Crossing Limited, as guarantor, in favour of Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited, as beneficiary, as amended from time to time prior to the date of the indenture; and

 

(3) all borrowing requests thereunder.

Government Securities” means the direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Grantor Guarantor” means each Guarantor that is not a Pledgor Guarantor; provided that, in the case of any Grantor Guarantor formed, acquired or designated as such after the date of the indenture, the covenants described under the captions “—Certain Covenants—Additional Note Guarantees” (if applicable) and “—Additional Collateral; Acquisition of Property or Assets” have been complied with in respect of such Grantor Guarantor.

Grantors” means, collectively, Global Crossing, the Grantor Guarantors and the Pledgor Guarantors (even though at any given time some Pledgor Guarantors may not actually pledge any Equity Interests in Subsidiaries).

Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).

Guarantor” means:

 

(1) each Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing existing on the date of the indenture that is not an Excluded Restricted Subsidiary on the date of the indenture; and

 

(2) any Subsidiary of Global Crossing that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the indenture,

and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of the indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, all Grantors other than Global Crossing are Guarantors.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

 

(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

 

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk;

 

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(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices; and

 

(4) other agreements with respect to one or more options or other derivative transactions entered into in connection with the issuance of convertible Indebtedness.

Immaterial Restricted Subsidiary” means (1) as of any date, any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing that has, as of such date, Specified Tangible Assets with a Book Value of less than $500,000 and which either (x) had less than $500,000 in total revenues for its most recently ended four full fiscal quarters or (y) is not reasonably expected by the chief financial officer of Global Crossing to generate revenues at any time after such date due to the sale, disposition or discontinuation of such Subsidiary’s assets or operations, (2) each of GC Hungary Holdings Property Management LLC, Geoconference Limited, Global Crossing Conferencing Limited, Global Crossing PEC Czech s.r.o, Global Crossing PEC Norge AS and Global Crossing PEC Ostereich GmbH and (3) each of Atlantic Crossing Holdings UK Limited, Corlew Investment, S.A., Deason Investment, S.A., Fibernet Quest Limited, GC Colombiana Ltda., Global Crossing Network Center (UK) Ltd., GT U.K. Ltd., International Optical Network Limited, International Satellite Communication Holding Aktiengesellschaft, Mid-Atlantic Crossing Holdings UK Ltd., SAC Colombia Ltda. and Telcontrol, S.A. de C.V., so long as such Subsidiaries are liquidated or commence liquidation within 12 months of the date of the indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Global Crossing may elect from time to time, in its sole discretion (any such election shall be made in an officer’s certificate delivered to the trustee), to cause any Subsidiary that otherwise meets the definition of Immaterial Restricted Subsidiary to not constitute an Immaterial Restricted Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be an Immaterial Restricted Subsidiary.

Impsat Colombia” means Global Crossing Colombia S.A., a Colombian company.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:

 

(1) in respect of borrowed money;

 

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

 

(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

 

(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt in respect of sale and leaseback transactions;

 

(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or

 

(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

Independent Investment Banker” means Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and their respective successors, or, if such firms or their respective successors, if any, as the case may be, are unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by Global Crossing.

 

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Initial Pledgor Guarantor” means each of Global Crossing Australia Pty. Limited, Global Crossing Belgie b.v.b.a. (in liquidation), Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A., Global Crossing Costa Rica S.R.L., Global Crossing Cyprus Holdings Limited, Global Crossing Japan KK, Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a., Global Crossing PEC Danmark A.p.S., Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG, Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd., Global Crossing Sverige AB and Global Crossing Venezuela S.A.; provided, however, that any Initial Pledgor Guarantor shall constitute an Initial Pledgor Guarantor only until such time as such Initial Pledgor Guarantor is redesignated by the chief financial officer of Global Crossing as a Grantor Guarantor in a written notice to the collateral agent (subject to compliance with the covenant described under the caption “—Certain—Additional Collateral; Acquisition of Property or Assets”). For the avoidance of doubt, each Initial Pledgor Guarantor will guarantee the notes but not grant a Lien on its property or assets other than a pledge of the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries (except that an Initial Pledgor Guarantor will not pledge the Equity Interests of Subsidiaries to the extent that (x) it does not have any Subsidiaries, (y) the pledge of the Equity Interests of the relevant Subsidiary is not required or is released in accordance with the provisions set forth under the caption “—Security—Limitations on Collateral in the Form of Securities” or (z) such Equity Interests otherwise constitute Excluded Assets).

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding the extension of trade credit and deposits, in each case in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary practice and on reasonable terms, and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, directors and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Global Crossing such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of Global Crossing, Global Crossing will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of Global Crossing’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.” The acquisition by Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by Global Crossing or such Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.” Except as otherwise provided in the indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

Latin American Grantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing organized under the laws of Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Panama or Peru that as of the date of the indenture is a Grantor Guarantor.

“Legacy Latin American Grantors” means those Latin American Grantors that were part of our Latin American operations prior to the Impsat acquisition on May 9, 2007 and that were not subsequently transferred to our GC Impsat segment. These subsidiaries include Global Crossing Mexicana II; S. De R.L. de C.V.; Global Crossing Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V.; Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R. L. de C. V.; Global Crossing Panama, Inc.; SAC Panama, S.A.; the Panamanian branch of PAC Panama Ltd.; Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.; SAC Brasil SA; and SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.

 

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Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) the Consolidated Total Indebtedness of such Person as of such date to (2) the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date (the “Four Quarter Period”). In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the Four Quarter Period for which the Leverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Leverage Ratio is made (the “Ratio Date”), then the Leverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Four Quarter Period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio:

 

(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers. amalgamations or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the applicable Four Quarter Period or subsequent to such period and on or prior to the Ratio Date will be given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act) as if they had occurred on the first day of the applicable Four Quarter Period;

 

(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Ratio Date, will be excluded;

 

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Ratio Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Ratio Date;

 

(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person on the Ratio Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person at all times during the applicable Four Quarter Period;

 

(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person on the Ratio Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person at any time during the applicable Four Quarter Period; and

 

(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Ratio Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Ratio Date in excess of 12 months).

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected or registered under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

 

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Limited Guarantor” means each of the following Restricted Subsidiaries of Global Crossing: (1) Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc., (2) Budget Call Long Distance, Inc., (3) Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc., (4) Global Crossing Local Services, Inc., and (5) Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc., in each case until such entity executes a new Note Guarantee pursuant to which it provides a Full and Unconditional guarantee of all Obligations of Global Crossing under the notes and the indenture incurred on the date of the indenture (and any related exchange notes issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement).

Limited Note Guarantee” means, with respect to a Limited Guarantor Subsidiary, the Note Guarantee executed by such Limited Restricted Subsidiary on the date of the indenture.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

 

(1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with: (a) any asset sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

(2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss.

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash and Cash Equivalents proceeds received by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash and Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

Non-Recourse Debt ” means Indebtedness:

 

(1) as to which neither Global Crossing nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness (other than the pledge of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that are not required to constitute Collateral under the indenture or the Collateral Documents)) or (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise; and

 

(2) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that are not required to constitute Collateral under the indenture or the Collateral Documents).

Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of Global Crossing’s Obligations under the indenture and the notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of the indenture, including without limitation each Limited Note Guarantee.

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Offering Circular” means the confidential offering circular, dated September 11, 2009, with respect to the initial offer and sale of the notes and guarantees by Global Crossing and the guarantors.

Pari Passu Obligations” means all Obligations of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Indebtedness:

 

(1) for borrowed money owed to revolving lenders or the administrative agent for such lenders, letter of credit providers or other creditors and secured by a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to, and to the extent permitted by, clause (21)(a) of the definition of Permitted Liens;

 

(2) representing Hedging Obligations incurred by Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor secured by a Lien on Collateral pursuant to, and to the extent permitted by, clause (21)(b) of the definition of Permitted Liens, all of which Hedging Obligations shall be valued at the net amount that the same are reflected as a liability upon the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Global Crossing prepared in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3) incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” secured by a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to, and to the extent permitted by, clause (20) of the definition of Permitted Liens, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (4) of the second paragraph of such covenant, secured by a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to, and to the extent permitted by, clause (18) of the definition of Permitted Liens; or

 

(4) secured by a Lien on the Collateral to the extent permitted by clause (23) or (24) of the definition of Permitted Liens;

provided in each case that the obligees (or any duly appointed trustee, agent or other representative acting on behalf of such obligees) of such Obligations have become parties to the Collateral Agency Agreement in accordance with the provisions thereof.

Permitted Business” means the business or businesses conducted by Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of the indenture and any business reasonably ancillary, complimentary similar or related thereto.

Permitted Holder” means (1) Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (investment company) and any of its Subsidiaries and (2) STT and any of its Subsidiaries.

Permitted Investments” means:

 

(1) Investments:

 

  (a) (i) by Global Crossing in any Grantor Guarantor or (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing in Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor (or in any Person that, as a result of the relevant Investment (x) becomes a Grantor Guarantor or (y) is merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor);

 

  (b) by any Pledgor Guarantor or any Excluded Restricted Subsidiary in any other Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing (or in any Person that, as a result of the relevant Investment (x) becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing or (y) is merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing); and

 

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  (c) by Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Grantor Guarantor (or in any Person that, as a result of the relevant Investment (x) becomes a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Grantor Guarantor or (y) is merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Grantor Guarantor) at any time as long as (immediately after giving pro forma effect to any reduction in Book Value of the Specified Tangible Assets resulting from (i) such Investment and any other Investments made pursuant to this clause (1)(c) and (ii) any Restricted Investment by Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Grantor Guarantor made pursuant to the first paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”, in each case after the end of the most recent fiscal quarter as if the same were made on such date) the aggregate Book Value of the Specified Tangible Assets of Global Crossing and the Grantor Guarantors organized in Approved Jurisdictions, taken as a whole, is equal to or greater than $1.0 billion;

 

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

 

(3) any Investment (a) made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” or (b) received in connection with an Event of Loss;

 

(4) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Global Crossing;

 

(5) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (a) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer or (b) any litigation, arbitration or other dispute;

 

(6) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;

 

(7) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of Global Crossing or any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $4.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

(8) Investments by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any third-party financial institution in the form of cash deposits, and which an amount equivalent to such investment is lent by such financial institution, including any affiliates thereof, to another Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing;

 

(9) repurchases of the notes and related guarantees or of the exchange notes and related guarantees;

 

(10) netting of intercompany balances, including changing underlying currencies, and/or conversion of intercompany balances into capital contributions among Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case to the extent the making of such intercompany balances constituted an Investment when made) in transactions that do not involve the transfer of any cash or assets (other than the conversion of intercompany receivables into a capital contribution) and consistent with the practices and policies of Global Crossing in effect on the date of the indenture;

 

(11) any Investment (including Investments in Subsidiaries) existing on, or made pursuant to written agreements existing on, the date of the indenture and any Investment consisting of an extension or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a written agreement existing on, the date of the indenture; and

 

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(12) other Investments made after the date of the indenture in any Person engaged in a Permitted Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed $25.0 million; provided that the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any time pursuant to this clause (12) shall be reduced (without reducing the aggregate availability of this clause (12)) by an amount equal to the net reduction in Investments made by Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this clause (12) after the date of the indenture resulting from, without duplication (a) repayments of loans or advances or payment of return of equity contributions in the form of dividends or distributions, as the case may be, in each case to Global Crossing or the Restricted Subsidiary that initially made such Investment, from such Investment, (b) the net cash proceeds received by Global Crossing or any Restricted Subsidiary that made any such Investment from the sale of such Investment, (c) a redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that was the recipient of such Investment as a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Grantor Guarantor so long as at such time such Investment would not constitute a Restricted Investment by such Unrestricted Subsidiary that is redesignated or (d) with respect to Investments by any Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor in any Pledgor Guarantor or Excluded Restricted Subsidiary, upon such Pledgor Guarantor or Excluded Restricted Subsidiary becoming a Grantor Guarantor (whether by designation in accordance with the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Grantor Guarantors and Pledgor Guarantors” or by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or liquidation with or into, Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor) or upon the transfer or conveyance of substantially all of the assets of such Pledgor Guarantor or Excluded Restricted Subsidiary to Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor, in any such case described in clauses (a) through (d) above, not to exceed the amount of the Investment previously made by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or in the case of clause (d), by Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor) in such Person in reliance on this clause (12);

provided, however, that no Investment made pursuant to clause (1), (6), (8) or (12) above in any Person organized or located in Venezuela or any jurisdiction that is at such time subject to a Currency Restriction shall be made by a Person organized or located outside of Venezuela or such jurisdiction, as the case may be.

Permitted Liens” means:

 

(1) Liens on assets of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries created by the indenture and the Collateral Documents with respect to the notes and Note Guarantees issued on the date of the indenture and the exchange notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement;

 

(2) Liens in favor of Global Crossing or any of the Grantor Guarantors;

 

(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing or is merged with or into or consolidated or amalgamated with Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such Person becoming a Grantor Guarantor or such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Grantor Guarantor or is merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with Global Crossing or a Grantor Guarantor;

 

(4) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by Global Crossing or any Subsidiary of Global Crossing; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, such acquisition, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;

 

(5)

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connection therewith) or (b) to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

 

(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (3) of the second paragraph of the covenant entitled “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness (including improvements and accessions to such assets or proceeds or distributions thereof);

 

(7) Liens existing on the date of the indenture;

 

(8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

 

(9) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law (including tax Liens) incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;

 

(10) encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, and zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances), which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of material properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(11) Liens constituting any interest of title of a lessor, a licensor or either’s creditors in the property subject to any lease (other than a capital lease), and leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to any other Person that do not materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of Global Crossing or any Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing;

 

(12) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings in other applicable jurisdictions) regarding operating leases entered into by Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(13) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

(14) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;

 

(15) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of Global Crossing or a Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing, including rights of offset and set-off;

 

(16) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, hire purchase, consignment or similar arrangement for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(17) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceeding may be initiated has not expired;

 

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(18) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the indenture; provided, however, that:

 

  (a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and

 

  (b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge;

 

(19) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation or export of goods in the ordinary course of business;

 

(20) Liens on any of the Collateral securing Indebtedness incurred in compliance with the covenant entitled “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock;” provided that (a) at the time of creation of any such Indebtedness and after giving pro forma effect thereto, Global Crossing satisfies the Priority Leverage Ratio Test and (b) either the Liens incurred pursuant to this clause are junior to the Liens described under clause (1) above or the obligees (or any duly appointed trustee, agent or other representative acting on behalf of such obligees) of the Indebtedness secured by the Liens incurred pursuant to this clause has become a party to the Collateral Agency Agreement with respect to such Liens;

 

(21) Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness (a) incurred pursuant to clause (15) of the second paragraph of the covenant set forth above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and/or securing Hedging Obligations with respect thereto and/or securing Obligations under Treasury Management Arrangements with respect thereto and (b) representing Hedging Obligations incurred by Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor pursuant to clause (8) of the second paragraph of the covenant set forth above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; provided that either the Liens incurred pursuant to this clause are junior to the Liens described under clause (1) above or the obligees (or any duly appointed trustee, agent or other representative acting on behalf of such obligees) of the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause have become party to the Collateral Agency Agreement with respect to such Liens;

 

(22) non-consensual Liens imposed in jurisdictions outside of the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg or the Netherlands to the extent not arising out of the incurrence of indebtedness for borrowed money; provided that Global Crossing or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing exercises commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Lien to be discharged or released;

 

(23) Liens not otherwise permitted pursuant to the preceding clauses (1) through (22) securing obligations that do not exceed $15.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; provided that either the Liens incurred pursuant to this clause are junior to the Liens described under clause (1) above or the obligees (or any duly appointed trustee, agent or other representative acting on behalf of such obligees) of the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause has become party to the Collateral Agency Agreement with respect to such Liens; and

 

(24) Liens not otherwise permitted pursuant to the preceding clauses (1) through (23) securing obligations that do not exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.

 

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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

 

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);

 

(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;

 

(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the notes or any Note Guarantee, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to, the notes or such Note Guarantee on terms at least as favorable to the holders of notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and

 

(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by Global Crossing or by the Restricted Subsidiary of Global Crossing that is the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

Pledgor Guarantor” means any Initial Pledgor Guarantor or any Specified Pledgor Guarantor.

Priority Debt” means, for any Person as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) (without duplication) of all Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral, in each case of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis outstanding at such time.

Priority Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) Priority Debt as of such date to (2) the Consolidated Cash Flow of Global Crossing and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date (the “Priority Four Quarter Period”). In the event that Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Priority Debt (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) subsequent to the Priority Four Quarter Period for which the Priority Leverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Priority Leverage Ratio is made (the “Priority Ratio Date”), then the Priority Leverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of such Priority Debt, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Priority Four Quarter Period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Priority Leverage Ratio:

 

(1)

acquisitions that have been made by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers, amalgamations or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Subsidiaries,

 

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during the applicable Priority Four Quarter Period or subsequent to such period and on or prior to the Priority Ratio Date will be given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act) as if they had occurred on the first day of the applicable Priority Four Quarter Period;

 

(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Priority Ratio Date, will be excluded;

 

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Priority Ratio Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Priority Ratio Date;

 

(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person on the Priority Ratio Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person at all times during the applicable Priority Four Quarter Period;

 

(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person on the Priority Ratio Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person at any time during the applicable Priority Four Quarter Period; and

 

(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Priority Ratio Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Priority Ratio Date in excess of 12 months).

Priority Leverage Ratio Test” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the covenants set forth under the caption “Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”.

Qualified Jurisdictions” means each of Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia.

Qualified Preferred Stock” means preferred stock that, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the notes mature, (1) does not mature and is not redeemable, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, in whole or in part and (2) does not require or permit any payment of dividends or other cash payment in respect thereof (but which may require or permit the payment of dividends thereon in kind or in Qualified Preferred Stock).

Quarterly Specified Tangible Assets Reduction Amount” means, for any fiscal quarter, an amount equal to the decrease (if any) in the aggregate Book Value of the Specified Tangible Assets of Global Crossing and the Grantor Guarantors organized in Approved Jurisdictions as of the end of such fiscal quarter, excluding any Specified Tangible Assets received during such fiscal quarter that increase the amount calculated pursuant to clause (3) of the first paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” pursuant to clauses (e) through (h) thereof (as set forth in the Specified Tangible Assets Certification for such fiscal quarter) from the aggregate Book Value of the Specified Tangible Assets of Global Crossing and the Grantor Guarantors organized in Approved Jurisdictions as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter (as set forth in the Tangible Assets Certification for such fiscal quarter or, if the end of such fiscal quarter is June 30, 2009, $1,085 million except to the extent such decrease is attributable to (1) any Restricted Payments in the form of Specified Tangible Assets made in accordance with the first paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”, (2) depreciation or amortization of such Specified Tangible Assets, (3) fluctuations in currency exchange rates or currency values or (4) other non-cash items that reduce the Book Value of such Specified Tangible Assets.

 

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Reference Treasury Dealer” means Goldman Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and three additional primary Government Securities dealers in New York City (each a “Primary Treasury Dealer”) selected by Global Crossing, and their successors; provided, however, that if any such firm or any such successor, as the case may be, shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City, Global Crossing shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average as determined by the trustee, of the bid and asked prices of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

Required Secured Debtholders” means, at any time, the Secured Debtholders representing more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Secured Obligations then outstanding (together with, in the case of the Additional Secured Debt, other than in connection with the exercise of remedies, if applicable, the aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded, would constitute Secured Obligations), voting as a single class. For this purpose, Secured Obligations (including, if applicable, any such unfunded commitments in respect thereof) registered in the name of, or Beneficially Owned by, Global Crossing or any Affiliate of Global Crossing shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

Restricted Investment ” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (1) that would be a “significant subsidiary” pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of the definition thereof as set forth in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of the indenture, or (2) the total consolidated revenues of which for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which Global Crossing’s internal financial statements are available at the time constituted greater than 5% of the total revenues of Global Crossing and its Subsidiaries for such period.

Special Interest ” means all Special Interest then owing pursuant to the registration rights agreement.

Specified A/R ” means each account receivable that is reflected on the balance sheet of any Latin American Grantor (other than the Legacy Latin American Grantors) as of June 30, 2009, as determined in accordance with GAAP, which is payable by any Person other than Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries which constituted one of the top 20 customers of the Latin American Grantors (other than the Legacy Latin American Grantors) as determined by revenue generated by such Person’s contracts during the first half of Global Crossing’s 2009 fiscal year.

Specified Pledgor Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of Global Crossing that is designated as a Specified Pledgor Guarantor in accordance with the first paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Grantor Guarantors and Pledgor Guarantors”; provided, however, that any Specified Pledgor Guarantor so designated shall constitute a Specified Pledgor Guarantor only until such time as such Specified Pledgor Guarantor is redesignated by the chief financial officer of Global Crossing as a Grantor Guarantor in a written notice to the collateral agent

 

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(subject to compliance with the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Additional Collateral; Acquisition of Property or Assets”). For the avoidance of doubt, each Specified Pledgor Guarantor will Guarantee the notes but will not grant a Lien on its property or assets other than a pledge of the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries (except that a Specified Pledgor Guarantor will not pledge the Equity Interests of Subsidiaries to the extent that (x) it does not have any Subsidiaries or (y) the pledge of the Equity Interests of the relevant Subsidiary is not required pursuant to the terms of the indenture or is released in accordance with the provisions set forth under the caption “—Security—Limitations on Collateral in the Form of Securities”).

Specified PP&E ” means each asset classified as property, plant, fixtures and equipment (other than (a) leasehold improvements and (b) property, plant, fixtures and equipment under capital leases) that (1) has an individual Book Value greater than $10,000 as reflected on the balance sheet of any Latin American Grantor as of June 30, 2009, as determined in accordance with GAAP and (2) is located at a Specified Site.

Specified Site” means each of the following buildings owned by the Latin American Grantors as of the date of the indenture, together with the land on which such buildings are situate and the fixtures and improvement appurtenant thereto, which together are deemed critical to our Latin American operations: (a) the cable landing stations in Fortaleza, Rio do Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil; Valparaiso, Chile; and Lurin, Perú; Balboa and Colon, Panama; and Mazatlan and Tijuana, Mexico; and (b) the telehouses in Curitiba, Rio do Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Lima, Perú; and Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico.

Specified Tangible Assets” of any Person as of any date means the sum of the assets of such Person (excluding any assets of any Subsidiary of such Person) consisting of (1) unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents, (2) accounts receivable payable by any Person other than Global Crossing or any of its Subsidiaries and (3) property, plant and equipment (other than property, plant and equipment under capital leases and fixtures constituting leasehold improvements on real property leasehold interests), in each case to the extent such assets are set forth (or that would be required to be set forth) on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of such specified Person (the “Applicable Balance Sheet Date”); provided that (a) acquisitions (including through mergers, amalgamations or consolidations), Asset Sales and Events of Loss of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries subsequent to the Applicable Balance Sheet Date, (b) the reclassification or redesignation of any Pledgor Guarantor, Excluded Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Grantor Guarantor and the reclassification or redesignation of any Grantor Guarantor as a Pledgor Guarantor, Excluded Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary and (c) any dividends, distributions, repayments of Indebtedness to Global Crossing or any Grantor Guarantor, in each case subsequent to the Applicable Balance Sheet Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on such Applicable Balance Sheet Date.

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date of the indenture, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness on which payment of interest or principal is due upon demand by the obligee thereof, the Stated Maturity of such installment of interest or principal shall be the date on which demand for payment is made.

STT” means STT Communications, Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Singapore.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Global Crossing or a Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment (by the terms of any documents or instrument relating thereto) to the notes or the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor, as applicable.

 

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Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or shareholders’ or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); provided, that for purposes of the indenture Global Crossing Landing Mexicana S. de R.L. shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of Global Crossing for as long as such entity is treated as a Subsidiary in the consolidated books and records of Global Crossing; and

 

(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

Threshold Amount” means an amount equal to $200,000, except that with reference to any property, plant, fixtures or equipment of any Latin American Grantor owned or acquired after the date of the indenture, such term means an amount equal to $25,000.

Total Assets” of any Person as of any date means the total assets of such Person as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Treasury Management Arrangement” means any agreement or other arrangement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft lines or other similar arrangements, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yield on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the stated maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price of such redemption date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third business day preceding the redemption date.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Global Crossing that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of the indenture as set forth in the third paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries” or is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with such covenant, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

 

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(2) except as permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates”, is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are not materially less favorable to Global Crossing or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of Global Crossing;

 

(3) is a Person with respect to which neither Global Crossing nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

 

(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of Global Crossing or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that the pledge of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary by the holders of such Equity Interests shall be deemed to not be the indirect provision of credit support by such Subsidiary

Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

 

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

Purpose of the Exchange Offer

The exchange offer is designed to provide holders of original notes with an opportunity to acquire exchange notes which, unlike the original notes, generally will be freely transferable at all times, subject to any restrictions on transfer imposed by federal and state securities laws, so long as the holder is acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of its business, has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the exchange notes, and is not our affiliate within the meaning of the Securities Act.

The following summary of certain provisions of the form of the letter of transmittal used in the exchange offer does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the form of the letter of transmittal.

Issuance of Original Notes.    The outstanding original 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 in the aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 were originally issued and sold by GCL on September 22, 2009, the issue date, to Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Jefferies & Company, Inc., as initial purchasers, pursuant to a purchase agreement dated as of September 11, 2009. GCL issued and sold the original notes in a transaction not registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The concurrent resale of the original notes by the initial purchasers to investors was effected in reliance upon exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The original notes may not be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred other than pursuant to a registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act or unless an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. Pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the original notes generally may be resold in the public market commencing six months after the issue date by a holder who is not, and has not been for the preceding three months, our affiliate if GCL is current in the filing of its Exchange Act reports at the time of sale. After one year, no restrictions apply to public resales of the original notes by such persons, including the requirement that GCL be current in its public reporting under the Exchange Act. Other exemptions also may be available under other provisions of the federal securities laws for the resale of the original notes.

Registration Rights Agreement.    In connection with the original issuance and sale of the original notes, we entered into a registration rights agreement dated as of September 22, 2009 with the initial purchasers of the original notes (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which we agreed to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the exchange by us of the exchange notes for the original notes. The Registration Rights Agreement obligates us and the subsidiary guarantors to file with the SEC an exchange offer registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to an offer to the holders of the original notes to exchange their original notes for the exchange notes. The Registration Rights Agreement provides that unless the exchange offer would not be permitted by applicable law or SEC policy, we and the subsidiary guarantors will:

 

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use our commercially reasonable efforts to have the exchange offer registration statement declared effective by the SEC on or prior to 365 days after the issue date for the original notes; and

 

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upon the effectiveness of the exchange offer registration statement, commence the exchange offer and use our commercially reasonable efforts to issue on or prior to 30 business days, or longer, if required by the federal securities laws, after the date on which the exchange offer registration statement was declared effective by the SEC, exchange notes in exchange for all original notes tendered prior thereto in the exchange offer.

 

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We and the subsidiary guarantors have filed the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and are conducting the exchange offer, in compliance with these requirements.

In accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, each holder of original notes is required to make specified representations and comply with the undertakings summarized below under the caption “Terms of the Exchange Offer—Resales of Exchange Notes.”

If for any of the reasons specified in the Registration Rights Agreement we and the subsidiary guarantors become obligated to file with the SEC a shelf registration statement covering resales of original notes by the holders, we will be required to use our commercially reasonable efforts to file the shelf registration statement on or prior to 30 days after such filing obligation arises and to cause the shelf registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to 90 days after the obligation arises. A holder of original notes that sells its original notes pursuant to the shelf registration statement generally will be required to be named as a selling securityholder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with such sales and will be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement that are applicable to such holder (including certain indemnification and contribution obligations).

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, we will be required to pay special interest if a registration default exists. A registration default will exist if:

 

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GCL and the Guarantors fail to file any of the registration statements required by the Registration Rights Agreement on or before the date specified for such filing;

 

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any of such registration statements is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness, which we refer to as “Effectiveness Target Date”;

 

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GCL and the Guarantors fail to consummate the exchange offer within 30 business days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the exchange offer registration statement; or

 

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the shelf registration statement or the exchange offer registration statement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of transfer restricted securities during the periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.

With respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first registration default, special interest will be paid in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of transfer restricted securities. The amount of the special interest will increase by an additional 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of transfer restricted securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all registration defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of special interest for all registration defaults of 1.00% per annum of the principal amount of original notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities as defined in the registration rights agreement.

We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer (other than commissions and concessions of any broker-dealer) and to indemnify the holders of the original notes against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

This summary of certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is listed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. For information about how you can obtain a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement, see “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

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Terms of the Exchange Offer

General.    Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, which together constitute the exchange offer, we will accept any and all original notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Subject to the minimum denomination requirements of the exchange notes, the exchange notes are being offered in exchange for a like principal amount of original notes. Original notes may be exchanged only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As of the date of this prospectus, $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of original notes were outstanding.

The terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the terms of the original notes, except that the exchange notes are registered under the Securities Act, the exchange notes will bear a separate CUSIP number, and the transfer restrictions, registration rights and related additional interest terms applicable to the original notes (as described above under the caption “Purpose of the Exchange Offer—Registration Rights Agreement”) will not apply to the exchange notes. The exchange notes will evidence the same indebtedness as the original notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the indenture. The exchange notes will be treated as a single class under the indenture with any original notes that remain outstanding. Interest will accrue on the exchange notes from and including the last date on which interest was paid in respect of the original notes or, if interest has not been paid thereon, from and including the date of original issuance of the original notes.

Holders may tender some or all of their original notes pursuant to the exchange offer, except that if any original notes are tendered for exchange in part, the untendered amount of such original notes must be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of original notes being tendered for exchange.

This prospectus, the letter of transmittal and the notice of guaranteed delivery are first being mailed to all registered holders of original notes as of                     , 2010.

Resales of Exchange Notes.    Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties with respect to other transactions, the exchange notes issued in the exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act by holders who satisfy the conditions described in the following paragraph. If a holder does not satisfy such conditions, in the absence of an exemption, it must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with the resale of the exchange notes. If a holder fails to comply with these requirements, it may incur liabilities under the Securities Act, and we will not indemnify the holder for such liabilities.

Each holder of original notes that wishes to exchange such original notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer will be required to make certain representations to us, including representations that:

 

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any exchange notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business;

 

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it has no arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the exchange notes to be received in the exchange offer;

 

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it is not our affiliate as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and

 

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it is not prohibited by any law or policy of the SEC from participating in the exchange offer.

In addition, if the holder is not a broker-dealer, it will be required to represent to us that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of exchange notes.

 

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Any broker-dealer that holds original notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and that receives exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer, must deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes, and must agree in the letter of transmittal that it will do so. By making this acknowledgement and by delivering a prospectus, any such broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. We have agreed in the Registration Rights Agreement that, for a period beginning on the date the exchange offer is consummated and ending on the earlier of 180 days after the date of this prospectus and the date on which a broker-dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making activities or other trading activities, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. A broker-dealer that delivers such a prospectus to purchasers in connection with such resales will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act. For additional information, see “Plan of Distribution.”

Each broker-dealer that acquired original notes for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, by tendering such original notes, will agree that, upon receipt of notice from us of the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any fact that makes any statement included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus untrue in any material respect or that causes this prospectus to omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements included or incorporated by reference therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or of the occurrence of certain other events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement, such broker-dealer will suspend the sale of exchange notes pursuant to this prospectus until we have amended or supplemented the prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and have furnished copies of the amended or supplemented prospectus to such broker-dealer or have given notice that the sale of the exchange notes may be resumed. If we give such a notice to suspend the sale of the exchange notes, we will extend the 180-day period referred to above during which such broker-dealers are entitled to use this prospectus in connection with the resale of exchange notes by the number of days during the period from and including the date on which we gave such notice to and including the date on which such broker-dealer received copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus necessary to permit resales of the exchange notes, or to and including the date on which we gave notice that the sale of exchange notes may be resumed.

A broker-dealer that intends to use this prospectus in connection with resales of exchange notes must so notify us on or prior to the expiration date. The notice may be given in the space provided for this notice in the letter of transmittal or may be delivered to the exchange agent at the address set forth below under the caption “Exchange Agent.”

Expiration Date; Extension; Termination

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2010, unless extended by us. We reserve the right to extend the exchange offer at our discretion, in which event the term “expiration date” will mean the time and date on which the exchange offer as so extended will expire. We will notify the exchange agent of any extension by oral or written notice and will make an announcement thereof by press release over a national news service, each prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

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to extend the exchange offer or, if any of the conditions set forth under “Conditions to the Exchange Offer” shall not have been satisfied, to terminate the exchange offer, by giving oral or written notice of that extension or termination to the exchange agent, or

 

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to amend the terms of the exchange offer in any manner; however, in the event of a material change in the offer, including the waiver of a material condition, we will extend the offer so that at least five business days remain in the offer following notice of the material change.

In the event that we make a fundamental change to the terms of the exchange offer, we will file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement.

If we provide oral notice of any delay, extension or termination of the exchange offer, we will do so by press release or other public announcement in a manner compliant with Rule 14e-1(d) of the Exchange Act.

Procedures for Tendering

The tender to us of original notes by a holder pursuant to one of the procedures set forth below and the acceptance thereof by us will constitute a binding agreement between such holder and us in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal.

Except as set forth below, a holder that wishes to tender original notes for exchange must transmit, on or prior to the expiration date, a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, or an “agent’s message” in lieu of a letter of transmittal, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal to the exchange agent at the address set forth below under the caption “Exchange Agent.” In addition, either:

 

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the exchange agent must receive certificates for such original notes along with the letter of transmittal; or

 

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the exchange agent must receive, on or prior to the expiration date, a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer, which we refer to as a “book-entry confirmation,” of such original notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedure described below under the caption “Book-Entry Transfer”; or

 

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the holder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

Letters of transmittal, certificates for original notes and other documents should be sent to the exchange agent and not to us.

The term “agent’s message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to and received by the exchange agent and forming a part of a book-entry confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgement from the tendering participant that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the letter of transmittal and that we may enforce such letter of transmittal against such participant.

The method of delivery of original notes, the letter of transmittal and other required documents to the exchange agent is at the option and sole risk of the holder, and delivery will be deemed made only when these items are actually received by the exchange agent. If delivery is to be made other than by hand or facsimile transmission, registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, or overnight delivery service is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery to the exchange agent.

 

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Any beneficial owner whose original notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee and who wishes to tender should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on the beneficial owner’s behalf. If the beneficial owner wishes to tender on the record owner’s own behalf, the record owner must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering the record owner’s original notes, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the original notes in the beneficial owner’s name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder. The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time.

Signatures on a letter of transmittal must be guaranteed unless the original notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (1) by the registered holder(s) of such original notes and the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on the letter of transmittal has not been completed or (2) for the account of any firm that is an “eligible institution.” An eligible institution includes, among others, a commercial bank, broker, dealer, credit union and national securities exchange. In all other cases, an eligible institution must guarantee signatures on a letter of transmittal.

If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than a registered holder (or less than all registered holders) of any original notes tendered therewith, the certificates for such original notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, in either case signed exactly as the name of the registered holder(s) appears on the original notes, and such signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible institution.

If the letter of transmittal or any certificates for original notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing and must submit proper evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to act in such a capacity.

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of tendered original notes will be resolved by us, and our determination of such questions will be final and binding on all parties. We reserve the absolute right to reject any or all tenders that are not in proper form or the acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive any irregularities or conditions in any tender of particular original notes, whether or not we waive similar irregularities or conditions in tenders of other original notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer (including the instructions in the letter of transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Neither we or our affiliates or assigns nor the exchange agent or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any irregularities in tenders or will incur any liability for any failure to give such notification. Tenders of original notes will not be deemed to have been made until all irregularities have been cured or waived. Any original notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the irregularities have not been cured or waived will be promptly returned by the exchange agent to the tendering holder, unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal.

Book-Entry Transfer

The exchange agent will make a request to establish an account with respect to the original notes at DTC for purposes of the exchange offer within two business days after the date of this prospectus. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s book-entry transfer facility systems may make book-entry delivery of original notes by causing DTC to transfer those original notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures for transfer. Although delivery of original notes may be effected through book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, an agent’s message or a duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other documents required by such letter of transmittal, must in any case be transmitted to and received by the exchange agent at

 

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the address set forth below under the caption “Exchange Agent” on or prior to the expiration date, or the guaranteed delivery procedures described below must be complied with.

The Depository Trust Company’s Automated Tender Offer Program, or “ATOP,” is the only method of processing exchange offers through The Depository Trust Company. To accept the exchange offer through ATOP, participants in The Depository Trust Company must send electronic instructions to The Depository Trust Company through The Depository Trust Company’s communication system instead of sending a signed, hard copy letter of transmittal. The Depository Trust Company is obligated to communicate those electronic instructions to the exchange agent. To tender outstanding notes through ATOP, the electronic instructions sent to The Depository Trust Company and transmitted by The Depository Trust Company to the exchange agent must contain the character by which the participant acknowledges its receipt of and agrees to be bound by the letter of transmittal.

Delivery of documents to DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

Holders who wish to tender their original notes and (1) whose original notes are not immediately available or (2) who cannot deliver their original notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to the exchange agent on or prior to the expiration date, or comply with the procedures for book-entry transfer, may effect a tender if:

 

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the tender is made by or through an eligible institution;

 

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a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery, substantially in the form made available by us, is received by the exchange agent on or prior to the expiration date and such documents set forth the name and address of the holder of original notes and the amount of original notes tendered and stating that the tender is being made by guaranteed delivery and guaranteeing that within three NASDAQ Stock Market trading days after the date of execution of the notice of guaranteed delivery, the certificates for all physically tendered original notes, in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, will be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange agent; and

 

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the certificates (or a book-entry confirmation) representing all tendered original notes, in proper form for transfer, together with a letter of transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, or an agent’s message in lieu thereof, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal are received by the exchange agent within three NASDAQ Stock Market trading days after the date of execution of such notice of guaranteed delivery.

The notice of guaranteed delivery may be delivered by hand or transmitted by facsimile or mail to the exchange agent, and must include a guarantee by an eligible institution in the form set forth in such notice of guaranteed delivery. For original notes to be properly tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure, the exchange agent must receive a notice of guaranteed delivery on or prior to the expiration date.

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

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accepted for exchange) or may waive any conditions to or amend the exchange offer, if any of the following conditions has occurred or exists or has not been satisfied:

 

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there is threatened, instituted or pending any action or proceeding before, or any injunction, order or decree issued by, any court or governmental agency or other governmental regulatory or administrative agency or commission:

 

  (1) seeking to restrain or prohibit the making or completion of the exchange offer or any other transaction contemplated by the exchange offer, or assessing or seeking any damages as a result of the exchange offer or any such transaction; or

 

  (2) resulting in a material delay in our ability to accept for exchange or exchange some or all of the original notes in the exchange offer; or

 

  (3) any statute, rule, regulation, order or injunction has been sought, proposed, introduced, enacted, promulgated or deemed applicable to the exchange offer or any of the transactions contemplated by the exchange offer by any governmental authority, domestic or foreign; or

 

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any action has been taken, proposed or threatened by any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, that in our sole judgment might directly or indirectly result in any of the consequences referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3) above or, in our sole judgment, might result in the holders of exchange notes having obligations with respect to resales and transfers of exchange notes which are greater than those described in the interpretations by the staff of the SEC discussed above, or would otherwise make it inadvisable to proceed with the exchange offer; or

 

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there has occurred:

 

  (1) any general suspension of or general limitation on prices for, or trading in, securities on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market; or

 

  (2) any limitation by a governmental authority which may adversely affect our ability to complete the transactions contemplated by the exchange offer; or

 

  (3) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States or any limitation by any governmental agency or authority which adversely affects the extension of credit; or

 

  (4) a commencement of a war, armed hostilities or other similar international calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States, or, in the case of any of the preceding events existing at the time of the commencement of the exchange offer, a material acceleration or worsening of these calamities; or

 

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any change, or any development involving a prospective change, has occurred or been threatened in our business, financial condition, operations or prospects and those of our subsidiaries taken as a whole that is or may be adverse to us, or we have become aware of facts that have or may have an adverse impact on the value of the original notes or the exchange notes, which, in our sole judgment, in any case makes it inadvisable to proceed with the exchange offer or with acceptance for exchange or exchange of some or all of the original notes; or

 

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there has occurred a change in the interpretations by the staff of the SEC which permits the exchange notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer in exchange for original notes to be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than broker-dealers and any such holder which is our affiliate within the meaning of Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such exchange notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business and such holders have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such exchange notes; or

 

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any law, statute, rule or regulation has been adopted or enacted which, in our judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair our ability to proceed with the exchange offer; or

 

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a stop order has been issued by the SEC or any state securities authority suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, or proceedings have been initiated or, to our knowledge, threatened for that purpose, or any governmental approval has not been obtained, which approval we shall, in our sole discretion, deem necessary for the consummation of the exchange offer as contemplated hereby (we are required to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any stop order); or

 

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we have received an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that there exists any actual or threatened legal impediment (including a default or prospective default under an agreement, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which we are a party or by which we are bound) to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the exchange offer.

In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of the exchange offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or to issue exchange notes in exchange for, any original notes and may terminate or amend the exchange offer if at any time before the acceptance of those original notes for exchange or the exchange of the exchange notes for those original notes, we determine that the exchange offer violates any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC.

If we determine, in our sole discretion, that any of the foregoing events or conditions has occurred or exists or has not been satisfied, we may, subject to applicable law, terminate the exchange offer (whether or not any original notes have been accepted for exchange) or may waive any such condition or otherwise amend the terms of the exchange offer in any respect. If any such waiver or amendment constitutes a material change to the exchange offer, we will promptly disclose such waiver or amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that will be distributed to the registered holders of the original notes and will extend the exchange offer to the extent required by Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act.

These conditions are for our sole benefit and we may assert them regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any of these conditions, or we may waive them, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion. The failure by us at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any of those rights and each of those rights shall be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. Any determination made by us concerning an event, development or circumstance described or referred to above will be final and binding on all parties.

Acceptance of Original Notes for Exchange; Delivery of Exchange Notes

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the exchange offer, we will accept all original notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. We will issue exchange notes in exchange for such original notes promptly following the expiration date.

Subject to the conditions set forth above under the caption “Conditions to the Exchange Offer,” issuance of exchange notes in exchange for original notes tendered and accepted for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer will be made only after timely receipt by the exchange agent of certificates for original notes or a book-entry confirmation of a book-entry transfer of original notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, a completed letter of transmittal, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an agent’s message in lieu of the letter of transmittal, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal. Accordingly, the time of delivery of exchange notes will depend upon when

 

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certificates for original notes, book-entry confirmations with respect to original notes and other required documents are received by the exchange agent, and such delivery might not be made to all tendering holders at the same time.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the exchange offer, we will be deemed to have accepted for exchange, and thereby to have exchanged, original notes validly tendered and not withdrawn as, if and when we give oral or written notice to the exchange agent of our acceptance of such original notes for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer. The exchange agent will act as agent for us for the purpose of receiving tenders of original notes, letters of transmittal and related documents, and as agent for tendering holders for the purpose of receiving original notes, letters of transmittal and related documents and transmitting exchange notes that will not be held in global form by DTC or a nominee of DTC to validly tendered holders. Such exchange will be made promptly after the expiration date. If for any reason whatsoever, acceptance for exchange or the exchange of any original notes tendered pursuant to the exchange offer is delayed (whether before or after our acceptance for exchange of original notes) or we extend the exchange offer or are unable to accept for exchange or exchange any original notes tendered pursuant to the exchange offer, then, without prejudice to our rights set forth herein, the exchange agent may, nevertheless, on our behalf and subject to Rule 14e-l under the Exchange Act, retain tendered original notes and such original notes may not be withdrawn except to the extent tendering holders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described under the caption “Withdrawal Rights.”

Pursuant to the letter of transmittal or an agent’s message in lieu thereof, a holder of tendered original notes will represent and warrant to us that it has full power and authority to tender, exchange, sell, assign and transfer such original notes, that we will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title to such original notes, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances, and that such original notes are not subject to any adverse claims or proxies. The holder also will warrant and agree with us that, upon request, it will execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by us or the exchange agent to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, assignment and transfer of the original notes tendered pursuant to the exchange offer.

Any original notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder (or in the case of original notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described above, such original notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC for the original notes) promptly after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination or expiration of the exchange offer.

Withdrawal Rights

Tenders of original notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Any original notes that are properly withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the exchange offer.

For a withdrawal to be effective, the exchange agent must receive a written notice of withdrawal at the address, or in the case of eligible institutions, at the facsimile number, set forth below under the caption “Exchange Agent” before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person that tendered the original notes to be withdrawn, identify the original notes to be withdrawn (including the principal amount of the original notes), and (where certificates for original notes have been transmitted) specify the name in which such original notes are registered, if different from that of the withdrawing holder. If certificates for original notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the exchange agent, then, prior to the release of such certificates, the withdrawing holder also must submit the serial numbers of the particular certificates to

 

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be withdrawn and a signed notice of withdrawal with signatures guaranteed by an eligible institution, unless such holder is an eligible institution. If original notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer described above, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn original notes and otherwise comply with the procedures of such facility.

All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of withdrawal notices will be determined by us, in our sole discretion, and our determination will be final and binding on all parties. Neither we or our affiliates or assigns nor the exchange agent or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or will incur any liability for any failure to give such notification.

Properly withdrawn original notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described above under the caption “Procedures for Tendering” at any time on or prior to the expiration date.

Exchange Agent

We have appointed Wilmington Trust FSB as the exchange agent for the exchange offer. You should direct all executed letters of transmittal and other required documents to the exchange agent at the address indicated below. You should direct questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal and requests for notices of guaranteed delivery to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

 

By registered mail or

certified mail:

 

By regular mail or

overnight courier:

  By hand:

Wilmington Trust FSB

c/o Wilmington Trust Company

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890-1626

Attention: Sam Hamed

 

Wilmington Trust FSB

c/o Wilmington Trust Company

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890-1626

Attention: Sam Hamed

 

Wilmington Trust FSB

c/o Wilmington Trust Company

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890-1626

Attention: Sam Hamed

Facsimile (eligible institutions only): (302) 636-4139, Attention: Sam Hamed Telephone Inquiries: (302) 636-6181

If you deliver the letter of transmittal and other required documents to an address other than any address indicated above or transmit instructions by facsimile to a facsimile number other than any facsimile number indicated above, your delivery or transmission will not constitute a valid delivery of the letter of transmittal or such other documents.

Payment of Expenses

We have not retained any dealer-manager or similar agent in connection with the exchange offer. We will not make any payment to brokers, dealers or others for soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. However, we will pay the reasonable and customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses to the exchange agent for its services. We also will pay the cash expenses to be incurred in connection with the exchange offer, including accounting, legal, printing and other related fees and expenses.

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pursuant to the exchange offer. If exchange notes are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the original notes tendered, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of original notes in connection with the exchange offer, the amount of any such transfer tax, whether imposed on the registered holder or any other person, will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with the letter of transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.

Accounting Treatment

The exchange notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the original notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, no gain or loss for accounting purposes will be recognized.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

Any original notes not exchanged in the exchange offer will remain entitled to the rights and subject to the limitations contained in the Indenture. Following the exchange offer, however, all outstanding original notes will continue to be subject to the same restrictions on transfer, and we will have no obligation to register outstanding original notes under the Securities Act or to pay contingent increases in interest based on our original registration obligation. Until termination of the transfer restrictions applicable to such original notes under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, such original notes generally could be resold only:

 

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to us or our subsidiaries;

 

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pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;

 

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to a qualified institutional buyer in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act;

 

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pursuant to offers or sales to non-U.S. Persons that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act;

 

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to an institutional “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that, prior to such transfer, furnishes to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements relating to the restrictions on transfer of the original notes (the form of which letter may be obtained from the Trustee) and, if the aggregate principal amount of such original notes at the time of transfer is less than $250,000, an opinion of counsel acceptable to us that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act; or

 

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pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The liquidity of the original notes could be adversely affected by the exchange offer.

 

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CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS

The notes may be purchased and held by an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or by an individual retirement account or other plan subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”). A fiduciary of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA must, however, determine that the purchase and holding of a note is consistent with its fiduciary duties under ERISA. The fiduciary of an ERISA plan, as well as any other prospective investor subject to Section 4975 of the Code or any similar law, must also determine that the purchase and holding of notes does not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any similar law. Each purchaser and transferee of a note who is subject to Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code or any similar law (“Plan Investor”) will be deemed to have represented to us, by its acquisition, holding and disposition of the note or any interest therein, that such acquisition, holding and disposition of the note or any interest therein does not and will not constitute, give rise to or otherwise result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any similar law. The sale of any notes to any Plan Investor is in no respect a representation by us or any of our affiliates or representatives that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by Plan Investors generally or any particular Plan Investor, or that such an investment is appropriate for Plan Investors generally or any particular Plan Investor.

 

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CERTAIN BERMUDA TAX CONSIDERATIONS

At the present time, there is no Bermuda income or profits tax, withholding tax, capital gains tax, capital transfer tax, estate duty or inheritance tax payable by us or by our noteholders in respect of the notes (including the exchange of original notes for exchange notes). We have obtained an assurance from the Minister of Finance of Bermuda under the Exempted Undertakings Tax Protection Act 1966 that, in the event that any legislation is enacted in Bermuda imposing any tax computed on profits or income, or computed on any capital asset, gain or appreciation or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax, such tax shall not, until March 28, 2016, be applicable to us or to any of our operations or to our notes, debentures or other obligations except insofar as such tax applies to persons ordinarily resident in Bermuda or is payable by us in respect of real property owned or leased by us in Bermuda.

 

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CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following discussion is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations relevant to the exchange of old notes for new notes (collectively, the “notes”) pursuant to the exchange offer and the ownership and disposition of the new notes by a U.S. holder (as defined below), but does not purport to be a complete analysis of all potential tax effects and does not address the effects of any state, local or non-U.S. tax laws. This discussion is based upon the Code, Treasury regulations issued thereunder, and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, each as in effect on the date hereof, and all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. This discussion does not address all of the U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to a holder in light of such holder’s particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules, such as certain financial institutions, U.S. expatriates, insurance companies, dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities, U.S. holders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, tax-exempt organizations, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-through entities and investors therein, persons liable for alternative minimum tax and persons holding the notes as part of a “straddle,” “hedge,” “conversion transaction” or other integrated transaction. In addition, this discussion is limited to persons who hold the notes as capital assets within the meaning of section 1221 of the Code.

For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. holder” is a beneficial owner of a note that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a corporation or any entity taxable as a corporation created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof; (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (iv) any trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or if a valid election is in place to treat the trust as a U.S. person.

No rulings from the IRS have or will be sought with respect to the matters discussed below. There can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a different position concerning the tax consequences of the exchange of old notes for new notes or of the ownership or disposition of the new notes or that any such position would not be sustained. If a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds the notes, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A holder that is a partnership, and partners in such partnerships, should consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the notes.

Prospective purchasers of the notes should consult their tax advisors concerning the tax consequences of holding notes in light of their particular circumstances, including the application of the U.S. federal income tax considerations discussed below, as well as the application of state, local, foreign or other tax laws.

Exchange Pursuant to the Exchange Offer

The exchange of the old notes for new notes in the exchange offer will not be treated as an “exchange” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, because the new notes will not be considered to differ materially in kind or extent from the old notes. As a result, (i) a U.S. holder should not recognize taxable gain or loss as a result of such exchange; (ii) the holding period of the new notes should include the holding period of the notes exchanged therefor; and (iii) the adjusted tax basis of the new notes should be the same as the adjusted tax basis of the notes exchanged therefor immediately before such exchange.

 

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Payment of Additional Amounts

In certain circumstances (see “Description of the Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control,” “Description of the Exchange Notes—Additional Amounts,” “Description of the Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption,” and “Description of the Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption for Additional Amounts”), we may be obligated to pay amounts in excess of stated interest or principal on the notes. This may cause the notes to be subject to special rules for debt instruments with contingent payments unless the likelihood of the event that would result in such payment is “remote” or the amount of such payment is “incidental.” We believe that as of the expected issue date of the notes, such contingencies were remote and/or incidental, and that the notes are therefore not subject to special rules governing contingent payment debt instruments. Our determination that these contingencies are remote is binding on a U.S. holder unless such holder discloses its contrary position in the manner required by applicable Treasury regulations. However, our determination is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), and if the IRS were successfully to challenge this determination, or if any such contingencies were actually to occur, the amount, timing and character of income from the notes could be different from that described below.

U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the rules applicable to notes that provide for contingent payments. The remaining discussion assumes that the notes are not contingent payment debt instruments.

Payments of Interest on the Notes

Subject to the discussion of original issue discount below, payments of stated interest on the notes generally will be taxable to a U.S. holder as ordinary income at the time that such payments are received or accrued, in accordance with such U.S. holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Interest income on a note generally will be foreign source “passive category income” or, in the case of certain U.S. holders, “general category income” for purposes of computing the foreign tax credit allowable to U.S. holders under U.S. federal income tax laws.

Original Issue Discount

The notes were issued with original issue discount (“OID”) equal to the excess of the notes’ stated principal amount over the “issue price” of the notes. The issue price of the notes is the first price at which a substantial amount of the notes is sold to investors for cash (excluding sales to bond houses, brokers, or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents, or wholesalers).

A U.S. holder is required to include OID (in addition to stated interest) in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to that income regardless of its method of accounting. The amount of OID includible in gross income for a taxable year by a U.S. holder is the sum of the “daily portions” of OID with respect to the note for each day during the taxable year or portion thereof in which such holder holds such note (“accrued OID”). A daily portion is determined by allocating to each day in any “accrual period” a pro-rata portion of the OID that accrued in such period. The “accrual period” of a note may vary in length over the term of the note, provided that each accrual period is no longer than one year and each scheduled payment of principal or interest occurs on either the first or last day of an accrual period. The amount of OID that accrues with respect to any accrual period is the excess of (i) the product of the note’s “adjusted issue price” at the beginning of such accrual period and its “yield to maturity,” determined on the basis of compounding at the close of each accrual period and properly adjusted for the length of such period, over (ii) the amount of stated interest allocable to such accrual period. The “adjusted issue price” of a note at the start of any accrual period is equal to its issue price, increased by the accrued OID for each prior

 

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accrual period and reduced by any prior payments made on such note (other than payments of stated interest). The “yield to maturity” of a note is the discount rate that, when used in computing the present value of all interest and principal payments to be made under the note (including payments of stated interest), produces an amount equal to the issue price of the note. The yield to maturity is constant over the term of the note.

Market Discount

If a U.S. holder acquires a note at a cost that is less than its revised issue price, the amount of such difference is treated as “market discount” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, unless such difference is less than .0025 multiplied by the stated principal amount multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity (from the date of acquisition). In general, the “revised issue price” of a note will be such note’s adjusted issue price, as defined above under “—Original Issue Discount.”

Under the market discount rules of the Code, a U.S. holder is required to treat any partial payment of principal on a note, and any gain on the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of a note, as ordinary income to the extent of the accrued market discount that has not previously been included in income. If such note is disposed of by the U.S. holder in certain otherwise nontaxable transactions, accrued market discount must be included as ordinary income by the U.S. holder as if the holder had sold the note at its then fair market value.

In general, the amount of market discount that has accrued is determined on a ratable basis. A U.S. holder may, however, elect to determine the amount of accrued market discount on a constant yield to maturity basis. This election is made on a note-by-note basis and is irrevocable.

With respect to notes with market discount, a U.S. holder may not be allowed to deduct immediately a portion of the interest expense on any indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or to carry the notes. A U.S. holder may elect to include market discount in income currently as it accrues, in which case the interest deferral rule set forth in the preceding sentence will not apply. This election will apply to all debt instruments acquired by the U.S. holder on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which the election applies and is irrevocable without the consent of the IRS. A U.S. holder’s tax basis in a note will be increased by the amount of market discount included in the holder’s income under the election.

Premium and Acquisition Premium

If a U.S. holder purchases a note for an amount in excess of the sum of all amounts payable on the note after the date of acquisition (other than payments of stated interest), the holder will be considered to have purchased the note with “amortizable bond premium” equal in amount to the excess, and generally will not be required to include any OID in income. Generally, a U.S. holder may elect to amortize the premium as an offset to stated interest income, using a constant yield method similar to that described above, over the remaining term of the note. The notes are subject to call provisions at the Issuer’s option at various times, as described under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.” A U.S. Holder will calculate the amount of amortizable bond premium based on the amount payable at the applicable call date, but only if use of the call date (in lieu of the stated maturity date) results in a smaller amortizable bond premium for the period ending on the call date. A U.S. holder who elects to amortize bond premium must reduce the holder’s tax basis in the note by the amount of the premium used to offset stated interest income as set forth above. An election to amortize bond premium applies to all taxable debt obligations held or subsequently acquired by the U.S. holder on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which the election applies and may be revoked only with the consent of the IRS.

 

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If a U.S. holder purchases a note issued with OID at an “acquisition premium,” the amount of OID that the U.S. holder includes in gross income is reduced to reflect the acquisition premium. A note is purchased at an acquisition premium if its adjusted basis, immediately after its purchase, is (a) less than or equal to the sum of all amounts payable on the note after the purchase date other than payments of stated interest and (b) greater than the note’s adjusted issue price.

If a note is purchased at an acquisition premium, the U.S. holder reduces the amount of OID that otherwise would be included in income during an accrual period by an amount equal to (i) the amount of OID otherwise includible in income multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the excess of the adjusted basis of the note immediately after its acquisition by the U.S. holder over the adjusted issue price of the note and the denominator of which is the excess of the sum of all amounts payable on the note after the purchase date, other than payments of stated interest, over the note’s adjusted issue price.

As an alternative to reducing the amount of OID that otherwise would be included in income by this fraction, the U.S. holder may elect to compute OID accruals by treating the purchase as a purchase at original issuance and applying the constant yield method described above.

Sale, Exchange, Retirement, or Other Taxable Disposition of Notes

Upon the sale, exchange (other than the exchange for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer or certain exchanges pursuant to reorganization transactions), retirement, or other taxable disposition of a note, a U.S. holder generally will recognize U.S. source gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition (less an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid stated interest, which will be taxable as interest income as discussed above to the extent not previously included in income by the U.S. holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and the adjusted tax basis of the note. A U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in a note will, in general, be its cost for that note, increased by any previously accrued OID and market discount (if any) and reduced by the premium, if any, that has been previously amortized and the amount of any payments that are not payments of stated interest.

Any gain or loss will be capital gain or loss and generally will be U.S. source. Capital gains of noncorporate U.S. holders (including individuals) derived in respect of notes held for more than one year are currently eligible for reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code.

Defeasance

If we were to obtain a discharge of the indenture with respect to all of the notes then outstanding, as described above under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Satisfaction and Discharge,” such discharge would generally be deemed to constitute a taxable exchange of the notes outstanding for other property. In such case, you would be required to recognize capital gain or loss in connection with such deemed exchange, which generally will be U.S. source. In addition, after such deemed exchange, you might also be required to recognize income from the property deemed to have been received in such exchange in a manner or amount that is different than if the discharge had not occurred. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors as to the specific consequences arising from a discharge in their particular situations.

 

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Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

In general, information reporting requirements will apply to certain payments of interest (including OID) paid on the notes and to the proceeds of the sale, retirement, redemption or other disposition of a note paid to a U.S. holder unless such U.S. holder is an exempt recipient that, when required, demonstrates its status as such. Backup withholding may apply to such payments if the U.S. holder fails to provide a taxpayer identification number or a certification that it is not subject to backup withholding and in each case otherwise complies with applicable certification requirements.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax and any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against a U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

New Legislation

For taxable years beginning after March 18, 2010, new legislation requires certain U.S. holders who are individuals to report information relating to an interest in our notes, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for notes held in accounts maintained by certain financial institutions). U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of this legislation on their ownership and disposition of the notes.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with the resale of the exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for original notes where such original notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed in the Registration Rights Agreement that, for a period beginning on the date the exchange offer is consummated and ending on the earlier of 180 days after the date of this prospectus and the date on which a broker-dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making activities or other trading activities, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

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We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes by broker-dealers.

 

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Exchange notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the exchange notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices.

 

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Any resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any of the exchange notes.

 

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Any broker-dealer that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of the exchange notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any profit on any such resale of exchange notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act.

 

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The letter of transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver a prospectus and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

For the period described above, we will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests these documents. Any such requests should be made in the letter of transmittal where indicated or otherwise should be directed to Global Crossing Limited, 200 Park Avenue, Suite 300, Florham Park, NJ 07932, Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone: (973) 937-0100. For additional information about the obligations of participating broker-dealers in connection with the exchange offer and the resale of exchange notes, see “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer—Resales of Exchange Notes.”

We have agreed in the Registration Rights Agreement to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer (other than commissions and concessions of any broker-dealer) and to indemnify the holders of the original notes (including any broker-dealer) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the exchange notes and guarantees offered by this prospectus are being passed upon for us by Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, New York. Certain legal matters regarding the due organization, valid existence and good standing of Global Crossing Limited and the subsidiary guarantors under the laws of their respective jurisdictions, as well as the due authorization of the exchange notes (in the case of Global Crossing Limited) and the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture, including the guarantees contained therein (in the case of all Registrants), under the laws of their respective jurisdictions are being passed upon for us by the law firm listed opposite the applicable jurisdiction in the table below:

 

Jurisdiction(s)

  

Law Firm

Bermuda   

Appleby

Canada (Federal); Alberta; British Columbia; Ontario   

Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region   

Wilkinson & Grist

England & Wales   

Latham & Watkins (London) LLP

Michigan; Wisconsin   

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

Virginia   

LeClairRyan, P.C.

Australia   

Freehills

Japan   

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Singapore   

Rodyk & Davidson LLP

Brazil   

TozziniFreire Advogados

Chile   

Cariola Diez Perez-Cotapos & Cia. Ltda.

Mexico   

Alvarez, Santamarina y Acedo, S.C.

Panama   

Sucre Arias y Reyes

Peru   

Berninzon, Benavides, Vargas & Fernández, Abogados

U.S. Virgin Islands   

Moore, Dodson & Russell, P.C.

Costa Rica   

Soley, Saborio & Associados

Ecuador   

Corral & Rosales

Venezuela   

D’Empaire Reyna Abogados

Germany   

K&L Gates LLP

Ireland   

A&L Goodbody Solicitors

Luxembourg   

Bonn Schmitt Steichen

Spain   

Araoz Y Rueda Abogados, S.L.P.

The Netherlands   

Houthoff Buruma

Belgium   

Simmons & Simmons

Cyprus   

Michael & Liasides L.L.C.

Denmark   

Horten Law Firm

Sweden   

Advokatfirma DLA Nordic KB

Switzerland   

VISCHER AG

 

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EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Global Crossing Limited included in Global Crossing Limited’s Current Report (Form 8-K) dated June 17, 2010, (including the schedule appearing therein), and the effectiveness of Global Crossing Limited’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein and in Global Crossing Limited’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

GCL, as issuer of the exchange notes, and most of GCL’s subsidiaries that guarantee the exchange notes are organized and existing under the laws of countries other than the United States. In this section, we refer to GCL and such subsidiaries as the “non-US registrants”. In addition, certain of the directors and officers of the non-US registrants reside outside of the United States. The non-US registrants have significant assets (and in some cases, substantially all of their assets) in locations outside the United States, and some or all of the assets of the non-US registrant directors and officers are located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process on the non-US registrants or those persons in the United States, or to enforce in the United States judgments obtained in U.S. courts against the non-US registrants or those persons based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. securities laws or other laws. Uncertainty exists as to whether courts in the jurisdiction of organization of the non-US registrants will enforce judgments obtained in other jurisdictions, including the United States, against the non-US registrants or their directors or officers under the securities or other laws of that jurisdiction or entertain actions in that jurisdiction against the non-US registrants or their directors or officers under the securities or other laws of that jurisdiction.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy reports and other information that we have filed with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information concerning the public reference room. Our SEC filings are also available to you on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and through the Nasdaq Select Global Market (Nasdaq), on which our common stock is listed. For further information on obtaining copies of our public filings at Nasdaq, please visit Nasdaq’s website at http://www.nasdaq.com. Our SEC filings are also available to the public from our website at http://www.globalcrossing.com. However, the information on our web site does not constitute a part of this prospectus.

We and the subsidiary guarantors of the notes have filed a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act with the SEC to register the securities offered by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement because certain parts of the registration statement are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. The registration statement and the documents filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement, including the indenture, the material Collateral Documents and the Registration Rights Agreement described in this prospectus, are available for inspection and copying as described above.

 

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information in this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, except for any information that is superseded by other information that is included or incorporated by reference in this document.

This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below that we have previously filed with the SEC:

 

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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed on February 23, 2010 (the “Form 10-K”), as amended by Amendment No.1 to the Form 10-K filed on April 10, 2010;

 

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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010 filed on May 4, 2010; and

 

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our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 5, 2010, February 19, 2010 and June 17, 2010.

We incorporate by reference any additional documents or information that we may file with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than documents or information furnished to and not filed with the SEC) from the date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is part until the termination of the offering of the securities. These documents may include annual, quarterly and current reports, as well as proxy statements. Any information that we later file with the SEC will automatically update and replace the information we previously filed with the SEC.

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

The following summarizes certain arrangements by which controlling persons, directors and officers of Global Crossing Limited (“GCL”) and its subsidiaries (GCL and each subsidiary, a “Registrant”) are indemnified against liability which they may incur in their capacities as such.

GCL has entered into indemnity agreements with each member of its board of directors or of the Executive Committee of such Board. The indemnity agreements provide that, subject to any limitations of the Companies Act, GCL will indemnify such persons against all liabilities, losses, damages or expenses incurred by such person in connection with his acting as a member of such body. Expenses incurred in defending any action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to the indemnity agreement shall be paid by GCL in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified.

GCL and/or various subsidiaries also have entered into indemnity agreements with certain directors and officers of certain co-Registrants. These agreements generally provide that each such indemnified person will be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all liabilities, losses, damages or expenses incurred or suffered by such person arising from or in connection with his acting in his capacity as a director or officer (except if the action is in bad faith or opposed to the best interests of the applicable Registrant).

GCL maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies covering indemnified losses of each indemnified person. The policies provide up to $50 million in director, officer and entity-level coverage and up to an additional $15 million in coverage for directors and officers only.

The following summarizes certain indemnification rights provided for in the applicable statutes and constituent documents of the Registrants. These summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the statutes and the constituent documents referred to below.

Global Crossing Limited and Co-Registrants

Global Crossing Limited

Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

Global Crossing International Networks Ltd.

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

Global Crossing Holdings Limited

Global Crossing International, Ltd.

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

PAC Panama Ltd.

Old GMS Ltd.

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

The bye-laws of Global Crossing Limited (“GCL”) and each of the Bermuda subsidiary guarantors listed above provide that each of their respective officers, directors and certain other persons shall be indemnified and held harmless out of the funds of the respective company to the fullest extent provided by Bermuda law against all liabilities, losses, damages or expenses (including but not limited to

 

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liabilities under contract, tort and statute or any applicable law or regulation and all reasonable legal and other costs and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by such party which arise from or in connection with actions or inactions of the indemnified person while acting in such capacity; provided that such indemnification shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Bermuda Companies Act of 1981 (the “Companies Act”) as in effect from time to time in Bermuda. The bye-laws of each of GCL and the subsidiary guarantors also provide that such persons shall be indemnified for costs of defense of civil and criminal proceedings and, other than Global Crossing International, Ltd. and Atlantic Crossing Ltd., for advancement of expenses in connection with indemnified activities and proceedings. The Companies Act provides that a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors in respect of any loss arising or liability attaching to them as a result of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which they may be guilty. However, the Companies Act also provides that any provision, whether contained in a company’s bye-laws or in a contract or arrangement between the company and the director, indemnifying a director against any liability which would attach to him in respect of his fraud or dishonesty will be void.

Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited

The constitution of Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited (“GC Australia”) provides that each of its officers (including executive officers and former officers of the company or of its related bodies corporate as the directors in each case determine), directors, alternate directors and, if the directors so determine, any auditor or former auditor of the company or its related bodies corporate (each a Party) shall be indemnified on a full indemnity basis and to the full extent permitted by Australian law against all losses, liabilities, costs, charges and expenses incurred by a Party as an officer of the company, (including without limitation liability for negligence and reasonable legal costs), provided that such indemnification shall not extend to any matter which is not allowed pursuant to the Corporations Act (Cth) 2001 (Corporations Act) as in effect from time to time in Australia. Any liability (other than for legal costs) which is a liability to GC Australia or any of its related bodies corporate, is a liability for a pecuniary penalty order under section 1317G of the Corporations Act or a compensation order under section 1317H of the Corporations Act, or arises out of conduct of the Party which was not in good faith, or which involves wilful misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misbehaviour or fraud (together, the Limitations on Liability) is excluded from the indemnity given by GC Australia. This is consistent with the Corporations Act. The indemnity for legal costs incurred by a Party in defending an action does not operate if costs are incurred in defending or resisting proceedings in which the Party is found liable under the Limitations on Liability, in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the Party is found guilty, and in defending or resisting proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are found by the court to have been established. Legal costs are also not covered in connection with proceedings for relief to the Party under the Corporations Act in which the court denies the relief.

The constitution of GC Australia provides that GC Australia may, to the extent permitted by law, purchase and maintain insurance or pay or agree to pay a premium for insurance for each Party against any liability incurred by that Party, including but not limited to, negligence or for reasonable costs and expenses incurred in defending proceedings, whether civil or criminal. However, the Corporations Act also provides that a company or related body corporate must not pay a premium for insurance for a Party against liability arising out of a wilful breach of duty in relation to the company, or improper use of a position or information to gain personal advantage for themselves or someone else, or cause detriment to the corporation. The constitution also provides that indemnity does not extend to any amount in respect of which the indemnity would otherwise be illegal, void, unenforceable or not permitted by law, and does not operate in respect of any liability of a Party to the extent that liability is covered by insurance. These indemnities are enforceable without a Party having first incurred any expense, and are a continuing obligation even though a Party may have ceased to be an officer of the company or any of its related bodies corporate.

 

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Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd./Télécommunications Global Crossing-Canada, Ltée

Ameritel Management, Inc.

(each individually, a “Canadian Registrant”)

The by-laws of Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd./ Télécommunications Global Crossing-Canada, Ltée and Ameritel Management, Inc. provide that, subject to the Canadian Business Corporations Act, the Canadian Registrant shall indemnify a director or an officer, a former director or officer, or another individual who acts or acted at the Canadian Registrant’s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, and their heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Canadian Registrant, or other entity. The Canadian Registrant shall not indemnify an individual unless the individual (a) acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Canadian Registrant, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Canadian Registrant’s request; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual’s conduct was lawful. Furthermore, each Canadian Registrant is party to a unanimous shareholder declaration which relieves directors of their duties and liabilities and causes such duties and liabilities to be assumed by its sole shareholder. The shareholder has agreed to indemnify and save harmless the directors and their heirs and legal representatives from and against all costs, charges and expenses, including all amounts paid to settle any action or satisfy any judgment reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the directors in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the directors are made a party (or any such proceeding that might be threatened and in respect of which the directors are threatened to be made a party) by reason of the directors being or having been directors and, if applicable, officers of the Canadian Registrant

Global Crossing Cyprus Holding Limited

Article 19 of Global Crossing Cyprus Holding Limited’s Memorandum of Association provides that directors or officers of the company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the company against losses or liabilities they may incur in the execution of their duties including liability incurred in defending civil or criminal proceedings in which they have judgements in their favour or in which they are acquitted or in connection with an application under Section 383 of the Companies Law CAP 113 in which relief is granted by the court and the director or officer shall not be liable for any loss to the company in execution of his duties, subject to Section 197 of the Companies Law.

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negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, but he has acted honestly and reasonably and having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including those connected with his appointment, he ought fairly to be excused, the court may relieve him wholly or in part on terms which the court thinks fit. The officer himself could apply for relief to the court is he apprehends that such claim may be made against him.

Section 197 of Companies Law provides that any provision in the Articles of Association of a company or in any contract with the company or otherwise exempting any officer from any liability in respect of negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be guilty or indemnifying him against such liability is void but this section is subject to Section 383 described above and also this section shall not operate to deprive such officer of any exemption or right to be indemnified in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by him while any such provision was in force.

Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH

Fibernet GmbH

(each individually, a “German Guarantor”)

Due to the absence of contractual indemnities for the managing directors of Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH and Fibernet GmbH (collectively the (“German Guarantors”), they may be indemnified on the basis of German law only.

Under German law a managing director of a German Guarantor shall be entitled to claim indemnification from a shareholder of a German Guarantor in the event that the managing director will be liable for a business-destroying intervention (existenzvernichtender Eingriff) jointly with the shareholder provided that the shareholder has instructed the managing director to the action or omission resulting into the business-destroying intervention.

Following the German legal principles regarding the “mandate and contract for the management of the affairs of another” and in particular sec. 670 of the German Civil Code (BGB), a German Guarantor will be obliged to make reimbursement of all expenses (Aufwendungen) incurred by a managing director for the purpose of performing a mandate on behalf of the respective German Guarantor that the managing director lawfully considered to be necessary in the circumstances.

The managing directors may also be entitled to ask for indemnification by a German Guarantor pursuant to sect. 426 (1) BGB in case of joint liability with the German Guarantor vis-à-vis third parties, provided that the managing director has not violated any of his/her obligations towards the German Guarantor. The same principles apply in case of a joint and several liability of two or more managing directors among themselves. In case of a joint liability of a managing director and the respective German Guarantor vis-à-vis the German tax authorities for any tax payments, the managing director is entitled to ask for indemnification by the German Guarantor in respect to the primary tax obligation but excluding any fine for late payment. The right to ask for such indemnification does not exist, however, if and to the extent the managing director and the German Guarantor would be liable based on tort (sect. 823 to 853, 31 BGB).

Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited

The articles of association of Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited (“GCHK”) provide that every Director, alternate Director, auditor, Secretary or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified by GCHK against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him as such Director, alternate Director, auditor, Secretary or other officer in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Section 358 of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the

 

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laws of Hong Kong) (the “Ordinance”) in which relief is granted to him by the Hong Kong court. The aforesaid indemnity is permitted under Section 165(2) of the Ordinance.

Section 358(1) of the Ordinance provides that if in any proceeding for negligence, default, breach of duty, or breach of trust against a person to whom Section 358 applies it appears to the Hong Kong court hearing the case that that person is or may be liable in respect of the negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including those connected with his appointment, he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms as that court may think fit.

Global Crossing Ireland Limited

Global Crossing Services Europe Limited

Global Crossing Services Ireland Limited

(each individually, an “Irish Registrant”)

The constitutive documents of each Irish Registrant provide that every director, managing director, agent, auditor, secretary or other officer of the Irish Registrant shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Irish Registrant against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Section 391 of the Companies Act 1963 (the Act) in which relief is granted to him by the Court and no director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to be incurred by the Irish Registrant in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. Such provisions are expressed to only have effect insofar as they are not avoided by Section 200 of the Act.

Section 200 of the Act provides that any provision whether contained in the Irish Registrant’s constitutive documents or in any contract which has the effect of exempting or indemnifying company officers from any liability in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust shall be void; however Section 200 of the Act permits the Irish Registrant to indemnify any officer or auditor as set out in its constitutive documents against any liability incurred by him in defending proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Section 391 of the Act or Section 42 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983 in which relief is granted to him by the court.

Global Crossing Japan KK

As the general rule under the Companies Act, a director’s liability to the company may not be discharged without the consent of all shareholders (including those shareholders who have no voting rights); provided, the Companies Act allows a director’s liability for damages caused to the company by his/her negligence or by intent in the performance of his/her duties (the “Breach of Duty”), to be discharged or limited under certain circumstances where there is (i) a resolution of general meeting of shareholders; (ii) a resolution of board of directors pursuant to the articles of incorporation; or (iii) a contract which limits liabilities of an outside director entered into pursuant to the articles of incorporation. The Companies Act does not have specific provision for discharging or limiting a director’s liability to third parties.

A director may be excused from his/her liabilities to Global Crossing Japan KK (“GCJ”) with the consent of all shareholders (including those shareholders who have no voting rights). It should be noted, however, that even with the consent of all of the shareholders excusing liability, there are instances where liability may be excused only to the extent of the amount legally distributable at the time of the act in question.

 

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A director’s liability to GCJ for Breach of Duty (except for the liability of a director who entered into a direct conflict transaction on his/her own behalf) may be excused up to the Minimum Liability Amount (calculated pursuant to a formula in the Company Act) by the resolution of a general meeting of shareholders, if the director had no knowledge of the unlawfulness of his/her act(s) and was not grossly negligent in the performance of his/her duties.

A director of a company with statutory auditors can be released from his/her liability for Breach of Duty (with the exception of liability where a director has entered into a direct conflict-type transaction on his/her own behalf) up to the Minimum Liability Amount by the resolution of the board of directors, if so provided in the articles of incorporation of the company. However, there is no such provision in the Articles of Incorporation of GCJ.

The liability for Breach of Duty of an outside director (except for liability where an outside director has entered into a direct conflict-type transaction on his/her own behalf) may be limited if the company, whose articles of incorporation so provides, enters into a contract with an outside director pursuant to the provision of the articles of incorporation to limit such outside director’s liability for Breach of Duty to: (a) an amount that the company has determined in advance within the scope of the amount prescribed by the articles of incorporation or (b) the minimum liability amount, whichever is larger, provided that the outside director had no knowledge of the unlawfulness of his/her act and was not grossly negligent in performing his/her duties. However, the Articles of Incorporation of GCJ does not have such provision allowing GCJ to enter into such contract.

Global Crossing Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Global Crossing Mexicana II, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V.

The by-laws of each of these companies provide that the members of the board of directors, non-member secretary, and other relevant officers, agents or employees shall be indemnified and hold safe and harmless by each of the companies, respectively, against all legal actions started against said individuals for acts lawfully carried out in the pursuance of their duties. These indemnifications include all legal fees and expenses as well as the possibility for the companies to carry out advanced payments, in case that the officers of employees agree to return any such amounts to the companies, respectively, in case that it is resolved at the end of the procedure that he or she did not have the right to be indemnified.

These indemnifications do not include the possibility to be indemnified for any act carried out in fraud of the companies or under any other conduct standard not acceptable to the companies.

Global Crossing Panama, Inc.

SAC Panama, S.A.

Global Crossing Panama, Inc. and SAC Panama, S.A. are companies incorporated and subject to the Laws of the Republic of Panama. Law 32 of 1927 and the Code of Commerce which regulate corporations do not require companies to indemnify its directors and/or officers for any liabilities incurred in the course of their duties or due to their office and services to the company.

The Memorandum of Incorporation of both Global Crossing Panama, Inc. and SAC Panama, S.A., however, includes language indicating that, except for fraud, each company shall indemnify its own directors, officers and agents in the event of any action, claim, proceedings or lawsuit, either judicial or extrajudicial, in which such person is involved for reason of the office held with the company.

 

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Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.

The by-laws of the Peruvian entity Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L. (“TIH”) do not expressly provide that any of its officers of TIH or any other persons shall be indemnified and held harmless out of the funds of TIH against any liabilities, losses, damages or expenses incurred or suffered by such party which arise from or in connection with actions or inactions of such person while acting in such capacity.

Peruvian Law does not have any specific provision about indemnification of officers and directors, so this matter will be governed by the general principles applying to damages. Peruvian Civil Code provides that agreements for limiting or exempting liability will be null and void when dealing with liability resulting of wishful misconduct or gross negligence. Peruvian Companies Act provides that any provision, whether contained in the company’s by-laws or in a contract or arrangement between the company and an officer or director, indemnifying an officer or director against any liability which would attach to him in respect of his fraud or dishonesty will be void. Peruvian Companies Act also considers void any shareholders meeting or board meeting resolution holding harmless any manager against future claims.

Global Crossing Peru S.A.

The by-laws of Global Crossing Peru (“GCP”) do not expressly provide that any of its directors, officers or any other persons shall be indemnified and held harmless out of the funds of GCP against any liabilities, losses, damages or expenses incurred or suffered by such party which arise from or in connection with actions or inactions of such person while acting in such capacity.

Peruvian Law does not have any specific provision about indemnification of officers and directors, so this matter will be governed by the general principles applying to damages. Peruvian Civil Code provides that agreements for limiting or exempting liability will be null and void when dealing with liability resulting of wishful misconduct or gross negligence. Peruvian Companies Act provides that any provision, whether contained in the company’s by-laws or in a contract or arrangement between the company and an officer or director, indemnifying an officer or director against any liability which would attach to him in respect of his fraud or dishonesty will be void. Peruvian Companies Act also considers void any shareholders meeting or board meeting resolution holding harmless any manager against future claims.

Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd.

The Articles of Association of Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“GC Singapore”) provide that subject to the provisions of and so far as may be permitted by the Singapore Companies Act (Chapter 50) (the “Act”), every director, manager, secretary and other officer or servant of the company shall be indemnified by the company again, and it shall be the duty of the directors out of the funds of the company to pay, all costs, losses and expenses which any such officer or servant may incur or become liable to incur by reason of any contract entered into or act or deed done by him as such officer or servant or in any way in the discharge of his duties, including reasonable hotel, travelling and other expenses. The Act provides that any provision, whether in the articles or in any contract with a company or otherwise, for exempting any officer or auditor of the company from, or indemnifying him against, any liability which by law would otherwise attach to him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be guilty in relation to the company, shall be void.

 

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Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

GT Landing II Corp.

Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

ALC Communications Corporation

Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

Global Crossing Employee Services Inc.

Global Crossing Development Co.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DCGL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation—a derivative action), if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.

Section 145 of the DGCL also permits a corporation to purchase and maintain, on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation insurance against liabilities incurred in such capacities. In addition, Section 145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to pay expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of an action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay such amount if it is determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability:

 

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The certificate of incorporation of each Delaware corporate Registrant (other than Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc. and Racal Telecommunications, Inc.) provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, such Registrant’s directors will not be personally liable to such Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages resulting from a breach of their fiduciary duties as directors. The certificate of incorporation of each of ALC Communications Corporation, Budget Call Long Distance, Inc., GT Landing II Corp., and Racal Telecommunications, Inc. also generally provides for the indemnification of such Registrant’s directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

 

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The bylaws of each Delaware corporate Registrant provides that such Registrant’s directors will not be personally liable to such Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages resulting from a breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to such Registrant or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (3) for any matter in respect of which such director is liable under Section 174 of the DGCL or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

The bylaws of each Delaware corporate Registrant also provides for the indemnification of each person who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any civil or criminal action, suit or administrative or investigative proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of such Registrant or, while a director or officer of such Registrant, is or was serving at the request of such Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and such Registrant may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.

International Optical Network, L.L.C.

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”) provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. However, to the extent that the limited liability company agreement seeks to restrict or limit the liabilities of such person, Section 18-1101 of the DLLCA prohibits it from eliminating liability for any act or omission that constitutes a bad faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

The limited liability company agreement of the Delaware limited liability company Registrant provides that, to no manager, officer or employee shall be liable to any member or to such Registrant by reason of the actions of such person in the conduct of the business of such Registrant except for criminal acts, fraud, bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The limited liability company agreement also provides that such Registrant shall indemnify, hold harmless, and pay all judgments and claims against any member of the board of managers or any officer or employee of such Registrant relating to any liability or damage incurred by any such person by reason of any act performed or omitted to be performed by such person in connection with the business of such Registrant, except that no person shall be indemnified from any liability for fraud, bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

Section 317 of the General Corporation Law of California (the “GCLC”) sets forth the provisions pertaining to the indemnification of corporate “agents.” For purposes of this law, an agent is any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of a California corporation, or is or was serving at the request of a California corporation in such capacity with respect to any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of a predecessor corporation of such California corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation. Section 317 mandates a California corporation’s indemnification of agents where the agent’s defense of a proceeding is successful on the merits. In other cases, Section 317 allows a California corporation to indemnify agents for expenses (including amounts paid

 

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to defend, settle or otherwise dispose of a threatened or pending action, subject in some cases to court approval) if such agents acted in good faith and in a manner such agents believed to be in the best interests of such company, and if the indemnification is authorized by (1) a majority vote of a quorum of such company’s boards of directors consisting of directors who are not party to the proceedings; (2) approval of the shareholders, with the shares owned by the person to be indemnified not being entitled to vote thereon; or (3) the court in which the proceeding is or was pending upon application by certain designated parties. Under certain circumstances, a California corporation can indemnify an agent even when the agent is found liable. Section 317 also allows a California corporation to advance expenses to their agents for certain actions upon receiving an undertaking by the agent that he or she will reimburse such company if the agent is found liable.

The certificate of incorporation of the California corporate Registrant provides that the liability of the directors of such Registrant for monetary damages is eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law. The certificate of incorporation also provides that such Registrant is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined in Section 317 of the GCLC) through bylaw provisions, by agreement or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the GCLC, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification set forth in Section 204 of the GCLC.

The bylaws of the California corporate Registrant provide that such Registrant, to the full extent authorized by law, (1) will indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party in any action by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director, officer o employee of such Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of such Registrant as a director, officer or employee of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, if such director, officer or employee acted in a manner consistent with such indemnification under the GCLC. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by such Registrant in advance of final disposition of such action upon the terms and conditions required by the GCLC.

The bylaws of the California corporate Registrant also provides that, unless ordered by a court, such Registrant will indemnify any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has met the standard of conduct required by the GCLC as follows: (1) by such Registrant’s board of directors acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who are not party to such action, suit or proceeding; (2) if a quorum under subparagraph (1) is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (3) by the shareholders of such Registrant.

Global Crossing North America, Inc.

Article 7, Sections 721-726 of the New York Business Corporation Law (the “NYBCL”) provides for the indemnification and advancement of expenses to officers and directors for actions in their capacity as such. Under the NYBCL, a corporation may indemnify an officer or director, in the case of third party actions, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses and, in the case of derivative actions, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, provided that the director or officer acted in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A corporation may obtain indemnification insurance indemnifying itself and its directors and officers. Indemnification and advancement pursuant to the NYBCL are not exclusive of any other rights an officer or director may be entitled to, provided that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.

 

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The certificate of incorporation of the New York corporate Registrant provides that the personal liability of the directors of such Registrant is eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by paragraph (b) of Section 402 of the NBCL.

The bylaws of the New York corporate Registrant provide that such Registrant, to the full extent permitted and in the manner required by the laws of the State of New York, (1) will indemnify any person (and their heirs and legal representatives of such person) made, or threatened to be made, a party in an action or proceeding (including, without limitation, one by or in the right of such Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor), whether civil or criminal, including an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of such Registrant served in any capacity at the request of such Registrant, by reason of the fact that such director or officer, or such director’s or officer’s testator or intestate, was a director or officer of such Registrant or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, and (2) will provide to any such person (and the heirs and legal representatives of such person) advances for expenses incurred in pursuing such action or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount as, and to the extent required by, Section 725(a) of the NBCL.

Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

The By-Laws of both Global Crossing Local Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation (“GCLSI”), and Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc., a Michigan corporation (“Telecommunications”), each provide that its respective officers, directors and certain other persons shall be indemnified and held harmless out of the funds of GCLSI or Telecommunications, as applicable, to the fullest extent provided by Michigan law against all liabilities, losses, damages or expenses (including but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort and statute or any applicable law or regulation and all reasonable legal and other costs and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by such party which arise from or in connection with actions or inactions of the indemnified person while acting in such individual’s official corporate capacity; provided that such indemnification shall not (i) extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Michigan Business Corporations Act (the “Michigan Act”) as in effect from time to time in Michigan or (ii) apply to the extent the liability was incurred because a director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he/she owes to GCLSI or Telecommunications, as applicable, and the breach or failure to perform constitutes (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with GCLSI or Telecommunications, as applicable, or their respective shareholders in connection with the matter in which such director or officer has a material conflict of interest, (b) a violation of criminal law, unless such director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful, (c) a transaction from which such director or officer derived an improper personal profit, or (d) willful misconduct. Each of the By-Laws of GCLSI and Telecommunications also provide that such persons shall be indemnified for costs of defense of civil and criminal proceedings and for advancement of expenses in connection with indemnified activities and proceedings. The Michigan Act provides that a Michigan corporation shall, unless otherwise limited by the Articles of Incorporation of GCLSI or Telecommunications, as applicable, indemnify such corporation’s directors and officers, if such officer or director has been successful on the merits, with respect to any loss arising or liability attaching to them as a result of any liability incurred by an officer or director because such individual was an officer or director of GCLSI or Telecommunications, as applicable, provided that the liability was incurred (i) as a result of such individual acting in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of GCLSI or Telecommunications or their shareholders, and (ii) with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, if such individual had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

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Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

The By-Laws of Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (“Telemanagement”), provide that its officers, directors and certain other persons shall be indemnified and held harmless out of the funds of Telemanagement to the fullest extent provided by Wisconsin law against all liabilities, losses, damages or expenses (including but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort and statute or any applicable law or regulation and all reasonable legal and other costs and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by such party which arise from or in connection with actions or inactions of the indemnified person while acting in such individual’s official corporate capacity; provided that such indemnification shall not (i) extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the “Wisconsin Act”) as in effect from time to time in Wisconsin or (ii) apply to the extent the liability was incurred because a director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he/she owes to Telemanagement and the breach or failure to perform constitutes (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with Telemanagement or its shareholders in connection with the matter in which such director or officer has a material conflict of interest, (b) a violation of criminal law, unless such director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful, (c) a transaction from which such director or officer derived an improper personal profit, or (d) willful misconduct (the foregoing events described in items (a)–(d) being collectively referred to as the “Non-Liability Events”). The By-Laws also provide that such persons shall be indemnified for costs of defense of civil and criminal proceedings and for advancement of expenses in connection with indemnified activities and proceedings. The Wisconsin Act provides that a Wisconsin corporation shall, unless otherwise limited by the Articles of Incorporation of Telemanagement, indemnify its directors and officers, if such officer or director has been successful on the merits, with respect to any loss arising or liability attaching to them as a result of any liability incurred by an officer or director because such individual was an officer or director of Telemanagement, provided that the liability was not incurred as a result of a Non-Liability Event.

Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC

The Articles of Organization of Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC, as amended, do not provide that its officers, directors, members, management or any other third parties shall be indemnified and held harmless out of the funds of such Virginia limited liability company against any liabilities, losses, damages or expenses (including but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort and statute or any applicable law or regulation and all reasonable legal and other costs and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by such party which arise from or in connection with actions or inactions of that person while acting in such capacity. The limited liability company has no bylaws or operating agreement governing the activities of the organization. There is no Virginia statutory or common law right to indemnification extended to officers, directors, members or managers of a limited liability company.

G.C. St. Croix Company, Inc.

The Articles of Incorporation of G.C. St. Croix Company, Inc. (“GCSTC”), a corporation formed under the laws of the U.S. Virgin Islands, provide that GCSTC shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of GCSTC, or is or was serving at the request of GCSTC as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by

 

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him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding. This indemnity is in turn authorized by the Virgin Islands General Corporation Law, Title 13, Section 67a (“Section 67a”). The indemnity provided in the Articles of Incorporation, as authorized by Section 67a, requires that the party to be indemnified acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the GCSTC and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, as required by Section 67a, the Articles of Incorporation also provided that no indemnification shall be made where the person in question has been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to GCSTC, unless and only to the extent that a court determines that that, despite the adjudication of liability, such person is nevertheless entitled to indemnity.

Fibernet Holdings Limited

Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited

Global Crossing Europe Limited

Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited

GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited

Pan American Crossing UK Ltd.

GC IMPSAT Holdings I plc

GC IMPSAT Holdings II Limited

GC IMPSAT Holdings III Limited

(together, the “English Guarantors”)

General

As companies incorporated in England and Wales, the English Guarantors are subject to, where applicable, the Companies Act 1985 (the “CA 1985”) and/or the Companies Act 2006 (the “CA 2006”). In addition to the provisions set out below, please also refer to Chapter 7 (Directors’ Liabilities) of the CA 2006 as set out below (Chapter 7 of the Companies Act 2006).

The articles of association of each of the English Guarantors provide that, subject to the provisions of the CA 2006, each of their respective directors, other officers and auditors shall be indemnified against all costs, charges, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by them in the execution of their duties of office or otherwise relating to their office, including liabilities incurred by them in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in their favour, or in which they are acquitted or in connection with any application in which relief is granted to them by the court. Please note that the above statement is a summary of the indemnity provision as set out in articles of association of each of the English Guarantors (which are set out in greater detail below).

The articles of association of Global Crossing Europe Limited, GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited and Pan American Crossing UK Limited also provide that such companies may purchase and maintain insurance for any of their directors, other officers or auditors against any liabilities which may attach to by them. Please note that the above statement is a summary of the insurance provision as set out in articles of association of the applicable English Guarantors (which are set out in greater detail below).

 

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Global Crossing Europe Limited and Pan American Crossing UK Ltd

Article 13 (Indemnity) of the articles of association of Global Crossing Europe Limited and Pan European Crossing UK Ltd provide as follows:

 

  (a) “Every director or other officer or auditor of the company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, or in connection with any application under section 144 or section 727 of the CA 1985 in which relief is granted to him by the court and no director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. But this article shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not avoided by Section 310 of the CA 1985.

 

  (b) The directors shall have power to purchase and maintain for any director, officer or auditor of the company insurance against any such liability as is referred to in Section 310(1) of the CA 1985.

 

  (c) Clause 118 in Table A shall not apply to the company.”

Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited

Article 12 (Indemnity) of the articles of association of Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited provides as follows:

“Subject to the provisions of the CA 1985 and in addition to such indemnity as is contained in Clause 118 of Table A, every director, officer or official of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the company against all losses or liabilities incurred by him in or about the execution and discharge of the duties of his office.”

Clause 118 of Table A of the CA 1985 provides as follows (“Table A Indemnity”):

“Subject to the provisions of the CA 1985 but without prejudice to any indemnity to which a director may otherwise be entitled, every director or other officer or auditor of the company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the company against any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application in which relief is granted to him by the court from liability for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the affairs of the company.”

GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited

Articles 37 and 38 (Indemnity) of the articles of association of GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited provides as follows:

“37. Subject to the provisions of the CA 1985, but without prejudice to any indemnity to which he may otherwise be entitled, each person who is a director, alternate director or secretary of the company must be indemnified out of the assets of the company against all costs charges, losses and liabilities incurred by him in the proper execution of his duties or the proper exercise of his powers, authorities and discretions including, without limitation, a liability incurred:

 

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  (e) in connection with any application in which relief is granted to him by the court from liability for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the affairs of the company.

38. The directors may exercise all the powers of the company to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of a person who is or was:

  (a) an director, alternate director, secretary or auditor of the company or of a company which is or was a subsidiary undertaking of the company or in which the company has or had an interest whether direct or indirect; or
  (b) a trustee of a retirement benefits scheme or other trust in which a person referred to in the preceding paragraph is or has been interested,

indemnifying him against liability for negligence, default, breach of trust or breach of duty or other liability which may lawfully be insured against by the company.”

GC IMPSAT Holdings I plc

Article 18 (Indemnity) of the articles of association of GC IMPSAT Holdings I plc provides as follows:

“In addition to the indemnity conferred by the Table A Indemnity and subject to the provisions of the CA 1985 every such person as is mentioned in the Table A Indemnity shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the company against all expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by him as agent of the company or for the company’s benefit or intended benefit or in or about the discharge or intended discharge of his duties in relation to the company.”

GC IMPSAT Holdings II Limited and GC IMPSAT Holdings III Limited

Article 17 (Indemnity) of the articles of association of GC IMPSAT Holdings II Limited and GC IMPSAT Holdings III Limited provides as follows:

“Subject to the provisions of the CA 1985, the company may purchase and maintain for any of the company’s directors, alternate directors, auditors, secretaries and other offices insurance against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to any such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be guilty in relation to the company and (whether or not any such insurance is effected) every such person shall be entitled to be indemnified by the company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him in the execution and discharge of his duties or in relation thereto including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal, that relate to anything done or omitted or alleged to have been done or omitted by him as an officer or employee of the company and in which judgment is given in his favour (or the proceedings otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of any material breach of duty on his part) or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect of any such act or omission in which relief is granted by the Court. The Table A Indemnity shall not apply.”

Fibernet Holdings Limited, Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited

The articles of association of Fibernet Holdings Limited and Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited provide that the Table A Indemnity applies (as set out above).

 

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Chapter 7 of the Companies Act 2006

Directors’ Liabilities

Provision protecting directors from liability

232 Provisions protecting directors from liability

(1) Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company (to any extent) from any liability that would otherwise attach to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void.

(2) Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides an indemnity (to any extent) for a director of the company, or of an associated company, against any liability attaching to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company of which he is a director is void, except as permitted by—

  (a) section 233 (provision of insurance),
  (b) section 234 (qualifying third party indemnity provision), or
  (c) section 235 (qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision).

(3) This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company’s articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise.

(4) Nothing in this section prevents a company’s articles from making such provision as has previously been lawful for dealing with conflicts of interest.

233 Provision of insurance

Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of the company, or of an associated company, insurance against any such liability as is mentioned in that subsection.

234 Qualifying third party indemnity provision

(1) Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying third party indemnity provision.

(2) Third party indemnity provision means provision for indemnity against liability incurred by the director to a person other than the company or an associated company.

Such provision is qualifying third party indemnity provision if the following requirements are met.

(3) The provision must not provide any indemnity against—

  (a) any liability of the director to pay—
  (i) a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or
  (ii) a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or
  (b) any liability incurred by the director—
  (i) in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or
  (ii) in defending civil proceedings brought by the company, or an associated company, in which judgment is given against him, or
  (iii) in connection with an application for relief (see subsection (6)) in which the court refuses to grant him relief.

(4) The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief are to the final decision in the proceedings.

(5) For this purpose—

  (a) a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final—
  (i) if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or
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  (b) an appeal is disposed of—
  (i) if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or
  (ii) if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.

(6) The reference in subsection (3)(b)(iii) to an application for relief is to an application for relief under—

     section 661(3) or (4) (power of court to grant relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or
     section 1157 (general power of court to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct).

235 Qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision

(1) Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.

(2) Pension scheme indemnity provision means provision indemnifying a director of a company that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with the company’s activities as trustee of the scheme.

Such provision is qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision if the following requirements are met.

(3) The provision must not provide any indemnity against—

  (a) any liability of the director to pay—
  (i) a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or
  (ii) a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or
  (b) any liability incurred by the director in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted.

(4) The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is to the final decision in the proceedings.

(5) For this purpose—

  (a) a conviction becomes final—
  (i) if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or
  (ii) if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of; and
  (b) an appeal is disposed of—
  (i) if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or
  (ii) if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.

(6) In this section “occupational pension scheme” means an occupational pension scheme as defined in section 150(5) of the Finance Act 2004 (c 12) that is established under a trust.

236 Qualifying indemnity provision to be disclosed in directors’ report

(1) This section requires disclosure in the directors’ report of—

  (a) qualifying third party indemnity provision, and
  (b) qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.

Such provision is referred to in this section as “qualifying indemnity provision”.

(2) If when a directors’ report is approved any qualifying indemnity provision (whether made by the company or otherwise) is in force for the benefit of one or more directors of the company, the report must state that such provision is in force.

(3) If at any time during the financial year to which a directors’ report relates any such provision was in force for the benefit of one or more persons who were then directors of the company, the report must state that such provision was in force.

(4) If when a directors’ report is approved qualifying indemnity provision made by the company is in force for the benefit of one or more directors of an associated company, the report must state that such provision is in force.

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237 Copy of qualifying indemnity provision to be available for inspection

(1) This section has effect where qualifying indemnity provision is made for a director of a company, and applies—

  (a) to the company of which he is a director (whether the provision is made by that company or an associated company), and
  (b) where the provision is made by an associated company, to that company.

(2) That company or, as the case may be, each of them must keep available for inspection—

  (a) a copy of the qualifying indemnity provision, or
  (b) if the provision is not in writing, a written memorandum setting out its terms.

(3) The copy or memorandum must be kept available for inspection at—

  (a) the company’s registered office, or
  (b) a place specified in regulations under section 1136.

(4) The copy or memorandum must be retained by the company for at least one year from the date of termination or expiry of the provision and must be kept available for inspection during that time.

(5) The company must give notice to the registrar—

  (a) of the place at which the copy or memorandum is kept available for inspection, and
  (b) of any change in that place,

unless it has at all times been kept at the company’s registered office.

(6) If default is made in complying with subsection (2), (3) or (4), or default is made for 14 days in complying with subsection (5), an offence is committed by every officer of the company who is in default.

(7) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.

(8) The provisions of this section apply to a variation of a qualifying indemnity provision as they apply to the original provision.

(9) In this section “qualifying indemnity provision” means—

  (a) qualifying third party indemnity provision, and
  (b) qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.

238 Right of member to inspect and request copy

(1) Every copy or memorandum required to be kept by a company under section 237 must be open to inspection by any member of the company without charge.

(2) Any member of the company is entitled, on request and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, to be provided with a copy of any such copy or memorandum.

The copy must be provided within seven days after the request is received by the company.

(3) If an inspection required under subsection (1) is refused, or default is made in complying with subsection (2), an offence is committed by every officer of the company who is in default.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.

(5) In the case of any such refusal or default the court may by order compel an immediate inspection or, as the case may be, direct that the copy required be sent to the person requiring it.

Ratification of acts giving rise to liability

239 Ratification of acts of directors

(1) This section applies to the ratification by a company of conduct by a director amounting to negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company.

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(3) Where the resolution is proposed as a written resolution neither the director (if a member of the company) nor any member connected with him is an eligible member.

(4) Where the resolution is proposed at a meeting, it is passed only if the necessary majority is obtained disregarding votes in favour of the resolution by the director (if a member of the company) and any member connected with him. This does not prevent the director or any such member from attending, being counted towards the quorum and taking part in the proceedings at any meeting at which the decision is considered.

(5) For the purposes of this section—

  (a) “conduct” includes acts and omissions;
  (b) “director” includes a former director;
  (c) a shadow director is treated as a director; and
  (d) in section 252 (meaning of “connected person”), subsection (3) does not apply (exclusion of person who is himself a director).

(6) Nothing in this section affects—

  (a) the validity of a decision taken by unanimous consent of the members of the company, or
  (b) any power of the directors to agree not to sue, or to settle or release a claim made by them on behalf of the company.

(7) This section does not affect any other enactment or rule of law imposing additional requirements for valid ratification or any rule of law as to acts that are incapable of being ratified by the company.

Other Co-Registrants

With respect to the following Registrants, there are no applicable statutes under local law or provisions under the applicable constituent documents with respect to indemnification of directors and officers.

Global Crossing België bvba (in liquidation)

Global Crossing PEC Belgium bvba

SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.

SAC Brasil S.A.

Impsat Participações e Comercial Ltda.

Global Crossing Coumunicações do Brasil Ltda.

Global Crossing Chile S.A.

Global Crossing Costa Rica, S.R.L.

Global Crossing PEC Danmark ApS

Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A.

Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg I s.à.r.l.

Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg II s.à.r.l.

GC IMPSAT Holdings Nederland B.V.

Global Crossing PEC Holdings B.V.

GC Pan European Crossing Networks B.V.

Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V.

Global Crossing Nederland B.V.

Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.

Global Crossing Peru S.A.

Global Crossing PEC España S.A.

Global Crossing Sverige AB

Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG

Global Crossing Venezuela S.A.

 

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Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) Exhibits

The exhibits to this registration statement are listed on the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere in this registration statement and is incorporated in this Item 21 by reference.

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

(in millions)

 

     Column A    Column B     Column C    Column D     Column E
     Balance at
beginning
of period
   Additions    Deductions     Balance at
end of
period
        Charged to
costs and
expenses
    Charged
to other
accounts
    

2009

            

Reserve for uncollectible accounts and sales credits

   $ 58    $ 26      $ 2    $ (36   $ 50

Restructuring reserves

     27      4        3      (9     25

Deferred tax valuation allowance

     2,294      20        —        (20     2,294

2008

            

Reserve for uncollectible accounts and sales credits

   $ 52    $ 27      $ 3    $ (24   $ 58

Restructuring reserves

     37      3        4      (17     27

Deferred tax valuation allowance

     2,663      —          —        (369     2,294

2007

            

Reserve for uncollectible accounts and sales credits

   $ 43    $ 29      $ 8    $ (28   $ 52

Restructuring reserves

     91      (30     16      (40     37

Deferred tax valuation allowance

     2,532      9        122      —          2,663

 

Item 22. Undertakings

(a) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

 

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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(d) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

(e) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

GLOBAL CROSSING LIMITED

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN J. LEGERE        

  John J. Legere
  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    JOHN J. LEGERE        

John J. Legere

  

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

John A. Kritzmacher

  

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)

/ S /    ROBERT A. KLUG        

Robert A. Klug

  

Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)

/ S /    E.C. “PETE” ALDRIDGE, JR.        

E.C. “Pete” Aldridge, Jr.

  

Director

/ S /    ARCHIE CLEMINS        

Archie Clemins

  

Director

/ S /    DONALD L. CROMER        

Donald L. Cromer

  

Director

/ S /    RICHARD R. ERKENEFF        

Richard R. Erkeneff

  

Director


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Signature

  

Title

/ S /    LEE THENG KIAT        

Lee Theng Kiat

  

Director

/ S /    CHARLES MACALUSO        

Charles Macaluso

  

Director

/ S /    MICHAEL RESCOE        

Michael Rescoe

  

Director

/ S /    ROBERT J. SACHS        

Robert J. Sachs

  

Director

/ S /    PETER SEAH LIM HUAT        

Peter Seah Lim Huat

  

Vice Chairman and Director

/ S /    LODEWIJK CHRISTIAAN VAN WACHEM        

Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem

  

Chairman and Director


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hamilton, Bermuda, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Holdings Limited

Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

Global Crossing International, Ltd.

Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

Global Crossing International Networks Ltd.

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

PAC Panama Ltd.

By:

 

/ S /    HENRY M. GODFREY        

  Henry M. Godfrey
  Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HENRY M. GODFREY        

Henry M. Godfrey

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Director; Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd.

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

  John A. Kritzmacher
  President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

John A. Kritzmacher

  

President (principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

/ S /    KATIA DESILLES-LEMIEUX        

Katia Desilles-Lemieux

  

Director

/ S /    ANDREA D. VABALIS        

Andrea D. Vabalis

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rochester, State of New York, on June 18, 2010.

 

Ameritel Management, Inc.

By:

 

/ S /    DAVID R. CAREY        

  David R. Carey
  President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

 

Title

/ S /    DAVID R. CAREY        

David R. Carey

 

President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

John A. Kritzmacher

  Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

/ S /    KATIA DESILLES-LEMIEUX        

Katia Desilles-Lemieux

 

Director

/ S /    JOCELYN M. KELLEY        

Jocelyn M. Kelley

 

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN ROBERT MULHEARN, JR.        

  John Robert Mulhearn, Jr.
  Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

 

Title

/ S /    JOHN ROBERT MULHEARN, JR.        

John Robert Mulhearn, Jr.

 

Director

/ S /    JON LYNDON FISSE        

Jon Lyndon Fisse

 

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

 

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Fibernet Holdings Limited

Global Crossing Europe Limited

Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited

Pan American Crossing UK Ltd.

GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

  Bernard William Keogh
  Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

 

Title

/ S /    MATTHEW GUTIERREZ        

Matthew Gutierrez

 

Director

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

Bernard William Keogh

 

Director

/ S /    EDWARD HIGASE        

Edward Higase

 

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

 

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

  Bernard William Keogh
  Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

 

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

Bernard William Keogh

 

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

 

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

 

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

GC Impsat Holdings I Plc

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER         

 

John A. Kritzmacher

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    JOSE ANTONIO RIOS        

Jose Antonio Rios

  

Director

/ S /    DAVID ROY CAREY        

David Roy Carey

  

Director

/ S /    JOHN BUCKHOUT MCSHANE        

John Buckhout McShane

  

Director

/ S /    HECTOR ROBERTO ALONSO        

Hector Roberto Alonso

  

Director

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

John A. Kritzmacher

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

GC Impsat Holdings II Plc

GC Impsat Holdings III Plc

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER         

 

John A. Kritzmacher

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    DAVID ROY CAREY        

David Roy Carey

  

Director

/ S /    JOHN BUCKHOUT MCSHANE        

John Buckhout McShane

  

Director

/ S /    HECTOR ROBERTO ALONSO        

Hector Roberto Alonso

  

Director

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

John A. Kritzmacher

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

International Optical Network, L.L.C.

Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

Global Crossing North America, Inc.

Global Crossing Development Co.

Global Crossing Employee Services, Inc.

Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

ALC Communications Corporation

Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

GT Landing II Corp.

Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER         

 

John A. Kritzmacher

Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    DANIEL J. ENRIGHT    

Daniel J. Enright

  

President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

John A. Kritzmacher

  

Director; Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Director


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER         

 

John A. Kritzmacher

Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    DAVID ROY CAREY        

David Roy Carey

  

Director

/ S /    JOHN BUCKHOUT MCSHANE        

John Buckhout McShane

  

Director

/ S /    HECTOR ROBERTO ALONSO        

Hector Roberto Alonso

  

Director; President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

John A. Kritzmacher

  

Director; Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER         

 

John A. Kritzmacher

Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    FERNANDO MARCHETTI         

Fernando Marchetti

  

Director

/ S /    JOHANNA RAVELO        

Johanna Ravelo

  

Director

/ S /    HECTOR ROBERTO ALONSO        

Hector Roberto Alonso

  

Director; President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    JOHN A. KRITZMACHER        

John A. Kritzmacher

  

Director; Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN ROBERT MULHEARN, JR.         

 

John Robert Mulhearn, Jr.

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    JOHN ROBERT MULHEARN, JR.        

John Robert Mulhearn, Jr.

  

Director

/ S /    JON LYNDON FISSE        

Jon Lyndon Fisse

  

Director

/ S /    GRAHAM JOHN KELLY        

Graham John Kelly

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Japan KK

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN ROBERT MULHEARN, JR.         

 

John Robert Mulhearn, Jr.

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    JOHN ROBERT MULHEARN, JR.        

John Robert Mulhearn, Jr.

  

Director

/ S /    JON LYNDON FISSE        

Jon Lyndon Fisse

  

Director

/ S /    IAN TAYLOR        

Ian Taylor

  

Representative Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Florham Park, State of New Jersey, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Singapore Pte Ltd

By:

 

/ S /    JOHN ROBERT MULHEARN, JR.         

 

John Robert Mulhearn, Jr.

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    JOHN ROBERT MULHEARN, JR.        

John Robert Mulhearn, Jr.

  

Director

/ S /    JON LYNDON FISSE        

Jon Lyndon Fisse

  

Director

 

Jacqueline Joelle Loke Mun-Tze

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Fibernet GmbH

Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

 

Bernard William Keogh

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    SHEELA CRIBBIN        

Sheela Cribbin

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER         

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    ISABEL JANET HOWSON        

Isabel Janet Howson

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Ireland Limited

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

 

Bernard William Keogh

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER         

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    ISABEL JANET HOWSON        

Isabel Janet Howson

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Service Europe Limited

Global Crossing Services Ireland Limited

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

 

Bernard William Keogh

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER         

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg I s.à r.l.

Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg II s.à r.l

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

 

Bernard William Keogh

Manager

By:

 

/ S /    ARTHUR ESHUIS

Arthur Eshuis

Manager

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

Bernard William Keogh

  

Manager

/ S /    ARTHUR ESHUIS         

Arthur Eshuis

  

Manager

         

Sylvia Infanger

  

Manager

/ S /    KUY LY ANG         

Kuy Ly Ang

  

Manager

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing PEC Espana S.A.

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

 

Bernard William Keogh

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    SHEELA CRIBBIN         

Sheela Cribbin

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER         

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    ISABEL JANET HOWSON        

Isabel Janet Howson

  

Director

/ S /    ROBERTO BEGOZZI         

Roberto Begozzi

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

GC IMPSAT Holdings Nederland B.V.

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

 

Bernard William Keogh

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    SHAUN GREGORY TWEED         

Shaun Gregory Tweed

  

Director

/ S /    NICHOLAS ALEXANDER SPENCE         

Nicholas Alexander Spence

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing PEC Holdings B.V.

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

 

Bernard William Keogh

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH         

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    SHEELA CRIBBIN         

Sheela Cribbin

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER         

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

GC Pan European Crossing Networks B.V.

Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V.

BY:   / S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        
  Bernard William Keogh
  Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    SHEELA CRIBBIN        

Sheela Cribbin

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    ISABEL JANET HOWSON        

Isabel Janet Howson

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Nederland B.V.
BY:   / S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        
  Bernard William Keogh
  Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    SHEELA CRIBBIN        

Sheela Cribbin

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Naarden, The Netherlands, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing België b.v.b.a

(in liquidation)

BY:  

    Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a.,

        its liquidator

BY:   / S /    ARTHUR ESHUIS        
  Arthur Eshuis
  Authorized Representative

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    ARTHUR ESHUIS        

Arthur Eshuis

  

Authorized representative of Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a., liquidator of the registrant

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a.
BY:   / S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        
  Bernard William Keogh
  Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    SHEELA CRIBBIN        

Sheela Cribbin

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of London, United Kingdom, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Cyprus Holdings Limited
BY:   / S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        
  Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer
  Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    ANDROULLA CHRISTOPHI        

Androulla Christophi

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing PEC Denmark A.p.S.

Global Crossing Sverige AB

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

 

Bernard William Keogh

Director

By:

 

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        

 

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

Bernard William Keogh

  

Director

/ S /    SHEELA CRIBBIN        

Sheela Cribbin

  

Director

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Director

/ S /    HANS ABILDSTROM        

Hans Abildstrom

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG

By:

 

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

 

Bernard William Keogh

Manager

By:

 

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        

 

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

Manager

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /     JURG BADERTSCHER        

Jurg Badertscher

  

Director

/ S /    SHEELA CRIBBIN        

Sheela Cribbin

  

Manager

/ S /    QAMAR UL ARFEEN QADEER        

Qamar Ul Arfeen Qadeer

  

Manager

/ S /    BERNARD WILLIAM KEOGH        

Bernard William Keogh

  

Manager

/ S /    ROBERTO BEGOZZI        

Roberto Begozzi

  

Manager

/ S /     MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 18, 2010.

 

Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.
 

By:

 

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

 

Hector Alonso

General Manager

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

  

General Manager (principal executive officer)

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 18, 2010.

 

G.C. St. Croix Company, Inc.

By:

 

/ S /     HECTOR ALONSO        

 

Hector Alonso

President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

  

Director; President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    JOHANNA RAVELO        

Johanna Ravelo

  

Director

/ S /    FERNANDO MARCHETTI CERSOSSIMO        

Fernando Marchetti Cersossimo

  

Director

/ S /    EDWARD TUCKER        

Edward Tucker

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santiago, Chile, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Chile S.A.

By:

 

/ S /    LEONARDO PATRICIO MIRANDA PAVEZ        

  Leonardo Patricio Miranda Pavez
  General Manager

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

  

Director

/ S /    VALERIA PLASTINO        

Valeria Plastino

  

Director

/ S /    LIDIA GALDAMES RIQUELME        

Lidia Galdames Riquelme

  

Director

/ S /    FACUNDO CASTRO CASTELLANOS        

Facundo Castro Castellanos

  

Director

/ S /    MARIA JOSEFINA QUEROS SADIR        

Maria Josefina Queros Sadir

  

Director

/ S /    LEONARDO PATRICIO MIRANDA PAVEZ        

Leonardo Patricio Miranda Pavez

  

General Manager (principal executive officer)

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Costa Rica S.R.L.

By:

 

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

  Hector Alonso
  General Manager

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

  

General Manager (principal executive officer)

/S /    FERNANDO MARCHETTI CERSOSSIMO        

Fernando Marchetti Cersossimo

  

Financial Manager (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Mexicana, S.de R.L. de C.V.

Global Crossing Mexicana, II S.de R.L. de C.V.

Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V

By:

 

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

  Hector Alonso
  President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

  

Director; President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    FACUNDO CASTRO CASTELLANOS        

Facundo Castro Castellanos

  

Director

/ S /    JOHANNA RAVELO        

Johanna Ravelo

  

Director

/ S /    FRANCISCO EDUARDO OLIVARES VELVER        

Francisco Eduardo Olivares Velver.

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lima, Peru, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Peru S.A.

By:

 

/ S /    HUGO ALDO GOMERO CESPEDES        

  Hugo Aldo Gomero Cespedes
  General Manager

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    DANTE JULIO PASSALACQUA ZEGARRA        

Dante Julio Passalacqua Zegarra

  

Director

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

  

Director

/ S /    CARLOS DANIEL TITOTTO        

Carlos Daniel Titotto

  

Director

/ S /    HUGO ALDO GOMERO CESPEDES        

Hugo Aldo Gomero Cespedes

  

General Manager (principal executive officer)

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 18, 2010.

 

SAC Panama, S.A.

By:

 

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

 

Hector Alonso

President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

   Director; President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    JOHANNA RAVELO        

Johanna Ravelo

   Director

/ S /    FERNANDO MARCHETTI        

Fernando Marchetti

   Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

   Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Caracas, Venezuela, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Venezuela S.A.

By:

 

/ S /    GISELA GOMEZ        

 

Gisela Gomez

President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    GISELA GOMEZ        

Gisela Gomez

   Director; President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

   Director

/ S /    VALERIA PLASTINO        

Valeria Plastino

   Director

/ S /    JAIME A. PELAEZ ESPINOSA        

Jaime A. Pelaez Espinosa

   Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

   Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A.

By:

 

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

 

Hector Alonso

Executive President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

   Executive President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

   Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Panama Inc.

By:

 

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

 

Hector Alonso

President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    HECTOR ALONSO        

Hector Alonso

  

Director; President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    JOHANNA RAVELO        

Johanna Ravelo

  

Director

/ S /    FERNANDO MARCHETTI        

Fernando Marchetti

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 18, 2010.

 

SAC Brasil S.A.

By:

 

/ S /    MIGUEL ORTIZ        

 

Miguel Ortiz

President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    MIGUEL ORTIZ        

Miguel Ortiz

  

Director

/ S /    JOAO LEONARDO DA SILVA GOMEZ FIGUEIRA    

Joao Leonardo da Silva Gomez Figueira

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 18, 2010.

 

Global Crossing Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda.

Impsat Participacoes e Comercial Ltda.

By:

 

/ S /    JOAO LEONARDO S.G. FIGUEIRA        

 

Joao Leonardo S.G. Figueira

President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    JOAO LEONARDO S.G. FIGUEIRA        

Joao Leonardo S.G. Figueira

  

Director; President (principal executive officer)

/ S /    MARCOS MALFATTI        

Marcos Malfatti

  

Director

/ S /    MIGUEL ORTIZ        

Miguel Ortiz

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 18, 2010.

 

SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.

By:

 

/ S /    JOAO LEONARDO DA SILVA GOMEZ FIGUEIRA

 

Joao Leonardo da Silva Gomez Figueira

Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Kritzmacher, John B. McShane and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, 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 or 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 and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 18, 2010.

 

Signature

  

Title

/ S /    JOAO LEONARDO DA SILVA GOMEZ FIGUEIRA    

Joao Leonardo da Silva Gomez Figueira

  

Director

/ S /    MITCHELL C. SUSSIS        

Mitchell C. Sussis

  

Authorized Representative in the United States


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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

2.1     

Purchase Agreement among Global Crossing Ltd., Global Crossing Holdings Ltd., Joint Provisional Liquidators of Global Crossing Ltd. and Global Crossing Holdings Ltd. (the “JPLs”), Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, and Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd., dated as of August 9, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.12 of Global Crossing Ltd.’s 2001-2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 8, 2003 (the “2002 10-K”)).

2.2     

Amendment No. 1 to Purchase Agreement among Global Crossing Ltd., Global Crossing Holdings Ltd., the JPLs, Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, and Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd., dated as of December 20, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.13 of the 2002 10-K).

2.3     

Amendment No. 2 to Purchase Agreement among Global Crossing Ltd., Global Crossing Holdings Ltd., the JPLs and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, dated as of May 13, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.14 of the 2002 10-K).

2.4     

Amendment No. 3 to Purchase Agreement among Global Crossing Ltd., Global Crossing Holdings, Ltd. and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, dated as of October 13, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.15 of the 2002 10-K).

2.5     

Amendment No. 4 to Purchase Agreement among Global Crossing Ltd., Global Crossing Holdings Ltd., the JPLs and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, dated as of November 14, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.16 of the 2002 10-K).

2.6     

Amendment No. 5 to Purchase Agreement among Global Crossing Ltd., Global Crossing Holdings Ltd., the JPLs and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, dated as of December 3, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.17 of the 2002 10-K).

2.7     

Disclosure Statement, including Proposed Plan of Reorganization of Global Crossing Ltd., dated as of October 21, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Global Crossing Ltd.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 28, 2002).

2.8     

Confirmation Order, dated as of December 26, 2002, confirming Global Crossing Ltd.’s Joint Plan of Reorganization (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Global Crossing Ltd.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 10, 2003).

2.9     

Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. and Matrix Telecom, Inc. dated as of March 19, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.9 to GCL’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, filed on May 10, 2005 (the “March 31, 2005 10-Q”)). (The schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Pursuant to this regulation, Global Crossing Limited (“GCL”) hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any such instrument to the SEC upon request.)

2.10   

Asset Purchase Agreement between Global Crossing Holdings Limited (“GCHL”) and WestCom Corporation, dated as of March 25, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.10 to the March 31, 2005 10-Q). (The schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Pursuant to this regulation, GCL hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any such instrument to the SEC upon request. GCL received approval of its request for confidential treatment with respect to portions of this Exhibit. An unredacted version of this Exhibit has been filed separately with the SEC.)

2.11   

Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among GCL, GC Crystal Acquisition, Inc. (“GC Crystal”), and Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc. (“Impsat”), dated as of October 25, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Impsat’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 30, 2006).


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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

2.12     

Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among GCL, GC Crystal, and Impsat, dated as of February 22, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to GCL’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 23, 2007).

2.13     

Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among GCL, GC Crystal, and Impsat, dated as of March 15, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.13 of GCL’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 16, 2007).

3.1       

Amended and Restated Constitutional Documents of GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.13 of GCL’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 13, 2008 (the “2007 10-K”).

3.2       

Certificate of Deposit of Memorandum of Increase of Share Capital, dated June 3, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the 2007 10-K).

3.3       

Certificate of Deposit of Memorandum of Increase of Share Capital, dated July 18, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the 2007 10-K).

3.4       

Certificate of Deposit of Memorandum of Increase of Share Capital, dated June 29, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the 2007 10-K).

3.5       

Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of GCL dated as of June 12, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the 2007 10-K).

*3.6       

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Holdings Limited.

*3.7       

Bye-laws of Global Crossing Holdings Limited.

*3.8       

Articles of Incorporation of Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

*3.9       

Bye-laws of Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

*3.10     

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

*3.11     

Bye-laws of Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

*3.12     

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

*3.13     

Bye-laws of Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

*3.14     

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

*3.15     

Bye-laws of Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

*3.16     

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing International, Ltd.

*3.17     

Bye-laws of Global Crossing International, Ltd.

*3.18     

Articles of Incorporation of Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

*3.19     

Bye-laws of Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

*3.20     

Articles of Incorporation of South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

*3.21     

Bye-laws of South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

*3.22     

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing International Networks Ltd.

*3.23     

Bye-laws of Global Crossing International Networks Ltd.

*3.24     

Articles of Incorporation of GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

*3.25     

Bye-laws of GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

*3.26     

Articles of Incorporation of PAC Panama Ltd.

*3.27     

Bye-laws of PAC Panama Ltd.

*3.28     

Articles of Amalgamation of Global Crossing Telecommunications–Canada, Ltd.

*3.29     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Telecommunications–Canada, Ltd.


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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

*3.30     

Articles of Continuance of Ameritel Management, Inc.

*3.31     

Bylaws of Ameritel Management, Inc.

*3.32     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited.

*3.33     

Articles of Association Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited.

*3.34     

Certificate of Incorporation of Fibernet Holdings Limited.

*3.35     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Fibernet Holdings Limited.

*3.36     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited.

*3.37     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited.

*3.38     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Europe Limited.

*3.39     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Global Crossing Europe Limited.

*3.40     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited.

*3.41     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited.

*3.42     

Certificate of Incorporation of Pan American Crossing UK Ltd.

*3.43     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Pan American Crossing UK Ltd.

*3.44     

Certificate of Incorporation of GC Impsat Holdings I Plc.

*3.45     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of GC Impsat Holdings I Plc.

*3.46     

Certificate of Incorporation of GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

*3.47     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of GC Impsat Holdings II Limited.

*3.48     

Certificate of Incorporation of GC Impsat Holdings III Limited.

*3.49     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of GC Impsat Holdings III Limited.

*3.50     

Certificate of Incorporation of GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited.

*3.51     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited.

*3.52     

Certificate of Incorporation of Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

*3.53     

Bylaws of Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

*3.54     

Certificate of Formation of International Optical Network, L.L.C.

*3.55     

Operating Agreement of International Optical Network, L.L.C.

*3.56     

Certificate of Agreement of Incorporation of Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

*3.57     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

*3.58     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing North America, Inc.

*3.59     

Bylaws of Global Crossing North America, Inc.

*3.60     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Development Co.

*3.61     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Development Co.

*3.62     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Employee Services Inc.

*3.63     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Employee Services Inc.

*3.64     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

*3.65     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

*3.66     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

*3.67     

Bylaws of Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.


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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

*3.68     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

*3.69     

Bylaws of Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

*3.70     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

*3.71     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

*3.72     

Certificate of Incorporation of ALC Communications Corporation.

*3.73     

Bylaws of ALC Communications Corporation.

*3.74     

Certificate of Incorporation of Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

*3.75     

Bylaws of Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

*3.76     

Certificate of Incorporation of GT Landing II Corp.

*3.77     

Certificate of GT Landing II Corp.

*3.78     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

*3.79     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

*3.80     

Certificate of Organization of Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC.

*3.81     

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

*3.82     

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

*3.83     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

*3.84     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

*3.85     

Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited.

*3.86     

Constitution of Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited.

*3.87     

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Japan KK.

*3.88     

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd.

*3.89     

Bylaws of SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.

*3.90     

Bylaws of SAC Brasil S.A.

*3.91     

Bylaws of Impsat Participacoes e Comercial Ltda.

*3.92     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda.

*3.93     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Chile S.A.

*3.94     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V.

*3.95     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V.

*3.96     

Bylaws of Global Crossing Mexicana, II S. de R.L. de C.V.

*3.97     

Articles of Incorporation of SAC Panama S.A.

*3.98     

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Panama Inc.

*3.99     

Bylaws of Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.

*3.100   

Bylaws of Global Crossing Peru S.A.

*3.101   

Articles of Incorporation of GC St. Croix Company, Inc.

*3.102   

Bylaws of GC St. Croix Company, Inc.

*3.103   

Bylaws of Global Crossing Costa Rica, S.R.L.

*3.104   

Bylaws of Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A.

*3.105   

Bylaws of Global Crossing Venezuela S.A.


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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

*3.106   

Articles of Incorporation of Fibernet GmbH.

*3.107   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH.

*3.108   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Ireland Limited.

*3.109   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Services Europe Limited.

*3.110   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Services Ireland Limited.

*3.111   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg I s.à.r.l.

*3.112   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg II s.à.r.l.

*3.113   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC España S.A.

*3.114   

Articles of Incorporation of GC IMPSAT Holdings Nederland B.V.

*3.115   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Holdings B.V.

*3.116   

Articles of Incorporation of GC Pan European Crossing Networks B.V.

*3.117   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V.

*3.118   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Nederland B.V.

*3.119   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Belgie b.v.b.a. (in liquidation)

*3.120   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a.

*3.121   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Cyprus Holdings Limited.

*3.122   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Danmark A.p.S.

*3.123   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Sverige AB.

*3.124   

Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG.

4.1       

Form of stock certificate for common stock of GCL (formerly GC Acquisition Ltd.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the 2002 10-K).

4.2       

Certificate of Designations of 2.0% Cumulative Senior Preferred Shares of GCL (formerly GC Acquisition Ltd.), dated as of December 9, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of GCL’s 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 26, 2004 (the “2003 10-K”)).

4.3       

Written Consent of STT Crossing Ltd., the Sole Holder of the 2.0% Cumulative Senior Convertible Preferred Shares of GCL, dated as of May 23, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of GCL’s current report on Form 8-K, filed May 30, 2006 (the “May 30, 2006 8-K”)).

4.4       

Restructuring Agreement dated as of October 8, 2004, among GCL, GCHL, Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc., Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited (“GCUK”), STT Crossing Ltd., STT Hungary Liquidity Management Limited Liability Company, and STT Communications Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of GCL’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 filed on November 15, 2004 (the “September 30, 2004 10-Q”)).

4.5       

Amendment No. 1 to Restructuring Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2004, among GCL, GCHL, Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc., GCUK, STT Crossing Ltd., STT Hungary Liquidity Management Limited Liability Company, and STT Communications Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 of GCL’s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 13, 2004).

4.6       

Amendment No. 2 to Restructuring Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2006, among GCL, GCHL, Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc., GCUK, STT Crossing Ltd., and STT Communications Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 of GCL’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 1, 2006 (the “June 1, 2006 8-K”).


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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

4.7       

Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2004, by and among Global Crossing (UK) Finance Plc (“GCUK Finance”), GCUK, the other subsidiaries of GCUK guaranteeing the notes, STT Communications Ltd., as optionholder, AIB/BNY Fund Management (Ireland) Limited, as Irish paying agent, and The Bank of New York, as trustee, relating to the approximately $404 million aggregate original principal amount of senior secured notes due 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of GCL’s current report on Form 8-K, filed on December 30, 2004 (the “December 30, 2004 8-K”)).

4.8       

Debenture, dated as of December 23, 2004, between GCUK and GCUK Finance, as chargors, in favor of The Bank of New York, as collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the December 30, 2004 8-K).

4.9       

Security Arrangement Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2004, by and among STT Communications Ltd., STT Crossing Ltd., STT Hungary Liquidity Management Limited Liability Company, The Bank of New York, as trustee and collateral agent, GCUK, certain of its subsidiaries as obligors and the Hedging Counterparties named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the December 30, 2004 8-K).

4.10     

Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 28, 2006, among Fibernet Group Limited, Fibernet UK Limited and Fibernet Limited, GCUK Finance, GCUK and The Bank of New York, as trustee, relating to the approximately 52 million pounds sterling aggregate original principal amount of senior secured notes due 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to GCL’s current report on Form 8-K, filed on December 29, 2006 (the “December 29, 2006 8-K”)).

4.11     

Indenture, dated as of May 18, 2006 between GCL and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee relating to debt securities to be issued from time to time under GCL’s shelf registration statement filed on April 21, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of GCL’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 10-Q, filed on August 9, 2006).

4.12     

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2006, to the Indenture dated as of May 18, 2006 between GCL and Wells Fargo as trustee relating to the $143.75 million aggregate original principal amount of GCL’s 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the June 1, 2006 8-K).

4.13     

Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2006, between GCL and Wells Fargo as trustee and securities intermediary relating to the $143.75 million aggregate original principal amount of GCL’s 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the June 1, 2006 8-K).

4.14     

Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2007 between GC Impsat Holdings I Plc (“GC Impsat”) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as escrow agent relating to $225,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of GC Impsat’s 9.875% senior notes due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 GCL’s current report on Form 8-K, filed on February 20, 2007 (the “February 20, 2007 8-K”)).

4.15     

Escrow and Security Agreement dated as of February 14, 2007 between the GC Impsat as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A as Escrow Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee relating to debt securities to be issued from time to time under GCL’s shelf registration statement filed on April 21, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the February 20, 2007 8-K).

4.16     

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 10, 2009, to the Indenture between GC Impsat and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as escrow agent relating to $225,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of GC Impsat’s 9.875% senior notes due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 GCL’s current report on Form 8-K, filed on September 11, 2009).


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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

4.17     

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2003, between GCL and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, relating to common and preferred shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the 2003 10-K).

4.18     

Amendment No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2004, by and among GCL, STT Crossing Ltd and STT Hungary Liquidity Management Limited Liability Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the December 30, 2004 8-K).

4.19     

Amendment No. 2 to Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2006, between GCL and STT Crossing Ltd (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the May 30, 2006 8-K).

4.20     

Amendment No. 3 to Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2007, between GCL and STT Crossing Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.20 of GCL’s 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on February 23, 2010 (the “2009 10-K”))

4.21     

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2004, by and among GCL, STT Crossing Ltd and STT Hungary Liquidity Management Limited Liability Company, relating to Convertible Notes (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the December 30, 2004 8-K).

4.22     

Indenture, dated as of September 22, 2009, by and among GCL, each of the guarantors identified therein, and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of GCL’s current report on Form 8-K, filed on September 25, 2009 (the “September 25, 2009 8-K”)).

*4.23     

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2010, by and among Budget Call Long Distance, Inc., Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc., Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc., Global Crossing Local Services, Inc., Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc., GCL and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee.

4.24     

Form of 12% Senior Secured Note due 2015 (included in Exhibit 4.22).

4.25     

Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2009, by and among GCL and Wilmington Trust FSB, both as collateral agent and indenture trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the September 25, 2009 8-K).

4.26     

Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 22, 2009, by and among the registrant, the guarantors identified therein and the initial purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the September 25, 2009 8-K).

   Except as hereinabove provided, there is no instrument with respect to long-term debt of GCL and its consolidated subsidiaries under which the total authorized amount exceeds 10 percent of the total consolidated assets of GCL. GCL agrees to furnish to the SEC upon its request a copy of any instrument relating to long-term debt.
**5.1       

Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.

**5.2       

Opinion of Appleby.

**5.3       

Opinion of Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP.

**5.4       

Opinion of Wilkinson & Grist.

**5.5       

Opinion of Latham & Watkins (London) LLP.

**5.6       

Opinion of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

**5.7       

Opinion of LeClairRyan, P.C.

**5.8       

Opinion of Freehills.

**5.9       

Opinion of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu.

**5.10     

Opinion of Rodyk & Davidson LLP.


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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

**5.11   

Opinion of TozziniFreire Advogados.

**5.12   

Opinion of Cariola Diez Perez-Cotapos & Cia. Ltda.

**5.13   

Opinion of Alvarez, Santamarina y Acedo, S.C.

**5.14   

Opinion of Sucre Arias y Reyes.

**5.15   

Opinion of Berninzon, Benavides, Vargas & Fernández, Abogados.

**5.16   

Opinion of Moore, Dodson & Russell, P.C.

**5.17   

Opinion of Soley, Saborio & Associados.

**5.18   

Opinion of Corral & Rosales.

**5.19   

Opinion of D’Empaire Reyna Abogados.

**5.20   

Opinion of K&L Gates LLP.

**5.21   

Opinion of A&L Goodbody Solicitors.

**5.22   

Opinion of Bonn Schmitt Steichen.

**5.23   

Opinion of Araoz Y Rueda Abogados, S.L.P.

**5.24   

Opinion of Houthoff Buruma.

**5.25   

Opinion of Simmons & Simmons.

**5.26   

Opinion of Michael & Liasides L.L.C.

**5.27   

Opinion of Horten Law Firm.

**5.28   

Opinion of Advokatfirma DLA Nordic KB.

**5.29   

Opinion of VISCHER AG.

 10.1     

Employment Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2003, between John J. Legere and GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the 2003 10-K).†

 10.2     

Employment Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2006, between John J. Legere and GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of GCL’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on November 9, 2006 (the “September 30, 2006 10-Q”)).†

 10.3     

First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2008, between John J. Legere and GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of GCL’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, filed on August 6, 2008 (the “June 30, 2008 10-Q”)).†

 10.4     

Second Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2008, between John J. Legere and GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of GCL’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 4, 2009 (the “2008 10-K”)).†

 10.5     

Third Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2009, between John J. Legere and GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.20 of the 2009 10-K).†

 10.6     

2003 Global Crossing Limited Stock Incentive Plan, as amended on December 10, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the 2008 10-K).†

 10.7     

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement applicable to executive officers of GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the 2002 10-K).†

 10.8     

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement applicable to John J. Legere (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of the September 30, 2004 10-Q).†

 10.9     

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement applicable to directors of GCL, and to executive officers of GCL for grants made prior to 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of GCL’s 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 16, 2006 (the “2005
10-K”)).†


Table of Contents

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.10   

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement applicable to executive officers of GCL for grants made in 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of GCL’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March, 31, 2008, filed on May 8, 2008 (the “March 31, 2008 10-Q”)).†

10.11   

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement applicable to executive offers of GCL for grants made after January 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the June 30, 2008 10-Q).†

10.12   

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement applicable to John J. Legere (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the September 30, 2004 10-Q).†

10.13   

Form of Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement applicable to directors of GCL, and to executive officers of GCL for grants made prior to 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the 2005 10-K).†

10.14   

Form of Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement applicable to executive officers of GCL for grants made in 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the March 31, 2008 10-Q).†

10.15   

Form of Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement applicable to executive officers of GCL for grants made after January 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the June 30, 2008 10-Q).†

10.16   

Form of Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement applicable to John J. Legere (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the 2005 10-K).†

10.17   

Global Crossing Limited Senior Executive Short Term Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the 2003 10-K).†

10.18   

Summary of terms of Global Crossing Senior Leadership Performance Program approved by the Board of Directors on November 19, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the 2004 10-K).†

10.19   

Form of Indemnity Agreement applicable to directors and Executive Committee members of GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 of the September 30, 2004 10-Q).†

10.20   

Form of Indemnity Agreement applicable to directors and officers of subsidiaries of GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the June 30, 2007 10-Q).†

10.21   

Cooperation Agreement dated as of December 9, 2003, between GCL (formerly GC Acquisition Ltd.) and the individuals signatory thereto in their capacities as Estate Representative under the Plan of Reorganization and as, or on the behalf of, the Liquidating Trustee under a liquidating trust agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the 2003 10-K).

10.22   

Liquidating Trust Agreement among Global Crossing Ltd. and its debtor subsidiaries signatory thereto and the individuals signatory thereto in their capacity as the liquidating trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of GCL’s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2003).

10.23   

Network Security Agreement dated as of September 24, 2003, between Global Crossing Ltd., GCL (formerly GC Acquisition Ltd.), Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the 2002 10-K) (the “Network Security Agreement”).

10.24   

Amendment 1 to the Network Security Agreement dated as of February 1, 2007, between GCL (formerly GC Acquisition Ltd.), Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of the 2007 10-K).


Table of Contents

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.25   

Global Crossing Limited 2005 Annual Bonus Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of the March 31, 2005 10-Q).†

10.26   

Employment Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007, between Héctor Alonso and GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the June 30, 2007 10-Q).†

10.27   

Employment Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007, between Héctor Alonso and Impsat Argentina S.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the June 30, 2007 10-Q).†

10.28   

Letter agreement, dated September 18, 2008, between John A. Kritzmacher and GCL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the September 30, 2008 10-Q).†

10.29   

Global Crossing 2009 Discretionary Incentive Bonus Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the June 30, 2009 Form 10-Q, filed August 4, 2009 (the “June 30, 2009 10-Q”)).†

10.30   

Amended and Restated Global Crossing Limited Key Management Protection Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the June 30, 2009 10-Q).†

10.31   

Global Crossing 2010 Discretionary Incentive Bonus Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of GCL’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, filed on May 4, 2010).†

*12.1     

Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.

*21        

Subsidiaries of GCL.

*23.1     

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

**23.2     

Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

**23.3     

Consent of Appleby (included in Exhibit 5.2).

**23.4     

Consent of Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3).

**23.5     

Consent of Wilkinson & Grist (included in Exhibit 5.4).

**23.6     

Consent of Latham & Watkins (London) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.5).

**23.7     

Consent of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. (included in Exhibit 5.6).

**23.8     

Consent of LeClairRyan, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.7).

**23.9     

Consent of Freehills (included in Exhibit 5.8).

**23.10   

Consent of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (included in Exhibit 5.9).

**23.11   

Consent of Rodyk & Davidson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.10).

**23.12   

Consent of TozziniFreire Advogados (included in Exhibit 5.11).

**23.13   

Consent of Cariola Diez Perez-Cotapos & Cia. Ltda. (included in Exhibit 5.12).

**23.14   

Consent of Alvarez, Santamarina y Acedo,S.C. (included in Exhibit 5.13).

**23.15   

Consent of Sucre Arias y Reyes (included in Exhibit 5.14).

**23.16   

Consent of Berninzon, Benavides, Vargas & Fernández, Abogados (included in Exhibit 5.15).

**23.17   

Consent of Moore, Dodson & Russell, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.16).

**23.18   

Consent of Soley, Saborio & Associados (included in Exhibit 5.17).

**23.19   

Consent of Corral & Rosales (included in Exhibit 5.18).

**23.20   

Consent of D’Empaire Reyna Abogados (included in Exhibit 5.19).

**23.21   

Consent of K&L Gates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.20).


Table of Contents

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

**23.22   

Consent of A&L Goodbody Solicitors (included in Exhibit 5.21).

**23.23   

Consent of Bonn Schmitt Steichen (included in Exhibit 5.22).

**23.24   

Consent of Araoz Y Rueda Abogados, S.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.23).

**23.25   

Consent of Houthoff Buruma (included in Exhibit 5.24).

**23.26   

Consent of Simmons & Simmons (included in Exhibit 5.25).

**23.27   

Consent of Michael &, Liasides L.L.C. (included in Exhibit 5.26).

**23.28   

Consent of Horten Law Firm (included in Exhibit 5.27).

**23.29   

Consent of Advokatfirma DLA Nordic KB (included in Exhibit 5.28).

**23.30   

Consent of VISCHER AG (included in Exhibit 5.29).

*24        

Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages hereof).

*25        

Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act.

**99.1     

Form of Letter of Transmittal.

**99.2     

Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

**99.3     

Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers and Other Nominees.

**99.4     

Form of Letter to Beneficial Owners Regarding Offer to Exchange.

 

* Filed herewith.
** To be filed by amendment.
Denotes management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
EX-3.6 2 dex36.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING HOLDINGS LIMITED Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Holdings Limited

EXHIBIT 3.6

Registration No. 34142

BERMUDA CERTIFICATE OF AMALGAMATION

I HEREBY, in accordance with the provisions of Section 108 of the Companies Act, 1981 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), issue this Certificate of Amalgamation to the amalgamated company bearing the name

Global Crossing Holdings Limited

consequent upon the amalgamation of Global Crossing Holdings Limited, Global Crossing Holdings II Ltd., Global Crossing Intellectual Property Ltd. and Global Crossing Investments Ltd. effective the 30th day of September, 2004.

The Memorandum of Association of Global Crossing Holdings Limited shall be the Memorandum of Association of the amalgamated company, and the Certificate of Amalgamation shall be deemed to be the Certificate of Incorporation of the amalgamated company pursuant to Section 109(g) of the Act.


FORM NO. 6 Registration No. 34142

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 10th day of September,

GC Holdings Ltd.

was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 17th day of September, 2003

for Registrar of Companies

 


FORM No. 2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES Section 7(1) and (2) MEMORANDUM OF

ASSOCIATION OF

GC Holdings Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)

1. The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed, and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors, provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.

2. We, the undersigned, namely,

 

Name and Address

   Bermudian
Status

(Yes or  No)
   Nationality    Number of Shares
Subscribed

Alison R. Dyer-Fagundo

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

   Yes    British    1

Bernett Cox

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

   Yes    British   

Antoinette Simmons

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

   Yes    British    1

Marcia Gilbert

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

   No    Trinidadian    1


3. The Company is to be an Exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

4. The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding _ in all, including the following parcels:

Not Applicable.

5. The authorised share capital of the Company is US$12,000.00 divided into 1,200,000 shares of par value US$0.01 each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

6. The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are:

(i) To carryon the business of constructing, establishing, owning, providing, operating and maintaining telecommunications networks in all parts of the world, to buy, lease, sell and otherwise deal in capacity in telecommunications networks, facilities and systems (including satellite and fibre-optic cable networks, undersea and overland), to provide telecommunications services and to acquire, construct, establish, install, own, operate and maintain all structure§, buildings, plant and equipment associated with any of the foregoing;”

(ii) To carry on business as a holding company and to acquire and hold shares, stocks, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wherever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, local authority or other public body, whether in Bermuda or elsewhere, and to vary, transpose, dispose of or otherwise deal with from time to time as may be considered expedient any of the Company’s investments for the time being;

(iii) To acquire any such shares and other securities as are mentioned in the preceding paragraph by subscription, syndicate participation, tender, purchase, exchange or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, either conditionally or otherwise, and to guarantee the subscription thereof and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof;


(iv) To co-ordinate the administration, policies, management, supervision, control, research, planning, trading and any and all other activities of, and to act as financial advisers and consultants to, any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired which may be or may become a Group Company (which expression, in this and the next following paragraph, means a company, wherever incorporated, which is or becomes a holding company or a subsidiary of, or affiliated with, the Company within the meanings respectively assigned to those terms in The Companies Act 1981) or, with the prior written approval of the Minister of Finance, to any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired with which the Company may be or may become associated;

(v) To provide financing and financial investment, management and advisory services to any Group Company, which shall include but not be limited to granting or providing credit and financial accommodation, lending and making advances with or without interest to any Group Company and lending to or depositing with any bank funds or other assets to provide security (by way of mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or otherwise) for loans or other forms of financing granted to such Group Company by such bank:

Provided that the Company shall not be deemed to have the power to act as executor or administrator, or as trustee, except in connection with the issue of bonds and debentures by the Company or any Group Company or in connection with a pension scheme for the benefit of employees or former employees of the Company or a Group Company or their respective predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or former employees;

(vi) As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to the Companies Act 1981.

7. The Company has the powers set out below:

To do all such things as are necessary or appropriate to the attainment of the objects of the Company.

The Company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised, permit.


THE COMPANIES ACT SECOND SCHEDULE (section 11(2)) Subject to Section 4A, a company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects, that is to say the business of

 

  (a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

 

  (b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

 

  (c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

 

  (d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

 

  (e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

 

  (f) exploring for, the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydro carbon products including oil and oil products;

 

  (g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

 

  (h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

 

  (i) ships and repairers; aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and

 

  (j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

 

  (k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

 

  (1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

 

  (m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

 

  (n) all forms of engineering;

 

  (0) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

 

  (p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;


  (q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;

 

  (r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort; and

 

  (s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind;

 

  (t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

 

  (u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence;

 

  (v) to be and carryon business of a mutual fund within the meaning of section 156A.

Provided that none of these objects shall enable the company to carryon restricted business activity as set out in the Ninth Schedule except with the consent of the Minister.

 


Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof:

(Subscribers) (Witnesses) Subscribed this 4th day of September 2003

STAMP DUTY (To be affixed)

Not Applicable


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE (section 11(1)

A company limited by shares, or other company having a share capital, may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of law or its memorandum.

(1) [repealed by 1992:51]

(2) to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorised to carry on;

(3) to apply for, register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

(4) to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union. of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorised to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(5) to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(6) subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

(7) to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power, authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and to pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;


(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding fifty years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if an}, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

(14) to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidise or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out or control thereof;

(15) to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfilment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

 

(16) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

(17) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

(18) when properly authorised to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognised in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or in any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;


(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

 

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorised by this Schedule and all things authorised by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

(29) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

EX-3.7 3 dex37.htm BYE-LAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING HOLDINGS LIMITED Bye-laws of Global Crossing Holdings Limited

EXHIBIT 3.7

Global Crossing Holdings Limited

INTERPRETATION

1. 1.1 In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda;

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum;

“the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company;

“Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of

GC Holdings Ltd. on 10 September 2003 and which changed its name to Global Crossing Holdings Limited as of 3 October 2003;

“Director” means such person or persons as shall be appointed to the Board from time to time pursuant to Bye-Law 76 and Bye Law 77;

“Indemnified Person” means any Director, Officer, Resident Representative, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 92 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 Bye-Law 102 and shall not include an auditor of the Company;

“paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up;

“Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company;

“Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company;

“Resident Representative” means (if any) the individual (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these ByeLaws;


“Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any authorised duplicate thereof;

“Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary;

“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-Laws 126-131 inclusive 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 or as from time to time amended;

1.2 For the purposes of these Bye-Laws, a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present.

1.3 Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa.

1.4 Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively;

1.5 Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate.

1.6 A reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form.

1.7 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. The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.

SHARE RIGHTS

3. 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.


4. Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Board, be issued on terms:

4.1 that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or,

4.2 that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or,

4.3 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.

5. 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.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

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.

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.

SHARES

8. 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.


9. The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

10. 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.

CERTIFICATES

11. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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. 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.

LIEN

14. 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.


15. 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.

16. 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.

CALLS ON SHARES

17. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders 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.

18. 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.

19. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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.


FORFEITURE OF SHARES

23. If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment 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.

24. 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 ByeLaws to forfeiture shall include surrender.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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

30. 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 ByeLaw 10.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

31. 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

32. Subject to the Companies Acts and to such of the restrictions contained in these ByeLaws 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.

33. 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:

33.1 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,

33.2 the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share, and

33.3 where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained.

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 and Bye-Laws 32 and 34.

34. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within 10 days after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

35. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, distringas or 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

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. 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 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.

39. 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 Bye-Laws 36, 37 and 38.

INCREASE OF CAPITAL

40. 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.

41. 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.

42. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

43. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

43.1 divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

43.2 consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;


43.3 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;

43.4 make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

43.5 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

43.6 change the currency denomination of* share capital.

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.

44. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

45. 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.

46. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

47. 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. Special General Meetings shall also be convened on requisition as provided by the Companies Acts.

 


48.1 Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by Resolution in general meeting may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by Resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, being all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class thereof who at the date of the Resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the Resolution. Such Resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.


48.2 For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the Resolution in writing is the date when the Resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.

48.3 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

49. 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 Bye-Laws 122 and 123 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:

49.1 in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;


49.2 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 (95) percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

50. 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.

51. 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 Bye-Law 122 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 Bye-Law 49.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

52. 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.

53. If within five 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.

54. 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.

55. Each Director, and upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 49 above, the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

56. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is 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.

57. 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.

VOTING

58. 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.

59. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

59.1 the chairman of the meeting; or

59.2 at least three (3) Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

59.3 any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

59.4 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 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, 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.

60. 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.

61. 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 later in the meeting as the chairman shall direct.

62. 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.

63. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

64. 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.

65. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the Resolution shall fail.

66. 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.

67. 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.

68. 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.


69. If:

69.1 any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or,

69.2 any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or,

69.3 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 of 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.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

70. The instrument appointing a proxy or corporate representative shall be in writing executed by the appoint or his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appoint or is a corporation, either under its seal or executed by an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

71. 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. For the purposes of service on the Company pursuant to this Bye-Law, the provisions of Bye-Law 122 as to service on Shareholders shall mutatis mutandis apply to service on the Company. 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.

72. Subject to Bye-Law 71, 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 written Resolution, 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 written Resolution, prior to the effective date of the written Resolution and in default the instrument of proxy or authorisation shall not be treated as valid.

73. 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 written Resolution forms of instruments of proxy or authorisation for use at that meeting or in connection with that written Resolution. 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 written Resolution 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.

74. 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 written Resolution at which the instrument of proxy or authorisation is used.

75. 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 written Resolutions.


APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

76. The number of Directors shall be not less than two (2) and not more than 10 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 Shareholders 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 Annual 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.


77. The Company may by Resolution increase the maximum number of Directors. Anyone 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

78. 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. .

RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

79. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

79.1 if he resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

79.2 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;

79.3 if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors;

79.4 if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

79.5 if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

80. 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. 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.


81. 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.

82. 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 ByeLaws 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.

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

83. 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.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

84. 84.1 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.


84.2 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.

84.3 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.

84.4 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.

84.5 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

85. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws 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.


86. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

87. 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. ~~

88. 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.

89. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

90. 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 under the Seal, execute any deed or instrument under the personal seal of such attorney, with the same effect as the affixation of the Seal.


91. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 92, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

92. 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 or more members shall be, as far as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

93. 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.

94. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier, email or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose and the provisions of Bye-Law 122 shall apply to any notice so given as to the deemed date of service of such notice. A Director may retrospectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting.

95. 95.1 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 individuals. 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.

95.2 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.


95.3 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.

96. 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.

97. The Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice President), shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If at any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice-President) is not present within five 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.

98. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

99. 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 ByeLaw 82) 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.

100. 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.

101. 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.

OFFICERS

102. The Officers of the Company must include either a President and a Vice-President, or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who must be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting.

In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

103. The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording:

103.1 all appointments of Officers made by the Board;

103.2 the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee;

103.3 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;

103.4 all proceedings of its managers (if any).

Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 120 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company.

SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

104. 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.


105. 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.

106. THE SEAL

106.1 The Seal shall consist of a circular metal 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. Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of registration in Bermuda type written across the centre thereof.

106.2 The Board may authorise the production of one or more duplicate seals.

106.3 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary, or by one of the Directors or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to affirm the use of a Seal; provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

107. 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 115, 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.

108. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

108.1 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;

108.2 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.

109. 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.

110. No dividend, distribution or other monies payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

111. 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. Anyone of two 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.

112. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six years (6) 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.

113. 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.


RESERVES

114. 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.

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS

115. 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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

116. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding ByeLaw, 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

117. 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 general meetings. 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

118. 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.

119. 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 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.

120. 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 auditor’ report, shall be sent to each person entitled thereto in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Acts.

AUDIT

121. 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

122. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or by sending it through the post (by air mail where applicable) in a pre-paid letter addressed to such Shareholder at his address as appearing in the Register or by sending it by courier to such registered address, or by sending it by email to an address supplied by such Shareholder for the purpose of the receipt of notices or documents in electronic form, or by delivering it to or leaving it at such address as appears in the Register for such Shareholder. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered forty-eight (48) hours after it was put in the post, and when sent by courier, twenty-four (24) hours after sending or, when sent by email, twelve (12) hours after sending 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, sent by courier or sent by email, as the case may be.

123. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by courier, cable, telex, telecopier, email or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four (24) hours after its despatch, when sent by courier, cable, telex or telecopier and twelve (12) hours after its despatch when sent by email.

124. 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.

WINDING UP

125. If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction oaf 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.

INDEMNITY

126. 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 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.


127. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for the acts, defaults or omissions of any other Indemnified Person.

128. Every Indemnified Person shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred 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 in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

129. 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 relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

130. 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.

131. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Bye-Laws 126 and 128 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Bye-Laws 126 and 128.

Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law 131 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Indemnified Person to properly perform his or her duties to the Company.


AMALGAMATION

132. Any Resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 52 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such Resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 59.

CONTINUATION

133. 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

134. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time by resolution of the Board, but subject to approval by Resolution.

EX-3.8 4 dex38.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF ATLANTIC CROSSING LTD. Articles of Incorporation of Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.8

FORM NO. 6 Registration No. EC23007

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 25th day of February, 1997

GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD.

was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 10th day of March, 1997.

for Registrar of Companies


FORM NO. 3a Registration No. EC23007

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME

I HEREBY CERTIFY that in accordance with section 10 of the Companies Act 1981 GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD. by resolution and with the approval of the Registrar of Companies has changed its name and was registered as Atlantic Crossing Ltd. on the 9th day of April, 1998.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 15th day of April, 1998.


FORM NO. 5 Registration No. EC23007

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION AND CONSENT GRANTED BY THE MINISTER

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that a Memorandum of Association of GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD. and the consent granted by the Minister under section 6(1) of the Companies Act 1981 (“the Act”) were delivered to the Registrar of Companies on the 25th day of February, 1997 in accordance with the provisions of section 14(2) of the Act.

Given under my hand this 10th day of March, 1997.

 

for

   Registrar of
Companies

Minimum Capital of the Company:

   US$ 12,000.00

Authorised Capital of the Company:

   US$ 12,000.00


NO. 2

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

(Section 7(1) AND (2)) MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD.

 

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)

1 The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

2 We, the undersigned, namely,

NAME ADDRESS BERMUDIAN NATIONALITY NUMBER OF

STATUS SHARES

(yes/No) SUBSCRIBED

Judith Collis Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Ruby L. Rawlins Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Judith Morgan-Swan

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Stacy L. Robinson

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company. not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed. and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors. provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.


1 The Company is to be an exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

2 The Company has power to hold land situate in Bennuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels

Not Applicable

1 The authorised share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 divided into shares of US one dollar each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

2 The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are- See Attached

3 The Company has the powers set out in the Schedule annexed hereto.


(i) To carry on the business of the construction, owning, operating and maintaining fibre-optic cable networks, undersea and overland, in all parts of the world, to sell, lease and otherwise deal in capacity in such networks, to provide telecommunications services and services for the laying, maintenance and repair of telecommunications cables and to construct, own, operate and maintain all structures, buildings, cableships and other plant and equipment associated with any of the foregoing;

(ii) To carry on business as a holding company and to acquire and hold shares, stocks, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wherever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, local authority or other public body, whether in Bermuda or elsewhere, and to vary, transpose, dispose of or otherwise deal with from time ~o time as may be considered expedient any of the Company’s investments for the time being;

(iii) To acquire any such shares and other securities as are mentioned in the preceding paragraph by subscription, syndicate participation, tender, purchase, exchange or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, either conditionally or otherwise, and to guarantee the subscription thereof and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof;

(iv) To co-ordinate the administration, policies, management, supervision, control, research, planning, trading and any and all other activities of, and to act as financial advisers and consultants to, any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired which may be or may become a Group. Company (which expression, in this and the next following paragraph, means a company, wherever incorporated, which is or becomes a holding company or a subsidiary of, or affiliated with, the Company within the meanings respectively assigned to those terms in The Companies Act 1981) or, with the prior written approval of the Minister of Finance, to any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired with which the Company may be or may become associated; and

(v) As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (n) and (p) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to The Companies Act 1981.

 

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Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED this 20th day of February ,199'7


STAMP DUTY (To be affixed)


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE

(section 11(1))

A company limited by shares may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of the law or its memorandum

1 [repealed by 1992: 51]

2 to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorized to carryon;

3 to apply for register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

4. to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorized to carryon or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

5 to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

6 subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with 'whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

7 to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to


grant, and pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;

8. to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependents or connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, ‘general or useful objects;

9. to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

10. to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

11. to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

12. to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, being land "bonafide" required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a similar period in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above . purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

13. except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to the provisions of this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

 

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14. to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidize or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out or control thereof;

15. to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfilment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

 

16. to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

17. to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

18. when properly authorized to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

19. to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

20. to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

 

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21. to cause the company to be registered and recognized in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

22. to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

23. to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

24. to establish agencies and branches;

25. to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

26. to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

27. to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

28. to do any of the things authorized by this subsection and all things authorized by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

29. to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

 

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THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

SECOND SCHEDULE

(Section 11(2))

A company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects that is to say the business of

(a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

(b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

(c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

(d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

(e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

(f) exploring for, the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydro carbon products including oil and oil products;

(g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

(h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

(i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

(j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or deali,ng in ships and aircraft;

(k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

(1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

(m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

(n) all forms of engineering;

(0) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

(p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;


(q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;

(r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort;

(s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind;

(t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated; and

(u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence.

 

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The Schedule

(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)

(a) To borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking. property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by the creation and issue of securities.

(b) To enter into any guarantee. contract ofindemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments, of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the Company or another subsidiary or a holding company of the Company or otherwise associated with the Company.

(c) To accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise.

(d) To sell, exchange. mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the Company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities.

(e) To issue and allot securities of the Company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any services rendered to the Company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose.

(f) To grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances. including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the Company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the Company or otherwise associated with the Company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have


directly or indirectly been of benefit to the Company or whom the Company considers have any moral claim on the Company or to their relations, connections or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institutions, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payments toward insurance or another arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the Company or of its Members, and-t0 subscribe, guarantee or pay money for any purpose likely, directly or indirectly to further the interests of the Company or of its Members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object.

(g) Subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed.

(h) To purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.

EX-3.9 5 dex39.htm BYE-LAWS OF ATLANTIC CROSSING LTD. Bye-laws of Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.9

Name Changed to

Atlantic Crossing Ltd. with effect from 9 April 1998

BYE-LAWS

of

GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within-written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of

GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD.

as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory Meeting of the above Company on the 25th February, 1997.


BYE-LAWS

of

GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD.

INTERPRETATION

 

1. In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires “Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda: “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum: “the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company; “Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of

GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD.

on the 25th day of February, 1997 “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up; “Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company; “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company; “Resident Representative” means the person (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or. where required. of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders. adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution. in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws:

“Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any duplicate thereof:

“Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary;

“Shareholder” means a shareholder or member of the Company:

“these Bye-Laws” means these Bye-Laws in their present form or as from time to time amended: for the purposes of these Bye-Laws a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present: words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively; words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons. whether corporate or un-incorporate: reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form;

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 The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.


SHARE RIGHTS

(c) 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.

4. Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may with the sanction of a Resolution be issued on terms:

(a) that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date: and/or.

(b) that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or.

(c) if authorised by the memorandum/Incorporating Act 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 by way of amendment of these Bye-Laws.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

5. 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 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 two 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: provided. however that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

6. 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.

SHARES

7. 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.

8. The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

9. 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 any interest 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.

 

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CERTIFICATES

10. The preparation. issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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. 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.

LIEN

13. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys, 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.


14. 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 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.

 

15. 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 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 validity in the proceedings relating to the sale.

CALLS ON SHARES

 

16. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys 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 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.

 

17. A call may be made payable by installments and shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorizing the call was passed.

 

18. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

19. 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.

 

20. 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.

 

21. 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. FORFEITURE OF SHARES

 

22. If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment 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 installment remains unpaid serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or installment as is unpaid. together with any interest which may have accrued.


23. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than 14 days from the date of the notice I 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 installment 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.

 

24. 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 installments 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.

 

25. 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.

 

26. 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.

 

27.

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 moneys which at the date of forfeiture were

 

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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.

28. An affidavit in writing that the deponent is a Director 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

29. The Secretary shall establish and maintain the Register of Shareholders at the Registered Office in the manner prescribed by the Companies Acts. Unless the Board otherwise determines, the Register of Shareholders 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 interest in 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 9.

 

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ID REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

30. 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

31. 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.

32. 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 and 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:

(a) the instrument of transfer is duly stamped 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,

(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share,

(c) where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained.


Subject to any directions of the Board from time to time in force. the Secretary may c:xercise the powers and discretions of the Board under this Bye-Law and Bye-Laws 31 and 33.

 

33. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall. within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

 

34. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer. probate. letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, distringas or 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

 

35. 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.

 

36.

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.

 

37. 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 moneys 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 days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

 

38. 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 Bye-Laws 35. 36 and 37. INCREASE OF CAPITAL

39. 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.

 

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40. 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.

41. 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. ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

42. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

(a) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred. qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions:

(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

(c) 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;

(d) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

(e) 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 change the currency denomination of its share capital.

 


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.

43. 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. REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

 

44. 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 capital redemption reserve fund or any share premium or contributed surplus account in any manner.

 

45. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

 

46. (a) 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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(b) Except in the case of the removal of auditors and Directors. anything which may be done by resolution of the Company in general meeting or by resolution of a meeting of any class of the Shareholders of the Company may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required. be done by resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or their proxies. or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder. being all of the Shareholders of the Company who at the date of the resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the resolution. Such resolution in writing may be signed by, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts), on behalf of, all the Shareholders of the Company, or any class thereof, in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

(c) For the purposes of this Bye-Law. the date of the resolution in writing is the date when the resolution is signed by, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts), on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section. a reference to such date.

(d) 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS. An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than 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. in the case of a Special General Meeting, the general nature of the business to be considered. Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner permitted by Bye-Laws 120 and 121 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 to any Director or 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:

(a) in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;

(b) 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 95 percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

 

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47. The accidental omission to give notice or’ a meeting or in cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with the notice l 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.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

48. 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 pan of the business of the meeting. Save as otherwise provided by these Bye-Laws. at least two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes: provided, however. that if the Company shall have only one Shareholder. one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

 

49. If within five 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum provided that if the Company shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum. The Company shall give not less than 5 days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the sole Shareholder or. if more than one, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum.

 


 

51. No meeting of the Shareholders or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone. electronic or other communication facilities 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.

 

52. Each Director upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 4.7 above. and the Resident Representative shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

 

53. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence. the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President. or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman. the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if one Director only 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.

 

54. The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent 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 months or more. notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

 

55. 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.

 

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VOTING

 

56. Save where a greater majority IS required by the Companies Acts or these ByeLaws. any question proposed for consideration at any general meeting shall be decided on by a simple majority of votes cast.

 

57. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

 

(a) the chairman of the meeting; or

 

(b) at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy: or

 

(c) any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

 

(d) 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 of the total sum paid up on all such shares conferring such right.

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. 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 of votes recorded for or against such resolution.

 

58. 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.

 

59. 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 I being not later than three 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.

 

60. 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.

 

61. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

 

62. 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.

 

63. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll. the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

64. 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.

 

65. 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.


66. 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.

 

67. If any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter or (ii) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected or (iii) 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.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

 

68. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation. either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

 

69.

Any Shareholder may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative by depositing at the Registered Office a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation and such 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. 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 such 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.

 

70. Subject to Bye-Law 69, the instrument appointing a proxy 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 written resolution. 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 written resolution. prior to the effective date of the written resolution and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

 

71. Instruments of proxy 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 written resolution forms of instruments of proxy for use at that meeting or in connection with that written resolution. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a written resolution or amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy 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.

 


72. A vote 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 instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed. provided that no intimation in writing of such death. insanity 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 in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) one hour at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned, meeting, or the taking of the poll. or the day before the effective date of any written resolution at which the instrument of proxy is used.

 

73. 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 and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign written resolutions.

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

74. The number of Directors shall be such number not less than two as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and. subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws. shall serve until re-elected or their successors are appointed at the next Annual General Meeting.

 

75. The Company shall at the Annual General Meeting and may by Resolution determine the minimum and the maximum number of Directors and may by Resolution determine that one or more vacancies in the Board 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 my time and from time to time [Q appoint any individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

 


76. 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 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 :. other Director in his place or in the absence of any such election by the Board.

RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

77. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

(a) if he resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

(b) 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:

(c) if he becomes bankrupt or compounds with his creditors:

(d) if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

(e) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws. ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

78. The Company may by Resolution elect any person or persons to act as Directors in the alternative to any of the Directors or may authorise the Board to appoint such Alternate Directors and 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office. signed by such Director. and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. Any Alternate Director may be removed by Resolution of the Company and. if appointed by the Board. may be removed by 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.

 

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1. 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.

 

2. 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.


DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES S1. The amount. if any. of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution and in the absence of a determination 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.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

 

82. (a) 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, arid 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.

(b) 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.

(C) Subject to the provisions or” the Compames 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.

(d) 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.

(e) 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

 

1. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and 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 ail 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 ByeLaws 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.

 

2. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge ail or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities. whether outright or as collateral security for any debt. liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

 

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.

 

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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 or” 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.

87. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

 

88. 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.

 

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89. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director. officer or. without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 90. other individual any of the powers 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. and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

90. 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. conform to any regulations which may be imposed upon it by the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

91. 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.

92. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. A Director may waive notice of any meeting either prospectively or retrospectively.

93. (a) 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


individuals. 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 nor be present.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

 

94. 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.

 

95. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or. in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting the Chairman or the President is not present within five 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.

 

96. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

 

97. 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 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.

 

98. 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 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.

 

99. 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.


OFFICERS

100. The officers of the Company shall include a President and a Vice-President or a

Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors and shall be elected by the Board


as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition. the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

101. The Directors shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording

(a) all appointments of officers made by the Directors;

(b) the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of Directors and of any committee:

(c) of all proceedings at meetings of the Company. of the holders of any class of shares in the Company, and of committees;

(d) of all proceedings of its managers (if any).

SECRETARY AND-RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

102. The Secretary 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.

 

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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.

103. 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

 

104. (a) The Seal shall consist of a circular metal device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof and the country and year of incorporation across the centre thereof. Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of incorporation type written across the centre thereof.

(b) 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically “to attest to the use of a” Seal.

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

 

105.

The Board may from time to time declare cash 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

 

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the Company. 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.

 

106. Except insofar as the rights attaching [0. or the terms of issue of. any share otherwise provide:

(a) 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:

(b) 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.

 

107. The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other moneys 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 cir otherwise in respect of shares of the Company.

 

108. No dividend, distribution or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

 

109.

Any dividend, distribution, interest or other sum payable in cash to the holder of shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post 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. Anyone of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends. distributions or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

 

110. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six 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.

 

111. The Board may 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.


RESERVES

 

112. The Board may. before recommending or 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.

 

CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS

 

113. The Company may, upon the recommendation of the Board. at any time and from time to time pass a Resolution to the effect that it is desirable to capitalize 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 or any capital redemption reserve fund 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, and the Board shall give effect to such Resolution. provided that for the purpose of this Bye-Law, a share premium account and a capital redemption reserve fund may be applied only in paying up of unissued shares to be issued to such Shareholders credited as fully paid and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

 


114. \\!here any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding 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 ex.pedient 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

 

115. 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 general meetings. 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

 

116.

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. 117 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

 

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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 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.

118. 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

119. 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

120. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or-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 or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered seven days after it was put in the post, and-in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post.

 

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121. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder. or other person entitled to it. if it is sent to him by cable. telex. telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four hours after its despatch.

 

122. 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 sale 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.

WINDING UP

123. 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.

 


INDEMNITY

 

124. Subject to the proviso below. every Director. officer of the Company and member of a committee constituted under Bye-Law 90 and any Resident Representative shall be indemnified out of the funds 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 and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such Director, officer. committee member or Resident Representative and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any person acting as a Director, officer, committee member or Resident Representative in the reasonable belief that he has been so appointed or elected notwithstanding any defect in such appointment or election PROVIDED AL WAYS that the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Acts.

 

125. Every Director, officer. member of a committee duly.constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, officer, committee member or Resident Representative in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal. in which judgment is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted. or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

 

126. To the extent that any Director, officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him. the relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

 

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AMALGAMATION

 

127. If any resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 49. ALTERATION OF BYE-LAWS

 

128. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time in the manner provided for in the Companies Acts.

 

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BYE-LAWS OF

GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS LTD.

We, being the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association of the above company hereby subscribe to the above written Bye-Laws pursuant to section 13(4) of the Companies Act 1981.

NAME

Judith Collis

Ruby L. Rawlins Judith Morgan-Swan Stacy L. Robinson

Dated this 7th day of February, 1997

EX-3.10 6 dex310.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING ASIA HOLDINGS LTD. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.10

FORM NO. 6 Registration No. 28457

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 8th day of May, 2000 Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd. was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company. Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 12th day of May 2000.


FORM NO.2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

(Section 7(1) AND (2) MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)

1 The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

2 We, the undersigned, namely,

NAME ADDRESS BERMUDIAN NATIONALITY NUMBER OF

STATUS SHARES

(Yes/No) SUBSCRIBED

Judith Collis Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Rachael M. Lathan Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Antoinette Simmons Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Marcia Gilbert Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda No Trinidadian 1

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed, and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors, provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.


3. The Company is to be an exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

4. The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels-Not Applicable

5. The authorised share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 divided into 1,200,000 shares of U.S. one cent each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

6. The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are

7. The Company has the powers set out in the Schedule annexed hereto.

See Attached


6.

(i) To carry on business as a holding company and to acquire and hold shares, stocks, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wherever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, local authority or other public body, whether in Bermuda or elsewhere, and to vary, transpose, dispose of or otherwise deal with from time to time as may be considered expedient any of the Company's investments for the time being;

(ii) To acquire any such shares and other securities as are mentioned in the preceding paragraph by subscription, syndicate participation, tender, purchase, exchange or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, either conditionally or otherwise, and to guarantee the subscription thereof and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof;

(iii) To co-ordinate the administration, policies, management, supervision, control, research, planning, trading and any and all other activities of, and to act as financial advisers and consultants to, any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired which may be or may become a Group Company (which expression, in this and the next following paragraph, means a company, wherever incorporated, which is or becomes a holding company or a subsidiary of, or affiliated with, the Company within the meanings respectively assigned to those terms in The Companies Act 1981) or, with the prior written approval of the Minister of Finance, to any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired with which the Company may be or may become associated;

(iv) To provide financing and financial investment, management and advisory services to any Group Company, which. shall include but not limited to granting or providing credit and financial accommodation, lending and making advances with or without interest to any Group Company and lending to or depositing with any bank funds or other assets to provide security (by way of mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or otherwise) for loans or other forms or financing granted to such Group Company by such bank:

Provided that the Company shall not be deemed to have the power to act as executor or administrator, or as trustee, except in connection with the issue of bonds and debentures by the Company or any Group Company or in connection with a pension scheme for the benefit of employees or former employees of the Company or a Group Company or their respective predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or former employees;

(v) As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (n) and (p) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to The Companies Amendment Act, 1981.


Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof:

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED this 5th day of May, 2000


STAMP DUTY (To be affixed) Not Applicable


The Schedule

(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)

(a) to borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by the creation and issue of securities;

(b) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company;

(c) to accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate and deal in bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise;

(d) to sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities;

(e) to issue and allot securities of the company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or any services rendered to the company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose;

(f) to grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances, including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have directly or indirectly been of


benefit to the company or whom the company considers have any moral claim on the company or to their relations connections or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institutions, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payment towards insurance or other arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the company or of its members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object;

(g) subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed;

(h) to purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE (section 11(1))

A company limited by shares, or other company having a share capital, may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of law or its memorandum

 

(1) [repealed by 1992:51]

(2) to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorised to carry on;

(3) to apply for, register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

(4) to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorised to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(5) to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(6) subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

(7) to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power, authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and to pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;

(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the. benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding fifty years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

(14) to construct; improve, maintain, work, manage, Carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidise or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out or control thereof;

(15) to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfilment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

(16) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;


(17) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

(18) when properly authorised to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks, fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognised in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute, among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or in any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorised by this Schedule and all things authorised by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;


(29) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.


THE COMPANIES ACT SECOND SCHEDULE (section 11(2))

Subject to Section 4A, a company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects, that is to say the business of

 

  (a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

 

  (b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

 

  (c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

 

  (d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

 

  (e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

 

  (f) exploring for, the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydro carbon products including oil and oil products;

 

  (g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

 

  (h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

 

  (i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

 

  (j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

 

  (k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

 

  (1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

 

  (m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

 

  (n) all forms of engineering;

 

  (o) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

 

  (p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;


  (q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;

 

  (r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort; and

 

  (s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind;

 

  (t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

 

  (u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence;

 

  (v) to be and carryon business of a mutual fund within the meaning of section 156A.

Provided that none of these objects shall enable the company to carryon restricted business activity as set out in the Ninth Schedule except with the consent of the Minister.

EX-3.11 7 dex311.htm BYE-LAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING ASIA HOLDINGS LTD. Bye-laws of Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.11

BYE-LAWS

of

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within-written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory Meeting of the above Company on the 8 May 2000.

Secretary


BYE-LAWS of

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

INTERPRETATION

1. (1) In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires “Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda; “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum; “the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company; “Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd. on 8 May 2000; “Director” means such person or persons as shall be appointed to the Board from time to time pursuant to Bye-Law 74; “Officer” means a person appointed by the Board pursuant to ByeLaw 100 of these Bye-Laws and shall not include an auditor of the Company; “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up; “Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company; “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company;


“Resident Representative” means the individual (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws; “Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any duplicate thereof; “Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary; “Shareholder” means a shareholder or member of the Company; “these Bye-Laws” means these Bye-Laws in their present form or as from time to time amended;

(2) For the purposes of these Bye-Laws a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present;

(3) Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

(4) Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively;

(5) Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate;

(6) Reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form;

(7) 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).

 

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REGISTERED OFFICE

2. The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.

SHARE RIGHTS

3. 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.

4. (1) Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Board, be issued on terms:

(a) that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or,

(b) that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or,

(c) if authorised by the memorandum/incorporating act of the Company, that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the holder.

 

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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.

(2) 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.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

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 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 two 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; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

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.

 


SHARES

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.

2 The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

3 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 any interest 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.

CERTIFICATES

10. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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. 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.


LIEN

13. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys, 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.


14. 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 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.

15. 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.

CALLS ON SHARES

16. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys 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 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.

17. 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.

18. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

 


FORFEITURE OF SHARES

22. 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.

23. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than 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 nonpayment 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.

 


26. 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.

27. 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 moneys 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.

28. 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

29. 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 interest in 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 9.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

30. 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

31. 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.


32. 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 and 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:

(1) the instrument of transfer is duly stamped 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,

(2) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share,

(3) where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary

Authority with respect thereto has been obtained. 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 and Bye-Laws 31 and 33.

33. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

34. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, distringas or 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

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. 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 moneys 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 days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

38. 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 ByeLaws 35, 36 and 37.


INCREASE OF CAPITAL

39. 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.

40. 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.

 


41. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

42. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

(1) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

(2) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

(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 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 the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived;

(4) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

(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

(6) change the currency denomination of its share capital. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any division, consolidation, or subdivision 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.

43. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

44. 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 or contributed surplus account in any manner.

45. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

46. (1) 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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(2) Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by resolution in general meeting may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation. (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, being all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class thereof who at the date of the resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the resolution. Such resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

(3) For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the resolution in writing is the date when the resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.

(4) 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

47. An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than 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 Bye-Laws 120 and 121 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 to any Director or 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:

(1) in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;

(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 95 percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

48. 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.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

49. 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

50. If within five 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum provided that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum. The Company shall give not less than 5 days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the sole Shareholder or, if more than one, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum.

51. A meeting of the Shareholders of any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities 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.

52. Each Director upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 47 above, and the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

53. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if one Director only 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.

54. The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent 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 months or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

55. 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.


VOTING

56. 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.

57. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

(1) the chairman of the meeting; or

(2) at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

(3) any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

(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 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, 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.


58. 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.

59. 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 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.

60. 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.

61. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

62. 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.

63. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the resolution shall fail.

64. 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.

65. 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


&i, 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.

66. 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.

67. If”,

(1) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or,

(2) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or,

(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.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

68. The instrument appointing-a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.


69. Any Shareholder may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative by depositing at the Registered Office a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation and such 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. 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 such 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.

70. Subject to Bye-Law 69, the instrument appointing a proxy 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 written resolution, 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 written resolution, prior to the effective date of the written resolution and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

71. Instruments of proxy 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 written resolution forms of instruments of proxy for use at that meeting or in connection with that written resolution. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a written resolution or amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy 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.

72. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or unsoundness of mind of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity 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 in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) one hour at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, or the day before the effective date of any written resolution at which the instrument of proxy is used.

73. 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 and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign written resolutions.


APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

74. The number of Directors shall be such number not less than two as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and, subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws, the Directors shall serve until the termination of the next Annual General Meeting following their appointment. All Directors, upon election or appointment (except upon election at an Annual 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 days of their appointment.

75. The Company shall at the Annual General Meeting and may by Resolution determine the minimum and the maximum number of Directors and may by Resolution determine that one or more vacancies in the Board 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

76. 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 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.


RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

77. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

(1) if he resigns his office by notice In writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

(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;

(3) if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors;

(4) if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

(5) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

78. 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. 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.

79. 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.

 


80. 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.

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

81. The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution and in the absence of a determination 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.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

82. (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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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

83. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and 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.

84. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

85. 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.

86. 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.

87. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

88. 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 subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

89. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 90, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

 


90. 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 or more members shall be, as far as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

91. 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.

92. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. A Director may retrospectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting.

93. (1) 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 individuals. 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

94. 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.

95. The Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice-President), shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If at any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or VicePresident) is not present within five 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.

 


96. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

97. 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 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 fonn each signed by one or more of the Directors or members of the committee concerned.

98. 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 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.

99. 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.

 


OFFICERS

100. The Officers of the Company shall include a President and a Vice-President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

101. The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording

(1) all appointments of Officers made by the Board;

(2) the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee;

(3) of 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;

(4) of all proceedings of its managers (if any). Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 118 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company.


SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

102. 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.

103. 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

104. (1) The Seal shall consist of a circular metal device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof and the country and year of incorporation across the centre thereof. Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of incorporation type written across the centre thereof.


(2) 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to affirm the use of a Seal; provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

105. 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 113, 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.


106. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

(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;

(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.

107. The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other moneys 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.

108. No dividend, distribution or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

109. 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 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. Anyone of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, distributions or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

110. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six 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.

111. 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.


RESERVES

112. The Board may, before recommending or 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.

CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS

113. 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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

114. Where any difficulty arises In regard to any distribution under the last preceding 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

115. 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 general meetings. 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

116. 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.

117. 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 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.

118. 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

119. 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

120. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or 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 or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been .served or delivered seven days after it was putin the post, and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post.


121. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose.

Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four hours after its despatch.

122. 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.


WINDING UP

123. 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.

INDEMNITY

124. Subject to the proviso below, every Director, Officer of the Company and member of a committee constituted under Bye-Law 90 and any Resident Representative shall be indemnified out of the funds 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 arid expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any person acting as a Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in the reasonable belief that he has been so appointed or elected notwithstanding any defect in such appointment or election PROVIDED ALWAYS that the indemnity contained in this ByeLaw shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Acts.


125. Every Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under ByeLaw 90 or Resident Representative of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted; or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

126. To the extent that any Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him, the relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

127. 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 on account of any action taken by such Director, Officer, or member of a committee or the failure of such Director, Officer, or member of a committee 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 is not legally entitled.

 


128. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125.

Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law 128 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 to properly perform his or her duties as an officer of the Company.

AMALGAMATION

129. Any resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 ByeLaw 49 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 57.

 

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CONTINUATION

130. 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

131. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time in the manner provided for in the Companies Acts.

EX-3.12 8 dex312.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LTD. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.12

FORM NO.6 Registration No. 36125

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 24th day of November, 2004 Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd. was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company. Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 25th day of November, 2004 for Registrar of Companies

 


FORM No. 2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMlTED BY SHARES Section 7(1) and (2)

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as lithe Company”)

1 The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

2 The, the undersigned, namely,

Name and Address Bermudian Status Nationality Number of Shares

      (Yes or No)
      Subscribed

Alison R. Dyer-Fagundo

Canon’s Court, 22 Victoria Street

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Ruby L. Ravvlins Canon’s Court, 22 Victoria Street Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Marcia Gilbert Canon’s Court, 22 ‘Victoria Street Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda No Trinidadian 1

Antoinette Simmons Canon’s Court, 22 Victoria Street Hamilton Hl’v1 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed, and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors, provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.

 


1 The Company is to be an Exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

2 The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate 111 Bermuda not exceeding _ in all, including the following parcels:

Not Applicable.

 

  5. The authorised share capital of the Company is US$12,000.00 divided into 1,200,000 shares of par value US$0.01 each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

 

  6. The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are:

As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to the Companies Act 1981.

 

  7. The Company has the powers set out in The Schedule annexed hereto.

 


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

SECOND SCHEDULE (section 11(2))

Subject to Section 4A, a company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects, that is to say the business of

(a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

(b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

(c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

(d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

(e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

(f) exploring for, the drilling for, the moving, transpoiling and refining petroleum and hydro carbon products including oil and oil products;

(g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of labor, factories and research centres;

(h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

(i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

(j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

(k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

(1) dock owners, wharfmongers, warehousemen;

(m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

(n) all forms of engineering;

(o) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

(p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tamers and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;

(q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like; (1) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any SOA; and

(8) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind;

(t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

(u) to enter into any guarantee, contract. of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence;

(v) to be and canyon business of a mutual fund within the meaning of section 156A.


Tile Schedule

(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)


(a) to borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any mariner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by the creation and issue of securities;

(b) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee; support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital Of the company or by both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company;

(c) to accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate and deal in bins of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise;

(d) to sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, casements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities;

(e) to issue and allot securities of the company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or any services rendered to the company or as security for, any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose;

(f) to grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances, including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company or of at1y predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have directly or indirectly been of benefit to the company or whom the company considers have any moral claim on the company or to their relations or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institution$, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payment towards insurance or other arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the company or of its members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object;

(g) subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981 to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed;

(h) to purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 FIRST SCHEDULE (section 11(1))

A company limited by shares, or other company having a share capital, may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of law or its memorandum

(1) [repealed by 1992:51]

(2) to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorised to carry on;

(3) to apply for, register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

(4) to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorised to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(5) to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(6) subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

(7) to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power, authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and to pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;

(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding fifty years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding seventy-one years in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

(14) to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidise or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out or control thereof; to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfilment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person; to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;


(1 T ) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

(18) when properly authorised to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognised in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or in any other matter considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

 

(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase plice, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

 

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorised by this Schedule and all things authorised by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

(29) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.


STAMP DUTY (To be affixed)


Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof:

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

Subscribed this 22nd day of November 2004

EX-3.13 9 dex313.htm BYE-LAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LTD. Bye-laws of Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.13

BYE-LAWS

of

Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd., as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory meeting of the above Company on 1 December 2004.


BYE-LAWS

of

Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

INTERPRETATION

1. 1.1 In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda;

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum;

“the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time III force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company;

“Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd. on 24 November 2004;

“Director” means such person or persons as shall be appointed to the Board from time to time pursuant to Bye-Law 76 and Bye Law 77;

“Indemnified Person” means any Director, Officer, Resident Representative. member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 92 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 Bye-Law 102 and shall not include an auditor of the Company;

“paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up;

“Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company;

“Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company;

“Resident Representative” means (if any) the individual (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws;

“Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any authorised duplicate thereof;


“Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary;

“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-Laws 126-131 inclusive 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 or as from time to time amended;

1.2 For the purposes of these Bye-Laws, a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present.

1.3 Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa.

1.4 Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively;

1.5 Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate.

1.6 A reference to “typing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form.

1.7 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. The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.

SHARE RIGHTS

3. 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.

4. Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Board, be issued on terms:

4.1 that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or,


4.2 that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or,

4.3 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.

5. 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.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

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.

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.

SHARES

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.

2 The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.


10. 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.

CERTIFICATES

11. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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. 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.

LIEN

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

CALLS ON SHARES

17. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders 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.

18. A call may be made payable by installments and shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed.

19. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

20. 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.


21. 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.

22. 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.


FORFEITURE OF SHARES

23. If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment 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 installment remains unpaid serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or installment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.

24. 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 installment 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 ByeLaws to forfeiture shall include surrender.

25. 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 installments 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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 ill the proceedings relating to the forfeiture, sale, re-allotment or disposal of the share.


REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS

30. 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 ByeLaw 10.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

31. 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

32. Subject to the Companies Acts and to such of the restrictions contained in these ByeLaws 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.

33. 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:

33.1 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,

33.2 the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share, and

33.3 where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained.


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 and Bye-Laws 32 and 34.

34. 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.

35. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, distringas or 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

36. 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.

37. 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 signity 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.

38. 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 8


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 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.

39. 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 Bye-Laws 36, 37 and 38.

INCREASE OF CAPITAL

40. The Company may from time to time increase its capital by such stun to be divided into shares of such par value as the Company by Resolution shall prescribe.

41. 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.

42. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

43. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

43.1 divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

43.2 consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

43.3 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;

43.4 make provision for the Issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

43.5 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

43.6 change the currency denomination of its share capital. 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, 9


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.

44. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

45. 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.

46. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

47. 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.

48. 48.1 Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by Resolution in general meeting may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by Resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, being all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class thereof who at the date of the Resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the Resolution. Such Resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

48.2 For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the Resolution in writing is the date when the Resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.


48.3 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

49. 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 Bye-Laws 122 and 123 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:

49.1 in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;

49.2 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 (95) percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

50. 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.

51. 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 Bye-Law 122 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 Bye-Law 49.

52. 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.


PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

53. If within five 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 Jess 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.

54. 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.

55. Each Director, and upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 49 above, the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

56. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their member 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.

57. 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.


VOTING

58. 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.

59. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

59.1 the chairman of the meeting; or

59.2 at least three (3) Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

59.3 any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

59.4 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 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, 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.

60. 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.

61. 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 later in the meeting as the chairman shall direct.

62. 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.

63. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

64. 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.


65. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the Resolution shall fail.

66. 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.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. If:

69.1 any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or,

69.2 any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or,

69.3 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.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

70. 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.

 


71. 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. For the purposes of service on the Company pursuant to this Bye-Law, the provisions of Bye-Law 122 as to service on Shareholders shall mutatis mutandis apply to service on the Company. 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.

72. Subject to Bye-Law 71, 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 written Resolution, 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 ta1cing of the poll, or, in the case of a written Resolution, prior to the effective date of the written Resolution and in default the instrument of proxy or authorisation shall not be treated as valid.

73. 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 written Resolution forms of instruments of proxy or authorisation for use at that meeting or in connection with that written Resolution. 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 written Resolution 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.

74. 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 written Resolution at which the instrument of proxy or authorisation is used.

 


75. 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 written Resolutions.

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

76. The number of Directors shall be not less than two (2) and not more than six (6) 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 Shareholders 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 Annual 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.

77. 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

78. 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.

RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

79. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

79.1 if he resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

 


79.2 if he becomes of W1Sound 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;

79.3 if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors;

79.4 if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

79.5 if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

80. 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. 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.

81. 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.

82. 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 ByeLaws 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.

83. The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

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.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

84. 84.1 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.

84.2 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.

84.3 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.

84.4 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.

84.5 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

85. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws 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.

86. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

87. 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.

88. 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.

89. 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.

 


DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

90. 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 under the Seal, execute any deed or instrument under the personal seal of such attorney, with the same effect as the affixation of the Seal.

91. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 92, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

92. 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 or more members shall be, as fur as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

93. 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.

94. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier, email or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose and the provisions of Bye-Law 122 shall apply to any notice so given as to the deemed date of service of such notice. A Director may retrospectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting.

95. 95.1 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


individuals. 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

95.2 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.

95.3 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.

96. 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.

97. The Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice President), shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If at any meeting the

Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice-President) is not present within five 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.

98. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

99. 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 ByeLaw 82) 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.

100. 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.

101. 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.

OFFICERS

102. The Officers of the Company must include either a President and a Vice-President, or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who must be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

103. The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording:

103.1 all appointments of Officers made by the Board;

103.2 the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee;

103.3 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;

103.4 all proceedings of its managers (if any).

Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 120 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company.

 


SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

104. 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.

105. 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

106. 106.1 The Seal shall consist of a circular metal 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 Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of registration in Bermuda type written across the centre thereof

106.2 The Board may authorise the production of one or more duplicate seals.

106.3 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary, or by one of the Directors or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to affirm the use of a Seal; provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

107. 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 115, 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.


108. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

108.1 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;

108.2 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.

109. 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.

110. No dividend, distribution or other monies payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

111. 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. Anyone of two 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.

112. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six years (6) 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.

113. 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.

RESERVES

114. 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.

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS

115. 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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

116. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding ByeLaw, 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

117. 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 general meetings. 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

118. 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.

119. 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 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.

120. 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

121. 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

122. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or 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 or by sending it by courier to such registered address, or by sending it by email to an address supplied by such Shareholder for the purpose of the receipt of notices or documents in electronic form, or by delivering it to or leaving it at such address as appears in the Register for such Shareholder. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered forty-eight (48) hours after it was put in the post, and when sent by courier, twenty-four (24) hours after sending or, when sent by email, twelve (12) hours after sending and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed and stamped and


123. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by courier, cable, telex, telecopier, email or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four (24) hours after its despatch, when sent by courier, cable, telex or telecopier and twelve (12) hours after its despatch when sent by email.

124. 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.

WINDING UP

125. 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.

INDEMNITY

126. Subject to the proviso below, every Indemnified Person shall be indemnified and held hannless 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 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 AL WAYS that the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Acts.

 


127. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for the acts, defaults or omissions of any other Indemnified Person.

128. Every Indemnified Person shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred 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 in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

129. 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 relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

130. 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.

131. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Bye-Laws 126 and 128 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Bye-Laws 126 and 128.

Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law 131 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Indemnified Person to properly perform his or her duties to the Company.


AMALGAMATION

132. Any Resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 52 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such Resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 59.

CONTINUATION

133. 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

134. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time by resolution of the Board, but subject to approval by Resolution.

EX-3.14 10 dex314.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING NETWORK CENTER LTD. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.14

Registration No. 25401

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 1st day of September,

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 4th day of September, 1998.


FORM NO. 5 Registration No. 25401

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION AND CONSENT GRANTED BY THE MINISTER

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that a Memorandum of Association of Global Crossing Network Center Ltd. and the consent granted by the Minister under section 6(1) of the Companies Act 1981 (“the Act”) were delivered to the Registrar of Companies on the 1st day of September, 1998 in accordance with the provisions of section 14(2) of the Act.

Given under my hand this 4th day of September, 1998.

for Registrar of Companies

Minimum Capital of the Company: US$12,000.00 Authorised Capital of the Company: US$12,000.00


FORM NO. 2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

(Section 7(1) AND (2)) MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)

1 The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

2 We, the undersigned, namely,

NAME ADDRESS BERMUDIAN NATIONALITY NUMBER OF STATUS SHARES (Yes/No) SUBSCRIBED

Cameron Adderley Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda. Yes British 1

Ruby L. Rawlins Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda. Yes British 1

Rachael M. Lathan Cedar House, 41 Cedar A venue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda. Yes British 1

Andresa L. Tucker Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda. Yes British 1

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed. and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors. provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.


3. The Company is to be an exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

4. The Company has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels-

Not Applicable

1 The authorised share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 divided into shares of one cent each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

2 The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are

3 The Company has the powers set out in the Schedule annexed hereto.

See Attached


6.

(i) To carry on the business of operating Customer Care and Network Operation Centres (the “Centres”) to administer and provide assistance and support to telecommunication systems and networks (the “Networks”), the owners, customers and service providers of and to such Networks, and the providers of capacity on and to such Networks; to carry on the business of monitoring performance, compliance with standards and effectiveness of Networks; and to provide reporting services in connection with the operation, performance and maintenance of such Centres and Networks to providers of capacity, owners, customers and operators of such Networks.

(ii) To carry on business as a holding company and to acquire and hold shares, stocks, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wherever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, local authority or other public body, whether in Bermuda or elsewhere, and to vary, transpose, dispose of or otherwise deal with from time to time as may be considered expedient any of the Company’s investments for the time being.

(iii) To acquire any such shares and other securities as are mentioned in the preceding paragraph by subscription, syndicate participation, tender, purchase, exchange or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, either conditionally or otherwise, and to guarantee the subscription thereof and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof.

(iv) To co-ordinate the administration, policies, management, supervision, control, research, planning, trading and any and all other activities of, and to act as financial advisers and consultants to, any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired which may be or may become a Group Company (which expression, in this and the next following paragraph, means a company, wherever incorporated, which is or becomes a holding company or a subsidiary of, or affiliated with, the Company within the meanings respectively assigned to those terms in the Companies Act 1981) or, with the prior written approval of the Minister of Finance, to any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired with which the Company may be or may become associated.

(v) To provide financing and financial investment, management and advisory services to any Group Company, which shall include but not be limited to granting or providing credit and financial accommodation, lending and making advances with or without interest to any Group Company and lending to or depositing with any bank funds or other assets to provide security (by way of mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or otherwise) for loans or other forms of financing granted to such Group Company by such bank.

Provided that the Company shall not be deemed to have the power to act as executor or administrator, or as trustee, except in connection with the issue of bonds and debentures by the Company or any Group Company or in connection with a pension scheme for the benefit of employees or former employees of the Company or a Group Company or their respective predecessors, or the dependents or connections of such employees or former employees.

(vi) As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (n) and (p) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to the Companies Act 1981.


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

SECOND SCHEDULE

(section 11(2))

A company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects, that is to say the business of

(a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

(b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

(c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

(d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

(e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

(f) exploring for, the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydrocarbon products including oil and oil products;

(g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

(h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

(i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

(j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

(k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

(1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

(m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

(n) all forms of engineering;

(0) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

(p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;

(q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;

(r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort;

(s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind; and

(t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

(u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence.


The Schedule

(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)

(a) To borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by the creation and issue of securities;

(b) To enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company;

(c) To accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate and deal in bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise;

(d) To sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities;

(e) To issue and allot securities of the company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or any services rendered to the company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose;

(f) To grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances, including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have directly or indirectly been of benefit to the company or whom the company considers have any moral claim on the company or to their relations connections or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institutions, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payment towards insurance or other arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the company or of its members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object;

(g) Subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed;

(h) To purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.


Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof-

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED this 26th day of August , 1998


STAMP DUTY (To be affixed) Not Applicable


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE (section 11(1))

A company limited by shares, or other company having a share capital, may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of law or its memorandum

(1) [repealed by 1992:51]

(2) to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorized to carry on;

(3) to apply for, register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

(4) to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorized to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(5) to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(6) subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

(7) to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power, authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and to pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;

(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a similar period in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

(14) to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidize or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, Carry out of control thereof;

(15) to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfilment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;


(16) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

(17) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

(18) when properly authorized to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognized in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or in any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorized by this Schedule and all things authorized by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

(29) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

EX-3.15 11 dex315.htm BYE-LAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING NETWORK CENTER LTD. Bye-laws of Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.15

BYE-LAWS

of

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within-written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory Meeting of the above Company on the 1st September, 1998.

BYE-LAWS of Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

 


INTERPRETATION

(1) In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires “Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda; “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum; “the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company; “Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of Global Crossing Network Center Ltd. on 1st September 1998.

“Officer” means a person appointed by the Board pursuant to ByeLaw 100 of these Bye-Laws and shall not include an auditor of the Company; “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up; “Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company; “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company; “Resident Representative” means the individual (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes· of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws; “Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any duplicate thereof; “Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary; “Shareholder” means a shareholder or member of the Company; “these Bye-Laws” means these Bye-Laws in their present form or as from time to time amended;

(2) For the purposes of these Bye-Laws a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present;

(3) Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

(4) Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively;

(5) Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate;

(6) Reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form;

(7) 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. The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.

SHARE RIGHTS

3. 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.


4. (1) Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Board, be issued on terms:

(a) that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or,

(b) that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or,

(c) if authorised by the memorandum/incorporating act 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.


(2) 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 ~ WAYS that such purchase is effected in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

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 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 two 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; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

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.


SHARES

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.

2 The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

3 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 any interest 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.

CERTIFICATES

10. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. In the case of a share held jointly by several persons, delivery of a certificate to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient deli very to all.

11. 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.

 


12. 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. 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.

LIEN

13. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys, 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.

 


14. 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 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.

15. 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.

CALLS ON SHARES

16. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys 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 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.


17. A call may be made payable by installments and shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed.

18. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.


FORFEITURE OF SHARES

22. If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment 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 installment remains unpaid serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or installment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.

23. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than 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 nonpayment on or before the day and at the place appointed, the shares in respect of which such call is made or installment 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.

24. 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 installments 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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 moneys 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.

28. 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

29. 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 interest in 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 9.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

30. 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

31. 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.

32. 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 and 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 maybe 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:

(1) the instrument of transfer is duly stamped 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,

(2) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share,

(3) where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained. 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 and Bye-Laws 31 and 33.

33. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

34. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, distringas or 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

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. 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 moneys 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 days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

38. 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 ByeLaws 35, 36 and 37.


INCREASE OF CAPITAL

39. 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.

40. 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.

 


41. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

42. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

(1) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

(2) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

(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;

(4) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

(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

(6) change the currency denomination of its share capital. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any division, consolidation, or subdivision 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.

43. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

44. 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 or contributed surplus account in any manner.

45. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

46. (1) 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.

 


(2) Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by Resolution may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by Resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, being all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class thereof who at the date of the Resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the Resolution. Such Resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

(3) For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the Resolution In writing is the date when the Resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.

(4) 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

47. An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than 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 Bye-Laws 120 and 121 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 to any Director or 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:

(1) in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;

(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 95 percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

48. 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.

49. 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

50. If within five 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum provided that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum. The Company shall give not less than 5 days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the sale Shareholder or, if more than one, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum.

51. A meeting of the Shareholders or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities 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.

52. Each Director upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 47 above, and the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

53. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if one Director only 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.

54. The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent 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 months or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

55. 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.

 


VOTING

56. 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.

57. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of arty other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

(1) the chairman of the meeting; or

(2) at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

(3) any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

(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 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, 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.

 


58. 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.

59. 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 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.

60. 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.

61. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

62. 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.

63. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the resolution shall fail.

64. 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.

 


65. 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.

66. 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.

67. If,

(1) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or,

(2) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or,

(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.


PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

68. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

69. Any Shareholder may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative by depositing at the Registered Office a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation and such 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. 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 such 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.

70. Subject to Bye-Law 69, the instrument appointing a proxy 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 written Resolution, 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 written Resolution, prior to the effective date of the written Resolution and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

71. Instruments of proxy 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 written Resolution forms of instruments of proxy for use at that meeting or in connection with that written Resolution. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a written Resolution or amendment of a Resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy 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.

72. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or unsoundness of mind of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity 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 in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) one hour at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, or the day before the effective date of any written Resolution at which the instrument of proxy is used.


73. 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 and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign written Resolutions.

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

74. The number of Directors shall be such number not less than two as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and, subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws, the Directors shall serve until reelected or their successors are appointed at the next Annual General Meeting. All Directors, upon election or appointment, 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 days of their appointment.

75. The Company shall at the Annual General Meeting and may by Resolution determine the minimum and the maximum number of Directors and may by Resolution determine that one or more vacancies in the Board 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

76. 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 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.

RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

77. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

(1) if he resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

(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;

(3) if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors;

(4) if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

(5) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

78. 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. 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.


79. 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.

80. 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.

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

81. The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution and in the absence of a determination 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.


DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

82. (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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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

83. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and 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.

84. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

85. 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.

86. 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.

 


87. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

88. 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 subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.


89. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 90, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

90. 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 or more members shall be, as far as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

91. 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.

92. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing


words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. A Director may retrospectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting.

93. (1) 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 individuals. 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

94. 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.

95. The Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice-President), shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If at any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice-President) is not present within five 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.

96. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

97. 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 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.

98. 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 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.

99. 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.

OFFICERS

100. The Officers of the Company shall include a President and a Vice-President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

101. The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording

(1) all appointments of Officers made by the Board;

(2) the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee;

(3) of 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;

(4) of all proceedings of its managers (if any). Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 118 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company.


SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

102. 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.

103. 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

104. (1) The Seal shall consist of a circular metal device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof and the country and year of incorporation across the centre thereof. Should the Seal not have


been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of incorporation type written across the centre thereof.

(2) 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to affirm the use of a Seal; provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication.


DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

105. 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 113, 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.

106. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

(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;

(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.

107. The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other moneys 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.

108. No dividend, distribution or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

109. 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 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. Anyone of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, distributions or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

110. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six 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.

111. 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.


RESERVES

112. The Board may, before recommending or 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.

CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS

113. 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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

114. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding 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

115. 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 general meetings. 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

116. 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.


117. 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 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.

118. 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

119. 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

120. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or 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 or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered seven days after it was put in the post, and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post.

121. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four hours after its despatch.

122. 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 sale 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.


WINDING UP

123. 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.

INDEMNITY

124. Subject to the proviso below, every Director, Officer of the Company and member of a committee constituted under Bye-Law 90 and any Resident Representative shall be indemnified out of the funds 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 and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any person acting as a Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in the reasonable belief that he has been so appointed or elected 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.

 


125. Every Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under ByeLaw 90 or Resident Representative of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

126. To the extent that any Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him, the relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

127. 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 on account of any action taken by such Director, Officer, or member of a committee or the failure of such Director, Officer, or member of a committee 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 is not legally entitled.

 


128. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125.

Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law 128 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 to properly perform his or her duties as an officer of the Company.

AMALGAMATION

129. Any resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 ByeLaw 49 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 57.


CONTINUATION

130. Subject to the Companies Act, 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

131. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time in the manner provided for in the Companies Acts.

EX-3.16 12 dex316.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing International, Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.16

FORM NO. 3

Registration No. EC23973

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME

I HEREBY CERTIFY that in accordance with section 10 of the Companies Act 1981 GT Interconnect Services Ltd. by resolution and with the approval of the Registrar of Companies has changed its name and was registered as GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL, LTD. on the 11th day of February, 1998.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 19th day of February, 1998.


FORM NO. 6 Registration No. EC23973

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 15th day of October, 1997

GT Interconnect Services Ltd.

was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 20th day of October, 1997.

for Registrar of Companies


FORM NO. 5 Registration No. EC23973

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION AND CONSENT GRANTED BY THE~MINISTER

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that a Memorandum of Association of GT Interconnect Services Ltd. and the consent granted by the Minister under section 6(1) of the Companies Act 1981 (“the Act”) were delivered to the Registrar of Companies on the 15th day of October, 1997 in accordance with the provisions of section 14(2) of the Act.

Given under my hand this 20th day of October, 1997.

Minimum Capital of the Company: US$12,000.00 Authorised Capital of the Company: US$12,000.00


FORM NO. 2

BERMUDA THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES (Section 7(1) AND (2» MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF ~.

GT Interconnect Services Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company” )

1 The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

2 We, the undersigned, namely,

 

NAME ADDRESS

  BERMUDIAN STATUS
(Yes/No)
  NATIONALITY   NUMBER OF  SHARES
SUBSCRIBED

Cameron Adderley

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda

  Yes   British   1

Ruby L. Rawlins

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

  Yes   British   1

Judith Morgan-Swan

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

  Yes   British   1

Maria Pacheco

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

  Yes   British   1

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed, and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors, provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.


1 The Company is to be an exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

2 The Company has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels-

Not Applicable

1 The authorised share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 divided into shares of $0.01 each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

2 The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are

(i) To carry on the business of the construction, owning, operating and maintaining of fibre-optic cable networks, undersea and overland, in all parts of the world, to sell, lease and otherwise deal in capacity in such networks, to provide telecommunications services and services for the laying, maintenance and repair of telecommunications cables and to construct, own operate and maintain all structures, buildings, cableships and other plant and equipment associated with any of the foregoing;

(ii) To carry on business as a holding company and to acquire and hold shares, stocks, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wherever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, local authority or other public body, whether in Bermuda or elsewhere, and to vary, transpose, dispose of or otherwise deal with from time to time as may be considered expedient any of the Company’s investments for the time being;

(iii) To acquire any such shares and other securities as are mentioned in the preceding paragraph by subscription, syndicate participation, tender, purchase, exchange or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, either conditionally or otherwise, and to guarantee the subscription thereof and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof;

(iv) To co-ordinate the administration, policies, management, supervision, control, research, planning, trading and any and all other activities of, and to act as financial advisers and consultants to, any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired which may be or may become a Group company (which expression, in this paragraph, means a company, wherever incorporated, which is or becomes a holding company or a subsidiary of, or affiliated with, the Company within the meanings respectively assigned to those terms in The Companies Act 1981) or, with the prior written approval of the Minister of Finance, to any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired with which the Company may be or may become associated;

(v) As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (n) and (p) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to The Companies Act 1981.


7. The Company has the powers set out in the Schedule annexed hereto.

Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof,

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED this 9th day of October , 1997


(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)

(a) To borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by the creation and issue of securities.

(b) To enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnify or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments, of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the Company or another subsidiary or a holding company of the Company or otherwise associated with the Company.

(c) To accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise.

(d) To sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the Company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities.

(e) To issue and allot securities of the Company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any services rendered to the Company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose.

(f) To grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances, including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the Company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the Company or otherwise associated with the Company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have


directly or indirectly been of benefit to the Company or whom the Company considers have any moral claim on the Company or to their relations, connections or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institutions, clubs, schools. building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payments toward insurance or another arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the Company or of its Members, and to subscribe, guarantee or pay money for any purpose likely, directly or indirectly to further the interests of the Company or of its Members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object.

(g) Subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed.

(h) To purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 SECOND SCHEDULE

(Section 11(2))

A company may by reference include in its memorandum following objects that is to say the any of the business of -

 

(a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

 

(b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

 

(c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

 

(d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

 

(e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

 

(f) exploring for, the drilling for, and refining petroleum and the moving, transporting carbon products including hydro oil and oil products;

 

(g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

 

(h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

 

(i) ships and aircraft owners, builders and repairers; managers, operators, agents,

 

(j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing dealing in ships and aircraft; or

 

(k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

 

(1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

 

(m) ship chandlers and dealing stores of all kinds; in rope, canvas oil and ship

 

(n) all forms of engineering;

 

(0) developing, consultants operating, advising or acting as technical to any other enterprise or business;

 

(p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;

 


(q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;

 

(r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort;

 

(s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind;

 

(t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated; and

 

(u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence.

 

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THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE

(Section 11(1))

A company limited by shares may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of the law or its memorandum

1 (Deleted) 404

2 to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorized to carry on;

3 to apply for register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

4 to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorized to carryon or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

5 to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

6 subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

7 to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;

 


8. to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependents or connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph’, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

9. to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

10. to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

11. to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

12. to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, being land “bonafide” required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a similar period in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

13. except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to the provisions of this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

 

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14. to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidize or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out or control thereof; “

15. to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfillment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

16. to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

17. to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

18. when properly authorized to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

19. to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

20. to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

 

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21. to cause the company to be registered and recognized in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

22. to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

23. to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

24. to establish agencies and branches;

25. to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

26. to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

27. to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

28. to do any of the things authorized by this subsection and all things authorized by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

29. to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

 

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EX-3.17 13 dex317.htm BYE-LAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Bye-laws of Global Crossing International, Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.17

 

    

Company changed its name to Global

Crossing International, Ltd. on

11 February, 1998.

BYE-LAWS

of

GT Interconnect Services Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within-written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of

GT Interconnect Services Ltd. as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory Meeting of the above Company on the 15th day of October, 1997.

 


BYE-LAWS of

GT Interconnect Services Ltd.

INTERPRETATION

1. In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires “Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda; “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum; “the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company; “Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of GT Interconnect Services Ltd. on the 15th day of October, “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up; “Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company; “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company; “Resident Representative” means the person (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws;

“Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any duplicate thereof; “Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary; “Shareholder” means a shareholder or member of the Company;

“these Bye-Laws” means these Bye-Laws in their present form or as from time to time amended; for the purposes of these Bye-Laws a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present; words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively; words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate; reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form;

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. The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.

 


3. 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.

4. Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a Resolution, be issued on terms:

(a) that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or,

(b) that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or,

(c) if authorised by the memorandum/Incorporating Act 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 by way of amendment of these Bye-Laws.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

5. 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 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 two 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; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

6. 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.

SHARES

 

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.

 

2. The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

 

3. 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 any interest 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.


CERTIFICATES

 

1. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

 

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 investigation, 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.

 

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. 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.

 

4.

The Company shall have ~a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys, 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.

14. 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 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.

15. 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 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.

CALLS ON SHARES

16. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys 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 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.


1. A call may be made payable by installments and shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorizing the call was passed.

 

2. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly, and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

3. 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.

 

4. 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 ByeLaws 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.

 

5. 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.

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

22. If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment 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 installment remains unpaid serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or installment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.

 


23. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than 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 installment 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.

 

1. 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 installments 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.

 

2. 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.

 

3. A forfeited share shall be (teemed 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.

 

4.

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 moneys 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.

28. An affidavit in writing that the deponent is a Director 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

 

1. The Secretary shall establish and maintain the Register of Shareholders at the Registered Office in the manner prescribed by the Companies Acts. Unless the Board otherwise determines, the Register of Shareholders 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 interest in 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 9.

 

2. 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

31. 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.

32. 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 and 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:

(a) the instrument of transfer is duly stamped 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,

(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share,

(c) where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained. 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 and Bye-Laws 31 and 33.

 

1. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

 


2. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, distringas or 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

 

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.

 

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.

 

1. 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 moneys 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 days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

 

2. 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 Bye-Laws 35, 36 and 37.

INCREASE OF CAPITAL

39. 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.

 


1. 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.

 

2. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

42. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

(a) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

(c) 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;

(d) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

(e) 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

(f) change the currency denomination of its share capital.


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.

43. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

44. 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 capital redemption reserve fund or any share premium or contributed surplus account in any manner.

45. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

46. (a) 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.


(b) Except in the case of the removal of auditors and Directors, anything which may be done by resolution of the Company in general meeting or by resolution of a meeting of any class of the Shareholders of the Company may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, being all of the Shareholders of the Company who at the date of the resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the resolution. Such resolution in writing may be signed by, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts), on behalf of, all the Shareholders of the Company, or any class thereof, in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

(c) For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the resolution in writing is the date when the resolution is signed by, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts), on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.

(d) 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

47. An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than 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, in the case of a Special General Meeting, the general nature of the business to be considered. Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner permitted by Bye-Laws 120 and 121 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 to any Director or 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 De deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed:

(a) in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;

(b) 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 95 percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.


48. 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.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

49. 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes; provided, however, that if the Company shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

50. If within five 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum provided that if the Company shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum. The Company shall give not less than 5 days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the sole Shareholder or, if more than one, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum.


1. A meeting of the Shareholders or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities 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.

 

2. Each Director upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 47 above, and the Resident Representative shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

 

3. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if one Director only 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.

 

4. The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent 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 months or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

 

5. 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.


VOTING

 

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.

 

2. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

(a) the chairman of the meeting; or

(b) at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

(c) any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

(d) 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 of the total sum paid up on all such shares conferring such right.

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, 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 of votes recorded for or against such resolution.

 

1. 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.

 

2. 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 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.

 

3. 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.


1. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

 

2. 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.

 

3. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

4. 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.

 

5. 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.


1. 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.

 

2. If (i) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter or (ii) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected or (iii) 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.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

 

1. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

 

2.

Any Shareholder may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative by depositing at the Registered Office a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation and such 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. 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 such 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.

 

1. Subject to Bye-Law 69, the instrument appointing a proxy 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 written resolution, 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 written resolution, prior to the effective date of the written resolution and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

 

2. Instruments of proxy 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 written resolution forms of instruments of proxy for use at that meeting or in connection with that written resolution. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a written resolution or amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy 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.

 

3. A vote 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 instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity 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 in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) one hour at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, or the day before the effective date of any written resolution at which the instrument of proxy is used.

 

4. 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 and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign written resolutions.


APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

1. The number of Directors shall be such number not less than two as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and, subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws, shall serve until re-elected or their successors are appointed at the next Annual General Meeting”.

 

2. The Company shall at the Annual General Meeting and may by Resolution determine the minimum and the maximum number of Directors and may by Resolution determine that one or more vacancies in the Board 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

 


76. 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 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.

RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

77. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

(a) if he resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

(b) 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;

(c) if he becomes bankrupt or compounds with his creditors;

(d) if he is prohibited ‘by law from being a Director;

(e) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

78. The Company may by Resolution elect any person or persons to act as Directors in the alternative to any of the Directors or may authorise the Board to appoint such Alternate Directors and 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. Any Alternate Director may be removed by Resolution of the Company and, if appointed by the Board, may be removed by 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.


79. 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.

80. 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.


DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

81. The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution and in the absence of a determination 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.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

82. (a) 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.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

(d) 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.

(e) 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

 

1. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and 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 ByeLaws 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.

 

2. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

 

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.

 

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.

 


87. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

88. 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.

89. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 90, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.


90. 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, conform to any regulations which may be imposed upon it by the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

91. 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.

92. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. A Director may waive notice of any meeting either prospectively or retrospectively.

93. (a) 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


individuals. 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.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

 

1. 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.

 

2. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting the Chairman or the President is not present within five 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.

 

3. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

 

4. 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 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.

 

5. 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 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.

 

6. 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.


OFFICERS

100. The officers of the Company shall include a President and a Vice-President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors and shall be elected by the Board


as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

101. The Directors shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording

(a) all appointments of officers made by the Directors;

(b) the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of Directors and of any committee;

(c) of all proceedings-at meetings of the Company, of the holders of any class of shares in the Company, and of committees;

(d) of all proceedings of its managers (if any).

SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

102. The Secretary 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.

103. 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

104. (a) The Seal shall consist of a circular metal device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof and the country and year of incorporation across the centre thereof. Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of incorporation type written across the centre thereof.

(b) 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to attest to the use of a Seal.

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

105. The Board may from time to time declare cash 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 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.

 


106. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

(a) 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;

(b) 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.

107. The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other moneys 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.

 

1. No dividend, distribution or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

 

2.

Any dividend, distribution, interest or other sum payable in cash to the holder of shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post 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. Anyone of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, distributions or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

 

1. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six 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.

 

2. The Board may 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.


RESERVES

112. The Board may, before recommending or 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.

CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS

113. The Company may, upon the recommendation of the Board, at any time and from time to time pass a Resolution to the effect that it is desirable to capitalize 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 or any capital redemption reserve fund 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, and the Board shall give effect to such Resolution, provided that for the purpose of this Bye-Law, a share premium account and a capital redemption reserve fund may be applied only in paying up of unissued shares to be issued to such Shareholders credited as fully paid and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

 


114. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding 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

115. 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 general meetings. 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

116. 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. 117 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 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.


118. 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

119, 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

 

1. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or 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 or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered seven days after it was put in the post, and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post.

 

2. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four hours after its despatch.


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.

WINDING UP

123. 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.

 


INDEMNITY

124. Subject to the proviso below, every Director, officer of the Company and member of a committee constituted under Bye-Law 90 and any Resident Representative shall be indemnified out of the funds 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 and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such Director, officer, committee member or Resident Representative and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any person acting as a Director, officer, committee member or Resident Representative in the reasonable belief that he has been so appointed or elected 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.

125. Every Director, officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, officer, committee member or’ Resident Representative in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

126. To the extent that any Director, officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him, the relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.


AMALGAMATION

127. Any resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 49.

ALTERATION OF BYE-LAWS

128. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time in the manner provided for in the Companies Acts.

EX-3.18 14 dex318.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF OLD GMS HOLDINGS LTD. Articles of Incorporation of Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.18

Registration No. 31199

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME

I HEREBY CERTIFY that in accordance with section 10 of the Companies Act 1981 Global Marine Holdings Bermuda Ltd. by resolution and with the approval of the Registrar of Companies has changed its name and was registered as Old GMS Holdings Ltd. on the 27th day of August, 2004,

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 31st day of August, 2004


FORM NO. 6 Registration No. 31199

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 26th day of October, 2001 Global Marine Holdings Bermuda Ltd. was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company. Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES


FORM No. 2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES Section 7(1) and (2) MEMORANDUM OF

ASSOCIATION OF

Global Marine Holdings Bermuda Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)

1. The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed, and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors, provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.

2. We, the undersigned, namely,

 

Name and Address

   Bermudian Status
(Yes or No)
   Nationality    Number of  Shares
Subscribed

Judy Collis

        

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

        
Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda    Yes    British    1
Ruby L. Rawlins         
Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue         
Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda    Yes    British    1
Rachael M. Lathan         
Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue         
Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda    Yes    British    1
Bernett Cox         
Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue         
Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda    Yes    British    1


3. The Company is to be an Exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

4. The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels: Not applicable.

5. The authorised share capital of the Company is US$12,000.00 divided into 1,200,000 shares of US$0.01 each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

6. The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are:

7. The Company has the powers set out in The Schedule annexed hereto.

As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (n) and (p) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to the Companies Act 1981.


THE COMPANIES ACT SECOND SCHEDULE (section 11(2)) Subject to Section 4A, a company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects, that is to say the business of

 

(a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

 

(b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

 

(c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

 

(d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

 

(e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

 

(f) exploring for, the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydro carbon products including oil and oil products;

 

(g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

 

(h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

 

(i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

 

(j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

 

(k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

 

(1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

 

(m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

 

(n) all forms of engineering;

 

(o) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

 

(p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;


(q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;

 

(r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort; and

 

(s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind;

 

(t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

 

(u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence;

 

(v) to be and carry on business of a mutual fund within the meaning of section 156A.

Provided that none of these objects shall enable the company to carryon restricted business activity as set out in the Ninth Schedule except with the consent of the Minister.


Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof:

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED this 25th day of October 2001


STAMP DUTY (To be affixed)

Not Applicable


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE (section 11(1))

A company limited by shares, or other company having a share capital, may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of law or its memorandum

(1) [repealed by 1992:51]

(2) to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorized to carry on;

(3) to apply for, register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trademarks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

(4) to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorized to any on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(5) to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(6) subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

(7) to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power, authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and to pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;


(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or fanner employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for an exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a similar period in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act ever; company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

(14) to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidize or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out of control thereof;

(15) to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfillment of any contracts or obligations of any person, in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

(16) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

(17) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

(18) when properly authorized to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognized in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend; bonus or in any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

 

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(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages; hypothecs, liens a.T1d charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothecs, lien or charge;

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company,

(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorized by this Schedule and all things authorized by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

(29) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

EX-3.19 15 dex319.htm BYE-LAWS OF OLD GMS HOLDINGS LTD. Bye-laws of Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.19

*Company changed its name to Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

effective August 27, 2004.

BYE-LAWS

of

Global Marine Holdings Bermuda Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of Global Marine Holdings Bermuda Ltd. as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory meeting of the above Company on 26 October 2001.


BYE-LAWS of

Global Marine Holdings Bermuda Ltd.

INTERPRETATION

(1) In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires “Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda; “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum; “the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company; “Company” means the company incorporated in Bennuda under the name of Global Marine Holdings Bermuda Ltd. on the 26 day of October, 2001; “Director” means such person or persons as shall be appointed to the Board from time to time pursuant to Bye-Law 74; “Officer” means a person appointed by the Board pursuant to ByeLaw 100 of these Bye-Laws and shall not include an auditor of the Company; “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up;

“Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company; “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company;

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.

(2) 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.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

5. 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 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 two 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; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

6. 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.


SHARES

7 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.

8 The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

9 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 any interest in any fractional part of a share or (except only as otherwise provided in these Bye-Laws, or by law) any other right to respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder. .

CERTIFICATES

10. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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. 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

LIEN

13. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys, 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.

14. 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 days after 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.

15. 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.


CALLS ON SHARES

16. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys 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 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.


17. 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.

18. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

19. 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.

20. 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 normal 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.

21. The Board may an the issue of shares differentiate between the allottees or holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.


FORFEITURE OF SHARES

22. 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.

23. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than 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 nonpayment 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.


26. 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

27. 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 moneys 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.

28. 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

29. 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 interest in 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 9.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

30. 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

31. 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.

32. 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 and 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:

(1) the instrument of transfer is duly stamped 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,


(2) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share,

(3) where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary

Authority with respect thereto has been obtained. 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 and Bye-Laws 31 and 33.

33. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within’ three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

34. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, 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

35. 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 sale 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 mean 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.

36. 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.


37. 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 moneys 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 privilege 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 days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

38. 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 Bye-Laws 35, 36 and 37.

INCREASE OF CAPITAL

39. 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.

40. 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.

41. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

42. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

(1) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

(2) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

(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 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 the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived;

(4) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

(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

(6) change the currency denomination of its share capital. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any division, consolidation, or subdivision 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.

43. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

44. 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 or contributed surplus account in any manner.

45. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

46. (1) 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.

(2) Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by resolution in general meeting may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, being all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class thereof who at the date of the resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the resolution. Such resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

(3) For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the resolution in writing is the date when the resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.

(4) 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

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An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than 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 not be treated as part of the business of the meeting. Save as otherwise 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 Bye-Laws 120 and 121 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 to any Director or 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’s 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:

(1) in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;

(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 95 percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

48. 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.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

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provided by these Bye-Laws, at least two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

50. If within five 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum provided that if the Company ora class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum. The Company shall give not less than 5 days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the sale Shareholder or, if more than one, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum.

51. A meeting of the Shareholders or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities as pennit 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.

52. Each Director upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 47 above, and the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak. at any general meeting of the Company.


53. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if one Director only 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.

54. The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent 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 months or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

55. 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:

VOTING

56. 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.


57. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

(1) the chairman of the meeting; or

(2) at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

(3) any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them no. less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

(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 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, 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.

58. 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.

59. 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 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.

60. 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.

61. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

62. 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.

63. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the resolution shall fail.

64. 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.

65. 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.

66. No Shareholder shall, unless the Board otherwise determines, be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless all call~*or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.

67. If:

(1) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or,

(2) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or,

(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.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

68. The instrument appointing-a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

69. Any Shareholder may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative by depositing at the Registered Office a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation and such 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. 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 such 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.

70. Subject to Bye-Law 69, the instrument appointing a proxy 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 written resolution, 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 written resolution, prior to the effective date of the written resolution and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

71. Instruments of proxy 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 written resolution forms of instruments of proxy for use at that meeting or in connection with that written resolution. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a written resolution or amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instalment of proxy 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.

72. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or unsoundness of mind of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity 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 in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) one hour at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, or the day before the effective date of any written resolution at which the instrument of proxy is used.


73. 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 and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign written resolutions.

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

74. The number of Directors shall be such number not less than two as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and, subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-laws, the Directors shall serve until the termination of the next Annual General Meeting following their appointment. All Directors, upon election or appointment (except upon election at an Annual 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 days of their appointment.

75. The Company shall at the Annual General Meeting and may by Resolution determine the minimum and the maximum number of Directors and may by Resolution determine that one or more vacancies in the Board 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

76. 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 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.


RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

77. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

(1) if he resigns his office by notice In writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

(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; “*

(3) if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors;

(4) if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

(5) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

78. 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. 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.

79. 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.


80. 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.

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

81. The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution and in the absence of a determination 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.

 


DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

82. (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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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

83. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and 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.

84. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

85. 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.

86. 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.

87. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

88. 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 subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

89. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 90, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.


90. 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 or more members shall be, as far as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

91. 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.

92. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by. him to .the Company for.-this purpose. A Director may retrospectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting.

93. (1) 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 individuals. 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

94. 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.

95. The Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice-President), shall preside as chairman at every-meeting of the Board. If at any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice President) is not present within five minutes after the time appointed. for such person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued to be a Director, member of such committee or person so authorised.

96. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

97. 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 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.

98. 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 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.

99. 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.


OFFICERS

100. The Officers of the Company shall include a President and a Vice-President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition, the” Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office” as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

101. The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording

(1) all appointments of Officers made by the Board;

(2) the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee;

(3) of 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;

(4) of all proceedings of its managers (if any). Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 118 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company.


SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

102. 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.

103. 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, adn the place of, the Secretary.

THE SEAL

104. (1) The Seal shall consist of a circular metal device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof. and the country and year of incorporation across the centre thereof. Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document


requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of incorporation type written across the centre thereof.

(2) 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to affirm the use of a Seal; provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

105. 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 113, 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.


106. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

(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.

(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.

107. The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other moneys 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.

108. No dividend, distribution or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

109. 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 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

 

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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. Anyone of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, distributions or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

110. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six 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.

111. 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.


RESERVES

112. The Board may, before recommending or 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.

CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS

113. 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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

 


114. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding 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

115. 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 general meetings. 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

116. 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.

117. 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 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.

118. 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

119. 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

120. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or 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 or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered seven days after it was put in the post, and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post.

121. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose.

Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four hours after its despatch.

122. 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 sale 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.


WINDING UP

123. 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.

INDEMNITY

124. Subject to the proviso below, every Director, Officer of the Company and member of a committee constituted under Bye-Law 90 and any Resident Representative shall be indemnified out of the funds 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 and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any person acting as a Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in the reasonable belief that he has been so appointed or elected 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.


125. Every Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under ByeLaw 90 or Resident Representative of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

126. To the extent that any Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him, the relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

127. 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 on account of any action taken by such Director, Officer, or member of a committee or the failure of such Director, Officer, or member of a committee 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 is not legally entitled.

 

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128. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125. Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law 128 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 9q to properly perform his or her duties as an officer of the Company.

AMALGAMATION

129. Any resolution proposed for. consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 49 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 57.

CONTINUATION

130. 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

131. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time in the manner provided for in the Companies Acts.

 

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EX-3.20 16 dex320.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SOUTH AMERICAN CROSSING HOLDINGS LTD. Articles of Incorporation of South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.20

FORM NO. 6 Registration No. 26666

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 24th day of June, 1999

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 25th day of June, 1999.


FORM NO. 2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES (Section 7(1)

AND (2) MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)

1 The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

2 We, the undersigned, namely,

 

NAME ADDRESS

  BERMUDIAN STATUS
(yes/No)
  NATIONALITY   NUMBER OF  SHARES
SUBSCRIBED

Peter Bubenzer

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda

  Yes   British   1

Ruby L. Rawlins

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

  Yes   British   1

Andresa L. Tucker

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

  Yes   British   1

Antoinette Simmons

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

  Yes   British   1

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors. provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.


3. The Company is to be an exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.


4. The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels- Not Applicable

5. The authorised share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 divided into 1,200,000 shares of U.S. one cent each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

1 The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are-See Attached

2 The Company has the powers set out in the Schedule annexed hereto.


(i) To carry on the business of the construction, owning, operating and maintaining fibre-optic cable networks, undersea and overland, in all parts of the world, to sell, lease and otherwise deal in capacity in such networks, to provide telecommunications services and services for the laying, maintenance and repair of telecommunications cables and to construct, own operate and maintain all structures, buildings, cableships and other plant and equipment associated with any of the foregoing;

(ii) To carry on business as a holding company and to acquire and hold shares, stocks, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wherever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, local authority or other public body, whether in Bermuda or elsewhere, and to vary, transpose, dispose of or otherwise deal with from time to time as may be considered expedient any of the Company’s investments for the time being;

(iii) To acquire any such shares and other securities as are mentioned in the preceding paragraph by subscription, syndicate participation, tender, purchase, exchange or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, either conditionally or otherwise, and to guarantee the subscription thereof and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof;

(iv) To co-ordinate the administration, policies, management, supervision, control, research, planning, trading and any and all other activities of, and to act as financial advisers and consultants to, any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired which may be or may become a Group company (which expression, in this paragraph, means a company, wherever incorporated, which is or becomes a holding company or a subsidiary of, or affiliated with, the Company within the meanings respectively assigned to those terms in The Companies Act 1981) or, with the prior written approval of the Minister of Finance, to any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired with which the Company may be or may become associated;

(v) As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (n) and (p) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to The Companies Act, 1981.


SECOND SCHEDULE

(section 11(2))

A company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects, that is to say the business of

(a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

(b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

(c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

(d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

(e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

(f) exploring for; the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydrocarbon products including oil and oil products;

(g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

(h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

(i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

(j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

(k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

(1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

(m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

(n) all forms of engineering;

(o) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

(p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;

(q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;

(r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort;

(s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind; and

(t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

(u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence;

(v) to be and carry on the business of a mutual fund within the meaning of section 156A.


The Schedule

(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)

(a) to borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by the creation and issue of securities;

(b) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by. personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company;

(c) to accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate and deal in bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise;

(d) to sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities;

(e) to issue and allot securities of the company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or any services rendered to the company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose;

(f) to grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances, including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have directly or indirectly been of benefit to the company or whom the company considers have any moral claim on the company or to their relations connections or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institutions, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payment towards insurance or other arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the company or of its members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object;


(g) subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed;

(h) to purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.


REGISTERED

Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED this 18th day of June STAMP DUTY (To be affixed) Not Applicable


(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or fanner employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or Works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a similar period in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

(14) to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidize or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out of control thereof;

 

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(15) to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the . performance or fulfillment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

(16) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

(17) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

(18) when properly authorized to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognized in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or in any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner. as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorized by this Schedule and all things authorized by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

(29) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

 

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Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

 

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EX-3.21 17 dex321.htm BYE-LAWS OF SOUTH AMERICAN CROSSING HOLDINGS LTD. Bye-laws of South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.21

BYE-LAWS

Of

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within-written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory Meeting of the above Company on the 24 June 1999.


BYE-LAWS of

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

INTERPRETATION

1. (1) In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires “Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda; “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum; “the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company; “Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of South American Crossing Holdings Ltd. on 24th June, 1999; “Director” means such person or persons as shall be appointed to the Board from time to time pursuant to Bye-Law 74; “Officer” means a person appointed by the Board pursuant to Bye-Law 100 of these Bye-Laws and shall not include an auditor of the Company; “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up; “Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company; “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company;

 


“Resident Representative” means the individual (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws; “Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes. any duplicate thereof; “Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary; “Shareholder” means a shareholder or member of the Company; “these Bye-Laws” means these Bye-Laws in their present form or as from time to time amended;

(2) For the purposes of these Bye-Laws a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present;

(3) Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

(4) Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively;

(5) Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate;

(6) Reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form;


(7) 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 maybe).

REGISTERED OFFICE

2. The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.

SHARE RIGHTS

3. 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.

4. (1) Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Board, be issued on terms:

(a) that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or,

(b) that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or,

(c) if authorised by the memorandum/incorporating act 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.

(2) 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.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

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 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 two 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; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

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.


SHARES

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.

2 The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

3 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 any interest 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.

CERTIFICATES

10. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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. 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.

LIEN

13. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys, 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,

 

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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.

14. 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 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.

15. 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.

CALLS ON SHARES

16. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys 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 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.


17. 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.

18. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.


FORFEITURE OF SHARES

22. 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.

23. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than 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 nonpayment 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.


26. 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.

27. 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 moneys 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.

28. 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

29. 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 interest in 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 9.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

30. 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 am. and 12:00 noon on every working day.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

31. 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.

32. 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 and 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:

(1) the instrument of transfer is duly stamped 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,

(2) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share,

(3) where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained. 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 and Bye-Laws 31 and 33.

 


33. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

34. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, distringas or 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

35. 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 sale 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 sale 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.

36. 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.

37. 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 moneys 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 days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

38. 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 Bye-Laws 35, 36 and 37.


INCREASE OF CAPITAL

39. 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.

40. 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.

 


41. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

42. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

(1) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

(2) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

(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 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 the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived;

(4) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

(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

(6) change the currency denomination of its share capital. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any division, consolidation, or subdivision 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

 

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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.

43. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

44. 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 or contributed surplus account in any manner.

45. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

46. (1) 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.

 


(2) Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by resolution in general meeting may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, being all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class thereof who at the date of the resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the resolution. Such resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

(3) For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the resolution in writing is the date when the resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.

(4) 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

47. An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than 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 Bye-Laws 120 and 121 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 to any Director or 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:

(1) in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;

(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 95 percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

48. 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.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

49. 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.


50. If within five 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum provided that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum. The Company shall give not less than 5 days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the sole Shareholder or, if more than one, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum.

51. A meeting of the Shareholders or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities 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.

52. Each Director upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 47 above, and the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

53. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if one Director only 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.

54. The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent 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 months or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

55. 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.


VOTING

56. 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.

57. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

(1) the chairman of the meeting; or


(2) at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

(3) any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

(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 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, 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.

58. 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.


59. 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 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.

60. 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.

61. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

62. 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.

63. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the resolution shall fail.

64. 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.

65. 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.

66. 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.

67. If,

(1) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or,

(2) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or,

(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.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

68. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.


69. Any Shareholder may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative by depositing at the Registered Office a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation and such 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. 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 such 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.

70. Subject to Bye-Law 69, the instrument appointing a proxy 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 written resolution, 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 written resolution, prior to the effective date of the written resolution and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

71. Instruments of proxy 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 written resolution forms of instruments of proxy for use at that meeting or in connection with that written resolution. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a written resolution or amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy 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.

72. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or unsoundness of mind of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity 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 in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) one hour at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, or the day before the effective date of any written resolution at which the instrument of proxy is used.

73. 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 and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign written resolutions.


APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

74. The number of Directors shall be such number not less than two as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and, subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws, the Directors shall serve until the termination of the next Annual General Meeting following their appointment. All Directors, upon election or appointment (except upon election at an Annual 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 days of their appointment.

75. The Company shall at the Annual General Meeting and may by Resolution determine the minimum and the maximum number of Directors and may by Resolution determine that one or more vacancies in the Board 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

76. 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 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.


RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

77. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

(1) if he resigns his office by notice m writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

(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;

(3) if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors;

(4) if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

(5) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

78. 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. Any Alternate Director maybe 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.

79. 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.


80. 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.

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

81. The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution and in the absence of a determination 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.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

82. (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.

(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.

(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.

(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 Of 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.

(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

83. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and 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.


84. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

85. 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.

86. 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.

87. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

88. 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 subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

89. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 90, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.


90. 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 or more members shall be, as far as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

91. 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.

92. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. A Director may retrospectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting.

93. (1) 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 individuals. 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

94. 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.

95. The Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice-President), shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice President) is not present within five 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.


96. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

97. 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 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.

98. 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 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.

99. 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.


OFFICERS

100. The Officers of the Company shall include a President and a Vice-President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

101. The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording

(1) all appointments of Officers made by the Board;

(2) the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee;

(3) of 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;

(4) of all proceedings of its managers (if any). Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 118 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company.


SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

102. 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.

103. 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

104. (1) The Seal shall consist of a circular metal device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof and the country and year of incorporation across the centre thereof. Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of incorporation type written across the centre thereof.


(2) The Board shall provide for the custody of every Seal. A Seal shall only he 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to affirm the use of a Seal; provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

105. 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 113, 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.

106. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

(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;

(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.

107. The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other moneys 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.

108. No dividend, distribution or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

109. 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 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. Anyone of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, distributions or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

110. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six ‘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.

111. 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 payment 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.


RESERVES

112. The Board may, before recommending or 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.

CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS

113. 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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

114. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding 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

115. 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 general meetings. 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 dispatched.

ACCOUNTING RECORDS

116. 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.

117. 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 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.

118. 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

119. 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

120. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or by sending it through the post (by airmail where applicable) in a pre-paid letter

 

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addressed to such Shareholder at his address as appearing in the Register or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered seven days after it was put in the post, and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post.

121. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four hours after its despatch.

122. 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.


WINDING UP

123. 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.

INDEMNITY

124. Subject to the proviso below, every Director, Officer of the Company and member of a committee constituted under Bye-Law 90 and any Resident Representative shall be indemnified out of the funds 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 and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any person acting as a Director, Officer, committee member Dr Resident Representative in the reasonable belief that he has been so appointed or elected 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.


125. Every Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

126. To the extent that any Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him, the relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

127. 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 on account of any action taken by such Director, Officer, or member of a committee or the failure of such Director, Officer, or member of a committee 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 is not legally entitled.


128. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if. it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125.

Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law 128 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 to properly perform his or her duties as an officer of the Company.

AMALGAMATION

129. Any resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 49 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 57.


CONTINUATION

130. 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

131. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time in the manner provided for in the Companies Acts.

 

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EXHIBIT 3.22

FORM NO.3a

Registration No. 26665

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME

I HEREBY CERTIFY that in accordance with section 10 of the Companies Act 1981 South American Crossing Ltd. by resolution and with the approval of the Registrar of Companies has changed its name and was registered as Global Crossing International Networks Ltd. on the 21st day of April, 2004.


FORM NO. 6 Registration No. 26665

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 24th day of June, 1999 South American Crossing Ltd. was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 25th day of June, 1999.


FORM NO.2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

(Section 7(1) AND (2) MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

South American Crossing Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)

1 The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

2 We, the undersigned, namely,

NAME ADDRESS BERMUDIAN NATIONALITY NUMBER OF

STATUS SHARES

(yes/No) SUBSCRIBED

Peter Bubenzer Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Ruby L. Rawlins Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Andresa L. Tucker Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British 1

Antoinette Simmons

Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Yes British

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.


3. The Company is to be an exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

4. The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels

Not Applicable

5. The authorized share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 divided into 1,200,000 shares of U.S. one cent each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

1 The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are See Attached

2 The Company has the powers set out in the Schedule annexed hereto.


(i) To carry on the business of the construction, owning, operating and maintaining fibre-optic cable networks, undersea and overland, in all parts of the world, to sell, lease and otherwise deal in capacity in such networks, to provide telecommunications services and services for the laying, maintenance and repair of telecommunications cables and to construct, own operate and maintain all structures, buildings, cableships and other plant and equipment associated with any of the foregoing;

(ii) To carry on business as a holding company and to acquire and hold shares, stocks, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wherever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, local authority or other public body, whether in Bermuda or elsewhere, and to vary, transpose, dispose of or otherwise deal with from time to time as may be considered expedient any of the Company’s investments for the time being;

(iii) To acquire any such shares and other securities as are mentioned in the preceding paragraph by Subscription, syndicate participation, tender, purchase, exchange or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, either conditionally or otherwise, and to guarantee the subscription thereof and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof;

(iv) To co-ordinate the administration, policies, management, supervision, control, research, planning, trading and any and all other activities of, and to act as financial advisers and consultants to, any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired which may be or may become a Group company (which expression, in this paragraph, means a company, wherever incorporated, which is or becomes a holding company or a subsidiary of, or affiliated with, the Company within the meanings respectively assigned to those terms in The Companies Act 1981) or, with the prior written approval of the Minister of Finance, to any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired with which the Company may be or may become associated;

(v) As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (n) and (p) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to The Companies Act, 1981.

 

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THE COMPANIES ACT SECOND SCHEDULE

(section 11(2) A company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects OJ, that is to say the business of

 

  (a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

 

  (b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

 

  (c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

 

  (d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

 

  (e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

 

  (f) exploring for; the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydrocarbon products including oil and oil products;

 

  (g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

 

  (h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

 

  (i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

 

  (j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

 

  (k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

 

  (l) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

 

  (m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

 

  (n) all forms of engineering;

 

  (o) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

 

  (p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;

 

  (q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;


  (r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort;

 

  (s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind; and

 

  (t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

 

  (u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence;

 

  (v) to be and carry on the business of a mutual fund within the meaning of section 156A.


The Schedule

(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)

(a) to borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by the creation and issue of securities;

(b) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company;

(c) to accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate and deal in bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise;

(d) to sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities;

(e) to issue and allot securities of the company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or any services rendered to the company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose;

(f) to grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances, including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have directly or indirectly been of


benefit to the company or whom the company considers have any moral claim on the company or to their relations connections or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institutions, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payment towards insurance or other arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the company or of its members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object;

(g) subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed;

(h) to purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.

REGISTERED


Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED this 18th day of June, 1999


STAMP DUTY (To be affixed) Not Applicable


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE (section 11(1))

A company limited by shares, or other company having a share capital, may exercise an or any of the following powers subject to any provision of law or its memorandum

(1) [repealed by 1992:51]

(2) to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on all business that the company is authorized to carry on;

(3) to apply for, register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

(4) to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorized to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(5) to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(6) subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

(7) to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power, authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and to pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;


(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a similar period in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act every company shan have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

(14) to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidize or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out of control thereof;

 

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(15) to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfillment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

(16) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

(17) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

(18) when properly authorized to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognized in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or in any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sen or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorized by this Schedule and all things authorized by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

(29) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

 

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Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

EX-3.23 19 dex323.htm BYE-LAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS LTD. Bye-laws of Global Crossing International Networks Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.23

Company name changed to Global Crossing International Networks Ltd. effective April 21, 2004

BYE-LAWS

Of

* * South American Crossing Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within-written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of

South American Crossing Ltd.

as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory Meeting of the above Company on the 24 June 1999.


BYE-LAWS of

South American Crossing Ltd.

INTERPRETATION

1. (1) In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires “Bennuda” means the Islands of Bermuda; “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum; “the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company; “Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of South American Crossing Ltd. on 24th June, 1999; “Director” means such person or persons as shall be appointed to the Board from time to time pursuant to Bye-Law 74; “Officer” means a: person appointed by the Board pursuant to Bye Law 100 of these Bye-Laws and shall not include an auditor of the Company; “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up; “Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company; “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company;

 


“Resident Representative” means the individual (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws; “Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any duplicate thereof; “Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary; “Shareholder” means a shareholder or member of the Company; “these Bye-Laws” means these Bye-Laws in their present form or as from time to time amended;

(2) For the purposes of these Bye-Laws a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present;

(3) Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

(4) Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively;

(5) Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate;

(6) Reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form;

(7) 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 maybe).

 

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REGISTERED OFFICE

2. The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.

SHARE RIGHTS

3. 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.

4. (1) Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Board, be issued on terms:

(a) that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or,

(b) that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or,

(c) authorised by the memorandum/incorporating act of the Company, that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the holder.

 

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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.

(2) 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.

MODIFICATION OR RIGHTS

5. 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 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 two 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; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum,

6. 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.

 

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SHARES

7. 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 disposed that to such persons, at such times and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.

8. The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

9. 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 any interest 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.

CERTIFICATES

10. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

11. 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.

12. All certificates for share or loan capital or other securities of the Company (other than letters of allotment; scan 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. 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.

 

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LIEN

13. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys, 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 that Company of any interest or 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,

 

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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.

14. 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 days after 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.

15. 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.

CALLS ON SHARES

16. The Board-may from time .to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys 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

 

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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 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.

17. A call may be made payable by installments and shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed.

18. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

 

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FORFEITURE OF SHARES

22. If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment of a call and the day appointed for payment thereof, the Board may at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or installment remains unpaid serve a notice on him requiring payment-of so much of the can or installment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.

23. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than 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 nonpayment on or before the day and at the place appointed, the shares in respect of which such call is made or installment 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.

24. If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any share respect of which such notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before payment of all calls or installments 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.

25. 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.

 

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26. 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.

27. 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 moneys 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.

28. 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.

 

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REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS

29. 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 interest in 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 9.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

30. 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 am. and 12:00 noon on every working day.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

31. Subject to, the Companies Acts and to such of the restrictions contained in these Bye Laws as maybe 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.

32. 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 and 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:

(1) the instrument of transfer is duly stamped 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,

 

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(2) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share,

(3) where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained. 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 and Bye-Laws 31 and 33.

33. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

34. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or manage, power of attorney, distringas or 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.

 

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TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

35. 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.

36. 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.

 

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37. 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 moneys 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 days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

38. 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 ByeLaws 35, 36 and 37.

INCREASE OF CAPITAL

39. 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.

40. 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.

 

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41. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

 

42. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

(1) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

 

(2) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

(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 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 the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived;

 

(4) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

(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

(6) change the currency denomination of its share capital. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any division, consolidation, or subdivision 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

 

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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.

43. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

44. 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 or contributed surplus account in any manner.

45. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

46. (1) 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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(2) Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by resolution in general meeting may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, being all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class. thereof who at the date of the resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the resolution. Such resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

(3) For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the resolution in writing is the date when the resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.

(4) 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

47. An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing. The notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is

 

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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 Bye-Laws 120 and 121 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 to any Director or 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: (1) in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat; (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 95 percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

48. 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.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

49. 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

 

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shall not be treated as part of the business of the meeting. Save as otherwise provided by these Bye-Laws, at least two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

50. If within five minutes (or such longer time as the chairman of the meeting may determine to wait) after the appointed for the meeting, a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the acquisition 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum provided that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum. The Company shall give not less than 5 days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the sale Shareholder or, if more than one, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum.

51. A meeting of the Shareholders or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities 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.

52. Each Director-upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 47 above, and the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

53. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if one Director only 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 the chair, the persons present and entitled to vote on a poll shall elect one of their member to be chairman.

54. The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent 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 months or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

55. 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.

 

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VOTING

56. 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.

 

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57. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

(1) the chairman of the meeting; or

(2) at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

(3) any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

(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 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, 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.

58. 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.

59. 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 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.

60. 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.

61. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

62. 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.

63. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the resolution shall fail.

64. 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.

65. 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.

66. 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.

 

67. If,

(1) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or,

(2) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or,

(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.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

68. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.


69. Any Shareholder may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative by depositing at the Registered Office a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation and such 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. Where a standing proxy of 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 such 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.

70. Subject to Bye-Law 69, the instrument appointing a proxy 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 written resolution, 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 written resolution, prior to the effective date of the written resolution and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

71. Instruments of proxy 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 written resolution forms of instruments of proxy for use at that meeting or in connection with that written resolution. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a written resolution or amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy 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.

72. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or unsoundness of mind of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity 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 in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) one hour at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, or the day before the effective date of any written resolution at which the instrument of proxy is used.

73. 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 and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign written resolutions.


APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

74. The number of Directors shall be such number not less than two as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and, subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws, the Directors shall serve until the termination of the next Annual General Meeting following their appointment. All Directors, upon election or appointment (except upon election at an Annual 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 days of their appointment.

75. The Company shall at the Annual General Meeting and may by Resolution determine the minimum and the maximum number of Directors and may by Resolution determine that one or more vacancies in the Board 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

76. 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 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.


RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

77. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

(1) if he resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

(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;

(3) if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors;

(4) if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

(5) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

78. 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. 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.

79. 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.

 


80. 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.

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

81. The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution and in the absence of a determination 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.


DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

82. (1) A Director may hold any other office place of profit with the Company (except that of auditor) in conjunction with is 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.

(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 if he were not a Director.

(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.

 


(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.

(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

83. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and 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.

84. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

85. 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.

86. 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.

87. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

88. 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 subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

89. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 90, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.


90. 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. Into regulations are imposed by the Board the proceedings of a committee with two or more members shall be, as far as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

91. 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.

92. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose: A Director may respectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting.

93. (1) 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 individuals. 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

94. 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.

95. The Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice-President), shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If at any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice President) is not present within five 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.


96. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

97. 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 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.

98. 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 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.

99. 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.


OFFICERS

100. The Officers of the Company shall include a President and a Vice-President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

101. The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording

(1) all appointments of Officers made by the Board;

(2) the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee;

(3) of 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;

(4) of all proceedings of its managers (if any). Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 118 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company.


SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

102. 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.

103. 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

104. (1) The Seal shall consist of a circular metal device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof and the country and year of incorporation across the centre thereof. Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of incorporation type written across the centre thereof.


(2) 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director: or by the Secretary or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to affirm the use of a Seal; provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication.

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

105. 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 113, 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.

106. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

(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;


(2) dividends or distributions out of contributed surplus may be apportioned and paid pro tat a 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.

107. The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other moneys payable to a Shareholder by the Company on or in respect of any shares all sums of money (if any) presently payable to him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise in respect of shares of the Company.

108. No dividend, distribution or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

109. 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 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. Anyone of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, distributions or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

110. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six 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.

111. 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:

 


RESERVES

112. The Board may, before recommending or 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.

CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS

113. 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 TF Serve 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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

114. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding 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

115. 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 general meetings. 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

116. 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.


117. 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 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.

118. 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

119. 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

120. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or 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 or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address. 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered seven days after it was put in the post, and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post.

121. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose.

Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four hours after its despatch.

122. 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.


WINDING UP

123. 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.

INDEMNITY

124. Subject to the proviso below, every Director, Officer of the Company and member of a committee constituted under Bye-Law 90 and any Resident Representative shall be indemnified out of the funds 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 and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any person acting as a Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in the reasonable belief, that he has been so appointed or elected notwithstanding any defect in such appointment or election PROVIDED IN WAYS that the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Acts.


125. Every Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

126. To the extent that any Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him, the relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

127. 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 on account of any action taken by such Director, Officer, or member of a committee or the failure of such Director, Officer, or member of a committee 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 is not legally entitled.


128. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125.

Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law 128 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 to properly perform his or her duties as an officer of the Company.

AMALGAMATION

129. Any resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 49 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 57.


CONTINUATION

130. 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

131. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time in the manner provided for in the Companies Acts.

EX-3.24 20 dex324.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GC CRYSTAL HOLDINGS LTD. Articles of Incorporation of GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.24

FORM NO. 6

Registration No. 39014

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 6th day of October, 2006

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 10th day of October, 2006


FORM No. 2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES Section 7(1) and (2) MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)

 

1. The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed, and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors, provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.

 

2. We, the undersigned, namely,

 

Name and Address

   Bermudian Status
(Yes or No)
   Nationality    Number of Shares
Subscribed

Alison R. Dyer-Fagundo

Canon’s Court, 22 Victoria Street

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

   Yes    British    1

Bernett Cox

Canon’s Court, 22 Victoria Street

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

   Yes    British    1

Marcia Gilbert

Canon’s Court, 22 Victoria Street

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

   Yes    British    1

Robert Dummett

Canon’s Court, 22 Victoria Street

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

   Yes    British    1


3. The Company is to be an Exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

 

4. The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate III Bermuda not exceeding      in all, including the following parcels:

Not Applicable.

1 The authorised share capital of the Company is US$12,000.00 divided into 1,200,000 shares of par value US$0.01 each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

2 The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are:

3 The Company has the powers set out in The Schedule annexed hereto.

As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to the Companies Act 1981.


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 SECOND SCHEDULE (section 11(2))

Subject to Section 4A, a company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects, that is to say the business of

(a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

(b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

(c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

(d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

(e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

(f) exploring for, the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydro carbon products including oil and oil products;

(g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

(h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carnage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

(i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

(j) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

(k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

(1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

(m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

(n) all forms of engineering;

(o) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

(p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;


(q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;

(r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort; and

(s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind;

(t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

(u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence;

 

(v) to be and carry on business of a mutual fund within the meaning of section 156A.


Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof:

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

Subscribed this day of October 2006


STAMP DUTY (To be affixed)


The Schedule

(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)

(a) to borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by the creation and issue of securities;

(b) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company;

(c) to accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate and deal in bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise;

(d) to sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities;

(e) to issue and allot securities of the company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or any services rendered to the company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose;

(f) to grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances, including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have directly or indirectly been of


benefit to the company or whom the company considers have any moral claim on the company or to their relations connections or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institutions, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payment towards insurance or other arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the company or of its members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object;

(g) subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed;

(h) to purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE (section 11(1))

A company limited by shares, or other company having a share capital, may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of law or its memorandum

(I) [repealed by 1992:51]

(2) to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorised to carry on;

(3) to apply for, register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

(4) to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to canyon or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorised to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(5) to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(6) subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

(7) to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power, authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and to pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;

(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or


connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bennuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding fifty years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bennuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bennuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time detennine;’

(14) -to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidise or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out or control thereof;

(15) to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfilment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

(16) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

(17) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

(18) when properly authorised to do so, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognised in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or in any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to -decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful; .

(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;


(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorised by this Schedule and all things authorised by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

(29) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

EX-3.25 21 dex325.htm BYE-LAWS OF GC CRYSTAL HOLDINGS LTD. Bye-laws of GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.25

BYE-LAWS

of

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of GC Crystal Holdings Ltd. as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory Meeting of the above Company on 10 October 2006.


BYE-LAWS of

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd. INTERPRETATION

 

1 Interpretation

1.1 In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda;

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum;

“the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company;

“Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of GC Crystal Holdings Ltd. on 6 October 2006;

“Director” means such person or persons as shall be appointed to the Board from time to time pursuant to these Bye-Laws;

“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 and shall not include an auditor of the Company;

“paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up;

“Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company;

“Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company;

“Resident Representative” means (if any) the individual (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws;


“Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any authorised duplicate thereof;

“Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary;

“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 or as from time to time amended;

1.2 For the purposes of these Bye-Laws, a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present.

1.3 Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa.

1.4 Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively;

1.5 Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate.

1.6 A reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form.

1.7 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:

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.

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 The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

5.3 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 preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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. 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.

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.

Calls on Shares

8.1 The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders 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 installments 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.

Forfeiture of Shares

9.1 If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment 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 installment remains unpaid serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or installment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.

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 installment 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 installments 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

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 5.3.


REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

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

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

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.

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:

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 subdivision 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

 

17 General Meetings and Written Resolutions

17.1 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.

17.2 Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by Resolution in general meeting may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by Resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, 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, being all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class thereof who at the date of the Resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the Resolution. Such Resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.


17.3 For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the Resolution in writing is the date when the Resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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.

17.4 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.

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.

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.

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 III 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 Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice-President), shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or President or Vice-President), or if at any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice President) 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.


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 unless (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands 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 (1/10) 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, 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.

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 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.

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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.

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.

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 Subject to Bye-Law 21.2, 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 written Resolution, 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 written Resolution, prior to the effective date of the written Resolution and in default the instrument of proxy or authorisation shall not be treated as valid.


21.4 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 written Resolution forms of instruments of proxy or authorisation for use at that meeting or in connection with that written Resolution. 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 written Resolution 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.

21.5 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 written Resolution at which the instrument of proxy or authorisation is used.

21.6 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 written Resolutions.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Appointment and Removal of Directors

22.1 The number of Directors shall be not less than two (2) and not more than six (6) 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 Annual 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. Anyone 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 individual 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;

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.

 

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.

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

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 to:

27.2.1 sell, transfer, assign or dispose of all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the Company;

27.2.2 borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company; and

27.2.3 issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

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.

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 under the Seal, execute any deed or instrument under the personal seal of such attorney, with the same effect as the affixation of the Seal.

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) individuals. 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.

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 Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice-President), shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If at any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice President) 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 23 documents in the like from 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.

OFFICERS

30 Officers

30.1 The Officers of the Company must include either a President and a Vice President, or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman, who must be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, or in the absence of such determination, until the termination of the next Annual General Meeting following their appointment. In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

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 Seal 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 Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of registration in Bermuda type written across the centre thereof


33.2 The Board may authorise the production of one or more duplicate seals.

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 two (2) Directors; or

33.3.2 the Secretary and one Director; or

33.3.3 anyone person authorised by the Board for that purpose;

provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

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.

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. Anyone 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.


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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.

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.

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 a share certificate and any notice of a general meeting of the Company) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or 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 or by sending it by courier to or leaving it at such registered address, or, where applicable, by sending it by email or facsimile or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form to an address supplied by such Shareholder for the purpose of the receipt of notices or documents. 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. Any notice or other document, if sent by personal delivery, shall be deemed to have been served or delivered at the time of delivery, or if sent by post, shall be deemed to have been served or delivered forty-eight (48) hours after it was put in the post, or if sent by courier or facsimile, twenty-four (24) hours after sending, or if sent by email, twelve (12) hours after sending 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, sent by courier, facsimile or email, as the case may be.


40.2 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.

40.3 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

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.


INDEMNITY

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 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 Every Indemnified Person shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all liabilities incurred 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 in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

42.4 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.

42.5 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.

42.6 Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to these Bye-Laws shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to these Bye-Laws.


Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Indemnified Person to properly perform his or her duties to the Company.

AMALGAMATION

 

43 Amalgamation

Any Resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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.

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.

EX-3.26 22 dex326.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF PAC PANAMA LTD. Articles of Incorporation of PAC Panama Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.26

FORM NO. 6

Registration No. EC25537

BERMUDA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

I hereby in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 issue this Certificate of Incorporation and do certify that on the 5th day of October, 1998 PAC Panama Ltd. was registered by me in the Register maintained by me under the provisions of the said section and that the status of the said company is that of an exempted company.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES this 7th day of October, 1998.


FORM NO. 2

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

(Section 7(1) AND (2)) MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

PAC Panama Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as “the Company” )

1 The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

2 We, the undersigned, namely,

NAME ADDRESS BERMUDIAN NATIONALITY NUMBER OF STATUS SHARES (Yes/No) SUBSCRIBED

Jill Virgil-Smith Cedar House, 41 Cedar A venue Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda. Yes British

Ruby L. Rawlins Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda. Yes British 1

Rachael M. Lathan Cedar House, 41 Cedar A venue Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda. Yes British

Andresa L. Tucker Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue. Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda. Yes British

do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed, and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors, provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.


3. The Company is to be an exempted Company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

4. The Company has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels-

Not Applicable

1 The authorised share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 divided into shares of U.S. one cent each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company is $12,000.00 in United States currency.

2 The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are

3 The Company has the powers set out in the Schedule annexed hereto.

See Attached


(i) To carry on the business of the construction, owning, operating and maintaining fibreoptic cable networks, undersea and overland, in all parts of the world, to sell, lease and otherwise deal in capacity in such networks, to provide telecommunications services and services for the laying, maintenance and repair of telecommunications cables and to construct, own, operate and maintain all structures, buildings, cableships and other plant and equipment associated with any of the foregoing;

(ii) To carry on business as a holding company and to acquire and hold shares, stocks, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wherever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, local authority or other public body, whether in Bermuda or elsewhere, and to vary, transpose, dispose of or otherwise deal with from time to time as may be considered expedient any of the Company’s investments for the time being;

(iii) To acquire any such shares and other securities as are mentioned in the preceding paragraph by subscription, syndicate participation, tender, purchase, exchange or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, either conditionally or otherwise, and to guarantee the SUbscription thereof and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof;

(iv) To co-ordinate the administration, policies, management, supervision, control, research, planning, trading and any and all other activities of, and to act as financial advisers and consultants to, any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired which may be or may become a Group Company (which expression, in this paragraph, means a company, wherever incorporated, which is or becomes a holding company or a subsidiary of, or affiliated with, the Company within the meanings respectively assigned to those terms in The Companies Act 1981) or, with the prior written approval of the Minister of Finance, to any company or companies now or hereafter incorporated or acquired with which the Company may be or may become associated; and

(v) As set forth in paragraphs (b) to (n) and (p) to (u) inclusive of the Second Schedule to The Companies Act, 1981.

 

6.


The Schedule

(referred to in Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association)

(a) To borrow and raise money in any currency or currencies and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by the creation and issue of securities;

(b) To enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the company or by both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company;

(c) To accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate and deal in bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise;

(d) To sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let on rent, share of profit, royalty or otherwise, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the company for any consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities;

(e) To issue and allot securities of the company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or any services rendered to the company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose;

(f) To grant pensions, annuities, or other allowances, including allowances on death, to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the company or otherwise associated with the company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have directly or indirectly been of benefit to the company or whom the company considers have any moral claim on the company or to their relations connections or dependants, and to establish or support any associations, institutions, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes, funds and trusts, and to make payment towards insurance or other arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the company or of its members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object;

(g) Subject to the provisions of Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, to issue preference shares which at the option of the holders thereof are to be liable to be redeemed;

(h) To purchase its own shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981.


Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof

(Subscribers) (Witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED this 1st day of October ,1998


THE COMPANIES ACT SECOND SCHEDULE

(section 11(2))

A company may by reference include in its memorandum any of the following objects, that is to say the business of

 

  (a) insurance and re-insurance of all kinds;

 

  (b) packaging of goods of all kinds;

 

  (c) buying, selling and dealing in goods of all kinds;

 

  (d) designing and manufacturing of goods of all kinds;

 

  (e) mining and quarrying and exploration for metals, minerals, fossil fuels and precious stones of all kinds and their preparation for sale or use;

 

  (f) exploring for, the drilling for, the moving, transporting and refining petroleum and hydrocarbon products including oil and oil products;

 

  (g) scientific research including the improvement, discovery and development of processes, inventions, patents and designs and the construction, maintenance and operation of laboratories and research centres;

 

  (h) land, sea and air undertakings including the land, ship and air carriage of passengers, mails and goods of all kinds;

 

  (i) ships and aircraft owners, managers, operators, agents, builders and repairers;

 

  G) acquiring, owning, selling, chartering, repairing or dealing in ships and aircraft;

 

  (k) travel agents, freight contractors and forwarding agents;

 

  (1) dock owners, wharfingers, warehousemen;

 

  (m) ship chandlers and dealing in rope, canvas oil and ship stores of all kinds;

 

  (n) all forms of engineering;

 

  (0) developing, operating, advising or acting as technical consultants to any other enterprise or business;

 

  (p) farmers, livestock breeders and keepers, graziers, butchers, tanners and processors of and dealers in all kinds of live and dead stock, wool, hides, tallow, grain, vegetables and other produce;

 

  (q) acquiring by purchase or otherwise and holding as an investment inventions, patents, trade marks, trade names, trade secrets, designs and the like;


(r) buying, selling, hiring, letting and dealing in conveyances of any sort;

(s) employing, providing, hiring out and acting as agent for artists, actors, entertainers of all sorts, authors, composers, producers, directors, engineers and experts or specialists of any kind; and

(t) to acquire by purchase or otherwise hold, sell, dispose of and deal in real property situated outside Bermuda and in personal property of all kinds wheresoever situated;

(u) to enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence;

(v) to be and carry on the business of a mutual fund within the meaning of section 156A.


THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

FIRST SCHEDULE (section 11(1))

A company limited by shares, or other company having a share capital, may exercise all or any of the following powers subject to any provision of law or its memorandum

(1) [repealed by 1992:51]

(2) to acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business that the company is authorized to carry on;

(3) to apply for, register, purchase, lease, acquire, hold, use, control, licence, sell, assign or dispose of patents, patent rights, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, inventions, processes, distinctive marks and similar rights;

(4) to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction that the company is authorized to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(5) to take or otherwise acquire and hold securities in any other body corporate having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the company or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to benefit the company;

(6) subject to section 96 to lend money to any employee or to any person having dealings with the company or with whom the company proposes to have dealings or to any other body corporate any of whose shares are held by the company;

(7) to apply for, secure or acquire by grant, legislative enactment, assignment, transfer, purchase or otherwise and to exercise, carry out and enjoy any charter, licence, power, authority, franchise, concession, right or privilege, that any government or authority or any body corporate or other public body may be empowered to grant, and to pay for, aid in and contribute toward carrying it into effect and to assume any liabilities or obligations incidental thereto;

(8) to establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds or trusts for the benefit of employees or former employees of the company or its predecessors, or the dependants or connections of such employees or former employees, and grant pensions and allowances, and make payments towards insurance or for any object similar to those set forth in this paragraph, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable, benevolent, educational or religious objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful objects;

(9) to promote any company for the purpose of acquiring or taking over any of the property and liabilities of the company or for any other purpose that may benefit the company;

(10) to purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire, or otherwise acquire any personal property and any rights or privileges that the company considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business;

(11) to construct, maintain, alter, renovate and demolish any buildings or works necessary or convenient for its objects;

(12) to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, being land bona fide required for the purposes of the business of the company and with the consent of the Minister granted in his discretion to take land in Bermuda by way of lease or letting agreement for a similar period in order to provide accommodation or recreational facilities for its officers and employees and when no longer necessary for any of the above purposes to terminate or transfer the lease or letting agreement;

(13) except to the extent, if any, as may be otherwise expressly provided in its incorporating Act or memorandum and subject to this Act every company shall have power to invest the moneys of the Company by way of mortgage of real or personal property of every description in Bermuda or elsewhere and to sell, exchange, vary, or dispose of such mortgage as the company shall from time to time determine;

(14) to construct, improve, maintain, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, tramways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, watercourses, wharves, factories, warehouses, electric works, shops, stores and other works and conveniences that may advance the interests of the company and contribute to, subsidize or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out of control thereof;

(15) to raise and assist in raising money for, and aid by way of bonus, loan, promise, endorsement, guarantee or otherwise, any person and guarantee the performance or fulfillment of any contracts or obligations of any person, and in particular guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on the debt obligations of any such person;

(16) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company may think fit;

(17) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants and other negotiable or transferable instruments;


(18) when properly authorized to do so, to “sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the undertaking of the company or any part thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety for such consideration as the company thinks fit;

(19) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with the property of the company in the ordinary course of its business;

(20) to adopt such means of making known the products of the company as may seem expedient, and in particular by advertising, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes and rewards and making donations;

(21) to cause the company to be registered and recognized in any foreign jurisdiction, and designate persons therein according to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction or to represent the company and to accept service for and on behalf of the company of any process or suit;

(22) to allot and issue fully-paid shares of the company in payment or part payment of any property purchased or otherwise acquired by the company or for any past services performed for the company;

(23) to distribute among the members of the company in cash, kind, specie or otherwise as may be resolved, by way of dividend, bonus or in any other manner considered advisable, any property of the company, but not so as to decrease the capital of the company unless the distribution is made for the purpose of enabling the company to be dissolved or the distribution, apart from this paragraph, would be otherwise lawful;

(24) to establish agencies and branches;

(25) to take or hold mortgages, hypothecs, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price, or of any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the property of the company of whatsoever kind sold by the company, or for any money due to the company from purchasers and others and to sell or otherwise dispose of any such mortgage, hypothec, lien or charge;

(26) to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the incorporation and organization of the company;

(27) to invest and deal with the moneys of the company not immediately required for the objects of the company in such manner as may be determined;

(28) to do any of the things authorized by this Schedule and all things authorized by its memorandum as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others;

 

2


to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and the exercise of the powers of the company.

Every company may exercise its powers beyond the boundaries of Bermuda to the extent to which the laws in force where the powers are sought to be exercised permit.

 

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EX-3.27 23 dex327.htm BYE-LAWS OF PAC PANAMA LTD. Bye-laws of PAC Panama Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.27

BYE-LAWS

of

PAC Panama Ltd.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the within-written Bye-Laws are a true copy of the Bye-Laws of

PAC Panama Ltd.

as subscribed by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and approved at the Statutory Meeting of the above Company on the 5 th October, 1998.


BYE-LAWS of

PAC Panama Ltd.

INTERPRETATION

1. In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires “Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda; “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum; “the Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company; “Company” means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of PAC Panama Ltd. on 5th October , 1998; “Officer” means a person appointed by the Board pursuant to ByeLaw 100 of these Bye-Laws and shall not include an auditor of the Company; “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up; “Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company; “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company; “Resident Representative” means the individual (or, if permitted in accordance with the Companies Acts, 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 or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws; “Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any duplicate thereof; “Secretary” includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary; “Shareholder” means a shareholder or member of the Company; “these Bye-Laws” means these Bye-Laws in their present form or as from time to time amended;

(2) For the purposes of these Bye-Laws a corporation shall be deemed to be present in person if its representative duly authorised pursuant to the Companies Acts is present;

(3) Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

(4) Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively;

(5) Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or un-incorporate;

(6) Reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form;

(7) 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. The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.

SHARE RIGHTS

3. 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.

4. (1) Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Board, be issued on terms:

(a) that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or,

(b) that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or,

(c) if authorised by the memorandum/incorporating act 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.


(2) 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 & WAYS that such purchase is effected in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

5. 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 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 two 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; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.

6. 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.


SHARES

7. 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.

8. The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law.

9. 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 any interest 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.

CERTIFICATES

10. The preparation, issue and delivery of certificates shall be governed by the Companies Acts. 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.

11. 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.


12. 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. 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.

LIEN

13. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys, 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.

14. 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 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.

 


15. 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.

CALLS ON SHARES

16. The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys 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 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.


17. A call may be made payable by installments and shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed.

18. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.


FORFEITURE OF SHARES

22. If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment 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 installment remains unpaid serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or installment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.

23. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than 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 nonpayment on or before the day and at the place appointed, the shares in respect of which such call is made or installment 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.

24. 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 installments 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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 moneys 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.

28. 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

29. 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 interest in 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 9.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

30. 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

31. 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.

32. 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 and 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:

(1) the instrument of transfer is duly stamped 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,

(2) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share,

(3) where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained. 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 and Bye-Laws 31 and 33.

33. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

34. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, distringas or 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

35. 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.

36. 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.


37. 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 moneys 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 privilege 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 days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

38. 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 ByeLaws 35, 36 and 37.

INCREASE OF CAPITAL

39. 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.

40. 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.


41. 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.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

42. The Company may from time to time by Resolution:

(1) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;

(2) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares;

(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 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 the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived;

(4) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights;

(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

(6) change the currency denomination of its share capital. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any division, consolidation, or subdivision 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.

43. 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.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

44. 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 or contributed surplus account in any manner.

45. 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 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

46. (1) 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.


(2) Except in the case of the removal of auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by Resolution may, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, be done by Resolution in writing, signed by all of the Shareholders or any class thereof or their proxies, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) on behalf of such Shareholder, be it all of the Shareholders of the Company or any class thereof who at the date of the Resolution in writing would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the Resolution. Such Resolution in writing may be signed in as many counterparts as may be necessary.

(3) For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the Resolution in writing is the date when the Resolution is signed by, or on behalf of, the last Shareholder to sign 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 section, a reference to such date.

(4) 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 section shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

47. An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than 5 days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than


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 Bye-Laws 120 and 121 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 to any Director or 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:

(1) in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat;

(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 95 percent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

48. 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.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

49. 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes; provided, however, that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum.


50. If within five 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 two Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum provided that if the Company or a class of Shareholders shall have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum. The Company shall give not less than 5 days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the sole Shareholder or, if more than one, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum.

51. A meeting of the Shareholders or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities 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.

52. Each Director upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 47 above, and the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.


53. The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his absence, the President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such Chairman or President, or if at any meeting neither the Chairman nor the President is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if one Director only 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.

54. The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent 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 months or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

55. 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.


VOTING

56. 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.

57. At any general meeting, 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 or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by:

(1) the chairman of the meeting; or

(2) at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or

(3) any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or

(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 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, 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.


58. 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.

59. 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 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.

60. 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.

61. On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy.

62. 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.

63. In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the resolution shall fail.

64. 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.


65. 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.

66. 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.

67. If;

(1) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or,

(2) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or,

(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.


PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

68. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

69. Any Shareholder may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative by depositing at the Registered Office a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation and such 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. 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 such 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.

70. Subject to Bye-Law 69, the instrument appointing a proxy 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 written Resolution, 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 written Resolution, prior to the effective date of the written Resolution and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

71. Instruments of proxy shall be in any common form or in such other form as the Board may approve and the Board ma~, if it thinks fit, send out with the notice of any meeting or any written Resolution forms of instruments of proxy for use at that meeting or in connection with that written Resolution. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a written Resolution or amendment of a Resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy 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.

72. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or unsoundness of mind of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity 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 in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) one hour at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, or the day before the effective date of any written Resolution at which the instrument of proxy is used.

73. 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 and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign written Resolutions.


APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

74. The number of Directors shall be such number not less than two as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and, subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws, the Directors shall serve until reelected or their successors are appointed at the next Annual General Meeting. All Directors, upon election or appointment, 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 days of their appointment.

75. The Company shall at the Annual General Meeting and may by Resolution determine the minimum and the maximum number of Directors and may by Resolution determine that one or more vacancies in the Board 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 individual to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy.

76. 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 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.

RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

77. The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:

(1) if he resigns his office by notice In writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

(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;

(3) if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors;

(4) if he is prohibited by law from being a Director;

(5) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

78. 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 depositing a notice of appointment or removal with the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such appointment or removal shall become effective on the date of receipt by the Secretary. 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.


79. 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.

80. 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.

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

81. The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution and in the absence of a determination 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.


DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

82. (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.

(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.

(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 remuration to the directors or officers of such other company.

(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.

(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

83. (1) Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and 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 of the time being vested in or exercisable by the Board.

(2) The Board shall have the power, at any time,

(a) to file a petition with the Supreme Court of Bermuda on behalf of the Company pursuant to section 161 of the Companies Act, on any grounds and for any purposes that the Board in its discretion consider appropriate and

(b) to apply for the appointment of Joint Provisional Liquidators on behalf of the Company with such powers as the Board considers appropriate and on any grounds and for any purposes that the Board in its discretion consider appropriate.


84. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other persons.

85. 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.

86. 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.


87. 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.

DELEGATION OF THE BOARD’S POWERS

88. 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 subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

89. The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without


prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 90, other individual any of the powers 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, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

90. 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 or more members shall be, as far as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

91. 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.

92. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent to him by post, cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose. A Director may retrospectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting.


93. (1) 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 individuals. 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

(2) 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

(3) 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.

94. 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.

95. The Chairman (or President) or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman (or Vice-President), shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If at any meeting the Chairman or Deputy Chairman (or the President or Vice President) is not present within five 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.

96. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two 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.

 


97. 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 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.

98. 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 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.

99. 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.

OFFICERS

100. The Officers of the Company shall include a President and a Vice-President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors and shall be elected by the Board as soon as possible after the statutory meeting and each Annual General Meeting. In addition, the Board may appoint any person whether or not he is a Director to hold such office as the Board may from time to time determine. Any person elected or 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 election or 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.

MINUTES

101. The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording

(1) all appointments of Officers made by the Board;

(2) the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee;

(3) of 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;

(4) of all proceedings of its managers (if any). Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 118 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company.


SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

102. 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.

103. 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

104. (1) The Seal shall consist of a circular metal device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof and the country and year of incorporation across the centre thereof. Should the Seal not have been received at the Registered Office in such form at the date of


adoption of this Bye-Law then, pending such receipt, any document requiring to be sealed with the Seal shall be sealed by affixing a red wafer seal to the document with the name of the Company, and the country and year of incorporation type written across the centre thereof.

(2) 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 signed by either two Directors, or by the Secretary and one Director, or by the Secretary or by anyone person whether or not a Director or Officer, who has been authorised either generally or specifically to affirm the use of a Seal; provided that the Secretary or a Director may affix a Seal over his signature alone to authenticate copies of these Bye-Laws, the minutes of any meeting or any other documents requiring authentication

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

105. 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 113, 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.


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. Anyone of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, distributions or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.


106. Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

(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;

(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.

107. The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other moneys 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.

108. No dividend, distribution or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

109. 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 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


110. Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six 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.

111. 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.


RESERVES

112. The Board may, before recommending or 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.

CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS

113. 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 and provided further that any sum standing to the credit of a share premium account may only be applied in crediting as fully paid shares of the same class as that from which the relevant share premium was derived.


114. Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under the last preceding 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

115. 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 general meetings. 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 dispatched.

ACCOUNTING RECORDS

116. 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.

117. 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 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.

118. 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

119. 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

120. Any notice or other document (including a share certificate) may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company either personally or 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 or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address. fu 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. Any notice or other document if sent by post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered seven days after it was put in the post, and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post.


121. Any notice of a general meeting of the Company shall be deemed to be duly given to a Shareholder, or other person entitled to it, if it is sent to him by cable, telex, telecopier or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form at his address as appearing in the Register or any other address given by him to the Company for this purpose.

Any such notice shall be deemed to have been served twenty-four hours after its despatch.

122. 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.


WINDING UP

123. 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.

INDEMNITY

124. Subject to the proviso below, every Director, Officer of the Company and member of a committee constituted under Bye-Law 90 and any Resident Representative shall be indemnified out of the funds 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 and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any person acting as a Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in the reasonable belief that he has been so appointed or elected 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.


125. Every Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under ByeLaw 90 or Resident Representative of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, Officer, committee member or Resident Representative in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

126. To the extent that any Director, Officer, member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or Resident Representative is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him, the relative indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge.

127. 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 on account of any action taken by such Director, Officer, or member of a committee or the failure of such Director, Officer, or member of a committee 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 Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 is not legally entitled.

128. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Bye-Laws 124 and 125.

Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued holding of a share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this Bye-Law 128 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Director, Officer, or member of a committee duly constituted under Bye-Law 90 to properly perform his or her duties as an officer of the Company.

AMALGAMATION

129. Any resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation 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 ByeLaw 49 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 57.


CONTINUATION

130. Subject to the Companies Act, 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

131. These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time in the manner provided for in the Companies Acts.

EX-3.28 24 dex328.htm ARTICLES OF AMALGAMATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS-CANADA, LTD. Articles of Amalgamation of Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.28

 

CANADA

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PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

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CITY OF TORONTO

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TO WIT:

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I, MARK ANTHONY PLATTEEL, a Notary Public in and for the Province of Ontario, by Royal Authority duly appointed, residing in the City of Toronto in the said Province DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the paper writing hereto annexed, the first page of which is stamped with an impression of my seal, is a true and correct photostatic copy of documents produced and shown to me out of custody of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto, Ontario and purporting to be the original Certificate and Articles of Amalgamation of GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS-CANADA, LTD. TELECOMMUNICATIONS GLOBAL CROSSING-CANADA, LTEE, issued by Industry Canada and dated January 1, 2008, the said photostatic copy having been compared by me, page for page, with the said original documents, an act whereof being requested I have granted the same under my hand and notarial seal of office to serve and avail as occasion shall or may require.

DATED at Toronto this 9th day of January, 2008.

 

/s/ Mark Anthony Platteell

A Notary Public in and for the Province of Ontario


Industry Canada

Certificate of

Canada Business Corporations Act

Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd.

Name of corporation

445480-1

Corporation Number

I hereby certify that the above-named corporation resulted from an amalgamation, under section 185 of the Canada Business Corporations Act, of the corporations set out in the attached articles of amalgamation.

Richard G. Shaw Director

January 1, 2008

Date of Amalgamation


FORM 9

ARTICLES OF AMALGAMATION

SECTION 185)

1. Name of the Amalgamated Corporation: Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd.

2. The Province or Territory in Canada where the Registered Office is to be Situated: Ontario

3. The classes and any maximum number of shares that the corporation is authorised to issue: The Corporation is authorised to issue an unlimited number of common shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares, the rights. Privileges, restrictions and conditions of which are set out in the annexed Schedule 1 which is incorporated in this form.

4. Restrictions, if any on share transfers: The annexed Schedule 2 is incorporated in this form.

5. Number or (minimum and maximum number) of directors: A minimum of one and a maximum of ten, the actual number of directors to be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors.

6. Restrictions, if any on the business the corporation may vary on: There shall be no restrictions on the business the Amalgamated Corporation may carry on or on the powers the Amalgamated Corporation may exercise.

7. Other Provisions, if any: The annexed Schedule 3 is incorporated in this form,

8. The amalgamation has been approved pursuant to that section or subsection of the Act which is indicated as follows: (x) 184(2).

9.

 

Name of the Amalgamated Corporations

   Corporation
Number
   Signature    Date    Title    Tel No.
Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd.    416442-3    /s/ Mitchell C. Sussis    Dec 13, 2007    V.P.    9739370249
Global Crossing Worldwide Customer Help Desk Canada, Ltd.    383184-1    /s/ Mitchell C. Sussis    Dec 13, 2007    V.P.    9739370249
Global Crossing Conferencing-Canada, Ltd.    294178-3    /s/ Mitchell C. Sussis    Dec 13, 2007    V.P.    9739370249


SCHEDULE 1

The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the common shares are as follows:

(a) Payment of Dividends: The holders of the common shares shall be entitled to receive dividends if, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation out of the assets of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends in such amounts and payable in such manner as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Subject to the rights of the holders of any other class of shares of the Corporation entitled to receive dividends in priority to or rateably with the holders of the common shares, the board of directors may in their sole discretion declare dividends on the common shares to the exclusion of any other class of shares of the Corporation.

(b) Participating Upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up: In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, the holders of the common shares, subject to the rights of the holders of any other class of shares of the Corporation entitled to receive the assets of the Corporation upon such a distribution in priority to or rateably with the holders of common shares, be entitled to participate rateably in any distribution the assets of the Corporation.

(c) Voting Rights: The holders of the common shares shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend all annual and special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation and to one (1) vote in respect of each common share held at all such meetings. The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the preferred shares are as follows:

(a) Dividends

(i) Non-Cumulative Dividends: The holders or the preferred shares, in priority to the holders of the common shares and all other shares ranking junior to the preferred shares, shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay thereon, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation out of the assets or the Corporation property applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed preferential non-cumulative cash dividends at a rate to be determined by the board on the amount paid up per share. The board of directors shall be entitled from time to time to declare part of the said preferential non-cumulative cash dividend for any financial year notwithstanding that such dividend for such financial year shall not be declared in full if within 4 months after the expiration of any financial year of the Corporation the board of directors in its discretion has not declared the said dividend or any part thereof on the preferred shares for the financial year, then the rights of the holders of the preferred shares to such dividend or to any undeclared part thereof for such financial year shall be forever extinguished. The holders of preferred shares shall not be entitled to any dividends other than or in excess of the preferential non­cumulative cash dividends hereinbefore provided.


(ii) Dividends Preferential: Except with the consent in writing of the holders of all the preferred shares outstanding, no dividend shall at any time be declared and paid on or set apart for payment on the common shares or on any other shares ranking junior to the preferred shares in any financial year unless and until the preferential non-cumulative cash dividend on all the preferred shares outstanding in respect of such financial year have been declared and paid or set apart for payment.

(b) Liquidation

Participation upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-Up: In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation or other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, the holders of the preferred shares shall be entitled to receive from the assets of the Corporation a sum equivalent to the aggregate amount paid up on all preferred shares held by them respectively plus all declared and unpaid dividends thereon before any amount shall be paid or any assets of the Corporation distributed to the holders of any common shares or shares of any other class ranking junior to the preferred shares. After payment to the holders of the preferred shares of the amount so payable to them as above provided they shall not be entitled to share in any further distribution of the assets of the Corporation.

(c) Retraction

Redemption at Option of Holder: A holder of preferred shares shall be entitled to require the Corporation to redeem, subject to the requirements of the Canada Business Corporations Act as now enacted or as the same may from time to time be amended, re-enacted or replaced, at any time or times all or any of the preferred shares held by such holder by tendering to the Corporation at its registered office a share certificate or certificates representing the preferred shares which the holder desires to have the Corporation redeem together with a request in writing specifying (i) that the holder desires to have the preferred shares represented by such certificate or certificates redeemed by the Corporation and, if part only of the shares represented by such certificate or certificates is to be redeemed, the number thereof so to be redeemed and (ii) the business day (herein referred to as the “Redemption Date”) on which the holder desires to have the Corporation redeem such preferred shares. The Redemption Date shall be not less than 30 days (or such shorter period to which the Corporation may consent) after the day on which the request in writing is given to the Corporation. Upon receipt of a share certificate or certificates representing the preferred shares which the holder desires to have the Corporation redeem together with such a request the Corporation shall on the Redemption Date redeem such preferred shares by paying to such holder an amount for each such preferred share being redeemed equal to the amount paid up thereon plus all declared and unpaid dividends Thereon, the whole constituting and being herein referred to as the “Redemption Amount”. Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers for the time being in Canada (or, with the consent of the holder, by any other means of immediately available funds). If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed” new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation. The said preferred shares shall be


redeemed on the Redemption Date and from and after the Redemption Date the holder of such shares shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a holder of preferred shares in respect thereof unless payment of the Redemption Amount is not made on the Redemption Date, in which event the rights of the holder of the said preferred shares shall remain unaffected.

(d) Redemption

(i) Redemption by Corporation: The Corporation may, upon giving notice as hereinafter provided, redeem at any time the whole or from time to time any part of the then outstanding preferred shares on payment of an amount for each share lo be redeemed equal to the amount paid tip thereon plus all declared and unpaid dividends thereon, the whole constituting and being herein referred to as the “Redemption Amount”.

(ii) Idem: In the case of redemption of preferred shares under the provisions of clause (d)(i) hereof, the Corporation shall at least 21 days (or, if all of the holders of the preferred shares consent, such shorter period to which they may consent) before the date specified for redemption mail (or, with the consent of any particular holder, otherwise deliver) to each person who at the date of mailing (or delivery, as the case may be) is a holder of preferred shares to be redeemed a notice in writing or the intention of the Corporation to redeem such preferred shares. Such notice shall (subject to the consent of any particular holder referred to above) be mailed by letter, postage prepaid, addressed to each such holder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation or in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing then to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not effect the validity of such redemption. Such notice shall set out the Redemption Amount and the date on which redemption is to take place and if part only of the shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed the number thereof so to be redeemed. On or after the due date so specified for redemption, the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the holders of the preferred shares to be redeemed the Redemption Amount hereof on presentation and surrender at the registered office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates representing the preferred shares called for redemption. Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada (or, with the consent of any particular holder, by any other means of immediately available funds). If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed a new certificate for (he balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation. From and after the date specified for redemption in any such notice the holders of the preferred shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders of preferred shares in respect hereof unless payment of the Redemption Amount is not made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders of the said preferred shares shall remain unaffected. The Corporation shall have the right at any time after the mailing (or delivery, as the case may be) of notice or its intention to redeem any preferred shares to deposit the Redemption Amount of the


shares so called for redemption or of such of the said shares represented by certificates as have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders thereof in connection with such redemption to a special account in any chartered bank or in any trust company in Canada, named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such preferred shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bake or trust company of the certificates representing the same, and upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the preferred shares in respect whereof such deposit shall have been made shall be redeemed and the rights of the holders thereof after such deposit or such redemption date, as the case may be, shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total Redemption Amount so deposited against presentation and surrender of the said certificates held by them respectively and any interest allowed on such deposit shall belong to the Corporation.

(e) Voting

Voting Rights: The holders of the preferred shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting.


SCHEDULE 2

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF SHARES

No securities of the Corporation, other than non-convertible debt securities, shall be transferred without the consent of either a majority of directors of the Corporation expressed by a resolution passed at a meeting of the board of directors or by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by a majority of the directors.


SCHEDULE 3

OTHER PROVISIONS

1. Authorization to Appoint Additional Directors

The directors may, within the maximum number permitted by the articles, appoint one or more additional directors, who shall hold office for a term expiring not later than the close of the next annual meeting of the shareholders, but the total number of directors so appointed may not exceed one third of the number of directors elected at the previous annual meeting of shareholders.

2. Lien on Shares

The Corporation shall have a lien on a share registered in the name of a shareholder or such shareholder’s personal representative for a debt of that shareholder to the Corporation.

3. Meetings of Shareholders Outside Canada

Meetings of shareholders of the Corporation may be held at Luxembourg City in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

EX-3.29 25 dex329.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS-CANADA, LTD. Bylaws of Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.29

*- NAME CHANGED TO GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS-CANADA, LTD. WHEN AMALGAMATED EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 2008

BY-LAW NO. 1

A by-law relating generally to the transaction of

the business and affairs of

GLOBAL CROSSING WORLDWIDE CUSTOMER HELP DESK CANADA LTD.


BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of the Corporation as follows:


SECTION ONE

INTERPRETATION

LOI Definitions. -In the by-laws of the Corporation, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Act” means the Canada Business Corporations Act, or any statute that may be substituted therefor, as from time to time amended;

“appoint” includes “elect” and vice versa;

“articles” means the articles attached to the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation as from time to time amended or restated;

“board” means the board of directors of the Corporation;

“by-laws” means this by-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation from time to time in force and effect;

“Corporation” means the corporation incorporated under the Act by the said certificate to which the articles are attached, and named “Global Crossing Worldwide Customer Help Desk Canada Ltd.”;

“meeting of shareholders” includes an annual meeting of shareholders and a special meeting of shareholders; and “special meeting of shareholders” includes a meeting of any class or classes of shareholders and a special meeting of all shareholders entitled to vote at an annual meeting of shareholders; and

“recorded address” has the meaning set forth in section 11.08.

Save as aforesaid, words and expressions defined in the Act, including “resident Canadian” and “unanimous shareholder agreement”, have the same meanings when used herein. Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa; and words importing a person include an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator and legal representative.

1.02 Unanimous Shareholder Agreement. -The provisions of the by-laws shall be subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement entered into from time to time.


SECTION TWO

BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION

2.01 Registered Office. -The registered office of the Corporation shall be at the place within Canada from time to time specified in the articles and at such location therein initially as is specified in the notice thereof filed with the articles and thereafter as the board may from time to time determine.

2.02 Corporate Seal. -The Corporation may, but need not have, a corporate seal and if one is adopted it shall be in a form approved from time to time by the board.

2.03 Financial Year. -Until changed by the board, the financial year of the Corporation shall end on the last day of December in each year.

2.04 Execution of Instruments. -Deeds, transfers, assignments, contracts, obligations, certificates and other instruments may be signed on behalf of the Corporation by two persons, one of whom holds the office of chair of the board, managing director, president, vice-president or director and the other of whom holds one of the said offices or the office of secretary, treasurer, assistant secretary or assistant treasurer or any other office created by by-law or by the board. In addition, the board or the said two persons may from time to time direct the manner in which and the person or persons by whom any particular instrument or class of instruments may or shall be signed. Any signing officer may affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring the same.

2.05 Banking Arrangements. -The banking business of the Corporation including, without limitation, the borrowing of money and the giving of security therefor, shall be transacted with such banks, trust companies or other bodies corporate or organizations as may from time to time be designated by or under the authority of the board. Such banking business or any part thereof shall be transacted under such agreements, instructions and delegations of powers as the board may from time to time prescribe.

2.06 Voting Rights in Other Bodies Corporate. -The signing officers of the Corporation under section 2.04 may execute and deliver proxies and arrange for the issuance of voting certificates or other evidence of the right to exercise the voting rights attaching to any securities held by the Corporation. Such instruments shall be in favour of such persons as may be determined by the officers executing or arranging for the same. In addition, the board may from time to time direct the manner in which and the persons by whom any particular voting rights or class of voting rights mayor shall be exercised.


Divisions. -The board may cause the business and operations of the Corporation or any part thereof to be divided into one or more divisions upon such basis, including without limitation types of business or operations, geographical territories, product lines or goods or services, as may be considered appropriate in each case. In connection with any such division the board or, subject to any direction by the board, the chief executive officer may authorize from time to time, upon such basis as may be considered appropriate in each case:

(a) Subdivision and Consolidation -the further division of the business and operations of any such division into sub-units and the consolidation of the business and operations of any such divisions and sub-units;

(b) Name -the designation of any such division or sub-unit by, and the carrying on of the business and operations of any such division or sub-unit under, a name other than the name of the Corporation; provided that the Corporation shall set out its name in legible characters in all places required by law; and

(c) Officers -the appointment of officers for any such division or sub-unit, the determination of their powers and duties, and the removal of any of such officers so appointed, provided that any such officers shall not, as such, be officers of the Corporation.


SECTION THREE

BORROWING AND SECURITY

3.01 Borrowing Power. -Without limiting the borrowing powers of the Corporation as set forth in the Act, but subject to the articles and any unanimous shareholder agreement, the board may from time to time on behalf of the Corporation, without authorization of the shareholders:

(a) borrow money upon the credit of the Corporation;

(b) issue, reissue, sell or pledge bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee of the Corporation, whether secured or unsecured;

(c) to the extent permitted by the Act, give directly or indirectly financial assistance to any person by means of a loan, guarantee or otherwise on behalf of the Corporation to secure performance of any present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of any person; and

(d) mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any currently owned or subsequently acquired real or personal, movable or immovable, property of the Corporation including book debts, rights, powers, franchises and undertakings, to secure any such bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee or any other present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Corporation.

Nothing in this section limits or restricts the borrowing of money by the Corporation on bills of exchange or promissory notes made, drawn, accepted or endorsed by or on behalf of the Corporation.

3.02 Delegation. - -Unless the articles of, or a unanimous shareholder agreement relating to the Corporation otherwise provide, the board may from time to time delegate to a director, a committee of the board, or an officer of the Corporation any or all of the powers conferred on the board by section 3.01 to such extent and in such manner as the board may determine at the time of such delegation.


SECTION FOUR

DIRECTORS

4.01 Number of Directors. -Until changed in accordance with the Act, the board shall consist of not fewer than the minimum number and not more than the maximum number of directors provided in the articles.

4.02 Qualification. -No person shall be qualified for election as a director if such person is less than 18 years of age, is of unsound mind and has been so found by a court in Canada or elsewhere, is not an individual, or has the status of a bankrupt. A director need not be a shareholder. A majority of the directors shall be resident Canadians.

4.03 Election and Tenn. -The election of directors shall take place at each annual meeting of shareholders and all the directors then in office shall retire but, if qualified, shall be eligible for re-election. The number of directors to be elected at any such meeting shall be the number of directors then in office unless the directors otherwise determine. Where the shareholders adopt an amendment to the articles to increase the number or maximum number of directors, the shareholders may, at the meeting at which they adopt the amendment, elect the additional number of directors authorized by the amendment. The election shall be by resolution. If an election of directors is not held at the proper time, the incumbent directors shall continue in office until their successors are elected.

4.04 Removal of Directors. -Subject to the Act, the shareholders may by resolution passed at a meeting of shareholders specially called for such purpose remove any director from office and the vacancy created by such removal may be filled at the same meeting, failing which it may be filled by the board.

4.05 Vacation of Office. -A director ceases to hold office on death, on removal from office by the shareholders, on ceasing to be qualified for election as a director, on receipt of a written resignation by the Corporation, or, if a time is specified in such resignation, at the time so specified, whichever is later.

4.06 Vacancies. -Subject to the Act, a quorum of the board may appoint a qualified individual to fill a vacancy in the board.

4.07 Action by the Board. -Subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement, the board shall manage the business and affairs of the Corporation. The powers of the board may be exercised at a meeting (subject to sections 4.08 and 4.09) at which a quorum is present or by resolution in writing signed by all the directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the board. Where there is a vacancy in the board, the remaining directors may exercise all the ( powers of the board so long as a quorum remains in office. Where the Corporation has a board consisting of only one director, that director may constitute a meeting.


  (c) issue securities;
  (d) declare dividends;
  (e) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares issued by the Corporation;
  (f) pay a commission for the sale of shares;
  (g) approve a management proxy circular;
  (h) approve a take-over bid circular or directors’ circular;
  (i) approve any annual financial statements; or
  (j) adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.

4.08 Canadian Majority at Meetings. -The board shall not transact business at a meeting, other than filling a vacancy in the board, unless a majority of the directors present are resident Canadians, except where

(a) a resident Canadian director who is unable to be present approves in writing or by telephone or other communications facilities the business transacted at the meeting; and

(b) a majority of resident Canadians would have been present had that director been present at the meeting.

4.09 Meeting by Telephone. -If all the directors of the Corporation consent thereto generally or in respect of a particular meeting, a director may participate in a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board by means of such conference telephone or other communications facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and a director participating in such a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting. Any such consent shall be effective whether given before or after the meeting to which it relates and may be given with respect to all meetings of the board and of committees of the board.

4.10 Place of Meetings. -Meetings of the board may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

4.11 Calling of Meetings. -Meetings of the board shall be held from time to time at such time and at such place as the board, the chair of the board, the managing director, the president or any two directors may determine.

4.12 Notice of Meeting. -Notice of the time and place of each meeting of the board shall be given in the manner provided in Section Eleven to each director not less than 48 hours before the time when the meeting is to be held. A notice of a meeting of directors need not specify the purpose of or the business to be transacted at the meeting except where the Act requires such purpose or business to be specified, including, if required by the Act, any proposal to:

(a) submit to the shareholders any question or matter requiring approval of the shareholders;

(b) fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditor;

4.13 First Meeting of New Board. -Provided a quorum of directors is present, each newly elected board may without notice hold its first meeting immediately following the meeting of shareholders at which such board is elected.

4.14 Adjourned Meeting. -Notice of an adjourned meeting of the board is not required if the time and place of the adjourned meeting is announced at the original meeting.


4.15 Regular Meetings. -The board may appoint a day or days in any month or months for regular meetings of the board at a place and hour to be named. A copy of any resolution of the board fixing the place and time of such regular meetings shall be sent to each director forthwith after being passed, but no other notice shall be required for any such regular meeting except where the Act requires the purpose thereof or the business to be transacted thereat to be specified.

4.16 Chair. -The chair of any meeting of the board shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed and who is a director and is present at the meeting: chair of the board, managing director or president. If no such officer is present, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chair.

4.17 Quorum. -Subject to section 4.08, the quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board shall consist of 2 directors or such greater number of directors as the board may from time to time determine.

4.18 Votes to Govern. -At all meetings of the board every question shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes the chair of the meeting shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

4.19 Conflict of Interest. -A director who is a party to, or who is a director or officer of or has a material interest in any person who is a party to, a material contract or proposed material contract with the Corporation shall disclose the nature and extent of that interest at the time and in the manner provided by the Act. Such a director shall not vote on any resolution to approve the same except as provided by the Act.

4.20 Remuneration and Expenses. -Subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement, the directors shall be paid such remuneration for their services as the board may from time to time determine. The directors shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.


SECTION FIVE

COMMITTEES

5.01 Committees of the Board. -The board may appoint one or more committees of the board, however designated, and delegate to any such committee any of the powers of the board except those which pertain to items which, under the Act, a committee of the board has no authority to exercise. A majority of the members of any such committee shall be resident Canadians.

5.02 Transaction of Business. -The powers of a committee of the board may be exercised by a meeting at which a quorum is present or by resolution in writing signed by all members of such committee who would have been entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the committee. Meetings of such committee may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

5.03 Advisory Bodies. -The board may from time to time appoint such advisory bodies as it may deem advisable.

5.04 Procedure. -Unless otherwise determined by the board, each committee and advisory body shall have power to fix its quorum at not less than a majority of its members, to elect its chair and to regulate its procedure.


SECTION SIX

OFFICERS

6.01 Appointment. - -Subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement, the board may from time to time appoint a president, one or more vice-presidents (to which title may be added words indicating seniority or function), a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board may determine, including one or more assistants to any of the officers so appointed. One person may hold more than one office. The board may specify the duties of and, in accordance with this by-law and subject to the Act, delegate to such officers powers to manage the business and affairs of the Corporation. Subject to sections 6.02 and 6.03, an officer may but need not be a director.

6.02 Chair of the Board. -The board may from time to time also appoint a chair of the board who shall be a director. If appointed, the board may assign to the chair any of the powers and duties that are by any provisions of this by-law assigned to the managing director or to the president. The chair shall have such other powers and duties as the board may specify.

6.03 Managing Director. -The board may from time to time also appoint a managing director who shall be a resident Canadian and a director. If appointed, the managing director shall be the chief executive officer and, subject to the authority of the board, shall have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation and such other powers and duties as the board may specify. During the absence or disability of the president, or if no president has been appointed, the managing director shall also have the powers and duties of that office.

6.04 President. -The president shall be the chief operating officer and, subject to the authority of the board, shall have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and such other powers and duties as the board may specify. During the absence or disability of the managing director, or if no managing director has been appointed, the president shall also have the powers and duties of that office.

6.05 Secretary. -The secretary shall attend and be the secretary of all meetings of the board, shareholders and committees of the board and shall enter or cause to be entered in records kept for that purpose minutes of all proceedings thereat. The secretary shall give or cause to be given, as and when instructed, all notices to shareholders, directors, officers, auditors and members of committees of the board. The secretary shall be the custodian of the stamp or mechanical device generally used to affixing the corporate seal of the Corporation and of all books, records and instruments belonging to the Corporation, except when some other officer or agent has been appointed for that purpose, and have such other powers and duties as otherwise may be specified.


6.06 Treasurer. -The treasurer shall keep proper accounting records in compliance with the Act and shall be responsible for the deposit of money, the safekeeping of securities and the disbursement of the funds of the Corporation. The treasurer shall render to the board whenever required an account of all transactions as treasurer and of the financial position of the Corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as otherwise may be specified.

6.07 Powers and Duties of Officers. - -The powers and duties of all officers shall be such as the terms of their engagement call for or as the board or (except for those whose powers and duties are to be specified only by the board) the chief executive officer may specify. The board and (except as aforesaid) the chief executive officer may, from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Act, vary, add to or limit the powers and duties of any officer. Any of the powers and duties of an officer to whom an assistant has been appointed may be exercised and performed by such assistant, unless the board or the chief executive officer otherwise directs.

6.08 Term of Office. -The board, in its discretion, may remove any officer of the Corporation. Otherwise each officer appointed by the board shall hold office until a successor is appointed or until the officer resigns.

6.09 Agents and Attorneys. -The Corporation, by or under the authority of the board, shall have power from time to time to appoint agents or attorneys for the Corporation in or outside Canada with such powers (including the power to subdelegate) of management, administration or otherwise as may be thought fit.

6.10 Conflict of interest. -An officer shall disclose any interest in a material contract or proposed material contract with the Corporation in accordance with section 4.19.

SECTION SEVEN

PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

7.01 Limitation of Liability. -All directors and officers of the Corporation in exercising their powers and discharging their duties shall act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, no director or officer shall be liable for the acts, omissions, failures, neglects or defaults of any other director, officer or employee, or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the Corporation through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired for or on behalf of the Corporation, or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the moneys of the Corporation shall be invested, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious acts of any person with whom any of the moneys, securities or effects of the Corporation shall be deposited, or for any loss occasioned by any error of judgment or oversight on the part of such director or officer, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune which shall happen in the execution of the duties of office or in relation thereto; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any director or officer from the duty to act in accordance with the Act and the regulations thereunder or from liability for any breach thereof.

7.02 Indemnity. -Subject to the Act, the Corporation shall indemnify directors or officers, former directors or officers, or persons who act or acted at the Corporation’s request as directors or officers of a body corporate of which the Corporation is or was a shareholder or creditor, and their heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by them in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which they are made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Corporation or such body corporate, if(a) they acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, they had reasonable grounds for believing that their conduct was lawful. The Corporation shall also indemnify such persons in such other circumstances as the Act or law permits or requires. Nothing in this by-law shall limit the right of any person entitled to indemnity to claim indemnity apart from the provisions of this by-law.


7.03 Insurance. -Subject to the Act, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person referred to in section 7.02 hereof as the board may from time to time determine.


SECTION EIGHT

SHARES

8.01 Allotment of Shares. -Subject to the Act, the articles and any unanimous shareholder agreement, the board may from time to time allot or grant options to purchase the whole or any part of the authorized and unissued shares of the Corporation at such times and to such persons and for such consideration as the board shall determine, provided that no share shall be issued until it is fully paid as provided by the Act.

8.02 Commissions. -The board may from time to time authorize the Corporation to pay a reasonable commission to any person in consideration of such person purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Corporation, whether from the Corporation or from any other person, or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for any such shares.

8.03 Registration of Transfers. -Subject to the Act, no transfer of a share shall be registered in a securities register except upon presentation of the certificate representing such share with an endorsement which complies with the Act made thereon or delivered therewith duly executed by an appropriate person as provided by the Act, together with such reasonable assurance that the endorsement is genuine and effective as the board may from time to time prescribe, upon payment of all applicable taxes and any reasonable fees prescribed by the board, upon compliance with such restrictions on transfer as are authorized by the articles and upon satisfaction of any lien referred to in section 8.09.

8.04 Non-recognition of Trusts. -Subject to the Act, the Corporation may treat the registered holder of any share as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notices, to receive any dividend or other payment in respect of the share, and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of the share.

8.05 Share Certificates. -Every holder of one or more shares of the Corporation shall be entitled, at the holder’s option, to a share certificate, or to a non-transferable written certificate of acknowledgement of such right to obtain a share certificate, stating the number and class or series of shares held by such holder as shown on the securities register. Such certificates shall be in such form as the board may from time to time approve. Any such certificate shall be signed in accordance with section 2.04 and need not be under the corporate seal.

8.06 Replacement of Share Certificates. -The board or any officer or agent designated by the board may direct the issue of a new share 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 board may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.


8.07 Joint Shareholders. -If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the Corporation shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate in respect thereof, and delivery of such certificate to one of such persons shall be sufficient delivery to all of them. Anyone of such persons may give effectual receipts for the certificate issued in respect thereof or for any dividend, bonus, return of capital or other money payable or warrant issuable in respect of such share.

8.08 Deceased Shareholders. -In the event of the death of a holder, or of one of the joint holders, of any share, the Corporation shall not be required to make any entry in the securities register in respect thereof or to make any dividend or other payments in respect thereof except upon production of all such documents as may be required by law and upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Corporation and its transfer agents.

8.09 Lien for Indebtedness. –If the articles provide that the Corporation shall have a lien on shares registered in the name of a shareholder indebted to the Corporation, such lien may be enforced, subject to the articles and to any unanimous shareholder agreement, by the sale of the shares thereby affected or by any other action, suit, remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted by law or by equity and, pending such enforcement, the Corporation may refuse to register a transfer of the whole or any part of such shares.


SECTION NINE

DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS

9.01 Dividends. -Subject to the Act, the board may from time to time declare dividends payable to the shareholders according to their respective rights and interests in the Corporation. Dividends may be paid in money or property or by issuing fully paid shares of the Corporation. Any dividend unclaimed after a period of 6 years from the date on which the same has been declared to be payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Corporation.

9.02 Dividend Cheques. -A dividend payable in money shall be paid by cheque to the order of each registered holder of shares of the class or series in respect of which it has been declared and mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at the holder’s recorded address, unless such holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders the cheque shall, unless such joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of all of such joint holders and mailed to them at their recorded address. The mailing of such cheque as aforesaid, unless the same is not paid on due presentation, shall satisfy and discharge the liability for the dividend to the extent of the sum represented thereby plus the amount of any tax which the Corporation is required to and does withhold. In the event of non-receipt of any dividend cheque by the person to whom it is sent as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue to such person a replacement cheque for a like amount on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses and evidence of non-receipt and of title as the board may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.

9.03 Record Date for Dividends and Rights. -The board may fix in advance a date, preceding by not more than 50 days the date for the payment of any dividend or the date for the issue of any warrant or other evidence of the right to subscribe for securities of the Corporation, as a record date for the determination of the persons entitled to receive payment of such dividend or to exercise the right to subscribe for such securities, and notice of any such record date shall be given not less than 7 days before such record date in the manner provided by the Act If no date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the persons entitled to receive payment of any dividend or to exercise the right to subscribe for securities of the Corporation shall be at the close of business on the day on which the resolution relating to such dividend or right to subscribe is passed by the board.


SECTION TEN

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

10.01 Annual Meetings. -The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such time in each year and, subject to section 10.03, at such place as the board, the chair of the board, the managing director or the president may from time to time determine, for the purpose of considering the financial statements and reports required by the Act to be placed before the annual meeting, electing directors, appointing auditors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

10.02 Special Meetings. -The board, the chair of the board, the managing director or the president shall have power to call a special meeting of shareholders at any time.

10.03 Place of Meetings. -Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation or elsewhere in the municipality in which the registered office is situate or, if the board shall so determine, at some other place in Canada or, if all the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting so agree, at some place outside Canada.

10.04 Notice of Meetings. -Notice of the time and place of each meeting of shareholders shall be given in the manner provided in Section Eleven not less than 21 nor more than 50 days before the date of the meeting to each director, to the auditor, and to each shareholder who at the close of business on the record date for notice is entered in the securities register as the holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting. Notice of a meeting of shareholders called for any purpose other than consideration of the financial statements and auditor’s report, election of directors and reappointment of the incumbent auditor shall state the nature of such business in sufficient detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment thereon and shall state the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting.

10.05 List of Shareholders Entitled to Notice. -For every meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall prepare a list of shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the number of shares held by each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting. If a record date for the meeting is fixed pursuant to section 10.06, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at the close of business on such record date. If no record date is fixed, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is given or, where no such notice is given, on the day on which the meeting is held. The list shall be available for examination by any shareholder during usual business hours at the registered office of the Corporation or at the place where the central securities register is maintained and at the meeting for which the list was prepared. Where a separate list of shareholders has not been prepared, the names of persons appearing in the securities register at the requisite time as the holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting shall be deemed to be a list of shareholders.

10.06 Record Date for Notice. -The board may fix in advance a date, preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders by not more than 50 days and not less than 21 days, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and notice of any such record date shall be given not less than 7 days before such record date, by newspaper advertisement in the manner provided in the Act. If no such record date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting shall be at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the notice is given or, if no notice is given, shall be the day on which the meeting is held.


10.07 Meetings Without Notice. -A meeting of shareholders may be held without notice at any time and place permitted by the Act (a) if all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat are present in person or duly represented or if those not present or represented waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held, and (b) if the auditors and the directors are present or waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held; so long as such shareholders, auditors or directors present are not attending for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called. At such a meeting any business may be transacted which the Corporation at a meeting of shareholders may transact. If the meeting is held at a place outside Canada, shareholders not present or duly represented, but who have waived notice of or otherwise consented to such meeting, shall also be deemed to have consented to the meeting being held at such place.

10.08 Chair, Secretary and Scrutineers. -The chair of any meeting of shareholders shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed and who is present at the meeting: managing director, president, chair of the board, or a vice president who is a shareholder. If no such officer is present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for holding the meeting, the persons present and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chair. If the secretary of the Corporation is absent, the chair shall appoint some person, who need not be a shareholder, to act as secretary of the meeting. If desired, one or more scrutineers, who need not be shareholders, may be appointed by a resolution or by the chair with the consent of the meeting.

10.09 Persons Entitled to be Present. -The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of shareholders shall be those entitled to vote thereat, the directors and auditor of the Corporation and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required under any provision of the Act or the articles or by-laws to be present at the meeting. Any other person may be admitted only on the invitation of the chair of the meeting or with the consent of the meeting.


10.10 Quorum. -Subject to the Act in respect of a majority shareholder, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of shareholders shall be two persons present in person, each being a shareholder entitled to vote thereat or a duly appointed proxyholder or representative for a shareholder so entitled. If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding that a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.

10.11 Right to Vote. -Every person named in the list referred to in section 10.05 shall be entitled to vote the shares shown thereon opposite such person’s name at the meeting to which such list relates, except to the extent that (a) where the Corporation has fixed a record date in respect of such meeting, such person has transferred any shares after such record date or, where the Corporation has not fixed a record date in respect of such meeting, such person has transferred any shares after the date on which such list is prepared, and (b) the transferee, having produced properly endorsed certificates evidencing such shares or having otherwise established that ownership of such shares, has demanded not later than 10 days before the meeting that the transferee’s name be included in such list. In any such excepted case the transferee shall be entitled to vote the transferred shares at such meeting.

10.12 Proxyholders and Representatives. -Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may appoint a proxyholder, or one or more alternate proxyholders, to attend and act as the shareholder’s representative at the meeting in the manner and to the extent authorized and with the authority conferred by the proxy. A proxy shall be in writing executed by the shareholder or the shareholder’ s attorney and shall conform with the requirements of the Act. Alternatively, every such shareholder which is a body corporate or association may authorize by resolution of its directors or governing body an individual to represent it at a meeting of shareholders and such individual may exercise on the shareholder’ s behalf all the powers it could exercise if it were an individual shareholder. The authority of such an individual shal1 be established by depositing with the Corporation a certified copy of such resolution, or in such other manner as may be satisfactory to the secretary of the Corporation or the chair of the meeting. Any such proxyholder or representative need not be a shareholder.

10.13 Time for Deposit of Proxies. -The board may specify in a notice calling a meeting of shareholders a time, preceding the time of such meeting by not more than 48 hours, excluding Saturdays and holidays, before which time proxies to be used at such meeting must be deposited. A proxy shal1 be acted upon only if, prior to the time so specified, it shal1 have been deposited with the Corporation or an agent thereof specified in such notice or if, no such time having been specified in such notice, it has been received by the secretary of the Corporation or by the chair of the meeting or any adjournment thereof prior to the time of voting.


10.14 Joint Shareholders. -If two or more persons hold shares jointly, anyone of them present in person or duly represented at a meeting of shareholders may, in the absence of the other or others, vote the shares; but if two or more of those persons are present in person or represented and vote, they shall vote as one the shares jointly held by them.

10.15 Votes to Govern. -At any meeting of shareholders every question shall, unless otherwise required by the articles or by-laws or by law, be determined by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes either upon a show of hands or upon a poll, the chair of the meeting shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

10.16 Show of Hands. -Subject to the Act, any question at a meeting of shareholders shall be decided by a show of hands, unless a ballot thereon is required or demanded as hereinafter provided, and upon a show of hands every person who is present and entitled to vote shall have one vote. Whenever a vote by show of hands shall have been taken upon a question, unless a ballot thereon is so required or demanded, a declaration by the chair of the meeting that the vote upon the question has been carried or carried by a particular majority or not carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall be prima facie evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against any resolution or other proceeding in respect of the said question, and the result of the vote so taken shall be the decision of the shareholders upon the said question.

10.17 Ballots. -On any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of shareholders, and whether or not a show of hands has been taken thereon, the chair may require a ballot or any person who is present and entitled to vote on such question at the meeting may demand a ballot. A ballot so required or demanded shall be taken in such manner as the chair shall direct. A requirement or demand for a ballot may be withdrawn at any time prior to the taking of the ballot. If a ballot is taken each person present shall be entitled, in respect of the shares which such person is entitled to vote at the meeting upon the question, to that number of votes provided by the Act or the articles, and the result of the ballot so taken shall be the decision of the shareholders upon the said question.

10.18 Adjournment. -The chair at a meeting of shareholders may, with the consent of the meeting and subject to such conditions as the meeting may decide, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. If a meeting of shareholders is adjourned for less than 30 days, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the earliest meeting that is adjourned. Subject to the Act, if a meeting of shareholders is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for an original meeting.

10.19 Action in Writing by Shareholders. -A resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of shareholders is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the shareholders unless a written statement with respect to the subject matter of the resolution is submitted by a director or the auditor in accordance with the Act.

10.20 Only One Shareholder. -Where the Corporation has only one shareholder or only one holder of any class or series of shares, the shareholder present in person or duly represented constitutes a meeting.


SECTION ELEVEN NOTICES

11.01 Method of Giving Notices. -Any notice (which term includes any communication or document) to be given (which term includes sent, delivered or served) pursuant to the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise to a shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board shall be sufficiently given if delivered personally to the person to whom it is to be given or if delivered to the person’s recorded address or if mailed to such person at such recorded address by prepaid ordinary or air mail or if sent to such person at such recorded address by any means of prepaid transmitted or recorded communication. A notice so delivered shall be deemed to have been given when it is delivered personally or to the recorded address as aforesaid; a notice so mailed shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in a post office or public letter box; and a notice so sent by any means of transmitted or recorded communication shall be deemed to have been given when dispatched or delivered for dispatch. The secretary may change or cause to be changed the recorded address of any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board in accordance with any information believed by the secretary to be reliable.

11.02 Notice to Joint Shareholders. –If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any notice may be addressed to all such joint holders, but notice addressed to one of such persons shall be sufficient notice to all of them.

11.03 Computation of Time. -In computing the date when notice must be given under any provision requiring a specified number of days’ notice of any meeting or other event, the day of giving the notice shall be excluded and the day of the meeting or other event shall be included.

11.04 Undelivered Notices. –If any notice given to a shareholder pursuant to section 11.01 is returned on three consecutive occasions because the shareholder cannot be found, the Corporation shall not be required to give any further notices to such shareholder until informed in writing by the shareholder of a new address.

11.05 Omissions and Errors. -The accidental omission to give any notice to any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board or the non-receipt of any notice by any such person or any error in any notice not affecting the substance thereof shall not invalidate any action taken at any meeting held pursuant to such notice or otherwise founded thereon.

11.06 Persons Entitled by Death or Operation of Law. -Every person who, by operation of law, transfer, death of a shareholder or any other means whatsoever, shall become entitled to any share, shall be bound by every notice in respect of such share which shall have been duly given to the shareholder from whom such person derives title to such share prior to the name and address of such person being entered on the securities register (whether such notice was given before or after the happening of the event upon which he became so entitled) and prior to such person furnishing to the Corporation the proof of authority or evidence of entitlement prescribed by the Act.

11.07 Waiver of Notice. -Any shareholder, proxyholder or other person entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board may at any time waive any notice, or waive or abridge the time for any notice, required to be given to him under the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise, and such waiver or abridgement, whether given before or after the meeting or other event of which notice is required to be given, shall cure any default in the giving or in the time of such notice, as the case may be. Any such waiver or abridgement shall be in writing except a waiver of notice of a meeting of shareholders or of the board or a committee of the board which may be given in any manner.

11.08 Interpretation. -In the by-laws, “recorded address” means in the case of a shareholder the address as recorded in the securities register; and in the case of joint shareholders the address appearing in the securities register in respect of such joint holding or the first address so appearing if there are more than one; and in the case of a director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board, the latest address as recorded in the records of the Corporation.


SECTION TWELVE

EFFECTIVE DATE

12.01 Effective Date. -This by-law shall come into force when made by the board in accordance with the Act.

The foregoing by-law was made by the directors of the Corporation on the 1 day of November, 2000, and was confirmed without variation by the sole shareholder of the Corporation on the 10th day of November, 2000.

EX-3.30 26 dex330.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF AMERITEL MANAGEMENT, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Ameritel Management, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.30

Certificate

of Continuance

Canada Business

Corporations Act

 

AMERITEL MANAGEMENT, INC.    415404-5
Name of corporation    Corporation number

I hereby certify that the above-named corporation was continued under section 187 of the Canada Business Corporations Act, as set out in the attached articles of continuance.

March 21, 2003

Date of Continuance

CANADA BUSINESS

CORPORATIONS ACT

FORM 11

ARTICLES OF CONTINUANCE

(SECTION 187) (ARTICLE 187)

1. Name of the corporation AMERITEL MANAGEMENT, INC.

2. The province or territory in Canada where the registered office is to be British Columbia

3. The classes and the maximum number of shares that the corporation is Unlimited Common shares

4. Restrictions, if any, on share transfers

No share or shares in the capital of the Corporation shall be transferred without the consent of a majority of the directors of the Corporation expressed by a resolution passed at a meeting of the board of directors or by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by a majority of the directors.

5. Number (or minimum and maximum number) of directors A minimum of one (1) and a maximum often (10)

6. Restrictions, if any, on business the corporation may carry on None

7. (1) If change of name effected, previous name not applicable

(2) Details of incorporation Incorporated under the Company Act (British Columbia) on March 19, 1980 under the name of Canamco Resources Ltd., which changed its name to Bermuda Resources Ltd. on June 21, 1984, which also changed its name to Ameritel Management, Inc. on September 1, 1988.

 


8. Other provisions, if any

Limitation on Number of Shareholders

The number of shareholders of the Corporation, exclusive of persons who are in its employment and exclusive of persons who, having been formerly in the employment of the Corporation, were, while in that employment, and have continued after the termination of that employment to be, shareholders of the Corporation, is limited to 50, two or more persons who are the joint registered owners of one or more shares being counted as one shareholder.

No Public Distribution

Any invitation to the public to subscribe for securities of the Corporation is prohibited.

Authorization to Appoint Additional Directors

The directors may, within the maximum number permitted by the articles, appoint one or more directors, who shall hold office for a term expiring not later than the close of the next annual meeting of the shareholders, but the total number of directors so appointed may not exceed one-third of the number of directors elected at the previous annual meeting of shareholders.

Date Signature

9. Capacity of March 20, 2003

Director

Jocelyn Kelley


Certificate

of Amendment

Canada Business

Corporations Act

AMERITEL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Name of corporation

I hereby certify that the articles of the above-named corporation were amended:

a) under section 13 of the Canada Business Corporations Act in accordance with the attached notice;

b) under section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act as set out in the attached articles of amendment designating a series of shares;

c) under section 179 of the Canada Business Corporations Act as set out in the attached articles of amendment;

d) under section 191 of the Canada Business Corporations Act as set out in the attached articles of reorganization;

Director

November 10, 2003

Date of Amendment

EX-3.31 27 dex331.htm BYLAWS OF AMERITEL MANAGEMENT, INC. Bylaws of Ameritel Management, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.31

BY-LAW NO. 1 of AMERITEL MANAGEMENT, INC.

BY-LAW NO. 1

A by-law relating generally to the transaction of the

business and affairs of

AMERITEL MANAGEMENT, INC.

BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of the Corporation as follows:


SECTION ONE INTERPRETATION

“Corporation” means the corporation continued under the Act by the said certificate to which the articles are attached, and named “Ameritel Management, Inc.”;

 

1.01 Definitions. -In the by-laws of the Corporation, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Act” means the Canada Business Corporations Act, or any statute that may be substituted therefor, and the regulations to the Act, as from time to time amended;

“appoint” includes “elect” and vice versa;

“articles” means the articles attached to the certificate of continuance of the Corporation as from time to time amended or restated;

“board” means the board of directors of the Corporation;

“by-laws” means this by-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation from time to time in force and effect;

“meeting of shareholders” includes an annual meeting of shareholders and a special meeting of shareholders; and “special meeting of shareholders” includes a meeting of any class or classes of shareholders and a special meeting of all shareholders entitled to vote at an annual meeting of shareholders;

“prescribed” means prescribed in accordance with the Act; and

“recorded address” has the meaning set forth in section 11.08.

Save as aforesaid, words and expressions defined in the Act, including “resident Canadian” and “unanimous shareholder agreement”, have the same meanings when used herein. Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa; and words importing a person include an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator and legal representative.

1.02 Unanimous Shareholder Agreement. -The provisions of the by-laws shall be subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement entered into from time to time.


SECTION TWO

BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION

2.01 Registered Office. -The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the province in Canada from time to time specified in the articles, and at such location therein initially as is specified in the notice thereof filed with the articles and thereafter as the board may from time to time determine.

2.02 Corporate Seal. -The Corporation may, but need not, adopt a corporate seal and if one is adopted it shall be in a form approved from time to time by the board.

2.03 Financial Year. -The financial year of the Corporation shall end on such date as may be determined by the directors from time to time.

2.04 Execution of Instruments. -Deeds, transfers, assignments, contracts, obligations, certificates and other instruments may be signed on behalf of the Corporation by two persons, one of whom holds the office of chair of the board, managing director, president, vice-president or director and the other of whom holds one of the said offices or the office of secretary, treasurer, assistant secretary or assistant treasurer or any other office created by by-law or by the board. In addition, the board or the said two persons may from time to time direct the manner in which and the person or persons by whom any particular instrument or class of instruments may or shall be signed. Any signing officer may affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring the same.

2.05 Banking Arrangements. -The banking business of the Corporation including, without limitation, the borrowing of money and the giving of security therefor, shall be transacted with such banks, trust companies or other bodies corporate or organizations as may from time to time be designated by or under the authority of the board. Such banking business or any part thereof shall be transacted under such agreements, instructions and delegations of powers as the board may from time to time prescribe.

2.06 Voting Rights in Other Bodies Corporate. -The signing officers of the Corporation under section 2.04 may execute and deliver proxies and arrange for the issuance of voting certificates or other evidence of the right to exercise the voting rights attaching to any securities held by the Corporation. Such instruments shall be in favour of such persons as may be determined by the officers executing or arranging for the same. In addition, the board may from time to time direct the manner in which and the persons by whom any particular voting rights or class of voting rights mayor shall be exercised.

2.07 Divisions. -The board may cause the business and operations of the Corporation or any part thereof to be divided into one or more divisions upon such basis, including without limitation types of business or operations, geographical territories, product lines or goods or services, as may be considered appropriate in each case. In connection with any such division the board or, subject to any direction by the board, the chief executive officer may authorize from time to time, upon such basis as may be considered appropriate in each case:

(a) Subdivision and Consolidation the further division of the business and operations of any such division into sub-units and the consolidation of the business and operations of any such divisions and sub-units;


(b) Name -the designation of any such division or sub-unit by, and the carrying on of the business and operations of any such division or sub-unit under, a name other than the name of the Corporation; provided that the Corporation shall set out its name in legible characters in all places required by law; and

(c) Officers -the appointment of officers for any such division or sub-unit, the determination of their powers and duties, and the removal of any of such officers so appointed, provided that any such officers shall not, as such, be officers of the Corporation.

SECTION THREE

BORROWING AND SECURITY

3.01 Borrowing Power. -Without limiting the borrowing powers of the Corporation as set forth in the Act, but subject to the articles and any unanimous shareholder agreement, the board may from time to time on behalf of the Corporation, without authorization of the shareholders:

(a) borrow money upon the credit of the Corporation;

(b) issue, reissue, sell, pledge or hypothecate bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee of the Corporation, whether secured or unsecured;

(c) give a guarantee on behalf of the Corporation to secure performance of any present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of any person; and

(d) mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any currently owned or subsequently acquired real or personal, movable or immovable, property of the Corporation including book debts, rights, powers, franchises and undertakings, to secure any such bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee or any other present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Corporation.

Nothing in this section limits or restricts the borrowing of money by the Corporation on bills of exchange or promissory notes made, drawn, accepted or endorsed by or on behalf of the Corporation.


3.02 Delegation. -Unless the articles of, or a unanimous shareholder agreement relating to the Corporation otherwise provide, the board may from time to time delegate to a director, a committee of the board, or an officer of the Corporation any or all of the powers conferred on the board by section 3.01 to such extent and in such manner as the board may determine at the time of such delegation.

SECTION FOUR

DIRECTORS

4.01 Number of Directors. -Until changed in accordance with the Act, the board shall consist of not fewer than the minimum number and not more than the maximum number of directors provided in the articles.

4.02 Qualification. -No person shall be qualified for election as a director if such person is less than 18 years of age, is of unsound mind and has been so found by a court in Canada or elsewhere, is not an individual, or has the status of a bankrupt. A director need not be a shareholder. Subject to the Act, at least 25 per cent of the directors shall be resident Canadians, or if the number of directors is fewer than four, at least one director shall be a resident Canadian.

4.03 Election and Term. -The election of directors shall take place at each annual meeting of shareholders and all the directors then in office shall retire but, if qualified, shall be eligible for re-election. The number of directors to be elected at any such meeting shall be the number of directors then in office unless the directors otherwise determine. Where the shareholders adopt an amendment to the articles to increase the number or maximum number of directors, the shareholders may, at the meeting at which they adopt the amendment, elect the additional number of directors authorized by the amendment. The election shall be by resolution. If an election of directors is not held at the proper time, the incumbent directors shall continue in office until their successors are elected.

4.04 Removal of Directors. -Subject to the Act, the shareholders may by resolution passed at a meeting of shareholders specially called for such purpose remove any director from office and the vacancy created by such removal may be filled at the same meeting, failing which it may be filled by the board.


4.05 Vacation of Office. -A director ceases to hold office on death, on removal from office by the shareholders, on ceasing to be qualified for election as a director, on receipt of a written resignation by the Corporation, or, if a time is specified in such resignation, at the time so specified, whichever is later. Subject to the Act, a quorum of the board may appoint a qualified individual to fill a vacancy in the board

4.06 Appointment of Additional Directors. -If the articles of the Corporation so provide, the directors may, within the maximum number permitted by the articles, appoint one or more additional directors, who shall hold office for a term expiring not later than the close of the next annual meeting of the shareholders, but the total number of directors so appointed may not exceed one-third of the number of directors elected at the previous annual meeting of shareholders.

4.07 Action by the Board. -Subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement, the board shall manage, or supervise the management of, the business and affairs of the Corporation. The powers of the board may be exercised at a meeting (subject to sections 4.08 and 4.09) at which a quorum is present or by resolution in writing signed by all the directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the board. Where there is a vacancy in the board, the remaining directors may exercise all the powers of the board so long as a quorum remains in office. Where the Corporation has a board consisting of only one director, that director may constitute a meeting.

4.08 Canadian Directors Present at Meetings. -Subject to the Act, the board shall not transact business at a meeting, other than filling a vacancy in the board, unless at least 25 per cent of the directors present are resident Canadians, or if the Corporation has fewer than four directors, at least one of the directors present is a resident Canadian, except where

(a) a resident Canadian director who is unable to be present approves in writing, or by telephonic, electronic or other communication facility, the business transacted at the meeting; and

(b) the required number of resident Canadians would have been present had that director been present at the meeting.

4.09 Meeting by Telephone. -Subject to the Act, if all the directors of the Corporation consent thereto generally or in respect of a particular meeting, a director may participate in a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting, and a director participating in such a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting. Any such consent shall be effective whether given before or after the meeting to which it relates and may be given with respect to all meetings of the board and of committees of the board.


4.10 Place of Meetings. -Meetings of the board may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

4.11 Calling of Meetings. -Meetings of the board shall be held from time to time at such time and at such place as the board, the chair of the board, the managing director, the president or any two directors may determine.

4.12 Notice of Meeting. -Notice of the time and place of each meeting of the board shall be given in the manner provided in Section Eleven to each director not less than 48 hours before the time when the meeting is to be held. A notice of a meeting of directors need not specify the purpose of or the business to be transacted at the meeting except where the Act requires such purpose or business to be specified, including, if required by the Act, any proposal to:

4.13 First Meeting of New Board. -Provided a quorum of directors is present, each newly elected board may without notice hold its first meeting immediately following the meeting of shareholders at which such board is elected.

4.14 Adjourned Meeting. -Notice of an adjourned meeting of the board is not required if the time and place of the adjourned meeting is announced at the original meeting.

 

  (a) submit to the shareholders any question or matter requiring approval of the shareholders;

 

  (b) fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditor, or appoint additional directors;

 

  (c) issue securities except as authorized by the board;

 

  (d) issue shares of a series except as authorized by the board;

 

  (e) declare dividends;

 

  (f) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares issued by the Corporation;

 

  (g) pay a commission for the sale of shares except as authorized by the board;

 

  (h) approve a management proxy circular;

 

  (i) approve a take-over bid circular or directors’ circular;

 

  (j) approve any annual financial statements; or

 

  (k) adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.


4.15 Regular Meetings. -The board may appoint a day or days in any month or months for regular meetings of the board at a place and hour to be named. A copy of any resolution of the board fixing the place and time of such regular meetings shall be sent to each director forthwith after being passed, but no other notice shall be required for any such regular meeting except where the Act requires the purpose thereof or the business to be transacted thereat to be specified.

4.16 Chair. -The chair of any meeting of the board shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed and who is a director and is present at the meeting: chair of the board, managing director or president. If no such officer is present, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chair.

4.17 Quorum. -Subject to section 4.08, the quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board shall consist of two directors or such greater number of directors as the board may from time to time determine.

4. 18 Votes to Govern. -At all meetings of the board every question shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes the chair of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

4.19 Conflict of Interest. -A director of the Corporation shall disclose to the Corporation, in the manner and to the extent provided by the Act, any interest that such director has in a material contract or transaction, whether made or proposed, with the Corporation, if such director (a) is a party to the contract or transaction; (b) is a director or an officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of a party to the contract or transaction; or (c) has a material interest in a party to the contract or transaction. Such a director shall not vote on any resolution to approve the same except as provided by the Act.

4.20 Remuneration and Expenses. -Subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement, the directors shall be paid such remuneration for their services as the board may from time to time determine. The directors shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.


SECTION FIVE

COMMITTEES

5.01 Committees of the Board. -The board may appoint one or more committees of the board, however designated, and delegate to any such committee any of the powers of the board except those which pertain to items which, under the Act, a committee of the board has no authority to exercise.

5.02 Transaction of Business. -The powers of a committee of the board may be exercised by a meeting at which a quorum is present or by resolution in writing signed by all members of such committee who would have been entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the committee. Meetings of such committee may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

5.03 Advisory Bodies. -The board may from time to time appoint such advisory bodies as it may deem advisable.

5.04 Procedure. -Unless otherwise determined by the board, each committee and advisory body shall have power to fix its quorum at not less than a majority of its members, to elect its chair and to regulate its procedure.

SECTION SIX

OFFICERS

6.01 Appointment. - -Subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement, the board may from time to time appoint a president, one or more vice-presidents (to which title may be added words indicating seniority or function), a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board may determine, including one or more assistants to any of the officers so appointed. One person may hold more than one office. The board may specify the duties of and, in accordance with this by-law and subject to the Act, delegate to such officers powers to manage the business and affairs of the Corporation. Subject to sections 6.02 and 6.03, an officer may but need not be a director.

6.02 Chair of the Board. -The board may from time to time also appoint a chair of the board who shall be a director. If appointed, the board may assign to the chair any of the powers and duties that are by any provisions of this by-law assigned to the managing director or to the president. The chair shall have such other powers and duties as the board may specify.


6.03 Managing Director. -The board may from time to time also appoint a managing director who shall be a resident Canadian and a director. If appointed, the managing director shall be the chief executive officer and, subject to the authority of the board, shall have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation and such other powers and duties as the board may specify. During the absence or disability of the president, or if no president has been appointed, the managing director shall also have the powers and duties of that office.

6.04 President. -The president shall be the chief operating officer and, subject to the authority of the board, shall have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and such other powers and duties as the board may specify. During the absence or disability of the managing director, or if no managing director has been appointed, the president shall also have the powers and duties of that office.

6.05 Secretary. -The secretary shall attend and be the secretary of all meetings of the board, shareholders and committees of the board and shall enter or cause to be entered in records kept for that purpose minutes of all proceedings thereat. The secretary shall give or cause to be given, as and when instructed, all notices to shareholders, directors, officers, auditors and members of committees of the board. The secretary shall be the custodian of the stamp or mechanical device generally used for affixing the corporate seal of the Corporation and of all books, records and instruments belonging to the Corporation, except when some other officer or agent has been appointed for that purpose, and shall have such other powers and duties as otherwise may be specified.

6.06 Treasurer. -The treasurer shall keep proper accounting records in compliance with the Act and shall be responsible for the deposit of money, the safekeeping of securities and the disbursement of the funds of the Corporation. The treasurer shall render to the board whenever required an account of all transactions as treasurer and of the financial position of the Corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as otherwise may be specified.

6.07 Powers and Duties of Officers. -The powers and duties of all officers shall be such as the terms of their engagement call for or as the board or (except for those whose powers and duties are to be specified only by the board) the chief executive officer may specify. The board and (except as aforesaid) the chief executive officer may, from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Act, vary, add to or limit the powers and duties of any officer. Any of the powers and duties of an officer to whom an assistant has been appointed may be exercised and performed by such assistant, unless the board or the chief executive officer otherwise directs.

6.08 Term of Office. -The board, in its discretion, may remove any officer of the Corporation. Otherwise each officer appointed by the board shall hold office until a successor is appointed or until the officer resigns.


6.09 Agents and Attorneys. -The Corporation, by or under the authority of the board, shall have power from time to time to appoint agents or attorneys for the Corporation in or outside Canada with such powers (including the power to subdelegate) of management, administration or otherwise as may be thought fit.

6.10 Conflict of Interest. -An officer shall disclose any interest in a material contract or material transaction, whether made or proposed, with the Corporation in accordance with section 4.19.

SECTION SEVEN

PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

7.01 Limitation of Liability. -All directors and officers of the Corporation in exercising their powers and discharging their duties shall act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, and without limiting any defences available to a director or an officer under the Act or otherwise, no director or officer shall be liable for the acts, omissions, failures, neglects or defaults of any other director, officer or employee, or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the Corporation through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired for or on behalf of the Corporation, or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the moneys of the Corporation shall be invested, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious acts of any person with whom any of the moneys, securities or effects of the Corporation shall be deposited, or for any loss occasioned by any error of judgment or oversight on the part of such director or officer, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune which shall happen in the execution of the duties of office or in relation thereto; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any director or officer from the duty to act in accordance with the Act or from liability for any breach thereof

7.02 Indemnity. -Subject to the Act, the Corporation shall indemnify a director or an officer, a former director or officer, or another individual who acts or acted at the Corporation’s request as a director or officer or in a similar capacity, of another entity, and their heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Corporation, or other entity.

7.03 Advance of Costs. -The Corporation shall advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to in section 7.02. The individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfil the conditions of section 7.04.

 


7.04 Limitation. -The Corporation shall not indemnify an individual under section 7.02 unless the individual (a) acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Corporation’s request; and

(b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual’s conduct was lawful.

7.05 Additional Circumstances. -The Corporation shall also indemnify an individual referred to in section 7.02 in such other circumstances as the Act or law permits or requires. Nothing in this by-law shall limit the right of any person entitled to indemnity to claim indemnity apart from the provisions of this by-law.

7.06 Insurance. -Subject to the Act, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of an individual referred to in section 7.02 hereof as the board may from time to time determine.

SECTION EIGHT

SHARES

8.01 Allotment of Shares. -Subject to the Act, the articles and any unanimous shareholder agreement, the board may from time to time allot or grant options to purchase the whole or any part of the authorized and unissued shares of the Corporation at such times and to such persons and for such consideration as the board shall determine, provided that no share shall be issued until it is fully paid as provided by the Act.

8.02 Commissions. -The board may from time to time authorize the Corporation to pay a reasonable commission to any person in consideration of such person purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Corporation, whether from the Corporation or from any other person, or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for any such shares.

8.03 Registration of Transfers. -Subject to the Act, no transfer of a share shall be registered in a securities register except upon presentation of the certificate representing such share with an endorsement which complies with the Act made thereon or delivered therewith duly executed by an appropriate person as provided by the Act, together with such reasonable assurance that the endorsement is genuine and effective as the board may from time to time prescribe, upon payment of all applicable taxes and any reasonable fees prescribed by the board, upon compliance with such restrictions on transfer as are authorized by the articles and upon satisfaction of any lien referred to in section 8.09.


8.04 Non-recognition of Trusts. -Subject to the Act, the Corporation may treat the registered holder of any share as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notices, to receive any dividend or other payment in respect of the share, and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of the share.

8.05 Share Certificates. -Every holder of one or more shares of the Corporation shall be entitled, at the holder’s option, to a share certificate, or to a non-transferable written certificate of acknowledgement of such right to obtain a share certificate, stating the number and class or series of shares held by such holder as shown on the securities register. Such certificates shall be in such form as the board may from time to time approve. Any such certificate shall be signed by at least one of the following persons: (a) a director or officer of the Corporation; (b) a registrar, transfer agent or branch transfer agent of the Corporation, or an individual on their behalf; and (c) a trustee who certifies it in accordance with a trust indenture. The signature of any such persons may be printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced on the certificate. A certificate may, but need not, be under corporate seal.

8.06 Replacement of Share Certificates. -The board or any officer or agent designated by the board may direct the issue of a new share 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 board may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.

8.07 Joint Shareholders. -If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the Corporation shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate in respect thereof, and delivery of such certificate to one of such persons shall be sufficient delivery to all of them. Anyone of such persons may give effectual receipts for the certificate issued in respect thereof or for any dividend, bonus, return of capital or other money payable or warrant issuable in respect of such share.

8.08 Deceased Shareholders. -In the event of the death of a holder, or of one of the joint holders, of any share, the Corporation shall not be required to make any entry in the securities register in respect thereof or to make any dividend or other payments in respect thereof except upon production of all such documents as may be required by law and upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Corporation and its transfer agents.

8.09 Lien for Indebtedness. -If the articles provide that the Corporation shall have a lien on shares registered in the name of a shareholder or the shareholder’s personal representative for a debt of that shareholder to the Corporation, such lien may be enforced, subject to the articles and to any unanimous shareholder agreement, by the sale of the shares thereby affected or by any other action, suit, remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted by law or by equity and, pending such enforcement, the Corporation may refuse to register a transfer of the whole or any part of such shares.


SECTION NINE

DIVIDENDS

9.01 Dividends. - -Subject to the Act, the board may from time to time declare dividends payable to the shareholders according to their respective rights and interests in the Corporation. Dividends may be paid in money or property or by issuing fully paid shares of the Corporation. Any dividend unclaimed after a period of six. years from the date on which the same has been declared to be payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Corporation.

9.02 Dividend Cheques. -A dividend payable in money shall be paid by cheque to the order of each registered holder of shares of the class or series in respect of which it has been declared and mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at the holder’s recorded address, unless such holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders the cheque shall, unless such joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of all of such joint holders and mailed to them at their recorded address. The mailing of such cheque as aforesaid, unless the same is not paid on due presentation, shall satisfy and discharge the liability for the dividend to the extent of the sum represented thereby plus the amount of any tax which the Corporation is required to and does withhold. In the event of non-receipt of any dividend cheque by the person to whom it is sent as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue to such person a replacement cheque for a like amount on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses and evidence of non-receipt and of title as the board may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.

9.03 Record Date. -The board may, within the prescribed period, fix in advance a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend and notice of the record date shall be given within the prescribed period in the manner provided by the Act. If no date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or for such other purposes shall be at the close of business on the day on which the directors pass the resolution relating thereto.

SECTION TEN

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

10.01 Annual Meetings. -Subject to the Act, the board shall call an annual meeting of shareholders: (a) not later than 18 months after the Corporation comes into existence; and (b) subsequently, not later than 15 months after holding the last preceding annual meeting but no later than six months after the end of the Corporation’s preceding financial year. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held for the purpose of considering the financial statements and reports required by the Act to be placed before the annual meeting, electing directors, appointing auditors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


10.02 Special Meetings. -The board shall have power to call a special meeting of shareholders at any time.

10.03 Place of Meetings. -Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation or elsewhere in Canada if the board shall so determine. A meeting of shareholders may be held at a place outside Canada if the place is specified in the articles or all the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting agree that the meeting is to be held at that place. A shareholder who attends a meeting of shareholders held outside Canada is deemed to have agreed to it being held outside Canada except when the shareholder attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully held.

10.04 Participation in Meeting by Electronic Means. -Any person entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders may participate in the meeting by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting, if the Corporation makes available such a communication facility. A person participating in a meeting by such means is deemed for the purposes of the Act to be present at the meeting.

10.05 Meeting held by Electronic Means. -If the directors or the shareholders of a Corporation call a meeting of shareholders pursuant to the Act, those directors or shareholders, as the case may be, may determine that the meeting shall be held entirely by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting.

10.06 Notice of Meetings. -Notice of the time and place of each meeting of shareholders shall be given in the manner provided in Section Eleven within the prescribed period or within a shorter period fixed by the board, to each director, to the auditor, and to each shareholder who at the close of business on the record date for notice is entered in the securities register as the holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting. Notice of a meeting of shareholders called for any purpose other than consideration of the financial statements and auditor’s report, election of directors and reappointment of the incumbent auditor shall state the nature of such business in sufficient detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment thereon and shall state the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting.

10.07 List of Shareholders Entitled to Notice. -For every meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall prepare a list of shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the number of shares held by each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting. If a record date for notice of the meeting is fixed pursuant to section 10.08, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at the close of business on such record date. If no record date for notice is fixed, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is given or, where no such notice is given, on the day on which the meeting is held. The list shall be available for examination by any shareholder during usual business hours at the registered office of the Corporation or at the place where the central securities register is maintained and at the meeting for which the list was prepared. Where a separate list of shareholders has not been prepared, the names of persons appearing in the securities register at the requisite time as the holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting shall be deemed to be a list of shareholders.


10.08 Record Date for Notice. -The board may, within the prescribed period, fix in advance a date as the record date for the purpose of determining the shareholders: (a) entitled to receive notice of a meeting of shareholders; (b) entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders; or (c) for any other purpose, and unless waived in accordance with the Act, notice of any such record date shall be given within the prescribed period before such record date, by newspaper advertisement in the manner provided in the Act. If no such record date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting shall be at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the notice is given or, if no notice is given, shall be the day on which the meeting is held.

10.09 Meetings Without Notice. -A meeting of shareholders may be held without notice at any time and place permitted by the Act (a) if all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat are present in person or duly represented or if those not present or represented waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held, and (b) if the auditors and the directors are present or waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held; so long as such shareholders, auditors or directors present are not attending for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called. At such a meeting any business may be transacted which the Corporation at a meeting of shareholders may transact. If the meeting is held at a place outside Canada, shareholders not present or duly represented, but who have waived notice of or otherwise consented to such meeting, shall also be deemed to have consented to the meeting being held at such place.

10.10 Chair, Secretary and Scrutineers. -The chair of any meeting of shareholders shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed and who is present at the meeting: managing director, president, chair of the board, or a vice president who is a shareholder. If no such officer is present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for holding the meeting, the persons present and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chair. If the secretary of the Corporation is absent, the chair shall appoint some person, who need not be a shareholder, to act as secretary of the meeting. If desired, one or more scrutineers, who need not be shareholders, may be appointed by a resolution or by the chair with the consent of the meeting.


10. 11 Persons Entitled to be Present. -The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of shareholders shall be those entitled to vote thereat, the directors and auditor of the Corporation and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required under any provision of the Act or the articles or by-laws to be present at the meeting. Any other person may be admitted only on the invitation of the chair of the meeting or with the consent of the meeting.

10.12 Quorum. -Subject to the Act, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of shareholders shall be two persons present in person, each being a shareholder entitled to vote thereat or a duly appointed proxyholder or representative for a shareholder so entitled. If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding that a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.

10.13 Right to Vote. -Every person named in the list referred to in section 10.07 shall be entitled to vote the shares shown thereon opposite such person’s name at the meeting to which such list relates.

10.14 Proxyholders and Representatives. -Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may appoint a proxyholder, or one or more alternate proxyholders, to attend and act as the shareholder’s representative at the meeting in the manner and to the extent authorized and with the authority conferred by the proxy. A proxy shall be in writing executed by the shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney and shall conform with the requirements of the Act. Alternatively, every such shareholder which is a body corporate or association may authorize by resolution of its directors or governing body an individual to represent it at a meeting of shareholders and such individual may exercise on the shareholder’s behalf all the powers it could exercise if it were an individual shareholder. The authority of such an individual shall be established by depositing with the Corporation a certified copy of such resolution, or in such other manner as may be satisfactory to the secretary of the Corporation or the chair of the meeting. Any such proxyholder or representative need not be a shareholder.

10.15 Time for Deposit of Proxies. -The board may specify in a notice calling a meeting of shareholders a time, preceding the time of such meeting by not more than 48 hours, excluding Saturdays and holidays, before which time proxies to be used at such meeting must be deposited. A proxy shall be acted upon only if, prior to the time so specified, it shall have been deposited with the Corporation or an agent thereof specified in such notice or if, no such time having been specified in such notice, it has been received by the secretary of the Corporation or by the chair of the meeting or any adjournment thereof prior to the time of voting.


10.16 Joint Shareholders. -If two or more persons hold shares jointly, anyone of them present in person or duly represented at a meeting of shareholders may, in the absence of the other or others, vote the shares; but if two or more of those persons are present in person or represented and vote, they shall vote as one the shares jointly held by them.

10.17 Votes to Govern. -At any meeting of shareholders every question shall, unless otherwise required by the articles or by-laws or by law, be determined by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes either upon a show of hands or upon a poll, the chair of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

10.18 Show of Hands. -Subject to the Act, any question at a meeting of shareholders which is held in person shall be decided by a show of hands, unless a ballot thereon is required or demanded as hereinafter provided, and upon a show of hands every person who is present and entitled to vote shall have one vote. Any question at a meeting of shareholders which is held partly or entirely by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility shall be conducted by means of the telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that the Corporation has made available for that purpose, or in such other manner as the meeting may determine unless a ballot thereon is required or demanded as hereinafter provided. Whenever a vote shall have been taken upon a question, unless a ballot thereon is so required or demanded, a declaration by the chair of the meeting that the vote upon the question has been carried or carried by a particular majority or not carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall be prima facie evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against any resolution or other proceeding in respect of the said question, and the result of the vote so taken shall be the decision of the shareholders upon the said question.

10.19 Ballots. -On any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of shareholders, and whether or not a show of hands has been taken thereon, the chair may require a ballot or any person who is present and entitled to vote on such question at the meeting may demand a ballot. A ballot so required or demanded shall be taken in such manner as the chair shall direct. A requirement or demand for a ballot may be withdrawn at any time prior to the taking of the ballot. If a ballot is taken each person present shall be entitled, in respect of the shares which such person is entitled to vote at the meeting upon the question, to that number of votes provided by the Act or the articles, and the result of the ballot so taken shall be the decision of the shareholders upon the said question.

10.20 Adjournment. -The chair at a meeting of shareholders may, with the consent of the meeting and subject to such conditions as the meeting may decide, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. If a meeting of shareholders is adjourned for less than 30 days, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the earliest meeting that is adjourned. Subject to the Act, if a meeting of shareholders is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for an original meeting.

 


10.21 Action in Writing by Shareholders. -A resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of shareholders is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the shareholders unless a written statement with respect to the subject matter of the resolution is submitted by a director or the auditor in accordance with the Act.

10.22 Only One Shareholder. -Where the Corporation has only one shareholder or only one holder of any class or series of shares, the shareholder present in person or duly represented constitutes a meeting.

SECTION ELEVEN

NOTICES

11.01 Method of Giving Notices. -Any notice (which term includes any communication or document) to be given (which term includes sent, delivered or served) pursuant to the Act, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise to a shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board shall be sufficiently given:

A notice so delivered shall be deemed to have been given when it is delivered personally or to the recorded address as aforesaid; a notice so mailed shall be deemed to have been given on the date which is three days after the date such notice has been deposited in a post office or public letter box unless there are reasonable grounds for believing that the recipient did not receive the notice at that time; and a notice so sent by any means of transmitted or recorded communication shall be deemed to have been given when dispatched or delivered for dispatch. The secretary may change or cause to be changed the recorded address of any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board in accordance with any information believed by the secretary to be reliable.

 

  (a) if delivered personally to the person to whom it is to be given; or

 

  (b) if delivered to the person’s recorded address; or

 

  (c) if mailed to such person at such recorded address by prepaid mail; or

 

  (d) if sent to such person at such recorded address by any means of prepaid transmitted or recorded communication.

11.02 Notice to Joint Shareholders. -If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any notice may be addressed to all such joint holders, but notice addressed to one of such persons shall be sufficient notice to all of them.


11.03 Computation of Time. -In computing the date when notice must be given under any provision requiring a specified number of days’ notice of any meeting or other event, the day of giving the notice shall be excluded and the day of the meeting or other event shall be included.

11.04 Undelivered Notices. -If any notice given to a shareholder pursuant to section 11.01 is returned on two consecutive occasions because the shareholder cannot be found, the Corporation shall not be required to give any further notices to such shareholder until informed in writing by the shareholder of a new address.

11.05 Omissions and Errors. -The accidental omission to give any notice to any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board or the non-receipt of any notice by any such person or any error in any notice not affecting the substance thereof shall not invalidate any action taken at any meeting held pursuant to such notice or otherwise founded thereon.

11.06 Persons Entitled by Death or Operation of Law. -Every person who, by operation of law, transfer, death of a shareholder or any other means whatsoever, shall become entitled to any share, shall be bound by every notice in respect of such share which shall have been duly given to the shareholder from whom such person derives title to such share prior to the name and address of such person being entered on the securities register (whether such notice was given before or after the happening of the event upon which such person became so entitled) and prior to such person furnishing to the Corporation the proof of authority or evidence of entitlement prescribed by the Act.

11.07 Waiver of Notice. -Any shareholder, proxyholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board, or any other person entitled to receive notice of a meeting of shareholders or any other notice from the Corporation, may at any time waive any notice, or waive or abridge the time for any notice, required to be given to such person under the Act, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise, and such waiver or abridgement, whether given before or after the meeting or other event of which notice is required to be given, shall cure any default in the giving or in the time of such notice, as the case may be. Any such waiver or abridgement shall be in writing except a waiver of notice of a meeting of shareholders or of the board or a committee of the board which may be given in any manner.

11.08 Interpretation. -In the by-laws, “recorded address” means: in the case of a shareholder, the address as recorded in the securities register; in the case of joint shareholders, the address appearing in the securities register in respect of such joint holding or the first address so appearing if there are more than one; and in the case of a director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board, the latest address as shown in the records of the Corporation.


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EFFECTIVE DATE

12.01 Effective Date. -This by-law shall come into force when made by the board in accordance with the Act.

The foregoing by-law was made by the directors of the Corporation on March 21, 2003, and was confirmed without variation by the sole shareholder of the Corporation on March 21, 2003.

Secretary

EX-3.32 28 dex332.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING HONG KONG LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited

EXHIBIT 3.32

No. 8412103

COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 32)

CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF NAME

* * *

I hereby certify that

EXCELLENT LINK LIMITED

having by special resolution changed its name, is now incorporated under

the name of

GLOBAL CROSSING HONG KONG LIMITED

Issued by the undersigned on 25 February 2004


842103

COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 32)

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

I hereby certify that

EXCELLENT LINK LIMITED

is this day incorporated in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance, and that this company is limited.

Issued by the undersigned on 25 March 2003.


No. 842103

I HEREBY CERTIFY that

EXCELLENT LINK LIMITED

(COPY)

COMPANIES ORDINANCE

(CHAPTER 32)

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

is this day incorporated in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance, and that this Company is limited.

Issued by the undersigned on 25th March, 2003

for Registrar of Companies HONG KONG

EX-3.33 29 dex333.htm ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION GLOBAL CROSSING HONG KONG LIMITED Articles of Association Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited

EXHIBIT 3.33

THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 32)

Private Company Limited by Shares

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION (Reprinted on 3rd March, 2004)

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING HONG KONG LIMITED

 

1. The name of the Company is GLOBAL CROSSING HONG KONG LIMITED.

 

2. The registered office of the Company will be situate in Hong Kong.

 

3. The objects of the Company are to engage in any acts or activities that are not prohibited under any law from time to time in force in Hong Kong.

 

4, The liability of the Members is limited.

 

5. The share capital of the Company IS HK$1,000.00 divided into 1,000 shares of HK1.00 each.

 

6. The shares in the original or any increased capital of the Company may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise as the Company may from time to time determine. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32), the rights and privileges attached to any of the shares of the Company may be modified, varied, abrogated or dealt with in accordance with the provisions for the title being of the Company’s Articles of Association.

 

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Words Meanings

THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 32) Private Company Limited by Shares ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (Reprinted on 3rd March, 2004) OF GLOBAL CROSSING HONG KONG LIMITED

 

Table A not to
apply Definitions
   Preliminary 1. The regulations in Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32) shall not apply to the Company. 2. In these Articles (if not inconsistent with the subject or context) the word.!; standing in the first column of the table next hereinafter contained shall bear the meanings set opposite to them respectively in the second column thereof.


Articles Chairman

Directors

Dividend In writing

These Articles of Association as from time to time altered by special resolution.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors who is also a Director.

The Board of Directors for the time being of the Company or the Directors present at a duly convened meeting of Directors at which. quorum is present or the sole Director where the Company has only one Director.

Dividend and/or bonus.

Written or produced by any substitute for writing in a legible form, including photocopies, printing, telex or facsimile or other visual representation or electronic or similar message which may be visually displayed with or without the interface of other equipment or software or programme if the person to whom the communication is given consents to it being given to him ill that form, or partly written and partly so produced.

 

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Month Office Ordinance

Paid Seal Year

Calendar Month. The Registered Office of the Company. The Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32.) Billed any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being In force. Paid or credit as paid. The Common Seal of the Company Calendar Year.

Restrictions on private company

The expressions “debenture” and “debenture-holder” shall include “debenture stock” and “debenture stockholder”.

The expression “Secretary” shall include” Deputy or Assistant Secretary or any person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the Secretary and where two or more persons are appointed to act as Joint Secretaries shall include anyone of those persons.

Save as aforesaid any words or expressions defined in the Ordinance shall (if not inconsistent with the subject or context) bear the same meaning in these Articles.

The marginal notes are inserted for convenience and shall Dot affect the intel1’retation of these Articles.

Private Company

 

3. The Company is a private company, and accordingly:

(a) The right to transfer shares in the Company shall be restricted in manner hereinafter appealing.

(b) The number of members of the Company (not including persons who are in the employment of the Company and persons who having been formerly in the employment of the Company were while in such employment and have continued after determination of that employment to be members of the Company) is limited to fifty: Provided that where two or more persons hold one or more shares in the Company jointly they shall for the purposes of this paragraph be treated as a single member.

(e) No invitation shall be made to the public to subscribe for Issue of shares

How special rights of shares may be varied

Creation or issue of further shares

 


Power to increase capital

Rights and liabilities attached to new shares

Power to consolidate shares any shares or debentures of the Company.

Capital

 

4. Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any shares Or class of shares for the time being issued (which special rights may be varied or abrogated only in the manner provided by the next following Article) any share in the Company may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or subject to such restrictions, whether in regard to Dividend, return of capital, voting or otherwise, as the Company may from time to time by special resolution determine and subject to the provisions of the Ordinance that the Company issue preference shares which are, or at the option of the Company are liable, to be red deemed on such term and in such manner as the Company before the issue thereof may by special resolution determine.

Variation of Rights

 

5. If and whenever the capital of the Company is divided into shares of various classes the rights and privileges of any such class may, subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, be varied or abrogated either with the consent in writing of the holders of three-fourths of the issued shares of the class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of such class. To every such general meeting all the provision, of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company and to the proceedings thereat shall mutatis mutandis apply except that the necessary quorum shall be any person or persons holding or representing by proxy not less than one-third of the issued shares of such class.

 

6. The special rights attached to any class of shares having preferential rights shall not unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue thereof be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking as regards participation in the profits or assets of the Company in Some or all respects parri passu therewith but in no respect in priority thereto. Alteration of Capital

 

7. The Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution increase its capital by such sum to be divided into shares of such amounts as the resolution shall prescribe,

 

8. All new shares shall be subject to the provisions of these Articles with reference to allotment, payment of calls, lien, transfer, transmission. forfeiture and otherwise.

 

9. (a) The Company may by ordinary resolution:

(i) Consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of a larger amount than its existing shares.

 

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Power to cancel shares    (ii)   Cancel any shares which, 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 capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled.
Power to sub-divide shares    (iii)   Sub-divide its shares, or any of them, into shares of a smaller amount than is fixed by the memorandum of association (subject nevertheless, to the provisions of the Ordinance), and so that the resolution whereby any share is sub-divided may determine that, as between the holders of the shares resulting from such Sub-division, one or more of the shares may, as compared with the others, have any such preferred, deferred or other special rights, or be subject to any such restrictions, as the Company has power to attach to unissued or new shares.
Settlement of difficulties arising on consolidation    (b)   Upon any consolidation of fully paid shares into shares of larger amount the Directors may settle any difficulty which may arise with regard thereto and in particular may as between the holders of shares so consolidated determine which shares are consolidated into each consolidated share and in the case of any shares registered in the name of one holder (or joint holders) being consolidated with shares registered in the name of another holder (or joint holders) may make such arrangements for the allocation, acceptance or sale of the consolidated share and for the distribution of any moneys received in respect thereof as may be thought fit and for the purpose of giving effect thereto may appoint some person to transfer the consolidated share or any fractions thereof and to receive the purchase price thereof and any transfer executed in pursuance thereof shall be effective and after such transfer has been registered no person shall be entitled to question its validity.
Power to reduce capital    10.   The Company may by special resolution reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve fund Or share premium account in any manner and with and subject to any incident authorised and consent required by law.
Purchase of own shares    l0A.   Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Company may purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares) and make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of any of its own shares Wholly or partly otherwise than out of the distributable profits of the Company or the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares to the extent permitted by the relevant provisions of the Ordinance.

 

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Shares

 

11. Subject to Section 57B of the Ordinance all unissued shares in the Company shall be at the disposal of the Directors and they may allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons, at such times and on such terms as they think proper,

 

12. The Company may exercise the powers of paying commissions conferred by the Ordinance. The rate per cent, or the amount of the commission paid or agreed to be paid shall be disclosed in the manner required by the ordinance, and such commission shall not exceed 10 percent of the price at which the shares in respect of which the commission is paid are issued. The Company may also on any issue or shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

 

13. Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and the Company shall not be bound by or compelled in any way to recognise any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share, or any interest in any fractional part of a share or (except only as by these Articles or by law otherwise provided) any other right in respect of any share, except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder. Certificates

 

14. Every certificate for shares or debentures shall be issued under the Seal affixed in accordance with the provisions of these Articles.

 

15. Every person whose name is entered as a member in the register of members shall be entitled without payment within two months after allotment Or lodgment of transfer (or within such other period as the terms of issue shall provide) to one certificate for all his shares of anyone class or (upon payment of such sum not exceeding one dollar for every certificate after the first, as the Directors shall from time to time determine) several certificates, each for one or more of his shares of any one class,

 

16. Where a member transfers part only of the shares comprised in a share certificate the old certificate shall be cancelled and a new certificate for the balance of such shares issued in lieu without charge,

 

17. If a share certificate shall be damaged, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed, it may (if damaged Or defaced) be replaced by a new certificate on payment of such fee (if any) not exceeding HK$5.00 and on delivery up of the certificate or (if lost, stolen or destroyed) on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and the payment of out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in connection with the request for a new certificate as the Directors think fit.

Calls on Shares

 

18. 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 terms of issue thereof made payable at fixed times. Each member shall (subject to

 

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Notice to state time and place of payment 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 at the Directors may determine.

 

19. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising the call was passed and may be made payable by the instalments.

 

20. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

21. 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 on the sum from the day appointed for payment thereof to the time of actual payment at such time (not exceeding 12 per cent per annum) as the Directors determine but the Director shall be at liberty in any case at cages to waive payment of such interest wholly or in part,

 

22. Any sum (whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium) which by the terms of issue of a share becomes payable upon allotment or at any fixed day shall for all the purposes of these Articles be deemed to be a call duly made on and payable on the date on which by the terms of issue the same becomes payable. In case of non-payment all the relevant provisions of these Articles 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.

 

23. The Directors may an the issue of shares differentiate between the holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.

 

24. The Directors may if they think fit or by agreement with any member receive from any member willing to advance the same all or any part of the moneys (whether on account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium) uncalled upon the shares held by him and upon the money so received (until and to the extent that the same would become payable) the Company may pay interest at such rate as the member paying such sum and the Directors agree upon.

Forfeiture

 

25. If member fails to pay in full any call or installment of a call on the day appointed for payment thereof, the Directors may at any time thereafter serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or installment as is unpaid together with any interest and expenses which may have accrued.

 

26. The notice shall name a further day (not being less than fourteen days from the date of service 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 in accordance therewith the share on which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

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Sale of shares subject to lien

 

27. 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 and interest and expenses due in respect thereof has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends declared in respect of the forfeited share and not actually paid before forfeiture. The Directors may accept a surrender of any share liable to be forfeited hereunder.

 

28. A share so forfeited or surrendered shall become the property of the Company and may be sold re-allotted or otherwise disposed of either to the person who was before such forfeiture or surrender the holder thereof be entitled thereto or to any person upon such terms and in such manner as the Directors shall think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture or surrender may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. The Directors may, if necessary, authorise some person to transfer a forfeited or surrendered share to any such other person as aforesaid.

 

29. A member whose shares have been forfeited or surrendered shall cease to be a member in respect of the shares but shall notwithstanding-the forfeiture or surrender remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture or surrender will presently payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares with interest thereon at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum (or such lower rate as the Directors may approve) from the date of forfeiture or surrender until Payment but the Directors may waive payment of such interest either wholly or in part and the Directors may enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the shares at the time of forfeiture or surrender.

Lien

 

30. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of such share and the Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on all shares (including fully paid shares) standing registered in the name of a single member for all the debts and liabilities of such member or his estate to the Company and that whether the same shall have been incurred before or after notice to the Company of any equitable or other interest in any person other than such member and whether the period 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 member or his estate and any other person, whether a member of the Company or not. The Company’s lien (if any) on a share shall extend to all Dividends payable thereon. The Directors may waive any lien which has arisen and may resolve or agree that any share shall for a limited period or otherwise be (or be issued on terms that it is) exempt wholly or partially from the provisions of this Article.

 

31. The Company may sell in such manner as the Directors think fit any share 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 the sum presently payable and giving notice of intention to sell in

 

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32. The net proceeds of such sale after payment of the costs of such sale shall be applied in or towards payment or satisfaction of the debts or liabilities in respect whereof the lien exists so far as the same are presently payable and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for debts or liabilities not presently payable as existed upon the shares prior to the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the shares at the time of the sale. For giving effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise some person to transfer the shares sold to the purchaser.

 

33. A statutory declaration in writing that the declarant is a Director or the Secretary of the Company and that a shim: has been duly forfeited or surrendered or sold to satisfy a lien of the Company on a date stated in the declaration shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share. Such declaration and the receipt of the Company for the consideration (if any) given for use share on the sale, re-allotment or disposal thereof together with the share certificate delivered to a purchaser or allottee thereof shall (subject to the execution of a transfer if the same be required) constitute a good title to the share and the person to whom the share is sold, re-allotted or disposed of shall be registered ~ 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 in reference to the forfeiture, surrender, sale, re-allotment or disposal of the share.

 

Transfer and Transmission of Shares

 

34. All transfers of shares may be effected by transfer in writing in any usual or common form or in any other form acceptable to the Directors and shall be executed by or On behalf of the transferor and (save as otherwise permitted by law) the transferee and each transfer shall be 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. The transferor shall remain the holder of the shares concerned until the name of the transferee is entered in the register of members in respect thereof.

 

35. The Directors may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register the transfer of any shares. If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of any shares they shall within two months after the date On which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to the transferor and the transferee notice of the refusal.

 

36. The registration of transfers may be suspended for such period as the Directors may from time to time determine and either generally or in respect of any class of shares. The register of members shall not be closed for more than forty days in any year.

 

37. The Directors may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share

 

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General Meetings

Calling of meetings and is deposited at the Office accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person so to do).

 

38. All instruments of transfer which are registered may be retained by the Company.

 

39. No fee will be charged by the Company in respect of the registration of any instrument, of transfer or probate or letter of administration or certificate of marriage or death, or notice in lieu of distringas or power of attorney or other document relating to or affecting the title to any shares or otherwise for making any entry in the register of member affecting the title to any shares.

 

40. In case of the death of a shareholder the survivors or survivor where the deceased was a joint holder, and the executors and administrators of the deceased where he was a sale or only surviving holder. shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest in the shares, but nothing in this Article shall release the estate of a deceased holder (whether sale or joint) from any liability in respect of any share held by him.

 

41. Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death of a member may (subject as hereinafter provided) upon supplying to the Company such evidence the Directors may reasonably require to show his title to the share either be registered himself as holder of the share upon giving to the Company notice in writing of such his desire or transfer such share to some other person. In the case of a deceased shareholder the Directors shall have no right to refuse the registration of a transfer to a person or persons entitled under the will or intestacy of the deceased.

 

42. Save as otherwise provided by or in accordance with these Articles, a person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member (upon supplying to the Company such evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show his title to the share) shall be entitled to the same Dividends and other advantages as those to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the share except that he shall not be entitled in respect thereof to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company until he shall have been registered as a member in respect of the share. General Meetings

 

43. An annual general meeting shall be held once in every year, at such time (within a period of not more than fifteen months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting) and place as mal’ be determined by the Directors. All other general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

44. The Directors may whenever they think fit, and shall on requisition in accordance with the Ordinance, proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting.

 

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Notice of General Meetings

45. An annual general meeting and any general meeting at Meetings which it is proposed to pass a special resolution shall be called by twenty one days’ notice in writing at the least, and any other general meeting by fourteen days’ notice in writing at the least except at any general meeting at which it is proposed to pass a resolution requiring special notice pursuant to Section 116C of the Ordinance exclusive in either case of the day on which it is served or deemed to be served and of the day for which it is given) given in the manner hereinafter mentioned to the auditors and to all members other than such as are not under the provisions of these Articles entitled to receive such notices from the Company: Provided that a general meeting notwithstanding that it has been called by a shorter notice than that specified above shall be deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed by all the members entitled to attend and vote thereat.

(b) The accidental omission to give notice to or the non-receipt of notice by any person entitled thereto shall not invalidate the proceedings at any general meetings.

Contents of Notice 46. (a) Every notice calling a general meeting shall specify the place and the day and hour of the meeting and there shall appear with reasonable prominence in every such notice a statement that a member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote Instead of him, and that a proxy need not be a member of the Company.

(b) In the case of an annual general meeting, the notice shall also specify the meeting as such.

(e) In the case of any general meeting at which business other than routine business is to be transacted, the notice shall specify the general nature of such business and if any resolution is to be proposed as a special resolution. the notice shall contain a statement to that effect

Routine business 47. Routine business shall mean and include only business transacted at an annual general meeting of the following classes. that is to say:

(a) declaration of Dividends;

(b) consideration of the accounts, the reports of the Directors and auditors and other documents required to be annexed to the accounts;

 

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Proceedings at General Meetings

 

48. No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present throughout the meeting, Two members present in person or by proxy or one member present in person or by proxy holding not less than 51% of the issued voting share capital of the Company shall be a quorum. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in these Articles and where the Company has only One member, one member present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum of a general meeting.

 

49. (a) If within half an hour from the time appointed for a general meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, 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, or to such later day and at such time and place as the Directors may by notice to the members specify.

(b) If at any adjourned meeting” quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the adjourned meeting, the members present shall be a quorum.

 

50. The Chairman shall preside as chairman at a general meeting. If there be no such Chairman or if at any meeting he is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is not willing to act, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. If no Director be present or if all the Directors present decline to take the chair, the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

51. The chairman of the meeting may with the consent of any general 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 thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid and as mentioned in Article 49(a), it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.

 

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52. 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 either:

How poll taken

Errors in counting votes can be ignored

Chairman has no casting vote

When poll taken

Continuance of business after demand for poll

Voting rights

Votes of joint holders

(a) the chairman of the meeting; or

(b) any member present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote.

 

53. A demand for a poll may be withdrawn. Unless a poll be so demanded (and the demand be not withdrawn) a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried. or carried unanimously. or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the minute book, shall be conclusive evidence of that fact; without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded for or against such resolution. If a poll is duly demanded (and the demand be not withdrawn), it shall be taken in such manner (including the use of ballot or voting papers or ticket$) as the chairman of the meeting may direct, and the result of a poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. The chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting to some place and time fixed by him for the purpose of declaring the result of the poll.

 

54. If any votes shall be counted which ought that to have been counted, or might have been rejected, the error shall not vitiate the resolution unless it is pointed out at the same meeting or at any adjournment thereof, and not in those cases unless it shall, in the opinion of the chairman of the meeting, be of sufficient magnitude to vitiate the resolution.

 

55. In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a aha“” of hand 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 not be entitled to a casting vote.

 

56. 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 either immediately or at such subsequent time (not being more than thirty days from the date of the meeting) and place as the chairman may direct. No notice need he given of a poll not taken immediately.

 

57. 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.

Votes of Members

 

58. Subject to any special rights or restrictions as to voting attached by or in accordance with these Articles to any class of shares, on a show of hands every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote and on a poll every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share held by him.

 

59. 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 of members in respect of the joint holding.

 

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Deposit of proxies

 

60. A member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any cowl. haying jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee or other legal curator, provided that such evidence as the Directors may require of the authority of the person claiming to vote shall have been deposited at the Office not less than forty-eight hours before the time appointed for holding the rerouting or adjourned meeting or for the taking of the poll at which it is desired to vote.

 

61. No member shall, unless the Directors otherwise determine, be entitled to vote at a general meeting either personally or by proxy or to exercise any other right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company unless calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.

 

62. No abjection shall be raised as to the admissibility of any vote except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is or may be given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at such meeting shall be valid for all purposes. Any such objection shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

63. On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy and a person entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.

 

64. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

 

65. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing in any usual or common form or in any other form which the Directors may accept and:

(a) in the case of an individual shall be signed by the appointor or by his attorney; and

(b) in the case of a corporation shall be either given under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an attorney or officer of the corporation.

The Directors may, but shall not be bound to, require evidence of the authority of any such attorney or officer. The signature on such instrument need not be witnessed.

 

66. An instrument appointing a proxy must be left at such place or one of such places (if any) as may be specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting (or, if no place is so specified, at the Office) not less than twenty-four hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or adjourned meeting or for the taking of the poll at which it is to be used and in default shall not be treated as valid. Provided that an instrument of proxy relating to more than one meeting (including any adjournment thereof) having once been so delivered for the purposes of any meeting shall not require again to be delivered in relation to any subsequent meetings to which it relates.

 

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Effect of proxies

Validity of proxies

Representatives

Resolution in Meeting

Written record of sale member

Number of Directors

 

67. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the right to demand or join in demanding a poll and shall, unless the contrary is stated thereon, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates.

 

68. A vote cast by proxy shall not be invalidated by the previous death or insanity of the principal or by the revocation of the appointment of the proxy or of the authority under which the appointment was made provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity or revocation shall have been received by the Company at the Office at least one hour before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting or the time appointed for the taking of the poll at which the vote is cast.

Corporations Acting by Representative,

 

69. Any corporation which is a member of the Company 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 class of members of the Company. The person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of such corporation as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual member of the Company and such corporation shall for the purposes of these Articles be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting if a person so authorised is present thereat.

69A. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, a resolution in writing signed by or On behalf of all the members far the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings shall be as valid and effective as a resolution passed at a meeting duly convened and held on the date on which it Was signed by the last member to sign. The signature of any member may be given by his attorney, Any such resolution may be contained in one document OT separate copies prepared and circulated for the purpose and signed by one or more of the members. Each such copy shall be certified in advance by the Secretary to contain the correct version of the proposed resolution. A cable or telex or facsimile or telecopier message or electronic or similar message (which may be visually displayed with or without the interface of other equipment or software or programme) sent by a member or the attorney shall be deemed to be a document signed by him for the purposes of this Article.

69B. Where the Company has only one member and that member takes any decision that may be taken by the Company in general meeting and that has effect as if agreed by the Company in general meeting, that member shall (unless that decision is taken by way of a written resolution subject to the provisions of the Ordinance and these Articles) provide the Company with a written record of the decision. Such written record shall be sufficient evidence of the decision having been taken by the member.

Directors

 

70. Until otherwise determined by the Company by ordinary resolution the Directors shall be at least one and not more than eighteen in number. The names of the first Directors shall be determined in writing by the subscribers or the subscriber (where the Company has only one subscriber) of

 

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71. A Director shall not be required to hold any shares in the Company by way of qualification. A Director who is not a member of the Company shall nevertheless be entitled to attend and speak at general meetings.

 

72. The ordinary remuneration of the Directors shall from time to time be determined by an ordinary resolution of the Company and shall (unless such resolution otherwise provides) be divisible among the Directors as they may agree, or failing agreement, equally, except that any Director who shall hold office for part only of the period in respect of which such remuneration is payable shall be entitled only to rank in such division for a proportion of remuneration related to the period during which he has held office.

 

73. The Directors may repay to any Director all such reasonable expenses as he may incur in attending and returning from meetings of the Directors or of Any committee of the Directors or general meetings or otherwise in or about the business of the Company.

 

74. Any Director who is appointed to any executive office including the office of Chairman or who serves on any committee or who otherwise performs services which in the opinion of the Directors are outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a Director, may be paid such extra remuneration by way of salary, commission or otherwise as the Directors may determine.

 

75. The Directors shall have power to pay and agree to pay pensions or other retirement, superannuation, death or disability benefits to (or to any person in respect of) any Director or ex-Director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or associated companies and for the purpose of providing any such pensions or other benefits to contribute to any scheme Or fund or to pay premiums.

 

76. A Director (or alternate Director) may contract or be interested in any contract or arrangement with the Company or any other company or body corporate or unincorporate in which the Company may be interested and hold any office or place of profit (other than the office of auditor of the Company) thereunder and he (or any firm of which he is a member) may act in a professional capacity for the Company or any such other company or body and (unless otherwise agreed) may retain for his own absolute use and benefit all profits and advantages accruing to him therefrom.

77. (a) The Directors may from time to time appoint One or more of their body to be holder of any executive office (including, where considered appropriate, the office of Managing or Joint or Deputy or Assistant Managing Director) on such terms and for such period as they may determine.

(b) The appointment of any Director to any of the executive offices specifically mentioned above shall be subject to termination if he ceases from any cause to be a Director, but without prejudice to any claim for damages [Dr breach of any contract of service between him and the Company

 

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(c) The appointment of any Director to any other executive office shall be subject to termination if he ceases from any cause to be a Director unless the contract or resolution under which he holds such office shall expressly state otherwise) in which event the termination of such office if he ceases to be a Director shall be without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company

78. The Directors may entrust to and confer upon any Director any of powers of the powers exercisable by them as Directors upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they think fit, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers rather than the power to make calls or forfeit shares) and may from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter all or any of such powers.

Appointment and Removal of Directors

79. A Director shall hold office until such time as such office is terminated pursuant to the provisions of either Article 80 or 82.

80. Without prejudice to the provisions hereinafter contained the office of office of a Director shall be vacated in any of the following events namely:

(a) if he shall become prohibited by law from acting as a Director;

(b) if he shall resign by writing under his hand left at !he Office or if he shall tender his resignation and the Directors shall resolve to accept the same;

(c) if he shall become bankrupt or suspend payments or compound with his creditors generally;

(d) if he shall become of unsound mind;

(e) if he shall be remove from office pursuant to Article 82 of these Articles.

81. The Company may by ordinary resolution appoint any person to by General be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an additional Director but 50 Meeting that the total number of Directors shall not at any time exceed the number fixed by these Articles,

82. The Company may by ordinary resolution remove any Director from office notwithstanding any provision of these Articles, or of any agreement between the Company and such Director, but without prejudice to any claim he may have damages for breach of any prior agreement, and appoint another

 


Appointment by Directors

Alternates person in place of a Director so removed from office. In default of such appointment the vacancy arising upon the removal of a Director from office may be filled by the Directors as a casual vacancy. Special notice pursuant to Section 116C of the Ordinance is required of a resolution to remove a Director or to appoint another person in place of a Director so removed at the meeting at which that Director is removed.

 

83. The Directors shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an additional Director, but 90 that the total number of Directors shall not at any time exceed the maximum number fixed by these Articles.

Alternate Directors

 

84.      (a)      Any Director may at any time by writing under his hand and deposited at the office, or delivered at a meeting of the Directors, appoint any person. or if he be unable to act some other person, to be his alternate Director and may in like manner at any time terminate such appointment. Such appointment, unless previously approved by the Directors, shall have effect only upon and subject to being so approved, but so that no approval shall be required where another Director is appointed as alternate.

 

  (b) The appointment of an alternate Director shall terminate on the happening of any event which if he were a Director would cause him to vacate such office or if his appointor ceases to be a Director or if the approval of the Directors to his appointment is withdrawn.

 

  (c) An alternate Director ,shall be entitled to receive notices of meetings of the Directors and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present (so that such vote shall be in addition to any other vote to which such person may be entitled in his own right) and generally at such meeting to perform all functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purposes of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director. To such extent as the Directors may from time to time determine in relation to any committees of the Directors the foregoing sentence shall also apply mutatis mutandis to any meeting of any such committee of which his appointor is a member. An alternate Director shall not (save as aforesaid) in his capacity as such have power to act as a Director nor shall he be deemed to be a Director for the purposes of these Articles.

 

  (d) An alternate Director so appointed shall be deemed to be the agent of the Director who appoints him and a Director who appoints an alternate Director shall be vicariously liable for any tort committed by the alternate Director while acting in the capacity of alternate Director.

 

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(e) An alternate Director may be repaid expenses and shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director but he shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any remuneration except only such proportion (if any) of the remuneration otherwise payable to his appointor as such appointor may by notice in writing to the Company from time to time direct.

Reserve Directors

84. (a) If the Company has only one member and that member is the Sole Director of the Company, the Company may in general meeting, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in these Articles, nominate a person (other than a body corporate) who has attained the age of 18 years as a reserve Director of the Company to act in the place of the sale Director in the event of his death.

(b) The nomination of a reserve Director shall cease to be valid if:

(i) before the death of the Director in respect of Whom he was nominated he resigns as reserve Director pursuant to Section I57D of the Ordinance or the Company in general meeting revokes the nomination; or

(ii) the Director in respect of whom he was nominated ceases to be the sale member and sale Director of the Company for any reason other than the death of that Director.

Proceedings of Directors

 

85. The Directors may meet together for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes, A Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Directors. Notice of a meeting of the Directors shall be given to all the Directors including any for the time being absent from Hong Kong and such notice may be given by letter or cable or telex or facsimile or telecopier message or electronic Or similar message which may be visually displayed with or without the interface of other equipment or software or programme. Any notice so given shall be sent to each Director at the address shown in the register of directors or to such other address as the Director or his

 

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86. A Director who is unable to attend any meeting of the Directors and has not appointed an alternate Director may authorise any other Director to vote for him at that meeting and in that event the Director so authorised shall have a vote for each Director by whom he is so authorised in addition to his own vote. Any such authority must be in writing or, by cable or telex or facsimile or telecopier message which must be produced at the meeting at which the same is to be used, and be left with the Secretary for filing.

 

87. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be two Directors’ alternate Directors present throughout the meeting, A meeting of the Directors at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all powers and discretions for the time being exercisable by the Directors.

 

88. 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 in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance.

89, Subject to his compliance with the provisions of the preceding Article a Director may be counted in the quorum and may vote at a meeting of the Directors at which all contract or arrangement or proposed contract arrangement in which he is interested is considered by the Directors.

 

90. The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancies, but if and so long as the number of Directors is reduced below the minimum number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of filling up such vacancies or of summoning general meetings of the Company, but not for any other pw-pose. If there be no Directors or Director able or willing to act, then any member may summon a general meeting for the purpose of appointing Directors.

 

91. The Directors may elect the Chairman as 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 5 minutes after the time appointed for holding the same or is not willing to act, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. The Chairman of the meeting shall not be entitled to a casting vote.

 

92. Any Director or member of a committee of the Directors may participate in a meeting of the Directors or such committee by means of electronic or conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting in this manner shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at 81.10h meeting.

 

93. A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors (or their alternates) for the time being or by all the members for the time. being of a committee of the Directors shall be as effective as a resolution passed at a meeting of the Directors or the committee duly convened and held, Such resolution may consist of several documents in like form each signed or approved as aforesaid by one or more of the Directors (or his or their alternates)

 

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Local Boards or, as the case may be, one or more members of the committee. A cable or telex or facsimile Or telecopier message or electronic or similar message (which may be visually displayed with or without the interface of other equipment or software or programme) sent by a Director or his alternate shall be deemed to be a document signed by him for the purposes of this Article.

93A. Where the Company has only one Director and that Director takes any decision that may be taken in a meeting of the Directors and that has effect as if agreed in a meeting of the Directors, that Director shall (unless that decision is taken by way of a resolution in writing) provide the Company with a written record of that decision. Such written record of a decision shall be sufficient evidence of the decision having been taken by the Director.

 

94. The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such one or more 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 which may from time to time be imposed by the Directors,

 

95. The meeting and proceedings of any such committee consisting of two or more members shall be governed by the provisions of these Articles regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Director, so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations made by the Directors under the last preceding Article,

 

96. All acts done by any meeting of Directors, or of a committee of Directors or by any person acting as a Director, shall as regards all persons dealing in good faith with the Company, notwithstanding that there was some defect in the appointment or continuance in office of any such Director, or person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified or had vacated office, or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as If every person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued 10 be a Director and had been entitled to vote.

General Power of Directors

 

97. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and to any directions given by special resolution of the Company, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum and 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. The general powers given by this Article shall not be limited or restricted by any special authority or power given to the Directors by any other Article, and a meeting of the Directors at which quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.

 

98. The Directors may establish any local boards managers or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company, either in Hong Kong or elsewhere, and may appoint any persons to be members of such local boards, or any managers or agents, and may fix their remuneration, and may delegate to any local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions

 

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Local directors vested in the Directors, with power to sub-delegate, and may authorise the members of any local boards, or any of them, to fill any vacancies therein, and to act notwithstanding vacancies, and any such appointment or delegation may be made upon such terms and Subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit, and the Directors may 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 validation shall be affected thereby.

 

99. The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm or person or any fluctuating body of person., whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, 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 Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they 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 as the Directors 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

 

100. ‘The Company may exercise the powers conferred by the Ordinance with regard to having an official seal for use abroad and such powers shall be vested in the Directors.

 

101. Subject to and to the extent permitted by the Ordinance the Company, or the Directors on behalf of the Company, may cause to be kept in any territory outside Hong Kong a branch register of members resident in such territory, and the Directors may make and vary such regulations as they may think fit respecting the keeping of any such register.

 

102. The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or its collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

103. All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other negotiable or transferable instruments, shall be signed, drawn., accepted, endorsed, or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as the Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine.

 

104. Except to the extent permitted by the Ordinance no part of the funds of the Company shall be employed in the subscription for or purchase of or in loans upon the security of shares in the Company or in any company which is its holding company nor shall the Company directly or indirectly give any financial assistance for the purpose of or in connection with a subscription for or purchase of such shares.

Deputy, Departmental, Divisional or Local Directors

 

105. ‘The Directors may from time to time appoint any person to be a

 

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Deputy, Departmental, Divisional, Local, Associate or other Director and define, limit or restrict his powers and duties and determine his remuneration and the designation of his office and may at any time remove any such person from such office. Such a person (notwithstanding that the designation of his office may include the word “Director”) shall not by virtue of such office be or have power in any respect to act as a Director of the Company nor be entitled to receive notice of or attend or vote at meetings of the Directors nor be deemed to be a Director for any of the purposes of these Articles.

Secretary

 

106. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Directors on such terms (including remuneration) and there such period as they may think fit. Any Secretary so appointed may at any time be removed from office by the Directors, but without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company.

The Seal

 

107. The Directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal, which shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors in that behalf, and every instrument to which the Seal shall be affixed shall be signed by such person or persons from time to time appointed for the purpose by the Directors, Dividends

 

108. The Company may by ordinary resolution declare Dividends but no Dividend shall be payable except out of the profits of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Part IIA of the Ordinance, or in excess of the amount recommended by the Directors.

 

109. Unless and to the extent that the rights attached to any shares or the terms of issue thereof otherwise provide, all Dividends shall (as regards any shares not fully paid throughout the period in respect of which the Dividend is paid) be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the amounts paid on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the Dividend i. paid. For the purposes of this Article no amount paid on a share in advance of calls shall be treated as paid on the share.

 

110. If and so far as in the opinion of the Directors the profits of the Company justify such payments, the Directors may pay the fixed Dividends on any class of shares carrying a fixed Dividend expressed to be payable on fixed dates On the half-yearly or other dates prescribed for the ‘payment thereof and may also from time to time pay interim Dividends of such amounts and on such dates and in respect of such periods as they think fit.

 

111. No Dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of a share shall bear interest as against the Company.

 

112. The Directors may deduct from any Dividend or other moneys payable to any member on or in respect of a share all sums of money (if any)

 

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113. The Directors may retain any Dividend of other moneys payable on or in respect of share on which the Company has a lien, and may apply the same in or towards satisfaction of the debts liabilities or engagements in respect of which the lien exists.

 

114. The Directors may retain the Dividends payable upon shares in respect of which any person is under the provisions as to the transmission of shares hereinbefore contained entitled to become a member or which any person is under those provisions entitled to transfer, until such person shall become a member in respect of such shares shall transfer the same.

 

115. The payment by the Directors of all unclaimed Dividend or other monies payable on or in respect of a share into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof and any Dividend unclaimed after a period of twelve years from the date of declaration of such Dividend shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.

 

116. The Company may upon the recommendation of the Directors by ordinary resolution direct payment of a Dividend in whole or in part by the distribution of specific assets (and in particular of paid-up shares or debentures of any other company) and the Directors shall give effect to such resolution, 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 certificates and 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 footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all parties and may vest any such specific assets In trustees as may seem expedient to the Directors.

 

117. Any Dividend or other moneys payable in cash on or in respect of a share may be paid by cheque or was sent through the post to the registered address of the member or person entitled thereto (or, if two or more persons are registered as joint holders of the share or are entitled thereto in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holders, to anyone of such persons), or to such person and such address as such member or person or persons may by writing Direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent or to such person as the holder or joint holders or person or persons entitled to the share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder may direct and payment of the cheque or warrant by the banker upon whom it is drawn shall be a good discharge to the Company. Every such cheque or warrant shall be sent at the risk of the person entitled to the money represented thereby.

 

118. If two Or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, or are entitled jointly to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, anyone of them may give effect to receipts for any Dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable on or in respect of the share.

118A.  The Company in general meeting may at any time and from time to time resolve that any surplus moneys in the hands of the Company

 

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representing capital profiting from the receipt of moneys received or recovered in respect of or arising from the realisation of any capital assets of the Company or any investment representing the same instead of being applied in the purchase of other capital assets or for other capital purposes be distributed amongst the ordinary shareholders on the footing that they receive the same as capital and in the shares and proportion in which they would have been entitled to receive the same if it had been distributed by way of Dividend provided always that no such profit as aforesaid shall be so distributed unless there shall remain in the hands of the Company a sufficiency of other assets to answer in full the whole of the liabilities and paid-up share capital of the Company for the time being.

Reserves

119. The Directors may from time to time set aside out of the profits of the Company and carry to reserve such sums as they think proper which, at the discretion of the Directors, shall be applicable for any purpose to which the profits of the Company may properly be applied and pending such application may either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested. The Directors may divide the reserve into such special funds as they think fit, and may consolidate into one fund any special funds or any parts of any special funds into which the reserve may have been divided. The Directors may also without placing the same to reserve carry forward all profits.

Capitalisation of Profits and Reserves

 

120. The Company may upon the recommendation of the Directors by ordinary resolution resolve to capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts (including share premium account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution, provided that such sums be not required for paying the Dividends on any shares carrying a fixed cumulative preferential Dividend, and to authorise the Directors to appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst them had the same been a distribution of profits by way of Dividend and to apply such sum on their behalf either in or towards paying up the Dividends (if any) for the time being unpaid on any such shares held by them respectively or in paying up in full unissued shares or debentures of the Company of nominal amount equal to such sum, such shares or debentures to be allotted and distributed credited as fully paid up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid or partly in one way and partly in the other: Provided that share premium account and capital redemption reserve fund may only be applied hereunder in the paying Up of unissued shares to be issued and fully paid.

 

121. Whenever such a resolution as aforesaid shall have been passed the Directors shall make all appropriations and applications of the sum resolved to be capitalised thereby and all allotments and issues 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 provisions as they think fit in the case of the shares or debentures becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements

 

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accrue to the Company rather than to the members concerned) and also to authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for the allotment credited as fully paid up of fully shares or debentures to be issued upon such capitalisation and for matters incidental thereto and my agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.

Minutes And Books

 

122. The Directors shall cause Minutes to be made in books to be provided for the purpose of:

(a) all appointments of officers made by the Directors;

(b) the names of the Directors or their alternates present at each meeting of Directors and of any committee of

Directors;

(c) all resolutions and proceedings at all meeting~ of the Company and of any class of members of the Company and of the Directors and of committees of the Directors.

 

123. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance any register, index, minute book, book of account or other book required by these Articles or the Ordinance to be kept by or on behalf of the Company may be kept either by making entries in bound books or by recording them in any other manner. In any case in which bound books are not used, the Directors shall take adequate precautions for guarding against falsification and for facilitating its discovery. Accounts

 

124. 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. No member (other than 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.

 

125. The Directors shall from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance cause to be prepared and to be laid before a general meeting of the Company such profit and lose account;, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and reports as may be necessary.

 

126. A copy of every balm= sheet and profit and loss account which is to be laid before a general meeting of the Company (including every document required by law to be attached or annexed thereto) shall not less than twenty-one days before the date of the meeting be sent to every member and to every holder of debentures of the Company and to every other person who is entitled to receive notices of meetings from the Company under the provisions of the Ordinance or of their Articles: Provided that this Article shall not require a copy of these documents to be sent to more than one of the joint holders or to any person who is not entitled to receive notices of meetings and of whose address the Company is not aware, but any member or holder of debentures to whom a copy of these documents has not been sent shall be entitled to receive a copy free of charge on application at the Office.

 

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Auditors

 

127. The auditors shall be appointed and their duties regulated in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance.

Notices

 

128. (a) Any notice or other document may be served on or delivered to any member by the Company either personal or in any of the other manners hereinafter mentioned to the member’s address as recorded in the register of members or to such other address as the member may from time to time notify in writing to the Company for the service of notices.

(b) A notice or other document may be sent by prepaid mail (air mail in the case of an address outside Hong Kong) or by cable or telex. Or facsimile or telecopier message Or electronic or similar message which may be visually displayed with or without the interface of other equipment or software or programme. Where a notice or document is sent by mail to an address in Hong Kong it shall he deemed to have been served on the day following that on which it is posted and, in the case of an address outside Hong Kong, it shall be deemed to have been served on the seventh day following that on which it is posted, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and posted. Where a notice is sent by cable or telex or facsimile or telecopier message it shall be deemed to have been served on the day following that on which the cable or telex or facsimile or telecopier was dispatched. Where a notice or other documents is sent by electronic or similar message it shall be deemed to have been served on the day following that on which it is transmitted to the member at the member’s address as he may provide for such purpose except that any failure in transmission beyond the sender’s control shall not invalidate the effectiveness of the notice or other document so served.

 

129. In respect of joint holdings all notices or other documents shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the register of members and any notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.

 

130. A person entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member, upon supplying to the Company such evidence as the


Directors may reasonably require to show his title to the share and also upon supplying an address for the service of notices, shall be entitled to have served upon or delivered to him at such address any notice or document to which the member but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled, and such service or delivery shall for all purposes be deemed a 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. Save as aforesaid any notice or document delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any member in pursuance of these Articles shall, notwithstanding that such member 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 or delivered in respect of any share registered in the name of a member as sole or joint holder.

Winding Up

 

131. If the Company shall be wound up (whether the liquidation is voluntary, under supervision, or by the Court) the liquidator may with the authority of a special resolution, divide among the members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and whether or not the assets shall consist of property of one kind or shall consist of properties of different kinds and may for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon anyone or more class or classes of property and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the members or different classes of members. The liquidator may, with the like authority, vest any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of members as the liquidator with the like authority shall think fit and the liquidation of the Company may be closed and the Company dissolved, but so that no contributory shall be compelled to accept all shares or other property in respect of which there is a liability.

Indemnity

 

132. Every Director, alternate Director, auditor, Secretary Or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company against all costs, charges, Josses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him .s such Director, alternate Director, auditor, Secretary or other officer in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Section 358 of the Ordinance in which relief is granted to him by the Court.

 

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EX-3.34 30 dex334.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF FIBERNET HOLDINGS LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of Fibernet Holdings Limited

EXHIBIT 3.34

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY

Company No. 3893421

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that FIBERNET HOLDINGS LIMITED is this day

incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private

company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House, Cardiff, the 8th December 1999

For The Registrar Of Companies

EX-3.35 31 dex335.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF FIBERNET HOLDINGS LIMITED Memorandum and Articles of Association of Fibernet Holdings Limited

EXHIBIT 3.35

THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

Of

FIBERNET HOLDINGS LIMITED


THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989 COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

of

FIBERNET HOLDINGS LIMITED

1. The name of the Company is FIBERNET HOLDINGS LIMITED.

2. The registered office of the Company will be situate in England and Wales.

3. The objects for which the Company is established are:

 

3.1    

  

(a)

   To carry on business as a general commercial company;
  

(b)

   Without prejudice to the generality of the objects and powers of the Company derived from Section 3A of the Companies Act 1985 the Company has the objects set forth in the following sub-clauses;

 

3.2 To purchase or by any other means acquire and take options over any property whatever and any rights or privileges of any kind over or in respect of any property;

 

3.3 To apply for register purchase or by other means acquire and protect prolong and renew whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere any patents patent rights brevets d’invention licences secret processes trade marks designs protections and concessions and to disclaim alter modify use and turn to account and to manufacture under or grant licences or privileges in respect of the same and to expend money in experimenting upon testing and improving any patents inventions or rights which the Company may acquire or propose to acquire;

 

3.4 To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business goodwill and assets of any person firm or company carrying on or proposing to carry on any of the businesses which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person firm or company or to acquire an interest in amalgamate with or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits or for co-operation or for mutual assistance with any such person firm or company or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any such person firm or company and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired any shares debentures debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon and to hold and retain or sell mortgage and deal with any shares debentures debenture stock or securities so received;

 

3.5 To improve manage construct repair develop exchange let on lease or otherwise mortgage charge sell dispose of turn to account grant licences options rights and privileges in respect of or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property and rights of the Company;

 

3.6 To invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required in such manner as may from time to time be determined and to hold or otherwise deal with any investments made;

 

3.7 To lend and advance money or give credit on such terms as may seem expedient and with or without security to customers and others to enter into guarantees contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms and to secure or guarantee the payment of any sums of money or the performance of any obligation by any company firm or person including any holding company subsidiary or fellow subsidiary company in any manner;

 

3.8 To borrow and raise money in any manner and to secure the repayment of any money borrowed raised or owing by mortgage charge standard security lien or other security upon the whole or any part of the Company’s property or assets (whether present or future) including its uncalled capital and also by a similar mortgage charge standard security lien or security to secure and guarantee the performance by the Company of any obligation or liability it may undertake or which may become binding on it;


3.9 To draw make accept endorse discount negotiate execute and issue cheques bills of exchange promissory notes bills of lading warrants debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

 

3.10 To apply for promote and obtain any Act of Parliament order or licence of the Department of Trade or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect or for effecting any modification of the Company’s constitution or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company’s interests and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company’s interests;

 

3.11 To enter into any arrangements with any government or authority (supreme municipal local or otherwise) that may seem conducive to the attainment of the Company’s objects or any of them and to obtain from any such government or authority any charters decrees rights privileges or concessions which the Company may think desirable and to carry out exercise and comply with any such charters decrees rights privileges and concessions;

 

3.12 To subscribe for take purchase or otherwise acquire hold sell deal with and dispose of place and underwrite shares stocks debentures debenture stocks bonds obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any other company constituted or carrying on business in any part of the world and debentures debenture stocks bonds obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any government or authority municipal local or otherwise in any part of the world;

 

3.13 To control manage finance subsidise co-ordinate or otherwise assist any company or companies in which the Company has a direct or indirect financial interest to provide secretarial administrative technical commercial and other services and facilities of all kinds for any such company or companies and to make payments by way of subvention or otherwise and any other arrangements which may seem desirable with respect to any business or operations of or generally with respect to any such company or companies;


3.14 To promote any other company for the purpose of acquiring the whole or any part of the undertaking any business or operations which may appear likely to assist or benefit the Company or to enhance the value of any property or business of the Company and to place or guarantee the placing of underwrite subscribe for or otherwise acquire all or any part of the shares or securities of any such company as aforesaid;

 

3.15 To sell or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the business or property of the Company either together or in portions for such consideration as the Company may think fit and in particular for shares debentures or securities of any company purchasing the same;

 

3.16 To act as agents or brokers and as trustees for any person firm or company and to undertake and perform sub-contracts;

 

3.17 To remunerate any person firm or company rendering services to the Company either by cash payment or by the allotment to him or them of shares or other securities of the Company credited as paid up in full or in part or otherwise as may be thought expedient;

 

3.18 To pay all or any expenses incurred in connection with the promotion formation and incorporation of the Company or to contract with any person firm or company to pay the same and to pay commissions to brokers and others for underwriting placing selling or guaranteeing the subscription of any shares or other securities of the Company;

 

3.19 To support and subscribe to any charitable or public object and to support and subscribe to any institution society or club which may be for the benefit of the Company or its directors or employees or may be connected with any town or place where the Company carries on business to give or award pensions annuities gratuities and superannuation or other allowances or benefits or charitable aid and generally to provide advantages facilities and services for any persons who are or have been directors of or who are to have been employed by or who are serving or have served the Company or any Company which is a subsidiary of the Company or the holding company of the Company or a fellow subsidiary of the Company or the predecessors in business of the Company or of any such subsidiary holding or fellow subsidiary company and to the wives widows children and other relatives and dependants of such persons; to make payments towards insurance; and to set up establish support and maintain superannuation and other funds or schemes (whether contributory or non-contributory) for the benefit of any of such persons and of their wives widows children and other relatives and dependants; and to set up establish support and maintain profit sharing or share purchase schemes for the benefit of any of the employees of the Company or of any such subsidiary holding or fellow subsidiary company and to lend money to any such employees or to trustees on their behalf to enable any such purchase schemes to be established or maintained;

 

3.20 Subject to and in accordance with a due compliance with the provisions of Sections 155 to 158 (inclusive) of the Act (if and so far as such provisions shall be applicable) to give whether directly or indirectly any kind of financial assistance (as defined in Section 152(1)(a) of the Act} for any such purpose as is specified in Section 151(1) and/or Section 151(2) of the Act;

 

3.21 To distribute among the members of the Company in kind any property of the Company of whatever nature;

 

3.22 To procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any part of the world;


3.23 To do all or any of the things or matters aforesaid in any part of the world and either as principals agents contractors or otherwise and by or through agents brokers sub-contractors or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with others;

 

3.24 To do all such other things as may be deemed incidental or conducive to the attainment of the Company’s objects or any of them;

 

3.25 To carry on business as a general commercial company.

AND so that:

(a) None of the objects set forth in any sub-clause shall be restrictively construed but the widest interpretation shall be given to each such object and none of such objects shall except where the context expressly so requires be in any way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from any other object or objects set forth in such sub-clause or by reference to or inference from the terms of any other sub-clause of this Clause or by reference to or inference from the name of the Company;

(b) None of the sub-clauses of this Clause and none of the objects therein specified shall be deemed subsidiary or ancillary to any of the objects specified in any other such sub-clause and the Company shall have as full a power to exercise each and every one of the objects specified in each sub-clause of this Clause as though each such sub-clause contained the objects of a separate Company;

(c) The word “Company” in this Clause except where used in reference to the Company shall be deemed to include any partnership or other body of persons whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether domiciled in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;

(d) In this Clause the expression “the Act” means the Companies Act 1985 but so that any reference in this Clause to any provision of the Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force.

1 The liability of the members is limited.

2 The Company’s share capital is £1,000 divided into 1,000 shares of £1 each.

We, Castle Notaries Limited, as the subscriber to this Memorandum of Association wishes to be formed into a Company pursuant to this Memorandum and agrees to take the number of shares shown opposite its name.


Number of shares taken by Name and address of subscriber the subscriber

Castle Notaries Limited 1

47 Castle Street, Reading, Berks, RGl 7SR.

Signed on behalf of Castle Notaries Limited

Total shares taken 1

Dated this 1 day of December 1999

Witness to the above Signature:


THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989

COMPANY LIMITED

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

FIBERNET HOLDINGS LIMITED

Preliminary

 

1. Regulations 24, 64, 73 to 80 inclusive, 84, 94 to 97 inclusive, and 99 of Table A in the Schedule to the Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985 as amended by the Companies Act (Table A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (hereinafter referred to as “Table A”) shall not apply’ to the Company but the Articles hereinafter contained together with the remaining regulations of Table A subject to the modifications hereinafter expressed shall constitute the regulations of the Company.

Shares

 

2. The initial share capital of the Company is £1,000 divided into 1,000 shares of £1 each.

 

3. The directors are generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 (“the Act”) to exercise any power of the Company to allot shares and grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares of the Company up to the amount of the share capital of the Company authorised but unissued at the date of incorporation of the Company at any time or times during the period of five years from the date of incorporation and the directors may, after that period, allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period. The authority hereby given may at any time (subject to the said Section 80) be renewed, revoked or varied by Ordinary Resolution of the Company in general meeting.

 

4.

Any shares proposed to be issued shall first be offered to the members in proportion as nearly as may be to the number of the existing shares held by them respectively unless the Company shall by Special Resolution otherwise direct. The offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered and limiting a period (not being less than fourteen days) within which the offer if not accepted will be deemed to be declined. After the expiration of that period those shares so deemed to be declined shall be offered in the proportion aforesaid to the persons who have within the said period accepted all the shares offered to them. Such further offer shall be made in the same manner and limited by a like period as the original offer. Any shares not accepted pursuant to such offer or further offer as aforesaid or not capable of being offered as aforesaid except by way of fractions and any shares released from the provisions of this Article by such Special Resolution as aforesaid shall be under the control of the directors who may allot grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons on such terms and in such manner as they think fit


provided that in the case of shares not accepted as aforesaid such shares shall not be disposed of on terms which are more favourable to the subscribers thereof than the terms on which they are offered to the members. In accordance with Section 91 of the Act Section 89(1) and Section 90(1) to (6) of the Act shall be excluded from applying to the Company.

 

5. Subject to the provisions of Chapter VII of Part V of the Act any shares may be issued on the terms that they are or at the option of the Company are liable to be redeemed.

6. Lien

Regulation 8 of Table A shall be modified so that the lien conferred therein shall attach also to fully paid-up shares and so that the Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on all shares whether fully paid or not standing registered in the name of any person indebted or under liability to the Company whether he shall be the sole registered holder thereof or shall be one of two or more joint holders for all monies presently payable by him or his estate to the Company.

7. Calls

The liability of any member in default in respect of a call shall be increased by the addition at the end of the first sentence of Regulation 18 in Table A of the words “and all expenses that may have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment”.

8. Transfer of Shares

Any share may be transferred by a member to his or her spouse or lineal descendant and any shares of a deceased member may be transferred to any such relation as aforesaid of the deceased member. Save as aforesaid the directors in their absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor may decline to register the transfer of any share whether or not it is a fully paid share.

9. Votes of Members

Subject to any rights or 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.

10. Appointment of Directors

No person shall be appointed a director at any general meeting unless either:

(a) he is recommended by the directors; or

(b) not less than fourteen nor more than thirty five clear days before the date appointed for the general meeting, notice executed by a member qualified to vote at the general meeting has been given to the Company of the intention to propose that person for appointment together with notice executed by that person of his willingness to be appointed.


11. Subject to Article 10 above, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution in general meeting appoint any person who is willing to act to be a director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional director.

12. The directors may appoint a person who is willing to act 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 determined in accordance with Article 18 below as the maximum number of directors and for the time being in force.

13. Directors’ Meetings

 

13.1 A meeting of the directors may consist of a conference between directors some or all of whom are in different places provided that each director who participates is able:

(a) to hear each of the other participating directors addressing the meeting; and

(b) if he so wishes, to address all of the other participating directors simultaneously,

whether directly; by conference telephone or by any other form of communications equipment (whether in use when these articles are adopted or not) or by a combination of those methods.

 

13.2 A quorum is deemed to be present if those conditions are satisfied in respect of at least the number of directors required to form a quorum, subject to the provisions of article 14.

 

13.3 A meeting held in this way is deemed to take place at the place where the largest group of participating directors is assembled or, if no such group is readily identifiable, at the place from where the chairman of the meeting participates.

14. Directors’ Interests

A director who has disclosed his interest and the interest of any person who is for any purpose of the Act (excluding any statutory modification thereof not in force when this regulation becomes binding on the Company) connected with the director and in the case of an alternate director any interest of his appointor in accordance with Regulation 85 of Table A and Section 317 of the Act may vote in respect of any contract proposed contract or any arrangement in which he is interested directly or indirectly and such director shall be counted in the quorum present at any meeting at which such contract or proposed contract or arrangement is being considered.

15. Any 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.

16. 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 to act as auditor for the Company.


17. Retirement and Removal of Directors

The office of a director shall be vacated:

(a) In any of the circumstances specified in Article 81 of Table A (any resignation of office being by notice in writing); or

(b) If the director becomes incapable by reason of illness or injury of managing and administering his property and affairs and paragraph (c) of Regulations 81 of Table A shall be modified accordingly;

(c) If a resolution signed by the holders of more than 50% of the issued share capital of the Company requiring the director to vacate his office is delivered to the Company’s registered office.

18. Number of Directors

The maximum number of directors shall not be more than ten but the Company by Ordinary Resolution in general meeting may reduce or increase this limit. The minimum number of directors shall be one. If and for so long as there is a sole director he shall have authority to exercise all the powers vested in the directors generally.

19. Managing Directors and Managers

The directors may from time to time appoint one or more of their body to the office of Managing Director or Manager for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as they think fit and subject to the terms of any agreement entered into in any particular case may revoke such appointment. Any such appointment subject to the payment to the appointee of such compensation or damages as may be payable to him by reason thereof shall be automatically terminated if he cease from any cause to be a director.

20. Borrowing Powers

The directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money without limit as to amount and upon such terms and in such manner as they think fit and subject (in the case of any security convertible into shares) to Section 80 of the Act to grant any mortgage charge or standard security over its undertaking property and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

21. Secretary

Subject to the provisions of the Act the secretary shall be appointed by the directors for such term at such remuneration and upon such conditions as they may think fit and any secretary so appointed may be removed by them. If at any time there shall be no secretary or for any reason no secretary capable of acting the Directors may appoint an assistant or deputy secretary.


22: Notices

Notice of every general meeting shall be given in manner authorised by Table A to every member except those members who are by these Articles disentitled from receiving such notices and those members who (having no registered address within the United Kingdom) have not supplied to the Company any address within the United Kingdom for the giving of notices to them and shall also be given to the directors and the auditors.

EX-3.36 32 dex336.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING (BIDCO) LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited

EXHIBIT 3.36

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME

Company No. 3855219

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that

TRUSHELFCO (NO.2541) LIMITED

having by special resolution changed its name, is now incorporated under the name of

GLOBAL CROSSING (BIDCO) LIMITED

Given at Companies House, London, the 4th November 1999

 

L. CONNELLY

 

For The Registrar of Companies


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY

Company No. 3855219

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that

TRUSHELFCO (NO.2541) LIMITED

is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House. Cardiff. the 8th October 1999

EX-3.37 33 dex337.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING (BIDCO) LIMITED Memorandum and Articles of Association of Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited

EXHIBIT 3.37

The Companies Act 1985 (as Amended)

Company Limited by Shares

Memorandum of Association

of

Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited

1 The name of the Company is “GLOBAL CROSSING (BIDCO) LIMITED”.

2 The registered office of the Company will be situate in England.

3 The objects for which the Company is established are:

 

3.1 To carry on business as a general commercial company and to carry on any trade or business whatsoever.

 

3.2 To carry on any business, undertaking, transaction or operation commonly carried on or undertaken by manufacturers, merchants and dealers (both wholesale and retail) in all or any articles of commercial and personal use and consumption, importers, exporters, shipowners, bankers, factors, capitalists, promoters, financiers, real property dealers and investors, concessionaires, brokers, contractors, mercantile and general agents, advertising agents, publishers, carriers and transporters of all kinds and to carry on all or any of the said businesses either together as one business or as separate distinct businesses in any part of the world.

 

3.3 To acquire and assume for any estate or interest and to take options over, construct, develop or exploit any property, real or personal, and rights of any kind and the whole or any part of the undertaking, assets and liabilities of any person and to act and carry on business as a holding company.

 

3.4 To manufacture, process, import, export, deal in and store any goods and other things and to carry on the business of manufacturers, processers, importers, exporters and storers of and dealers in any goods and other things.

 

3.5 To acquire and exploit lands, mines and mineral rights and to acquire, explore for and exploit any natural resources and to carryon any business involving the ownership or possession of land or other immovable property or buildings or structures thereon and to construct, erect, install, enlarge, alter and maintain buildings, plant and machinery and to carryon business as builders, contractors and engineers.


3.6 To provide services of all descriptions and to carryon business as advisers, consultants, brokers and agents of any kind.

 

3.7 To advertise, market and sell the products of the Company and of any other person and to carry on the business of advertisers or advertising agents or of a marketing and selling organisation or of a supplier, wholesaler, retailer, merchant or dealer of any kind.

 

3.8 To provide technical, cultural, artistic, educational, entertainment or business material, facilities or services and to carryon any business involving any such provision.

 

3.9 To lend money, and grant or provide credit and financial accommodation, to any person and to deposit money with any person and to carryon the business of a banking, finance or insurance company.

 

3.10 To invest money of the Company in any investments and to hold, sell or otherwise deal with such investments, and to carryon the business of a property or investment company.

 

3.11 To acquire and carry on any business carried on by a subsidiary or a holding company of the Company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the Company.

 

3.12 To enter into any arrangements with any government or authority or person and to obtain from any such government or authority or person any legislation, orders, rights, privileges, franchises and concessions and to carry out exercise and comply with the same.

 

3.13 To borrow and raise money and accept money on deposit and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation in any manner and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) by mortgages of or charges upon all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by the creation and issue of securities.

 

3.14 To enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to guarantee, support or secure, with or without consideration, whether by personal obligation or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by both such methods or in any other manner, the performance of any obligations or commitments of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and any premiums, interest, dividends and other moneys payable on or in respect of any securities or liabilities of, any person, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being a subsidiary or a holding company of the Company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the Company or otherwise associated with the Company.

 

3.15 To amalgamate or enter into partnership or any profit-sharing arrangement with, and cooperate or participate in any way with or to take over or assume any obligation of, or to assist or subsidise any person.


3.16 To accept, draw, make, create, issue, execute, discount, endorse, negotiate and deal in bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other instruments and securities, whether negotiable or otherwise.

 

3.17 To apply for and take out, purchase or otherwise acquire any trade and service marks and names, designs, patents, patent rights, inventions and secret processes and to carry on the business of an inventor, designer or research organisation.

 

3.18 To sell, exchange, mortgage, charge, let, grant licences, easements, options, servitudes and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) of the Company for any or no consideration and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for any securities or for a share of profit or a royalty or other periodical or deferred payment.

 

3.19 To issue and allot securities of the Company for cash or in payment or part payment for any real or personal property purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any services rendered to the Company or as security for any obligation or amount (even if less than the nominal amount of such securities) or for any other purpose.

 

3.20 To give any remuneration or other compensation or reward for services rendered or to be rendered in placing or procuring subscriptions of, or otherwise assisting in the issue of any securities of the Company or in or about the formation of the Company or the conduct or course of its business, and to establish or promote, or concur or participate in establishing or promoting, any company, fund or trust and to subscribe for, underwrite, purchase or otherwise acquire securities of any company, fund or trust and to carry on the business of company, fund, trust or business promoters or managers and of underwriters or dealers in securities, and to act as director of and as secretary, manager, registrar or transfer agent for any other company and to act as trustee of any kind and to undertake and execute any trust and any trust business (including the business of acting as trustee under wills and settlements and as executor and administrator).

 

3.21 To pay all the costs, charges and expenses preliminary or incidental to the promotion, formation, establishment and incorporation of the Company, and to procure the registration or incorporation of the Company in or under the laws of any place outside England.

 

3.22

To grant or procure the grant of donations, gratuities, pensions, annuities, allowances, or other benefits, including benefits on death to any directors, officers or employees or former directors, officers or employees of the Company or any company which at any time is or was a subsidiary or a holding company of the Company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the Company or otherwise associated with the Company or of any predecessor in business of any of them, and to the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to other persons whose service or services have directly or indirectly been of benefit to the Company or whom the Board of Directors of the Company considers have any moral claim on the Company or to their relations, connections or dependants, and to establish or support any funds, trusts, insurances or schemes or any associations, institutions, clubs, schools, building and housing schemes,


  funds and trusts, and to make payments towards insurances or other arrangements likely to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the Company or of its Members, and to subscribe, guarantee or pay money for any purpose likely, directly or indirectly, to further the interests of the Company or of its Members or for any national, charitable, benevolent, educational, social, public, general or useful object.

 

3.23 To cease carrying on or wind up any business or activity of the Company, and to cancel any registration of and to wind up or procure the dissolution of the Company in any state or territory.

 

3.24 To distribute any of the property of the Company among its creditors and Members in specie or kind.

 

3.25 To do all or any of the things or matters aforesaid in any part of the world and either as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise and by or through trustees, agents or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with others.

 

3.26 To carry on any other business or activity and do anything of any nature which in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company is or may be capable of being conveniently carried on or done in connection with the above, or likely directly or indirectly to enhance the value of or render more profitable all or any part of the Company’s undertaking property or assets or otherwise to advance the interests of the Company or of its Members.

 

3.27 To do all such other things as in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company are or may be incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

And it is hereby declared that “company” in this clause, except where used in reference to this Company, shall include any partnership or other body of persons, whether incorporated or not incorporated, and whether formed, incorporated, domiciled or resident in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, “person” shall include any company as well as any other legal or natural person, “securities” shall include any fully, partly or paid or no par value share, stock, unit, debenture, debenture or loan stock, deposit receipt, bill, note, warrant, coupon, right to subscribe or convert, or similar right or obligation, “and” and “or” shall mean “and/or” where the context so permits, “other” and “otherwise” shall not be construed ejusdem generis where a wider construction is possible, and the objects specified in the different paragraphs of this clause shall not, except where the context expressly so requires, be in any way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other paragraph or the name of the Company or the nature of any business carried on by the Company, but may be carried out in as full and ample a manner and shall be construed in as wide a sense as if each of the said paragraphs defined the objects of a separate, distinct and independent company.

1 The liability of the Members is limited.

2 The share capital of the Company is £100 divided into 100 Shares of £1 each, and the Company shall have the power to divide tile original or any increased capital into several classes, and to attach thereto any preferential, deferred, qualified or other special rights, privileges, restrictions or conditions.


We, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of the Memorandum of association, and we respectively agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the Company set opposite our respective names.

 

NAMES, ADDRESSES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBSCRIBERS

   Number of Shares taken
by each Subscriber

For and on behalf of TRUCIDATOR NOMINEES LIMITED, 35

Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5DB

  
I.S.HAW    One
Director   

For and on behalf of TREXCO LIMITED, 35

Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5DB

  
D.C.I.ROWE    One
Authorised Signatory   

DATED the 30th day of September 1999

WITNESS to the above Signatures:

R.H. Smith 35 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5DB


ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION of GLOBAL CROSSING (BIDCO) LIMITED

1. Adoption of Table A

In these articles “Table An means Table A scheduled to the Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985 as amended prior to the date of incorporation of the company. The regulations contained in Table A shall, except where they are excluded or modified by these articles, apply to the company and, together with these articles, shall constitute the articles of the company. No other regulations set out in any statute concerning companies, or in any statutory instrument or other subordinate legislation made under any statute, shall apply as the regulations or articles of the company.

2. Interpretation

Words and expressions which bear particular meanings in Table A shall bear the same meanings in these articles. References in these articles to writing include references to any method of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form. Headings are for convenience only and shall not affect construction. If, and for so long as, the company has only one member, these articles shall (in the absence of any express provision to the contrary) apply with such modification as may be necessary in relation to such a company.

3. Rights Attached to Shares

Subject to the provisions of the Act and to any rights conferred on the holders of any other shares, any share may be issued with or have attached to it such rights and restrictions as the company may by ordinary resolution decide or, if no such resolution has been passed or so far as the resolution does not make specific provision, as the directors may decide. Regulation 2 of Table A shall not apply.

4. Unissued Shares

Subject to the provisions of the Act and to these articles, any unissued shares of the company (whether forming part of the original or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the directors who 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 they may determine.

5. Initial Authority to Issue Relevant Securities

Subject to any direction to the contrary which may be given by the company in general meeting, the directors are unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the company to allot relevant securities. The maximum nominal amount of relevant securities


that may be allotted under this authority shall be the nominal amount of the unissued share capital at the date of incorporation of the company or such other amount as may from time to time be authorised by the company in general meeting. The authority conferred on the directors by this article shall remain in force for a period of five years from the date of incorporation of the company but may be revoked varied or renewed from time to time by the company in general meeting in accordance with the Act.

6. Exclusion of Rights to Offers on a Pre-emptive Basis

Section 89(1) of the Act shall not apply to the allotment by the company of any equity security.

7. Transfer and Transmission of Shares

 

7.1 The instrument of transfer of a subscriber’s share which is not fully paid need not be executed by or on behalf of the transferee. Regulation 23 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 

7.2 Subject to Article 7.4, the directors may, in their absolute discretion and without giving any reason for so doing, decline to register any transfer of any share, whether or not it is a fully paid share. Regulation 24 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 

7.3 A person who becomes entitled to a share by reason of any event (other than death or bankruptcy) giving rise to its transmission by operation of law shall have the same rights of election and other rights as a person entitled by transmission to a share as a consequence of death or bankruptcy. Regulations 30 and 31 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 

7.4 Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles:

(a) any pre-emption rights conferred on existing members by these Articles or otherwise and any other restrictions on transfer of shares contained in these Articles or otherwise shall not apply to, and

(b) the Directors shall not decline to register, nor suspend registration of, any transfer of shares where such transfer is:

(i) in favour of any bank, financial institution or other person (or any nominee or nominees of such a bank, financial institution or other person) to whom such shares are being transferred by way of security (whether such bank, financial institution or other person is acting as agent, trustee or otherwise), or

(ii) duly executed by any such bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) to whom such shares (including any further shares in the Company acquired by reason of its holding of such shares) are to be transferred as aforesaid pursuant to a power of sale under any security document which creates any security interest over such shares, or


(iii) duly executed by a receiver appointed by a bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) pursuant to any security document which creates any security interest over such shares,

and a certificate by any official of such bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) or any such receiver that the shares are or are to be subject to such a security and that the transfer is executed in accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be conclusive evidence of such facts. Any lien on shares which the Company has shall not apply in respect of any shares which have been charged by way of security to a bank, financial institution or other person or a subsidiary of a bank, financial institution or other person or which are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Article. For the purposes of this Article, “person” includes any person, individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking (within the meaning of section 259(1) of the Act) or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or more of the foregoing.

8. Notice of General Meetings

Notice of every general meeting shall be given to all members other than any who, under the provisions of these articles or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notices from the company, and also to the auditors or, if more than one, each of them. The last sentence of regulation 38 of Table A shall not apply.

9. Proceedings at General Meetings

For all purposes of these articles apart from when the company has only one member, a general meeting of the company or of the holders of any class of its shares shall be valid and effective for all purposes if one person being a duly authorised representative of two or more corporations each of which is a member entitled to vote upon the business to be transacted is present. Regulation 40 of Table A shall be modified accordingly. If, and for so long as, the company has only one member, that member or the proxy for that member or, where that member is a corporation, its duly authorised representative shall be a quorum at any general meeting of the company or of the holders of any class of shares. Regulation 40 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 


10. Votes of Members At a general meeting, but 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 (being a corporation) is present by a duly authorised representative and every proxy for any member (regardless of the number or the holdings of the members for whom he is a proxy) shall have one vote, and on a poll every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder. Regulation 54 of Table A shall not apply.

11. Members May Vote When Money Payable by Them Regulation 57 of Table A shall not apply.

12. Delivery of Proxies

The instrument appointing a proxy and (if required by the directors) any authority under which it is executed or a copy of the authority, certified notarially or in some other manner approved by the directors, may be delivered to the office (or to such other place or to such person as may be specified or agreed by the directors) before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to act or, in case of a poll taken subsequently to the date of the meeting or adjourned meeting, before the time appointed for the taking of the poll, and an instrument of proxy which is not so delivered shall be invalid. The directors may at their discretion treat a faxed or other machine made copy of an instrument appointing a proxy as such an instrument for the purpose of this article. Regulation 62 of Table A shall not apply.

13. Alternate Directors

Any director (other than an alternate director) may appoint any other director, or any other person who is willing to act, to be an alternate director and may remove from office an alternate director so appointed by him. Regulation 65 of Table A shall not apply.

14. Power to Provide for Employees The directors may by resolution exercise any power conferred by the Act to make provision for the benefit of persons employed or formerly employed by the company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the cessation or the transfer to any person of the whole or part of the undertaking of the company or that subsidiary.

15. Power to Receive Uncalled Moneys

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 remaining unpaid on any shares held by him.

 


16. Delegation of Directors’ Powers The directors may delegate any of their powers (with power to sub-delegate) to committees consisting of such person or persons (whether directors or not) as they think fit. Regulation 72 of Table A shall be modified accordingly and references in Table A to a committee of directors or to a director as a member of such a committee shall include a committee established under this article or such person or persons.

17. Appointment and Removal of Directors by Majority Shareholders

Any member holding, or any members holding in aggregate, a majority in nominal value of such of the issued share capital for the time being of the company as carries the right of attending and voting at general meetings of the company may by memorandum in writing signed by or on behalf of him or them and delivered to the office or tendered at a meeting of the directors or at a general meeting of the company at any time and from time to time appoint any person to be a director (either to fill a vacancy or as an additional director) or remove any director from office (no matter how he was appointed).

18. Appointment of Directors by Board Without prejudice to the powers conferred by any other article, any person may be appointed a director by the directors, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional director.

19. No Age Limit or Share Qualification

No director shall be required to retire or vacate his office, and no person shall be ineligible for appointment as a director, by reason of his having attained any particular age. No shareholding qualification for directors shall be required.

20. Exclusion of Rotation Requirements and Other Provisions

Regulations 73 to 80 (inclusive) and the last sentence of regulation 84 of Table A shall not apply.

21. Disqualification and Removal of Directors

The office of a director shall be vacated not only upon the happening of any of the events mentioned in regulation 81 of Table A but also if he is removed from office pursuant to these articles. Regulation 81 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

22. Directors’ Gratuities and Pensions

The directors may exercise all the powers of the company to provide benefits, either by the payment of gratuities or pensions or by insurance or in any other manner whether similar to the foregoing or not, for any director or former director or the relations, connections or dependants of any director or former director who holds or has held any executive office or employment with the company or with any body corporate which is or has been a subsidiary of the company or with a predecessor in business of the company or of any such body corporate and may contribute to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such benefit. No director or former director shall be accountable to the company or the members for any benefit provided pursuant to this article and the receipt of any such benefit shall not disqualify any person from being or becoming a director of the company. Regulation 87 of Table A shall not apply.

 


23. Notice of Board Meetings

Notice of a meeting of the directors shall be deemed to be properly given to a director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent in writing to him at his last known address or any other address given by him to the company for this purpose, or by any other means authorised in writing by the director concerned. Notice shall be given in this manner to all directors including any director who is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom. A director may waive notice of any meeting either prospectively or retrospectively. Regulation 88 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

24. Participation in Board Meetings by Telephone

All or any of the members of the board or any committee of the board may participate in a meeting of the board or that committee by means of a conference telephone or any communication equipment which allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other. A person so participating shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting and shall be entitled to vote or be counted in a quorum accordingly. Such a meeting shall be deemed to take place where the largest group of those participating is assembled, or, if there is no such group, where the chairman of the meeting then is.

25. Resolution in Writing A resolution in writing executed by all the directors for the time being entitled to receive notice of a meeting of the board (if that number is sufficient to constitute a quorum) 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 the committee properly called and constituted. The resolution may be contained in one document or in several documents in like form each executed by one or more of the directors or members of the committee concerned. A resolution signed by an alternate director need not also be signed by his appointor and, if it is signed by a director who has appointed an alternate director, it need not be signed by the alternate director in that capacity. Regulation 93 of Table A shall not apply.

26. Directors May Vote When Interested

A director who to his knowledge 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 in accordance with the Act. Subject where applicable to such disclosure, a director shall be entitled to vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract in which he is 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. A reference in this article to a contract includes any transaction or arrangement (whether or not constituting a contract). Regulations 94 and 95 of Table A shall not apply.


27. Official Seal

The company may exercise all the powers conferred by the Act with regard to having any official seal and such powers shall be vested in the directors subject to the provisions of the Act, any instrument to which an official seal is affixed shall be signed by such persons, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine.

28. Notices

Any notice or other document may be served on or delivered to any member by the company either personally, or by sending it by post addressed to the member at his registered address or by fax or telex to a number provided by the member for this purpose, or by leaving it at his registered address addressed to the member, or by any other means authorised in writing by the member concerned. 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 a sufficient service on or delivery to all the joint holders. Regulation!!2 of Table A shall not apply.

29. Time of Service

Any notice or other document, if sent by the company by post, shall be deemed to have been served or delivered twenty four hours after posting and, in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post. Any notice or other document left by the company at a registered address otherwise than by post, or sent by fax or telex or other instantaneous means of transmission, shall be deemed to have been served or delivered when it was so left or sent. Regulation 115 of Table A shall not apply.

 

EX-3.38 34 dex338.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING EUROPE LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Europe Limited

EXHIBIT 3.38

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY

Company No. 3728783

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that GLOBAL CROSSING EUROPE LIMITED is

this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House, Cardiff, the 4th March 1999

For The Registrar of Companies

EX-3.39 35 dex339.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING EUROPE LIMITED Memorandum and Articles of Association of Global Crossing Europe Limited

EXHIBIT 3.39

COMPANY NUMBER: 03728783

THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

GLOBAL CROSSING EUROPE LIMITED

1. The Company’s name is “Global Crossing Europe Limited”.

1 The Company’s registered office is to be situated in England and Wales.

2 (i) The object of the Company is to carry on business as a general commercial company.

(ii) Without prejudice to the generality of the object and the powers of the Company derived from Section 3A of the Act the Company has power to do all or any of the following things:

(a) To purchase or by any other means acquire and take options over any property whatever, and any rights or privileges of any kind over or in respect of any property.

(b) To apply for, register, purchase, or by other means acquire and protect, prolong and renew, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere any patents, patent rights, brevets d’invention, licences, secret processes, trade marks, designs, protections and concessions and to disclaim, alter, modify, use and turn to account and to manufacture under or grant licences or privileges in respect of the same, and to expend money in experimenting upon, testing and improving any patents, inventions or rights which the Company may acquire or propose to acquire.

(c) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, goodwill, and assets of any person, firm, or company carrying on or proposing to carry on any of the businesses which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person, firm or company, or to acquire an interest in, amalgamate with, or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits, or for co-operation, or for mutual


assistance with any such person, firm, or company, or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any such person, firm or company, and to give or accept, by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired, any shares, debentures, debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon, and to hold and retain, or sell, mortgage and deal with any shares, debentures, debenture stock or securities so received.

(d) To improve, manage, construct, repair, develop, exchange, let on lease or otherwise, mortgage, charge, sell, dispose of, turn to account, grant licences, options, rights and privileges in respect of, or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property and rights of the Company.

(e) To invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required in such manner as may from time to time be determined and to hold or otherwise deal with any investments made.

(f) To lend and advance money or give credit on any terms and with or without security to any person, firm or company (including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any holding company, subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of, or any other company associated in any way with, the Company), to enter into guarantees, contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds, to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms, and to secure or guarantee in any manner and upon any terms the payment of any sum of money or the performance of any obligation by any person, firm or company (including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any such holding company, subsidiary, fellow subsidiary or associated company as aforesaid).

(g) To borrow and raise money in any manner and to secure the repayment of any money borrowed, raised or owing by mortgage, charge, standard security, lien or other security upon the whole or any part of the Company’s property or assets (whether present or future), including its uncalled capital, and also by a similar mortgage, charge, standard security, lien or security to secure and guarantee the performance by the Company of any obligation or liability it may undertake or which may become binding on it.

(h) To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, negotiate, execute and issue cheques, hills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

(i) To apply for, promote, and obtain any Act of Parliament, order, or licence of the Department of Trade or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect, or for effecting any modification of the Company’s constitution, or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company’s interests, and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company’s interests.


(j) To enter into any arrangements with any government or authority (supreme, municipal, local, or otherwise) that may seem conducive to the attainment of the Company’s objects or any of them, and to obtain from any such government or authority any charters, decrees, rights, privileges or concessions which the Company may think desirable and to carry out, exercise, and comply with any such charters, decrees, rights, privileges, and concessions.

(k) To subscribe for, take, purchase, or otherwise acquire, hold, sell, deal with and dispose of, place and underwrite shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stocks, bonds, obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any other company constituted or carrying on business in any part of the world, and debentures, debenture stocks, bonds, obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any government or authority, municipal, local or otherwise, in any part of the world.

(I) To control, manage, finance, subsidise, co-ordinate or otherwise assist any company or companies in which the Company has a direct or indirect financial interest, to provide secretarial, administrative, technical, commercial and other services and facilities of all kinds for any such company or companies and to make payments by way of subvention or otherwise and any other arrangements which may seem desirable with respect to any business or operations of or generally with respect to any such company or companies.

(m) To promote any other company for the purpose of acquiring the whole or any part of the business or property or undertaking or any of the liabilities of the Company, or of undertaking any business or operations which may appear likely to assist or benefit the Company or to enhance the value of any property or business of the Company, and to place or guarantee the placing of, underwrite, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire all or any part of the shares or securities of any such company as aforesaid.

(n) To sell or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the business or property of the Company, either together or in portions, for such consideration as the Company may think fit, and in particular for shares, debentures, or securities of any company purchasing the same.

(o) To act as agents or brokers and as trustees for any person, firm or company, and to undertake and perform sub-contracts.


(p) To remunerate any person, firm or company rendering services to the Company either by cash payment or by the allotment to him or them of shares or other securities of the Company credited as paid up in full or in part or otherwise as may be thought expedient.

(q) To distribute among the Members of the Company in kind any property of the Company of whatever nature.

(r) To pay all or any expenses incurred in connection with the promotion, formation and incorporation of the Company, or to contract with any person, firm or Company to pay the same, and to pay commissions to brokers and others for underwriting, placing, selling, or guaranteeing the subscription of any shares or other securities of the Company.

(s) To support and subscribe to any charitable or public object and to support and subscribe to any institution, society, or club which may be for the benefit of the Company or its Directors or employees, or may be connected with any town or place where the Company carries on business; to give or award pensions, annuities, gratuities, and superannuation or other allowances or benefits or charitable aid and generally to provide advantages, facilities and services for any persons who are or have been Directors of, or who are or have been employed by, or who are serving or have served the Company, or any Company which is a subsidiary of the Company or the holding Company of the Company or a fellow subsidiary of the Company or the predecessors in business of the Company or of any such subsidiary, holding or fellow subsidiary Company and to the wives, widows, children and other relatives and dependents of such persons; to make payments towards insurance including insurance for any Director, officer or Auditor against any liability as is referred to in Section 310(1) of the Act; and to set up, establish, support and maintain superannuation and other funds or schemes (whether contributory or non-contributory) for the benefit of any of such persons and of their wives, widows, children and other relatives and dependents; and to set up, establish, support and maintain profit sharing or share purchase schemes for the benefit of any of the employees of the Company or of any such subsidiary, holding or fellow subsidiary Company and to lend money to any such employees or to trustees on their behalf to enable any such purchase schemes to be established or maintained.

(t) Subject to and in accordance with a due compliance with the provisions of Sections 155 to 158 (inclusive) of the Act ( if and so far as such provisions shall be applicable), to give, whether directly or indirectly, any kind of financial assistance (as defined in Section. 152(1)(a) of tile Act) for any such purpose as is specified in Section 151(1) and/or Section 151(2) of the Act.


(n) To procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any part of the world.

(v) To do all or any of the things or matters aforesaid in any part of the world and either as principals, agents, contractors or otherwise, and by or through agents, brokers, sub-contractors or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with others.

(w) To do all such other things as may be deemed incidental or conducive to the attainment of the Company’s object or of any of the powers given to it by the Act or by this Clause.

AND so that:

(1) None of the provisions set forth in any sub-clause of this Clause shall be restrictively construed but the widest interpretation shall be given to each such provision, and none of such provisions shall, except where the context expressly so requires, be in any way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from any other provision set forth in such sub clause, or by reference to or inference from the terms of any other sub-clause of this Clause, or by reference to or inference from the name of the Company.

(2) The word “Company” in this Clause, except where used in reference to the Company, shall be deemed to include any partnership or other body of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether domiciled in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

(3) In this Clause the expression “the Act” means the Companies Act 1985, but so that any reference in this Clause to any provision of the Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force.

1. The liability of the Members is limited.

2. The Company’s share capital is £1,000 divided into 1000 shares of £1 each.


Dated the Fourth day of March 1999

Witness to the above Signatures:

Chartered Secretary Gerald Ireland 4th

Floor The Quadrangle Imperial Square

Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 lYX


THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

GLOBAL CROSSING EUROPE LIMITED

(As amended by Written Resolution passed on 21 December 2004)

PRELIMINARY

1. (a) The Regulations contained in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985 (SI 1985 No 805) as amended by the Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (SI 1985 No 1052) (such Table being hereinafter called “Table A”) shall apply to the Company save in so far as they are excluded or varied hereby and such Regulations (save as so excluded or varied) and the Articles hereinafter contained shall be the regulations of the Company.


(b) In these Articles the expression “the Act” means the Companies Act 1985, but so that any reference in these Articles to any provision of the Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force.

ALLOTMENT OF SHARES

2. (a) Shares which are comprised in the authorised share capital with which the Company is incorporated shall be under the control of the Directors who may (subject to Section 80 of the Act and to paragraph (d) below) allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same, to such persons, on such terms and in such manner as they think fit.

(b) All shares which are not comprised in the authorised share capital with which the Company is incorporated and which the Directors propose to issue shall first be offered to the Members in proportion as nearly as may be to the number the existing shares held by them respectively unless the Company in General Meeting shall by Special Resolution otherwise direct. The offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered, and limiting a period (not being less than fourteen days) within which the offer, if not accepted, will be deemed to be declined. After the expiration of that period, those shares so deemed to be declined shall be offered in the proportion aforesaid to the persons who have, within the said period, accepted all the


shares offered to them; such further offer shall be made in like terms in the same manner and limited by a like period as the original offer. Any shares not accepted pursuant to such offer or further offer as aforesaid or not capable of being offered as aforesaid except by way of fractions and any shares released from the provisions of this Article by any such Special Resolution as aforesaid shall be under the control of the Directors, who may allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons, on such terms, and in such manner as they think fit, provided that, in the case of shares not accepted as aforesaid, such shares shall not be disposed of on terms which are more favourable to the subscribers therefor than the terms on which they were offered to the Members. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph (b) shall have effect subject to Section 80 of the Act.

(c) In accordance with Section 91(1) of the Act Sections 89(1) and 90(1) to (6) (inclusive) of the Act shall not apply to the Company.

(d) The Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Section 80 of the Act, to exercise any power of the Company to allot and grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares of the Company up to the amount of the authorised share capital with which the Company is incorporated at any time or times during the period of five years from the date of incorporation and the Directors may, after that period, allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period. The authority hereby given may at any time (subject to the said Section 80) be renewed, revoked or varied by Ordinary Resolution of the Company in General Meeting.

SHARES

1 The lien conferred by Clause 8 in Table A shall attach also to fully paid-up shares, and the Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on all shares; whether fully paid or not, standing registered in the name of any person indebted or under liability to the Company, whether he shall be the sole registered holder thereof or shall be one of two or more joint holders, for all moneys presently payable by him or his estate to the Company. Clause 8 in Table A shall be modified accordingly.

2 The liability of any Member in default in respect of a call shall be increased by the addition at the end of the first sentence of Clause 18 in Table A of the words “and all expenses that may have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non payment”.

GENERAL MEETINGS AND RESOLUTIONS

5. (a) Every notice convening a General Meeting shall comply with the provisions of Section 372(3) of the Act as to giving information to Members in regard to their right to appoint proxies; and notices of and other communications relating to any General meeting which any Member is entitled to receive shall be sent to the Directors and to the Auditors for the time being of the Company.


(b) No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum is present. Subject to paragraph (c) below two persons entitled to vote upon the business to be transacted, each being a Member or a proxy for a Member or a duly authorised representative of a corporation, shall be a quorum.

(c) If and for so long as the Company has only one Member, that Member present in person or by proxy or if that Member is a corporation by a duly authorised representative shall be a quorum.

(d) If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for a General Meeting the General Meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such other day and at such other time and place as the Directors may determine; and if at the adjourned General Meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed therefor such adjourned General Meeting shall be dissolved.

(e) Clauses 40 and 41 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

6. (a) If and for so long as the Company has only one Member and that Member takes any decision which is required to be taken in General Meeting or by means of a written resolution, that decision shall be as valid and effectual as if agreed by the Company in General Meeting save that this paragraph shall not apply to resolutions passed pursuant to sections 303 and 391 of the Act.

(b) Any decision taken by a sole Member pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be recorded in writing and delivered by that Member to the Company for entry in the Company’s Minute Book.

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS

7. (a) Clause 64 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

(b) The maximum number and minimum number respectively of the Directors may be determined from time to time by Ordinary Resolution in General Meeting of the Company. Subject to and in default of any such determination there shall be no maximum number of Directors and the minimum number of Directors shall be one. Whensoever the minimum number of Directors shall be one, a sale Director shall have authority to exercise all the powers and discretions by Table A and by these Articles expressed to be vested in the Directors generally, and Clause 89 in Table A shall be modified accordingly.

(c) The Directors shall not be required to retire by rotation and Clauses 73 to 80 inclusive) in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

(d) No person shall be appointed a Director at any General Meeting unless either:

(i) he is recommended by the Directors; or

(ii) not less than fourteen nor more than thirty-five clear days before the date appointed for the General Meeting, notice signed by a Member qualified to vote at the General Meeting has been given to the Company of the intention to propose that person for appointment, together with notice signed by that person of his willingness to be appointed.

(e) Subject to paragraph (d) above, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution in General Meeting appoint any person who is willing to act to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director.

(f) The Directors may appoint a person who is willing to act 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 determined in accordance with paragraph (b) above as the maximum number of Directors and for the time being in force.

(g) In any case where as the result of the death of a sole Member of the Company the Company has no Members and no Directors the personal representatives of such deceased member shall have the right by notice in writing to appoint a person to be a Director of the Company and such appointment shall be as effective as if made by the Company in General Meeting pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Article.


BORROWING POWERS

8. The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money without limit as to amount and upon such terms and in such manner as they think fit, and subject (in the case of any security convertible into shares) to Section 80 of the Act to grant any mortgage, charge or standard security over its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, or any part thereof, and to issue debentures, debenture stock, and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

9. (a) An alternate Director shall not be entitled as such to receive any remuneration from the Company, save that he may be paid by the Company such part (if any) of the remuneration otherwise payable to his appointor as such appointor may by notice in writing to the Company from time to time direct, and the first sentence of Clause 66 in Table A shall be modified accordingly.

(b) A Director, or any such other person as is mentioned in Clause 65 in Table A, may act as an alternate Director to represent more than one Director, and an alternate Director shall be entitled at any meeting of the Directors or of any committee of the Directors to one vote for every Director whom he represents in addition to his own vote (if any) as a Director, but he shall count as only one for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present.


GRATUITIES AND PENSIONS

10. (a) The Directors may exercise the powers of the Company conferred by Clause 3(ii)(s) of the Memorandum of Association of the Company and shall be entitled to retain any benefits received by them or any of them by reason of the exercise of any such powers.

(b) Clause 87 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

11. (a) A Director may vote, at any meeting of the Directors or of any committee of the Directors, on any resolution, notwithstanding that it in any way concerns or relates to a matter in which he has, directly or indirectly, any kind of interest whatsoever, and if he shall vote on any such resolution as aforesaid his vote shall be counted; and in relation to any such resolution as aforesaid he shall (whether or not he shad vote on the same) be taken into account in calculating the quorum present at the meeting.

(b) Clauses 94 to 97 (inclusive) in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

THE SEAL

12. (a) If the Company has a seal it shall only be used with the authority of the Directors or of a committee of Directors. The Directors may determine who shall sign any instrument to which the seal is affixed and unless otherwise so determined it shall be signed by a Director and by the Secretary or second Director. The obligation under Clause 6 of Table A relating to the sealing of share certificates shall apply only if the Company has a seal. Clause 101 of Table A shall not apply to the Company.

(b) The Company may exercise the powers conferred by Section 39 of the Act with regard to having an official seal for use abroad, and such powers shall be vested in the Directors.

INDEMNITY

13. (a) Every Director or other officer or Auditor of the Company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, or in connection with any application under Section 144 or Section 727 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court, and no Director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. But this Article shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not avoided by Section 310 of the Act.


(b) The Directors shall have power to purchase and maintain for any Director, officer or Auditor of the Company insurance against any such liability as is referred to in Section 310(1) of the Act.

(c) Clause 118 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

14. The Directors may, in their absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor, decline to register the transfer of a share, whether or not it is a fully paid share, and the first sentence of Clause 24 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

15. TRANSFER OF SHARES AS SECURITY

Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles:

(i) any pre-emption rights conferred on existing members of these Articles or otherwise and any other restrictions on transfer of shares contained in these Articles or otherwise shall not apply to, and

(ii) the Directors shall not decline to register, nor suspend registration of, any transfer of shares where such transfer is:

(A) in favour of any bank, financial institution or other person (or any nominee or nominees of such a bank, financial institution or other person) to whom such shares are being transferred by way of security (whether such bank, financial institution or other person is acting as agent, trustee or otherwise), or

(B) duly executed by any such bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) to whom such shares (including any further shares in the Company acquired by reason of its holding of such shares) are to be transferred as aforesaid pursuant to a power of sale under any security document which creates any security interest over such shares, or

(C) duly executed by a receiver appointed by a bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) pursuant to any security document which creates any security interest over such shares, and a certificate by any official of such bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) or any such receiver that the shares are or are to be subject to such a security and that the transfer is executed in

 

I Article 15 as inserted by written resolution passed on 21 December 2004.


accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be conclusive evidence of such facts. Any lien on shares which the Company has shall not apply in respect of any shares which have been charged by way of security to a bank, financial institution or other person or a subsidiary of a bank, financial institution or other person or which are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Article. For the purposes of this Article, “person” includes any person, individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking (within the meaning of section 259(1) of the Act) or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or more of the foregoing”.


    Names and addresses    of Subscribers
1.   Stoorne Incorporations Limited 4th Floor The Quadrangle Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1 YX    For and on behalf of Stoorne Incorporations Limited
2.   Stoorne Services Limited 4th Floor The Quadrangle Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1 YX    For and on behalf of Stoorne Services Limited


Dated this Fourth day of March 1999

Witness to the above signatures,

Chartered Secretary Gerald Ireland 4th Floor The Quadrangle Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 IYX

EX-3.40 36 dex340.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING FINANCIAL MARKETS LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited

EXHIBIT 3.40

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY

No. 2874554 I hereby certify that

iXnet Limited

is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private company and that the Company is limited.

Given under my hand at the Companies Registration Office, Cardiff the 23 NOVEMBER 1993

MRS. L. PARRY an authorised officer


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME

Company No. 2874554

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that

IXNET LIMITED

having by special resolution changed its name, is now incorporated

under the name of iXnet UK Limited

Given at Companies House, London, the 27th April 1998

                      MR. N. RICHARDS

For The Registrar Of Companies


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME

Company No. 2874554

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that

IXNET UK LIMITED

having by special resolution changed its name, is now incorporated

under the name of GLOBAL CROSSING FINANCIAL MARKETS LIMITED

Given at Companies House, Cardiff, the 17th August 2005

EX-3.41 37 dex341.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING FINANCIAL MARKETS LTD Memorandum and Articles of Association of Global Crossing Financial Markets Ltd

EXHIBIT 3.41

No. 2874554

THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 AND 1989

A PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited

PRELIMINARY

 

1. The Regulations contained in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985 as amended by the Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (such Table being hereinafter referred to as “Table A”) shall apply to the Company save insofar as they are excluded or varied hereby: that is to say, Clauses 8 and 64 of Table A shall not apply to the Company; and in addition to the remaining Clauses of Table A, as varied hereby, the following shall be the Articles of Association of the Company.

SHARES

 

2. (A) Subject to Sub-Article (B) hereof all Shares shall be under the control of the Directors and the Directors may allot, grant options over, or otherwise deal with or dispose of the same to such persons and generally on such terms and in such manner as they think fit.

(B) The Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Section 80 of the Act to allot relevant securities (as defined in Section 80 of the Act) provided that the aggregate nominal value of such securities allotted pursuant to this authority shall not exceed the amount of the authorised share capital with which the Company is incorporated, and that this authority shall expire on the fifth anniversary of the incorporation of the Company unless varied or revoked or renewed by the Company in General Meeting.

(C) The Directors shall be entitled under the authority conferred by this Article to make at any time before the expiry of such authority any offer or agreement which will or may require relevant securities to be allotted after the expiry of such authority.

(D) In accordance with Section 91 of the Act, Section 89(1) and Section 90(1) to (6) of the Act shall not apply to any allotment of equity securities (as defined in Section 94 of the Act) by the Company.

 

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3. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every Share (whether or not it is a fully paid Share) of 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 and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid or not) standing registered in the name of any person whether solely or as one of two or more joint holders for all 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 partly exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company’s lien on a Share shall extend to any dividend or other amount payable in respect thereof.

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

4 A notice convening a General Meeting shall in the case of special business specify the general nature of the business to be transacted; and Clause 38 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 

5 All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an Extraordinary General Meeting, and also all that is transacted at an Annual General Meeting, with the exception of declaring a dividend, the consideration of the accounts, balance sheet, and the reports of the Directors and Auditors, the election of Directors in the place of those retiring and the appointment of, and the fixing of the remuneration of the Auditors.

 

6 Clause 41 of Table A shall be read and construed as if the last sentence ended with the words “, and if at the Adjourned Meeting a quorum is not present within half and hour from the time appointed for the Meeting, the Meeting shall be dissolved”.

 

7 Any Director (including an alternate Director), or member of a committee of the Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Directors, or such committee, by means of a conference telephone, by video conferencing or by similar communicating equipment whereby all persons participating in a meeting can hear or, in the case of video conferencing, see each other and participation in a meeting in this manner shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at such meeting.

DIRECTORS

 

8. Unless and until the Company in General Meeting shall otherwise determine, there shall not be any limitation as to the number of Directors. If and so long as there is a sole Director, he may exercise all the powers and authorities vested in the Directors by these Articles or Table A; and Clause 89 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 

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9. If the resolution or instrument by which a Director is appointed so provides, he shall be a Permanent Director and not subject to retirement by rotation, and Clauses 73 to 75 (inclusive) of Table A shall not apply to any Permanent Director.

 

10. The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money, and to mortgage or charge its undertakings, property, and uncalled capital, or any part thereof, and to issue Debentures, Debenture Stock, and other Securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

11. A Director may vote as a Director on any resolution concerning any contract or arrangement, in which he is interested or upon any matter arising there out, and if he shall so vote his vote shall be counted and he shall be reckoned in estimating a quorum when any such contract or arrangement is under consideration; and Clause 94 of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

INDEMNITY

 

12. Subject to the provisions of the Act and in addition to such indemnity as is contained in Clause 118 of Table A, every Director, officer or official of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities incurred by him in or about the execution and discharge of the duties of his office.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

13. (a) The directors must register the transfer of a share which is fully paid and which

(i) is lodged at the office or such other place as the directors may reasonably appoint, is duly stamped and is accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates;

(ii) is in respect of only one class of shares; and

(iii) is in favour of not more than four transferees.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the directors shall not decline to register any transfer of shares, nor may they suspend registration thereof where such transfer:

(i) is to any bank or institution to which such shares have been charged by way of security, or to any nominee of such a bank or institution (a “Secured Institution”); or

(ii) is delivered to the Company for registration by a Secured Institution or its nominee in order to perfect its security over the shares; or

(iii) is executed by a Secured Institution or its nominee pursuant to the power of sale or other power under such security,

and furthermore notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Articles no transferor of any shares in the Company or proposed transferor of such shares to a Secured Institution or its nominee and no Secured Institution or its nominee shall be required to offer the shares which are or are to be the subject of any transfer aforesaid to the shareholders for the time being or the Company or any of them, and no such shareholder shall have any right under the Articles of Association or otherwise howsoever to require such shares to be transferred to them whether for consideration or not.

(c) Clauses 24 to 26 inclusive in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

EX-3.42 38 dex342.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PAN AMERICAN CROSSING UK LTD. Certificate of Incorporation of Pan American Crossing UK Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.42

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY

Company No. 3627349

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that PAN AMERICAN CROSSING UK LTD is

this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House, Cardiff, the 1st September 1998

For The Registrar of Companies

EX-3.43 39 dex343.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF PAN AMERICAN CROSSING UK LTD. Memorandum and Articles of Association of Pan American Crossing UK Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.43

Company Number: 03627349

THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

PAN AMERICAN CROSSING UK LTD

1 The Company’s name is “Pan American Crossing UK Ltd”.

2 The Company’s registered office is to be situated in England and Wales.

3 (i) The object of the Company is to carry on business as a general commercial company.

(ii) Without prejudice to the generality of the object and the powers of the Company derived from Section 3A of the Act the Company has power to do all or any of the following things:

(a) To purchase or by any other means acquire and take options over any property whatsoever, and any rights or privileges of any kind over or in respect of any property.

(b) To apply for, register, purchase, or by other means acquire and protect, prolong and renew, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere any patents, patent rights, brevets d’invention, licences, secret processes, trademarks, designs, protections and concessions and to disclaim, alter, modify, use and turn to account and to manufacture under or grant licences or privileges in respect of the same, and to expend money in experimenting upon, testing and improving any patents, inventions or rights which the Company may acquire or propose to acquire.

(c) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business, goodwill, and assets of any person, firm, or company carrying on or proposing to carry on any of the businesses which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person, firm or company, or to acquire an interest in, amalgamate with, or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits, or for co-operation, or for


mutual assistance with any such person, fund, or company, or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any such person, firm or company, and to give or accept, by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired, any shares, debentures, debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon, and to hold and retain, or sell, mortgage and deal with any shares, debentures, debenture stock or securities so received.

(d) To improve, manage, construct, repair, develop, exchange, let on lease or otherwise, mortgage, charge, sell, dispose of, turn to account, grant licences, options, rights and privileges in respect of, or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property and rights of the Company.

(e) To invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required in such manner as may from time to time be determined and to hold or otherwise deal with any investments made.

(f) To lend and advance money or give credit on any terms and with or without security to any person, fund or company (including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any holding company, subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of, or any other company associated in any way with, the Company), to enter into guarantees, contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds, to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms, and to secure or guarantee in any manner and upon any terms the payment of any sum of money or the performance of any obligation by any person, firm or company (including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any such holding company, subsidiary, fellow subsidiary or associated company as aforesaid).

(g) To borrow and raise money in any manner and to secure the repayment of any money borrowed, raised or owing by mortgage, charge, standard security, lien or other security upon the whole or any part of the Company’s property or assets (whether present or future), including its uncalled capital, and also by a similar mortgage, charge, standard security, lien or security to secure and guarantee the performance by the Company of any obligation or liability it may undertake or which may become binding on it.

(h) To draw, make, accept; endorse, discount, negotiate, execute and issue cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

(i) To apply for, promote, and obtain any Act of Parliament, order, or licence of the Department of Trade or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect, or for effecting any modification of the Company’s constitution, or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company’s interests, and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company’s interests.

(j) To enter into any arrangements with any government or authority (supreme, municipal, local, or otherwise) that may seem conducive to the attainment of the Company’s objects or any of them, and to obtain from any such government or authority any charters, decrees, rights, privileges or concessions which the Company may think desirable and to carry out, exercise, and comply with any such charters, decrees, rights, privileges, and concessions.

(k) To subscribe for, take, purchase, or otherwise acquire, hold, sell, deal with and dispose of, place and underwrite shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stocks, bonds, obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any other company constituted or carrying on business in any part of the world, and debentures, debenture stocks, bonds, obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any government or authority, municipal, local or otherwise, in any part of the world.

(1) To control, manage, finance, subsidise, co-ordinate or otherwise assist any company or companies in which the Company has a direct or indirect financial interest, to provide secretarial, administrative, technical, commercial and other services and facilities of all kinds for any such company or companies and to make payments by way of subvention or otherwise and any other arrangements which may seem desirable with respect to any business or operations of or generally with’ respect to any such company or companies.

(m) To promote any other company for the purpose of acquiring the whole or any part of the business or property or undertaking or any of the liabilities of the Company, or of undertaking any business or operations which may appear likely to assist or benefit the Company or to enhance the value of any property or business of the Company, and to place or guarantee the placing of, underwrite, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire all or any part of the shares or securities of any such company as aforesaid.

(n) To sell or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the business or property of the Company, either together or in portions, for such consideration as the Company may think fit, and in particular for shares,’ debentures, or securities of any company purchasing the same.


(o) To act as agents or brokers and as trustees for any person, firm or company, and to undertake and perform sub-contracts.

(p) To remunerate any person, firm or company rendering services to the Company either by cash payment or by the allotment to him or them of shares or other securities of the Company credited as paid up in full or in part or otherwise as may be thought expedient.

(q) To distribute among the Members of the Company in kind any property of the Company of whatever nature.

(r) To pay all or any expenses incurred in connection with the promotion, formation and incorporation of the Company, or to contract with any person, firm or company to pay the same, and to pay commissions to brokers and others for underwriting, placing, selling, or guaranteeing the subscription of any shares or other securities of the Company.

(s) To support and subscribe to any charitable or public object and to support and subscribe to any institution, society, or club which may be for the benefit of the Company or its Directors or employees, or may be connected with any town or place where the Company carries on business; to give or award pensions, annuities, gratuities, and superannuation or other allowances or benefits or charitable aid and generally to provide advantages, facilities and services for any persons who are or have been Directors of, or who are or have been employed by, or who are serving or have served the Company, or any company which is a subsidiary of the Company or the holding company of the Company or a fellow subsidiary of the Company or the predecessors in business of the Company or of any such subsidiary, holding or fellow subsidiary company and to the wives, widows, children and other relatives and dependents of such persons; to make payments towards insurance including insurance for any Director, officer or Auditor against any liability as is referred to in Section 310(1) of the Act; and to set up, establish, support and maintain superannuation and other funds or schemes (whether


contributory or non-contributory) for the benefit of any of such persons and of their wives, widows, children and other relatives and dependents; and to set up, establish, support and maintain profit sharing or share purchase schemes for the benefit of any of the employees of the Company or of any such subsidiary, holding or fellow subsidiary company and to lend money to any such employees or to trustees on their behalf to enable any such purchase schemes to be established or maintained.

(t) Subject to and in accordance with a due compliance with the provisions of Sections 155 to 158 (inclusive) of the Act (if and so far as such provisions shall be applicable), to give, whether directly or indirectly, any kind of financial assistance (as defined in Section 152(1)(a) of the Act) for any such purpose as is specified in Section 151(1) and/or Section 151(2) of the Act.

(u) To procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any part of the world.

(v) To do all or any of the things or matters aforesaid in any part of the world and either as principals, agents, contractors or otherwise, and by or through agents, brokers, sub-contractors or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with others.

(w) To do all such other things as may be deemed incidental or conducive to the attainment of the Company’s object or of any of the powers given to it by the Act or by this Clause.

AND so that:

(1), None of the provisions set forth in any sub-clause of this Clause shall be restrictively construed but the widest interpretation shall be given to each such provision, and none of such provisions shall, except where the context expressly so requires, be in any way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from any other provision set forth in such subclause, or by reference to or inference from the terms of any other sub-clause of this Clause, or by reference to or inference from the name of the Company.

(2) The word “Company” in this Clause, except where used in reference to the Company, shall be deemed to include any partnership or other body of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether domiciled in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

(3) In this Clause the expression “the Act” means the Companies Act 1985, but so that any reference in this Clause to any provision of the Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force.

 

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THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

PAN AMERICAN CROSSING UK LTD

Amended by written resolution passed on 21 December 2004

PRELIMINARY

1. (a) The Regulations contained in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985 (SI 1985 No 805) as amended by the Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (SI 1985 No 1052) (such Table being hereinafter called “Table A”) shall apply to the Company save in so far as they are excluded or varied hereby and such Regulations (save as so excluded or varied) and the Articles hereinafter contained shall be the regulations of the Company.

(b) In these Articles the expression “the Act” means the Companies Act 1985, but so that any reference in these Articles to any provision of the Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force.

ALLOTMENT OF SHARES

2. (a) Shares which are comprised in the authorised share capital with which the Company is incorporated shall be under the control of the Directors who may (subject to Section 80 of the Act and to paragraph (d) below) allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same, to such persons, on such terms and in such manner as they think fit.

(b) All shares which are not comprised in the authorised share capital with which the Company is incorporated and which the Directors propose to issue shall first be offered to the Members in proportion as nearly as may be to the number the existing shares held by them respectively unless the Company in General Meeting shall by Special Resolution otherwise direct. The offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered, and limiting a period (not being less than fourteen days) within which the offer, if not accepted, will be deemed to be declined. After the expiration of that, period, those shares so deemed to be declined


shall be offered in the proportion aforesaid to the persons who have, within the said period, accepted all the shares offered to them; such further offer shall be made in like terms in the same manner and limited by a like period as the original offer. Any shares not accepted pursuant to such offer or further offer as aforesaid or not capable of being offered as aforesaid except by way of fractions and any shares released from the provisions of this Article by any such Special Resolution as aforesaid shall be under the control of the Directors, who may allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons, on such terms, and in such manner as they think fit, provided that, in the case of shares not accepted as aforesaid, such shares shall not be disposed of on terms which are more favourable to the subscribers therefor than the terms on which they were offered to the Members. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph (b) shall have effect subject to Section 80 of the Act.

(c) In accordance with Section 91(1) of the Act Sections 89(1) and 90(1) to (6) (inclusive) of the Act shall not apply to the Company.

(d) The Directors are generally. and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Section 80 of the Act, to exercise any power of the Company to allot and grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares of the Company up to the amount of the authorised share capital with which the Company is incorporated at any time or times during the period of five years from the date of incorporation and the Directors may, after that period, allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period. The authority hereby given may at any time (subject to the said Section 80) be renewed, revoked or varied by Ordinary Resolution of the Company in General Meeting.

SHARES

1 The lien conferred by Clause 8 in Table A shall attach also to fully paid-up shares, and the Company shall also’ have a first and paramount lien on all shares, whether fully paid or not, standing registered in the name of any person indebted or under liability to the Company, whether he shall be the sole registered holder thereof or shall be one of two or more joint holders, for all moneys presently payable by him to his estate to the Company. Clause 8 in Table A shall be modified accordingly.

2 The liability of any Member in default in respect of a call shall be increased by the addition at the end of the first sentence of Clause 18 in Table A of the words “and all expenses that may have been incurred by the Company by reason of such nonpayment”.

GENERAL MEETINGS AND RESOLUTIONS

5. (a) Every notice convening a General Meeting’ shall comply with the provisions of Section 372(3) of the Act as to giving information to Members in regard to their right to appoint proxies; and notices of and other communications relating to any General Meeting which any Member is entitled to receive shall be sent to the Directors and to the Auditors for the time being of the Company.


(b) No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum is present. Subject to paragraph (c) below two persons entitled to vote upon the business to be transacted, each being a Member or a proxy for a Member or a duly authorised representative of a corporation, shall be a quorum.

(c) If and for so long as the Company has only one Member, that Member present in person or by proxy or if that Member is a corporation by a duly authorised representative shall be a quorum.

(d) If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for a General Meeting the General Meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such other day and at such other time and place as the Directors may determine; and if at the adjourned General Meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed therefor such adjourned General Meeting shall be dissolved.

(e) Clauses 40 and 41 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

6. (a) If and for so long as the Company has only one Member and that Member takes any decision which is required to be taken in General Meeting or by means of a written resolution, that decision shall be as valid and effectual as if agreed by the Company in General Meeting save that this paragraph shall not apply to resolutions passed pursuant to sections 303 and 391 of the Act.

(b) Any decision taken by a sole Member pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be recorded in writing and delivered by that Member to the. Company for entry in the Company’s Minute Book.

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS

7. (a) Clause 64 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

(b) The maximum number and minimum number respectively of the Directors may be determined from time to time by Ordinary Resolution in General Meeting of the Company. Subject to and in default of any such determination there shall be no maximum number of Directors and the minimum number of Directors shall be one. Whensoever the minimum number of Directors shall be one, a sole Director shall have authority to exercise all the powers and discretions by Table A and by these Articles expressed to be vested in the Directors generally; and Clause 89 in Table A shall be modified accordingly.


(c) The Directors shall not be required to retire by rotation and Clauses 73 to 80 (inclusive) in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

(d) No person shall be appointed a Director at any General Meeting unless either:

(i) he is recommended by the Directors; or

(ii) not less than fourteen nor more than thirty-five clear days before the date appointed for the General Meeting, notice signed by a Member qualified to vote at the General Meeting has been given to the Company of the intention to propose that person for appointment, together with notice signed by that person of his willingness to be appointed

(e) Subject to paragraph (d) above, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution in General Meeting appoint any person who is willing to act to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director.

(f) The Directors may appoint a person who is willing to act 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 determined in accordance with paragraph (b) above as the maximum number of Directors and for the time being in force.

(g) In any case where as the result of the death of a sole Member of the Company the Company has no Members and no Directors the personal representatives of such deceased member shall have the right by notice in Writing to appoint a person to be a Director of the Company and such appointment shall be as effective as if made by the Company in General Meeting pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Article.

BORROWING POWERS

8. The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money without limit as to amount and upon such terms and in such manner as they think fit, and subject (in the case of any security convertible into shares) to Section 80 of the Act to grant any mortgage, charge or standard security over its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, or any part thereof, and to issue debentures, debenture stock, and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.


ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

9. (a) An alternate Director shall not be entitled as such to receive any remuneration from the Company, save that he may be paid by the Company such part (if any) of the remuneration otherwise payable to his appointor as such appointor may by notice in writing to the Company from time to time direct, and the first sentence of Clause 66 in Table A shall be modified accordingly.

(b) A Director, or any such other person as is mentioned in Clause 65 in Table A, may act as’ an alternate Director to represent more than one Director, and an alternate Director shall be entitled at any meeting of the Directors or of any committee of the Directors to one vote for every director whom he represents in addition to his own vote (if any) as a Director, but he shall count as only one for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present.

GRATUITIES AND PENSIONS

10. (a) The Directors may exercise the powers of the Company conferred by Clause 3(ii)(s) of the Memorandum of Association of the Company and shall be entitled to retain any benefits received by them or any of them by reason of the exercise of any such powers.

(b) Clause 87 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

11. (a) A Director may vote, at any meeting of the Directors or of any committee of the Directors, on any resolution, notwithstanding that it in any way concerns or relates to a “matter in which he has, directly or indirectly, any kind of interest whatsoever, and if he shall vote on any such resolution as aforesaid his vote shall be counted; and in relation to any such resolution as aforesaid he shall (whether or not he shall vote on the same) be taken into account in calculating the quorum present at the meeting.

(b) Clauses 94 to 97 (inclusive) in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

THE SEAL

12. (a) If the Company has a seal it shall only be used with the authority of the Directors or of a committee of Directors. The Directors may determine who shall sign any instrument to which the seal is affixed and unless otherwise so determined it shall be signed by a Director and by the Secretary or second Director. The obligation under Clause 6 of Table A relating to the sealing of share certificates shall apply only if the Company has a seal. Clause 101 of Table A shall not apply to the Company.


(b) The Company may exercise the powers conferred by Section 39 of the Act with regard to having an official seal for use abroad, and such powers shall be vested in the Directors.

INDEMNITY

13. (a) Every Director or other officer or Auditor of the Company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, or in connection with any application under Section 144, or Section 727 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court, and no Director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. But this Article shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not avoided by Section 310 of the Act.

(b) The Directors shall have power to purchase and maintain fur any Director, officer or Auditor of the Company insurance against any such liability as is referred to in Section 310(1) of the Act.

(c) Clause 118 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

14. The Directors may, in their absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor, decline to register the transfer of a share, whether or not it is a fully paid share, and the first sentence of Clause 24 in Table A shall not apply to the Company.

“15. lTRANSFER OF SHARES AS SECURITY Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles:

(i) any pre-emption rights conferred on existing members by these Articles or otherwise and any other restrictions on transfer of shares contained in these Articles or otherwise shall not apply to, and

(ii) the Directors shall not decline to register, nor suspend registration of,

 

 

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Article 15 inserted by Written Resolution passed on 21 December 2004.


any transfer of shares where such transfer is:

(A) in favour of any bank, financial institution or other person (or any nominee or nominees of such a bank, financial institution or other person) to whom such shares are being transferred by way of security (whether such bank, financial institution or other person is acting as agent, trustee or otherwise), or

(B) duly executed by any such bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) to whom such shares (including any further shares in the Company acquired by reason of its holding of such shares) are to be transferred as aforesaid pursuant to a power of sale under any security document which creates any security interest over such shares, or

(C) duly executed by a receiver appointed by a bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) pursuant to any security document which creates any security interest over such shares, and a certificate by any official of such bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) or any such receiver that the shares are or are to be subject to such a security and that the transfer is executed in accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be conclusive evidence of such facts. Any1ien on shares which the Company has shall not applying respect of any shares which have been charged by way of security to a bank, financial institution or other person or a subsidiary of a bank, financial institution or other person or which are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Article. For the purposes of this Article, “person” includes any person, individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking (within the meaning of section 259(1) of the Act) or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or more of the foregoing”.

 

EX-3.44 40 dex344.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS I PLC. Certificate of Incorporation of GC Impsat Holdings I Plc.

EXHIBIT 3.44

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Company No. 6056257

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS I PLC is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a public company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House, London, the 17th January 2007

EX-3.45 41 dex345.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS I PLC. Memorandum and Articles of Association of GC Impsat Holdings I Plc.

EXHIBIT 3.45

THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989 PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS I PLC

1. The of the Company is GC Impsat Holdings I Plc

2. The Company is to be a public limited company.

3. The registered office of the Company will be situated in England and Wales.

4. The Company’s objects are:

(A) To carry on business as a general commercial company.

(B) To carry on any other business which may in the opinion of the directors of the Company be capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with any business which the Company is authorised to carry on or which may seem capable of being directly or indirectly to the benefit of the Company.

(C) To purchase or otherwise acquire all or any part of the business, property and other assets and liabilities of any company, partnership, unincorporated association or person or establish or promote any company which may be expedient for any of the purposes of the Company or carrying on any business which the Company is authorised to carry on, and upon any terms and for any consideration, and to conduct and carry on, or liquidate and wind up, any such business.

(D) To enter into partnership with or into any joint venture with or any arrangement involving sharing of profits, union of interests, reciprocal concessions or any other form of co-operation with any person or company carrying on or about to carry on or be engaged in any business or transaction which the Company is authorised to carry on, upon any terms and for any consideration.

(E) To take part in the formation or management or control of the business of any company, firm, partnership or person, on such terms and with such provision for the remuneration of persons involved with or connected with such business as the Company may think fit.

(F) To establish, promote, control or otherwise assist any company or companies for the purpose of acquiring any of the property of the Company or furthering any of the objects of the Company.

(G) To take or otherwise acquire, hold, sell or otherwise deal with any shares, securities or obligations of any company, whether constituted or carrying on business within or outside the United Kingdom, and other securities of any kind and in any part of the world, and to issue or guarantee the issue of, or the payment of interest on, any such shares or securities, and to payor provide for brokerage, commission and underwriting in respect of any such issue.

(H) To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, or otherwise acquire for the purpose of the Company, any real or personal property which to the Company may seem suitable or convenient for any purposes of its business.

(I) To purchase or otherwise acquire, erect, maintain, reconstruct and adapt any offices, workshops, mills, plant, machinery and other things found necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Company.

(J) To apply for and take out, purchase or otherwise acquire any designs, trademarks, patents, patent rights or inventions, copyright, secret processes, licenses, or any like rights which may be useful for the purposes of any of the Company’s businesses or which may be directly or indirectly to the benefit of the Company, and to use, exercise, develop, grant licenses in respect of or otherwise deal with the rights and information so acquired.

(K) To manufacture, buy, sell, hire, repair, improve and generally deal in all materials, machinery, tools, goods or articles of any kind which may be required or used in connection with any of the businesses of the Company.

(L) To sell, let on lease or otherwise dispose of or grant rights over the business, undertakings and real and personal property of the Company on such terms as the Company shall determine.

(M) To accept shares (fully or partly paid-up), stocks, the debentures, mortgage debentures or any other securities of any other company in payment or part payment for any services rendered or for any sale made to or debt owing from any such company, and to hold, sell or otherwise deal or dispose of any shares, stock or securities so acquired.

(N) To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, issue or execute any bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes and other negotiable or transferable instruments.


(O) To borrow, raise money or secure obligations and enter into any guarantee, contract or indemnity or suretyship whether by personal covenant or otherwise in respect of the obligations of any kind of the Company or any other company, firm, authority or person, wherever the same may be situate, and including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any company which is for the time being in relation to the Company a holding company or subsidiary of any such holding company (within the meaning of the Act) and for any of such purposes to issue debentures, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages or any securities, founded or based upon all or any of the property and rights of the Company, including its uncalled capital, or without any such security, and upon such terms as to priority or otherwise, as the Company shall think fit.

(P) To receive money on deposit, with or without allowance for interest.

(Q) To advance and lend money (with or without security) to such persons and on such terms as may be thought proper.

(R) To invest the monies of the Company not immediately required in such manner as from time to time may be determined by the Company.

(S) To provide for the welfare of persons in the employment of the Company or formerly in the employment of the Company or its predecessors in business or any subsidiary or associated company of the Company, and the wives, widows and families and dependants of such persons, by grants of money, donations, gratuities, pensions or other payments, and to establish and maintain or procure the establishment of any non-contributory or contributory pension, provident or superannuation funds, or any other trusts, funds and schemes with a view to providing for the payments aforesaid.

(T) To subscribe or otherwise contribute to or help any charitable, benevolent or useful object of a public character including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) objects promoted by any educational, scientific or religious institution or trade society, whether or not such objects be connected with the business of the Company, and to institute or maintain any club or establishment.

(U) To amalgamate with any other company.

(V) To distribute in specie or otherwise as may be resolved any assets of the Company among its members including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the shares, debentures or securities of any other company formed to take over the whole or any part of the assets or liabilities of the Company, but so that if such distribution would result in a reduction in the capital of the Company, the same does not take place without first obtaining the sanction (if any) required by law.

(W) To do all or any of the matters hereby authorised in any part of the world either alone or in conjunction with, or as factors, trustees or agents for, any other companies or persons, or by or through any factors, trustees or agents.

(X) To do all such things as the Company may deem incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the above objects of the Company.

In construing the objects set forth in the sub-clauses hereinbefore set out, the widest interpretation shall be given and they shall in no way be limited by reference to the objects set out or the wording employed in any other sub-clause or by the name of the Company, and none of the objects or powers specified in any sub-clause shall be deemed to be subsidiary or ancillary to the objects and powers specified in any other sub-clause.

1. The liability of the members is limited.

2. The share capital of the Company is £50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of £1.00 each.


We, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of the Memorandum of Association, and we respectively agree to take the number of shares shown opposite our respective names.

Names and addresses of subscribers.

CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED ONE 2ND FLOOR

93A RIVINGTON STREET LONDON EC2A 3AY

CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED

ONE 2ND FLOOR 93A RIVINGTON LONDON EC2A 3AY

Dated 17 January 2007


THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 TO 1989 PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS I PLC

PRELIMINARY

 

1. (a) Subject as hereinafter provided the Regulations contained in Table A in The Companies (Table A to F) Regulations 1985 (“Table A”) shall apply to the Company.

(b) In these Articles the expression “The Act” means the Companies Act 1985, but so that any reference in these Articles to any provision of the Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force.

 

2. Regulations 3, 8, 20, 41, 64, 73 to 80 inclusive and 94 to 97 inclusive of Table A shall not apply to the Company.

SHARES

 

3. (a) All unissued shares which are comprised in the authorised share capital with which the Company is incorporated shall be under the control of the directors and for the purposes of Section 80 of the Act the directors are unconditionally authorised to exercise the power of the Company to allot shares grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons and on such terms as they think fit at any time or times during the period of five years from the date of incorporation and the directors may after that period allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement made by the Company within that period.

(b) The authority given above may be renewed revoked or varied by ordinary resolution of the Company in general meeting.

 

4. In accordance with Section 95 of the Act, subsection (1) of Section 89 of the Act shall be excluded from applying to the allotment of equity securities (as defined in Section 94 of the Act) pursuant to the authority contained in Article 3 above.

LIEN

 

5. Subject to the provisions of Section 150 of the Act, the Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) payable at a fixed time or called in respect of that share. The directors may at any time declare any share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this regulation. The Company’s lien on a share shall extend to any amount payable in respect of it.

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

 

6. If a share is forfeited pursuant to Regulation 19 of Table A it may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the directors determine either to the person who was before the forfeiture the holder or to any other person and at any time before sale, re-allotment or other disposition, the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the directors think fit subject always to the provisions of Section 146 of the Act. 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 to that person.

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

7. Every notice convening a general meeting shall comply with the provisions of Section 372(3) of the Act as to giving information to members in regard to their right to appoint proxies; and notices of and other communications relating to any general meeting which any member is entitled to receive shall be sent to the directors and to the auditors for the time being of the Company.

1 Under Section 372(1) of the Act, a proxy appointed to attend and vote at the general meeting does not have the right to speak at the meeting.

2 (a) The words “at the time when the meeting proceeds to business” shall be inserted at the end of the first sentence of Regulation 40 of Table A.


(b) If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the general meeting the general meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such other day and at such other time and place as the directors may determine; and if at the adjourned general meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed therefor such adjourned general meeting shall be dissolved.

VOTES OF MEMBERS

 

10. If any member or other person appearing to be interested in any shares registered in the name of such member in any account in the register of members of the Company is in default in supplying within 28 days of the date of service of the notice from the Company requiring such member or other person to supply to the Company in writing all or any such information as is referred to in Section 212 of the Act, such member shall, for such period as default of such member or other person shall continue, not be entitled, without the prior written consent of all the directors, to vote or to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to the meetings of the Company in respect of all the shares for the time being registered in the account of the register of members of the Company in respect of which such notice was served. For the purpose of this Article a person shall be treated as appearing to be interested in any shares if the member holding such shares has given the Company a notification under the said Section 212 which fails to establish the identities of those interested in the shares and if (after taking into account the said notification and any other relevant Section 212 notification) the Company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the person in question is or may be interested in the shares.

DIRECTORS

 

11. The first director or directors of the Company shall be the person or persons named in the statement delivered under Section 10 of the Act.

 

12. The maximum number and minimum number respectively of the directors may be determined from time to time by ordinary resolution in general meeting of the Company. Subject to and in default of any such determination there shall be no maximum number of directors and in accordance with Section 282 of the Act the minimum number of directors shall be two.

 

13. (a) No person shall be appointed a director at any general meeting unless either:

(i) he is recommended by the directors; or

(ii) not less than fourteen nor more than thirty-five clear days before the date appointed for the general meeting, notice executed by a member qualified to vote at the general meeting has been given to the Company of the intention to propose that person for appointment, together with notice executed by that person of his willingness to be appointed.

(b) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Company may by ordinary resolution in general meeting appoint any person who is willing to act to be a director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional director.

(c) The directors may appoint a person who is willing to act 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 determined in accordance with Article 12 as the maximum number of directors and for the time being in force.

 

14. The directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow without limit as to amount and upon such terms and in such manner as they think fit and subject (in the case of any security convertible into shares) to Section 80 of the Act to grant any mortgage charge or standard security over its undertaking property and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures debenture stock or any other securities whether outright or as security for any debt liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

15. A director who is in any way either directly or indirectly interested in any contract transaction or arrangement (whether actual or proposed) with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested shall declare the nature of his interest at a meeting of the directors in accordance with Section 317 of the Act. Subject to such disclosure a director shall be entitled to vote in respect of any such contract transaction or arrangement (whether actual or proposed) in which he is interested and whether or not he votes he shall be counted in reckoning whether a Quorum is present or not.


16. The following paragraph shall be added to the end of Regulation 81 of Table A:

“(f) shall be required to resign his office by notice in writing lodged at the Registered Office signed by the holder or holders of not less than three-fourths of the nominal value of the issued shares of the company”.

 

17. The Company may, by extraordinary resolution remove any director (including a managing director but without prejudice to any claim he may have for damages) before the expiration of his period of office, and may, by ordinary resolution, appoint another person in his stead.

INDEMNITY

 

18. In addition to the indemnity conferred by Regulation 118 of Table A and subject to the provisions of the Act every such person as is mentioned in the said Regulation shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all expenses losses or liabilities incurred by him as agent of the Company or for the Company’s benefit or intended benefit or in or about the discharge or intended discharge of his duties in relation to the Company.
EX-3.46 42 dex346.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

EXHIBIT 3.46

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY

Company No. 6056399

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House, Cardiff, the 17th January 2007

EX-3.47 43 dex347.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED Memorandum and Articles of Association of GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

EXHIBIT 3.47

THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED

(As adopted by Special Resolution passed 17 January 2007)

1 The name of the Company is GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

2 The registered office of the Company will be situated in England and Wales.

3 The objects for which the Company is established are:

(A) To carry on business as a general commercial company.

(B) To carry on any other business which may in the opinion of the directors of the Company be capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with any business which the Company is authorised to carry on or which may seem capable of being directly or indirectly to the benefit of the Company.

(e) To purchase or otherwise acquire all or any part of the business, property and other assets and liabilities of any company, partnership, unincorporated association or person or establish or promote any company which may be expedient for any of the purposes of the Company or carrying on any business which the Company is authorised to carry on, and upon any terms and for any consideration, and to conduct and carry on, or liquidate and wind up, any such business.

(D) To enter into partnership with or into any joint venture with or any arrangement involving sharing of profits, union of interests, reciprocal concessions or any other form of co-operation with any person or company carrying on or about to carryon or be engaged in any business or transaction which the Company is authorised to carry on, upon any terms and for any consideration.

(E) To take part in the formation or management or control of the business of any company, firm, partnership or person, on such terms and with such provision for the remuneration of persons involved with or connected with such business as the Company may think fit.

(F) To establish, promote, control or otherwise assist any company or companies for the purpose of acquiring any of the property of the Company or furthering any of the objects of the Company.

(G) To take or otherwise acquire, hold, sell or otherwise deal with any shares, securities or obligations of any company, whether constituted or carrying on business within or outside the United Kingdom other securities of any kind and in any part of the world, and to issue or guarantee the issue of, or the payment of interest on, any such shares or securities, and to payor provide for brokerage, commission and underwriting in respect of any such issue.

(H) To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, or otherwise acquire for the purpose of the Company, any real or personal property which to the Company may seem suitable or convenient for any purposes of its business.

(I) To purchase or otherwise acquire, erect, maintain, reconstruct and adapt any offices, workshops, mills, plant, machinery and other things found necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Company.

(1) To apply for and take out, purchase or otherwise acquire any designs, trademarks, patents, patent rights or inventions, copyright, secret processes, licenses, or any like rights which may be useful for the purposes of any of the Company’s businesses or which may be directly or indirectly to the benefit of the Company, and to use, exercise, develop, grant licenses in respect of or otherwise deal with the rights and information so acquired.


(K) To manufacture, buy, sell, hire, repair, improve and generally deal in all materials, machinery, tools, goods or articles of any kind which may be required or used in connection with any of the businesses of the Company.

(L) To sell, let on lease or otherwise dispose of or grant rights over the business, undertakings and real and personal property of the Company on such terms as the Company shall determine.

(M) To accept shares (fully or partly paid-up), stocks, the debentures, mortgage debentures or any other securities of any other company in payment or part payment for any services rendered or for any sale made to or debt owing from any such company, and to hold, sell or otherwise deal or dispose of any shares, stock or securities so acquired.

(N) To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, issue or execute any bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

(O) To borrow, raise money or secure obligations and enter into any guarantee, contract or indemnity or suretyship whether or personal covenant or otherwise in respect of the obligations of any kind of the Company or any other company, firm, authority or person, wherever the same may be situate, and including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any company which is for the time being in relation to the Company a holding company or subsidiary of any such holding company (within the meaning of the Act) and for any of such purposes to issue debentures, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages or any securities, founded or based upon all or any of the property and rights of the Company, including its uncalled capital, or without any such security, and upon such terms as to priority or otherwise, as the Company shall think fit.

(P) To receive money on deposit, with or without allowance for interest.

(Q) To advance and lend money (with or without security) to such persons and on such terms as may be thought proper.

(R) To invest the monies of the Company not immediately required in such manner as from time to time may be determined by the Company.

(S) To provide for the welfare of persons in the employment of the Company or formerly in the employment of the Company or its predecessors in business or any subsidiary or associated company of the Company, and the wives, widows and families and dependents of such persons, by grants of money, donations, gratuities, pensions or other payments, and to establish and maintain or procure the establishment of any non-contributory or contributory pension, provident or superannuation funds, or any other trusts, funds and schemes with a view to providing for the payments aforesaid.

(T) To subscribe or otherwise contribute to or help any charitable, benevolent or useful object of a public character including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) objects promoted by any educational, scientific or religious institution or trade society, whether or not such objects be connected with the business of the Company, and to institute or maintain any club or establishment.

(U) To amalgamate with any other company.

(V) To distribute in specie or otherwise as may be resolved any assets of the Company among its members including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the shares, debentures or securities of any other company formed to take over the whole or part of the assets or liabilities of the Company, but so that if such distribution would result in a reduction in the capital of the Company, the same does not take place without first obtaining the sanction (if any) required by law.

(W) To do all or any of the matters hereby authorised in any part of the world either alone or in conjunction with, or as factors, trustees or agents for, any other companies or persons, or by or through any factors, trustees or agents.

(X) To do all such things as the Company may deem incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the above objects of the Company.


In construing the objects set forth in the sub-clauses hereinbefore set out, the widest interpretation shall be given and they shall in no way be limited by reference to the objects setout or the wording employed in any other sub-clause or by the name of the Company, and none of the objects or powers specified in any sub-clause shall be deemed to be subsidiary or ancillary to the objects and powers specified in any other sub-clause.

4 The liability of the members is limited.

5 The share capital of the Company is £1,000.00 divided into 1,000 Ordinary shares £1.00 each.


I, the subscriber to this Memorandum of Association, wish to be formed into a Company in pursuance to the Memorandum of Association, and I agree to take the number of shares shown opposite my name.

Name and address of subscriber

CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED ONE SHARE

2ND FLOOR 93A RIVINGTON STREET LONDON EC2A

3AY

Dated: 17 January 2007 THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES


ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED

Registered Number: 6056399 Incorporated: 17 January 2007 THE COMPANIES

ACT 1985


PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES of ASSOCIATION

of

GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED

(As adopted by Special Resolution passed 17 January 2007)

 

1. Table A

1 The Regulations in Table A in the schedule to the Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985, as amended at the date of adoption of these Articles (“Table A”), shall except where the same are excluded or varied by or inconsistent with these Articles apply to the Company. No other regulations set out in any statute or statutory instrument concerning companies shall apply as regulations of the Company.

 

2 Interpretation

 

2.1 In these Articles unless the context otherwise requires:

“an Address” in relation to electronic communications includes any number or address used for the purposes of such communications;

“these Articles” means these Articles of Association in their present form or as from time to time altered;

the “Companies Acts” means every statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company;

“Member” means a member of the Company;

every reference in Table A to the “Act” shall be construed as if the reference were to the Companies Act 1985;

any words or expressions defined in the Companies Act 1985 in force at the date when these Articles or any part thereof are adopted shall bear the same meaning in these Articles or such other part (as the case may be);

where for any purpose an ordinary resolution of the Company is required, a special or extraordinary resolution shall also be effective, and where an extraordinary resolution is required a special resolution shall also be effective.


3. Unissued share capital

 

3.1 Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and these Articles and to any direction to the contrary which may be given by ordinary or other resolution of the Company, any unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the Directors who may offer, allot, grant options over or grant any right or rights to subscribe for such shares or any right or rights to convert any security into such shares or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such times and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Directors may determine.

 

3.2 For the purposes of section 80 of the Companies Act 1985, the Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot relevant securities as defined in the said section up to an aggregate nominal amount of the unissued share capital as at the date of adoption of these articles. This authority shall expire five years from the date of incorporation of the Company but may be previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting and may from time to time be renewed by the Company in general meeting for a further period not exceeding five years. The Company may make an offer or agreement before the expiry of this authority that would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after this authority has expired and the Directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired.

 

3.3 This Article shall not apply to redeemable shares which shall be governed by the provisions of Article 4 of these Articles.

1 Sub-section (1) of section 89 and sub-sections (1) to (6) (inclusive) of section 90 of the Companies Act 1985 shall not apply.

2 Redeemable shares

1 Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, any shares may, with the sanction of a special resolution, be issued on terms that they are, or at the option of the Company or the Member registered in respect of such shares are liable, to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as may be provided for by these Articles. Regulation 3 of Table A shall not apply.

2 Transfers of shares

1 The directors may, in their absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor, decline to register any transfer of any share, whether or not it is a fully paid share. Regulation 24 of Table A shall not apply.

2 Notice of general meetings

1 Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by or under these Articles to all Members other than such as, under the provisions of these Articles or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notices from the Company, Provided that any Member may in writing or by electronic communication waive notice of any meeting either prospectively or retrospectively and if he shall do so it shall be no objection to the validity of such meeting that notice was not given to him.

2 Proceedings at general meetings


1 At any general meeting a poll may be demanded by the Chairman or by any Member present in person or by proxy and Regulation 46 of Table A shall be varied accordingly.

2 Votes of Members

 

8.1 Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares, on a show of hands every Member present in person and every person present as a proxy for a Member or Members shall have one vote, and on a poll every Member shall have one vote for each share of which he is the holder. Regulations 50 and 54 of Table A shall not apply.

 

8.2 The appointment of a proxy and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, shall, in the case of an appointment in writing, be deposited at the registered office of the Company (or at such other place in the United Kingdom as is specified for that purpose in the notice of meeting or any instrument of proxy sent by the Company in relation to the meeting) not less than twenty-four hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the appointment proposes to vote, or handed to the Chairman of the meeting or adjourned meeting before the commencement of such meeting or, in the case of an appointment contained in an electronic communication, where an address has been specified in:

(A) the notice convening the meeting; or

(B) in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or

(C) in any invitation contained in an electronic communication to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting

shall be received at such address not less than twenty-four hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting. In default, the appointment shall not be treated as valid. Regulation 62 of Table A shall not apply.

 

9. Alternate Directors

 

9.1 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 but shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any fee in his capacity as an alternate Director except only such part (if any) of the remuneration otherwise payable to the Director appointing him as such Director may by notice in writing to the Company from time to time direct and Regulation 66 of Table A shall be varied accordingly.

 

10. The seal

 

10.1

The Company may exercise all the powers conferred by the Companies Acts with regard to having any official seal, or otherwise in relation to the execution of documents by the Company, and such powers shall be vested in the Directors. Any document to which an official seal is affixed shall be signed by such persons, if any, as the Directors may from time to time determine and unless otherwise so determined shall be Signed by a Director and by the Secretary or a second Director. Any document to which an official seal is affixed or which is otherwise executed by the Company shall be delivered at such time, and in such


  manner, as the Directors may from time to time determine, and shall not be deemed to be delivered by the Company solely as a result of having been executed by the Company. Regulation 101 of Table A shall not apply.

 

11. Delegation of Directors’ powers

 

11.1 The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such person or persons (whether Directors or not) as they think fit. The Directors may also entrust to and confer upon any Director any of the powers exercisable by them. Any such delegation may be made upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they may think fit, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers, and the Directors may from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of such powers. Subject to any such terms, conditions or restrictions, the proceedings of a committee with two or more members shall be governed by these Articles regulating the proceedings of directors so far as they are capable of applying. Regulation 72 of Table A shall not apply.

 

12. Appointment and retirement of Directors

 

12.1 Without prejudice to any other provisions of or incorporated in these Articles governing the appointment and removal of Directors, any Member or Members holding a majority in nominal value of such of the issued share capital for the time being of the Company as carries the right of attending and voting at general meetings of the Company may by memorandum in writing signed by or on behalf of him or them and delivered to the registered office of the Company or tendered at a meeting of the Board, or of the Company in general meeting, or sent by electronic communication, at any time and from time to time appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors or remove any Director from office howsoever appointed.

 

12.2 The Directors and the Company by ordinary resolution shall each have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors. Any Director so appointed shall (subject to Regulation 81 of Table A and to the provisions of the Companies Acts) hold office until he is removed pursuant to these Articles.

 

12.3 Regulations 73 to 80 (inclusive), Regulation 81 (e) and the last sentence of Regulation 84 of Table A shall not apply.

 

12.4 The following paragraph shall be added to the end of Regulation 81 of Table A:

 

  “(f) shall be required to resign his office by notice in writing lodged at the Registered Office signed by the holder or holders of not less than three-fourths of the nominal value of the issued shares of the Company”.

 

12.5 The Company may, by extraordinary resolution remove any director (including a managing director but without prejudice to any claim he may have for damages) before the expiration of his period of office, and may, by ordinary resolution, appoint another person in his stead.

 

13. Directors’ gratuities and pensions

 

13.1

The Directors on behalf of the Company may exercise all the powers of the Company to grant pensions, annuities, gratuities and superannuation or other allowances and benefits in favour of any person including any Director or former Director or the relations, connections or dependants of any Director or former Director. A Director or former Director shall not be


  accountable to the Company or the Members for any benefit of any kind conferred under or pursuant to this Article and the receipt of any such benefit shall not disqualify any person from being or becoming a Director of the Company.

 

14. Proceedings of Directors

 

14.1 The Directors may meet for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meetings shall be determined by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote. A Director rnay, and the Secretary at the request of a Director shall, at any time call a meeting of the Directors. Notice of any meeting of the Directors may be given by any electronic communication. It shall not be necessary to give notice of a meeting of the Directors to any Director for the time being absent from the United Kingdom unless:

(A) he has given to the Company an address, whether within or outside the United Kingdom, at which notices can be served on him, or

(B) in the opinion of the Secretary or Director calling the meeting it is possible at the time notice is to be given to give him such notice by electronic communication and it will be possible for him to participate in the meeting by telephone or other communication equipment as referred to in Regulation 14.3 of these Articles.

 

14.2 Meetings may be held in any part of the world.

 

14.3 The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed from time to time by the Directors and, unless so fixed at any other number, shall be one, provided always that a quorum shall only exist if at least one director, as appointed by the Member or Members holding a majority in nominal value of such of the issued share capital for the time being of the Company as carries the right of attending and voting at general meetings of the Company, is present. An alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum. A meeting of the Directors at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all powers and discretions for the time being exercisable by the Directors. Any Director who ceases to be a Director at a meeting of the Directors may continue to be present and act as a Director, and be counted in the quorum, until termination of the meeting if no other Director objects and if otherwise a quorum of Directors would not be present.

 

14.4 A Director shall be treated as present in person at a meeting of the Directors notwithstanding that he is not physically present at the place where the meeting is held if he is in communication with the meeting by conference telephone or other communication equipment permitting each person physically present at or so in communication with the meeting to hear and be heard by each other such person. Such a Director shall be counted in the quorum of the meeting and shall be entitled to vote thereat.

 

14.5 Subject to the provisions of these Articles and provided a Director shall have disclosed such interest in accordance with Regulation 85 of Table A, a Director shall be entitled to vote in respect of any transaction, contract, arrangement or agreement with the Company in which he is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, 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. For the purpose of this Article, an interest of a person who is, for any purpose of the Act, connected with a Director shall be treated as an interest of the Director and, in relation to an alternate Director, an interest of his appointor shall be treated as an interest of the alternate Director without prejudice to any interest which the alternate Director has otherwise.


14.6 Regulations 88-89 (inclusive) and 94-98 (inclusive) of Table A shall not apply.

 

15. Notices

 

15.1 Any notice or other document (including a share certificate or other document of title) may be served on or delivered to any Member by the Company either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to such Member at his registered address as appearing in the Register of Members, or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address, addressed as aforesaid, or (except for a share certificate or other document of title) by giving it using electronic communications to an address notified to the company for that purpose by the Member. 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 a sufficient service on or delivery to all the joint holders. Any notice or other document served or delivered in accordance with these Articles shall be deemed duly served or delivered notwithstanding that the Member is then dead or bankrupt or otherwise under any legal disability or incapacity and whether or not the Company had notice thereof. Any such notice or other document sent by first-class post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered on the day after the day when the same was put in the post, and in proving such service or delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, prepaid and put in the post. Any such notice or other document sent by an electronic communication shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after the same was sent and proof that the same was sent in accordance with guidance issued by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators shall be conclusive evidence that the notice was given. Regulations 112, 115 and 116 of Table A shall not apply.

 

16. Winding up

 

16.1 If the Company shall be wound up (whether the liquidation is voluntary, under supervision, or by the Court) the liquidator may, with the authority of an extraordinary resolution and subject to any provision sanctioned in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts, divide among the Members 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 values as he deems fair upon any assets to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The Liquidator may, with the like authority, vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of Members as the Liquidator with the like authority shall think fit, and the liquidation of the Company may be closed and the Company dissolved, but so that no contributory shall be compelled to accept any shares or other property in respect of which there is a liability and the Liquidator may make any provision referred to in and sanctioned in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts. Regulation 117 of Table A shall not apply.

 

17. Indemnity

 

17.1

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Company may purchase and maintain for any of the Company’s Directors, alternate Directors, Auditors, Secretaries and other officers insurance against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to any such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be guilty in relation to the Company and (whether or not any such insurance is effected) every such person shall be entitled to be indemnified by the


  Company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him in the execution and discharge of his duties or in relation thereto including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal, that relate to anything done or omitted or alleged to have been done or omitted by him as an officer or employee of the Company and in which judgment is given in his favour (or the proceedings otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of any material breach of duty on his part) or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect of any such act or omission in which relief is granted by the Court. Regulation 118 of Table A shall not apply.
EX-3.48 44 dex348.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS III LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

EXHIBIT 3.48

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY

Company No. 6056401

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS III LIMITED is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House, Cardiff, the 17th January 2007

EX-3.49 45 dex349.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS III LIMITED Memorandum and Articles of Association of GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

EXHIBIT 3.49

The Companies Acts 1985 to 1989 Company

limited by shares

Memorandum and Articles of Association

GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

Registered Number 6056401 Incorporated 17th January 2007


THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS III LIMITED

(As adopted by Special Resolution passed 17 January 2007)

1 The name of the Company is GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

2 The registered office of the Company will be situated in England and Wales.

3 The objects for which the Company is established are:

(A) To carry on business as a general commercial company.

(B) To carry on any other business which may in the opinion of the directors of the Company be capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with any business which the Company is authorised to carry on or which may seem capable of being directly or indirectly to the benefit of the Company.

(C) To purchase or otherwise acquire all or any part of the business, property and other assets and liabilities of any company, partnership, unincorporated association or person or establish or promote any company which may be expedient for any of the purposes of the Company or carrying on any business which the Company is authorised to carry on, and upon any terms and for any consideration, and to conduct and carry on, or liquidate and wind up, any such business.

(D) To enter into partnership with or into any joint venture with or any arrangement involving sharing of profits, union of interests, reciprocal concessions or any other form of co-operation with any person or company carrying on or about to carryon or be engaged in any business or transaction which the Company is authorised to carry on, upon any terms and for any consideration.

(E) To take part in the formation or management or control of the business of any company, firm, partnership or person, on such terms and with such provision for the remuneration of persons involved with or connected with such business as the Company may think fit.

(F) To establish, promote, control or otherwise assist any company or companies for the purpose of acquiring any of the property of the Company or furthering any of the objects of the Company.

(G) To take or otherwise acquire, hold, sell or otherwise deal with any shares. securities or obligations of any company, Whether constituted or carrying on business within or outside the United Kingdom other securities of any kind and in any part of the world and to issue or guarantee the issue of, or the payment of interest on, any such shares or securities, and to payor provide for brokerage, commission and underwriting in respect of any such issue.

(H) To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, or otherwise acquire for the purpose of the Company, any real or personal property which to the Company may seem suitable or convenient for any purposes of its business.

(I) To purchase or otherwise acquire, erect, maintain, reconstruct and adapt any offices, workshops, mills, plant, machinery and other things found necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Company.

(3) To apply for and take out, purchase or otherwise acquire any designs, trade marks, patents, patent rights or inventions, copyright, secret processes, licenses, or any like rights which may be useful for the purposes of any of the Company’s businesses or which may be directly or indirectly to the benefit of the Company, and to use, exercise, develop, grant licenses in respect of or otherwise deal with the rights and information so acquired.

(K) To manufacture, buy, sell, hire, repair, improve and generally deal in all materials, machinery, tools, goods or articles of any kind which may be required or used in connection with any of the businesses of the Company.

(L) To sell, let on lease or otherwise dispose of or grant rights over the business, undertakings and real and personal property of the Company on such terms as the Company shall determine.


(M) To accept shares (fully or partly paid-up), stocks, the debentures, mortgage debentures or any other securities of any other company in payment or part payment for any services rendered or for any sale made to or debt owing from any such company, and to hold, sell or otherwise deal or dispose of any shares, stock or securities so acquired.

(N) To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, issue or execute any bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

(O) To borrow, raise money or secure obligations and enter into any guarantee, contract or indemnity or suretyship whether or personal covenant or otherwise in respect of the obligations of any kind of the Company or any other company, firm, authority or person, wherever the same may be situate, and including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any company which is for the time being in relation to the Company a holding company or subsidiary of any such holding company (within the meaning of the Act) and for any of such purposes to issue debentures, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages or any securities, founded or based upon all or any of the property and rights of the Company, including its uncalled capital, or without any such security, and upon such terms as to priority or otherwise, as the Company shall think fit.

(P) To receive money on deposit, with or without allowance for interest.

(Q) To advance and lend money (with or without security) to such persons and on such terms as may be thought proper.

(R) To invest the monies of the Company not immediately required in such manner as from time to time may be determined by the Company.

(S) To provide for the welfare of persons in the employment of the Company or formerly in the employment of the Company or its predecessors in business or any subsidiary or associated company of the Company, and the wives, widows and families and dependents of such persons, by grants of money, donations, gratuities, pensions or other payments, and to establish and maintain or procure the establishment of any non-contributory or contributory pension, provident or superannuation funds, or any other trusts, funds and schemes with a view to providing for the payments aforesaid.

(T) To subscribe or otherwise contribute to or help any charitable, benevolent or useful object of a public character including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) objects promoted by any educational, scientific or religious institution or trade society, whether or not such objects be connected with the business of the Company, and to institute or maintain any club or establishment.

(U) To amalgamate with any other company.

(V) To distribute in specie or otherwise as may be resolved any assets of the Company among its members including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the shares, debentures or securities of any other company formed to take over the whole or part of the assets or liabilities of the Company, but so that if such distribution would result in a reduction in the capital of the Company, the same does not take place without first obtaining the sanction (if any) required by law.

(W) To do all or any of the matters hereby authorised in any part of the world either alone or in conjunction with, or as factors, trustees or agents for, any other companies or persons, or by or through any factors, trustees or agents.

(X) To do all such things as the Company may deem incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the above objects of the Company.


In construing the objects set forth in the sub-clauses hereinbefore set out, the widest interpretation shall be given and they shall in no way be limited by reference to the objects setout or the wording employed in any other sub-clause or by the name of the Company, and none of the objects or powers specified in any sub-clause shall be deemed to be subsidiary or ancillary to the objects and powers specified in any other sub-clause.

4 The liability of the members is limited.

5 The share capital of the Company is £1,000.00 divided into 1,000 Ordinary shares £1.00 each.


I, the subscriber to this Memorandum of Association, wish to be formed into a Company in pursuance to the Memorandum of Association, and I agree to take the number of shares shown opposite my name,

Name and address of subscriber

CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED ONE SHARE 2ND FLOOR 93A RIVINGTON STREET LONDON EC2A 3AY

Dated: 17 January 2007


THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS III LIMITED

Registered Number: 6056401 Incorporated: 17 January 2007


THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES of ASSOCIATION

of

GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS III LIMITED

(As adopted by Special Resolution passed 17 January 2007)

 

1. Table A

1 The Regulations in Table A in the schedule to the Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985, as amended at the date of adoption of these Articles (“Table A”), shall except where the same are excluded or varied by or inconsistent with these Articles apply to the Company. No other regulations set out in any statute or statutory instrument concerning companies shall apply as regulations of the Company.

 

2 Interpretation

 

2.1 In these Articles unless the context otherwise requires:

“an Address” in relation to electronic communications includes any number or address used for the purposes of such communications;

“these Articles” means these Articles of Association in their present form or as from time to time altered;

the “Companies Acts” means every statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company;

“Member” means a member of the Company;

every reference in Table A to the “Act” shall be construed as if the reference were to the Companies Act 1985;

any words or expressions defined in the Companies Act 1985 in force at the date when these Articles or any part thereof are adopted shall bear the same meaning in these Articles or such other part (as the case may be);

where for any purpose an ordinary resolution of the Company is required, a special or extraordinary resolution shall also be effective, and where an extraordinary resolution is required a special resolution shall also be effective.

 

3. Unissued share capital

 

3.1 Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and these Articles and to any direction to the contrary which may be given by ordinary or other resolution of the Company, any unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the Directors who may offer, allot, grant options over or grant any right or rights to subscribe for such shares or any right or rights to convert any security into such shares or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such times and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Directors may determine.

 

3.2 For the purposes of section 80 of the Companies Act 1985, the Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot relevant securities as defined in the said section up to an aggregate nominal amount of the unissued share capital as at the date of adoption of these articles. This authority shall expire five years from the date of incorporation of the Company but may be previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting and may from time to time be renewed by the Company in general meeting for a further period not exceeding five years. The Company may make an offer or agreement before the expiry of this authority that would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after this authority has expired and the Directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired.


3.3 This Article shall not apply to redeemable shares which shall be governed by the provisions of Article 4 of these Articles.

 

3.4 Sub-section (1) of section 89 and sub-sections (1) to (6) (inclusive) of section 90 of the Companies Act 1985 shall not apply.

 

4. Redeemable shares

 

4.1 Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, any shares may, with the sanction of a special resolution, be issued on terms that they are, or at the option of the Company or the Member registered in respect of such shares are liable, to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as may be provided for by these Articles. Regulation 3 of Table A shall not apply.

 

5. Transfers of shares

 

5.1 The directors may, in their absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor, decline to register any transfer of any share, whether or not it is a fully paid share. Regulation 24 of Table A shall not apply.

 

6. Notice of general meetings

 

6.1 Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by or under these Articles to all Members other than such as, under the provisions of these Articles or the terms of issue of the shares they hold. are not entitled to receive such notices from the Company, Provided that any Member may in writing or by electronic communication waive notice of any meeting either prospectively or retrospectively and if he shall do so it shall be no objection to the validity of such meeting that notice was not given to him.

 

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7. Proceedings at general meetings

 

7.1 At any general meeting a poll may be demanded by the Chairman or by any Member present in person or by proxy and Regulation 46 of Table A shall be varied accordingly.

 

8. Votes of Members

 

8.1 Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares, on a show of hands every Member present in person and every person present as a proxy for a Member or Members shall have one vote, and on a poll every Member shall have one vote for each share of which he is the holder. Regulations 50 and 54 of Table A shall not apply.

 

8.2 The appointment of a proxy and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is Signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, shall, in the case of an appointment in writing, be deposited at the registered office of the Company (or at such other place in the United Kingdom as is specified for that purpose in the notice of meeting or any instrument of proxy sent by the Company in relation to the meeting) not less than twenty-four hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the appointment proposes to vote, or handed to the Chairman of the meeting or adjourned meeting before the commencement of such meeting or, in the case of an appointment contained in an electronic communication, where an address has been specified in:

(A) the notice convening the meeting; or

(B) in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or

(C) in any invitation contained in an electronic communication to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting

shall be received at such address not less than twenty-four hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting. In default, the appointment shall not be treated as valid. Regulation 62 of Table A shall not apply.

 

9. Alternate Directors

 

9.1 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 but shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any fee in his capacity as an alternate Director except only such part (if any) of the remuneration otherwise payable to the Director appointing him as such Director may by notice in writing to the Company from time to time direct and Regulation 66 of Table A shall be varied accordingly.

 

10. The seal

 

10.1

The Company may exercise all the powers conferred by the Companies Acts with regard to having any official seal, or otherwise in relation to the execution of documents by the Company, and such powers shall be vested in the Directors. Any document to which an official seal is affixed shall be signed by such persons, if any, as the Directors may from time to time determine and unless otherwise so determined shall be signed by a Director and by the Secretary or a second Director. Any document to which an official seal is affixed or which is otherwise executed by the Company shall be delivered at such time, and in such


  manner, as the Directors may from time to time determine, and shall no! be deemed to be delivered by the Company solely as a result of having been executed by the Company. Regulation 101 of Table A shall not apply.

 

11. Delegation of Directors’ powers

 

11.1 The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such person or persons (whether Directors or not) as they think fit. The Directors may also entrust to and confer upon any Director any of the powers exercisable by them. Any such delegation may be made upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they may think fit, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers, and the Directors may from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of such powers. Subject to any such terms, conditions or restrictions, the proceedings of a committee with two or more members shall be governed by these Articles regulating the proceedings of directors so far as they are capable of applying. Regulation 72 of Table A shall not apply.

 

12. Appointment and retirement of Directors

 

12.1 Without prejudice to any other provisions of or incorporated in these Articles governing the appointment and removal of Directors, any Member or Members holding a majority in nominal value of such of the issued share capital for the time being of the Company as carries the right of attending and voting at general meetings of the Company may by memorandum in writing signed by or on behalf of him or them and delivered to the registered office of the Company or tendered at a meeting of the Board, or of the Company in general meeting, or sent by electronic communication, at any time and from time to time appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors or remove any Director from office howsoever appointed.

 

12.2 The Directors and the Company by ordinary resolution shall each have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors. Any Director so appointed shall (subject to Regulation 81 of Table A and to the provisions of the Companies Acts) hold office until he is removed pursuant to these Articles.

 

12.3 Regulations 73 to 80 (inclusive), Regulation 81(e) and the last sentence of Regulation 84 of Table A shall not apply.

 

12.4 The following paragraph shall be added to the end of Regulation 81 of Table A:

“(f) shall be required to resign his office by notice in writing lodged at the Registered Office signed by the holder or holders of not less than three-fourths of the nominal value of the issued shares of the Company”.

 

12.5 The Company may, by extraordinary resolution remove any director (including a managing director but without prejudice to any claim he may have for damages) before the expiration of his period of office, and may, by ordinary resolution, appoint another person in his stead.

 

13. Directors’ gratuities and pensions

 

13.1

The Directors on behalf of the Company may exercise all the powers of the Company to grant pensions, annuities, gratuities and superannuation or other allowances and benefits in favour of any person including any Director or former Director or the relations, connections or dependants of any Director or former Director. A Director or former Director shall not be

 

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  accountable to the Company or the Members for any benefit of any kind conferred under or pursuant to this Article and the receipt of any such benefit shall not disqualify any person from being or becoming a Director of the Company.

 

14. Proceedings of Directors

 

14.1 The Directors may meet for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meetings shall be determined by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote. A Director may, and the Secretary at the request of a Director shall, at any time call a meeting of the Directors. Notice of any meeting of the Directors may be given by any electronic communication. It shall not be necessary to give notice of a meeting of the Directors to any Director for the time being absent from the United Kingdom unless:

(A) he has given to the Company an address, whether within or outside the United Kingdom, at which notices can be served on him, or

(B) in the opinion of the Secretary or Director calling the meeting it is possible at the time notice is to be given to give him such notice by electronic communication and it will be possible for him to participate in the meeting by telephone or other communication equipment as referred to in Regulation 14.3 of these Articles.

 

14.2 Meetings may be held in any part of the world.

 

14.3 The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed from time to time by the Directors and, unless so fixed at any other number, shall be one, provided always that a quorum shall only exist if at least one director, as appointed by the Member or Members holding a majority in nominal value of such of the issued share capital for the time being of the Company as carries the right of attending and voting at general meetings of the Company, is present. An alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum A meeting of the Directors at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all powers and discretions for the time being exercisable by the Directors. Any Director who ceases to be a Director at a meeting of the Directors may continue to be present and act as a Director, and be counted in the quorum, until termination of the meeting if no other Director objects and if otherwise a quorum of Directors would not be present.

 

14.4 A Director shall be treated as present in person at a meeting of the Directors notwithstanding that he is not physically present at the place where the meeting is held if he is in communication with the meeting by conference telephone or other communication equipment permitting each person physically present at or so in communication with the meeting to hear and be heard by each other such person. Such a Director shall be counted in the quorum of the meeting and shall be entitled to vote thereat.

 

14.5 Subject to the provisions of these Articles and provided a Director shall have disclosed such interest in accordance with Regulation 85 of Table A, a Director shall be entitled to vote in respect of any transaction, contract, arrangement or agreement with the Company in which he is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, 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. For the purpose of this Article, an interest of a person who is, for any purpose of the Act, connected with a Director shall be treated as an interest of the Director and, in relation to an alternate Director, an interest of his appointor shall be treated as an interest of the alternate Director without prejudice to any interest which the alternate Director has otherwise.


14.6 Regulations 88-89 (inclusive) and 94-98 (inclusive) of Table A shall not apply.

 

15. Notices

 

15.1 Any notice or other document (including a share certificate or other document of title) may be served on or delivered to any Member by the Company either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to such Member at his registered address as appearing in the Register of Members, or by delivering it to or leaving it at such registered address, addressed as aforesaid, or (except for a share certificate or other document of title) by giving it using electronic communications to an address notified to the company for that purpose by the Member. 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 a sufficient service on or delivery to all the joint holders. Any notice or other document served or delivered in accordance with these Articles shall be deemed duly served or delivered notwithstanding that the Member is then dead or bankrupt or otherwise under any legal disability or incapacity and whether or not the Company had notice thereof. Any such notice or other document sent by first-class post shall be deemed to have been served or delivered on the day after the day when the same was put in the post, and in proving such service or delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed, prepaid and put in the post. Any such notice or other document sent by an electronic communication shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after the same was sent and proof that the same was sent in accordance with guidance issued by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators shall be conclusive evidence that the notice was given. Regulations 112, 115 and 116 of Table A shall not apply.

 

16. Winding up

 

16.1 If the Company shall be wound up (whether the liquidation is voluntary, under supervision, or by the Court) the liquidator may, with the authority of an extraordinary resolution and subject to any provision sanctioned in accordance with the provisions of !he Companies Acts, divide among the Members 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 values as he deems fair upon any assets to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The Liquidator may, with the like authority, vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of Members as the Liquidator with the like authority shall think fit, and the liquidation of the Company may be closed and the Company dissolved, but so that no contributory shall be compelled to accept any shares or other property in respect of which there is a liability and the Liquidator may make any provision referred to in and sanctioned in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts. Regulation 117 of Table A shall not apply.

 

17. Indemnity

 

17.1

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Company may purchase and maintain for any of the Company’s Directors, alternate Directors, Auditors, Secretaries and other officers insurance against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to any such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be guilty in relation to the Company and (whether or not any such insurance is effected) every such person shall be entitled to be indemnified by the


  Company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him in the execution and discharge of his duties or in relation thereto including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal, that relate to anything done or omitted or alleged to have been done or omitted by him as an officer or employee of the Company and in which judgment is given in his favour (or the proceedings otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of any material breach of duty on his part) or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect of any such act or omission in which relief is granted by the Court. Regulation 118 of Table A shall not apply.

Name and address of subscriber CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED 2ND FLOOR 93A RIVINGTON STREET

LONDON EC2A 3AY

Dated: 17 January 2007

 

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EX-3.50 46 dex350.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING UK LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited

EXHIBIT 3.50

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY

Company No. 3618729

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that DELPHCROWN LIMITED is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House, Cardiff, the 20th August 1998


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME

Company No. 3618729

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that DELPHCROWN LIMITED having by special resolution changed its name, is now incorporated under the name of GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING UK LIMITED Given at Companies House, London, the 2nd November 1998

 

EX-3.51 47 dex351.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING UK LIMITED Memorandum and Articles of Association of GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited

EXHIBIT 3.51

COMPANY NUMBER: 03618729

THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 AND 1989

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

of

GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING UK LIMITED

1 The Company’s name is “DELPHCROWN LIMITED”.

2 The Company’s registered office is to be situated in England and Wales.

3 The Company’s objects are

(A) (i) To carry on business as manufacturers, builders and suppliers of and dealers in goods of all kinds, and as mechanical, general, electrical, marine, radio, electronic, aeronautical, chemical, petroleum, gas civil and constructional engineers, and manufacturers, importers and exporters of, dealers in machinery, plant and equipment of all descriptions and component parts thereof, forgings, castings, tools, implements, apparatus and all other articles and things.

(ii) To act as an investment holding company and to co-ordinate the business of any companies in which the Company is for the time being interested, and to acquire (whether by original subscription, tender, purchase exchange or otherwise) the whole of or any part of the stock, shares, debentures, debenture stocks, bonds and other securities issued or guaranteed by a body corporate constituted or carrying on business in any part of the world or by any government, sovereign ruler, commissioners, public body or authority and to hold the same as investments, and to sell, exchange, carry and dispose of the same.

(iii) To carry on the businesses in any part of the world as importers, exporters, buyers, sellers, distributors and dealers and to win, process and work produce of all kinds.

(iv) To carry on business in the construction and operation of telecommunications networks and installations and in the provision of telecommunications services.’

Pursuant to a special resolution passed on 29 October 1998, the name of the Company was changed to GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited with effect from 2 November 1998.

The objects clause was amended by a special resolution dated 29 October 1998.


(B) To carry on the following businesses, namely, contractors, garage proprietors, filling station proprietors, owners and charterers of road vehicles, aircraft and ships and boats of every description, lightermen and carriers of goods and passengers by road, rail, water or air, forwarding, transport and commission agents, customs agents, stevedores, wharfingers, cargo superintendents, packers, warehouse storekeepers, cold store keepers, hotel proprietors, caterers, publicans, consultants, advisers, financiers, bankers, advertising agents, insurance brokers, travel agents, ticket agents and agency business of all kinds and generally to provide entertainment for and render services of all kinds to others and to carry on any other trade or business which can in the opinion of the directors be advantageously carried on by the Company in connection with or ancillary to any of the businesses of the Company.

(C) To buy, sell, manufacture, repair, alter, improve, manipulate, prepare for market, let on hire, and generally deal in all kinds of plant, machinery, apparatus, tools, utensils, materials, produce, substances, articles and things for the purpose of any of the businesses specified in clause 3, or which may be required by persons having, or about to have, dealings with the Company.

(D) To build, construct, maintain, alter, enlarge, pull down, remove and replace any buildings, shops, factories, offices, works, machinery and engines, and to work, manage and control these things.

(E) To enter into contracts, agreements and arrangements with any person for the carrying out by that person on behalf of the Company of any object for which the Company is formed.

(F) To acquire, undertake and carry on the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person carrying on any business which may in the opinion of the directors be capable of being conveniently carried on, or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of or make profitable any of the Company’s property or rights, or any property suitable for the purposes of the Company.

(G) To enter into any arrangement with a government or authority, whether national, international, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise, that may in the opinion of the directors be conducive to any object of the Company, and to obtain from that government or authority any right, privilege or concession which in the opinion of the directors is desirable, and to carry out, exercise and comply with that arrangement, right, privilege or concession.

(H) To apply for, purchase and by other means acquire, protect, prolong and renew any patent, patent right, brevet d’invention, licence, secret process, invention, trade mark, service mark, copyright, registered design, protection, concession and right of the same or similar effect or nature, and to use, turn to account, manufacture under and grant licences and privileges in respect of those things, and to spend money in experimenting with, testing, researching, improving and seeking to improve any of those things.

(I) To acquire an interest in, amalgamate with and enter into partnership or any arrangement for the sharing of profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person, or with any employees of the Company. To lend money to, guarantee the contracts of, and otherwise assist that person or those employees, and to take and otherwise acquire an interest in that person’s shares or other securities and to sell, hold, re-issue, with or without guarantee, and otherwise deal with those shares or other securities.

(j) To lend money to, subsidise and assist any person, to act as agents for the collection, receipt and payment of money and generally to act as agents and brokers for and perform services for any person, and to undertake and perform sub-contracts.

(k) To enter into any guarantee or contract of indemnity or suretyship, and to provide security, including, without limitation, the guarantee and provision of security for the performance of the obligations of and the payment of any money (including, without limitation, capital, principal, premiums, dividends, interest, commissions, charges, discount and any related costs or expenses whether on shares or other securities) by any person including, without limitation, any body corporate which is for the time being the Company’s holding company, the Company’s subsidiary, a subsidiary of the Company’s holding company or any person which is for the time being a member or otherwise has an interest in the Company or is associated with the Company in any business or venture, with or without the Company receiving any consideration or advantage (whether direct or indirect), and whether by personal covenant or mortgage, charge or lien over all or part of the Company’s undertaking, property, assets or uncalled capital (present and future) or by other means. For the purposes of paragraph (K) “guarantee” includes any obligation, however described, to pay, satisfy, provide funds for the payment or satisfaction of (including, without limitation, by advance of money, purchase of or subscription for shares or other securities and purchase of assets or services), indemnify against the consequences of default in the payment of, or otherwise be responsible for, any indebtedness of any other person.

(l) To promote, finance and assist any person for the purpose of acquiring all or any of the property, rights and undertaking or assuming the liabilities of the Company, and for any other purpose which may in the opinion of the directors directly or indirectly benefit the Company, and in that connection to place, guarantee the placing of, underwrite, subscribe for, and otherwise acquire all or any part of the shares or other securities of a body corporate.


(m) To payout of the funds of the Company all or any expenses which the Company may lawfully pay of or incidental to the formation, registration, promotion and advertising of and raising money for the Company and the issue of its shares or other securities, including, without limitation, those incurred in connection with the advertising and offering of its shares or other securities for sale or subscription, brokerage and commissions for obtaining applications for and taking, placing, underwriting or procuring the underwriting of its shares or other securities.

(n) To remunerate any person for services rendered or to be rendered to the Company, including, without limitation, by cash payment or by the allotment of shares or other securities of the Company, credited as paid up in full or in part.

(o) To purchase, take on lease, exchange, hire and otherwise acquire any real or personal property and any right or privilege over or in respect of it.

(p) To receive money on deposit on any terms the directors think fit.


(Q) To invest and deal with the Company’s money and funds in any way the directors think fit.

(R) To lend money and give credit with or without security.

(S) To borrow, raise and secure the payment of money in any way the directors think fit, including, without limitation, by the issue of debentures and other securities, perpetual or otherwise, charged on all or any of the Company’s property (present and future) or its uncalled capital, and to purchase, redeem and payoff those securities.

(T) To remunerate any person for services rendered or to be rendered in placing, assisting and guaranteeing the placing and procuring the underwriting of any share or other security of the Company or of any person in which the Company may be interested or proposes to be interested, or in connection with the conduct of the business of the Company, including, without limitation, by cash payment or by the allotment of shares or other securities of the Company, credited as paid up in full or in part.

(U) To acquire, hold, dispose of, subscribe for, issue, underwrite, place, manage assets belonging to others which include, advise on, enter into contracts or transactions in relation to or involving and in any other way deal with or arrange dealings with or perform any service or function in relation to (as applicable): shares, stocks, debentures, loans, bonds, certificates of deposit and other instruments creating or acknowledging indebtedness, government, public or other securities, warrants, certificates representing securities or other obligations, units in collective investment schemes, options, futures, spot or forward contracts, contracts for differences or other investments or obligations, currencies, interest rates, precious metals or other commodities, any index (whether related in any way to any of the foregoing or otherwise), any right to, any right conferred by or any interest or any obligation in relation to any of the foregoing and any financial instrument or product deriving from or in any other way relating to any of the foregoing or of any nature whatsoever, and any transaction which may seem to be convenient for hedging the risks associated with any of the foregoing.

(V) To co-ordinate, finance and manage the business and operation of any person in which the Company has an interest.

(w) To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of lading, warrants, debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

(X) To sell, lease, exchange, let on hire and dispose of any real or personal property and the whole or part of the undertaking of the Company, for such consideration as the directors think fit, including, without limitation, for shares, debentures or other securities, whether fully or partly paid up, of any person, whether or not having objects (altogether or in part) similar to those of the Company. To hold any shares, debentures and other securities so acquired, and to improve, manage, develop, sell, exchange, lease, mortgage, dispose of, grant options over, turn to account and otherwise deal with all or any part of the property and rights of the Company.

(Y) To adopt any means of publicising and making known the businesses, services and products of the Company as the directors think fit, including, without limitation, advertisement, publication and distribution of notices, circulars, books and periodicals, purchase and exhibition of works of art and interest and granting and making of prizes, rewards and donations.


(Z) To support, subscribe to and contribute to any charitable or public object and any institution, society and club which may be for the benefit of the Company or persons who are or were directors, officers or employees of the Company, its predecessor in business, any subsidiary of the Company or any person allied to or associated with the Company, or which may be connected with any town or place where the Company carries on business. To subsidise and assist any association of employers or employees and any trade association. To grant pensions, gratuities, annuities and charitable aid and to provide advantages, facilities and services to any person (including any director or former director) who may have been employed by or provided services to the Company, its predecessor in business, any subsidiary of the Company or any person allied to or associated with the Company and to the spouses, children, dependants and relatives of those persons and to make advance provision for the payment of those pensions, gratuities and annuities by establishing or acceding to any trust, scheme or arrangement (whether or not capable of approval by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue under any relevant legislation) the directors think fit, to appoint trustees and to act as trustee of any trust, scheme or arrangement, and to make payments towards insurance for the benefit of those persons and their spouses, children, dependants and relatives.

(AA) To establish and contribute to any scheme for the purchase or subscription by trustees of shares or other securities of the Company to be held for the benefit of the employees of the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any person allied to or associated with the Company, to lend money to those employees or to trustees on their behalf to enable them to purchase or subscribe for shares or other securities of the Company and to formulate and carry into effect any scheme for sharing the profits of the Company with employees.

(BB) To apply for, promote and obtain any Act of Parliament and any order or licence of any government department or authority (including, without limitation, the Department of Trade and Industry) to enable the Company to carry any of its objects into effect, to effect any modification of the Company’s constitution and for any other purpose which the directors think fit, and to oppose any proceeding or application which may in the opinion of the directors directly or indirectly prejudice the Company’s interests.

(CC) To establish, grant and take up agencies, and to do all other things the directors may deem conducive to the carrying on of the Company’s business as principal or agent, and to remunerate any person in connection with the establishment or granting of an agency on the terms and conditions the directors think fit.

(DD) To distribute among the shareholders in specie any of the Company’s property and any proceeds of sale or disposal of any of the Company’s property and for that purpose to distinguish and separate capital from profits, but no distribution amounting to a reduction of capital may be made without any sanction required by law.

(EE) To purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person who is or was an officer or employee of the Company, a subsidiary of the Company or a company in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect) or who is or was trustee of any retirement benefits scheme or any other trust in which any officer or employee or former officer or employee is or has been interested, indemnifying that person against liability for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust or any other liability which may lawfully be insured against.


(FF) To amalgamate with any other person and to procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any part of the world.

(GG) Subject to the Act, to give (whether directly or indirectly) any kind of financial assistance (as defined in section 152(1)(a) of the Act) for any purpose specified in section 151(1) or section 151(2) of the Act.

(HH) To do all or any of the things provided in any paragraph of clause 3:

(i) in any part of the world;

(ii) as principal, agent, contractor, trustee or otherwise;

(iii) by or through trustees, agents, subcontractors or otherwise; and

(iv) alone or with another person or persons.

(II) To do all things that are in the opinion of the directors incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the Company’s objects, or the exercise of all or any of its powers.

(J1) The objects specified in each paragraph of clause 3 shall, except where otherwise provided in that paragraph, be regarded as independent objects, and are not limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other paragraph or the name of the Company. None of the paragraphs of clause 3 or the objects or powers specified or conferred in or by them is deemed subsidiary or ancillary to the objects or powers mentioned in any other paragraph. The Company has as full a power to exercise all or any of the objects and powers provided in each paragraph as if each paragraph contained the objects of a separate company.

(KK) In clause 3, a reference to:

(i) a “person” includes a reference to a body corporate, association or partnership whether domiciled in the United Kingdom or elsewhere and whether incorporated or unincorporated;

(ii) the “Act” is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the Companies Act 1985, as modified or re-enacted or both from time to time; and

(iii) a “subsidiary” or “holding company” is to be construed in accordance with section 736 of the Act.

4. The liability of the members is limited.

5. The Company’s share capital is £100 divided into 100 ordinary shares of £1 each.’

‘The Authorised Share Capital of the company was increased to £220,000,000 divided into 220, 000, 000 Ordinary Shares of £1 each pursuant to an Ordinary Resolution dated 11 June 1999.


I being the sole subscriber to this memorandum of association. wish to be formed into a company pursuant to this memorandum; and I agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the company shown opposite my name.

NAME AND ADDRESS OF SUBSCRIBER Number of shares taken by the sole Subscriber

MARTIN MILLER ONE For and on behalf of Clifford Chance Nominees Limited 200 Alders gate Street London EC1A 4JJ

DATED the day of 1998.

WITNESS to the above Signature:

DENISE WARD 200 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4JJ


THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 AND 1989

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

of

GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING UK LIMITED

(As amended by Written Resolution passed on 21 December 2004)

PRELIMINARY

1. (A) The regulations contained in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies (Table A to F) Regulations 1985 (as amended) (“Table A”) apply to the Company except to the extent that they are excluded or modified by these articles.

(B) The regulations of Table A numbered 24, 38, 60, 61, 64, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 90, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 115 and 118 do not apply. The regulations of Table A numbered 37, 46, 53, 57, 59, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 72, 79, 84, 88, 110, 112 and 116 are modified. The regulations of Table A numbered 88, 89, 91 and 93 are excluded if and for so long as there is a sole director of the Company. The regulations of Table A numbered 40 and 54 are modified if and for so long as the Company has only one member. Subject to these exclusions and modifications, and in addition to the remaining regulations of Table A, the following are the articles of association of the Company.

(C) Where an ordinary resolution of the Company is expressed to be required for any purpose, a special or extraordinary resolution is also effective for that purpose, and where an extraordinary resolution is expressed to be required for any purpose, a special resolution is also effective for that purpose.

PRIVATE COMPANY

2. The Company is a private company limited by shares and accordingly any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of the Company is prohibited.

 

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The name of the company was changed from DELPHCROWN LIMITED to GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING UK LIMITED on 2 November 1998.


SHARE CAPITAL

3. The authorised share capital of the Company at the date of incorporation of the Company is £100 divided into 100 ordinary shares of £1 each.

4. (A) Subject to the provisions of the Act, the directors have general and unconditional authority to allot (with or without conferring rights of renunciation), grant options over, offer or otherwise deal with or dispose of any unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased share capital) to such persons, at such times and on such terms and conditions as the directors may decide but no share may be issued at a discount.

(B) The directors have general and unconditional authority, pursuant to section 80 of the Act, to exercise all powers of the Company to allot relevant securities for a period expiring on the fifth anniversary of the date of incorporation of the Company unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting.

(C) The maximum amount of relevant securities which may he allotted pursuant to the authority conferred by paragraph (B) is the amount of the authorised but as yet unissued share capital of the Company at the date of incorporation of the Company.

(D) By the authority conferred by paragraph (B), the directors may before the authority expires make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities of the Company to be allotted after it expires and may allot relevant securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement.

5. The pre-emption provisions of section 89(1) of the Act and the provisions of subsections (1) to (6) inclusive of section 90 of the Act do not apply to any allotment of the Company’s equity securities.

TRANSFERS

6. The directors may, in their absolute discretion and without giving any reason, refuse to register the transfer of a share to any person, whether or not it is a fully-paid share or a share on which the Company has a lien.

“7. ‘TRANSFER OF SHARES AS SECURITY

Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles:

(i) any pre-emption rights conferred on existing members by these Articles or otherwise and any other restrictions on transfer of shares contained in these Articles or otherwise shall not apply to, and

(ii) the Directors shall not decline to register, nor suspend registration of,

‘The Authorised Share Capital of the company was increased to £220,000,000 divided into 220,000,000 Ordinary Shares of £1 each pursuant to an Ordinary Resolution dated 11 June 1999.

 

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New Article 7 being inserted after article 6 and the existing article 7 and all subsequent articles be renumbered as amended by written resolution dated 21 December 2004.


any transfer of shares where such transfer is:

(A) in favour of any bank, financial institution or other person (or any nominee or nominees of such a bank, financial institution or other person) to whom such shares are being transferred by way of security (whether such bank, financial institution or other person is acting as agent, trustee or otherwise), or

(B) duly executed by any such bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) to whom such shares (including any further shares in the Company acquired by reason of its holding of such shares) are to be transferred as aforesaid pursuant to a power of sale under any security document which creates any security interest over such shares, or

(C) duly executed by a receiver appointed by a bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) pursuant to any security document which creates any security interest over such shares, and a certificate by any official of such bank, financial institution or other person (or any such nominee or nominees) or any such receiver that the shares are or are to be subject to such a security and that the transfer is executed in accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be conclusive evidence of such facts. Any lien on shares which the Company has shall not apply in respect of any shares which have been charged by way of security to a bank, financial institution or other person or a subsidiary of a bank, financial institution or other person or which are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Article. For the purposes of this Article, “person” includes any person, individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking (within the meaning of section 259(1) of the Act) or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or more of the foregoing”.

GENERAL MEETINGS

8. Regulation 37 of Table A is modified by the deletion of the words “eight weeks” and the substitution for them of the words “28 days”.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

9. An annual general meeting and an extraordinary general meeting called for the passing of a special resolution or an elective resolution must be called by at least 21 clear days’ notice. All other extraordinary general meetings must be called by at least 14 clear days’ notice but a general meeting may be called by shorter notice if it is so agreed:

(a) in the case of an annual general meeting or a meeting called for the passing of an elective resolution, by all the members entitled to attend and vote at that meeting; and

(b) in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the members having a right to attend and vote, being (i) a majority together holding not less than such percentage in nominal value of the shares giving that right as has been determined by elective resolution of the members in accordance with the Act, or


(ii) if no such elective resolution is in force, a majority together holding not less than 95 per cent. in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

The notice must specify the time and place of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted and, in the case of an annual general meeting, must specify that the meeting is an annual general meeting.

Subject to the provisions of the articles and to any restrictions imposed on any shares, the notice must be given to all the members, to all persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member and to the directors and auditors.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

10. A poll may be demanded by the chairman or by any member present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote and regulation 46 of Table A is modified accordingly.

11. Regulation 53 of Table A is modified by the addition at the end of the following sentence: “If a resolution in writing is described as a special resolution or as an extraordinary resolution, it has effect accordingly.”

VOTES OF MEMBERS

12. Regulation 57 of Table A is modified by the inclusion after the word “shall” of the phrase, “unless the directors otherwise determine,”.

13. Regulation 59 of Table A is modified by tile addition at the end of the following sentence: “Deposit of an instrument of proxy does not preclude a member from attending and voting at the meeting or at any adjournment of it.”

14. An instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing in any usual form or in any other form which the directors may approve and must be executed by or on behalf of the appointor.

15. Regulation 62 of Table A is modified by the deletion in paragraph (a) of the words “deposited at” and by the substitution for them of the words “left at or sent by post or by facsimile transmission to”, by the substitution in paragraph (a) of the words “at any time” in place of “not less than 48 hours” and by the substitution in paragraph (b) of the words “at any time” in place of “not less than 24 hours”.

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

16. Unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, the number of directors (other than alternate directors) is not subject to any maximum and the minimum number is one.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

17. A director may appoint any person willing to act, whether or not he is a director of the Company, to be an alternate director. That person need not be approved by resolution of the directors, and regulation 65 is modified accordingly.

18. An alternate director who is absent from the United Kingdom is entitled to receive notice of all meetings of directors and meetings of committees of directors and regulation 66 of Table A is modified accordingly.

19. Regulation 68 of Table A is modified by the addition at the end of the following sentence: “Any such notice may be left at or sent by post or facsimile transmission to the office or another place designated for the purpose by the directors.”


DELEGATION OF DIRECTORS’ POWERS

20. Regulation 72 is modified by the addition at the end of the regulation of the following sentence: “Where a provision of the articles refers to the exercise of a power, authority or discretion by the directors and that power, authority or discretion has been delegated by the directors to a committee, the provision must be construed as permitting the exercise of the power, authority or discretion by the committee.”

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

21. The directors are not subject to retirement by rotation. Regulations 73, 74 and 75 of Table A do not apply, and reference in regulations 67 and 84 to retirement by rotation must be disregarded.

22. The Company may by ordinary resolution appoint a person who is willing to act to be a director either to fill a vacancy or as an additional director.

23. A person appointed by the directors to fill a vacancy or as an additional director is not required to retire from office at the annual general meeting next following his appointment and the last two sentences of regulation 79 of Table A are deleted.

24. No person is incapable of being appointed a director by reason of his having reached the age of 70 or another age. No special notice is required in connection with the appointment or the approval of the appointment of such person. No director is required to vacate his office at any time because he has reached the age of 70 or another age and section 293 of the Act does not apply to the Company.

25. The holder or holders of more than half in nominal value of the shares giving the right to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company may remove a director from office and appoint a person to be a director, but only if the appointment does not cause the number of directors to exceed a number fixed by or in accordance with the articles as the maximum number of directors. The removal or appointment is effected by notice to the Company signed by or on behalf of the holder or holders. The notice may consist of several documents in similar form each signed by or on behalf of one or more holders and shall be left at or sent by post or facsimile transmission to the office or such other place designated by the directors for the purpose. The removal or appointment takes effect immediately on deposit of the notice in accordance with the articles or on such later date (if any) specified in the notice.


DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

26. The office of a director is vacated if:

(a) he ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Act or he becomes prohibited by law from being a director; or

(b) he becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or

(c) he becomes, in the opinion of all his co-directors, incapable by reason of mental disorder of discharging his duties as director; or

(d) he resigns his office by notice to the Company; or

(e) he is for more than six consecutive months absent without permission of the directors from meetings of directors held during that period and his alternate director (if any) has not during that period attended any such meetings instead of him, and the directors resolve that his office be vacated; or

(f) he is removed from office by notice addressed to him at his last-known address and signed by all his co-directors; or

(g) he is removed from office by notice given by a member or members under article 24.

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS

27. A director who, at the request of the directors, goes or resides abroad, makes a special journey or performs a special service on behalf of the Company may be paid such reasonable additional remuneration (whether by way of salary, percentage of profits or otherwise) and expenses as the directors may decide.

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

28. Regulation 88 of Table A is modified by the exclusion of the third sentence and the substitution for it of the following sentences: “Every director must receive notice of a meeting, whether or not he is absent from the United Kingdom. A director may waive the requirement that notice be given to him of a board meeting, either prospectively or retrospectively.”

29. A director or his alternate may validly participate in a meeting of the directors or a committee of directors through the medium of conference telephone or similar form of communication equipment if all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear and speak to each other throughout the meeting. A person participating in this way is deemed to be present in person at the meeting and is counted in a quorum and entitled to vote. Subject to the Act, all business transacted in this way by the directors or a committee of directors is for the purposes of the articles deemed to be validly and effectively transacted at a meeting of the directors or of a committee of directors although fewer than two directors or alternate directors are physically present at the same place. The meeting is deemed to take place where the largest group of those participating is assembled or, if there is no such group, where the chairman of the meeting then is.

30. If and for so long as there is a sole director of the Company:

(a) he may exercise all the powers conferred on the directors by the articles by any means permitted by the articles or the Act;

(b) for the purpose of regulation 89 of Table A the quorum for the transaction of business is one; and

(c) all other provisions of the articles apply with any necessary modification (unless the provision expressly provides otherwise).

31. Without prejudice to the obligation of any director to disclose his interest in accordance with section 317 of the Act, a director may vote at a meeting of directors or of a committee of directors on any resolution concerning a matter in respect of which he has, directly or indirectly, an interest or duty. The director must be counted in the quorum present at a meeting when any such resolution is under consideration and if he votes his vote must be counted.

DIVIDENDS

32. The directors may deduct from a dividend or other amounts payable to a person in respect of a share any amounts due from him to the Company on account of a call or otherwise in relation to a share.

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS

33. The directors may, with the authority of an ordinary resolution of the Company, resolve that any shares allotted under regulation 110 of Table A to any member in respect of a holding by him of any partly-paid shares rank for dividend, so long as those shares remain partly paid, only to the extent that those partly-paid shares rank for dividend and regulation 110 of Table A is modified accordingly.

NOTICES

34. Regulation 112 of Table A is modified by the deletion of the last sentence and the substitution for it of the following: “A member whose registered address is not within the United Kingdom is entitled to have notices given to him at that address.”

35. A notice sent to a member (or another person entitled to receive notices under the articles) by post to an address within the United Kingdom is deemed to be given:

(a) 24 hours after posting, if pre-paid as first class, or

(b) 48 hours after posting, if pre-paid as second class.


A notice sent to a member (or other person entitled to receive notices under the articles) by post to an address outside the United Kingdom is deemed to be given 72 hours after posting, if pre-paid as airmail. Proof that an envelope containing the notice was properly addressed, pre-paid and posted is conclusive evidence that the notice was given. A notice not sent by post but left at a member’s registered address is deemed to have been given on the day it was left.


36. Regulation 116 of Table A is modified by the deletion of the words “within the United Kingdom”.

INDEMNITY

37. Subject to the provisions of the Act, but without prejudice to any indemnity to which he may otherwise be entitled, each person who is a director, alternate director or secretary of the Company must be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all costs, charges, losses and liabilities incurred by him in the proper execution of his duties or the proper exercise of his powers, authorities and discretions including, without limitation, a liability incurred:

(a) defending proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted, or which are otherwise disposed of without a finding or admission of material breach of duty on his part, or


(b) in connection with any application in which relief is granted to him by the court from liability for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the affairs of the Company.

38. The directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of a person who is or was:

(a) a director, alternate director, secretary or auditor of the Company or of a company which is or was a subsidiary undertaking of the Company or in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect); or

(b) trustee of a retirement benefits scheme or other trust in which a person referred to in the preceding paragraph is or has been interested, indemnifying him against liability for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust or other liability which may lawfully be insured against by the Company.

SOLE MEMBER

39. If and for so long as the Company has only one member:

(a) in relation to a general meeting, the sole member or a proxy for that member or (if the member is a corporation) a duly authorised representative of that member is a quorum and regulation 40 of Table A is modified accordingly;

(b) a proxy for the sole member may vote on a show of hands and regulation 54 of Table A is modified accordingly;

(c) the sole member may agree that any general meeting, other than a meeting called for the passing of an elective resolution, be called by shorter notice than that provided for by the articles; and

(d) all other provisions of the articles apply with any necessary modification (unless the provision expressly provides otherwise).


NAME AND ADDRESS OF SUBSCRIBER

MARTIN MILLER For and on behalf of Clifford Chance Nominees Limited 200 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4JJ

DATED this day of 1998.

WITNESS to the above signature:

Denise Ward 200 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4JJ

EX-3.52 48 dex352.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.52

I, EDWARD J. FREEL, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF “RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 1997, AT 10 O’CLOCK A.M.

A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS FOR RECORDING.

04-24-97


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

The undersigned, a natural person. for the purpose of organizing a corporation for conducting the business and promoting the purposes hereinafter stated under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the laws of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware hereby certifies that:

ARTICLE 1. - NAME The name of the corporation is RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. (the Corporation”).

ARTICLE 2. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is: 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington. County of New Castle, State of Delaware and the name of the registered agent of this Corporation at such address is: THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY.


ARTICLE 3. - PURPOSE The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE 4. - CAPITAL STOCK The total number of shares of stock which Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $1.00 per share.

ARTICLE 5. - INCORPORATORS The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator is: Delfina R Campos, P.O. Box 407044 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33340-7044

ARTICLE 6. - DURATION The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE 7. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS Management of the business and conduct of the affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in the Board of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Bow of Directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided. in the Bylaws. The Board of Directors may be either increased or diminished from time to time by the shareholders. Election of directors need not be by written ballot but may be by written consent.


ARTICLE 8. - INDEMNIFICATION

The Corporation may, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of §145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any a:ad all persons whom it shall have power to indemnity under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executor; and administrators of such a person.

ARTICLE 9. - AMENDMENT

From time to time any of the provisions of this certificate of incorporation may be amended, altered; or repealed and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware, at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this certificate of incorporation are granted subject to the provision of this Article 9.

 

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The effective time of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation and the time where the existence of the Corporation shall commence shall be upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

EX-3.53 49 dex353.htm BYLAWS OF RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Bylaws of Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.53

BY-LAWS OF

Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 1 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 1 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.


SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION I. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be 1, or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.


SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.


SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION 1. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION I nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION 1 shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION 1 in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION I of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in


settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.

ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION I. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION I. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.

SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.


SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section I of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.


ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION I. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.


ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided.


The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.

SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.


ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.

ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.


SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.

SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.54 50 dex354.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL OPTICAL NETWORK, L.L.C. Certificate of Formation of International Optical Network, L.L.C.

EXHIBIT 3.54

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

MFNRAC, L.L.C.

This Certificate of Formation of MFNRAC, L.L.C., dated as of October 2, 1997, is being duly executed and filed by Dennis Codlin, an authorized person, to firm a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. §18-101, et. seq.)

FIRST. The name of the limited liability company is MFNRAC, L.L.C. (the “Company”).

SECOND. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805.

Third. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 1013 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805, County of New Castle.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation as of the date first above written

 

 

/s/ Dennis Codlin

 
 

Dennis Codlin

 
 

Authorized Person

 


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF

MFNRAC, L.L.C

MFNRAC, L.L.C., a limited liability company organized under the Delaware Limited Liability Act (the “Act”), for the Purpose of Amending its Certificate of Formation pursuant to Section 18-202 of the Act, hereby certifies that on March 13, 1998, paragraph 1 of the Certificate of Formation is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

1. The name of the company is International Optical Network, L.L.C.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment has been duly executed by an authorized officer as of the 13th day of March 1998.

 

         MFNRAC, L.L.C.    
  By:  

/s/ Dennis E. Codlin

 
    Dennis E. Codlin, Secretary  
EX-3.55 51 dex355.htm OPERATING AGREEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL OPTICAL NETWORK, L.L.C. Operating Agreement of International Optical Network, L.L.C.

EXHIBIT 3.55

AMENDMENT TO THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL OPTICAL NETWORK

Amendment (this “Amendment”), dated as of November     , 2003, to the Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of November 26, 1997, by and among International Optical Network, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), Racal Telecommunications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Racal”) and Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc., a Michigan corporation (“GX Telecommunications” and together with Racal, the “Members”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given thereto in the Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Members own 100% of the Membership Interests in the Company;

WHEREAS, Section 13.1 of the Agreement provides that “No Member shall: (i) sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, transfer, exchange or otherwise transfer for consideration (collectively, “sale”), or (ii) gift, bequeath or otherwise transfer for no consideration (collectively “gift”), any of its Membership Interest, except as provided in Section 13.2, Section 13.3, Section 13.4 and Section 16.5 (“Sales” and “Gifts” are collectively referred to as “Transfers”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Transfer, except under Section 16.5, shall be permitted within 12 months following the date hereof and any transfer pursuant to this Section 13.1 shall only be effective to the extent set forth in Section 13.5 and 13.6”;

WHEREAS, the Members desire to amend Section 13.1 of the Agreement as hereinafter set forth;

WHEREAS, such amendment may be effected by the Members pursuant to Section 18.9 of the Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1. Amendments. Pursuant to Section 18.9 of the Agreement, the Members agree as follows:

(a) Section 13.1 is deleted in its entirety.

 

1. Confirmation of Agreement. Except as herein expressly amended, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

2. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

 

3. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all together shall constitute one agreement.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date so indicated in the preamble hereof.

 

RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.


MFNRAC, L.L.C.

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT


MFNRAC L.L.C

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this day of November, 1997, by and among Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MFN “) and Racal Telecommunications. Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Racal”) (the “Members”), MFNRAC, L.L.C. (the “Company”) and Racal Telecommunications Limited, a company organized under the laws of England, as guarantor (“Guarantor”).

WHEREAS, the Members wish to invest in and operate the Company as a joint venture for the purposes and on the terms set forth below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings (unless otherwise expressly provided herein):

(a) “Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” shall mean with respect to any Member, the deficit balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the taxable year, after giving effect to the following adjustments:

(i) credit to such Capital Account that amount which such Member is obligated to restore under Section 1.704-I(b)(2)(ii)(c) of the Treasury Regulations, as well as any addition thereto pursuant to the next to last sentence of Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and (i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations, after taking into account thereunder any changes during such year in Partnership Minimum Gain (as determined in accordance with Section 1.704-2(d) of the Treasury Regulations) and in Partner Minimum Gain (as determined under Section 1.704-2(i)(3) of the Treasury Regulations); and

(ii) debit to such Capital Account the items described in Sections 1.7041 (b)(2)(ii) (d) (4). (5) and (6) of the Treasury Regulations.

This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Sections 1. 704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and 1.704-2. and will be interpreted consistently with those provisions.


(b) “Adjusted Capital Contributions” means, as of any day, a Member’s Capital Contributions adjusted as follows:

(i) increased by the amount of any Company liabilities which 10 connection with distributions hereunder are assumed by such Member or are secured by any Company property distributed to such Member;

(ii) increased by any amounts actually paid to any Company lender pursuant to the terms of any guarantee of a Company obligation;

(iii) reduced by the amount of cash and the adjusted basis of any Company property distributed to the Member hereunder and the amount of any liabilities of the Member assumed by the Company or which are secured by any property contributed by such Member to the Company.

(c) “Ancillary Agreements” means the Backhaul. Network Design. UK Network Management. Secondment. UK Tail Circuits and Business Services Agreement between MFNRAC Limited and RACAL Telecommunications Limited; the US Network Management. US Equipment and Branded Services Agreement between MFNRAC.

L.L.C. and RACAL Telecommunications Limited; the Services Agreement between MFNRAC Limited and MFN RAC. L.L.C.; the Licensing Agreement between MFNRAC Limited and RACAL Telecommunications Limited; the Backhaul. US Network Management, Secondment, US Tail Circuits, Business Services and Branded Services Agreement between MFNRAC. L.L.C and Metromedia Fiber Network Inc,; and the Framework Tail Circuit Agreement between Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. and RACAL Telecommunications Limited.

(d) “Associated Company” means. in relation to any Member. any Person who or which Controls, is Controlled by. or is under common Control with that Member.

(e) “Backhaul” shall mean both US Backhaul and UK Backhaul (as set out in the Ancillary Agreements).

(f) “Board of Managers” has the meaning set out in Section 5.1.

(g) “Business” means the business of the Company as described in Section 3.1.

(h) “Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s annual business plan and budge! the first of which is attached to this Agreement as Schedule Hh) and at any subsequent date the most recent annual business plan and budget of the Company approved by the Members as provided in Section 7.7.

(i) “Capital Account” as of any given date shall mean the Capital Account as defined by Article 11.4.

(j) “Capital Contribution” shall mean any contribution to the capital of the Company in cash or properly by a Member whenever made.

(k) “Carrier” shall mean a U.S. common carrier licensed by a state or federal authority or a European telecommunications operator falling within the scope of Annex II to the Interconnection Directive (97/33/EC).

(l) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed by the organizer of the Company with the Delaware Secretary of State. as the same may be amended from time to time.

(m) “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

(1) any Person having previously Controlled the relevant Person, ceases to do so;

(2) or if any Person acquires Control of the relevant Person (whether by reason of acquisition, merger, reorganization or otherwise); or

(3) all, or substantially all, of the assets of the relevant Person or the Person who Controls the relevant Person are acquired (whether by reason of an acquisition, merger, reorganization or otherwise) by, or combined by merger with, any other Person.

(n) “l:Qdl:” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. or corresponding provisions of subsequent superseding federal revenue laws.

(0) “Company” shall refer to MFNRAC, LLC.


(p) “Control” (and “Controlling” “Controlled by” and “under common Control with” shall be construed accordingly) as applied to any Person means the possession directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. Where any two Persons together satisfy any of these conditions they shall be deemed to have Control. For the purposes of this definition, there shall be attributed to any Person rights or powers of a nominee for him, that is to say any rights or powers which another Person possesses on his behalf or may be required to exercise on his direction or behalf.

(q) “Consumer Price Index” shall mean All Items, New York, New Jersey Metropolitan Area, published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (“Index”) which is in effect on the date of this Agreement. If the Index is changed so that the base year differs from that in effect on the date of this Agreement, the Index shall be converted in accordance with the conversion factor published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the Index is discontinued or revised during the terms of this Agreement, such other government index or computation with which it is replaced shall be used in order to obtain substantially the same result as would have been obtained if the Index had not been discontinued or revised.


(r) “Core Business” means the provision of seamless branded international telecommunications services between the Company’s points of presence in London and New York, provided by trans-atlantic fibre-optic submarine cable, and marketed to Carriers for use by such Carrier or for resale or as otherwise agreed to by the Member.; from time to time.

(s) “Deadlock” has the meaning provided in Article 9 hereof.

(t) “Delaware Act “ shall mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act at Title 6 of the Delaware Code, § 18-101 through § 18-1109 as the same may be amended from time to time.

(u) “Depreciation” means, for each Fiscal Year, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such Fiscal Year, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at any time during such Fiscal Year, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same rate to such Gross Asset Value as of such time as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year bears to such adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes of an asset is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the Managers.

(v) “Distributable Cash” shall mean all cash, revenues and funds received by the Company from Company operations, less the sum of the following to the extent paid or set aside by the Company : (i) all principal and interest payments on indebtedness of the Company and all other sums paid to lenders; (ii) all cash expenditures incurred in the normal operation of the Company’s business; and (iii) such reserves as the Managers deem reasonably necessary for the proper operation of the Company’s business.

(w) “Entity” shall mean any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, business trust, cooperative, association, foreign trust or foreign business organization.

(x) “Fiscal Year” shall mean the Company’s fiscal year, which shall be the calendar year.

(y) “Gross Asset Value” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

(i) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross fair market value of such asset as determined by the Members hereunder.


(ii) The Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as of the following times:

(a) the acquisition of a Membership Interest in the Company by a new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution, if such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company;

(b) the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company money or property as consideration for a Membership Interest in the Company, if necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company;

(c) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); and

(d) at such other times as necessary or advisable in order to comply with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-I(b) and 1.704-2.

(iii) The Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to a Member shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution as determined by the Members.

(iv) The Gross Asset Values of Company assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1 (b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, however, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subparagraph(iv) to the extent that the Members reasonably determine that an adjustment pursuant to subparagraph (ii) is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result In an adjustment pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).

If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to Section 1(0)(i), Section l(o)(ii), or Section I (o)(iv) hereof. such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Profits and Net Losses.


(z) “IP” shall mean patents, trademarks, service marks, rights in designs (whether or not protected by copyright), trade names, copyrights and trade secrets, whether or not any of these rights are registered and shall include applications for any such right matter or thing or registration thereof and all rights or forms of protection of a similar nature or having equivalent or similar effect to any of these rights which subsist anywhere in the world:

(aa) “Majority Interest” shall mean the affirmative vote of Members holding more than fifty percent (50 %) of the aggregate Percentage Interests in the Company .

(bb) “Manager” shall mean one or more members of the Board of Managers of the Company. References to the Managers in the singular or as him, her, it, itself or other like references shall also, where the context so requires, be deemed to include the plural or the masculine or feminine reference, as the case may be.

(cc) “Member” shall mean, in connection with the formation of the Company, each of the parties who executes a counterpart of this Agreement as a Member and, after the formation of the Company, each of the parties who may be admitted as a Member in accordance with Article 14 of this Agreement. References to a Member as it, itself or other like references shall also, where the context so requires, be deemed to include the masculine or feminine reference, as the case may be.

(dd) “Membership Interest” shall mean a Member’s entire interest in the Company, including the right to participate in the management of the business and affairs of the Company, including the right to vote on, consent to or otherwise participate in any decision or action of or by the Members granted pursuant to this Agreement and the Delaware Act,

(ee) “Net Profits” and “Net Losses” shall mean, for each Fiscal Year, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such fiscal year, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss, and all fees and reimbursements payable to any Member shall be regarded as deductions), with the following adjustments:

(i) Any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Profit or Net Loss pursuant to this definition of Net Profit or Net Loss shall be added to such taxable income or loss;

(ii) Any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-I(b)(2)(iv)(t), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Profit or loss. Loss pursuant to this definition of Net Profit or Net Loss shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;


(iii) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or subparagraph (iii) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Net Profit or Net Loss;

(iv) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;

(v) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Fiscal Year, computed in accordance with Section 1(0) hereof.

(vi) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704l(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Member’s Membership Interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net Profit or Net Loss; and

(vii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this definition of Net Profit or Net Loss, any items which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 12.2 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Net Profit or Net Loss.

(ff) “Net Distributable Profits” shall mean the accumulated, realised net profits less the accumulated, realised net losses of the Company calculated as of the end of the Fiscal year in question calculated in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles,

(gg) “Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section J.704-2(b)(3).


(hh) “Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(l) and the amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a fiscal year of the Company shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(c).

(ii) “Partner Minimum Gain” means an amount. with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Company Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section I.704-2(i)(3).

(jj) “Partner Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section I.704-2(b)( 4).

(kk) “Partner Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Company year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulation Section I.704-2(i)(2).

(ll) “Partnership Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Company year shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section I.704-2(d).

(mm) “Percentage Interest” shall mean as to a Member the percentage stated on Schedule 11.1 to this Agreement, as amended from time to time.

(nn) “Person” shall mean any individual or Entity, and their heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns where the context so permits.

(oo) “Regulatory Allocations” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(a)(viii).

(pp) “Reserves” shall mean funds set aside or amounts allocated to reserves which shall be maintained in amounts deemed sufficient by the Board of Managers for working capital and to pay taxes, insurance. debt service or other costs or expenses incident to the ownership or operation of the Company’s business.

(qq) “Representative” means in relation to a Member, any Person or Persons who have become entitled to his Membership Interest by reason of his death. bankruptcy or insolvency.

(rr) “Resignation” has the meaning set out in Section 7.6.

(ss) “Subsidiary” means any entity Controlled by the Company.

(tt) “Transferring Member” shall mean (i) any Member who sells, assigns. pledges, hypothecates, transfers. exchanges or otherwise transfers for consideration all or any portion of its Membership interest or (ii) any Member who gifts. bequeaths or otherwise transfers for no consideration (by operation of law or otherwise. except with respect to bankruptcy) all or any pan of its Membership Interest.

(uu) “Treasury Regulations” shall include proposed temporary and final regulations promulgated under the Code.

ARTICLE 2

FORMATION OF COMPANY

2.1 Formation. The Company has been organized as a Delaware limited liability company by executing and delivering the Certificate to the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with and pursuant to the Delaware Act.

2.2. The name of the Company is MFNRAC, L.L.C.


2.3 Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of the Company shall be 60 Hudson Street, New York. New York. The Company may locate its places of business and registered office at any other place or places as the Board of Managers may deem advisable.

2.4 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The Company’s initial registered office shall be at the office of its registered agent at Corporation Service Company, 1013 Centre Road. Wilmington, Delaware, County of New Castle and the name of its initial registered agent shall be Corporation Service Company.

2.5 Term. The term of the Company shall commence on the date of the formation of the Company in accordance with and pursuant to the Delaware Act and shall continue until October 9. 2037, unless the Company is earlier dissolved in accordance with either the provisions of this Agreement or the Delaware Act.

2.6 Certificates of Membership Interests. The Board of Managers of the Company may make such rules and regulations as they may deem appropriate concerning the issuance and registration of certificates of Membership Interests of the Company. The Board of Managers may authorize the issuance of any Membership Interests without certificates. Such authorization shall not affect Membership Interests already represented by certificates until they are surrendered to the Company.

ARTICLE 3

BUSINESS OF COMPANY

3.1 Permitted Businesses. The business of the Company shall be carried out in accordance with the Business Plan and shall consist of:

(a) the acquisition of trans-Atlantic fibre-optic submarine cable rights and the establishment of a trans-Atlantic network linking points of presence in New York and London and such other points of presence in the U.S. and U.K. as the Members may decide;


(b) the sale of trans-Atlantic branded telecommunications services (or such other services as may be agreed from time to time by the Members) provided on such network directly to the Members or to Carriers for resale in the commercial markets;

(c) investigating and researching opportunities to extend the business by providing new services or providing services in additional countries or geographical areas and opportunities to establish related businesses with appropriate additional partners which will provide such new services or service in such new areas ; and

(d) to carry on any other lawful business or activity in connection with the foregoing or otherwise. and to have and exercise all of the powers. rights and privileges which a limited liability company organized pursuant to the Delaware Act may have and exercise.

ARTICLE 4

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PARTIES

The names and addresses of the parties are as follows or as notified to all other parties from time to time:

NAME ADDRESS

Metromedia Fiber Network. Inc. 110 East 42nd Street Suite 1502 New York. NY 10017. USA.

Racal Telecommunications. Inc. 1601 N Harrison Parkway, Sunrise FL 33323. USA.

Racal Telecommunication Limited Western Road. Bracknell. Berkshire. RG12 (No: 23326(0) lRG. England.

The Company c/o Metromedia Fiber Network. Inc

 

   110 East 42nd Street   
   Suite 1502   
   New York. NY 10017. USA.   


ARTICLES RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF MANAGERS

5.1 Management. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5 and those matters reserved to the Members by Section 7.7. the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by its Board of Managers. The Board of Managers shall have full and complete authority. power and discretion [0 manage and control the business. affairs and properties of the Company . to make all decisions regarding those matters and [0 perform any and all other acts or activities customary or incident [0 the management of the Company’s business and objectives . No one Manager may take or effect any action on behalf of the Company or otherwise bind the Company in the absence of a formal delegation of authority by the Board of Managers to such Manager. Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or by the Board of Managers of the Company. no Member. officer. attorney-in-fact, employee or other agent of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company.

5.2 Number Election. Tenure and Qualifications. Managers may be Voting Managers (“Voting Managers”) or Non-Voting Managers (“Non-Voting Managers”). Managers may be employees. directors or officers of a Member. There shall be six Voting Managers. Managers need not be Members of the Company. MFN shall nominate three Voting Managers and RACAL shall nominate three Voting Managers. Each Member agrees to vote its Membership Interests to ensure the election of the Voting Managers nominated by the other Member. The first Board of Managers shall be the three Voting Managers nominated by MFN and the three Voting Managers nominated by RACAL. A Non-Voting Manager may be nominated by either Member if such Member wishes to appoint a Non-Voting Manager as Chairman and such Non Voting Managers shall be appointed for the duration of his term as Chairman and shall be elected to the Board of Managers by the agreement of the Members. In no instance shall there be less than six (6) Managers. If a Member wishes to change its nominated Managers with or without cause pursuant [0 Section 5.9. the other Member shall vote its shares accordingly. Each Manager shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The Board of Managers shall have a Chairman who may be a Voting Manager or a Non-Voting Manager. Except asset out below the Chairman shall serve for a fixed term of twelve months. after which he shall resign. RACAL shall appoint the first Chairman in 1997 to serve until 31 December 1998 and the Chairman for subsequent even numbered years. MFN shall appoint the second Chairman on 1 January 1999 until 31 December 1999 and the Chairman for subsequent odd numbered year. The Chairman shall preside at meetings of the Board of Managers and the Members.

5.3 Meetings and Quorum. A meeting of the Board of Managers may be called by any Manager or Member. The Chairman shall ensure that meetings are held not less than once in every three (3) months. Unless waived by a majority of the Board of Managers, not less than fourteen (14) days’ notice of all meetings of the Board shall be given to each Manager and shall be accompanied by an agenda of the business to be transacted at such meeting together with all papers to be circulated or presented to the same. Only items listed on the agenda for a particular meeting may be transacted at such meeting unless waived in writing by all the then Managers. With no more than fourteen (14) days after each such meeting. a copy of the minutes of that meeting shall be delivered to each Manager. The Board of Managers may designate any place either within or outside the State of Delaware. as the place of meeting of the Board of Managers provided that meetings shall not be held in the United Kingdom. If no designation is made. the place of meeting shall be the principal place of business of the Company. The presence of one Voting Manager nominated by each Member shall constitute a quorum at meetings of the Board of Managers; provided. however. that if a second call for a meeting not convened because of the absence of quorum is made by a Member not less than seven (7) days following the date set for the original meeting the presence of one Manager shall constitute a quorum. Any Manager may participate in a meeting by means of video conferencing. inter/intranet real time discussion. conference telephone or such other methods as agreed by the Board of Managers by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other always provided that no Manager shall be able to participate in such meetings if physically within the United Kingdom. Participation in the meeting by means of such equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Action may be taken without a meeting if the action is evidenced by one or more written consent signed by each Manager entitled to vote on such actions.


5.4 Voting. Except as set out below only Voting Managers may vote at meetings of the Board of Managers. Voting Managers shall each have one vote. Voting Managers nominated by one Member may exercise the vote of other Voting Managers nominated by that Member or the votes of any Voting Manager which that Member is entitled to nominate. if such other Voting Managers are not present or has not been nominated. Voting Managers may in writing designate alternate Managers. who shall be regarded as having all the authority. power. rights and obligations of the Manager so designating. If a quorum is present. the affirmative vote of a majority of those in attendance shall constitute the act of the Board of Managers. unless the vote of Members is otherwise required by this Agreement, the Delaware Act or the Certificate. In the event that any vote at a meeting of the Board of Managers is tied, the Chairman shall be able to cast a further one vote (regardless of whether the Chairman is a Voting or Non-Voting Manager).

5.5 Member Approval Required. All actions of the Company and the Board of Managers with respect to the managers described in Section 7.7 may only be adopted with the prior written approval of all Members .

5.6 Managers Have No Exclusive Duty to Company. Subject to Section 16 of this Agreement. a Manager shall not be required to manage the Comp~ as his or her sole and exclusive function and he or she may have other business interests and engage in activities in addition to those relating to the Company. Neither the Company, the Members, nor any other Manager shall have any right, by virtue of this Agreement to share or participate in such other investments or activities of the Manager or in the income or proceeds derived therefrom.


5.7 Bank Accounts. The Board of Managers may from time to time authorise the opening of bank accounts In the name and on behalf of the Company. The Board of Managers shall ensure that any standing authority (Q its bankers requires the signature of at least one Manager nominated from each Member (Q bind the Company.

5.8 Resignation. Any Manager of the Company may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Members of the Company and the other Managers of the Company. The resignation of any Manager shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later date specified in such notice; and. unless otherwise specified therein. the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. The resignation of a Manager who is also a Member shall not affect the Manager’s rights as a Member and shall not constitute a withdrawal of a Member. In the event that a Member disposes of all of its Membership Interests, such Member shall procure the resignation of the Managers at the time holding office by reason of their nomination by such Members.

5.9 Removal. All or any lesser number of Managers may be removed at any time. with or without cause, by the Member who nominated such Manager by depositing written notice at the Company’s registered office and by sending copies of the same to the other Member. The removal of a Manager who is also a Member shall not affect the Manager’s rights as a Member and shall not constitute a withdrawal of a Member.

5.10 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring for any reason in the number of Managers of the Company may be filled by the Member responsible for nominating such Managers by depositing written notice of such nomination at the Company’s registered office and by sending copies of the same to the other Member. A Manager elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office and shall hold office until the expiration of such term and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death. resignation or removal.

5.11 Committee of Board of Managers. The Board of Managers may by resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Managers delegate any of its powers to a committee or committees consisting of an equal number of Managers appointed by Racal and MFN. including. without limitation. the power to sign material contracts, checks and other instruments and documents on behalf of the Company. Such committee shall conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Board of Managers. The presence of a majority of the members of any committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of such committee and the act of a majority of those present shall be necessary for the taking of any action thereat.

5.12 Remuneration of Managers. The remuneration of the Managers, if any, shall be determined by and subject to the unanimous approval of the Members.


5.13 Indemnity. Any Member removing a Manager nominated by such member shall be responsible for and shall hold harmless the other Member and the Company from and against any claim for unfair or wrongful dismissal arising out of such removal and any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in defending such proceedings. including. but not limited to legal costs actually incurred.

ARTICLE 6

OFFICERS

6.1 Officers of Company. The officers of the Company shall consist of a president who shall be elected and appointed by the Board of Managers. and such other officers or agents as may be elected and appointed by the Board of Managers in their discretion. Such officers shall derive their authority by delegation from the Board of Managers . Such other officers may include a treasurer and a secretary, vice presidents, assistant vice presidents, assistant treasurers, or assistant secretaries. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The officers shall act in the name of the Company and shall supervise its operation under the direction and management of the Board of Managers as further described below.

6.2 Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Company shall be elected annually by the Board of Managers. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the Board of Managers. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contractual rights.

6.3 Removal. Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Managers whenever in their judgment the best interests of the Company would be served thereby. but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights. if any of the person so removed.

6.4 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death. resignation. removal. disqualification or otherwise may be filled by the Board of Managers for the unexpired portion of the term.

6.5 President. The president shall be the chief operating officer of the Company and subject to Section 7.7 and subject to express delegation of such power and responsibilities by the Board of Managers shall be in general and active charge of the entire business and all affairs of the Company and shall have power to hire and discharge employees. Without limitation of the foregoing. the president will have responsibility for managing the finances and sales operations of the Company. The president shall have power to sign any certificates for Membership Interests of the Company. The president shall have general powers of supervision and shall be the final arbiter of all differences between officers of the Company and such decision as to any manner affecting the Company shall be final and binding as between the officers of the Company subject only to the Board of Managers of the Company. In general the president shall perform all duties incident to the office of the president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Managers of the Company from time to time.

6.6 The Vice Presidents. In the absence of the president or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, if expressly empowered to do so by the Board of Managers, a vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. Any vice president shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman, the president or the Board of Managers of the Company.

6.7 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the Company. The treasurer shall not be required to give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties. He or she shall: (i) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Company; (ii) be charged with primary responsibility for dealing with national securities exchanges or other exchanges in which the Company may hold a membership or on which the Company may trade; (iii) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Company from any source


whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the Company in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected by the Board of Managers of the Company; and (iv) in general perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the Board of Managers of the Company.

6.8 The Secretary. The secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the Board of Managers’ meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or as required by law; (c) be custodian of Company records; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each Member which shall be furnished to the secretary by such Member; (e) sign with the Board of Managers, the president or a vice president (as designated by the Board of Managers), any certificates for Membership Interests , the issue of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Managers; (I) certify the resolutions of the Board of Managers, and other documents to the Company as true and correct thereof; and (I) in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Managers, president, a vice president (as designated by the chairman) or the Board of Managers of the Company.

6.9 Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. The assistant treasurers shall not be required to give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties. The assistant treasurers and assistant secretaries. in general. shall perform such duties as shall be assigned (Q them by the treasurer or the secretary. respectively. or by the president or the Board of Managers of the Company.


6.10 Salaries. The salaries and other compensation of the officers and other employees of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Managers. and no officer or employee shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Manager or Member of the Company.

ARTICLE 7

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS

7.1 Limitation of Liability. A Member shall not be personally liable to creditors of the Company for any debts. obligations, liabilities or losses of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, beyond such Member’s Capital Contribution.

7.2 List of Members. Upon the written request of any Member, the Board of Managers shall provide a list showing the names, addresses and Membership Interests of all Members.

7.3 Company Books. In accordance with Section 12.7 herein, the Board of Managers shall maintain and preserve, during the term of the Company, the accounts, books and other relevant Company documents. Upon reasonable written request, each Member and its duly authorized representative shall have the right, at a time during ordinary business hours, as reasonably determined by the Board of Managers. to inspect and copy such Company documents (at the requesting Member’s expense).

7.4 Priority and Return of Capital. Except as may be expressly provided in Article, no Member shall have priority over any other Member, either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to Net Profits, Net Losses or distributions; provided that this Section shall not apply to the repayment by the Company of loans (as distinguished from Capital Contributions) which a Member has made to the Company.

7.5 No Preferential Rights. No Member shall have any preferential right over the other Member, including any such right with respect to (a) additional Capital Contributions; (b) issuance or sale of Membership Interests, whether unissued or hereafter created; (c) issuance of any obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for, or carrying or accompanied by any rights to receive, purchase or subscribe to, any such unissued Membership Interest; (d) issuance of any right of, subscription to or right to receive. or any warrant or option for the purchase of, any of the foregoing securities; or (e) issuance or sale of any other securities that may be issued or sold by the Company.


7.6 Resignation. No member shall have the right to voluntarily resign as a Member of the Company prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company and any resignation (“a Resignation”) by a Member shall constitute a breach of this Operating Agreement.

7.7 Special Resolutions. Notwithstanding the foregoing. all actions of the Company with respect to the following matters unless expressly delegated to the Board of Managers by both Members in writing may be adopted only upon the prior written approval of both Members:

(i) admission of any person as a Member (whether by way of subscription or transfer) or creation of any new Membership Interest other than as permitted by Sections 13. 14 or 16.5(c);

(ii) any change to the Certificate or this Agreement;

(iii) any distribution in cash or in specie except to settle any tax liability properly incurred by any Member as a result of that Member’s Membership in the Company except as provided for in Section 12.4 and whether out of income capital or reserves except as provided by Section 15;

(iv) approval of the Business Plan or any material alteration to the Business Plan or any material change to the nature of the Business;

(v) incurrence of any indebtedness except as provided in the Business Plan or any increase in the total amount of its bank borrowings to a figure greater than that provided in the Business Plan;

(vi) creation or issuance of any fixed or floating charge. debenture. lien (other liens arising by operation of law or in the ordinary course of business) mortgage. encumbrance or security over all undertaking. business. property or assets (tangible or intangible) of the Company. except for the purpose of securing the indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary to its bankers for sums approved in the Business Plan borrowed in the ordinary and proper course of business;

(vii) any loan or advance or credit (other than normal trade credit). except for the purpose of making deposits with bankers which shall be repayable upon the giving of no more (than seven (7) days’ notice and except for any loan provided for in the Business Plan:


(viii) any guarantee, indemnity or security in each case to secure the liabilities or obligations of any person other than (he Company or any Subsidiary except for such indemnities, guarantees or security approved in the Business Plan and except for such indemnities and security which may be given in the ordinary course of business;

(ix) establishment, cancellation, or variation of, the terms of any pension, retirement, profit sharing, share option, profit related, bonus or incentive plan of the Company;

(x) except as approved or as provided in the Business Plan, any sale, transfer, lease, assignment, or disposal of any interest in, all or any material part of the undertaking, business, property or assets (tangible or intangible) of the Company (whether by a single transaction or a series of transactions) or any contract to do so;

(xi) any acquisition, or entry into any contract to acquire any business, property or assets (tangible or intangible) or any interest therein which would, following such acquisition or, as the case may be, prior to such acquisition, constitute a material part of the business, property or assets of the Company (and for these purposes any pan accounting for, or which would following such acquisition by the Company account for, 5% or more of the combined profits, or turnover for the relevant year, or net asset value the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed material). For these purposes the aggregate amount payable under any agreement for lease, lease purchase or purchase on credit sale or conditional sale terms shall be deemed (Q be capital expenditure incurred in the year in which such agreement is entered into;

(xii) except as provided in the Business Plan, any acquisition or entry into an agreement, to take or agree to acquire any leasehold interest in, or license over, any real property;

(xiii) except as provided in the Business Plan, entry into any partnership or profit sharing agreement or joint venture with any Person;


(xiv) except as provided in the Business Plan. any acquisition. purchase or subscription for any shares. loan stock. Debentures, mortgages or securities (or any interest therein) or any other interest in any Person or establishment or acquisition of any branch office;

(xv) entry into, variation or termination of, any contract or transaction not expressly authorized or contemplated by the Business Plan with a value in excess of $20,000, or a series of such contracts or transactions which in aggregate total more than $20,000 in any Fiscal Year;

(xvi) any composition or arrangement with its creditors, petition or filing for insolvency, receivership or administration, or any act or thing whereby the Company would be wound up (Whether voluntarily or compulsorily), save as otherwise expressly provided for herein or otherwise required by law;

(xvii) the prosecution of, or settling of, any legal or arbitration proceedings other than routine debt collection;

(xviii) entry into (except as provided herein), variation or termination of any Ancillary Agreement or other agreement between the Company (or any Subsidiary) and any of the Members (or their Associated Companies);

(xix) except as provided in the Business Plan, the application for, or modification, alteration, revocation, or surrender of any telecommunications license;

(xx) any change of the Company’s name, trade name or brand name;

(xxi) any change of the fiscal year, auditors or registered office of the Company;

(xxii) except as required by law, any amendment of the accounting policies or reporting practices previously adopted by the Company;

(xxiii) Payment of any compensation to any members of the Board of Managers for their duties as Managers;


(xxiv) accounting methods. tax elections or any other Issues affecting either Member’s tax liabilities ..

7.8 Undertakings Regarding the Operations of the Company

(a) The Company shall. and each Member shall procure that the Company shall

(i) maintain with a well established and reputable insurer adequate insurance against all risks of the Company and any Subsidiary usually insured against by companies carrying on the same or similar business to the Business and (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for the full replacement or reinstatement value of all its assets of an insurable nature;

(ii) keep books of account and procure that its Associated Companies keep books of account and therein make true and complete entries of all its dealings and transactions of and in relation to the Business and, where applicable, the business of any Subsidiary, such books of account and all other records and documents relating to the business affairs of the Company (or any Subsidiary, as applicable) or Ancillary Agreements shall be open to inspection by each of the Members during normal business hours and on reasonable prior notice and they shall be permitted to take and remove copies thereof;

(iii) provide each Member within 4 weeks of the end of each calendar month with management accounts of the Company and any Subsidiary for such month in a form acceptable to the Members together with a report on product development. sales. marketing, finance and such other areas as either Member may require, prepared by the Company’s management;

(iv) prepare such accounts of the Company and any Subsidiary in respect of each accounting reference period as are required by statute. rules or regulations as applicable to the Company or its Members and procure that such accounts are audited as soon as practicable and in any event not later than sixty (60) days after the end of the relevant accounting reference period; and

(v) keep each of the Members fully informed as to all the financial and business affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries and in particular shall provide each of the


members with full details of any actual or prospective material change in such affairs as Soon as such details are available.

(b) The Members shall procure that not later than sixty (60) days before the beginning of each fiscal year. the Board of Managers prepares and de livers to them a draft of the Business Plan. incorporating the proposed annual budget and cash flow forecast for the next financial year.

(c) The Members shall within thirty (30) days of their receipt of the draft Business Plan delivered pursuant to Section 7.8(b), at the sole discretion of each Member, either approve or reject the draft Business Plan. If accepted by both Members, subject to any amendments which they deem appropriate. such approved Business Plan shall become the Business Plan for that financial year. Without prejudice to Section 9, in the event the Members are unable to agree on an annual Business Plan. the previous year’s Business Plan’s operating expenses adjusted for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index plus existing ongoing capital payment obligations in respect of undersea cable capacity and Backhaul will be deemed to be adopted as an interim budget for the current year; provided however that no Member by reason of this Section 7.8 will be required to make a Capital Contribution not specifically set forth in Schedule 11.1 of this Agreement.

(d) At any time during a financial year, the Board of Managers may propose to the Members changes to the Business Plan. The Members shall respond to the Board of Managers within forty-five (45) days of receipt of such proposal.

7.9 Representations and Warranties.

(a) MFN represents and warrants to Racal that:

(i) Organization. MFN is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(ii) Authority. MFN has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly authorized. executed and delivered by MFN and. assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Racal, constitutes the legal. valid and binding obligation of MFN enforceable against MFN in accordance with its terms.

(iii) No Conflict. Neither the entering into nor the delivery of this Agreement will result in the violation of or default under:

(A) any of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or by-laws of MFN; or

(8) any agreement or other instrument to which MFN is a party or by which MFN IS bound: or

(C) any law of the jurisdiction of incorporation of MFN .


(b) Racal Represents and Warrants to MFN that:.

(i) Organization, Racal is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(ii) Authority. Racal has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out is obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Racal and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by MFN, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Racal enforceable against Racal in accordance with its terms.

(iii) No Conflict. Neither the entering into nor the delivery of this Agreement will result in the violation of or default under:

(A) any of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or by-laws of Racal;

(8) any agreement or other instrument to which Racal is a party or by which Racal is bound; or

(C) any law of the jurisdiction of incorporation of Racal.

(c) Guarantor Represents and Warrants to MFN that.

(i) Organization. Guarantor is a company limited by shares, duly incorporated and registered and in good standing under the laws of the England and Wales,

(ii) Authority. Guarantor has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out is obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by MFN, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Guarantor enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

(iii) No Conflict. Neither the entering into nor the delivery of this Agreement will result in the violation of or default under:

(A) any of the provisions of the Memorandum or Articles of Association of Guarantor;


(B) any agreement or other instrument to which Guarantor IS a party or by which Guarantor is bound; or

(C) any law of the jurisdiction of incorporation of Guarantor.

7.10 Dispute Under Ancillary Agreements. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event a dispute arises between a Member (or its Associated Companies) and the Company under an Ancillary Agreement to which the Company and such Member (or its Associated Member) are a party, management of such dispute by the Company shall be solely within the discretion of the Member of the Company which is not, or of whom an Associated Company is not, party to the Ancillary Agreement in dispute.

7.11 Compliance with Laws. Each Member hereto hereby represents and warrants to the other party that it has complied and covenants that it will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, including but not limited to the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and any similar English law. Specifically, but without limitation, in connection with the performance of this Agreement and the business of the Company, each party represents, warrants and agrees to and with each other party that it has not and shall not, directly or indirectly, offer, pay, or promise to pay, any money, or give anything of value to (i) any government official, political party or official thereof, or any candidate for political office, or (ii) any other person, while knowing or having reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value will be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly. to such official. party or candidate for the purpose of influencing or inducing any action. omission or decision by the recipient in order to obtain or retain business for or within the Company or to direct business to any person.

ARTICLE 8

MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

8.1 Meetings. Meetings of the Members, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by any Member.

8.2 Place of Meetings. The Members may designate any place, either within or outside the State of Delaware, other than the United Kingdom, as the place of meeting for any meeting of the Members. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal place of business of the Company.

8.3 Notice of Meetings. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not less than fourteen (14) nor more than thirty (30) days before the date of the meeting. either personally or by mail, by the Member calling the meeting. to the other Member in its capacity as Member subject to Section 18.1. If mailed. such notice shall be deemed to be delivered seven (7) calendar days after being deposited in the United States or United Kingdom mail or delivered by an express courier service which documents delivery, addressed to the Member at its address as it appears on the books of the Company or as notified to the other Member from time to time, with postage thereon prepaid.

8.4 Record Date. For the purpose of determining which Members are entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or which Members are entitled to receive payment of any distribution, or in order to make a determination of which are the appropriate Members for any other purpose, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution declaring such distribution is adopted, 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 Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

8.5 Quorum. Both Members represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Members. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting no business may be transacted and the Member present may adjourn the meeting from time to time for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days without further notice. However, if the adjournment is for more than sixty (60) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to the other Member. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.


8.6 Manner of Acting. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Percentage Interests so represented shall be the act of the Members, unless the vote of a greater or lesser proportion or number is otherwise required by the Delaware Act, by the Certificate or by this Agreement.

8.7 Proxies. At all meetings of Members, a Member may vote in person, by proxy executed in writing by the Member and certified by the Member’s president or duly authorized representative. Such proxy shall be filed with the other Members before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. If such proxy is duly filed the Members’ authorized representative shall be deemed to have full authority to bind the Member in relation to any matters transacted at a meeting.

8.8 Conference Telephone. Any Member may participate in a meeting of the Members by means of video conferencing, inter/intranet real time discussion, conference telephone or such other methods as agreed by the Members by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other, always provided that no Member shall be permitted to participate in such meetings if physically within the United Kingdom, and participation in the meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.


8.9 Action by Members Without a Meeting. Action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of Members may be taken without a meeting if the action is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken signed by each Member entitled to vote and delivered to the Board of Managers of the Company for inclusion in the minutes or for filing with the Company records. Action taken under this Section is effective when all Members entitled to vote have signed the consent unless the consent specifies a different effective date.

8.10 Waiver of Notice. When any notice is required to be given to any Member. a waiver thereof in writing signed by the Person entitled to such notice, whether before, at or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE 9

DEADLOCK

“Deadlock” means any situation which has persisted for not less than sixty days in which:

(i) because of a disagreement amongst the Members they are unable to approve or disapprove a matter described in Section 7.7; or

(ii) because of an inability to form a quorum at any Member’s meeting or adjourned Member’s Meeting, the Members are unable to vote on a matter described in Section 7.7.

In the event of such Deadlock, the Company shall be dissolved as provided in Section 15.

ARTICLE 10

STANDARD OF CARE AND INDEMNIFICATION OF MANAGERS. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

10.1 Standard of Care. No Manager, officer or employee shall be liable to any Member or to the Company by reason of the actions of such person in the conduct of the business of the Company except for criminal acts, fraud, bad faith, gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

10.2 Indemnification of Managers Officers and Employees. The Company shall indemnify, hold harmless, and pay all judgements and claims against any member of the Board of Managers or any officer or employee of the Company relating 10 any liability or damage incurred by any such person by reason of any act performed or omitted to be performed by such person in connection with the Business, including attorney’s fees in connection with the defense of any action based upon such act or omission, which attorneys ‘ fees may be paid as incurred, including all such liabilities under federal or state securities laws as permitted by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person shall be Indemnified from any liability for fraud, bad faith, gross negligence or wilful misconduct. “

ARTICLE 11

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMPANY AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

11.1 Initial Capital Contributions. Each Member shall contribute in cash the amounts set forth in Schedule II I on the dates specified in Schedule II I as its Capital Contribution.

11.2 Additional Contributions. Except as set forth in Schedule 11 I, no Member shall be required to make Capital Contributions. To the extent approved by both Members, the Members may make additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Company to the extent so approved. Any loan to the Company by a Member shall be on such terms as are agreed to by the Members provided that the Board of Managers shall not offer to any Member terms more favorable to that Member than those offered to the other Member as to interest, security, or otherwise.


11.3 Failure to Contribute.

(a) If a Member does not contribute, within thirty (30) days of the date required by Section 11.1 or as otherwise agreed by both Members from time IJ time, all or any portion of a Capital Contribution that Member is required to make the other Member (“Non-Delinquent Member”) may cause the Company to exercise, on notice to the first Member (“Delinquent Member’), one or more of the following remedies:

(i) taking such action (including court proceedings) as the Non-Delinquent Member may deem appropriate to obtain payment by the Delinquent Member of the portion of the Delinquent Member’s Capital Contribution that is in default, together with interest thereon at the annual prime rate of interest of the Chase Manhattan Bank in effect from time to time plus two percent (2 %) per annum (“ Default Rate’) from the date that the Capital Contribution was due until the date that it is made, all at the cost and expense of the Delinquent Member;

(ii) permitting the Non-Delinquent Member to advance the portion of the Delinquent Member’s Capital Contribution that is in default, with the following results:

(A) the sum advanced constitutes a loan from the Non-Delinquent Member to the Delinquent Member and a Capital Contribution of that sum to the Company by the Delinquent Member pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement,

(B) the principal balance of the loan and all accrued unpaid interest on such loan is due and payable in whole on the ninetieth (90th) day after service of a written demand for such loan by the Non-Delinquent Member to the Delinquent Member,

(C) the amount lent bears interest at the Default Rate from the day that the advance is deemed made until the date that the loan together with all interest accrued on it is repaid to the Non-Delinquent Member,

(D) all distributions from the Company that otherwise would be made to the Delinquent Member (whether before or after dissolution of the Company) instead shall be paid to the Non-Delinquent Member until the loan and all interest accrued on it have been paid in full to the Non-Delinquent Member (with payments being applied first to accrued and unpaid interest and then to principal),

(E) the payment of the loan and interest accrued on it is secured by a security interest in the Delinquent Member’s Membership Rights, as more fully set forth in Section 11.3 (b), and

(F) the Non-Delinquent Member has the right, in addition to the other rights and remedies granted to it pursuant hereunder or available to it at law or in equity, to take any action (including court proceedings) that the Non-Delinquent Member may deem appropriate to obtain payment by the Delinquent Member of the loan and all accrued and unpaid interest on it, at the cost and expense of the Delinquent Member;

(iii) the Non-Delinquent Member, at its option and with the permission of the Delinquent Member, in lieu of making the loan described in Section 11.3(a)((ii) above, may contribute to the Company the unpaid portion of the Delinquent Member’s Capital Contribution. If such a contribution is made, the Membership Interests shall be adjusted in proportion to the Capital Contribution and the Distributions, allocations of Net Profits and Losses and all other allocations under this Agreement shall be correspondingly adjusted to reflect the increased Member’s Interest of the Non-Delinquent Member and the decreased Member’s Interest of the Delinquent Member; provided, however, that the voting rights and approval rights of the Delinquent Member under Sections 5 and 7 shall not be affected.

(iv) exercising the rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware, as more fully set forth in Section 11.3 (b); or

(v) exercising any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.

(b) Both Members grant to the Company, and the Delinquent Member grants to the Non-Delinquent Member (with respect to any loans made by the Non-Delinquent Member to that Member as a Delinquent Member pursuant to Section 11.3(a), as security, equally and ratably, for the payment of all Capital Contributions that Member


has agreed to make and the payment of all loans and interest accrued on such loans made by Non-Delinquent Members to that Member as a Delinquent Member pursuant to Section 11.3(a). a security interest in and a general lien on its Membership Interests and the proceeds thereof. all under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware. On any default in the payment of a Capital Contribution or in the payment of such a loan or interest accrued on it. the Company or the Non-Delinquent Member as applicable, is entitled to all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware with respect to the security interest granted in this Section 11.3(b). Each Member shall execute and deliver to the Company and the other Members all financing statements and other instruments that the Board of Managers or the Non-Delinquent Member, as applicable, may request to effectuate and carry out the preceding provisions of this Section 11.3(b). At the option of the Non-Delinquent Member, this Agreement or a carbon, photographic, or other copy hereof may serve as a financing statement.

11.4 Capital Accounts.

(a) There shall be established and maintained for each Member on the books of the Company a capital account (“Capital Account”) in accordance with the following provisions: A separate Capital Account will be maintained for each Member. Each Member’s Capital Account will be increased by (1) the amount of money contributed by such Member to the Company; (2) the Gross Asset Value of property contributed by such Member to the Company (net of liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752); (3) allocations to such Member of Net Profits; (4) items in the nature of income or gain which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 12.2 hereof; and (5) allocations to such Member of income described in Code Section 705(a)(I)(8). Each Member’s Capital Account will be decreased by (1) the amount of money distributed to such Member by the Company; (2) the Gross Asset Value of property distributed to such Member by the Company (net of liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Member is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752); (3) allocations to such Member of Net Losses; (4) allocations to such Member of expenditures described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(8); and (5) items in the nature of expenses or losses which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 12.2 hereof.

(b) In the event of a permitted sale or exchange of a Membership Interest in the Company pursuant to Article 13 hereof, the Capital Account of the Transferring Member shall become the Capital Account of the transferee to the extent it relates to the transferred Membership Interest in accordance with Section I. 704-I(b)(2)(iv) of the Treasury Regulations.

(c) The manner in which Capital Accounts are to be maintained pursuant to this Section 11.4 is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and the provisions herein regarding maintenance of Capital Accounts shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. If the Board of Managers determines that the manner in which Capital Accounts are to be maintained pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 11.4 should be modified in order to comply with Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations. then notwithstanding anything to the Contrary contained in the preceding provisions of this Section 11.4. the method in which Capital Accounts are maintained shall be so modified; provided, however that any change in the manner of maintaining Capital Accounts shall not materially alter the economic agreement between or among the Members as set forth in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 12

ALLOCATIONS. INCOME TAX. DISTRIBUTIONS. ELECTIONS AND REPORTS

12.1 Allocations of Net Profits and Net Losses. The Net Profits and Net Losses of the Company for each fiscal year shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests in the Company. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 12, allocations to a Member of Net Profits or Net Loss shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit that is taken into account in computing Net Profits or Net Loss .

12.2 Additional Allocation Provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 12:

(a) Regulatory Allocations.

(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(1), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.1 of this Agreement, or any other provision of this Article 12, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any fiscal year, each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, Subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Member’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined under Treasury Regulation Section 1. 704-2(g). The items to be allocated shall


be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(1)(6) and l.704-2U)(2). This Section 12.2(a)(i) is intended to qualify as a “minimum gain chargeback” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(t) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(ii) partner Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1. 704-2(i)(4), and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.1 of this Agreement or any other. provision of this Article 12 (except Section 12.2(a)(i», if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any fiscal year, each Member who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt. determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section I.704-2(i)(S). shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (and if necessary. subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Member’s share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1. 704-2(i)(4). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-20)(2). This Section 12.2(a)(ii) is intended to qualify as a “chargeback of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(iii) Nonrecourse Deductions and Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year shall be specially allocated to the Members in accordance with their Percentage Interests. Any Partner Nonrecourse-Deductions for any Fiscal Year shall be specially allocated to the Member(s) who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i).

(iv) Qualified Income Offset. If any Member unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-I(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), that causes such Member to have a Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, items of Company income and gain shall be allocated, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1 (b)(2)(ii)(d), to the Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by such Treasury Regulation, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of the Member as quickly as possible provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 12.2(a)(iv) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided in this Article 12 have been tentatively made as if this Section 12.2(a)(iv) were not in the Agreement. It is intended that this Section 12.2(a)(iv) qualify and be construed as a “qualified income offset” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(v) Gross Income Allocation. In the event any Member has a deficit balance in its Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year which is in excess of the sum of (I) the amount (if any) such Member is obligated to restore to the Company, and (2) the amount such Member is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section I. 704-1 (b )(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g)(l) and 1.704-2(])(5). each such Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible. provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 12.2(a)(v) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Member would have a Adjusted Capital Account Deficit in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided in this Article 12 have been tentatively made as if this Section 12.2(a)(v) and Section 12.2(a)(iv) were not in this Agreement.


(vi) Limitation on Allocation of Net Losses. The allocation of Net Losses to any Member pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof shall not exceed the maximum amount of Net Loss that can be so allocated () such Member without causing such Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Fiscal Year. To the exter4 an allocation of Net Loss would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as to any Member, the limitation set forth in this Section 12.2(a)(vi) shall be applied on a Member by Member basis in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests so as to allocate the maximum permissible Net Loss to each Member without causing any Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit.

(vii) Section 754 Adjustment. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Member in liquidation of its interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Members in accordance with their Percentage Interests in the event that Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Members to whom such distribution was made in the event that Treasury Regulation Section l.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.

(viii) Curative Allocation. The allocations set forth in Sections 12.2(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv). (v). (vi), and (vii) (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.1, the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account if necessary in allocating other items of income. gain. loss and deduction among the Members. so that to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Member shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred .

12.3 Tax Allocations.

(a) In General. Except as otherwise provided in [his Section 12.3, for income tax purposes each item of income, gain, Joss and deduction (collectively, “Tax Items”) shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 12.1 and 12.2.

(b) Allocation. Reselecting Section 7Q4(c) Revaluations. Notwithstanding Section 12.3(a), Tax Items with respect to Company property that is contributed to the Company by a Member shall be shared among the Members for income tax purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulation promulgated under Section 704(c) of the Code, so as to take into account the variation, if any, between the basis of the property to the Company and its initial Gross Asset Value. With respect to Company property, if any, that is initially contributed [0 the Company upon its formation, such variation between basis and initial Gross Asset Value shall be taken into account under the “traditional method” as described in Treasury Regulation § I.704-3(b)(i) and Treasury Regulation § I.704-I(c). In the event [he Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, subsequent allocations of tax items with respect to such asset shall take account of the variation, if any, between the adjusted basis of such asset and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Treasury Regulation under the same method.

12.4 Distributions. Interim distributions, liquidating distributions and redemption distributions shall be made as follows:

(a) Subject to Section 18-607 of the Delaware Act and to the extent there is sufficient Distributable Cash, the Board of Managers shall cause the Company [0 make interim distributions of not less than ninety-five percent (95 %) of Net Distributable Profits for each Fiscal Year no later than March 15 following the end of such Fiscal Year. All interim distributions of Net Distributable Profits or other property shall be made in proportion to the Members’ Percentage Interests.

(b) Subject to Section 18-607 of the Delaware Act, the Board of Managers shall cause Distributable Cash to be distributed periodically, but not less frequently than once each Fiscal Year to each Member in an amount per annum equal to the federal income tax payable by such Member in such Fiscal Year by reason of such Member’s Membership Interest in the Company, assuming taxation of such Member’s income at the then-applicable maximum marginal federal. New York State and New York City income tax rates. Such distributions shall reduce the amount payable under Section 12.4(a).

(c) Upon liquidation of the Company, liquidating distributions shall be made in accordance with Section 15.2 below.


(d) A Member has no right to demand and receive any distribution in a form other than cash except as set out in this Agreement, or as otherwise agreed by both Members.

(e) All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provision of any state or local tax law with respect to any payment, distribution or allocation (Q the Company or the Members may be treated as amounts distributed to the Members pursuant to this Section 12.4 for all purposes under this Agreement. The Board of Managers are authorized (Q withhold from distributions, or with respect (Q allocations, to the Members and pay over to any federal, state, or local government any amounts required to be so withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any other federal state or local law and may allocate such amounts (Q the Members with respect (Q which such amount was withheld.

12.5 Accounting Principles. The Company’s financial statements shall be prepared and its profit and loss statement shall be determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis using the accrual method of accounting.

12.6 Interest on and Return of Capital Contributions. No Member shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or to a return of its Capital Contribution.

12.7 Records and Report. At the expense of the Company, the Board of Managers shall maintain records and accounts of the operations and expenditures of the Company. At a minimum, the Company shall keep at its principal place of business the following records:

(a) A current list of the full name and last known business or mailing address of each Member and Manager;

(b) A copy of the Certificate and all amendments thereto, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any amendment has been executed;

(c) Copies of the Company’s financial statements and federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years; and

(d) Copies of the Company’s currently effective written Agreement, as amended.


12.8 Returns and Other Elections. The Treasurer shall cause the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required 10 be filed by the Company pursuant to the Code and all other tax returns deemed necessary and required in each jurisdiction in which the Company does business. Copies of such returns or pertinent information therefrom shall be furnished to the Members within a reasonable before the returns are filed. The Members agree that the Company and the Members will take all steps necessary to ensure that the company is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and state income tax reporting purposes.

12.9 Tax Matters Partner.

(a) MFN is designated the “Tax Matters Partner” The Tax Matters Partner shall take such action as may be necessary to cause to the extent possible each other Member to become a “notice partner” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code. The Tax Matters Partner shall inform each other Member of all significant matters that may come to its attention in its capacity as Tax Matters Partner by giving notice on or before the fifth business day after becoming aware thereof within that lime, shall forward to each other Member copies of all significant written communications it may receive in that capacity.

(b) The Tax Matters Partner shall take no action without the authorization of all Members, other than such action as may be required by law. Any cost or expense incurred by the Tax Matters Partner in connection with its duties, including the preparation for or pursuance of administrative or judicial proceedings, shall be paid by the Company.

(c) The Tax Matters Partner shall not enter into any extension of the period of limitations for making assessments on behalf of the Members without first Obtaining the consent of all Members. The Tax Matters Partner shall not bind any Member to a settlement agreement without obtaining the consent of such Member. Any Member that enters into a settlement agreement with respect to any Company item (within the meaning of Code Section 6231 (a)(3) shall notify the other Members of such settlement agreement and its terms within 90 days from the date of the settlement.

(d) No Member shall file a request pursuant to Code Section 6227 for an administrative adjustment of Company items for any taxable year without first notifying the other Members. If all Members consent to the requested adjustment, the Tax Matters Partner shall file the request for the administrative adjustment on behalf of the Members. If such consent is not obtained within 30 days from such notice, or within the period required to timely file the request for administrative adjustment, if shorter, any Member, including the Tax Matters Partner, may file a request for administrative adjustment on its own behalf. Any Member intending to file a petition under Code Sections 6226, 6228, or other Code Section with respect to any item involving the Company shall notify the other Members of such intention and the nature of the contemplated proceeding. In the case where the Tax Matters Partner is the Member intending to file such petition on behalf of the Company, such notice shall be given within a reasonable period of time to allow the other Members to participate 10 the choosing of the forum in which such petition will be filed.


(e) If any Member intends to file a notice of inconsistent treatment under Code Section 6222(b). such Member shall give reasonable notice under the circumstances to the other Members of such intent and the manner in which the Member’s intended treatment of an item is (or may be) inconsistent with the treatment of that item by the other Members.

ARTICLE 13

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS

13.1 General. No Member shall: (i) sell. assign. pledge. hypothecate. transfer. exchange or otherwise transfer for consideration (collectively, “sale”). or (ii) gift. bequeath or otherwise transfer for no consideration (collectively “gift”), any of its Membership Interest. except as provided in Section 13 .2, Section 13.3. Section 13.4 and section 16.5 (“Sales” and “Gifts” are collectively referred to as “Transfers” ). Notwithstanding the foregoing. no Transfer. except under section 16.5. shall be permitted within 12 months following the date hereof and any transfer pursuant to this Section 13.1 shall only be effective to the extent set forth in Section 13.5 and 13.6.

13.2 Transfers to Associated Companies. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 16.5. the Members agree that it will be permissible at any time for a Member to transfer its whole. but not part of. its Membership Interest to a transferee who is an Associated Company of a Member provided (i) that the transferor remains liable for its duties and obligations hereunder and (ii) the Membership Interest transferred will be retransferred to the transferor Member immediately upon the transferee ceasing to be such an Associated Company. Failure to make such re-transfer within fourteen days of the transferee ceasing to be such an Associated Company shall result in a Deemed Transfer Notice under Section 13.4(b). Each Member agrees to provide to the other Members such information as may reasonably be required to ascertain whether the transferee has ceased to be such an Associated Company.

The Members agree that it will be permissible for the Members to transfer all. but not part of. their Membership Interest to a third party transferee “in compliance with the following provisions:

(a) If one Member (the “Initiating Member”) receives an outside offer from any third party to purchase all of its Membership Interest it shall promptly give the other Member written notice accordingly (an “Outside Offer Notice”) setting out the following details of the proposed purchase. namely:

(i) the full name and address of the proposed purchaser;


(ii) the full terms and conditions of the proposed offer including the price payable for the Membership Interest. and any additional consideration which is or may become payable to any of the Initiating Member and its Associated Companies which is attributable directly or indirectly to the offer.

(b) The other Member shall be entitled at any time within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of an Outside Offer Notice to serve a notice on the Initiating Member (a “Take Along Notice”) requiring the Initiating Member to procure the purchase by the third party purchaser, or failing such purchase, purchase by the Initiating Member, of the whole, but not pan, of the Membership Interest held by the other Member on the terms and conditions as are specified in the Outside Offer Notice including payment of the additional consideration and, subject to the terms set out below, the Initiating Member shall thereupon be bound by such Take Along Notice and shall procure the purchase or purchase the Membership Interest on the terms and conditions specified in the Outside Offer Notice. A Take Along Notice shall have no effect if the acquisition by the third party of the Membership Interest from the Initiating Member is not completed.

The other Member shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash equivalent to the additional consideration, if any, payable to Associated Companies of the Initiating Member which is the subject of a Take Along Notice. For these purposes, where the additional consideration is not cash the other Member shall be entitled at the same time as serving a Take Along Notice (as the case may be) to serve notice on the Initiating Member requiring a valuation of the said additional consideration and the Company shall thereupon instruct its auditors to determine the fair value of such additional consideration.

(c) Subject to Section 16.5 and if, but only if, the other Member serves a Take Along Notice may the sale of the Membership Interest to the third party by the Initiating Member and the other Member be completed without compliance with Section 13.2 or 13.4. Any other Transfer may be completed only following compliance with Section 13.2, Section 13.4 or Section 16.5.

13.4 Preemptive Rights. Except for Transfers described in Sections 13.2, 13.3 and 16.5 no Transfer of any Membership Interest shall be made by a Member except in compliance with the following provisions:

(a) Before a Member Transfers any Membership Interest, the Member proposing to Transfer the same (“Transferor”) shall give a notice in writing (“Transfer Notice”) to the other Member that it desires to Transfer the same. The Transfer Notice shall specify:

(i) the percentage of the total Membership Interest in the Company which the Transferor wishes to transfer or dispose of (which shall be all (bur not part only) of the Membership Interest [hen held by [he Transferor); and


(ii) The price at which the Transferor is willing to sell its Membership Interest.

The Transfer Notice shall constitute the other Member the agent of the Transferor for the sale of such Membership Interest at the Prescribed Price (as hereinafter defined) during the Prescribed Period (as hereinafter defined) to the other Member and except as provided in paragraph (d) shall not be revocable except with the consent of the other Member.

(b) If:

(i) a Member at any time attempts to Transfer a Membership Interest or right attaching thereto otherwise than as permitted hereby ; or

(ii) a petition is filed or a proceeding is commenced (and such petition or proceeding is not discharged or dismissed within sixty (60) days of filing or commencement thereof) or an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up. insolvency. administration. re-organization. reconstruction. dissolution or bankruptcy of a Member or for the appointment of a liquidator. receiver. administrative receiver. administrator. trustee or similar officer of a Member or of all or any part of its business or assets (provided that these provisions shall not apply to a bona fide re-organization or re-construction of a Member whilst solvent); or if a Member stops or suspends payments to its creditors generally or is unable or admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due or seeks to enter into any composition or other arrangement with its creditors or is declared or becomes bankrupt or insolvent; or if a creditor takes possession of all or any part of the business or assets of a Member or any execution or other legal process is enforced against the business or any substantial asset of a Member and is not discharged within fourteen (14) days; or if anything analogous or having a substantially similar effect on any of the events specified in this paragraph (b)(ii) occurs under the law of any applicable jurisdiction; or

(iii) a Member dies or has an order made against him by any court having jurisdiction (whether in the United States. the United Kingdom or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder;


that Member (or his representative in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii) shall be deemed to be a Transferor (as defined above) and to have given immediately prior to such attempt or event (as the case may be), a transfer notice (“Deemed Transfer Notice”) in respect of such Membership Interest.

(c) In the case of a Deemed Transfer Notice the Board of Managers shall serve notice on all the Members and the Guarantor (including the Transferor), notifying them that the same has been deemed to have been given, within twenty-eight (28) days after (i) the date of the event giving rise to the Deemed Transfer Notice or (ii) (if later) the date on which the Board of Managers (as a whole) actually become aware of such event and shall specify in such notice the percentage of Membership Interest in the Company which the Transferor is deemed to wish to Transfer. That notice shall then constitute a Transfer Notice and the provisions of this Schedule shall apply mutatis mutandis thereto save that:

(i) it shall not be revocable; and

(ii) the Transferor shall not be entitled to specify a price at which it is willing to sell such shares.

(d) If the price stated in the Transfer Notice is accepted by the other Member, such price shall be the Prescribed Price. If such price shall not be so accepted, or because the Notice relates to a Deemed Transfer Notice no such price was stated, the Members shall seek to agree in good faith on a price for the Membership Interest being transferred. If within twenty-eight (28) days after the date on which the Transfer Notice was given the Transferor and the other Member shall have agreed a price for the sale of such Membership Interest, then such price shall be the Prescribed Price. In default of such agreement within such period, the other Member shall forthwith request the “Expert” (as defined below) to determine and certify in writing the sum considered by it to be the fair market value of the Membership Interest as at the date of the Transfer Notice and the sum so determined and so certified shall be the Prescribed Price. The Expert shall act as an expert and not as an arbitrator and, in the absence of manifest error, its written determination shall be final and binding on the Members. The costs and expenses of the Expert shall be borne by the Transferor provided that if the Transferor is required to pay all or part of such costs but is in liquidation, receivership or is the subject of an administration order, an amount equal to the Transferor’s share of such costs may be deducted from any purchase monies otherwise to be paid to the Transferor.

The parties shall use their respective reasonable endeavors to ensure that the Expert makes its determination within sixty (60) days of referral of the matter to it. The Transferor shall be entitled by written notice to the other Member to withdraw the Transfer Notice within two (2) weeks of the date on which it is notified of the Expert’s determination of the Prescribed Price.


The “Expert” shall be a director or officer (of not less than five (5) year’s standing) of an independent investment bank and shall be nominated by agreement between all the Members or failing such nomination nominated at the request of any Member by the President from time to time (or his nominee) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants

of England and Wales.

For the purposes hereof the fair market value of the Membership Interests to be Transferred shall be the Open Market Value of the Membership Interests at the date of the Transfer Notice. For purposes hereof: the “Open Market Value” of such Membership Interest shall be based on the following assumptions and bases:

(I) valuing the Membership Interest to be Transferred as on an arm’s length sale between a willing seller and a willing purchaser in respect of all the Membership Interests in the Company (applying such discount as the Expert may think of to recognize that the sale will be without the warranties and indemnities usual in an arm’s length sale) but not taking any account of any expenses that might be incurred in connection with the sale and purchase of the Membership Interest being Transferred;

(2) if the Company is then carrying on business as a going concern, on the assumption that it will continue to do so;

(3) that the value of the Membership Interest being Transferred will be the value of all the Membership Interests at the relevant time without regard to the restrictions on transfers contained hereby multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the Adjusted Capital Contribution of the Transferor and the denominator of which is the Adjusted Capital Contributions of all Members;

(4) that the Ancillary Agreements will continue in force after the Transfer subject to their terms, including their termination provisions.

(e) If the Prescribed Price is accepted or agreed as aforesaid. the Prescribed Period shall commence on the date of the Transfer Notice or the date of such agreement, if later, and shall expire two (2) months thereafter. If the Prescribed Price is not so accepted or agreed then the Prescribed Period shall commence on the date on which the Expert shall have notified the other Member of their determination of the Prescribed Price and shall expire two (2) months thereafter.

(t) Promptly following acceptance or agreement of the Prescribed Price or two (2) weeks after the Transferor has been notified of the determination of the Prescribed Price by the Expert and Transferor has not withdrawn its Transfer Notice pursuant to paragraph (d) the Membership Interest being sold shall be offered to the other Member for purchase at the Prescribed Price. Such offer shall be open for acceptance at any time within the Prescribed Period and upon such acceptance the Transferor shall be bound to Transfer its Membership Interest at the Prescribed Price.

(g) If the other Member does not wish to purchase the Membership Interest within the Prescribed Period than it shall forthwith give notice in writing of the fact to the Transferor. If the other Member does not accept the offer within the Prescribed Period the Transferor shall be entitled at any time within six (6) months of the earlier of the date of the other Member’s said notice and the date of expiry of the Transfer Period to Transfer all of its Membership Interest at any price, being not less than the Prescribed Price and the Board of Managers shall be bound to register the same.

(h) A Transferor, having become bound to Transfer his Membership Interest pursuant to this Section 13.4 shall deliver to the transferee duly executed assignments in respect of such Membership Interest in favor of the transferee together with any certificate(s) representing such Membership Interest against payment by the transferee of the price due in respect thereof. If the Transferor makes default in transferring the same, any Member of the Board of Managers is hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appointed as the attorney of the Transferor to complete and to execute the necessary assignments of such Membership Interest together with an indemnity for any lost certificates, and may deliver them on his behalf and the Company shall receive [he purchase money in trust for the Transferor and shall thereupon (subject 10 such instrument being duly stamped) cause the transferee to be registered as the holder of such Membership Interest and may issue Membership Certificates reflecting the Transfer. The Company shall not be bound to earn or pay interest on any money so held and shall not pay such money to the Transferor until he shall have delivered the necessary instrument of transfer and/or certificates


(and an appropriate indemnity in respect of any lost certificates) to the Company. The receipt of the Company for such purchase money shall be a good discharge 10 the transferee who shall not be bound to see to the application thereof. and after the name of the transferee has been entered in the register of members in purported exercise of the aforesaid power, the validity of the proceedings shall not be questioned by any person.

(i) For the purpose of ensuring that a particular transfer of a Membership Interest is permitted hereunder. the Members of the Board of Managers appointed by the other Member may require [he Transferor or the person named as transferee in any transfer lodged for registration to furnish the Company with such information and evidence as they may, acting reasonably, think necessary or relevant. Failing such information or evidence being furnished to the satisfaction of such Board of Managers within a period of twenty-eight (28) days after such request, the Board of Managers shall be entitled to refuse to register the transfer in question.

G) An obligation to transfer a Membership Interest hereunder shall be deemed to be an obligation to transfer as beneficial owner the entire legal and beneficial interest in such Membership Interest free from any lien charge or Other encumbrance and together with all rights attaching thereto.

(k) Upon the transfer of any Membership Interest pursuant to the provisions hereof, the Transferor shall be entitled to all distributions, accrued in relation to such Membership Interest up to the date of transfer and any amount paid to either the Transferor or transferee in excess of such pro-rated entitlement shall be held by it on trust for the other.

13.5 Further Requirements on Transfer. If a sale or gift is permitted under Sections 13.2, 13.3 or 13.4, no Member shall Transfer any of his Membership Interest:

(i) without registration under applicable federal and state securities laws, or unless he delivers an opinion of counsel satisfactory 10 the Members that registration under such laws is not required; (ii) if the Membership Interest subject to the Transfer, when added to the total of all other Membership Interests subject to sales or gifts in the preceding twelve (12) consecutive months prior thereto, would result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Company and to the non transferring Member under Section 708 of the Code; (iii) without any proposed transferee or donee agreeing to be bound by this Agreement; (iv) without the proposed transferee or donee making all representations and delivering all such certificates, evidences or assurances reasonably requested by the other Members; and (v) without the proposed transferee or donee paying arty reasonable expenses in collection with its admission as a Member.

13.6 Effectiveness of Transfer. Any Transfer of any of a Member’s Members Interest in the Company will take effect on the first day following receipt by the Members of written notice that all applicable requirements of this Article have been met.

ARTICLE 14

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS

14.1 Admission of New Members. From the date of the formation of the Company, any Person acceptable to the Members by their unanimous vote thereof may become a Member in the Company by the issuance by the Company of a Membership Interest for such consideration as the Members by their unanimous votes shall determine, or by being a permitted transferee of an existing Membership Interest in accordance with Article 13, subject 10 the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

14.2 Allocations 10 New Members. No new Members shall be entitled to any retroactive allocation of any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit of the Company. The Board of Managers may, at its option, at the time a Member is admined, close the Company books (as though the Company’s tax year has ended) or make pro rata allocations of items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit 10 a new Member for that portion of the Company’s tax year in which a new Member was admitted in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 706(d) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.


ARTICLE 15

DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

15.1 Dissolution.

(a) The Company shall be dissolved upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) When the period fixed for the duration of the Company shall expire pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof;

(ii) by the unanimous written agreement of all Members;

(iii) in the event of a Deadlock as described in Section 9;

(iv) in the event of a failure by a Delinquent Member to grant permission to a Non-Delinquent Member to make a Capital Contribution in place of the Delinquent Member pursuant to Section 11.3(a) (iii);

(v) in the event that a Reply to Acquisition Notice is served pursuant to Section 16.5(c) specifying that the Non-Acquired Member wishes to dissolve the Company.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Delaware Act to the contrary, the Company shall continue and not dissolve as a result of the death, retirement, resignation, bankruptcy, court declaration of incompetence, with respect to, or dissolution of a Member or upon the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company.

(c) Dissolution of the Company shall be effective on the day on which an event described in Section 15.1(a) occurs, but the Company shall not terminate until the certificate of cancellation shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the assets of the Company are distributed as provided in Section 15.2 below. Notwithstanding the dissolution of the Company, prior to the termination of the Company, the business of the Company and the affairs of the Members shall continue to be governed by this Agreement.

15.2 Consequences of Dissolution. Upon the occurrence of any of the events of dissolution set out in Section 15.1 if both Members so agree within five (5) days of a request in writing by either Member to the other the provisions of Section 15.3 shall apply and in all other cases the provisions of Sections 15.4 and 15.5 shall apply.


15.3 Winding Up, Liquidation and Distribution of Assets. If both Members have agreed in accordance with Section 15.2 then the following provisions shall apply:

(a) The Members may wind up the Company’s affairs. but the Court of Chancery, upon cause shown. may wind up the Company’s affairs upon application of any Member or his legal representative. and in connection therewith. may appoint a liquidating trustee.

(b) Upon dissolution, an accounting shall be made of the Company’s assets. liabilities and operations. from the date of the last previous accounts until the date of dissolution. The Board of Managers shall immediately proceed to wind up the affairs of the Company.

(c) If the Company is dissolved and its affairs are to be wound up. the Board of Managers shall:

(i) Sell or otherwise liquidate all of the Company’s assets as promptly as practicable;

(ii) Allocate any Net Profit or Net Loss resulting from such sales to the Member’s Capital Accounts in accordance with Article 12 hereof;

(iii) Discharge all liabilities of the Company, including liabilities to Members who are creditors of the Company to the extent permitted by law, excluding liabilities for distributions to Members under Sections 12.4(a) and 12.4(b); and

(iv) Distribute the remaining assets to Members in accordance with the positive balance (if any) of each Member’s Capital Account (as determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for the Company’s taxable year during which the liquidation occurs). Any such distributions to the Members in respect of their Capital Accounts shall be made within the time specified in Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement. if any Member has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions, allocations and other Capital Account adjustments for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), such Member shall have no obligation to make any Capital Contribution. and the deficit balance shall not be considered a debt owed by such Member to the Company or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.


(e) The Board of Managers shall comply with all requirements of applicable law pertaining to the winding up of the affairs of the Company and the final distribution of its assets.

15.4 Contractual Dissolution. If in accordance with Section 15.2 either Member has not agreed to apply Section 15.3, then provided that the Company is solvent. and to the extent permitted by law the following arrangements will be put in place for the winding up of the Company and its affairs:

(a) Undersea Capacity and Backhaul

Undersea cable capacity Backhaul and equipment with associated rights to maintenance will be distributed to the Members as set out in Section 15.5(c)(v). All relevant contracts between the Company. its Subsidiaries, the Members, Associated Companies of the Members and any third parties shall be assigned or novated accordingly.

(b) Branded Customer Services

The Company shall continue to provide the Branded Services to the Members and their Associated Companies in accordance with the US Network Management. US Equipment and Branded Services Agreement between the Company and the Guarantor and the Backhaul. Network Design. US Network Management, Secondment. US Tail Circuits. Business Services and Branded Services Agreement between the Company and MFN until such time as end to end capacity is distributed by the Company to the Members in accordance with Section IS.5(c).

(c) Network Management

The Guarantor. if it was providing such network management immediately prior to the occurrence of the dissolution event listed in Section IS.I(a) MFN. shall continue to provide interim network management services to the Company and its UK subsidiaries in accordance with the Backhaul, Network Design. UK Network Management. Secondment. UK Tail Circuits and Business Services Agreement between the Company’s UK Subsidiary and the Guarantor. the US Network Management. US Equipment and Branded Services Agreement between the Guarantor and the Company and the Backhaul, U.S. Network Management. Secondment. US Tail Circuits. Business Services and Branded Services Agreement between the Company and MFN until such time as end to end capacity is distributed by the Company to the Members in accordance with Section IS.S(c) and thereafter the Members shall cooperate to put in place alternative network management services in respect of their networks. Such interim network management services shall, pursuant to the termination provisions contained in the relevant agreement. be terminable on nine (9) months notice.

(d) Local Tail Circuits

The Framework Tail Circuit Agreement between MFN and the Guarantor shall be terminated so far as it relates to any ongoing obligation to provide or procure tail circuits. All contracts for tail circuits shall continue in accordance with their terms.

(e) Other Services

All other services provided to or by the Company or its Subsidiaries to or by the members shall be terminated as soon as is possible without disrupting the provision of service by either of the Members to the customers. Pursuant to the terms of the relevant agreements, the provision of these services shall be terminable on six (6) months notice.


(I) Dissolution of the Subsidiary

Upon MFN (or its Associated Company) obtaining such UK Telecommunications Licenses as may be required to run the UK network. comprising the UK Backhaul. switches and local tails. the UK Subsidiary shall sell to the Company the Backhaul capacity provided by the Guarantor to such UK Subsidiary pursuant 10 the Backhaul. Maintenance. UK Network Management, Secondment. UK Tail Circuits and Business Services Agreement between the UK Subsidiary and the Guarantor together with the benefit of such agreement so far as it relates to Backhaul at the market value of such assets (such market value to be agreed between the Members and in the absence of agreement determined at the request of either Member by the auditors for time to time of. such Subsidiary, who will act as an expert and not as arbitrator and whose determination in the absence of manifest error shall be final) . If at such time the Company has been dissolved. the UK Subsidiary shall sell to each Member the Backhaul capacity to which such Member (or an Associated Company designated by it) would be entitled under Section 15 .5(c)(v). The consideration for such sale shall be left outstanding as an interest-free debt payable on demand.

15.5 Winding Up. Liquidation and Distribution of Assets following Contractual Dissolution.

After completion of the matters described in Section 15.4, the Member shall wind up the Company’s affairs, but the Court of Chancery. upon cause shown, may wind up the Company’s affairs upon application of any Member or his legal representative, and in connection therewith, may appoint a liquidating trustee.

Subject to 15.4, upon dissolution, an accounting shall be made of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations. from the date of the last previous accounting until the date of dissolution. The Board of Managers shall immediately proceed to wind up the affairs of the Company.

If the Company is dissolved and its affairs are to be wound up, the Board of Managers shall:

(i) Except as provided for in Section 15. 3(C)(v), sell or otherwise liquidate all of the Company’s assets as promptly as practicable.


(ii) Allocate any Net Profit or Net Loss resulting from such sales to the Member’s Capital Accounts in accordance with Section 12 of this Agreement;

(iii) Any assets to be distributed in kind pursuant to Section IS.3(c)(v) shall be given a fair market value. The fair market value of such property shall be determined and the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealised income, gain, loss and deduction inherent in such property that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously would be allocated among the Members if there were a taxable disposition of such property for the fair market value of such property on the date of distribution. For the purposes of this sub-section the fair market value of such property shall be a value agreed by the Members and in the absence of agreement by the Members, the fair market value of such assets as determined at the request of either Member by the auditors from time to time of the Company applying the provisions of this Section 15.5(c)(iii). The fair market value of undersea cable capacity and Backhaul shall not be less than the historic costs of such capacity at the time purchased. The auditors will act as experts and not as arbitrators and their determination will, in the absence of manifest error be final.

(iv) Discharge all liabilities of the Company, including liabilities to Members who are creditors of the Company to the extent permitted by law, but excluding liabilities for distributions to Members under Sections 12.5(a) and 12.5(b); and

(v) Distribute the remaining assets to Members in accordance with the positive balance (if any) of each Member’s Capital Account (as determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for the Company’s taxable year during which the liquidation occurs). Any such distributions to the Members in respect of their Capital Accounts shall be made within the time specified in Section 1.704-I(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations. As part of such distributions. the following assets, shall be distributed in kind to the Members all undersea cable capacity and UK Backhaul capacity. In each case together with transmission equipment and all fights under contracts pursuant to which such capacity or equipment has been obtained (including rights to maintenance). This capacity will be allocated to the Members as whole circuit end to end capacity point of presence in London to point of presence in New York on the following basis:

capacity which is used by a Member to provide service to that Member’s customers, to the Member using it

all other capacity, 50 % to each Member

where shared equipment is required for each end to end service such equipment shall be allocated 50% by value to each Member.

any shared equipment shall be held in the joint names of the Members, and each Member shall pay 50% of any ongoing costs properly incurred in respect of such shared equipment including maintenance or insurance.

from the date when any shared equipment is refreshed, each Member shall thereafter procure its own separate equipment.

 

   

the whole of the issued share of capital of the UK Subsidiary 50% to each Member;

 

   

IPR owned by the Company on the basis that the Company shall assign any IPR owned by the Company in the US to MFN (or such Associated Company as it may designate) and any IPR owned by the Company in the UK to RACAL (or such Associated Company as it may designate) provided that each party will gram to the Other a nonexclusive, non-assignable licence to exploit such know-how and specifications for its own use and benefit but no party shall have the right to use trade marks, logos or business names which identify the Company


   

all customer contracts of the Company (other than contracts with either Member or their Associated Companies) on the basis that so far as practicable contracts will be divided so that so far as practicable each Member receives contracts which have aggregate revenue over the life of the contract equal to 50% of the total revenue calculated over the life of all such contracts and so far as practicable contracts for customers situated in the USA shall be distributed to MFN and contracts for customers situated in Europe shall be distributed to RACAL.

 

   

all local tail circuits shall be distributed to the Member to whom the corresponding customer contract has been distributed.

If the value of assets being distributed to a Member pursuant to this section 15.3(c)(v) exceeds the balance in such Member’s Capital Account. then such Member shall pay such excess in cash to the Company for distribution to the other Member.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if any Member has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions, allocations and other Capital Account adjustments for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), such Member shall have no obligation to make any Capital Contribution, and the deficit balance shall not be considered a debt owed by such Member to the Company or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.

(e) The Board of Managers shall comply with all requirements of applicable law pertaining to the winding up of the affairs of the Company and the final distribution of its assets.

15.6 Certificate of Cancellation. When all debts. liabilities and obligations of the Company have been paid and discharged or adequate provisions have been made therefor and all of the remaining property and assets of the Company have been distributed. a certificate of cancellation shall be executed by one or more authorized persons. which certificate shall set forth the information required by the Delaware Act. A certificate of cancellation shall be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State to accomplish the cancellation of the Certificate of the Company upon the distribution and completion of the winding up of the Company.

15.7 Effect of Filing of Certificate of Cancellation. Upon the filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Delaware Secretary of State. the existence of the Company shall cease, except for the purpose of suits other proceedings and appropriate action as provided in the Delaware Act The Board of Managers shall have authority to distribute any Company property discovered after dissolution. convey real estate and take such other action as may be necessary on behalf of and in the name of the Company.

15.8 Return of Contribution Nonrecourse to Other Members. Except as provided by law or as expressly provided in this Agreement. upon dissolution. each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of its Capital Contribution. If the property remaining after the payment or discharge of the debts and liabilities of the Company is insufficient to return the cash contribution of one or more Members. such Member or Members shall have no recourse against any other Member. except as otherwise provided by law.

15.9 Survival of Certain Provisions. For the avoidance of doubt. the provisions set out in Sections 15.4 and 15.5 relating to the contractual dissolution of the Company shall continue to bind the Parties. notwithstanding the dissolution of the Company.


ARTICLE 16

NONCOMPETITION

16.1 Duty not to Compete with Company. Each of the Members and the Guarantor undertakes to and with the Company and each other that for as long as it or its Associated Companies owns any Membership Interests (“the Period”) the Members. the Guarantor or any Associated Company holding a Membership Interest will (always provided that. subject to the provisions of Section 16.5. following a Change of Control any Person not bound by this Section 16.1 before a Change of Control shall not be bound by this Section 16.1 after such Change of Control) will:

(a) not itself and it shall procure that its Associated Companies shall not through a partnership or joint venture established with any other Person or otherwise in conjunction with or on behalf of any Person. carry on any business similar to or competing with the Core Business of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than as a holder of not more than 5 per cent of the issued shares of any Person listed. or dealt in on any recognized stock exchange);

(b) from the date in which the Company commences to provide any service within the scope of the Core Business each Member and the Guarantor shall. and shall use best endeavours to procure that their Associated Companies shall procure such services only from the Company on the terms of the US Network Management. US Equipment and Branded Services Agreement between the Guarantor and the Company and the Backhaul. US Network Management. Secondment US Tail Circuits. Business Services and Branded Services Agreement between MFN and the Company as such agreement may be amended from time to time and not to procure any such services from any other person always provided that this provision shall not apply to: (i) any requirements for Core Business services arising out of defence contract work. (ii) any contractual commitments entered into before the date of this Agreement:

or (iii) if the Company does not have sufficient capacity to provide such Core Business services:


(c) not itself. and it shall procure that its Associated Companies shall not. through a partnership or joint venture established with any other Person or otherwise in conjunction with or on behalf of any Person solicit or entice away or attempt to solicit or entice away from the Company or any Subsidiary any carrier who is or has at any time within one year of such solicitation or enticement been a customer of the Company or any Subsidiary:

(d) not itself. and it shall procure that its Associated Companies shall not, through a partnership or joint venture established with any Person or otherwise in conjunction with or on behalf of any other Person, employ, solicit or entice away or attempt to employ, solicit or entice away from the Company or any Subsidiary, any person who is on the date of such employment or solicitation an officer, manager, consultant or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary whether or not such person would commit a breach of contract by reason of leaving such employment;

(e) not itself, and it shall procure that its Associated Companies shall not, make any public or private statements to potential or existing customers which would bring the Company into material disrepute.

16.2 Extension of Core Business of Company. In the event that either Member, the Guarantor or the Company proposes any extension of the Core Business (whether involving the extension of the Core Business by additional points of presence in the US and UK, or the provision with the Core Business of additional services, an extension of the Core Business by establishing points of presence in other countries in the European Economic Area), (the “Opportunity”) the following provisions shall apply:

(a) the Board of Managers shall be requested to investigate the viability of the Opportunity and conduct preliminary discussions with prospective partners in any such venture and to present to the Members with 30 days of such request a report setting out its recommendations in respect of the Opportunity and, if such Opportunity is recommended prepare a draft business plan.

(b) the Members shall negotiate in good faith to agree to arrangements under which all such Opportunities:

(i) may be pursued by the Company or any new Subsidiary for this purpose: or

(ii) may be pursued by the Members jointly through alternative vehicles without further involvement by the Company.

(c) In the event that agreement IS reached between the Members on the basis on which the Members wish to pursue the Opportunities. the restrictions set out in Section 16.1 shall apply to such activities as if such activities were pan of the Business.

(d) In the event that no agreement can be reached by the Member on the basis on which they wish to pursue the Opportunity within 15 days of delivery of the report under Section 16.2(a) (or in any event 45 days after a request is made by a Member pursuant to Section 16.21 (a) the person proposing such extension of the Core Business shall be free to pursue the Opportunity on its own account and no restrictions set out in this Agreement shall apply to such activities.

(e) In the event that the Members agree to pursue the Opportunity outside the Company, the Members shall procure that to the extent the business pursuing the Opportunity has a need to purchase Core Business services it shall invite the Company to tender for the provision of such services. If any third party shall tender for the provision of such services on terms which are more competitive than those offered by the Company, the Company shall be offered the opportunity to meet such terms and the Member shall procure such services from persons other than the Company only to the extent that the Company is unable to or unwilling to match such terms.

 

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16.3 Separate Obligation. Each and every obligation in this Article 16 shall be treated as a separate obligation and shall be severally enforceable as such, and in the event of any obligation or obligations being or becoming unenforceable in whole or in part, such part or parts as are unenforceable shall be deleted from this Article 16 and any such deletion shall not affect the enforceability of all such parts of this Article 16 as remain not so deleted.

16.4 Regulated Switched Service. The restrictions set out herein shall not restrict either Member or Guarantor from providing regulated switched services to the extent that the provision of such regulated switched services is required pursuant to law or relevant telecommunications licenses in the U.K., U.S. or elsewhere.

16.5 Competition with Core Business following Change of Control.

(a) Each Member shall use its reasonable endeavours to give the other Member notice of any prospective Change of Control of that Member as early as possible.

(b) If there is a Change of Control of either Member (“Acquired Member”) then if any Person or Associated Company of such Person, not being a Member or Associated Company before such Change of Control (“ Acquired”):

(i) competes with the Core Business of the Company; or

(ii) at the time of the Change of Control owns or leases transatlantic undersea fibre optic telecommunications cable capacity or other infrastructure in each case of nature that it could potentially be used in such a way that it provides material competition with the Core Business of the Company, then the Acquired Member shall give the other Member (“Non-Acquired Member”) written notice (“ Acquisition Notice”) of such Change of Control as 9Jon as reasonably practicable following the earlier of (i) executing a written agreement which would result in a Change of Control; or (ii) the date such Charge of Control becomes effective In the event that an Acquisition Notice is not served, it shall be deemed to be served on the earliest date the Non-Acquired Member has actual notice of the Change of Control. Both Members shall discuss in good faith the Acquirer’s future intentions for the Company and the Core Business. The Acquired Member shall use best endeavours to facilitate the same good faith discussions between the Non-Acquired Member and the Acquirer. The Non-Acquired Member shall give reasonable consideration to any good faith proposal made to it, but such obligation shall not affect the right of the Non-Acquired Party to give any Reply to Acquisition Notice under Section 16.5(c) which it, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

(c) Within sixty (60) days of receipt of an Acquisition Notice the Non-Acquired Member shall give the Acquired Member a written notice (“Reply to Acquisition Notice’). The Reply to Acquisition Notice shall specify whether the Non-Acquired Member wishes:

(i) to continue as a Member of the Company on the same terms;

(ii) to dissolve the Company pursuant to Section 15; or

(iii) to purchase the Membership Interest of the Acquired Member pursuant to Section 16.5(e).

(d) If a Reply to an Acquisition Notice is not served within 60 days of an Acquisition Notice then the Reply to Acquisition Notice shall be deemed to specify that the Non-Acquired Member wishes to continue as a member of the Company on the same terms as had previously applied.

(e) In the event that the Reply to Acquisition Notice specifies that the Non-Acquired Member wishes to purchase the Membership Interest of the Acquired Member then the Acquired Member shall sell and the Non-Acquired Member shall buy the Membership Interest of the Acquired Member at the Open Market Value determined in accordance with Section 13.4(d) as if a Deemed Transfer Notice had been given (save that in addition to the assumptions set out in Section 13.4(d) it shall be assumed that the Company shall at the least meet the revenue, expenditure and other figures set out in its then current Business Plan), such purchase to be completed within 10 days after the Acquired Member and the Non-Acquired Member have been notified the Prescribed Price by the Expert The Acquired Member shall forward to the Non-Acquired Member duly executed assignments in respect of such Membership Interest in favour of the Non-Acquired Member together with any certificate(s) representing such Membership Interest and the resignations of any members of the Board of Managers nominated by it against payment by the transferee of the price due in respect thereof. If the Acquired Member makes default in transferring the same. any Manager is hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appointed as the attorney in fact of the Acquired Member to complete and to execute the necessary assignments of such Membership Interest together


with an indemnity for any lost certificates. and may deliver the foregoing documents on his behalf and the Company shall receive the purchase money in trust for the Non-Acquired Member and shall thereupon (subject to such instrument being duly stamped) cause the Non-Acquired Member to be registered as the holder of such Membership Interest and may issue Membership Certificates reflecting the transfer of such Membership Interest. The Company shall not be bound to earn or pay interest on any money so held and shall not pay such money to the Acquired Member until he shall have delivered the necessary instrument of transfer and or certificates (and an appropriate indemnity in respect of any lost certificates) to the Company. The receipt of the Company for such purchase money shall be a good discharge to the transferee who shall not be bound to see to the application thereof. and after the name of the Non-Acquired Member has been entered in the register of members in purported exercise of the aforesaid power. the validity of the proceedings shall not be questioned by any person.

For the purpose of ensuring that a particular transfer of a Membership Interest is permitted hereunder. any Manager may require the Acquired Member to furnish the Company with such information and evidence as they may. acting reasonably. think necessary or relevant. Failing such information or evidence being furnished to the satisfaction of such Board of Managers within a period of 28 days after such request. the Board of Managers shall be entitled to refuse to register the transfer in question.

An obligation to transfer a Membership Interest hereunder shall be deemed to be an obligation to transfer as beneficial owner the entire legal and beneficial interest in such Membership Interest free from any lien. charge or other encumbrance and together with all rights attaching thereto.

Upon the transfer of any Membership Interest pursuant to the provisions hereof. the Acquired Member shall be entitled to all distributions accrued in relation to such Membership Interest up to the date of transfer and any amount paid to either Member in excess of such pro-rated entitlement shall be held by it on trust for the other.

(I) Either Member may in advance of a Change of Control give written notice that a Change of Control is anticipated. Upon the service of such notice. the provisions of Section 16.5(b). (c) and (d) shall apply as if a Change of Control had occurred or the date of such notice. If the Non-Acquired Member serves a Reply to Acquisition Notice stating that it wishes to dissolve the Company pursuant to Section 15 or purchase a Membership Interest under Sections 16.S(e), dissolution under Section 15 or a purchase under Section 165(e) shall be triggered only If the Change of Control has at that time happened or subsequently happens. If a notice is given under this Section 16.5(f). the Member giving the notice shall be relieved of its obligation to give a notice under Section I 6.S(b) in respect of the same Change of Control.

ARTICLE 17

CONFIDENTIALITY

17.1 Duty to Preserve Confidential Information. Subject to Section 172. each Member undertakes to the other and to the Company that it will not and will procure that its respective officers. employees. agents. subsidiaries and other persons which it controls and the respective officers. employees and agents of each such person. will not (during the period hereof. and after its termination (for whatever reason):

(a) use or divulge to any person or publish or disclose or permit to be published or disclosed. any confidential information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries which it has received or obtained. or may receive or obtain. (whether or not. in the case of documents they are marked as confidential) except in the proper course of the provision of services on behalf of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary; and or

(b) other than as required by the Company. retain. duplicate or remove from the premises of the Company information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries in whatever form (whether written. or recorded in some other form or oral) which is supplied by the Company or its Subsidiaries to it or which comes to its notice during the period of this Agreement.


17.2 Exceptions. The obligations of Section 17.1 shall not apply to any information:

(a) which the recipient can reasonably demonstrate is in the public domain through no fault of its own;

(b) which is reasonably required to enforce this Agreement. or required to be disclosed by law. pursuant to a court order or by any recognized stock exchange or governmental or other regulatory body when the party concerned shall. if practicable. supply an advance copy of the required disclosure to the other parties and incorporate any additions or amendments reasonably requested by them;

(c) which is disclosed by any Member to a potential purchaser of all or any of its Membership Shares which is not a competitor of the Company and which has entered into obligations of confidentiality similar to those contained in this Article 17.


17.3 Definition of Confidential Information. For the purposes of this Section “confidential information” includes. Without limitation. the following:

(a) information concerning the affairs or property of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any business properly or transaction in which the Company or its Subsidiaries may be or may have been concerned or invested.

(b) the names and addresses of any client of the Company or its Subsidiaries:

(c) information on the terms of this Agreement; or

(d) information relating to the business methods of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE 18

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

18.1 Notices. Any notice. demand or communication required or permitted to be given by any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when actually received. Any such notice. demand or communication may be given by mail. express package service. telex or telefax (in the latter three cases confined by first class prepaid post) provided that if any notice is given by mail to any party whose address is situated outside the USA. such notice shall simultaneously be sent by facsimile. Any such notice shall be addressed to each any at the addresses shown in Article 4 or to such other address as a party may from time to time designate by notice to the other parties. Any notice give to Racal shall also be given by facsimile and post to the Guarantor.

18.2 Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement and its interpretation shall be subject to and is governed exclusively by its terms and by the laws of the State of New York. except in relation to formation and dissolution matters and such operational issues as are not provided for specifically in this Agreement where. by the operation of Delaware law. the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Certificate takes precedence. In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Delaware Act or the Certificate. such provisions of the Delaware Act or the Certificate. as the case may be. will be controlling. The parties hereto (a) agree that any suit. action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement may only be instituted in the High Court of Justice in London. England; (b) waive any objection which they may have now or hereafter to the High Court of Justice. England as the venue of any such suit. action or proceeding. and (c) irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice in London. England in any such action or proceeding.


18.3 Waiver of Action for Partition. Each Member irrevocably waives during the term of the Company any right that It may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to the property of the Company.

18.4 Waivers. The failure of any party to seek redress for violation of or to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant or condition of this Agreement shall not prevent a subsequent act, which would have originally constituted a violation. from having the effect of an original violation.

18.5 Waiver of Consequential and Punitive Damages. No party hereto shall be liable [0 any other party hereto for incidental, indirect, consequential or punitive damages for breach or default under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.

18.6 Equitable Remedies Permitted. Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that if any of them shall breach the warranties, representations. indemnities, covenants, agreements and obligations on their parts required by this Agreement or any other agreement executed in connection herewith, damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach, and that the terms hereof may be enforced by injunction, order for specific performance or such other equitable relief as a court of competent jurisdiction shall deem fit.

18.7 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereof waives any right [0 jury trial in any action under or pertaining to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.

18.8 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies provided by this Agreement are cumulative and the use of anyone right or remedy by any party shall not preclude or waive the right to use any or all other remedy. Said rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights the parties may have by law, statute, ordinance or otherwise.

18.9 Amendments. This Agreement may only be amended at any time in writing by both Members.

18.10 Execution of Additional Instruments. Each Member hereby agrees [0 execute such other and further statements of interest and holdings, designations, powers of attorney and other instruments necessary [0 comply with any laws, rules or regulations.

18.11 Construction. Whenever the singular number is used in this Agreement and when required by the context. the same shall include the plural and vice versa. and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa.

18.12 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended [0 describe, interpret. define, or limit the scope. extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.


18.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application hereof to any person or circumstance shall be Invalid. illegal or unenforceable to any of. the remainder of this Agreement and the application thereof shall not be affected and shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

18.14 Heirs Successors and Assigns. Each and all of the covenants. terms. provisions and agreements herein contained shall be binding upon and inure IQ the benefit of the parties hereto and to the extent permitted by this Agreement. their respective heirs. legal representatives. successors and assigns.

18.15 Third-Party Beneficiaries. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any third party.

18.16 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts. each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

18.17 Investment Representations. The undersigned Members. if any. Understand (1) that the Membership Interests issued pursuant to this Agreement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws (the “Securities Acts”) because the Company is issuing these Membership Interests in reliance upon !he exemptions from the registrations requirements of the Securities Acts providing for issuance of securities not involving a public offering, (2) that the Company has relied upon the fact that the Membership Interests are [0 be held by each Member for investment, and (3) !hat exemption from registrations under the Securities Acts would not be available if !he Membership Interests were acquired by a Member with a view to distribution.

Accordingly, each Member hereby confirms to the Company that such Member is acquiring a Membership Interest for such own Member’s account, for investment and not with a view to !he resale or distribution thereof without complying with an exemption for registration under the Securities Acts. Each Member agrees not to transfer, sell or offer for sale all or any portion of the Membership Interest unless there is an effective registration or other qualification relating thereto under the Securities Acts or unless the holder of the Membership Interest delivers to the Company an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such registration or other qualification under such Securities Acts is not required in connection with such transfer, offer or sale. Each Member understands that the Company is under no obligation to register the Membership Interest or to assist such Member in complying with any exemption from registration under the Securities Acts if such Member should at a later date wish [0 dispose of the Membership Interest. Furthermore, each Member realizes that the Membership Interests are unlikely to qualify for disposition under Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission unless such Member is not an “affiliate” of the Company and the Membership Interest has been beneficially owned and fully paid for by such Member for at least three years.


Prior to acquiring a Membership Interest each Member has made an informed decision of the Company and its business and the Company has made available to each such Member all information with respect thereto which such Member needed to make an informed decision to acquire a Membership Interest. Each Member considers himself to be a person possessing experience and sophistication as an investor which are adequate for the evaluation of the merits and risks of such Member’s investment in a Membership Interest.

18.18 Public Announcement. Neither Members shall make any public statement or issue any press release without the prior written consent of the other Member such consent not not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

ARTICLE 19

GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

19.1 General. In consideration of MFN entering into this Agreement. Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to MFN the due and punctual performance and observance by Racal of all its obligations. commitments. undertakings. warranties, indemnities and covenants hereunder. The liability of the Guarantor as aforesaid shall not be released or diminished by any arrangements or alterations of terms (whether hereunder or otherwise) or any forbearance, neglect or delay in seeking performance of the obligations hereby imposed or any granting of time for such performance.

19.2 Default by Racal. If and whenever Racal defaults for any reason whatsoever in the performance of any obligation or liability undertaken or expressed to be undertaken by it hereunder, the Guarantor shall forthwith upon demand unconditionally perform (or procure performance of) and satisfy (or procure the satisfaction of) the obligation or liability in regard to which such default has been made in the manner prescribed hereunder. The Guarantor hereby waives any rights which it may have to require MFN to proceed first against or claim payment from Racal to the intent that as between MFN and the Guarantor the latter shall be liable as principal debtor as if it had entered into all undertakings, agreement and other obligations jointly and severally with Racal.

19.3 Continuing Security. This Guarantee is to be a continuing security to MFN for all obligations, commitments. warranties, undertakings and covenants on the part of Racal hereunder notwithstanding any settlement of account or other matter or thing whatsoever (including without limitation, the Guarantor ceasing to have an interest in Racal).

This Guarantee is in addition to and without prejudice to and not in substitution for any rights or security which MFN may now or hereafter have or hold for the performance and observance of the obligations, commitments, undertakings, covenants. and warranties of Racal hereunder.


19.4 No Set-Off. In the event of the Guarantor having taken or taking any security from Racal in connection with this Guarantee. the Guarantor hereby understood to hold the same in trust for MFN pending discharge in full of all the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. The Guarantor shall nor. after any claim has been made hereunder, claim from Racal any sums which may be owing to it from MFN or have the benefit of any set-off or counterclaim or proof against or divided, composition or payment by Racal until all sums owing to MFN in respect hereof shall have been paid in full.

19.5 Non-Enforceability against Racal. As a separate and independent stipulation, the Guarantor agrees that any obligation expressed to be undertaken by Racal hereunder which may not be enforceable against or recoverable from Racal by reason of any legal limitation, disability or incapacity or any other fact or circumstance shall nevertheless be enforceable against or recoverable from the Guarantor as though the same had been incurred by the Guarantor and the Guarantor were sale or principal obligor in respect thereof and shall be performed or paid by the Guarantor on demand provided that the Guarantor shall be entitled to rely on any defence that would have been available to RACAL.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their signatures, or the signatures of their duly authorized representatives, to be set forth below on the day and year first above written.

MEMBERS:

RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

EX-3.56 52 dex356.htm CERTIFICATE OF AGREEMENT OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING BANDWIDTH, INC. Certificate of Agreement of Incorporation of Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.56

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

WEST COAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

FIRST: The name of this corporation is West Coast Telecommunications, Inc.

SECOND: The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code.

THIRD: The name and address of this corporation’s initial agent for service of process is Bruce W. Jenett, Esq., Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 800, Palo Alto, California 94306.

FOURTH: This corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares of stock designated respectively “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock,” both of which shall have no par value. The number of shares of Common Stock this corporation is authorized to issue is 10,000,000, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock this corporation is authorized to issue is 5,000,000.

FIFTH: The Preferred Stock may be divided into such number of series as the board of directors shall determine. The board of directors is authorized to determine and alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and to fix the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock and the designation of any such series of Preferred Stock. The board of directors, within the limits and restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the board of directors originally fixing the number of shares constituting any series, may increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series.

SIXTH: The liability of the directors of the corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law.

SEVENTH: The corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined in Section 317 of the California Corporations Code) through bylaw provisions, by agreement or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the California Corporations Code, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification set forth in Section 204 of the California Corporations Code.

DATED: July 27, 1989


I hereby declare that I am the person who executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation, which execution is my act and deed.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

ENDORSED

of

FILED

In the office of the Secretary of Stale of the State of California

WEST COAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC,

(a California corporation)

AUG 21 1995


To The Secretary of State of California

Pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of California, the undersigned officers of the corporation hereinafter named do hereby certify as follows:

1. The name of the corporation is WEST COAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC,

2. Article FIRST of the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, which relates to the name of the corporation, are hereby amended so as to read as follows:

“FIRST. The name of the corporation is FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF THE WEST, INC.”

3. The amendment herein provided for has been approved by the corporation’s Board of Directors,

4. The amendment herein provided for was approved by the required (vote) (written consent) of the corporation’s shareholders in accordance with the provisions of Section 902 of the General Corporation Law,

The corporation’s total number of shares which were outstanding and entitled to vote or to furnish written consent with respect to the amendments herein provided for at the time of the approval thereof is 10,000 all of which are of one class,

The percentage vote of the number of the aforesaid outstanding shares which is required to vote or furnish written consent in favor of the amendments herein provided for is 51%, The number of the aforesaid outstanding shares which voted or furnished a written consent in favor of the amendments herein provided for is 100%, and said number (equaled) (exceeded) the percentage of the vote or written consent required to approve the said amendments.


AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF THE WEST, INC. (a California corporation)

To the Secretary of the State

State of California

Pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of California, the undersigned officers of the corporation hereinafter named do hereby certify as follows:

1 The name of the corporation is Frontier Communications of the West, Inc.

2 Article FOURTH of the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation which relate to the number of stock classes and authorized shares of the corporation is amended to read as follows:

“FOURTH: This corporation is authorized to issue one class of shares of stock designated as ‘Common Stock,’ which shall have a par value of one cent ($0.01). The number of shares of Common Stock this corporation is authorized to issue is 10,000.”

1 Article FIFTH of the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation relating to preferred stock is hereby stricken in its entirety.

2 The amendments herein provided for have been approved by the corporation’s Board of Directors.

3 The amendments herein provided were approved by the vote of the corporation’s sale shareholder in accordance with the provisions of Section 902 of the General Corporation Law.

The corporation’s total number of shares which were outstanding and entitled to vote or to furnish written consent with respect to the amendments herein provided for at the time of the approval thereof is 1,715,686, all of which are common stock.

The percentage vote of the number of the aforesaid outstanding shares which is required to vote or furnish written consent in favor of the amendments herein provided for is 100% (sale shareholder).


The number of the aforesaid outstanding shares which voted or furnished a written consent in favor of the amendments herein provided for is 1,715,686, and said number equaled the percentage of the vote or written consent required to approve the said amendments.

Signed on July, 1996

Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary

On this 7th day of July, 1996, in the City of Rochester in the State of New York, each of the undersigned does hereby declare under the penalty of perjury that he/she signed the foregoing Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation in the official capacity set forth beneath his/her signature, and that the statements set forth in said certificate are true of his/her own knowledge.

Kevin J. Benni, President

Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary


AGREEMENT OF MERGER entered into on December 10, 1996 by WCT Communications, Inc. and Frontier Communications of the West, Inc. as approved by the Board of Directors of said corporations:

I. WCT Communications, Inc., which is a corporation incorporated in the State of Washington, and which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “disappearing corporation,” shall be merged with and into Frontier Communications of the West, Inc., which is a corporation incorporated in the State of California, and which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “surviving corporation. “ The laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the disappearing corporation permit the merger of a business corporation of said jurisdiction with and into a business corporation of another jurisdiction.

 

1. The separate existence of the disappearing corporation shall cease upon the effective date of the merger in accordance with the provision of the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of said corporation.

 

2. The surviving corporation shall continue its existence under its present name pursuant to the provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of California.

 

3. The Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation as now in force and effect shall be the Articles of Incorporation of said surviving corporation except that the Article Fourth thereof, relating to the authorized shares of the corporation, and Article Fifth, relating to preferred stock, are hereby amended, changed and added so as to read as follows upon the effective date of the merger in the State of California:

“FOURTH: This corporation is authorized to issue three classes of shares of stock designated respectively “Common Stock,” “Non-voting Preferred Stock,” and “Voting Preferred Stock,” none of which shall have par value. The total number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is (i) five hundred (500) shares of Common Stock, (ii) two thousand (2,000) shares of Non-voting Preferred Stock, and (iii) one hundred (100) shares of Voting Preferred Stock.

FIFTH: The Non-voting Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock may each be divided into such number of series as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine and alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued shares of preferred stock and to fix the number of shares of any series of preferred stock and the designation of any such series of preferred stock. The board of directors, within the limits and restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the board of directors originally fixing the number of shares constituting any series, may increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series.”


and said Articles of Incorporation as herein amended and changed shall continue in full force and effect until further amended and changed in the manner prescribed by the provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of California.

1 The bylaws of the surviving corporation upon the effective date of the merger in the State of California shall be the bylaws of said surviving corporation and shall continue in full force and effect until changed, altered or amended as therein provided and in the manner prescribed by the provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of California.

2 The directors and officers in office of the surviving corporation upon the effective date if the merger in the State of California shall continue to be the members of the Board of Directors and the officers of the surviving corporation, all of whom shall hold their directorships and offices until the election, choice, and qualification of their respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in accordance with the bylaws of the surviving corporation.

3 Each issued share of the disappearing corporation shall, upon the complete effective date of the merger, be canceled and shall not be converted into any shares of the surviving corporation. The issued shares of the surviving corporation shall not be converted or exchanged in any manner or any consideration be paid therefor, but each said shares which is issued as of the complete effective date of the merger shall continue to represent one issued share of the surviving corporation.

4 In the event that the merger herein provided for shall have been fully authorized in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the disappearing corporation and in accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of California, the disappearing corporation and the surviving corporation hereby agree that they will cause to be executed and files and/or recorded any document or documents prescribed by the laws of the State of Washington and of the State of California, and that they will cause to be performed all necessary acts therein and elsewhere to effectuate the merger.

5 The Board of Directors and the proper officers of the disappearing corporation and of the surviving corporation, respectively, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute, deliver, file, and/or record any and all instruments, papers and documents which shall be or become necessary, proper or convenient to carry out or put into effect any of the provisions of this Agreement of Merger or of the Merger herein provided for.


PLAN OF MERGER adopted by WCT Communications, Inc., a business corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, by resolution of its Board of Directors on December 9, 1996, and adopted by Frontier Communications of the West, Inc., a business corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, by resolution of its Board of Directors on December 9, 1996.

1 WCT Communications, Inc. and Frontier Communications of the West, Inc. shall, pursuant to the provisions of the Washington Business Corporation Act and the provisions of the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of Frontier Communications of the West, Inc., be merged with and into a single corporation, to wit, Frontier Communications of the West, Inc., which shall be the surviving corporation in the jurisdiction of its organization; and which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “surviving corporation, “ and which shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under its present name pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. The separate existence of WCT Communications, Inc., which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “non-surviving corporation, ‘shall cease in the jurisdiction of its organization; in accordance with the provisions of the Washington Business Corporation Act.

2 The Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation will be the Articles of Incorporation of said surviving corporation in the jurisdiction of its organization; and said articles of incorporation shall continue in full force and effect until amended and changed in the manner prescribed by the provision of the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the surviving corporation.

3 The bylaws of the surviving corporation in the jurisdiction of its organization, shall be the bylaws of said surviving corporation and will continue in full force and effect until changed, altered or amended as therein provided and in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

4 The directors and officers in office of the surviving corporation shall be the members of the first Board of Directors and the first officers of the surviving corporation in the jurisdiction of its organization, all of whom shall hold their directorships and offices until the election and qualification of their respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in accordance with the bylaws of the surviving corporation.

5 Each issued share of the non-surviving corporation immediately prior to the effective time and date of the merger shall, at to the effective time and date of the merger, be canceled and shall not be converted into any shares of the surviving corporation. The issued shares of the surviving corporation shall not be converted or exchanged in any manner or any consideration be paid therefor, but each said share which is issued at the time and effective date of the merger shall continue to represent one issued share of the

surviving corporation.

 

1. The Plan of Merger herein made and approved shall be submitted to the shareholders of the nonsurviving corporation for their approval or rejection in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the Washington Business Corporation Act, and the merger of non-surviving corporation with and into the surviving corporation shall be authorized in the manner prescribed by the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the surviving corporation.

 

2. In the event that the Plan of Merger shall have been approved by the shareholders entitled to vote of the non-surviving corporation in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the Washington Business Corporation Act, and in the event that the merger of the non-surviving corporation with and into the surviving corporation shall have been duly authorized in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the surviving corporation, the non-surviving corporation and the surviving corporation hereby stipulate that they will cause to be executed and filed and/or recorded any document or documents prescribed by the laws of the State of Washington and of the State of California, and that they will cause to be performed all necessary acts therein and elsewhere to effectuate the merger.

 

3. The Board of Directors and the proper officers of the non-surviving corporation and of the surviving corporation, respectively, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute, deliver, file, and/or record any and all instruments , papers and documents which shall be or become necessary, proper or convenient to carry out or put into effect the provisions of this Plan of Merger or of the merger herein provided for.


ENDORSED

   -FILED
CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION   
OF FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF THE WEST, INC.    DEC 26 1996        

Josephine S. Trubek and Barbara J. LaVerdi certify that:

1 They are the Vice President and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of Frontier Communications of the West, Inc., a California corporation.

2 The number of shares of authorized Non-voting Preferred Stock is Two Thousand (2,000) shares, none of which has been issued. The number of shares of authorized Voting Preferred Stock is One Hundred (100) shares, none of which has been issued.

3 The Board of Directors duly adopted the following resolution:

WHEREAS, the articles of incorporation authorize the classes of preferred stock of this Corporation to be issued in series and authorize the Board of Directors to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and to fix the number of shares and designation of such series, now therefore it is

RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors does hereby establish the classes of preferred stock as follows:

A. The respective rights, preferences and limitations of the shares designated as Non-voting Preferred Stock are set forth in the following subdivisions designated (A) to (F) inclusive.

(A) Issuance in Series. An initial series of Two Thousand (2,000) shares of the Non-voting Preferred Stock of the Corporation, which shares are designated “Non-voting Preferred Stock, Series A” (herein called the “initial series”).

(B) Dividends. The rate of dividends payable upon the initial series shall be 7% of the redemption value thereof per annum, payable quarterly in U.S. dollars on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year. Unpaid dividends will accrue interest at an annual rate of 7% and shall retain their preference on liquidation. Dividends shall be cumulative from the date of issuance whether or not earned or declared so that no dividends or other distributions shall be made with respect to the Common Stock until such dividends (plus interest) on the initial series have been declared and paid or set apart. The initial series shall not participate in dividends declared on the Common Stock.


(C) Redemption. The Corporation may redeem all or any part of the initial series at any time or times and from time to time after such series has been issued for one (1) year, on the terms and conditions with respect thereto set forth hereinafter in Paragraph C, by paying, in the case of each such share to be redeemed, a redemption price of $44,000.00 plus an amount equal to all dividends and interest from the date of issuance of such share to the date fixed for redemption, less the aggregate of such dividends and interest theretofore or on such redemption date paid thereon.

(0) Conversion Rights. No series of Non-voting Preferred Stock shall have any right to be converted into Common Stock of this Corporation.

(E) Voting Rights. The holders of the Non-Voting Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any voting rights whatsoever, except as specifically required by statute or as hereinafter expressly provided.

(i) The holders of the Non-voting Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote as a class to approve a merger, consolidation, sale, pledge or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

(ii) The holders of the Non-voting Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote as a class to amend, alter, or repeal any of the rights, preferences, privileges and/or restrictions of the shares of Non-voting Preferred Stock or to approve an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation if any action adversely affects the holders of any Non-voting Preferred Stock.

(iii) The holders of the Non-voting Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote as a class to authorize any reclassification of their respective class, and/or the creation or issuance of any class or series of stock ranking on a parity with or in priority to their class either with respect to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution, winding up or otherwise.

(F) Liquidation Preference. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holder or holders of each share of Non-voting Preferred Stock shall receive a liquidation preference in ;:;n amount computed in accordance with Paragraph A(C) with respect to any distributions of the Corporation’s assets prior to any such distributions to holders of the Corporation’s Common Stock. If the assets of the Corporation are insufficient to pay in full all amounts to which the holders of preferred stock are entitled, the amount available for distribution shall be shared with the holders of the Voting Preferred Stock on a pro-rata basis.

The holders of the Non-voting Preferred Stock will have the same preference rights in liquidation as the holders of the Voting Preferred Stock.

B. The respective rights, preferences and limitations of the shares designated as Voting Preferred Stock are set forth in the following subdivisions designated (A) to (F) inclusive.

(A) Issuance in Series. An initial series of One Hundred (100) shares of the Voting Preferred Stock of the Corporation, which shares are designated “Voting Preferred Stock Series A” (herein called the “initial series”) •.

(B) Dividends. The rate of dividends payable upon the initial series shall be 7% of the redemption value thereof per annum, payable quarterly in British pounds Sterling on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year, at an exchange rate on or close to the exchange rate as set for the payment date. Unpaid dividends will accrue interest at an annual rate of 7% and shall retain their preference on liquidation. Dividends shall be cumulative from the date of issuance whether or not earned or declared so that no dividends or other distributions shall be made with respect to the Common Stock until cumulative dividends (plus interest) on the initial series have been declared and paid or set apart. The initial series shall not participate in dividends declared on the Common Stock.

 

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(C) Redemption. The Corporation may redeem all or any part of the initial series at any time or times and from time to time after such series has been issued for one (1) year, on the terms and conditions with respect thereto set forth hereinafter in Paragraph C, by paying, in the case of each such share to be redeemed, a redemption price of US$44,700.00 (payable in British pounds Sterling) plus an amount equal to all dividends and interest from the date of issuance of such share to the date fixed for redemption, less the aggregate of such dividends and interest theretofore or on such redemption date paid thereon.


(D) Conversion Rights. No series of Voting Preferred Stock shall have any right to be converted into Common Stock of this Corporation.

(E) Voting Rights. The holders of the Voting Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the same voting rights as held by the holders of the Common Stock, in addition to such voting rights specifically required by statute or as hereinafter expressly provided, and shall vote with the holders of the Common Stock.

(i) The holders of the Voting Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote as a class to approve a merger, consolidation, sale, pledge or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

(ii) The holders of the Voting Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote as a class to amend, alter, or repeal any of the rights, preferences, privileges and/or restrictions of the shares of Voting Preferred Stock or to approve an amendment to the Articles vi Incorporation if any action adversely affects the holders of any Voting Preferred Stock.

(iii) The holders of the Voting Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote as a class to authorize any reclassification of their respective class, and/or the creation or issuance of any class or series of stock ranking on a parity with or in priority to their class either with respect to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution, winding up or otherwise.

(F) Liquidation Preference. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holder or holders of each share of Voting Preferred Stock shall receive a liquidation preference in an amount computed in accordance with Paragraph B(C) with respect to any distributions of the Corporation’s assets prior to any such distributions to holders of the Corporation’s Common Stock. If the assets of the Corporation are insufficient to pay in full all amounts to which the holders of preferred stock are entitled, the amount available for distribution shall be shared with the holders of the Non-voting Preferred Stock on a pro-rata basis.

The holders of the Voting Preferred Stock will have the same preference rights in liquidation as the holders of the Nonvoting Preferred Stock.

 

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C. The terms and conditions for Redemption of the Nonvoting Preferred Stock and of the Voting Preferred Stock (collectively referred to as “Preferred Stock”) are as set forth as follows.

Redemption of Preferred Stock. The Corporation, by action of its Board of Directors, may redeem the whole or any part of any class or series of Preferred Stock upon the conditions and at the redemption price provided for the shares of said series. If at any time less than all of the Preferred Stock is called for redemption, the Board may select one or more class or series to be redeemed, or may select the shares to be redeemed from one or more class or series, by lot or such other equitable method as the Board, at its discretion may determine; provided that the foregoing option to redeem a part of the Preferred Stock may be exercised only if full dividends for all past quarterly dividend periods on all outstanding shares of all series of the Preferred Stock have been paid or declared and set apart for payment.

Notice of every such redemption shall be given not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption, by mail or hand delivery, to the holders of record of the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at their respective addresses, as the same then appear on the records of this Corporation. If such notice of redemption is given and if, on or before the redemption date specified therein, all funds necessary for such redemption shall have been deposited with any bank or trust company in the State of California as a trust fund with (i) irrevocable instructions and authority to the bank or trust company to publish a notice of redemption thereof (or to complete publication if therefore commenced) and (ii) to pay, on or after the date fixed for redemption or prior thereto, the funds necessary for such redemption of the Preferred Stock so called for redemption to the respective holders upon surrender of their share certificates, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for the shares of such Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the shares represented thereby shall from and after the date fixed for redemption no longer be deemed outstanding, the right to receive dividends thereon shall cease to accrue from and after the date of redemption so fixed , and all rights with respect to such shares of Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the:

holders thereof to receive the amount payable upon redemption thereof, but without interest. Any monies remaining on deposit with such bank or trust company at the expiration of one (1) year after the redemption date shall be returned to the Corporation and thereafter the holders of certificates for such shares shall look only to the Corporation for the redemption price thereof.

 

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Josephine S. Trubek and Barbara J. LaVerdi each declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof and that the same is true of her own knowledge.

Dated: December 20, 1996

Dated: December 20, 1996

 

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AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF

DETERMINATION OF

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF THE WEST, INC.

APR 10 1997

Josephine S. Trubek and Barbara J. LaVerdi certify that:

1 They are the Vice President and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of Frontier Communications of the West, Inc., a California corporation.

2 The number of shares of authorized Non-voting Preferred Stock, Series A is increased from Two Thousand (2,000) shares to Ten Thousand (10,000) shares, of which Nine Hundred (900) shares of Non-voting Preferred Stock, Series A have been issued as of the date of this Amendment to the Certificate of Determination.

3 The Board of Directors duly adopted the following resolution to amend the Articles of Incorporation:

WHEREAS, the amended articles of incorporation authorize the Board of Directors to increase the number of authorized shares of Nonvoting Preferred Stock, Series A, now therefore it is

RESOLVED: That the number of authorized shares of Non-voting Preferred Stock be increased from 2,000 shares to 10,000 shares (of which 900 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this resolution).

4. The Board of Directors also adopted the following resolution to amend the Certificate of Determination:

WHEREAS, the amended articles of incorporation authorize the Board of Directors to increase the number of authorized shares of Nonvoting Preferred Stock, Series A, and

WHEREAS, this Board of Directors has authorized an amendment to this Corporation’s articles of incorporation to increase to Ten Thousand (10,000) shares the number of authorized shares of this Corporation’s Non-voting Preferred Stock, now therefore it is

RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors does hereby amend Division A, Subdivision (A) of that certain Certificate of Determination of this Corporation which was dated December 20, 1996, and filed effective December 26, 1996, to increase the number of authorized shares of this Corporation’s Non-voting Preferred Stock from 2,000 shares to 10,000 shares (of which 900 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this resolution), so that said Division A, Subdivision (A) shall read as follows:

(A) Issuance in Series. An initial series of Ten Thousand (10,000) shares of Non-voting Preferred Stock of the Corporation, which shares are designated “Non-voting Preferred Stock, Series A” (herein called the “initial series”).


5. The same rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set forth in the Certificate of Determination of this Corporation which was dated December 20, 1996, and filed with the Secretary of State of California effective December 26, 1996, shall apply equally to all Ten Thousand (10,000) authorized shares of Non-voting Preferred Stock (of which amount Eight Thousand (8,000) shares are additional authorized shares).

Josephine S. Trubek and Barbara J. LaVerdi each declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof and that the same is true of her own knowledge.

Dated: April 2, 1997

Dated: April 2, 1997

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

   FILED

AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

  
   APR 10 1997        

The undersigned certify that:

1 They are the Vice President and the Assistant Secretary, respectively, of Frontier Communications of the West, Inc., a California corporation.

2 Article Fourth of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation is amended to read as follows:

FOURTH: This corporation is authorized to issue three classes of shares of stock designated respectively “Common Stock,” “Non-voting Preferred Stock,” and “Voting Preferred Stock,” none of which shall have par value. The total number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is (i) five hundred (500) shares of Common Stock, (ii) ten thousand (10,000) shares of Non-voting Preferred Stock, and (iii) one hundred (100) shares of Voting Preferred Stock.

1 The foregoing amendment of the Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 905(b), California Corporations Code.

2 The foregoing amendment of the Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with Sections 902 and 903, California Corporations Code. The total number of outstanding shares of the corporation is 79 shares of common stock, 21 . shares of voting preferred stock, and 900 shares of non-voting preferred stock. The number of shares voting in favor of the amendment equaled or exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote required was more than 50% of common stock and more than 50% of the common stock and the voting preferred stock voting individually and together as a class, and more than 50% of the non-voting preferred stock, in accordance with Section 903, California Corporations Code. Specifically, all holders of each class of stock, unanimously approved the foregoing amendment.

We further declare under penalties of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.

Date: April 2, 1997

Date: April 2, 1997 Barbara J. Verdi/Assistant Secretary


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF THE WEST, INC.

The undersigned certify that:

 

1. They are the executive vice president and the assistant secretary, respectively, of Frontier Communications of the West, Inc., a California corporation.

 

2. Article FIRST of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation is amended to read as follows:

“FIRST: The name of the corporation is

GLOBAL CROSSING BANDWIDTH, INC.”

 

1. The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the board of directors.

 

2. The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with section 902, California Corporations Code. The number of outstanding shares of the corporation is: Common stock outstanding -79; Nonvoting preferred -3,765; and voting preferred: 23

The number of shares voting in favor of the amendment equaled or exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote required was more than 50 %.

We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.

Date: September 2 I, 1999

Barbara LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary


FILED

AGREEMENT OF MERGER

This Agreement of Merger is entered into between GLOBAL CROSSING BANDWIDTH, INC., a California corporation (herein “Surviving Corporation”) and OLD INTER EXCHANGE NETWORK, INC., a Delaware corporation (herein “Merging Corporation”).

1 Merging Corporation shall be merged into Surviving Corporation.

2 The outstanding shares of Merging Corporation shall be canceled without consideration.

3 The outstanding shares of Surviving Corporation shall remain outstanding and are not affected by the merger.

4 Merging Corporation shall from time to time, as and when requested by Surviving Corporation, execute and deliver all such documents and instruments and take all such action necessary or desirable to evidence or carry out this merger.

5 The Merger will be effective (“Effective Time”) as prescribed by law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement on February 5, 2009.

Mitchell C. Sussis, Director, Vice President and Secretary

John A. Kritzmacher, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT OF MERGER

John A. Kritzmacher and Mitchell C. Sussis certify that:

1 They are a Director and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a Director and Vice President and Secretary, respectively, of GLOBAL CROSSING BANDWITH, INC., a California corporation.

2 The Agreement of Merger in the form attached was duly approved by the Board of directors and shareholders of the corporation which equalled or exceeded the vote required.

3 The shareholder approval was by the holders of 100% of the outstanding shares of the corporation.

4. There is only one class of shares outstanding which are common and the number of shares outstanding entitled to vote on the merger is 79. No shares of preferred stock have been issued .

We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.

DATE: February 5, 2009

Mitchell C. Sussis Director, Vice President and Secretary

John A. Kritzmacher, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-3.57 53 dex357.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING BANDWIDTH, INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.57

BY-LAWS

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING BANDWIDTH, INC.

ARTICLE 1

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1 - Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any other business which may properly come before it shall be held each year on such day and at such hour in such month as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

Section 2 - Special Meetings. A special meeting of shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman, or by-the holders of the majority of the outstanding stock, and shall be held on such day at such hour as fixed in the call of the meeting.

Section 3 - Place of Meetings, Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at such other place, within or without the State of California, that may be fixed by the Board of Directors.

Section 4 - Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each meeting of shareholders shall be given and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the purpose or the purposes for which the meeting is called and shall indicate the person or persons who called the meeting. A copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given personally or by mail not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 5 - Quorum. At each meeting of shareholders, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum shall not be present at the time fixed for the meeting, the shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting of the place, date and hour of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, only business may be transacted which might have been transacted had a quorum been present at the time originally set for the meeting. However, if any meeting is adjourned for more than thirty (30) days, or If after any such adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat.

Section 6 - Voting. At each meeting of shareholders, each shareholder shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of stock standing in his/her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date. All matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast, except that the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Voting for directors need not be by written ballot unless the shareholders at a meeting so determine.

Section 7 - Proxies, Each proxy shall be in writing executed by the shareholder giving the proxy. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of three (3) years from its date, unless a longer period is provided for in the proxy. Unless and until voted, every proxy shall be revocable by the person who executed it.


Section 8 - Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing.

ARTICLE II BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1 - General Power. The property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things on its behalf as are not, by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

Section 2 - Number. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one (1) and not more than five (5) directors as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 3 - Election and Term of Directors. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders and shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until their successor has been elected and qualified.


Section 4 - Regular Meetings. As soon as practicable after each annual election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for purposes of organization. the election of officers, and transaction of other business. Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places, dates and hours as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Notice of regular meetings need not be given.

Section 5 - Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by any two directors, and shall be held at such time and place as are fixed in the call of the meeting Notice of each such meeting shall be mailed to each director, addressed to him/her at the address last given by him/her to the Secretary or, if none has been given, to his/her residence or usual place of business, at least three (3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him/her by telegraph, cable, wireless or similar means so addressed, or shall be delivered personally or by telephone at least twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. Each notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but need not state the purposes thereof. Notice of any such meeting need not be given to any director if waived by him/her in writing or by telegraph, cable, wireless or other form of recorded communication, or if otherwise waived as provided by law.

Section 6 - Quorum and Manner of Acting. At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the presence of a majority of the total number of directors shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the members of the Board present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Members of the Board of Directors or any committee designated by the Board may participate in the meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 7 - Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or the committee consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or the committee.

Section 8 - Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled by the shareholders at the meeting or in the written consent in which the vacancy is created or, if not so filled, by majority vote of the remaining directors.


ARTICLE III

OFFICERS

Section 1 - Officers Enumerated. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may in its discretion elect. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 2 - Election and Term of Office. All officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors at its first meeting held after the annual meeting of shareholders. Subject to the right of the Board of Directors to remove any officer with or without cause, each officer shall hold office for the term for which he/she is elected or appointed and until his/tier successor has been elected and qualified.

Section 3 - President. The President shall have responsibility for the general management of the business of the Corporation. The President may be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and if so, he or she shall only be subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a Chief Executive Officer the President may preside at meetings of . shareholders.

Section 4 - Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall, in the absence or incapacity of the President, and .in order of seniority as fixed by the Board, possess the powers and perform the duties of the President, and each shall possess such other powers or perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

Section 5 - Secretary. The Secretary shall issue notices of all meetings of shareholders, and of the Directors whenever notice is required. He/she shall keep the minutes of all meetings of shareholders and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose. He/she shall sign such instruments as require his/her signature, and shall possess such other powers and perform such other duties as usually pertain to his/her office or as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

Section 6 - Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds and securities of the I Corporation. He/she shall keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books of accounts of all monies received and paid on account of the Corporation. He/she shall sign such instruments as require his/her signature and shall possess such other powers and perform such other duties as usually pertain to his/her office or as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

Section 7 - Assistant Officers. Any Assistant Vice President, Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer elected by the Board of Directors, shall assist the officers to whom he/she is an assistant, shall possess the officer’s powers and perform that officer’s duties in his/her absence or incapacity, and shall possess such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe.


ARTICLE IV GENERAL

Section 1 - Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such places within or without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 2 - Seal. The Seal of the Corporation shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation, the year of incorporation, and any other matters deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.

Section 3 - Indemnification.

 

a. To the full extent authorized by law, the Corporation shall indemnify any person, made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or employee of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, of any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, or in connection with an appeal therein, if such director, officer or employee acted in a manner consistent with such indemnification under the California Corporations Code as such law now exists or may be hereafter amended. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action upon the terms and conditions required by the California Corporations Code as such law now exists or may be hereafter amended.

 

b.

The Corporation, unless ordered by a court, shall indemnify any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have met the standard of conduct


  required by the California Corporations Code as follows: (1) by the Board of Directors acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if a quorum under subparagraph (1) is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the shareholders.

Section 4 - Fiscal Year.

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end at the close of business on December 31 of each calendar year.

Section 5 - By-Law Amendments.

The By-Laws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by vote of the shareholders at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for the purpose or, except as otherwise provided by these By-Laws or by law, by vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors at any regular or special meeting.

EX-3.58 54 dex358.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICA, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing North America, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.58

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

FRONTIER CORPORATION

Under Section 807 of the Business Corporation Law

We, the undersigned, JOSEPH P. CLAYTON and JOSEPHINE S. TRUBEK, being respectively the Chief Executive Officer and the Corporate Secretary of Frontier Corporation, do hereby CERTIFY that:

1. The name of the Corporation is “FRONTIER CORPORATION”. The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name “Rochester Telephone Corporation.”

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed in the Department of State of the State of New York on February 25, 1920. A Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the Department of State of the Slate of New York on April 2, 1968 and on February 17, 1995.

3. The Certificate of Incorporation, as now in full force and effect, is hereby amended as follows:

(A) Article First of the Certificate of Incorporation is amended to add the phrase “(“hereinafter sometimes called the Corporation”)” after the name of the Corporation.

(B) Article Second of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the purposes of the Corporation, is amended to reword the first paragraph, but not change its substantive provisions, and add the second paragraph, which states that the Corporation’s powers are not limited by the preceding paragraph.

(C) Article Third of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the authorized shares of the Corporation, is amended to (i) decrease the authorized Common Stock of the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share from Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) shares to One Thousand (1,000) shares, (ii) eliminate Four Million (4,000,000) shares of Class A Preferred Stock of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per share and Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand 850,000) shares of Cumulative Preferred Stock of the par value of One Hundred Dollars {$100.00) per share, and to eliminate the preferences, privileges, voting powers, restrictions and qualifications applicable thereto.

The number of issued shares of the Corporation prior to this amendment is 1,000, and the terms of the change are 1 share of Common Stock for each 1 share of the presently issued Common Stock. There are no issued or outstanding shares of Class A Preferred Stock Or Cumulative Preferred Stock.

In order to effect the foregoing, Article Third is hereby amended to read as follows:

3. The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock, each share having a par value of one dollar ($1.00). The holders of the Common Stock shall have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation whether now or hereafter authorized.


(D) Article Fourth of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the power to issue preferred stock, is deleted and replaced with a provision setting forth the county of the office of the Corporation, which county is not being changed and which was previously set forth in Article Tenth.

(E) Article Fifth of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the respective rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of cumulative preferred stock, is deleted, as the Corporation will no longer have authorized shares of preferred stock, and replaced with a provision designating the agent for the Corporation, which agent has not changed and which was originally set forth in Article Tenth, and changing the address for the mailing of a copy of any process in any action or proceeding against the Corporation from 180 South Clinton Avenue, Rochester, New York 14646·0700, Attention: Secretary, to c/o Global Crossing Ltd., 712 Fifth Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, New York 10019; Attention: General Counsel.

(F) Article Sixth of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the provisions of the cumulative preferred stock, is deleted, as the Corporation will no longer have authorized shares of preferred Stock, and replaced with provisions for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and setting forth the powers of the Corporation, its directors and stockholders.

(G) Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the redemption rights of the Corporation with respect to common stock, is deleted, as the common stock of the Corporation will no longer have redemption rights, and replaced with a provision setting forth the personal liability of directors, which provision replaces the provision setting forth the personal liability of directors originally set forth in Article Eleventh.

(H) Article Eighth of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the term of the Corporation, is deleted in its entirety so that the Certificate of Incorporation will no longer contain a provision setting forth the term of the Corporation.

(I) Article Ninth of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets forth the number of directors, is deleted in its entirety. The number of directors is now specified in Article 6 in the provisions for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation.

(J) Article Tenth of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the office and agent of the Corporation, is deleted in its entirety. The office of the Corporation is now set forth in Article 3. The agent of the Corporation is now set forth in Article 5.


(K) Article Eleventh of the Certificate of Incorporation, which sets out the personal liability of directors, Is deleted in its entirety. The provision setting forth the personal liability of directors is now set forth in Article 7.

4. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation as amended as described in Paragraph 3 above, is restated to read in its entirety as follows:

1. The name of the corporation shall be Frontier Corporation (hereinafter sometimes called the “Corporation”).

2. The purposes for which it is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporation may be organized under the Business Corporation Law provided that the Corporation is not formed to engage in any act or activity which requires the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

It is hereby expressly provided that the foregoing shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this Corporation; and that this Corporation may do all and everything necessary, suitable and appropriate for the exercise of any of its general powers.

3. The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock, each share having a par value of one dollar ($1.00). The holders of the Common Stock shall have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation whether now or hereafter authorized.

4. The office of the Corporation in the State of New York shall be located in the County of Monroe.

5. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as the agent of the Corporation upon whom any process may in any action or proceeding against it be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any proceeds in any action or proceeding against the Corporation which may be served upon it is: c/o Global Crossing Ltd., 712 Fifth Avenue, 41st Floor, New York. New York 10019; Attention: General Counsel.

6. The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:

(a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 


(b) The directors shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.

(c) The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as from time to time fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the By-Laws of the Corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws so provide.

(d) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and to do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the Business Corporation Law, this Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no Bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.

(e) Any member of the Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time prior to the expiration of his term by the majority vote of the outstanding shares.

7. The personal liability of the directors of the Corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, as the same may be amended and supplemented.

5. This amendment and restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation was authorized by:

 

  (A) the Board of Directors of the Corporation by unanimous written consent pursuant to Sections 803 and 708(b) of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York; and

 

  (B) the shareholders holding at least a majority of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon by unanimous written consent of shareholders pursuant to Sections 803 and 615 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been subscribed this 28th day of September 1999 by the undersigned who affirm that the statements made herein are true and correct under penalties of perjury.

 

By:  

/s/ Joseph P. Clayton

Name:   Joseph P. Clayton
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/ Josephine S. Trubek

Name:   Josephine S. Trubek
Title:   Corporate Secretary

 


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

FRONTIER CORPORATION

Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is “FRONTIER CORPORATION.” The name under which the corporation was formed is “Rochester Telephone Corporation.” On December 22, 1994, the corporation changed its name to Frontier Corporation.

SECOND: The certificate of incorporation of the corporation was filed by the Department of State on February 25, 1920. A Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the Department of State of the State of New York on April 2, 1968, February 17,1995 and September 28, 1999.

THIRD: The amendments of the restated certificate of incorporation effected by this certificate of amendment are as follows:

a. To change the name of the corporation

b. To change the post-office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the corporation served upon him.

FOURTH: To accomplish the foregoing amendments, Articles First and Fifth of the restated certificate of incorporation, relating to the name of the corporation and the address for service of process, are hereby amended to read in their entirety as follows:

 

  1. The name of the corporation shall be Global Crossing North America, Inc. (hereinafter sometimes called the “Corporation”).

 

  2. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as the agent of the Corporation upon whom any process may in any action or proceeding against it be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of an, process in any action or proceeding against the Corporation which may be served on it is: c/o Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, Albany, New York 12207-2543,

FIFTH: The foregoing amendments of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation were authorized by the consent in writing of all the members of the Board of Directors of the corporation, followed by the written consent of holders of outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote on the said amendments of the certificate of incorporation, having not less than the minimum requisite proportion of votes, which has been given in accordance with Section 615 of the Business Corporation Law. Written notice has been given as and to the extent required by the said Section 615.


Signed on March 6, 2000

FRONTIER CORPORATION

Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary

EX-3.59 55 dex359.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICA, INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing North America, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.59

BY-LAWS

OF

Global Crossing North America, Inc.

A New York Corporation

ARTICLE I

Shareholders

SECTION I. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the State of New York or at such other place within or without the State of New York as may be determined by the Board of Directors and as shall be designated in the notice of said meeting, on such date and at such time as may be determined by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the State of New York, or at such other place within or without the State of New York as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Whenever the Board of Directors shall fail to fix such place, or whenever shareholders entitled to call a special meeting shall call the same, the meeting shall be held either at the office of the Corporation in the State of New York or telephonically by means of a conference line. Special meetings of the shareholders shall be held upon call of the Board of Directors or of the President or any Vice-President or the Secretary or any director, at such time as may be fixed by the Board of Directors or the President or such Vice-President or the Secretary or such director, as the case may be, and as shall be stated in the notice of said meeting, except when the New York Business Corporation Law (the “Business Corporation Law”) confers upon the shareholders the right to demand the call of such meeting and fix the date thereof. At any special meeting of the shareholders, duly called as provided in these By-laws, any director or directors may be removed from office by the shareholders, either with or without cause, and such director’s successor or directors’ successors may be elected at such meeting.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. The notice of all meetings shall be in writing, including e-mail, shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and, unless it is the annual meeting, shall indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting. The notice of an annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting and shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting if any other action is to be taken at such annual meeting which could be taken at a special meeting. The notice of a special meeting shall, in all instances, state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If the Board of Directors shall adopt, amend or repeal a By-law regulating an impending election of directors, the notice of the next meeting for the election of directors shall contain the By-law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the changes made. If any action is proposed to be taken which would, if taken, entitle shareholders to receive payment for their shares, the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect and shall be accompanied by a copy of Section 623 of the Business Corporation Law or an outline of its material terms. A copy of the notice of any meeting shall be served either personally, electronically or by first class mail, not less


than I nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, to each shareholder at such shareholder’s record address or at such other address as such shareholder may have furnished by request in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place and if any announcement of the adjourned time or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting unless the Board of Directors, after adjournment, fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver of notice before or after the meeting. The attendance of a shareholder at a meeting without protesting prior to the conclusion of the meeting the lack of notice of such meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice by such shareholder.

SECTION 4. Shareholder Lists. A list of shareholders as of the record date, certified by the corporate officer responsible for its preparation, or by the transfer agent, if any, shall be produced at any meeting of shareholders upon the request thereat or prior thereto of any shareholder. If the right to vote at any meeting is challenged, the inspectors of election, if any, or the person presiding thereat, shall require such list of shareholders to be produced as evidence of the right of the persons challenged to vote at such meeting, and all persons who appear from such list to be shareholders entitled to vote thereat may vote at such meeting.

SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of shareholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding votes of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. At all meetings of the shareholders at which a quorum is present, all matters, except as otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any shareholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of shareholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the President, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the shareholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the


Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall choose any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.


SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote; Ballots. At each meeting of shareholders, every shareholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy in accordance with Section 609 of the Business Corporation Law, and shall have one vote for each share entitled to vote and registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except as otherwise provided by the Business Corporation Law. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes cast thereat shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast.

SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder shall, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person appointed fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board of Directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting or any shareholder, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by them and execute a certificate as to any fact found by them. The date and time (which need not be a particular time of day) of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced by the person presiding at the meeting at the beginning of the meeting and, if no date or time is so announced, the polls shall close at the end of the meeting, including any adjournment thereof. No ballot, proxies or consents, nor any revocation thereof or changes thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of polls unless the supreme court at a special term held within the judicial district where the office of the Corporation is located upon application by a shareholder shall determine otherwise. Each inspector may be entitled to reasonable compensation for such inspector’s services, to be paid by the Corporation.


SECTION 9. Actions Without Meetings. Whenever shareholders are required or permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon. This section shall not be construed to alter or modify any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation under which the written consent of the holders of less than all outstanding shares is sufficient for corporate action.

SECTION 10. Meaning of Certain Terms. As used herein in respect of the right to notice of a meeting of shareholders or a waiver thereof or to participate or vote thereat or to consent or dissent in writing in lieu of a meeting, as the case may be, the terms “share” and “shareholder” or “shareholders” refer to an outstanding share or shares and to a holder or holders of record of outstanding shares, respectively, when the Corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares, and said references are also intended to include any outstanding share or shares and any holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of any class upon which or upon whom the Certificate of Incorporation confers such rights, where there are two or more classes or series of shares, or upon which or upon whom the Business Corporation Law confers such rights, notwithstanding that the Certificate of lncorporation may provide for more than one class or series of shares, one or more of which are limited in or denied such rights thereunder.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION I. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a shareholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of New York. The number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be at least one. Subject to the foregoing limitation and except for the first Board of Directors, such number may be fixed from time to time by action of the Board of Directors or of the shareholders, or, if the number of directors is not so fixed, the number shall be one. The number of directors may be increased or decreased by action of the Board of Directors or shareholders, provided that any action of the Board of Directors to effect such increase or decrease shall require the vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The use of the phrase “entire Board of Directors” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) The first Board of Directors shall be elected by the incorporator or incorporators of the Corporation and shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. Thereafter, directors who are elected at an annual meeting of shareholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. In the interim between annual meetings of shareholders or special meetings of shareholders called for the election of directors, newly created directorships and any vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from the removal of directors for cause or without cause, may be tilled by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum exists.


SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. A majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting to another time and place without notice. Except as herein otherwise provided, the vote of a majority of the directors present at the time of the vote, at a meeting duly assembled, a quorum being present at such time, shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or without the State of New York as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of the meeting. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, and special meetings may be held at any time and place upon the call of the Chairman of the Board, if any, or of the President or any Vice-President or the Secretary or any director by oral, telegraphic or electronic notice duly served as set forth in these By-laws.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of shareholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders at the same place at which such shareholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date, time and purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least one days before the meeting, or by telegraphing or telephoning the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Any requirements of furnishing a notice shall be waived by any director who signs a waiver of notice before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice (0 such director. The notice of any meeting need not specify the purpose of the meeting, and any and all business may be transacted at such meeting.

SECTION 7. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act


a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.

SECTION 8. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any or all of the directors may be removed, with cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 9. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies among the directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or, at a special meeting of the shareholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 10. Actions by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or by any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or of any such committee consent in writing to the adoption of a resolution authorizing the action and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or of any such committee.

SECTION 11. [reserved]

ARTICLE III

Committees

SECTION 1. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment. The Board of Directors shall have full power, at any time, to fill vacancies in, to change membership of, to designate alternate members of: or to discharge any such committee.

SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.


SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are tiled with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. When all of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation is owned by one person, such person may hold all or any combination of offices.

SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the whole Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.


SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers. The President shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if there be no Chairman, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The President may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section 1 hereof The President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of such Vice-President’s duties, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE V

Books and Records

SECTION 1. Location. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders, of the Board of Directors, and/or of any committee which the Board of Directors may appoint, and shall keep at the office of the Corporation in the State of New York or at the office of the transfer agent or registrar, if any, in said state a record containing the names and addresses of all shareholders, the number and class of shares held by each, and the dates when such shareholders respectively became the owners of record thereof Any of the foregoing books, minutes or records may be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written from within a reasonable time.

SECTION 2. Addresses of Shareholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally, e-mailed or mailed to each shareholder at said shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.


SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Shareholders of Record. For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express to consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day on which the meeting is held. The record date for determining shareholders for any purpose other than that specified in the preceding sentence shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

ARTICLE VI

Certificates Representing Shares

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. (a) The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates representing shares, in such form not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe, or shall be uncertificated shares. Certificates representing shares shall have set forth thereon the statements prescribed by law and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice-President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or a Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer and may be sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee, or the shares are listed on a registered national securities exchange. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer were an officer at the date of its issue.

(b) Each certificate representing shares issued by the Corporation, if the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, shall set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or shall state that the Corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and, if the Corporation is authorized to issue any class of preferred shares in series, the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and the authority of the Board of Directors to designate and fix the relative rights, preferences and limitations of other series.

 

(c)

   Each certificate representing shares shall state upon the face

(l)

   That the Corporation is formed under the laws of the State of New York;

(2)

   The name of the person or persons to whom issued; and

(3)

   The number and class of shares, and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents.

(d)

   The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby,

with the number of shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

 


SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transferability of shares, if any, transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the share record of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by such holder’s attorney-in-fact thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or with a transfer agent or a registrar, if any, and upon the surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon. A certificate representing shares shall not be issued until the full amount of consideration therefor has been paid, except as the Business Corporation Law may otherwise permit.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect transactions authorized by the Business Corporation Law, which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional holdings, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends and participate in liquidating distributions; or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined; or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a shareholder except as therein provided. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.

SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.


ARTICLE VII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to shareholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the shareholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or shareholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified, before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the shareholders and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its shareholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE IX

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the nan1e of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.

ARTICLE X

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.


ARTICLE XI

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XII

Indemnification

The Corporation, to the full extent permitted and in the manner required by the laws of the State of New York as in effect at the time of the adoption of this Article XII or as the law may be amended from time to time, shall (i) indemnify any person (and the heirs and legal representatives of such person) made, or threatened to be made, a party in an action or proceeding (including, without limitation, one by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor), whether civil or criminal, including an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the Corporation served in any capacity at the request of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that such director or officer, or such director’s or officer’s testator or intestate, was a director or officer of the Corporation or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, and (ii) provide to any such person (and the heirs and legal representatives of such person) advances for expenses incurred in pursuing such action or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount as, and to the extent, required by Section 72S(a) of the Business Corporation Law.


ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION I. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as such person may deem necessary or appropriate, and may authorize payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of the Treasurer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of shareholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.

SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The directors may appoint the Treasurer or other fiscal officer and/or the Secretary or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to shareholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The shareholders entitled to vote in the election of directors may amend or repeal the By-laws and may adopt new By-laws. Except as otherwise required by law or by the provisions of these By-laws, the Board of Directors may also amend or repeal the By-laws and adopt new By-laws, but By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be amended or repealed by the said shareholders.

EX-3.60 56 dex360.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING DEVELOPMENT CO. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Development Co.

EXHIBIT 3.60

State of Delaware Office of the Secretary of State

I, EDWARD J. FREEL, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF “GLOBAL CROSSING DEVELOPMENT CO.”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A.D. 1998, AT 12:30 O’CLOCK P.M.


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING DEVELOPMENT CO.

The undersigned, in order to form a corporation for the purpose hereinafter stated, under and pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, hereby certifies that:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is GLOBAL CROSSING DEVELOPMENT CO.

SECOND: The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, par value of $.01 each.

FIFTH: The name and address of the incorporator is Tara Wortman, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York City, New York 10017-3954.

SIXTH: The Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting by majority vote, may alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.

SEVENTH: Except as otherwise provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its Stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Certificate of Incorporation on February 3, 1998.

 

/s/ Tara Wortman

Tara Wortman
Incorporator
EX-3.61 57 dex361.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING DEVELOPMENT CO. Bylaws of Global Crossing Development Co.

EXHIBIT 3.61

BY-LAWS OF

Global Crossing Development Co.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION I. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 1 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least I days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.


SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be 1, or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.


SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.


SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of Directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION I. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION I nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION 1 shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION 1 in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION 1 of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise,


against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.

ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION 1. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.


SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.

SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section I of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.


ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION 1. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.


(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided.


The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.

SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.


ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.


SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.

SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.62 58 dex362.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING EMPLOYEE SERVICES INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Employee Services Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.62

State of Delaware

Office of the Secretary of State

I, EDWARD J. FREEL, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF “GLOBAL CROSSING EMPLOYEE SERVICES INC.”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 1999, AT 4:30 O’CLOCK P.M. A FILED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS.

 


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING EMPLOYEE SERVICES INC.

The undersigned, in order to form a corporation for the purpose hereinafter stated, under and pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, hereby certifies that:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is GLOBAL CROSSING EMPLOYEE SERVICES INC.

SECOND: The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is one thousand (1000) shares of Common Stock, par value of $.01 each.

FIFTH: The name and address of the incorporator is Scott Ryan, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York City, New York 10017-3954.

SIXTH: The Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting by majority vote, may alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws, of the Corporation.

SEVENTH: Except as otherwise provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification,

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned as signed this Certificate of Incorporation on April 12, 1999.

 

/s/ Scott Ryan

Scott Ryan Incorporator


STATEMENT

OF

SOLE INCORPORATOR

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING EMPLOYEE SERVICES INC.

*  *  *  *  *

The certificate of incorporation of this corporation having been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the undersigned, being the sole incorporator named in said certificate, does hereby state that the following actions were taken on this day for the purpose of organizing this corporation:

1. By-laws for the regulation of the affairs of the corporation were adopted by the undersigned incorporator and were ordered inserted in the minute book immediately following a copy of the certificate of incorporation and before this instrument.

2. Each of Barry Porter and Sherri Cook has been nominated and elected as a director to hold office for the ensuing year and until the first annual meeting for the election of directors or until successors to each of them is elected.

3. The incorporator shall have no further rights, duties or powers.

Dated: April 12, 1999

 

/s/ Scott Ryan

Scott Ryan, Sole Incorporator
EX-3.63 59 dex363.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING EMPLOYEE SERVICES INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing Employee Services Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.63

BY-LAWS

OF

Global Crossing Employee Services, Inc.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than I nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least I days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.


The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were


present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be 1, or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.


(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such


Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.

SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of Directors.

SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION 1. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION 1 nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION 1 shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION 1 in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION 1 of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or


was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.

ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION 1. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.


SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.

SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section 1 of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION 1. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the


Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Addresses of stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.


(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in


registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.

SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.


ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.

ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized


by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.

SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.64 60 dex364.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.64

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

CORPORATION AND SECURITIES BUREAU

(For Bureau Use Only)

Date Received

JAN 04 1995

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION For use by Domestic Profit Corporations Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, as amended, the undersigned corporation executes the following Articles:

ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is: Allnet Local Services, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized is to engage in any activity within the purposes for which corporations may be organized under the Business Corporation Act of Michigan (the “Act”).

ARTICLE III

The total authorized capital stock is: Common Shares: 1,000 No Par Value Stated Value Per Share $0.01

ARTICLE IV

1. The address of the registered office is: 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 350 Bingham Farms, MI 48025

2. The name of the registered agent at the registered office is: Connie R. Gale

ARTICLE V

The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:

Name: Residence or Business Address: Connie R. Gale 30300 Telegraph Road, Ste 350 Bingham Farms, MI 48025

ARTICLE VI

When a compromise or arrangement or plan of reorganization of this corporation is proposed between this corporation and its creditors or any class of them or between this corporation and its shareholders or any class of them, a court of equity jurisdiction within the state, on application of this corporation or of a creditor or shareholder thereof, or on application of a receiver appointed for the corporation, may order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors or of the shareholders or class of shareholders to be affected by the proposed compromise or arrangement or reorganization, to be summoned in such manner as the court directs. If a majority in number representing 3/4 in value of the creditors or class of creditors, or of the Shareholder or class of shareholders to be affected by the proposed compromise or arrangement or a reorganization, agree to a compromise or arrangement or a reorganization of this corporation as a consequence of the compromise or arrangement, the compromise or arrangement and the reorganization, if


sanctioned by the court to which the application has been made, shall be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, or on all the shareholders or class of shareholders and also on this corporation.

ARTICLE VII

Any action required or permitted by the Act to be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to shareholders who have not consented in writing.

ARTICLE VIII

No director of this Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of such director’s fiduciary duty; provided, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any of the following:

 

(a) A breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to its Corporation or its shareholders.

 

(b) Acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law.

 

(c) A transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

(d) A violation of Section 551(1)of the Act.

 

(e) Any not other act or omission as to which the Act does permit a director’s liability to be so limited.

In the event that the Act is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Act, as so amended. Any repeal, modification or adoption of any provision in these Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal, modification or adoption.


I, the Incorporator, sign my Name this 3rd day of January, 1995.

Document will be returned to Name and Mailing Address indicated below:

Include name, street and number (or P.O. box), city, state and ZIP code

Name of person or organization remitting fees: Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss Professional Corporation

Preparer’s name and address and telephone number Connie R. Gale, Esq. 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 350 Bingham Farms,

MI 48025 (810) 433-4103

ALLNET LOCAL SERVICES, INC .

ACTION BY INCORPORATOR

The incorporator of Allnet Local Services, Inc. selects John M. Zrno, William H. Oberlin and Marvin C. Moses as the Directors of the Corporation until their successors are elected and take office.

Dated: January 9, 1995 Connie R. Gale


MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CORPORATION AND SECURITIES BUREAU

Date Received

NOV 14 1995

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

For use by Domestic Profit Corporations (Please read information and instructions on the last page) Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), Act 162, Public Acts of 1982 (nonprofit corporations), the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate:

1. The present name of the corporation is: Allnet Local Services, Inc.

2. The identification number assigned by the Bureau is: 204-059

3. The location of the registered office is: 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 350 Bingham Farms, MI 48025

4. Article One of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. The name of the corporation shall be: Frontier Local Services, Inc.

5. COMPLETE SECTION (a) IF THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED BY THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE INCORPORATOR(S) BEFORE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES; OTHERWISE, COMPLETE SECTION (bl. DO NOT COMPLETE BOTH.

b. The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on the 26th day of October 1995. The amendment: (check one of the following)

X – was duly adopted by the written consent of all the shareholders or members entitled to vote in accordance with section 407(3) of the Act if a nonprofit corporation, or Section 407(2) of the Act if a profit corporation.

Signed this 8th day of November 1995.

 

By:  

/s/ Marvin C. Moses

  Marvin C. Moses
  Executive V.P. and CFO


MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES CORPORATION, SECURITIES AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

(FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)

This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION For use by Domestic Profit and Nonprofit Corporations (Please read information and instructions on the last page) Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284. Public Acts of 7972 (profit corporations). or Act 762. Public Acts of 7982 (nonprofit corporations).

The undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate:

1. The present name of the corporation is: FRONTIER LOCAL SERVICES INC.

2. The identification number assigned by the Bureau is: 204-059

3. Article I (one) of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows: The name of the corporation shall be GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES, INC.

COMPLETE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

5. (For profit and nonprofit corporations whose Articles state the corporation is organized on a stock or on a membership basis.)

The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on the 10th day of Auqust,1999 by the shareholders if a profit corporation, or by the shareholders or members if a nonprofit corporation (check one of the following)

X – at a meeting the necessary votes were cast in favor of the amendment.

Signed this 22nd day of September,1999

 

By:  

/s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi

  Barbara J. LaVerdi
  Assistant Secretary
EX-3.65 61 dex365.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES, INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

EXHIIBT 3.65

BY – LAWS

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES, INC.

(a Michigan corporation)

INTRODUCTION – VARIABLE REFERENCES

Date of Incorporation: January 4, 1995

0.01. Date of annual shareholders’ meeting (See Section 2.01):

The annual meeting shall be held at the time fixed, from time to time, by the directors.

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0.02. Required notice of shareholders’ meeting (See Section 2.04): not less than 10 days.

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0.03. Authorized number of directors (See Section 3.01): Two (2).

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0.04. Required notice of directors’ meetings (See Section 3.05):

(a) Not less than 72 hours if by mail, and

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(b) Not less than 24 hours if by telegram, cable, personal delivery, word of mouth, telephone, facsimile or other form of electronic transmission.

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0.05. The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of December each year (See Section 8.02).

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0.06. Action by written consent of shareholders may be taken by unanimous written consent (See Section 2.12). -Action by written consent of shareholders may also be taken by such lesser percentage of shareholders as is permitted in the articles of incorporation or by applicable law.

*These spaces are reserved for official notation of future amendments to these sections.

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

1.0 I. Principal and Business Offices. The corporation may have such principal and other business offices, either within or without the State of Michigan, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

1.02. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation required by the Michigan Business Corporation Act to be maintained in the State of Michigan may, but need not, be the same as any of its places of business, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The business office of the registered agent of the corporation shall be identical to such registered office.


ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

2.01. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held in each year on the date set forth in Section 0.01, at the hour designated in the written notice of said meeting given pursuant to Section 2.04, or at such other time and date as may be fixed by or under the authority of the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Michigan, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein, or fixed as herein provided, for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as convenient.

2.02. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by either the President, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to elect one), or upon written notice to the Secretary of the corporation by the holders of not less than one-tenth of all shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

2.03. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Michigan, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Michigan, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal business office of the corporation in the State of Michigan or such other suitable place in the county of such principal office as may be designated by the person calling such meeting, but any meeting may be adjourned to reconvene at any place designated by vote of a majority of the shares represented thereat.

2.04. Notice of Meeting.

(a) Required notice. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than the number of days set forth in Section 0.02 (unless a longer period is required by law or the articles of incorporation) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or other officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, facsimile, e-mail or other form of wire or wireless communication, or by mail or private carrier. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his/her address as it appears on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice is delivered by electronic transmission, notice is effective when such transmission is completed.


(b) Adjourned meeting. If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different time or place, notice of the new date, time or place is not required if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for an adjourned meeting is or must be fixed, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to all persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.

2.05. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date, in the case of a meeting of or other action to be taken by shareholders, to be not more than seventy (70) days before said meeting or action. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the close of business on the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed, transmitted, or communicated in person or on the date on which the resolution of the Board of 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 shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination is effective for any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

2.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or in the articles of incorporation, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by a voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is considered present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting. If a quorum exists, action on a matter by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action unless a greater number of affirmative votes is required by law or the articles of incorporation.

2.07. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, or in the event the Board of Directors determines not to elect a Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence, the President, and in his/her absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any person chosen by the shareholders present shall call the meeting of the shareholders to order and shall act as chairman of the meeting, and the Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of


the shareholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.

2.08. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder entitled to vote may vote by proxy appointed in writing by the shareholder or by his/her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make rules establishing presumptions as to the validity and sufficiency of proxies.

2.09. Voting of Shares. Except as provided in the articles of incorporation, these by­laws or by Michigan law, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote upon each matter voted on at a shareholders meeting.

2.10. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. The corporation in its discretion may require such evidence as it deems advisable to verify proper authority of any person to vote shares not registered of record in such person’s name.

(a) Other Entities. Shares standing in the name of another entity may be voted either in person or by proxy, by an officer or agent of the entity.

(b) Legal Representatives or Fiduciaries. Shares held by a personal representative, administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, or assignee for creditors which shares are not standing in the name of such fiduciary may be voted by him/her, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his/her name.

(c) Pledgees. A shareholder whose votes are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

(d) Subsidiaries. No shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation is held directly or indirectly by this corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting. Provided, however, this shall not limit the power of the corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

(e) Minors. Shares held by a minor may be voted by such minor in person or by proxy and no such vote shall be subject to disaffirmance or avoidance, unless prior to such vote the Secretary of the corporation has received written notice or has actual knowledge that such shareholder is a minor.

(f) Incompetents and Spendthrifts. Shares held by an incompetent or spendthrift may be voted by such incompetent or spendthrift in person or by proxy and no such vote shall be subject to disaffirmance or avoidance,


unless prior to such vote the Secretary of the corporation has actual knowledge that such shareholder has been adjudicated an incompetent or spendthrift or actual knowledge of filing of judicial proceedings for appointment of a guardian.

(g) Cotenants or Fiduciaries. Shares registered in the name of two or more individuals who are named in the registration as co-tenants or fiduciaries may be voted in person or by proxy signed by anyone or more of such individuals if the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all co-owners.

2.11. Waiver of Notice by Shareholders. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given to any shareholder of the corporation under the articles of incorporation or by-laws or any provision of law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any time, whether before or after the time of meeting, by the shareholder entitled to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice; provided that such waiver in respect to any matter of which notice is required under any provision of the Michigan Business Corporation Act, shall contain the same information as would have been required to be included in such notice, except the time and place of meeting.

2.12. Action Without Meeting.

(a) Any action required or permitted to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting and without action by the Board of Directors, by all shareholders entitled to vote on the action.

(b) Action under Section 2.12(a) must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the shareholders and delivered to the Secretary of the corporation for inclusion in the corporate records.

(c) Action taken under Section 2.l2(a) is effective when consents representing all shares entitled to vote on the action are delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.

(d) If not otherwise fixed under Section 2.05 of these by-laws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date that the first shareholder signs the consent under this Section 2.12(a).

 

(e) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

2.13. Financial Statements for Shareholders. Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, the corporation shall prepare annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income statement for that year, and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the


financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements must also be prepared on that basis. On written request from any shareholder, the corporation shall mail him/her the latest financial statements.

ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.01. General Powers and Number. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by, its Board of Directors. The number of directors of the corporation shall be as set forth in Section 0.03.

3.02. Tenure and Qualifications. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been elected, or until his/her prior death, resignation or removal. A director may be removed from office if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him/her (unless a greater voting requirement is provided by the articles of incorporation) taken at a meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. A director may resign at any time by delivering his/her written resignation to the Board of Directors or to the corporation. Directors need not be residents of the State of Michigan or shareholders of the corporation.

3.03. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders, and each adjourned session thereof. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place either within or without the State of Michigan, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

3.04. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to elect one), the President, Secretary or any two directors. The Chairman of the Board, President or Secretary calling any special meeting of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of Michigan, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.

3.05. Notice; Waiver. Notice of each meeting of the Board of Directors (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to Section 3.03) shall be given to each director (i) by written notice delivered personally or mailed or given by facsimile, e-mail or other form of wire or wireless transmission to such director at his/her business address or at such other address as such director shall have designated in writing filed with the Secretary, or (ii) by word of mouth or telephone personally to such director, in each case not less than that number or hours prior thereto as set forth in Section 0.04. Written notice is effective at the earliest of the following: (a) when received or, if notice is delivered by electronic transmission, when such transmission is completed; (b) two days after its deposit in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed; (c) on the date shown on the return receipt if sent by registered or


certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee. Oral notice is effective when communicated. The notice need not describe the purpose of the meeting unless required by the articles of incorporation.

A director may waive any notice required by the Michigan Business Corporation Act, the articles of incorporation or by-laws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as provided in the next sentence, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and retained by the corporation. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him/her of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his/her arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

3.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the articles of incorporation or these by-laws, a majority of the number of directors set forth in Section 0.03 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but a majority of the directors present (though less than such quorum) may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

3.07. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation or these by-laws. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless: (1) he/she objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his/her arrival) to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; or (2) his/her dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (3) he/she delivers written notice of his/her dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

3.08. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, or in the event the Board of Directors determines not to elect a Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence, the President, and in his/her absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any director chosen by the directors present, shall call meetings of the Board of Directors to order and shall act as Chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any Assistant Secretary or any director or other person present to act as secretary of the meeting.


3.09. Vacancies. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, the vacancy may be filled by either the shareholders; the Board of Directors; or if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, the directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all directors remaining in office. If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of the voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders, and only the remaining directors elected by that voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the directors. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, (because of a resignation effective at a later date) may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

3.10. Compensation. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the Board of Directors, irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, may fix the compensation of Directors in their capacities as such.

3.11. Committees. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. The creation of a committee, delegation of authority to a committee, or action by a committee does not relieve the Board of Directors or any of its members of any responsibility imposed upon the Board of Directors or its members by law. Each committee must have two or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of (l) a majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken or (2) the number of directors required by the articles of incorporation or by-laws to take such action. Sections 3.03-3.05 and 3.12 of these by-laws which govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, apply to committees and their members. To the extent specified by the Board of Directors or in the articles of incorporation or by-laws, each committee may exercise the authority of the Board of Directors, except that a committee may not:

(l) authorize distributions;

(2) approve or propose to shareholders action that the Michigan Business Corporation Act requires be approved by shareholders;

(3) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees;

(4) amend the articles of incorporation under Section 450.1601 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act;

(5) adopt, amend, or repeal by-laws;


(6) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

(7) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or

(8) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences, and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee (or a senior executive officer of the corporation) to do so within limits prescribed by the Board of Directors.

3.12. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted by the articles of incorporation or by-laws or any provision of law to be taken at a Board of Directors’ or committee meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors or members of such committee entitled to vote with respect to such action.

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

4.01. In General. The principal officers of the corporation may include a Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to appoint one), a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The duties of the officers shall be those enumerated herein and any further duties designated by the Board of Directors. The duties herein specified for particular officers may be transferred to and vested in such other officers as the Board of Directors shall appoint, from time to time and for such periods or without limitation as to time as the Board shall order.

4.02. Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for a term as determined by the Board of Directors. If no term is specified, each officer shall hold office until his/her death, resignation or removal. Appointment of an officer does not of itself create contract rights.

4.03. Removal. Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause.

4.04. Vacancies. A vacancy in any principal office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

4.05. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to appoint one) shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors and shall have such further and other authority, responsibility and duties as may be granted to or imposed upon him/her by the Board of Directors, including without limitation designation pursuant to Section 4.07 as chief executive officer of the corporation.


4.06. President. The President, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise order pursuant to Section 4.07, shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He/she shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors shall have elected a Chairman of the Board of Directors. He/she shall have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, to appoint such agents and employees of the corporation as he/she shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the President. He/she shall have authority to sign, execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the corporation, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, stock certificates, contracts, leases, reports and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and except as otherwise provided by law or the Board of Directors, he/she may authorize any Vice President or other officer or agent of the corporation to sign, execute and acknowledge such documents or instruments in his/her place and stead. In general he/she shall perform all duties incident to the office of the chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. In the event the Board of Directors determines not to appoint a Chairman of the Board or in the event of his/her absence or disability, the President shall perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the duties and restrictions imposed upon the Chairman of the Board.

4.07. Chairman of the Board as Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the corporation. In such event, the Chairman of the Board shall assume all authority, power, duties and responsibilities otherwise appointed to the President pursuant to Section 4.06, and all references to the President in these by-laws shall be regarded as references to the Chairman of the Board as such chief executive officer, except where a contrary meaning is clearly required.

In further consequence of designating the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer, the President shall thereby become the chief administrative officer of the corporation. He/she shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of stockholders and directors. During the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board he/she shall exercise the functions of the chief executive officer of the corporation. He/she shall have authority to sign all certificates, contracts, and other instruments of the corporation necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation’s regular business or which shall be authorized by the Board of Directors and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to his/her office or are properly required of him/her by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board. He/she shall have the authority, subject to such rules, directions, or orders, as may be prescribed by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors, to appoint and terminate the appointment of


such agents and employees of the corporation as he/she shall deem necessary, to prescribe their power, duties and compensation and to delegate authority to them.

4.08. The Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his/her death, inability or refusal to act, or in the event for any reason it shall be impracticable for the President to act personally, the Vice President (if any appointed), or if more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any such designation, then in the order of their appointment, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may sign with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary certificates for shares of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the President or the Board of Directors.

4.09. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation, if any, and see that the seal of the corporation, if any, is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep or arrange for the keeping of a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President, or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shares shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him/her by the President or by the Board of Directors.

4.10. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody and be responsible for all funds and secll1;ties of the corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04; and (c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as shall from time to time be delegated or assigned to him/her by the President or by the Board of Directors. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.

4.11. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. There shall be such number of Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as the Board of Directors may from time to time authorize. The Assistant Secretaries may sign with the President or a Vice President certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a


resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall respectively, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties and have such authority as shall from time to time be delegated or assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or the Board of Directors.

4.12. Other Assistants and Acting Officers. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any person to act as assistant to any officer, or as agent for the corporation in his/her stead, or to perform the duties of such officer whenever for any reason it is impracticable for such officer to act personally, and such assistant or acting officer or other agent so appointed by the Board of Directors shall have the power to perform all the duties of the office to which he/she is so appointed to be assistant, or as to which he/she is so appointed to act, except as such power may be otherwise defined or restricted by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS; SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS

5.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. In the absence of other designation, all deeds, mortgages and instruments of assignment or pledge made by the corporation shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the President or one 0 f the Vice Presidents; the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, when necessary or required, shall affix the corporate seal, if any, thereto; and when so executed no other party to such instrument or any third party shall be required to make any inquiry into the authority of the signing officer or officers.

5.02. Loans. No indebtedness for borrowed money shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of such indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

5.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner, including by means of facsimile signatures, as shall from time to time be determined by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.

5.04. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as may be selected by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.


5.05. Voting of Securities Owned by This Corporation. Subject always to the specific directions of the Board of Directors, (a) any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned or controlled by this corporation may be voted at any meeting of security holders of such other corporation by the President of this corporation if he/she be present, or in his/her absence by any Vice President of this corporation who may be present, and (b) whenever, in the judgment of the President, or in his/her absence, of any Vice President, it is desirable for this corporation to execute a proxy or written consent with respect to any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned by this corporation, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of this corporation by the President or one of the Vice Presidents of this corporation, without necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors, affixation of corporate seal or countersignature or attestation by another officer. Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or proxies of this corporation shall have full right, power and authority to vote the shares or other securities issued by such other corporation and owned by this corporation the same as such shares or other securities might be voted by this corporation.

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

6.01. Certificate for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form, consistent with law, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary either manually or in facsimile, and may be sealed with a corporate seal or facsimile thereof provided, however, that all certificates shall have at least one manual signature of either an officer or the transfer agent. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The face or reverse side of each certificate representing shares shall bear a conspicuous notation of any restriction imposed by the corporation upon transfer of such shares. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

6.02. Signature by Former Officers. In case any officer, who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any certificate for shares, shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he/she were such officer at the date of its issue.

6.03. Transfer of Shares. Prior to due presentment of a certificate for shares for registration of transfer the corporation may treat the registered owner of such shares as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights


and power of an owner. Where a certificate for shares is presented to the corporation with a request to register for transfer, the corporation shall not be liable to the owner or any other person suffering loss as a result of such registration of transfer if (a) there were on or with the certificate the necessary endorsements, and (b) the corporation had no duty to inquire into adverse claims or has discharged any such duty. The corporation may require reasonable assurance that said endorsements are genuine and effective and in compliance with such other regulations as may be prescribed under the authority of the Board of Directors.

6.04. Restrictions on Transfer. If this corporation should elect to be treated as a small business corporation under Section l362 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, then any transfer of stock, the effect of which would cause such election to be terminated, is prohibited and any such purported transfer is null and void. This by-law may only be altered, repealed, or revoked by a majority vote of the shareholders.

6.05. Consideration for Shares. The shares of the corporation maybe issued for such consideration as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, provided that any shares having a par value shall not be issued for a consideration less than the par value thereof. When the corporation receives the consideration for which the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of shares, such shares shall be deemed to be fully paid and nonassessable by the corporation. The Board of Directors may place in escrow shares issued for a contract for future services or benefits or a promissory note, or make other arrangements to restrict the transfer of such shares, and may credit distributions in respect of such shares against their purchase price, until the services are performed, the benefits are received or the note is paid. If the services are not performed, the benefits are not received or the note is not paid, the Board of Directors may cancel, in whole or in part, the shares escrowed or restricted and the distributions credited.

6.06. Stock Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such further rules and regulations not inconsistent with the statutes of the State of Michigan as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the corporation, including the appointment or designation of one or more stock transfer agents and one or more stock registrars.

ARTICLE VII. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY; TRANSACTIONS WITH CORPORATION

7.01 Liability of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, no director shall be liable to the corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the corporation or its shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his/her status as a director. If, and then only to the extent, expressly required by law, a director shall be liable to the extent that the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform constitutes (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with


the corporation or its shareholders in connection with the matter in which the director has a material conflict of interest, (b) a violation of criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful, ( c) a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal profit, or (d) willful misconduct.

7.02. Indemnity of Directors and Officers. To the maximum extent permitted by law (including, without limitation, to the extent that the director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise), the corporation shall indemnify a director or officer in the defense of any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding, whether formal or informal, which involves foreign, federal, state or local law and which is brought by or in the right of the corporation or by any other person, for all reasonable expenses, including fees, costs, charges, disbursements and attorney fees, incurred in the proceeding, provided the director or officer was a party because he/she is a director or officer of the corporation. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the corporation shall indemnify a director or officer against liability, including judgments, settlements, penalties, assessment, forfeitures, fines and reasonable expenses, incurred by the director or officer in the proceeding, provided the director or officer was a party because he/she is a director or officer of the corporation. If, and then only to the extent, expressly provided by applicable law, indemnification shall not apply to the extent the liability was incurred because the director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he/she owes to the corporation and the breach or failure to perform constitutes (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the corporation or its shareholders in connection with the matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest, (b) a violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful, (c) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit, or (d) willful misconduct.

The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or an equivalent plea, shall not, by itself, create a presumption that indemnification of the director or officer is not required under this by-law. No indemnification is required under this by-law to the extent the officer or director has previously received indemnification or allowance of expenses from any person, including the corporation, in connection with the same proceeding. Determination of whether indemnification is required under this by-law shall be made by the means provided pursuant to Section 450.1 564a of the Michigan Business Corporation Act. A director or officer who seeks indemnification under this by-law shall make a written request to the corporation.

The corporation, by its Board of Directors, may indemnify in a like manner, or with any limitations, any employee or agent of the corporation who is not a director or officer with respect to any action taken or not taken in his capacity as such employee or agent. The corporation shall


indemnify an employee who is not a director or officer of the corporation, to the extent he/she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a proceeding, for all expenses incurred in the proceeding if the employee was a party because he/she was an employee of the corporation.

The foregoing rights of indemnification shall be in addition to all rights to which directors, officers, employees or agents may be entitled as a matter of law, by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by written agreement with the corporation. All terms used in this Section

7.02 for which a definition is provided in Section 450.1571 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act and not otherwise herein defined shall have the meaning set forth in said statute.

7.03. Maintenance of Insurance. The corporation may, by its Board of Directors, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against liability asserted against and incurred by the person in his/her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising from his/her status as a director, officer, employee or agent, regardless of whether the corporation is required or authorized to indemnify the person against the same liability.

7.04. Director Conflict of Interest. (a) In this section, “conflict of interest transaction” means a transaction with the corporation in which a director of the corporation has a direct or indirect interest.

(b) A conflict of interest transaction is not voidable by the corporation solely because of the director’s interest in the transaction if any of the following is true: (1) the material facts of the transaction and the director’s interest were disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors or committee authorized, approved or specifically ratified the transaction under Section 7.04(c), (2) the material facts of the transaction and the director’s interest were disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorized, approved or specifically ratified the transaction under Section 7.04(d), or (3) the transaction was fair to the corporation.

(c) For purposes of Section 7.04(b)(I), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved or specifically ratified if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors on the Board of Directors or on the committee acting on the transaction, who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction. If a majority of the directors who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction vote to authorize, approve or ratify the transaction, a quorum is present for the purpose of taking action under this section. The presence of, or a vote cast by, a director with a direct or indirect interest in the transaction does not affect the validity of any action taken under Section 7.04(b)(1) if the transaction is otherwise authorized, approved or ratified as provided in this section.


(d) For purposes of Section 7 .04(b )(2), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved or specifically ratified if it receives the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to be counted under this subsection. Shares owned by or voted under the control of a director who has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction, and shares owned by or voted under the control of any entity party to the transaction in which the director has a material financial interest or in which the director is a general partner, may not be counted in a vote of shareholders to determine whether to authorize, approve or ratify a conflict of interest transaction under Section 7.04(b )(2). The vote of those shares shall be counted in determining whether the transaction is approved under other sections of these by-laws. A majority of the shares, whether or not present, that are entitled to be counted in a vote on the transaction under this subsection constitutes a quorum for the purpose of taking action under this section.

7.05. Loans to Directors. The corporation may not lend money to or guarantee the obligation of a director of the corporation unless (1) the particular loan or guarantee is approved by a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding voting shares of all classes, voting as a single voting group, except the votes of shares owned by or voted under the control of the benefited director, or (2) the corporation’s Board of Directors determines that the loan or guarantee benefits the corporation and either approves the specific loan or guarantee or a general plan authorizing loans and guarantees. The fact that a loan or guarantee is made in violation of this section does not affect the borrower’s liability on the loan. This section does not apply to an advance to a director that is permitted under Section 7.02 of these by-laws or that is made to defray expenses incurred by the director in the ordinary course of the corporation’s business.

ARTICLE VIII. GENERAL

8.01. Seal. The Board of Directors may provide for a corporate seal, which may be circular in form and have inscribed thereon any designation including the name of the corporation and the words “Corporate Seal, Michigan”.

8.02. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be as provided in Section 0.05.

ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS

9.01. By Shareholders. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new by­laws may be adopted by the shareholders by affirmative vote as set forth in Section 2.06 of these by-laws.

9.02. By Directors. These by-laws may also be altered, amended or repealed and new by-laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors by affirmative vote of a majority of the number of Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance; however, no by­law adopted by the shareholders shall be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors if the by-law so adopted so provides.


9.03. Implied Amendments. Any action taken or authorized by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors, which would be inconsistent with the by-laws then in effect but is taken or authorized by affirmative vote of not less than the number of shares or the number of directors required to amend the by-laws so that the by-laws would be consistent with such action, shall be given the same effect as though the by-laws had been temporarily amended or suspended so far, but only so far, as is necessary to permit the specific action so taken or authorized.

EX-3.66 62 dex366.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.66

STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED 09:00 AM 12/14/2000

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.

FIRST. The name of this corporation shall be: GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.

SECOND. Its registered office in the State of Delaware is to be located at 2711 Centerville Road Suite 400 in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle and its registered agent at such address is CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY.

THIRD. The purpose or purposes of the corporation shall be:

To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

FOURTH. The total number of shares of stock which this corporation is authorized to issue is: Three Thousand Shares with a Par Value of $.01

FIFTH . The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:

Danielle Barone Corporation Service Company 2711 Centerville Road Suite 400 Wilmington, DE 19808.

SIXTH. The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws.

SEVENTH. No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Seventh shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator hereinbefore named, has executed, signed and acknowledged this certificate of incorporation this fourteenth day of December, A.D., 2000.

 

/s/ Danielle Barone

Danielle Barone, Incorporator


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.

Pursuant to Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “GCL”) does hereby certify as follows:

FIRST: The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was originally filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 14, 2000.

SECOND: This Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation (i) has been adopted by written consent of the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 228 and 242 of the GCL and (ii) amends and integrates the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as in effect immediately prior to the filing hereof.

THIRD: The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by deleting Article FOURTH, of the Certificate of Incorporation in its entirety and inserting in its place the new Article as follows:

ARTICLE FOURTH

(a) Authorized Stock.

The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is fifteen thousand five hundred (15,500), consisting of three thousand (3,000) shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) and twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) shares of special common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Special Common Stock”).

(b) Voting Rights Generally.

Except as expressly provided herein or as required under the GCL, on all matters to be voted on by the Corporation’s stockholders, (i) each holder of shares of Common Stock will be entitled to one vote per share so held and (ii) the Special Common Stock shall have no voting rights.

(c) Dividends Generally.

The holders of the shares of Common Stock and Special Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of the assets of the Corporation which are by law available therefore, dividends payable either in cash, in stock or otherwise.

(d) Liquidation Rights.

Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or distribution of


the Corporation’s assets (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Common Stock, holders of the issued and outstanding shares of Special Common Stock shall be entitled to receive for each such share, $10,000.00 {the “Liquidation Preference”), but such holders shall not be entitled to any further payments. If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the Corporation’s assets, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the Special Common Stock are insufficient to pay in full of the Liquidation Preference accorded to the Special Common Stock hereunder, then such assets shall be distributed ratably among the holders of shares of Special Common Stock.

Neither the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Corporation nor the consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into one or more corporations shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the Corporation.

[Signature page follows.]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation as of May 8, 2006.

GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ Mitchell Sussis

Name:

  Mitchell Sussis

Title:

  Vice President
EX-3.67 63 dex367.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.67

BY–LAWS

OF

Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 1 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 1 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are tiled with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.


(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be I, or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.


(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the san1e place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.


SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be tilled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION 1. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION 1 nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION 1 shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION 1 in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION 1 of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnity any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.


ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION 1. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.


SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section 1 of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION 1. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.


SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing


the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.


SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.


ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.

SECTION 4. Financial Repol1s. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal ot1icer or any other officer to


cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.68 64 dex368.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN NETWORKS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.68

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

RCI CORPORATION

The undersigned, for the purpose of organizing a corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is RCI CORPORATION.

SECOND: The address of the corporation’s registered office in the state of Delaware is 100 West 10th street, Wilmington,/Delaware, New Castle County. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH: The corporation shall have authority to issue a total of 1,000 shares of capital stock, all of which shall be common stock with a par value of $.01 per share.

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Josephine S. Trubek, Corporate Counsel, Rochester Telephone Corporation, 100 Midtown Plaza, Rochester, New York, 14646.

SIXTH: Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless and to the extent the By-Laws of the corporation so provide.

SEVENTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, or repeal from time to time the By-Laws of the corporation in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of De1aware or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.


EIGHTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter or repeal any provision contained in the Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or as hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights, preferences, and privileges conferred upon stockholders, directors, and officers by or pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

In witness whereof I have signed this Certificate of Incorporation this 17th day of September, 1982.

 

/s/ Josephine S. Trubek

Josephine S. Trubek,

Incorporator

STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF MONROE

On this 17th Day of September, 1982 before me personally came Josephine S. Trubek, to me known, who being duly sworn, did depose and say that she resides in the County of Orleans, State of New York, that she is the Incorporator of RCI CORPORATION, that she has read the foregoing instrument and affirms the truth of statement contained therein, and that she signed her name thereto.

Notary Public

 

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CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF

AMERTEL COMPANY

INTO

RCI CORPORATION

The undersigned corporation DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST: That the name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations of the merger is as follows:

 

NAME

  

STATE OF INCORPORATION

RCI CORPORATION

   DELAWARE

PENNSYLVANIA

   AMERTEL COMPANY

SECOND: That an agreement of merger between the parties to the merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) of section 252 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

THIRD: The name of the surviving corporation of the merger is RCI CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation.

FOURTH: That the Certificate of Incorporation of RCI CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation shall be the Certificate of Incorporation, of the surviving corporation.


FIFTH: That the executed agreement of merger is on file at the principal place of business of the surviving corporation. The address of said principal place of business is 100 Midtown Plaza, Rochester, New York 14646.

SIXTH: That 1 copy of the agreement of merger will be furnished on request and without cost to any stockholder of any constituent corporation.

SEVENTH: The authorized capital stock of each foreign corporation which is a party to the merger is as follows:

 

Corporation

 

Class

 

Number of shares

 

Par value per share

AMERTEL COMPANY

  Common   1 million   .10

EIGHTH: This Certificate of Merger shall become effective at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T. on December 31, 1985.

 

Dated: December 24, 1985.  
RCI Corporation  

/s/ John H. Cline

 

John H. Cline,

President

 
ATTEST:  

/s/ Alan E. Withers

 

Alan E. Withers,

Secretary

 


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF RCI CORPORATION

It is hereby certified that:

1. The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the “corporation”) is RCI CORPORATION

2. The certificate of incorporation of the corporation is hereby amended by striking out Article(s) First thereof and by substituting in lieu of said Article(s) the following new Article(s) First:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is: RCI NETWORK SERVICES, INC.

3. The amendment of the certificate of incorporation herein certified has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of its Board of Directors, a special meeting of the stockholder of said corporation was duly called and held, upon notice in accordance with section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.

5. That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

6. That the capital of said corporation shall not be reduced under or by reason’ of said amendment.

signed and attested to on February 28, 1990.

 

By:

 

/s/ Louis L. Massaro

 

Louis L. Massaro,

President

By:

 

/s/ George A. Valenti, Secretary

 

George A. Valenti,

Secretary


STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED 02:00 PM 12/29/1993

AGREEMENT OF MERGER

OF

RCI LONG DISTANCE, INC.

AND

RCI NETWORK SERVICES, INC.

AGREEMENT OF MERGER approved on November 2, 1993 by RCI LONG DISTANCE, INC., a business corporation of the State of Delaware, and by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date, and approved on November 2, 1993 by RCI NETWORK SERVICES, INC., a business corporation of the State of Delaware, and by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date.

WHEREAS RCI Long Distance, Inc. (Fed. ID 16-1362382) is a business corporation of the State of Delaware and its registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company located at 1209 Orange Street. Wilmington, Delaware 19801; and

WHEREAS the total number of shares of stock which RCI Long Distance, Inc. has authority to issue is 200, all of which are of one class and of a par value of $.01 each; and

WHEREAS RCI Network Services, Inc. (Fed. ID 16-1194420) is a business corporation of the State of Delaware and its registered agent is The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc. located at 32 Loockerman Square, Suite L-100, Dover, Delaware 19901; and

WHEREAS the total number of shares of stock which RCI Network Services, Inc. has authority to issue is 1,000, all of which are of one class and of a par value of $.01 each; and

WHEREAS RCI Long Distance, Inc. and RCI Network Services, Inc. and the respective Boards of Directors thereof deem it advisable and to the advantage, welfare and best interests of said corporations and their respective stockholders to merge RCI Long Distance, Inc. with and into RCI Network Services, Inc., pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of De1aware upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreement of the parties hereto, being thereunto duly approved by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of RCI Long Distance, Inc. and duly approved by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of RCI Network Services, Inc., the Agreement of Merger and the terms and conditions thereof and the mode of carrying the same into effect, together with any provisions required or permitted to be set forth therein, are hereby determined and agreed upon 8S hereinafter in this Agreement set forth.


1. RCI Long Distance, Inc. and RCI Network Services, Inc. shall, pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, be merged with and into a single corporation, to wit, RCI Network Services, Inc., which shall be the surviving Corporation from and after the effective time of the merger, and which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “surviving corporation”, and which shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under the name “RCI Long Distance, Inc.” (Fed ID N 16~1194(20) pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

The separate existence of RCI Long Distance, Inc., which is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “terminating corporation”, shall cease at the said effective time in accordance with the provisions of said General Corporation Law in the State Delaware.

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of RCI Network Services, Inc., the surviving corporation, as now in force and effect, shall continue to be the Certificate of Incorporation of said surviving corporation except that Article FIRST thereof relating to the name Of the corporation is hereby amended and changed so as to read as follows at the effective time of the merger:

“FIRST: The name of the corporation is: RCI LONG DISTANCE, INC.”

and said Certificate of incorporation, as herein amended and changed, shall continue in full force and effect until amended and changed in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

3. The present by-laws of the surviving corporation will be the by-laws of said surviving corporation and will continue in full force and effect until changed, altered or amended as therein provided and in the manner prescribed by the provisions the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The directors and officers in office of the surviving corporation at the effective time of the merger shall be the members of the first Board of Directors and the first officers of the surviving corporation, all of whom shall hold their directorships and offices until the election and qualification of their respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in accordance with the by-laws of the surviving corporation.

 

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5. Each issued share of their terminating corporation shall, at the effective time of the merger, be converted into one share of the surviving corporation. The issued shares of the surviving corporation shall not be converted or exchanged in any manner, but each said share which is issued as of the effective time of the merger shall continue to represent one issued share of the surviving corporation.

6. In the event that this Agreement of Merger shall have been fully adopted upon behalf of the terminating corporation and of the surviving corporation in accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the said corporations agree that they will cause to be executed and filed and recorded any document or documents prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and that they will cause to be performed all necessary acts with in the State of Delaware and elsewhere to effectuate the merger herein provided for.

7. The Board of Directors and the proper officers of the terminating corporation, and of the surviving corporation, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute, deliver, file and record any and all instruments, papers and documents which shall be or become necessary, proper or convenient to carry out or put into effect any of the provisions of this Agreement of Merger or of the merger herein provided for.

The effective time of the Agreement of Merger, and the time when the merger therein agreed upon shall become effective, shall be upon filing with the Delaware Secretary of State.

Notwithstanding ,the full adoption, Of this Agreement Of Merger, the said Agreement of Merger may be terminated at any time prior to the filing thereof with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement of Merger is hereby signed and attested upon behalf of each of the constituent corporations parties thereto.

 

Dated: December 17, 1993.

RCI LONG DISTANCE, INC.

By: Dale M. Gregory

Its: President and Chief Executive Officer

Attest:

Lauren F. Peck

Its: Assistant Secretary

RCI NETWORK SERVICES, INC.

By: Dale M. Gregory

Its: President and Chief Executive Officer

Attest:

By: Lauren F. Peck

Its: Assistant Secretary

 

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STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 09:00 AM 10/20/1994

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

RCI LONG DISTANCE, INC.

RCI LONG DISTANCE, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and calling for a meeting of the stockholders of said consideration thereof, The resolution setting forth the proposed is as follows:

RESOLVED, That the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation be amended by changing the Article(s) thereof numbered so that, as amended said Article(s) shall be and read as follows:

FIRST: The Name of the corporation is: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

SECOND: That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of its Board of Directors, a special meeting of the stockholders of said corporation was duly called and held, upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of amendment.

THIRD: That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH: That the capital of said corporation shall not be reduced under or by reason of said amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and this certificate to be signed by Dale M. Gregory, its CEO, and Barbara J. LaVerdi its Assistant Secretary, this 13th day of October,1994

By: Dale M. Gregory, President and CEO

BY: Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary


STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 09:00 AM 02/16/1996

AGREEMENT OF MERGER

OF

ROCHESTER TEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION

SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(a New York corporation)

AND

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

AGREEMENT OF MERGER entered into on October 13, 1994 by Rochester Tel Telecommunications Information Services Technologies, Inc. (‘RTTIST’), a business corporation of the State of New York, and approved by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date, and entered into on October 13, 1994 by Frontier Communications International Inc., a business corporation of the State of Delaware, and approved by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date.

WHEREAS RTTIST is a business corporation of the State of New York with its principal office therein located at 180 South Clinton Avenue, City of Rochester, County of Monroe; and

WHEREAS the total number of shares of stock which RTTIST has authority to issue is 20,000, all of which are of one class and a par value of $1.00 each; and

WHEREAS Frontier Communications International Inc. is a business corporation of the State of Delaware with its registered office therein located at 1013 Centre Road, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; and

WHEREAS the total number of shares of stock which Frontier Communications International Inc. has authority to issue is 1,000, all of which are of one class and of a par value of $0.01 each; and

WHEREAS the New York Business Corporation Law permits a merger of a business corporation of the State of New York with and into a business corporation of another jurisdiction; and

WHEREAS the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits the merger of a business corporation of another jurisdiction with and into a business corporation of the State of Delaware; and


WHEREAS RTTIST and Frontier Communications International Inc. and the respective Boards of Directors thereof deem it advisable and to the advantage, welfare, and best interests of said corporations and their respective stockholders to merge RTTIST with and into Frontier Communications International Inc. pursuant to the provisions of the New York Business Corporation law and pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreement of the parties hereto, being thereunto duly entered into by RTTIST and approved by a resolution adopted by its Board of Directors and being thereunto duly entered into by Frontier Communications International Inc. and approved by a resolution adopted by its Board of Directors, the Agreement Of Merger and the terms and conditions thereof and the mode of carrying the same into effect, together with any provisions required or permitted to be set forth therein, are hereby determined and agreed upon as hereinafter in this Agreement set forth.

1. RTTIST and Frontier Communications International Inc. shall, pursuant to the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law and the provisions of the General Corporation Law Of the state of Delaware, be merged with and into a single corporation, to wit, Frontier Communications International Inc., which shall be the surviving corporation from and after the effective time of the merger, and which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “surviving corporation”, and which shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under its present name pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The separate existence of RTTIST, which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the ‘terminating corporation’, shall cease at said effective time in accordance with the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law.

2. The Certificate of Incorporation with any amendments thereto, of the surviving corporation shall continue to be the Certificate of Incorporation of said surviving corporation until amended and changed pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

3. The present by-laws of the surviving corporation will be the by-laws of said surviving corporation and will continue in full force and effect until changed, altered or amended as therein provided and in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The directors and officers in office of the surviving corporation at the effective time of the merger shall be the members of the first Board of Directors and the first

 

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officers of the surviving corporation, all of whom shall hold their directorships and offices until the election and qualification of their respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in accordance with the by-laws of the surviving corporation.

5. The one hundred (100) issued shares of the terminating corporation shall, at the effective time of the merger, be converted into one (1) share of the surviving corporation. The issued shares of the surviving corporation shall not be converted or exchanged in any manner, but each said share which is issued as of the effective date of the merger shall continue to represent one issued share of the surviving corporation.

6. In the event that this Agreement of Merger shall have been fully approved and adopted upon behalf of the terminating corporation in accordance with the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law and upon behalf of the surviving corporation in accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the said corporations agree that they will cause to be executed and filed and recorded any document or documents prescribed by the laws of the State of New York and by the laws of the State of Delaware, and that they will cause to be performed all necessary acts within the State of New York and the State of Delaware and elsewhere to effectuate the merger herein provided for.

7. The Board of Directors and the proper officers of the terminating corporation and of the surviving corporation are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute, deliver, file, and record any and all instruments, papers, and documents which shall be or become necessary, proper, or convenient to carry out or put into effect any of the provisions of this Agreement of Merger or of the merger herein provided for.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement of Merger is hereby executed upon behalf of each of the constituent corporations parties thereto.

Dated: 4/10/1995

Frontier Communications International lnc.

By: Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary

Rochester Tel Telecommunications Information Services Technologies, Inc.

By: Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary

 

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STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED

09:05 02/16/1996

AGREEMENT OF MERGER

OF

ROCHESTER TEL BUSINESS MARKETING CORPORATION

(a New York corporation)

AND

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

AGREEMENT OF MERGER entered into on October 13, 1994 by Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation, a business corporation of the State of New York, and approved by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date, and entered into on October 13, 1994 by Frontier Communications International Inc., a business corporation of the State of Delaware, and approved by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date.

WHEREAS Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation is a business corporation of the State of New York with its principal office therein located at 180 South Clinton Avenue. City of Rochester, County of Monroe; and

WHEREAS the total number of shares of stock which Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation has authority to issue is 1,000, all of which are of one class and a par value of $0.01 each; and

WHEREAS Frontier Communications International Inc. is a business corporation of the State of Delaware with its registered office therein located at 1013 Centre Road. City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; and

WHEREAS the total number of shares of stock which Frontier Communications International Inc. has authority to issue is 1,000, all of which are of one class and of a par value of $0.01 each; and

WHEREAS the New York Business Corporation Law permits a merger of a business corporation of the State of New York with and into a business corporation of another Jurisdiction; and

WHEREAS the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits the merger of a business corporation of another jurisdiction with and into a business corporation of the State of Delaware; and


WHEREAS Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation and Frontier Communications International Inc. and the respective Boards of Directors deem it advisable and to the advantage, welfare, and best interests of said corporations and their respective stockholders to merge Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation with and into Frontier Communications International Inc. pursuant to the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law and pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreement of the parties hereto, being thereunto duly entered into by Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation and approved by a resolution adopted by its Board of Directors and being thereunto duty entered into by Frontier Communication International Inc. and approved by a resolution adopted by its Board of Directors, the Agreement of Merger and the terms and conditions thereof and the mode of carrying the same into effect, together with any provisions required or permitted to be set forth therein, are hereby determined and agreed upon as hereinafter in this Agreement set forth.

1. Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation and Frontier Communications International Inc. shall pursuant to the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law and the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, be merged with and into a single corporation, to wit, Frontier Communications International Inc. which shall be the surviving corporation from and after the effective time of the merger, and which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the ‘surviving corporation’, and which shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under its present name pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The separate existence of Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation, which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the ‘terminating corporation’, shall cease at said effective time in accordance with the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Laws.

2. The Certificate of Incorporation, with any amendments thereto, of the surviving corporation shall continue to be the Certificate of Incorporation of said surviving corporation until amended and changed pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

3. The present by-laws of the surviving corporation will be the by-laws of said surviving corporation and will continue in full force and effect until changed, altered or amended as therein provided and in the manner prescribed by the provisions of tile General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The directors and officers in office of the surviving corporation at the effective time of the merger shall be the members of the first Board of Directors and the first officers of the surviving corporation, all of

 

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whom shall hold their directorships and offices until the election and qualification of their respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in accordance with the by-laws of the surviving corporation.

5. The one hundred (100) issued shares of the terminating corporation shall, at the effective time of the merger, be converted into one (1) share of the surviving corporation. The issued shares of the surviving corporation shall not be converted or exchanged in any manner, but each said share which is issued as of the effective date of the merger shall continue to represent one issued share of the surviving corporation.

6. In the event that this Agreement of Merger shall have been fully approved and adopted upon behalf of the terminating corporation in accordance with the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law and upon behalf of the surviving corporation in accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the said corporations agree that they will cause to be executed and filed and recorded any document or documents prescribed by the laws of the State of New York and by the laws of the State of Delaware, and that they will cause to be performed all necessary acts within the State of New York and the State of Delaware and elsewhere to effectuate the merger herein provided for.

7. The Board of Directors and the proper officers of the terminating corporation and of the surviving corporation are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute, deliver, file, and record any and all instruments, papers, and documents which shall be or become necessary, proper, or convenient to carry out or put into effect any of the provisions of this Agreement of Merger or of the merger herein provided for.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement of Merger is hereby executed upon behalf of each of the constituent corporations parties thereto.

Dated: 5/18/1995

Frontier Communications International Inc.

By: Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary

Rochester Tel Business Marketing Corporation

BY: Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary

 

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STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 09:00 AM 07/22/1996

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

AND

TACONIC LONG DISTANCE SERVICE CORP.

It is hereby certified that:

1. The constituent business corporations participating in the merger herein certified are:

(i) Frontier Communications International Inc. (hereinafter “FCI”), which is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware; and

(ii) Taconic Long Distance Service Corp. (hereinafter “Taconic”), which is incorporated under the laws of the State of New York.

2. An Agreement of Merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed, and acknowledged by each of the aforesaid constituent corporations in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 252 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, to wit, by FCI in the same manner as is provided in Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and by Taconic in accordance with the laws of the State of its incorporation.

3. The name of the surviving corporation in the merger herein certified is FCI, which will continue its existence as said surviving corporation under(its present name upon the effective date of said merger pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the State of its incorporation.

4. The Certificate of Incorporation of FCI, as now in force and effect. shall continue to be the Certificate of Incorporation of said surviving corporation until amended and changed pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the State of its incorporation.

5. The executed Agreement of Merger between the aforesaid constituent corporations is on file at the principal place of business of the aforesaid surviving corporation, the address of which is as follows: 180 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14646.


6. A copy of the aforesaid Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the aforesaid surviving corporation on request, and without cost, to any stockholder of each of the aforesaid constituent corporations.

7. The total number of shares of stock which Taconic Long Distance Service Corp. has authority to issue is 220,000,000, all of which are of one class and of a par value of $.01 each.

 

Dated: July 27, 1996
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.
By:  

/s/ Robert L. Bittner

Its:   Chief Executive Officer
TACONIC LONG DISTANCE SERVICE CORP.
By:  

/s/ Robert L. Barrett

Its:   Executive Vice President


STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 09:00 AM 09/29/1999 991409181 -0944968

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

It is hereby certified that:

1. The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the ‘corporation’) is Frontier Communications International Inc.

2. The certificate of incorporation of the corporation is hereby amended by striking out Article FIRST thereof and by substituting in lieu of said Article the following new Article FIRST:

“FIRST: The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the ‘corporation’) is GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN NETWORKS, INC.”

3. The amendment of the certificate of incorporation herein certified has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Signed on September 21, 1999

 

/s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi

Barbara J. LaVerdi,

Assistant Secretary

EX-3.69 65 dex369.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN NETWORKS, INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.69

BY-LAWS

OF

Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 1 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 1 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.


(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be 1, or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.


(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.


SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION 1. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION I nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION I shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION I in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION I of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses


(including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.

ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION 1. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office,


either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.

SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section 1 of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION 1. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock


held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect


of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.


SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving,


lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.

ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION I. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.


SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.70 66 dex370.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

Exhibit 3.70

 

  892AH2136   0406   ORG&FI   $35.00

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE — CORPORATION AND SECURITIES BUREAU

(For Bureau Use Only)

    Date Received

 
 

 

Corporation Identification Number 432 — 546

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

For use by Domestic Profit Corporations

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, as amended, the undersigned corporation executes the following Articles:

ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is:

Allnet Communication Services of Michigan, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized is to engage in any activity within the purposes for which corporations may be organized under the Business Corporation Act of Michigan (the “Act”).

ARTICLE III

The total authorized capital stock is:

 

  Common Shares: 1.000 No Par Value Stated Value Per Share $0.01

ARTICLE IV

1. The address of the registered office is:

30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 350, Birmingham, Michigan 48010


2. The name of the registered agent at the registered office is:

Connie R. Gale

ARTICLE V

The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:

 

Name   Residence or Business Address
Bruce M. Komisar, Esq.  

1800 First National Building

Detroit, Michigan 48226

ARTICLE VI

When a compromise or arrangement or a plan of reorganization of this corporation is proposed between this corporation and its creditors or any class of them or between this corporation and its shareholders or any class of them, a court of equity jurisdiction within the state, on application of this corporation or of a creditor or shareholder thereof, or on application of a receiver appointed for the corporation, may order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors or of the shareholders or class of shareholders to be affected by the proposed compromise or arrangement or reorganization, to be summoned in such manner as the court directs. If a majority in number representing 3/4 in value of the creditors or class of creditors, or of the shareholders or class of shareholders to be affected by the proposed compromise or arrangement or a reorganization, agree to a compromise or arrangement or a reorganization of this corporation as a consequence of the compromise or arrangement, the compromise or arrangement and the reorganization, if sanctioned by the court to which the application has been made, shall be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, or on all the shareholders or class of shareholders and also on this corporation.

ARTICLE Vll

Any action required or permitted by the Act to be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote. If a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to shareholders who have not consented in writing.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

No director of this Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of such director’s fiduciary duty: provided, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any of the following:

(a) A breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders.

(b) Acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law.

(c) A transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

(d) A violation of Section 551(1) of the Act.

(e) Any other act or omission as to which the Act does not permit a director’s liability to be so limited.

In the event that the Act is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Act, as so amended. Any repeal, modification or adoption of any provision in these Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal, modification or adoption.

I, the Incorporator, sign my Name this 4th day of April, 1989.

 

 

Bruce M. Komisar

 

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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—CORPORATION AND SECURITIES BUREAU
(For Bureau Use Only)     

Date Received

 

JUN 06 1989

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 12, 1989

    

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

For use by Domestic and Foreign Corporations

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, as amended the undersigned applicant executes the following Application:

 

1.      The Plan of Merger is as follows:

  

a.      The name of each constituent corporation and its corporation identification number (CID) is:

  

Allnet Communication Services of Michigan, Inc.

   432-546

Allnet Communication Services, Inc.

   614-279

b.      The name of the surviving corporation and its corporation identification number (CID) is:

  

Allnet Communication Services of Michigan, Inc.

   432-546


  c. For each constituent stock corporation state:

 

Name of

Corporation

  

Designation and

number of outstanding

shares in each class

   Indicate class or
series of shares
entitled to vote
   Indicate class or series
of shares entitled
to vote as a class
Allnet Communication Services of Michigan, Inc.    Common Stock no par value 500 shares outstanding    Common Stock   
Allnet Communication Services, Inc.    Common Stock no par value 1,000 shares outstanding    Common Stock   

If the number of shares is subject to change prior to the effective date of the merger, the manner in which the change may occur is as follows:

Not Applicable.

 

  d. For each constituent nonstock corporation:

 

  (i) if it is organized on a membership basis, state (a) the name of the corporation, (b) a description of its members, and (c) the number, classification and voting rights of its members.

Not Applicable.

 

  (ii) if it is organized on a directorship basis, state (a) the name of the corporation, (b) a description of the organization of its board, and (c) the number, classification and voting rights of its directors.

Not Applicable.

 

  e. The terms and conditions of the proposed merger, including the manner and basis of converting the shares of, or membership or other interests in, each constituent corporation into shares, bonds, or other securities of, or membership or other interest in, the surviving corporation, or into cash or other consideration, are as follows:

See Plan of Merger attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

  f. The amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

See Section 3 of the Plan of Merger entitled “Articles of Incorporation of Surviving Corporation” attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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  g. Other provisions with respect to the merger are as follows:

See Plan of Merger attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

2. This merger is permitted by the laws of the state of Illinois the jurisdiction under which Allnet Communication Services, Inc. is organized and the plan of merger was adopted and approved by such corporations pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of that jurisdiction.

 

3. The plan of merger was approved by the Board of Directors of Allnet Communication Services of Michigan, Inc., the surviving corporation, in accordance with Sections 701 to 704, or pursuant to Section 407 by written consent and written notice, if required by that section.

 

Signed this 4th day of May, 1989.
Allnet Communication Services, Inc., an Illinois corporation
By:  

 

 

John Zrno, President and

Chief Executive Officer

Allnet Communication Services of Michigan, Inc., a Michigan corporation
By:  

 

 

John Zrno, President and

Chief Executive Officer

5254m

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (“Plan of Merger”), is made and entered into as of this 4th day of May, 1989, by and among Allnet Communication Services, Inc., an Illinois corporation Allnet”) and Allnet Communication Services of Michigan, Inc., a Michigan corporation (“Allnet/Michigan”) (these two corporations being sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Constituent Corporations”).

RECITALS:

A. Allnet is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois, and, as of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of Allnet consists of 1,000 shares of common stock, no par value per share (the “Allnet Common Stock”), of which 1,000 shares are issued and outstanding.

B. Allnet/Michigan is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Michigan, and, as of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of Allnet/Michigan consists of 1,000 shares of Common Stock, no par value per share (the “Allnet/Michigan Common Stock”), of which 500 shares are issued and outstanding.

C. The Boards of Directors of Allnet/Michigan and Allnet have received and considered a proposal for the merger of Allnet and Allnet/Michigan whereby the Allnet Common Stock will be exchanged, one for one-half, for Allnet/Michigan Common Stock, with Allnet/Michigan as the survivor of the merger (the “Survivor”).

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and provisions herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Approvals. Allnet/Michigan hereby represents that its Board of Directors has determined that this Plan of Merger is fair to the shareholders of Allnet/Michigan, and has approved this Plan of Merger, and has resolved to recommend to the shareholders of Allnet/Michigan acceptance and approval of the merger contemplated hereunder (the “Merger”). Allnet hereby represents that its Board of Directors has determined that this Plan of Merger is fair to the shareholders of Allnet, and has approved this Plan of Merger, and has resolved to recommend to the shareholders of Allnet acceptance and approval of the merger contemplated hereunder.

2. The Merger.

(a) At the Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), Allnet shall be merged into Allnet/Michigan upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Allnet/Michigan shall continue as the Survivor, and the separate corporate existence of Allnet shall cease. Except as herein otherwise specifically set forth, the Identity, existence,

 

EXHIBIT A


purpose, objects, properties, real, personal and mixed, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises and authority of Allnet/Michigan as the Survivor shall continue unaffected and unimpaired by the Merger, and the corporate identity, existence, objects, properties, real, personal and mixed, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises and authority of Allnet shall be merged into the Survivor which shall be fully vested therewith.

(b) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof, the Effective Time shall be at the close of business on June 12, 1989.

3. Articles of Incorporation of Survivor. The Articles of Incorporation of Al1net/Michigan as they exist at the Effective Time shall continue to be the Articles of Incorporation of the Survivor following the Effective Time, except Article I shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:

The name of the corporation is:

Allnet Communication Services, Inc.

4. By-laws of Survivor. The By-Laws of Allnet/Michigan as they exist prior to the Effective Time shall be the By-Laws of the Survivor following the Effective Time.

5. The Board of Directors and Officers of Survivor.

(a) The directors and officers of Allnet/Michigan in office on the Effective Time of the merger shall continue in office and shall constitute the directors and officers of AIlnet/Michigan as the Survivor following the Effective Time of the merger for the term elected or until their respective successors shall be elected, appointed and qualified, in accordance with the By-Laws of Allnet/Michigan as the Survivor.

(b) If, at the Effective Time, a vacancy shall exist on the Board of Directors or in any office of the Survivor by reason of the failure or inability of any of the officers or directors of Allnet/Michigan to serve as director or officer of the Survivor, such vacancy may be filled in the manner provided by law, and in the By-Laws of the Survivor.

6. Conversion and Surrender of Shares of the Common Stock.

(a) Upon the Effective Time of the Merger, each share of Allnet Common Stock then issued and outstanding shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into one-half (1/2) share of Allnet/Michigan Common Stock and each outstanding share of Allnet/Michigan Common Stock shall remain outstanding.

(b) Each holder of Allnet Common Stock converted into shares of Allnet/Michigan Common Stock pursuant to paragraph (a) above, upon surrender to the Survivor of one or more certificates representing such

 

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shares, will be entitled to receive new certificates representing shares of Allnet/Michigan Common Stock. Until so surrendered, each such certificate shall at and after the Effective Time represent for all purposes the equivalent number of Allnet/Michigan Common Stock.

7. Conditions to Consummation of Plan of Merger. Allnet and Allnet/Michigan must obtain all necessary governmental regulatory approval necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated herein. A Certificate of Merger must be filed with the Michigan Department of Commerce, Corporations and Securities Bureau and Articles of Merger must be filed with the Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Document Section. These conditions must be met or waived in order to consummate the Merger.

8. Abandonment of Agreement and Plan of Merger. This Plan of Merger is subject to the affirmative vote in favor of adoption of this Plan of Merger by a majority of the shareholders of Allnet and Allnet/Michigan, respectively, entitled to vote thereon. In the event of the failure of this condition, this Plan of Merger shall become wholly void and of no effect and there shall be no liability on the part of either the Constituent Corporations or their directors, officers or shareholders. This Plan of Merger may be abandoned by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors of either of the Constituent Corporations prior to the Effective Time of the Merger for any reason or for no reason whatsoever. In the event of abandonment, this Plan of Merger shall become wholly void and of no effect and there shall be no liability on the part of either the Constituent Corporations or their directors, officers or shareholders.

9. Execution of Counterparts. This Plan of Merger may be executed in one or more counterparts and each such fully executed counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, pursuant to the authority given to their respective Boards of Directors and Officers, have caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger to be entered into and signed by the duly authorized officers thereof as of the day and year first above written.

 

ALLNET COMMUNICATION SERVICES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ John Zrno

 

John Zrno, President and

Chief Executive Officer

ALLNET COMMUNICATION SERVICES OF MICHIGAN. INC.

By:

 

/s/ John Zrno

 

John Zrno, President and

Chief Executive Officer

5247m

 

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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - CORPORATION AND SECURITIES BUREAU

Date Received

    AUG 30 1995

              (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)
     
                     
             

Name

    Frontier Corporation, Attention BJL

       

Address

    180 South Clinton Ave.

       

City

    Rochester

  

State

NY

  

Zip Code

14646

      EXPIRATION DATE: DECEMBER 31, 2000
éDocument will be returned to the name and address you enter above é      

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME

For use by Corporations, Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies

(Please read information and instructions on reverse side)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), Act 162, Public Acts of 1982

(nonprofit corporations), Act 213, Public Acts of 1982 (limited partnerships), or Act 23, Public Acts of 1993 (limited liability

companies), the corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company in item one executes the following Certificate:

 

1.      The true name of the corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company is:

 

             Allnet Communications Services, Inc.

 

2.      The identification number assigned by the Bureau is:

   4        3        2        —        5        4        6         

 

3.      The location of the corporation or limited liability company registered office in Michigan or the office at which the limited partnership records are maintained is:

 

    30300 Telegraph Road   Bingham Farms   MI   48025-4510
    (Street Address)   (City)   (State)   (ZIP Code)

 

4.      The assumed name under which business is to be transacted is:

 

             Frontier Communications Services

COMPLETE ITEM 5 ON LAST PAGE IF THIS NAME IS ASSUMED BY MORE THAN ONE ENTITY.

 

Signed this 22nd day of August, 1995
By   

 

(Signature)
Josephine S. Trubek    Secretary

(Type of Print Title)

 

 

  

(Type or Print Name)

 

 

(Limited Partnerships Only - Indicate Name of General Partner if a corporation or Other entity


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      095E #7625    1114    ORG&FI    $ 12.50

 

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE — CORPORATION AND SECURITIES BUREAU

Date Received

NOV 13 1995

              (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)

adjusted per

Cheryl

                   
               

PH. 517-663-2525         Ref # 55574

Attn: Cheryl J. Bixby

MICHIGAN RUNNER SERVICE

P.O. Box 266

Eaton Rapids, MI. 48827-0266

                                                             Zip Code

                   
                    EFFECTIVE DATE:

éDocument Will be returned to the name and address you enter above é

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

For use by Domestic Profit Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on the last page)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), Act 162, Public Acts of 1982, (nonprofit corporations), the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate:

 

1.      The present name of the corporation is: ALLNET COMMUNICATION SERVICES, INC.

2.      The Identification number assigned by the Bureau is:

     4       3      2         5      4      6

3.      The location of the registered office is:

 

30300 Telegraph Rd                                                          Bingham Farms,                                                      Michigan 48025 4510

    (Street Address)                                                                  (City)                                                                          (ZIP Code)

 

 

4.      Article one of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

1. The name of the corporation shall be FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INC.

R1965 -126633


5. COMPLETE SECTION (a) IF THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED BY THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE INCORPORATOR(S) BEFORE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES; OTHERWISE, COMPLETE SECTION (b). DO NOT COMPLETE BOTH.

 

  a. ¨ The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on the              day of                     , 19         , in accordance with the provisions of the Act by the unanimous consent of the Incorporator(s) before the first meeting of the Board of Directors or Trustees.

Signed this              day of                     , 19         .

 

 

 

 

(Signature)   (Signature)

 

 

 

(Type or Print Name)   (Type or Print Name)

 

 

 

(Signature)   (Signature)

 

 

 

(Type or Print Name)   (Type or Print Name)

 

  b.   x

The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on the 9th day of November, 1995. The amendment: (check one of the following)

 

        ¨ was duly adopted in accordance with Section 611(2) of the Act by the vote of the shareholders if a profit corporation, or by the vote of the shareholders or members if a nonprofit corporation, or by the vote of the directors if a nonprofit corporation organized on a nonstock directorship basis. The necessary votes were cast in favor of the amendment.

 

        ¨ was duly adopted by the written consent of all directors pursuant to Section 525 of the Act and the corporation is a nonprofit corporation organized on a nonstock directorship basis.

 

        ¨ was duly adopted by the written consent of the shareholders or members having not less than the minimum number of votes required by status in accordance with Section 407(1) and (2) of the Act if a nonprofit corporation, or Section 407(1) of the Act if a profit corporation. Written notice to shareholders who have not consented in writing has been given. (Note: Written consent by less than all of the shareholders or members is permitted only if such provision appears in the Articles of Incorporation.)

 

  x was duly adopted by the written consent of all the shareholders or members entitled to vote in accordance with section 407(3) of the Act if a nonprofit corporation, or Section 407(2) of the Act if a profit corporation.

Signed this 9th day of November, 1995

 

By:

 

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(Only Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson, or Vice-Chairperson)

 

Marvin C. Moses   Executive Vice President
(Type or Print Title)   (Type or Print Name)


LOGO

  

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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES

CORPORATION, SECURITIES AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

Date Received

    JUL 06 1998

             

(FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)

     

    JUL 08 1998

                   
             

Name

    CSC-10

       

Address

    80 State St, 6th floor

       

City

    Albany

  

State

NY

  

Zip Code

12207

      EFFECTIVE DATE
éDocument will be returned to the name and address you enter aboveé      

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

For use by Domestic Profit and Nonprofit Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on the last page)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), or Act 162, Public Acts of 1982 (nonprofit corporations), the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate:

 

1.      The present name of the corporation is:

 

      FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INC.

 

        

2.      The identification number assigned by the Bureau is:

  

432546

 

   
   

3.      The location of the registered office is:

      
 
         601  Abbot Rd.                                     East Lansing, Michigan             48823                                         

            (Street Address)                                     (City)                                         (ZIP Code)

   
          

 

 

4.      Article III of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

                Article III: The total authorized capital stock is:

 

                Common shares: 5,000 No Par Value, Stated Value Per Share: $0.01

 


     
5.    (For amendments adopted by unanimous consent of incorporators before the first meeting of the board of directors of trustees.)     
   
     The foregoing amendments to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on the      day of             , 19     , in accordance with the provisions of the Act by the unanimous consent of the incorporator(s) before the first meeting of the Board of Directors or Trustees.     
    

 

Signed this      day of             , 19     

 

    
                   
    

(Signature)

 

      (Signature)     
    

(Type or Print Name)

 

      (Type or Print Name)     
    

(Signature)

 

      (Signature)     
    

(Type or Print Name)

 

      (Type or Print Name)     
   
                     
           

6.      (For profit corporations, and for nonprofit corporations whose articles state the corporation is organized on a stock or on a membership basis.)

   
     The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on the 16th day of June, 1998 by the shareholders or members if a nonprofit corporation (check one of the following)
   
    

x       at a meeting. The necessary votes were cast in favor of the amendment.

    
   
    

¨       by written consent of the shareholders or members having not less than the minimum number of votes required by statute in accordance with Section 407(1) and (2) of the Act if a nonprofit corporation, or Section 407(1) of the Act if a profit corporation. Written notice to shareholders or members who have not consented in writing has been given. (Note: Written consent by less than all of the shareholders or members is permitted only if such provision appears in the Articles of Incorporation.)

    
   
    

¨       by written consent of all the shareholders or members entitled to vote in accordance with section 407(3) of the Act if a nonprofit corporation, or Section 407(2) of the Act if a profit corporation.

    
   
                                                      Signed this 16th day of June, 1998     
   
                                                      By LOGO                                                                                       
   
                                                            Robert L. Barrett, Executive Vice President                                           
                                                                  (Type or Print Name)                             (Type or Print Name)     
   
           


C&S 550m (Rev. 11/87)

   987E#7383    0717    ORG&FI      $62.50

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES

CORPORATION, SECURITIES AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

Date Received

    JUL 16 1998

       

 

ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO TELEPHONE AUTHORIZATION

Monica Duncan

 

      (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)
                   
           

Name

    Anita Edwards Farney

      EFFECTIVE DATE:

Address

    Frontier Corporation, 180 S. Clinton Ave.

      Explanation date for new assumed names: December 31,

City

    Rochester

  

State

New York

  

Zip Code

14646

      Expiration date for transferred assumed names appear in item 6
é Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above é      

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

Cross Entity Merger for use by Profit Corporations, Limited Liability Companies

and Limited Partnerships

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), Act 23, Public Acts of 1993 (limited liability companies) and Act 213, Public Acts of 1982 (limited partnerships), the undersigned entities execute the following Certificate of Merger:

 

       
1.
 

The Plan of Merger (Consolidation) is as follows:

       
   
   

a.      The name of each constituent entity and its identification number is:

         
     
   

         Frontier Communications Services Inc.

   432546     
             
     
   

         Frontier Communications-North Central Region, Inc.

         
             
     
               
   

b.      The name of the surviving (new) entity and its identification number is:

       
     
   

         Frontier Communications Services Inc.

   432546     
   
   

         Corporations and Limited Liability Companies provide the street address of the survivor’s principal place of business:

    
   
   

           

    
   
          
    
2.   (Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing. The date must be no more than 90 days after the receipt of this document in this office.)     
   
   

The merger (consolidation) shall be effective on the 31st day of July, 1998

 

         


3. Complete for Profit Corporations only

 

For each constituent stock corporation, state:

 

Name of corporation

   Designation and

number of outstanding

shares in each class

            or series             

   Indicate class or

series of shares

    entitled to vote    

   Indicate class or

series entitled

    to vote as a class    

Frontier Communications Svcs.

   1,000 npv    Common     

Frontier Communications-North Central Region, Inc.

   100,086 par value .01    Common     
 

If the number of shares is subject to change prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the manner in which the change may occur is as follows:

 

 

The manner and basis of converting shares are as follows: See attached

 

The amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

The plan of merger will be furnished by the surviving profit corporation, on request and without cost, to any shareholder of any constituent profit corporation.

 

 

(Complete for any foreign corporation only)

 

This merger (consolidation) is permitted by the laws of the state of  Minnesota the jurisdiction under which Frontier Communications-North Central Region, Inc. (Name of Foreign Corporation) is organized and the plan of merger (consolidation) was adopted and approved by such corporation pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of that jurisdiction.

 

 

(Complete either part (a) or (b) for each corporation)

 

a)      

   The plan of merger was approved by the majority consent of the incorporators of                                                  , a Michigan corporation which has not commenced business, has not issued any shares, and has not elected a Board of Directors.
   
              
     (Signature of Incorporator)       (Signature of Incorporator)
   
              
     (Signature of Incorporator)       (Signature of Incorporator)
   

b)      

   The plan of merger was approved by:
    

 

x       the Board of Directors of Frontier Communications Services Inc., the surviving Michigan corporation, without approval of the shareholders in   accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

 

    

¨       the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

    

 

   
    

 

   
    

 

   
   
    By    LOGO      By    LOGO
       (Signature of Authorized officer or Agent)         (Signature of Authorized officer or Agent)
      

 

Barbara J. LaVerdi, Asst. Secretary

        Barbara J. LaVerdi, Asst. Secretary
       (Type or print name and title)         (Type or print name and title)
      

 

Frontier Communications Services Inc.

       

Frontier Communications-North Central Region Inc.

        

(Name of Corporation)

 

           

(Name of Corporation)

 

 


Section 3 – Second box – The manner of converting is into stock.

Each issued share of the terminating corporation shall upon the effective date of the merger, be converted into 0.00035 shares of the surviving corporation. The issued shares of the surviving corporation shall not be converted or exchanged in any manner, but each said share which is issued as of the effective date of the merger shall continue to represent one issued share of the surviving corporation.


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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES

CORPORATION, SECURITIES AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

Date Received

    AUG 14 1998

        ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO TELEPHONE AUTHORIZATION       (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)
                   
             

Name

    Stacy Gilbert

       

Address

    80, Estate St., 6th Flr.

     

City

    Albany

  

State

NY

  

Zip Code

12207

      EFFECTIVE DATE:        8/31/98
éDocument will be returned to the name and address you enter aboveé      

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER / CONSOLIDATION

For use by Domestic Profit and/or NonProfit Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on the last page)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), and/or Act 162, Public Acts of 1982 (non profit corporations), the undersigned corporations execute the following Certificate:

 

       
1.
 

The Plan of Merger (Consolidation) is as follows:

       
   
   

a.      The name of each constituent corporation and its identification number is:

         
     
   

         Frontier Communications Services Inc.

   432546     
             
     
   

         Frontier Communications of the Mid Atlantic, Inc.

   None     
             
     
               
   

b.      The name of the surviving (new) corporation and its Identification number is:

       
     
   

         Frontier Communications Services Inc.

   432546     
   
   

c.      For each constituent stock corporation, state:

       
   

Name of corporation

  

Designation and

number of outstanding

shares in each class

        or series        

 

Indicate class or

series of shares

        entitled to vote        

 

Indicate class or

series entitled

to vote as a class

Frontier Comm. Services

   1,000 npv   Common   n/a
   

Frontier Comm. of the Mid Atlantic, Inc.

   998,508 $0.01 pv   Common   n/a
 

If the number of shares is subject to change prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the manner in which the change may occur is as follows:

 


2. (Complete for any profit corporation only)

 

  a. The manner and basis of converting shares are as follows:

Each issued share of the terminating corporation immediately prior to the effective time of the merger shall be converted into 0.000007 shares of the surviving corporation.

 

  b. The amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

  c. The plan of merger will be furnished by the surviving profit corporation, on request and without cost, to any shareholder of any constituent profit corporation.

 

3. (Complete for any nonprofit corporation only)

 

  a) If it is organized on a membership basis, state (a) the name of the corporation, (b) a description of its members, and (c) the number, classification and voting rights of its members.

 

  b) If it is organized on a directorship basis, state (a) the name of the corporation, (b) a description of the organization of its board, and (c) the number, classification and voting rights of its directors.

 

  c) State the terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation, including the manner and basis of converting the shares of, or membership or other interests in, each constituent corporation into shares, bonds, or other securities of, or membership or other interest in, the surviving or consolidated corporation, or into cash or other consideration.

 

  d) If a consolidation, the Articles of Incorporation of the consolidated corporation are attached to this Certificate and are incorporated herein. If a merger, the amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

  e) Other provisions with respect to the merger (consolidation) are as follows:

 

4. (Complete for any foreign corporation only)

This merger (consolidation) is permitted by the laws of Virginia the jurisdiction under which Frontier Communications of the Mid Atlantic, Inc. (name of foreign corporation) is organized and the plan of merger (consolidation) was adopted and approved by such corporation pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of that jurisdiction.

 

 

5. (Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing. The date must be no more than 90 days after receipt of this document in this office.)

The merger (consolidation) shall be effective on the 31st day of August, 1998.

 

 


6.      TO BE COMPLETED BY MICHIGAN PROFIT CORPORATIONS ONLY (Complete either part a or b for each corporation.)

   
    a)    The plan of merger was approved by the unanimous consent  of the incorporators of                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                           , a Michigan corporation which has not commenced business, has not issued any shares, and has not elected a Board of Directors.
   
      

 

   

 

       (Signature of Incorporator)     (Signature of Incorporator)
   
      

 

   

 

       (Signature of Incorporator)     (Signature of Incorporator)
   
   

b)

 

The plan of merger was approved by

   
     

x       the Board of Directors of Frontier Communications Services Inc. the surviving Michigan corporation, without approval of the shareholders in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

   
     

¨       the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Section 703a of the Act:

   
          
   
          
   
          
   

By

  LOGO     By   LOGO    
   

(Signature of President. Vice-President,

Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)

     

(Signature of President, Vice-President,

Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)

   
   
    Martin T. McCue, Vice President       Robert L. Barrett, Exec. Vice President    
    (Type or Print Name and Title)       (Type or Print Name and Title)    
   
    Frontier Communications Services Inc.       Frontier Communications of the Mid Atlantic, Inc    
    (Name of Corporation)           (Name of Corporation)    

 

7.      TO BE COMPLETED BY MICHIGAN NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS ONLY

 

Theplan of merger or consolidation was approved by

 

¨       the Board of Directors and shareholders or members of the following Michigan corporation (s) in accordance with Sections 701 and 703(1) and (2) of the Act:

   
          
   
          
   
        

¨       the Board of Directors of the following Michigan corporation(s) organized on a directorship basis in accordance with Section 703(3) of the Act:

   
          
   
          
   
   

By

 

 

    By  

 

   
     

(Signature of President, Vice-President,

Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson

     

(Signature of President, Vice-President,

Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)

   
   
     

 

     

 

   
      (Type or Print Name and Title)       (Type or Print Name and Title)    
   
     

 

     

 

   
       

(Name of Corporation)

 

         

(Name of Corporation)

 

   


C&S 550 (Rev 4/97)

  

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES CORPORATION, SECURITIES AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

Date Received

    AUG 14 1998

        ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO TELEPHONE AUTHORIZATION      (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)
                  
            

Name

    Stacy Gilbert

 

     ]

Address

    80, Estate St., 6th Flr.

 

    

City

    Albany

 

  

State

NY

 

  

Zip Code

12207

 

     EFFECTIVE DATE: 8/31/98
éDocument will be returned to the name and address you  enter aboveé     

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER / CONSOLIDATION

For use by Domestic Profit and/or Nonprofit Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on the last page)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), and/or Act 162, Public Acts of 1982 (nonprofit corporations), the undersigned corporations execute the following Certificate:

 

1.
 

The Plan of Merger (Consolidation) is as follows:

         
   
   

a.      The name of each constituent corporation and its identification number is:

         
     
   

         Frontier Communications Services Inc.

   432546     
             
     
   

         Frontier Communications of New England, Inc.

   None     
             
     
               
   

b.      The name of the surviving (new) corporation and its identification number is:

       
     
   

         Frontier Communications Services Inc.

   432546     
   

c.      For each constituent stock corporation, state:

    
 

Name of corporation

  

Designation and

number of outstanding

shares in each class

or series

  

Indicate class or

series of shares

entitled to vote

  

Indicate class or

series entitled

to vote as a class

Frontier Comm. Serv. Inc.

   1,000 npv    Common    n/a

Frontier Comm. of New England, Inc.

   100 $0.01 pv    Common    n/a
 

If the number of shares is subject to change prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the manner in which the change may occur is as follows:

 


2.      (Complete for any profit corporation only)

   
     a.    The manner and basis of converting shares are as follows:
 
Each issued share of the terminating corporation immediately prior to the effective date of the merger shall be converted into 0.24 shares of the surviving corporation.
   
     b.    The amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:
   
     c.    The plan of merger will be furnished by the surviving profit corporation, on request and without cost, to any shareholder of any constituent profit corporation.
 

3.      (Complete for any profit corporation only)

   
     a)    If it is organized on a membership basis, state (a) the name of the corporation, (b) a description of its members, and (c) the number, classification and voting rights of its members.
   
     b)    If it is organized on a directorship basis, state (a) the name of the corporation, (b) a description of the organization of its board, and (c) the number, classification and voting rights of its directors.
   
     c)    State the terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation, including the manner and basis of converting the shares of, or membership or other interests in, each constituent corporation into shares, bonds, or other securities of, or membership or other interest in, the surviving or consolidated corporation, or into cash or other consideration.
   
     d)    If a consolidation, the Articles of Incorporation of the consolidated corporation are attached to this Certificate and are incorporated herein. If a merger, the amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:
   
     e)   

Other provisions with respect to the merger (consolidation) are as follows:

 

 

4.      (Complete for any foreign corporation only)

   

 

This merger (consolidation) is permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware the jurisdiction under which Frontier Communications of New England, Inc. (name of foreign corporation) is organized and the plan of merger (consolidation) was adopted and approved by such corporation pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of that jurisdiction.

 

 

5.      (Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing. The date must be no more than 90 days after receipt of this document in this office.)

   

 

The merger (consolidation) shall be effective on the 31st day of August, 1998 .


 

6.      TO BE COMPLETED BY MICHIGAN PROFIT CORPORATIONS ONLY (Complete either part a or b for each corporation.)

 

a)      The plan of merger was approved by the unanimous consent of the incorporators of                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                            , a Michigan corporation which has not commenced business, has not issued any shares, and has not elected a Board of Directors.

 

 

     (Signature of Incorporator)       (Signature of Incorporator)     
   
               
     (Signature of Incorporator)       (Signature of Incorporator)     
 

b)      The plan of merger was approved by

 

x        the Board of Directors of Frontier Communications Services Inc., the surviving Michigan corporation, without approval of the shareholders in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

 

¨        the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Section 703a of the Act:

   

 

        

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

By

  

 

LOGO

      By   

LOGO

    
     (Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)          (Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)     
   
    

Martin T. McCue, Vice President

        

Robert L. Barrett, Exec. Vice President

    
     (Type or Print Name and Title)          (Type or Print Name and Title)     
   
    

Frontier Communications Services Inc.

        

Frontier Communications of New England, Inc.

    
    

(Name of Corporation)

 

            

(Name of Corporation)

 

    

 

 

7.      TO BE COMPLETED BY MICHIGAN NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS ONLY

 

The plan of merger or consolidation was approved by

 

¨        the Board of Directors and shareholders or members of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Sections 701 and 703(1) and (2) of the Act:

    

 

    
    

 

    

 

¨       the Board of Directors of the following Michigan corporation(s) organized on a directorship basis in accordance with Section 703(3) of the Act:

    

 

    
    

 

    
   

By

  

 

   By   

 

     (Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)       (Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)
   
    

 

     

 

     (Type or Print Name and Title)       (Type or Print Name and Title)
   
    

 

     

 

    

(Name of Corporation)

 

       

(Name of Corporation)

 


C&S 550 (Rev. 4/97)

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES

CORPORATION, SECURITIES AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

Date Received

    SEP 17 1998

                (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)
                   
             

Name

 

       

Address

 

     

City

 

  

State

 

  

Zip Code

 

      EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1998
é Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above é      

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER / CONSOLIDATION

For use by Domestic Profit and /or NonProfit Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on the last page)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), and/or Act 162, Public Acts of 1982 (nonprofit corporations), the undersigned corporations execute the following Certificate:

 

       
1.
 

The Plan of Merger (Consolidation) is as follows:

       
   
   

a.      The name of each constituent corporation and its identification number is:

         
     
   

         Frontier Communications Services Inc.

   432546     
             
     
   

         Frontier ConferTech Inc.

   N/A     
             
     
               
   

b.      The name of the surviving (new) corporation and its identification number is:

       
     
   

         Frontier Communications Services Inc.

   432546     
   
   

c.      For each constituent stock corporation, state:

 

    

Name of corporation

    

Designation and

number of outstanding

shares in each class

or series

    

Indicate class or

series of shares

entitled to vote

    

Indicate class or

series entitled

to vote as a class

    

Frontier Com. Serv.

     1,066 npv      Common      N/A    

Frontier ConferTech

     1,000 npv      Common      N/A    
   
      

If the number of shares is subject to change prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the manner in which the change may occur is as follows:

 


  2. (Complete for any profit corporation only)

 

  a. The manner and basis of converting shares are as follows:

Each issued share of the terminating corporation immediately prior to the effective time of the merger shall be converted into 0.173 shares of the surviving corporation.

 

  b. The amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

  c. The plan of merger will be furnished by the surviving profit corporation, on request and without cost, to any shareholder of any constituent profit corporation.

 

  3. (Complete for any nonprofit corporation only)

 

  a) If it is organized on a membership basis, state (a) the name of the corporation, (b) a description of its members, and (c) the number, classification and voting rights of its members.

 

  b) If it is organized on a directorship basis, state (a) the name of the corporation, (b) a description of the organization of its board, and (c) the number, classification and voting rights of its directors.

 

  c) State the terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation, including the manner and basis of converting the shares of, or membership or other interests in, each constituent corporation into shares, bonds, or other securities of, or membership or other interest in, the surviving or consolidated corporation, or into cash or other consideration.

 

  d) If a consolidation, the Articles of Incorporation of the consolidated corporation are attached to this Certificate and are incorporated herein. If a merger, the amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

  e) Other provisions with respect to the merger (consolidation) are as follows:

 

 

  4. (Complete for any foreign corporation only)

This merger (consolidation) is permitted by the laws of the state of Colorado the jurisdiction under which Frontier ConferTech Inc. (name of foreign corporation) is organized and the plan of merger (consolidation) was adopted and approved by such corporation pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of that jurisdiction.

 

 

  5. (Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing. The date must be no more than 90 days after receipt of this document in this office.)

The merger (consolidation) shall be effective on the 30th day of September, 1998 .

 


6. TO BE COMPLETED BY MICHIGAN PROFIT CORPORATIONS ONLY (Complete either part a or b for each corporation.)

 

  a) The Plan of merger was approved by the unanimous consent of the incorporators of                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                            , a Michigan corporation which has not commenced business, has not issued any shares, and has not elected a Board of Directors.

 

         
(Signature of Incorporator)       (Signature of Incorporator)
         
(Signature of Incorporator)       (Signature of Incorporator)

 

  b) The plan of merger was approved by

 

  x the Board of Directors of Frontier Communications Services Inc, the surviving Michigan corporation, without approval of the shareholders in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

 

  ¨ the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Section 703a of the Act:
   
   
   

 

By    LOGO    By    LOGO   
   ( Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)       (Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)   
   Martin T. McCue, Vice President       Donna L, . Reeves-Collins. vice President   
   (Type or Print Name and Title)       (Type or Print Name and Title)   
   Frontier Communications Services Inc.       Frontier ConferTech Inc.   
   (Name of Corporation)       (Name of Corporation)   

 

7. TO BE COMPLETED BY MICHIGAN NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS ONLY

The plan of merger or consolidation was approved by

 

¨ the Board of Directors and shareholders or members of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Sections 701 and 703(1) and (2) of the Act:
 
 

 

¨ the Board of Directors of the following Michigan corporation(s) organized on a directorship basis in accordance with Section 703(3) of the Act:
 
 

 

   By            By        
      (Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson          (Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)   
                     
      (Type or Print Name and Title)          (Type or Print Name and Title)   
                     
      (Name of Corporation)          (Name of Corporation)   

 

 


PLAN OF MERGER

(Michigan)

PLAN OF MERGER approved on September 9, 1998 by Frontier ConferTech Inc., which is a business corporation organized under the laws of the State of Colorado, and by resolution adopted by its Board of, Directors on said date, and approved on September 9, 1998 by Frontier Communications Services Inc., which is a business corporation organized under the laws of the State of Michigan, and which is subject to the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of the State of Michigan, and by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date.

1.        Frontier ConferTech Inc. and Frontier Communications Services Inc. shall, pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Business Corporation Act and the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of the State of Michigan, be merged with and into a single corporation, to wit, Frontier Communications Services Inc., which shall be the surviving corporation upon the effective date of the merger and which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “surviving corporation”, and which shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under its present name pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of the State of Michigan. The separate existence of Frontier Confer Tech Inc., which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “terminating corporation”, shall cease upon the effective date of the merger in accordance with the provisions of the Colorado Business Corporation Act.

2.        As to each constituent corporation, the designation and number of outstanding shares of each class and series, the specification of the classes and series entitled to vote, and specification of each class and series entitled to vote as a class are set forth below:

Frontier ConferTech Inc.

(foreign constituent corporation)

 

Designation of each outstanding class and series of shares

   Number of
outstanding shares
of each class
   Designation of
class and series
entitled to vote
   Classes and
series entitled to
vote as a class

Common

   1,000    Common   

20688


Frontier Communications Services Inc.

(domestic constituent corporation)

 

Designation of

each outstanding

class and series of

shares

 

Number of

outstanding share

of each class

 

Designation of

class and series

entitled to vote

 

Classes and

series entitled to

vote as a class

Common   1,066   Common   —  

3. The Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation upon the effective date of the merger in the State of Michigan shall continue to be the Articles of Incorporation of said surviving corporation and shall continue in full force and effect until amended and changed in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of the State of Michigan.

4. The bylaws of the surviving corporation as in force and effect upon the effective date of the merger in the State of Michigan shall continue to be the bylaws of the said surviving corporation and shall continue in full force and effect until changed, altered or amended as therein provided and in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of the State of Michigan.

5. The directors and officers in office of the surviving corporation upon the effective date of the merger in the State of Michigan shall continue to be the member of the Board of Directors and the officers of the surviving corporation, all of whom shall hold their directorships and offices until the election and qualification of their respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in accordance with the bylaws of the surviving corporation.

6. Each issued share of the terminating corporation shall, upon the effective date of the merger, be converted into 0.173 shares of the surviving corporation. The issued shares of the surviving corporation shall not be converted or exchanged in any manner, but each said share which is issued as of the effective date of the merger shall continue to represent one issued share of the surviving corporation.

7. The Board of Directors and the proper officers of the terminating corporation and of the surviving corporation, respectively are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute, deliver, file and/or record any and all instruments, papers, and documents which shall be become necessary, proper, or convenient to carry out or put into effect any of the provisions of this Plan of Merger or of the merger herein provided for.

 

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8. The effective date in the State of Michigan of the merger herein provided for shall be September 30, 1998.

 

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C&S515 (Rev. 10/98)

  

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES

CORPORATION, SECURITIES AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

Date Received

    SEP 29 1999

      

(FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)

 

This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.

                
                
     
517-663-2525 Ref #96893            
Attn: Cheryl J. Bixby  

 

       

MICHIGAN RUNNER SERVICE

           

P. O. Box 266

 

 

       

Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

 

Zip Code

 

      EFFECTIVE DATE:

é Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above. é

If left blank document will be mailed to the registered office.

     

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

For use by Domestic Profit and Nonprofit Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on the last page)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), or Act 162, Public Acts of 1982 (nonprofit corporations), the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate:

 

1.      The present name of the corporation is: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INC.

 

    

2.      The identification number assigned by the Bureau is:

  

 

432-546

 

    
           

 

3.       Article One of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

1.      The name of the corporation shall be GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

 


COMPLETE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 

4.      (For amendments adopted by unanimous consent of incorporators before the first meeting of the board of directors or trustees.)

 

The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on the      day of             , 19    , in accordance with the provisions of the Act by the unanimous consent of the incorporator(s) before the first meeting of the Board of Directors or Trustees.

 

Signed this      day of             , 19    

 

                 
     (Signature)      (Signature)    
   
                 
     (Type or Print Name)      (Type or Print Name)    
   
                 
     (Signature)      (Signature)    
   
                 
    

(Type or Print Name)

 

      

(Type or Print Name)

 

   

 

5. (For profit and nonprofit corporations whose Articles state the corporation is organized on a stock or on a membership basis.)

The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on the 10th day of August , 1999 by the shareholders if a profit corporation, or by the shareholders or members if a nonprofit corporation (check one of the following)

 

  x at a meeting the necessary votes were cast in favor of the amendment.

 

  ¨ by written consent of the shareholders or members having not less than the minimum number of votes required by statute in accordance with Section 407(1) and (2) of the Act if a nonprofit corporation, or Section 407(1) of the Act if a profit corporation. Written notice to shareholders or members who have not consented in writing has been given. (Note: Written consent by less than all of the shareholders or members is permitted only if such provision appears in the Articles of Incorporation.)

 

  ¨ by written consent of all the shareholders or members entitled to vote in accordance with section 407(3) of the Act if a nonprofit corporation, or Section 407(2) of the Act if a profit corporation.

 

  ¨ by the board of a profit corporation pursuant to section 611(2).

 

  Profit Corporations      Nonprofit Corporations   
   
  Signed this 20th day of September, 1999      Signed this      day of             , 19       
       
  By   

LOGO

     By   

 

  
     (Signature of an authorized officer or agent)         (Signature of President, Vice-President, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson)   
       
    

    Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary

       

 

  
      

(Type or Print Name)

 

         

(Type or Print Name)     (Type or Print Title)

 

  
               

 

 


C&S 551 (Rev. 3/00)

  

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & INDUSTRY SERVICES

CORPORATION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

Date Received

    JUL 27 2000

   (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)       
     This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.         
           
Name       517-663-2525 Ref # 05519       

Address    Attn: Cheryl J. Bixby

                  MICHIGAN RUNNER  SERVICE

           EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 2000

City           P.O. Box 266

                  Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

  Zip Code       

Expiration date for new assumed names: December 31.

Expiration date for transferred assumed names appear in Item 6

é Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above é

If left blank document will be mailed to the registered office.

    

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

For use by Parent and Subsidiary Profit Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on the last page)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Act of 1972, the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate:

 

       
1.  

a.      The name of each constituent corporation and its identification number is :

       
     
   

         Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   432546     
             
     
   

         Global Crossing Videoconferencing, Inc.

   n/a     
   
               
       
       
   

b.      The name of the surviving corporation and its identification number is:

       
     
   

         Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   432546     
   
               
       
       
   

c.      For each subsidiary corporation, state:

       
     

Name of corporation

  

Number of outstanding

shares in each class

  

Number of shares owned by the

parent corporation in each class

    

Global Crossing Videoconferencing, Inc.

 

  

1 npv (common)

 

  

1 npv (common)

 


d.      The manner and basis of converting the shares of each constituent corporation is as follows:

 

Each issued share of the terminating corporation immediately prior to the effective time of the merger shall be converted into one (1) share of the surviving corporation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.      The amendments to the Articles or a Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f.       Other provisions with respect to the merger are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

2.      The merger is permitted by the state or country under whose law it is incorporated and each foreign corporation has complied with that law in effecting the merger.

 

 

 

3.      (Delete if not applicable)

 

 

 

4       (Delete if not applicable)

 

 

 

5.      (Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing)

 

The merger shall be effective on the 1st day of August, 2000.

 

 

 

  Signed this 18th day of July, 2000

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

  (Name of parent corporation)

By

 

LOGO

  (Signature of an authorized officer or agent)

Barbara J. LaVerdi

  (Type or Print Name)


C&S 542 (Rev. 9/00)

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & INDUSTRY SERVICES

CORPORATION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU

  

Date Received

    OCT 30 2000

   (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)   
   
         
   
         
   
    

EXPIRATION DATE: DECEMBER 31, 2005

  

CERTIFICATE OF RENEWAL OF ASSUMED NAME

For use by Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on reverse side)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations) or Act 162, Public Acts of 1982 (nonprofit corporations), the corporation in item one executes the following Certificate:

 

1.      The corporate name, resident agent, and mailing address of the registered office are:

 

   

GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

CSC-LAWYERS INCORPORATING SERVICE (COMPANY)

    

432546

   

601 ABBOTT RD

EAST LANSING MI 48823

 

      

Identification Number

 

2.      The assumed name under which business is transacted is:

   
   

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

 

 

3.      The registration of the assumed name is extended for a period expiring on December 31 of the fifth full calendar year following the year in which this renewal is filed, unless sooner terminated.

 

 

4.      The document is hereby signed as required by the Act.

 

 

 

Signed this 25th day of OCTOBER, 2000

 
  By  

LOGO

 
  (Signature of an Authorized Officer or Agent)  
 

Barbara J. LaVerdi, Assistant Secretary

 
  (Type or Print Name)  


BCS/CD-551 (Rev.04/01)   

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & INDUSTRY SERVICES

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES

Date Received

 

    DEC 26 2001

  

(FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)

    ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO

TELEPHONE AUTHORIZATION

 

       
     This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.          
             

Name      Dolores Burton

                CSC-Albany

 

   515230/005       LOGO

Address

                80 State Street, 6th Floor

 

      EFFECTIVE DATE:

City

                Albany

  

State

NY

  

Zip Code

12207

 

     

Expiration date for new assumed names: December 31,

Expiration date for transferred assumed names appear in Item 6

é Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above. é

If left blank document will be mailed to the registered office.

     

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

For use by Parent and Subsidiary Profit Corporations

(Please read information and instructions on the last page)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate:

 

       
1.  

a. The name of each constituent corporation and its identification number is:

       
     
   

         Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   432546     
             
     
   

         GX Information Systems, Inc.

   605 125     
   
               
       
       
   

b.      The name of the surviving corporation and its identification number is:

       
     
   

         Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   432546     
   
          

 

 

c.      For each subsidiary corporation, state:

Name of corporation

 

Number of outstanding

shares in each class

 

Number of shares owned by the

parent corporation in each class

GX Information Systems, Inc.

 

 

100 $ .01 par value (common)

 

 

100 $ .01 par value (common)

 


 

d.      The manner and basis of converting the shares of each constituent corporation is as follows:

 

Each issued share of the terminating corporation immediately prior to the effective time of the merger shall be converted into one (1) share of the surviving corporation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.      The amendments to the Articles or a Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f.       Other provisions with respect to the merger are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2.      The merger is permitted by the state or country under whose law it is incorporated and each foreign corporation has

complied with that law in effecting the merger.

 

 

3.      (Delete if not applicable)

The consent to the merger by the shareholders of the subsidiary corporation was obtained pursuant to its Articles of

Incorporation. (Such consent is necessary if the Articles of Incorporation require approval of the merger by the vote of

the holders of more than the percentage of the shares owned by the parent corporation.)

 

 

4.      (Delete if not applicable)

The consent to the merger by the shareholders of the parent corporation was obtained. (Such consent is necessary if its

Articles of Incorporation require approval of the merger, the plan of merger amends its Articles of Incorporation,
or a subsidiary is to be the surviving corporation.)

 

 

5.      (Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing)

 

The merger shall be effective on the 31st day of December, 2001.

 

 

Signed this 21st day of December, 2001
Global Crossing Telecommunication, Inc.
   (Name of parent corporation)
By    LOGO
   (Signatures of an authorized officer or agent)
Barbara J. LaVerdi, Vice President and Secretary
(Type or Print Name)


BCS/CD-550m(Rev,12/05)

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & ECONOMIC GROWTH

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES

Date Received

 

 

(FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)

 

DEC 23 2008   This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.    
           

Name

Mitchell C. Sussis

       

Address

c/o Global Crossing Ltd., 200 Park Avenue, Suite 300

      EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/31/08
    City                             State                 Zip Code       Expiration date for new assumed names: December 31,
Florham Park                     NJ                    07932       Expiration date for transferred assumed names appear in Item 6

é Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above é

If left blank document will be mailed to the registered office.

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

Cross Entity Merger for use by Profit Corporations, Limited Liability Companies

and Limited Partnerships

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), Act 23, Public Acts of 1993 (limited liability companies) and Act 213, Public Acts of 1982 (limited partnerships), the undersigned entities execute the following Certificate of Merger:

 

1.      The Plan of Merger (Consolidation) is as follows:

         
   
   

a.      The name of each constituent entity and its identification number is:

         
     
    Global Crossing Billing, Inc.    475765     
             
     
    Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.    432546     
             
     
               
   

 

b.      The name of the surviving (new) entity and its identification number is:

       
     
    Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.    432546     
   
        Corporations and Limited Liability Companies provide the street address of the survivor’s principal place of business:     
   
   

    225 Kenneth Drive, Rochester, New York 14623-4277

 

    
          
    

2.      (Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing. The date must be no more than 90 days after the receipt of this document in this office.)

    
   
   

The merger (consolidation) shall be effective on the 31 day of December, 2008

 

         


3. Complete for Profit Corporations only

 

For each constituent stock corporation, state:

 

Name of corporation

  

Designation and

number of outstanding

shares in each class

or series

  

Indicate class or

series of shares
entitled to vote

   Indicate class  or
series entitled
to vote as a class

Global Crossing Billing, Inc.

   common 1,000 shares    common    common

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   common 5,000 shares    common    common
 

If the number of shares is subject to change prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the manner in which the change may occur is as follows:

 

        

The manner and basis of converting shares are as follows:

 

The outstanding shares of the terminating corporation shall be canceled without consideration.

 

The amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

        

The Plan of Merger will be furnished by the surviving profit corporation, on request and without cost, to any shareholder of any constituent profit corporation.

 

        

The merger is permitted by the state or country under whose law it is incorporated and each foreign corporation has complied with that law in effecting the merger.

 

        

 

(Complete either Section (a) or (b) for each corporation)

 

a)      

   The Plan of Merger was approved by the majority consent of the incorporators of                                                          , a Michigan corporation which has not commenced business, has not issued any shares, and has not elected a Board of Directors.
   
                   
   

(Signature of Incorporator)

   (Type or Print Name)      (Signature of Incorporator)    (Type or Print Name)     
   
                   
   

(Signature of Incorporator)

   (Type or Print Name)      (Signature of Incorporator)    (Type or Print Name)     
   

b)      

  

The plan of merger was approved by:

 

   
    

¨       the Board of Directors of                                                                          , the surviving Michigan corporation, without approval of the shareholders in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

 

   
    

x       the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

   
   
    

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   
    

Global Crossing Billing, Inc.

 

   
   
    By   LOGO     By   LOGO    
      (Signature of Authorized Officer or Agent)       (Signature of Authorized Officer or Agent)    
   
      Mitchell C. Sussis       Mitchell C. Sussis    
      (Type or print name)       (Type or print name)    
   
      Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.       Global Crossing Billing, Inc.    
       

(Name of Corporation)

 

         

(Name of Corporation)

 

   


BCS/CD-55Om(Rev.12/05)

  

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR & ECONOMIC GROWTH

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES

   

Date Received

 

DEC 23 2008

  (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)    
    This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.      
           

Name

 

 

Mitchell C. Sussis

 

     
Address   c/o Global Crossing Ltd., 200 Park Avenue, Suite 300      
        EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/31/08
City   State   Zip Code       Expiration date for new assumed names: December31,
Florham Park   NJ   07932       Expiration date for transferred assumed names  appear in Item 6

é Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above é

If left blank document will be mailed to the registered  office.

     

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

Cross Entity Merger for use by Profit Corporations, Limited Liability Companies

and Limited Partnerships

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), Act 23, Public Acts of 1993 (limited liability companies) and Act 213, Public Acts of 1982 (limited partnerships), the undersigned entities execute the following Certificate of Merger:

 

1.      The Plan of Merger (Consolidation) is as follows:

         
   
   

a.      The name of each constituent entity and its identification number is:

         
     
    Global Crossing Latin America & Caribbean Co.    N/A     
             
     
   

GlobalCrossing Ventures, Inc.

   N/A     
             
     
   

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   432546     
   

b.      The name of the surviving (new) entity and its identification number is:

       
     
    Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.    432546     
   
   

Corporations and Limited Liability Companies provide the street address of the survivor’s principal place of business:

    
   
   

225 Kenneth Drive, Rochester, New York 14623-4277

    

 

2.      (Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing. The date must be no more than 90 days after the receipt of this document in this office.)

   
   

The merger (consolidation) shall be effective on the 31 day of December, 1998

 

         


3. Complete for Profit Corporations only

 

For each constituent stock corporation, state:

 

Name of corporation

  

Designation and

number of outstanding

shares in each class

or series

  

Indicate class or

series of shares
entitled to vote

   Indicate class  or
series entitled
to vote as a class

Global Crossing Latin American & Caribbean Co.

   common 1,000 shares    common    common

Global Crossing Ventures, Inc.

   common 1 share    common    common

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   common 5,000 shares    common    common
 

If the number of shares is subject to change prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the manner in which the change may occur is as follows:

 

        

The manner and basis of converting shares are as follows:

 

The outstanding shares of each terminating corporation shall be canceled without consideration.

 

The amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

 

        

The Plan of Merger will be furnished by the surviving profit corporation, on request and without cost, to any shareholder of any constituent profit corporation.

 

        

The merger is permitted by the state or country under whose law it is incorporated and each foreign corporation has complied with that law in effecting the merger.

 

        

 

(Complete either Section (a) or (b) for each corporation)

 

a)      

   The Plan of Merger was approved by the majority consent of the incorporators of                                                          , a Michigan corporation which has not commenced business, has not issued any shares, and has not elected a Board of Directors.
   
                   
   

(Signature of Incorporator)

   (Type or Print Name)      (Signature of Incorporator)    (Type or Print Name)     
   
                   
   

(Signature of Incorporator)

   (Type or Print Name)      (Signature of Incorporator)    (Type or Print Name)     
   

b)      

  

The plan of merger was approved by:

 

   
    

¨       the Board of Directors of                                                                          , the surviving Michigan corporation, without approval of the shareholders in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

 

   
    

x       the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

   
   
    

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

 

   
   
    By   LOGO     By        
      (Signature of Authorized Officer or Agent)       (Signature of Authorized Officer or Agent)    
   
      Mitchell C. Sussis            
      (Type or print name)       (Type or print name)    
   
      Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.          
       

(Name of Corporation)

 

         

(Name of Corporation)

 

   


BCS/CD-550m (REV.12/05)

 

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR & ECONOMIC GROWTH

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES

     

Date Received

 

(FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)

 

     

DEC 2,2008

  This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.    
                
       

Name

  Mitchell C.Sussis           
       

Address

  Global Crossing Ltd., 200 Park Avenue, Suite 300           
        EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31,2009

City

Florham Park

 

State

NJ

     

Zip Code

07932

          Expiration date for new assumed names: December 31,
              Expiration date for transferred assumed names appear in item 6

é Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above é

        If left blank document will be mailed to the registered office.

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

Cross Entity Merger for use by Profit Corporations, Limited Liability Companies

And Limited partnerships.

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), Act 23, public Acts of 1993. (limited liability companies) and Act 213, Public Acts of 1982 (limited partnerships), the undersigned entities execute the following Certificate of Merger.

 

1.   The plan of Merger (Consolidation) is as follows:          
   

a. The name of each constituent entity and its identification number is:

       
   

US Crossing, Inc.

 

   N/A     
           
   

Global Crossing Advanced Card Services, Inc.

  

    

 

    
           
   

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

  

432546

 

    
   

b. The name of the surviving (new) entity and its identification number is

       
   

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

  

432546

 

    
   

Corporations and Limited Liability Companies provide the street address of the survivor’s principal place of business:

 

225 Kenneth Drive, Rochester, New York 14623-4277

         
   
               

 

2.

 

(Complete only if an effective date is desired other than the date of filing. The date must be no more than 90 days after the receipt of this document in the office.)

 

The merger (consolidation) shall be effective on the 31 day of December, 2009.

     

 

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3. Complete for Profit Corporations only

 

For each constituent stock corporation, state:

Name of corporation

 

Designation and

number of outstanding

shares in each class

or series

 

Indicate class or

series of shares

entitled to vote

 

Indicate class or

series entitled

to vote as a class

US Crossing, Inc.

  1,000 common shares   common   common

Global Crossing Advanced Card Services, Inc.

  100 common shares   common   common

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

  1,239 common shares   common   common
 

If the number of shares is subject to change prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the manner in which the change may occur is as follows:

 

The manner and basis of converting shares are as follows:

 

The outstanding shares of each terminating corporation shall be canceled without consideration and there shall be no new shares issued by the surviving corporation.

 
The amendments to the Articles, or a restatement of the Articles, of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger are as follows:

None. There shall be no amendments or restatements of the Articles of the surviving corporation.

 

 

The Plan of Merger will be furnished by the surviving profit corporation, on request and without cost, to any shareholders of any constituent profit corporation.

 

 

 

The merger is permitted by the state or country under whose law it is incorporated and each foreign corporation has compiled with that law in effecting the merger.

 

 

 

(Complete either Section (a) or (b) for each corporation)

 

a)      

   The Plan of Merger was approved by the majority consent of the incorporators of                                                          , a Michigan corporation which has not commenced business, has not issued any shares, and has not elected a Board of Directors.
   
                   
   

(Signature of Incorporator)

   (Type or Print Name)      (Signature of Incorporator)    (Type or Print Name)     
   
                   
   

(Signature of Incorporator)

   (Type or Print Name)      (Signature of Incorporator)    (Type or Print Name)     
   

b)      

   The plan of merger was approved by:    
    

¨       the Board of Directors of                                                                          , the surviving Michigan corporation, without approval of the shareholders in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

   
    

x       the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the following Michigan corporation(s) in accordance with Section 703a of the Act.

   
   
    

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   
   
          
   
    By   LOGO     By        
      (Signature of Authorized Officer or Agent)       (Signature of Authorized Officer or Agent)    
   
      Mitchell C. Sussis            
      (Type or print name)       (Type or print name)    
   
      Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc          
       

(Name of Corporation)

 

         

(Name of Corporation)

 

   
EX-3.71 67 dex371.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.71

BY–LAWS

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

(a Michigan corporation)

INTRODUCTION ­VARIABLE REFERENCES

Date of Incorporation: April 5, 1989

0.01. Date of annual shareholders’ meeting (See Section 2.01):

The annual meeting shall be held at the time fixed, from time to time, by the directors.

0.02. Required notice of shareholders’ meeting (See Section 2.04): not less than 10 days.

 

*

0.03. Authorized number of directors (See Section 3.01): Two (2).

 

*

0.04. Required notice of directors’ meetings (See Section 3.05):

 

(a) Not less than 72 hours if by mail, and

 

*

(b) Not less than 24 hours if by telegram, cable, personal delivery. word of mouth, telephone, facsimile or other form of electronic transmission.

 

*

0.05. The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of December each year (See Section 8.02).

 

*

0.06. Action by written consent of shareholders may be taken by unanimous written consent (See Section 2.12). -Action by written consent of shareholders may also be taken by such lesser percentage of shareholders as is permitted in the articles of incorporation or by applicable law.

* These spaces are reserved for official notation of future amendments to these sections.

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

1.01. Principal and Business Offices. The corporation may have such principal and other business offices, either within or without the State of Michigan, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

1.02. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation required by the Michigan Business Corporation Act to be maintained in the State of Michigan may, but need not, be the same as any of its places of business, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The business office of the registered agent of the corporation shall be identical to such registered office.


ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

2.01. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held in each year on the date set forth in Section 0.01, at the hour designated in the written notice of said meeting given pursuant to Section 2.04, or at such other time and date as may be fixed by or under the authority of the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Michigan, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein, or fixed as herein provided, for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as convenient.

2.02. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by either the President, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to elect one), or upon written notice to the Secretary of the corporation by the holders of not less than one-tenth of all shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

2.03. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Michigan, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Michigan, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal business office of the corporation in the State of Michigan or such other suitable place in the county of such principal office as may be designated by the person calling such meeting, but any meeting may be adjourned to reconvene at any place designated by vote of a majority of the shares represented thereat.

2.04. Notice of Meeting.

(a) Required notice. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not less than the number of days set forth in Section 0.02 (unless a longer period is required by law or the articles of incorporation) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or other officer or persons calling the meeting. to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, facsimile, e-mail or other form of wire or wireless communication, or by mail or private carrier. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his/her address as it appears on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice is delivered by electronic transmission, notice is effective when such transmission is completed.


(b) Adjourned meeting. If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different time or place, notice of the new date, time or place is not required if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for an adjourned meeting is or must be fixed, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to all persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.

2.05. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date, in the case of a meeting of or other action to be taken by shareholders, to be not more than seventy (70) days before said meeting or action. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the close of business on the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed, transmitted, or communicated in person or on the date on which the resolution of the Board of 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 shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination is effective for any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

2.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or in the articles of incorporation, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by a voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is considered present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting. If a quorum exists, action on a matter by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action unless a greater number of affirmative votes is required by law or the articles of incorporation.

2.07. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, or in the event the Board of Directors determines not to elect a Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence, the President, and in his/her absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any person chosen by the shareholders present shall call the meeting of the shareholders to order and shall act as chairman of the meeting, and the Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.


2.08. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder entitled to vote may vote by proxy appointed in writing by the shareholder or by his/her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make rules establishing presumptions as to the validity and sufficiency of proxies.

2.09. Voting of Shares. Except as provided in the articles of incorporation, these by­laws or by Michigan law, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote upon each matter voted on at a shareholders meeting.

2.10. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. The corporation in its discretion may require such evidence as it deems advisable to verify proper authority of any person to vote shares not registered of record in such person’s name.

(a) Other Entities. Shares standing in the name of another entity may be voted either in person or by proxy, by an officer or agent of the entity.

(b) Legal Representatives or Fiduciaries. Shares held by a personal representative, administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, or assignee for creditors which shares are not standing in the name of such fiduciary may be voted by him/her, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his/her name.

(c) Pledgees. A shareholder whose votes are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

(d) Subsidiaries. No shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the ejection of Directors of such other corporation is held directly or indirectly by this corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting. Provided, however, this shall not limit the power of the corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

(e) Minors. Shares held by a minor may be voted by such minor in person or by proxy and no such vote shall be subject to disaffirmance or avoidance, unless prior to such vote the Secretary of the corporation has received written notice or has actual knowledge that such shareholder is a minor.

(f) Incompetents and Spendthrifts. Shares held by an incompetent or spendthrift may be voted by such incompetent or spendthrift in person or by proxy and no such vote shall be subject to disaffirmance or avoidance, unless prior to such vote the Secretary of the corporation has actual knowledge that such shareholder has been adjudicated an incompetent or spendthrift or actual knowledge of filing of judicial proceedings for appointment of a guardian.


(g) Cotenants or Fiduciaries. Shares registered in the name of two or more individuals who are named in the registration as co-tenants or fiduciaries may be voted in person or by proxy signed by anyone or more of such individuals if the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all co-owners.

2.11. Waiver of Notice by Shareholders. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given to any shareholder of the corporation under the articles of incorporation or by-laws or any provision of law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any time, whether before or after the time of meeting, by the shareholder entit1ed to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice; provided that such waiver in respect to any matter of which notice is required under any provision of the Michigan Business Corporation Act, shall contain the same information as would have been required to be included in such notice, except the time and place of meeting.

2.12. Action Without Meeting.

(a) Any action required or permitted to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting and without action by the Board of Directors, by all shareholders entitled to vote on the action.

(b) Action under Section 2.12(a) must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the shareholders and delivered to the Secretary of the corporation for inclusion in the corporate records.

(c) Action taken under Section 2. 12(a) is effective when consents representing all shares entitled to vote on the action are delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.

(d) If not otherwise fixed under Section 2.05 of these by-laws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date that the first shareholder signs the consent under this Section 2. 12(a).

(e) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

2.13. Financial Statements for Shareholders. Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, the corporation shall prepare annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income statement for that year, and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the


annual financial statements must also be prepared on that basis. On written request from any shareholder, the corporation shall mail him/her the latest financial statements.

ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.01. General Powers and Number. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by, its Board of Directors. The number of Directors of the corporation shall be as set forth in Section 0.03.

3.02. Tenure and Qualifications. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been elected, or until his/her prior death, resignation or removal. A director may be removed from office if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him/her (unless a greater voting requirement is provided by the articles of incorporation) taken at a meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. A director may resign at any time by delivering his/her written resignation to the Board of Directors or to the corporation. Directors need not be residents of the State of Michigan or shareholders of the corporation.

3.03. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders, and each adjourned session thereof. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place either within or without the State of Michigan, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

3.04. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to elect one), the President, Secretary or any two directors. The Chairman of the Board, President or Secretary calling any special meeting of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of Michigan, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.

3.05. Notice; Waiver. Notice of each meeting of the Board of Directors (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to Section 3.03) shall be given to each director (i) by written notice delivered personally or mailed or given by facsimile, e-mail or other form of wire or wireless transmission to such director at his/her business address or at such other address as such director shall have designated in writing :filed with the Secretary, or (ii) by word of mouth or telephone personally to such director, in each case not less than that number of hours prior thereto as set forth in Section 0.04. Written notice is effective at the earliest of the following: (a) when received or, if notice is delivered by electronic transmission, when such transmission is completed; (b) two days after its deposit in the U.S. mail, if mailed, postpaid and correctly addressed; (c) on the date shown on the return receipt if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee. Oral notice is effective when communicated. The notice need not describe the purpose of the meeting unless required by the articles of incorporation.


A director may waive any notice required by the Michigan Business Corporation Act, the articles of incorporation or by-laws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as provided in the next sentence, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and retained by the corporation. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him/her of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his/her arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

3.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the articles of incorporation or these by-laws, a majority of the number of Directors set forth in Section 0.03 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but a majority of the directors present (though less than such quorum) may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

3.07. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation or these by-laws. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless: (1) he/she objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his/her arrival) to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; or (2) his/her dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (3) he/she delivers written notice of his/her dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

3.08. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, or in the event the Board of Directors determines not to elect a Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence, the President, and in his/her absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any director chosen by the directors present, shall call meetings of the Board of Directors to order and shall act as Chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any Assistant Secretary or any director or other person present to act as secretary of the meeting.


3.09. Vacancies. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, the vacancy may be filled by either the shareholders; the Board of Directors; or if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, the directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all directors remaining in office. If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of the voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders, and only the remaining directors elected by that voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the directors. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, (because of a resignation effective at a later date) may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

3.10. Compensation. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the Board of Directors, irrespective of any persona] interest of any of its members, may fix the compensation of Directors in their capacities as such.

3.11. Committees. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. The creation of a committee, delegation of authority to a committee, or action by a committee does not relieve the Board of Directors or any of its members of any responsibility imposed upon the Board of Directors or its members by law. Each committee must have two or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of (1) a majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken or (2) the number of Directors required by the articles of incorporation or by-laws to take such action. Sections 3.03-3.05 and 3.12 of these by-laws which govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, apply to committees and their members. To the extent specified by the Board of Directors or in the articles of incorporation or by-laws, each committee may exercise the authority of the Board of Directors, except that a committee may not:

(1) authorize distributions;

(2) approve or propose to shareholders action that the Michigan Business Corporation Act requires be approved by shareholders;

(3) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees;

(4) amend the articles of incorporation under Section 450.1601 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act;

(5) adopt, amend, or repeal by-laws;

(6) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;


(7) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or

(8) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences, and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee (or a senior executive officer of the corporation) to do so within limits prescribed by the Board of Directors.

3.12. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted by the articles of incorporation or by-laws or any provision of law to be taken at a Board of Directors’ or committee meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors or members of such committee entitled to vote with respect to such action.

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

4.01. In General. The principal officers of the corporation may include a Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to appoint one), a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The duties of the officers shall be those enumerated herein and any further duties designated by the Board of Directors. The duties herein specified for particular officers may be transferred to and vested in such other officers as the Board of Directors shall appoint, from time to time and for such periods or without limitation as to time as the Board shall order.

4.02. Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for a term as determined by the Board of Directors. If no term is specified, each officer shall hold office until his/her death, resignation or removal. Appointment of an officer does not of itself create contract rights.

4.03. Removal Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause.

4.04. Vacancies. A vacancy in any principal office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

4.05. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to appoint one) shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors and sha11 have such further and other authority, responsibility and duties as may be granted to or imposed upon him/her by the Board of Directors, including without limitation designation pursuant to Section 4.07 as chief executive officer of the corporation.


4.06. President. The President, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise order pursuant to Section 4.07, shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He/she shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors shall have elected a Chairman of the Board of Directors. He/she shall have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, to appoint such agents and employees of the corporation as he/she shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the President. He/she shall have authority to sign, execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the corporation, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, stock certificates, contracts, leases, reports and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and except as otherwise provided by law or the Board of Directors, he/she may authorize any Vice President or other officer or agent of the corporation to sign, execute and acknowledge such documents or instruments in his/her place and stead. In general he/she shall performs all duties incident to the office of the chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. In the event the Board of Directors determines not to appoint a Chairman of the Board or in the event of his/her absence or disability, the President shall perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the duties and restrictions imposed upon the Chairman of the Board.

4.07. Chairman of the Board as Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the corporation. In such event, the Chairman of the Board shall assume all authority, power, duties and responsibilities otherwise appointed to the President pursuant to Section 4.06, and all references to the President in these by-laws shall be regarded as references to the Chairman of the Board as such chief executive officer, except where a contrary meaning is clearly required.

In further consequence of designating the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer, the President shall thereby become the chief administrative officer of the corporation. He/she shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of stockholders and directors. During the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board he/she shall exercise the functions of the chief executive officer of the corporation. He/she shall have authority to sign all certificates, contracts, and other instruments of the corporation necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation’s regular business or which shall be authorized by the Board of Directors and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to his/her office or are properly required of him/her by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board. He/she shall have the authority, subject to such rules, directions, or orders, as may be prescribed by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors, to appoint and terminate the appointment of


such agents and employees of the corporation as he/she shall deem necessary to prescribe their power, duties and compensation and to delegate authority to them.

4.08. The Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his/her death, inability or refusal to act, or in the event for any reason it shall be impracticable for the President to act personally. the Vice President (if any appointed), or if more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any such designation, then in the order of their appointment, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shal1 have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may sign with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary certificates for shares of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the President or the Board of Directors.

4.09. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation, if any, and see that the seal of the corporation, if any, is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep or arrange for the keeping of a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareh01der; (e) sign with the President, or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shares shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him/her by the President or by the Board of Directors.

4.10. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04; and (c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as shall from time to time be delegated or assigned to him/her by the President or by the Board of Directors. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.

4.11. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. There shall be such number of Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as the Board of Directors may from time to time authorize. The Assistant Secretaries may sign with the President or a Vice President certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a


resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall respectively, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in general, shal1 perform such duties and have such authority as shall from time to time be delegated or assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or the Board of Directors.

4.12. Other Assistants and Acting Officers. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any person to act as assistant to any officer, or as agent for the corporation in his/her stead, or to perform the duties of such officer whenever for any reason it is impracticable for such officer to act personally, and such assistant or acting officer or other agent so appointed by the Board of Directors shall have the power to perform all the duties of the office to which he/she is so appointed to be assistant, or as to which he/she is so appointed to act, except as such power may be otherwise defined or restricted by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS; SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS

5.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. In the absence of other designation, all deeds, mortgages and instruments of assignment or pledge made by the corporation shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the President or one of the Vice Presidents; the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, when necessary or required, shall affix the corporate seal, if any, thereto; and when so executed no other party to such instrument or any third party shall be required to make any inquiry into the authority of the signing officer or officers.

5.02. Loans. No indebtedness for borrowed money shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of such indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

5.03. Checks, Drafts. Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner, including by means of facsimile signatures, as shall from time to time be determined by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.

5.04. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as may be selected by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.


5.05. Voting of Securities Owned by This Corporation. Subject always to the specific directions of the Board of Directors, (a) any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned or controlled by this corporation may be voted at any meeting of security holders of such other corporation by the President of this corporation if he/she be present, or in his/her absence by any Vice President of this corporation who may be present, and (b) whenever, in the judgment or the President, or in his/her absence, of any Vice President, it is desirable for this corporation to execute a proxy Of written consent with respect to any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned by this corporation, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of this corporation by the President or one of the Vice Presidents of this corporation, without necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors, affixation of corporate seal or countersignature or attestation by another officer. Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or proxies of this corporation shall have full right, power and authority to vote the shares or other securities issued by such other corporation and owned by this corporation the same as such shares or other securities might be voted by this corporation.

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

6.01. Certificate for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form, consistent with law, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President Of a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary either manually or in facsimile~ and may be sealed with a corporate seal or facsimile thereof provided, however, that all certificates shall have at least one manual signature of either an officer or the transfer agent. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The face or reverse side of each certificate representing shares shall bear a conspicuous notation of any restriction imposed by the corporation upon transfer of such shares. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued. with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

6.02. Signature by Former Officers. In case any officer, who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any certificate for shares, shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he/she were such officer at the date of its issue.

6.03. Transfer of Shares. Prior to due presentment of a certificate for shares for registration of transfer the corporation may treat the registered owner of such shares as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights


and power of an owner. Where a certificate for shares is presented to the corporation with a request to register for transfer, the corporation shall not be liable to the owner or any other person suffering loss as a result of such registration of transfer if (a) there were on or with the certificate the necessary endorsements, and (b) the corporation had no duty to inquire into adverse claims or has discharged any such duty. The corporation may require reasonable assurance that said endorsements are genuine and effective and in compliance with such other regulations as may be prescribed under the authority of the Board of Directors.

6.04. Restrictions on Transfer. If this corporation should elect to be treated as a small business corporation under Section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, then any transfer of stock, the effect of which would cause such election to be terminated, is prohibited and any such purported transfer is null and void. This by-law may only be altered, repealed, or revoked by a majority vote of the shareholders.

6.05. Consideration for Shares. The shares of the corporation may be issued for such consideration as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, provided that any shares having a par value shall not be issued for a consideration less than the par value thereof. When the corporation receives the consideration for which the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of shares, such shares shall be deemed to be fully paid and nonassessable by the corporation. The Board of Directors may place in escrow shares issued for a contract for future services or benefits or a promissory note, or make other arrangements to restrict the transfer of such shares, and may credit distributions in respect of such shares against their purchase price, until the services are performed, the benefits are received or the note is paid. If the services are not performed, the benefits are not received or the note is not paid, the Board of Directors may cancel, in whole or in part, the shares escrowed or restricted and the distributions credited.

6.06. Stock Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such further rules and regulations not inconsistent with the statutes of the State of Michigan as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the corporation, including the appointment or designation of one or more stock transfer agents and one or more stock registrars.

ARTICLE VII. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY; TRANSACTIONS WITH CORPORATION

7.01 Liability of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, no director shall be liable to the corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the corporation or its shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his/her status as a director. If, and then only to the extent, expressly required by law, a director shall be liable to the extent that the person asserting liability proves that the breach Of failure to perform constitutes (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with


the corporation or its shareholders in connection with the matter in which the director has a material conflict of interest, (b) a violation of criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful, (c) a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal profit, or (d) willful misconduct.

7.02. Indemnity of Directors and Officers. To the maximum extent permitted by law (including, without limitation, to the extent that the director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise), the corporation shall indemnify a director or officer in the defense of any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding, whether formal or informal, which involves foreign, federal, state or local law and which is brought by or in the right of the corporation or by any other person, for all reasonable expenses, including fees, costs, charges, disbursements and attorney fees, incurred in the proceeding, provided the director or officer was a party because he/she is a director or officer of the corporation. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the corporation shall indemnify a director or officer against liability, including judgments, settlements, penalties, assessment, forfeitures, fines and reasonable expenses, incurred by the director or officer in the proceeding, provided the director or officer was a party because he/she is a director or officer of the corporation. If, and then only to the extent, expressly provided by applicable law, indemnification shall not apply to the extent the liability was incurred because the director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he/she owes to the corporation and the breach or failure to perform constitutes (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the corporation or its shareholders in connection with the matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest, (b) a violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful, (c) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit, or (d) willful misconduct.

The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or an equivalent plea shall not, by itself, create a presumption that indemnification of the director or officer is not required under this by-law. No indemnification is required under this by-law to the extent the officer or director has previously received indemnification or allowance of expenses from any person, including the corporation in connection with the same proceeding. Determination of whether indemnification is required under this by-law shall be made by the means provided pursuant to Section 450.1564a of the Michigan Business Corporation Act. A director or officer who seeks indemnification under this by-law shall make a written request to the corporation.

The corporation, by its Board of Directors, may indemnify in a like manner, or with any limitations, any employee or agent of the corporation who is not a director or officer with respect to any action taken or not taken in his capacity as such employee or agent. The corporation shall indemnify an employee who is not a director or officer of the


corporation, to the extent he/she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a proceeding, for all expenses incurred in the proceeding if the employee was a party because he/she was an employee of the corporation.

The foregoing rights of indemnification shall be in addition to all rights to which directors, officers, employees or agents may be entitled as a matter of law, by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by written agreement with the corporation. All terms used in this Section.

7.02 for which a definition is provided in Section 450.1571 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act and not otherwise herein defined shall have the meaning set forth in said statute.

7.03. Maintenance of Insurance. The corporation may, by its Board of Directors, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against liability asserted against and incurred by the person in his/her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising from his/her status as a director, officer, employee or agent, regardless of whether the corporation is required or authorized to indemnify the person against the same liability.

7.04. Director Conflict of Interest. (a) In this section, “conflict of interest transaction” means a transaction with the corporation in which a director of the corporation has a direct or indirect interest.

(b) A conflict of interest transaction is not voidable by the corporation solely because of the director’s interest in the transaction if any of the following is true: (1) the material facts of the transaction and the director’s interest were disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors or committee authorized, approved or specifically ratified the transaction under Section 7.04(c), (2) the material facts of the transaction and the director’s interest were disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorized, approved or specifically ratified the transaction under Section 7.04(d), or (3) the transaction was fair to the corporation.

(c) For purposes of Section 7.04(b)(l), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved or specifically ratified if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors on the Board of Directors or on the committee acting on the transaction, who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction. If a majority of the directors who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction vote to authorize, approve or ratify the transaction, a quorum is present for the purpose of taking action under this section. The presence of, or a vote cast by, a director with a direct or indirect interest in the transaction does not affect the validity of any action taken under Section 7.04(b)(1) if the transaction is otherwise authorized, approved or ratified as provided in this section.

(d) For purposes of Section 7 .04(b )(2), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved or specifically ratified if it receives the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to be counted under this subsection. Shares owned by or voted under the control of a


director who has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction, and shares owned by or voted under the control of any entity party to the transaction in which the director has a material financial interest or in which the director is a general partner, may not be counted in a vote of shareholders to determine whether to authorize, approve or ratify a conflict of interest transaction under Section 7 .04(b)(2). The vote of those shares shall be counted in determining whether the transaction is approved under other sections of these by-laws. A majority of the shares, whether or not present, that are entitled to be counted in a vote on the transaction under this subsection constitutes a quorum for the purpose of taking action under this section.

7.05. Loans to Directors. The corporation may not lend money to or guarantee the obligation of a director of the corporation unless (1) the particular loan or guarantee is approved by a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding voting shares of all classes, voting as a single voting group, except the votes of shares owned by or voted under the control of the benefited director} or (2) the corporation’s Board of Directors determines that the Joan or guarantee benefits the corporation and either approves the specific loan or guarantee or a general plan authorizing loans and guarantees. The fact that a loan or guarantee is made in violation of this section does not affect the borrowers liability on the loan. This section does not apply to an advance to a director that is permitted under Section 7.02 of these by-laws or that is made to defray expenses incurred by the director in the ordinary course of the corporation’s business.

ARTICLE VIII. GENERAL

8.01. Seal. The Board of Directors may provide for a corporate seal, which may be circular in form and have inscribed thereon any designation including the name of the corporation and the words “Corporate Seal, Michigan”.

8.02. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be as provided in Section 0.05.

ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS

9.01. By Shareholders. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new by­laws may be adopted by the shareholders by affirmative vote as set forth in Section 2.06 of these by-laws.

9.02. By Directors. These by-laws may also be altered, amended or repealed and new by-laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors by affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance; however, no by­law adopted by the shareholders shall be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors if the by-law so adopted so provides.

9.03. Implied Amendments. Any action taken or authorized by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors, which would be inconsistent with the by-laws then in effect but is taken or authorized by affirmative vote of not less than the number of shares or the number of directors


required to amend the by-laws so that the by-laws would be consistent with such action, shall be given the same effect as though the by-1aws had been temporarily amended or suspended so far, but only so far, as is necessary to permit the specific action so taken or authorized.

EX-3.72 68 dex372.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Certificate of Incorporation of ALC Communications Corporation

EXHIBIT 3.72

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

Of

FRONTIER SUBSIDIARY ONE INC.

with and into

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 251 of the

Delaware General Corporation Law

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST: That the name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations of the merger are as follows:

 

Name

 

State of Incorporation

Frontier Subsidiary One Inc.   Delaware
ALC Communications Corporation   Delaware

SECOND: That an Agreement and Plan of Merger among the parties to the merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations in accordance with the requirements of Section 251 of the Genera1 Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

THIRD: That the name of the surviving corporation of the merger is ALC Communications Corporation.

FOURTH: That the Certificate of Incorporation of ALC Communications Corporation shall be as amended in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A and made a part hereof and as so amended shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation.


FIFTH: That the executed Agreement and Plan of Merger is on file at the principal place of business of the surviving corporation, the address of which is 30300 Telegraph Road, Bingham Farms, Michigan 46025-4510.

SIXTH. That a copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger will be furnished by the surviving corporation, on request, and without cost, to any stockholder of any constituent corporation.

 

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ John M. Erno

Name:   John M. Erno
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit A

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

FIRST: The name of the corporation is ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION.

SECOND: The address, including street, number, city, and county, of the registered office of the corporation in the State Of Delaware is 32 Loockerman Square, Suite L-l00, City of Dover, Delaware 19904, County of Kent, and the name of the registered agent of the corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.

THIRD: The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State or Delaware.

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 100, all of which shall have $1.00 par value. All such shares shall are of one class and are shares of Common Stock.

SIXTH: The corporation is to have perpetual existence.

SEVENTH: Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this corporation and its creditors, or any class of them and/or this corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of· equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this corporation, as the case may be, and also on this corporation.


EIGHTH: For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and in further definition, limitation, and regulation of the powers of the corporation and of its directors and of its stockholders or any class thereof as the case may be, it is further provided:

 

  1. The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in its Board of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws. The phrase ‘whole board’ and the phrase ‘total number of directors’ shall be deemed to have the same meaning, to wit, the total. number of directors which the corporation would have if there were no vacancies. No election of directors need be by written ballot.

 

  2. After the original or other Bylaws of the corporation have been adopted, amended, or repealed, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of Section 109 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and, after the corporation has received any payment for any of its stock, the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the corporation may be exercised by the Board of Directors of the corporation, provided, however, that any provision for the classification of directors of the corporation for staggered terms pursuant to the provision of subsection (d) of Section 14l of the general Corporation Law of the State of Delaware shall be set forth in an initial bylaw or in a bylaw adopted by the stockholders entitled to vote of the corporation unless provisions for such classification shall be set forth in this certificate of incorporation.

 

  3. Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue only one class of stock, each outstanding share shall entitle the holder thereof to notice of, and the right to vote at, any meeting of stockholders. Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class at stock, no outstanding share of any class of stock which is denied voting power under the provisions of the certificate of incorporation shall entitle the holder thereof to the right to vote at any meeting of stockholders except as the provisions of paragraph(2) of subsection (b) of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware shall otherwise require; provided, that no share of any such class which is otherwise denied voting power shall entitle the holder thereof to vote upon the increase or decrease in the number of authorized shares of said class.

NINTH: The personal liability of the directors of the corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of § 102 Of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented.

TENTH: The corporation sha1l, to tile fullest extent permitted by the provisions of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to


which those indemnified may be entitled under any Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in, his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.

ELEVENTH: From time to time any of the provisions of this certificate of incorporation may be amended, altered, or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all the rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the corporation by this certificate of incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this Article ELEVENTH.


CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF

FRONTIER TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.

AND

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

It is hereby certified that:

1. The constituent business corporations participating in the merger herein certified are:

(i) Frontier Telecommunications Inc. (hereinafter “FTI”), which is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware; and

(ii) ALC Communications Corporation (hereinafter “ALC”), which is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.

2. An Agreement of Merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed, and acknowledged by each of the aforesaid constituent corporations in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

3. The name of the surviving corporation in the merger herein certified is ALC, which will continue its existence as said surviving corporation under its present name upon the effective date of said merger pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The Certificate of Incorporation of ALC, as now in force and effect, shall continue to be the Certificate of Incorporation of said surviving corporation until amended and changed pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

5. The executed Agreement of Merger between the aforesaid constituent corporations is on file at the Office of the Secretary of the aforesaid surviving corporation, the address of which is as follows: 180 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14646.

6. A copy of the aforesaid Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the aforesaid surviving corporation, on request, and without cost, to any stockholder of each of the aforesaid constituent corporations.

Dated: July 12,1996

 

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi

Name:   Barbara J . LaVerdi
  its Assistant Secretary


AGREEMENT OF MERGER

OF

FRONTIER TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.

(a Delaware Corporation)

AND

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(a Delaware Corporation)

AGREEMENT OF MERGER approved on October 26, 1995 by Frontier Telecommunications, Inc., a business corporation of the State of Delaware, by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date, and approved on October 26, 1995 by ALC Communications Corporation, a business corporation of the State of Delaware, and by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date.

WHEREAS Frontier Telecommunications, Inc. (“FTI”) is a business corporation of the State of Delaware with its registered office therein located at 1013 Centre Road, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; and

WHEREAS the total number of shares of stock which FTI has authority to issue is 200, all of which are of one class and of a par value of $0.01 each; and

WHEREAS ALC Communications Corporation is a business corporation of the State of Delaware with its registered office therein located at 1013 Centre Road, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; and

WHEREAS the total number of shares of stock which ALC Communications Corporation has authority to issue is 220,000,000, all of which are of one class and of a par value of $.01 each; and

WHEREAS FTI and ALC Communications Corporation and the respective Boards of Directors thereof deem it advisable and to the advantage, welfare and best interests of said corporations and their respective stockholders to merge FTI with and into ALC Communications Corporation pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreement of the parties hereto, being thereunto duly approved by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of FTI and duly approved by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of ALC Communications Corporation, the Agreement of Merger and the terms and conditions


thereof and the mode of carrying the same into effect, together with any provisions required or permitted to be set forth therein, are hereby determined and agreed upon as hereinafter in this Agreement set forth.

1. FTI and ALC Communications Corporation shall, pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, be merged with and into a single corporation, to wit, ALC Communications Corporation, which shall be the surviving corporation from and after the effective time of the merger, and which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “surviving corporation”, and which shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under its present name pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

The separate existence of FTI, which is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “terminating corporation”, shall cease at the said effective time in accordance with the provisions of said General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation, as now in force and effect, shall continue to be the Certificate of Incorporation of said surviving corporation and said Certificate of Incorporation shall continue in full force and effect until amended and changed in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

3. The present by-laws of the surviving corporation will be the by-laws of said surviving corporation and will continue in full force and effect until changed, altered or amended as therein provided and in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The directors and officers in office of the surviving corporation at the effective time of the merger shall be the members of the first Board of Directors and the first officers of the surviving corporation, all of whom shall hold their directorships and offices until the election and qualification of their respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in accordance with the by-laws of the surviving corporation.

5. Each issued share of the terminating corporation shall, at the effective time of the merger, be converted in the aggregate into One Hundred Three (103) shares of the surviving corporation. The issued shares of the surviving corporation shall not be converted or exchanged in any manner, but each said share which is issued as of the effective time of the merger shall continue to represent one issued share of the surviving corporation.

6. In the event that this Agreement of Merger shall have been fully adopted on behalf of the terminating corporation and of the surviving corporation in accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation law of the State of Delaware, the said

 

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corporations agree that they will cause to be executed and filed and recorded any document or documents prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware and elsewhere to effectuate the merger herein provided for.

7. The Board of Directors and the proper officers of the terminating corporation and of the surviving corporation are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute, deliver, file, and record any and all instruments, papers and documents which shall be or become necessary, proper or convenient to carry out or put into effect any of the provisions of this Agreement of Merger or of the merger herein provided for.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement of Merger is hereby signed and attested upon behalf of each of the constituent corporations parties thereto.

Dated: July 12, 1996

FRONTIER TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

It is hereby certified that:

1. The name if the corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is ALC Communications Corporation.

2. The certificate of incorporation of the corporation is hereby amended by striking out Article Fourth thereof and by substituting in lieu of said Article the following new Article:

The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 10,000 all of which shall have $1.00 par value. All such shares are of one class and are shares of common stock.

3. The amendment of the certificate of incorporation herein certified has been duly adopted and written consent has been given In accordance with the provisions of Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The Assistant Secretary of the Corporation shall have authority to sign the Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the Corporation.

Signed on December 24, 1996

 

ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi

 

Barbara J. LaVerdi,

Assistant Secretary


STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER OF

DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS

Pursuant to Title 8, Section 251(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the undersigned corporation executed the following Certificate of Merger:

FIRST: The name of the surviving corporation is ALC Communications Corporation and the name of the corporation being merged into this surviving corporation is Global Crossing GlobalCenter Holdings, Inc.

SECOND: The Agreement of Merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations.

THIRD: The name of the surviving corporation is ALC Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

FOURTH: The Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be its Certificate of Incorporation.

FIFTH: The merger is to become effective on December 29, 2006.

SIXTH: The Agreement of Merger is on file at 1080 Pittsford-Victor Road, Pittsford, NY 14534, the place of business of the surviving corporation.

SEVENTH: A copy of the Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the surviving corporation upon request, without cost, to any stockholder of the constituent corporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said surviving corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized officer, the 26th day of December, 2006.

 

By:  

/s/ Mitchell C. Sussis

Name:   Mitchell Sussis
Title:   Vice President and Secretary


STATE OF DELAWARE

DELAWARE INTO DELAWARE

AGREEMENT OF MERGER

Now on this 26th day of December, 2006, Global Crossing Global Center Holdings, Inc. and ALC Communications Corporation, both Delaware Corporations, pursuant to Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, have entered into the following Agreement of Merger:

WITNESSETH that:

WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of the foregoing named corporations deem it advisable that the corporations merge into a single corporation as hereinafter specified; and

WHEREAS, said Global Crossing Global Center Holdings, Inc. filed its Certificate of Incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 8, 2006; and

WHEREAS, said ALC Communications Corporation filed its Certificate of Incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 26, 1985;

NOW, THEREFORE, the corporations, parties to this Agreement, by and between their respective Boards of Directors, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements and provisions hereinafter contained, do hereby prescribe the terms and conditions of said merger and of carrying the same into effect as follows:

FIRST: Global Crossing Global Center Holdings, Inc. hereby merges into ALC Corporations Corporation, which shall be the surviving corporation.

SECOND: The Certificate of Incorporation of ALC Communications Corporation, as in effect on the date of the merger provided for in this Agreement, shall continue in full force and effect as the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation surviving this merger.

THIRD: This merger shall become effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

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SIGNATURE PAGE

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement, pursuant to authority duly given by their respective Boards of Directors, have caused this Agreement of Merger to be executed by an authorized officer of each party hereto.

 

Global Crossing Global Center Holdings, Inc.
 

/s/ Mitchell Sussis

Name:   Mitchell Sussis
Title:   Vice President and Secretary
  ALC Communications Corporation

 

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EX-3.73 69 dex373.htm BYLAWS OF ALC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Bylaws of ALC Communications Corporation

EXHIBIT 3.73

BY-LAWS

OF

ALC Communications Corporation

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 1 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 1 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are tiled with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.


(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of~ the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be I, or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.


(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.


SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION 1. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION 1 nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION 1 shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION 1 in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION I of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,


suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.

ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION I. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures. Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION I. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any


vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.

SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section 1 of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION I. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of


record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which


record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.


SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.


ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION I. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.


SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.74 70 dex374.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF BUDGET CALL LONG DISTANCE, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.74

I, MICHAEL RATCHFORD, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ‘BUDGET CALL LONG DISTANCE, INC,’ FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL A.D. 1992 AT 11:30 AM


SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 11:30 AM 04/10/1992

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

BUDGET CALL LONG DISTANCE, INC.

* * * * *

1. The name of the corporation is BUDGET CALL LONG DISTANCE, INC.

2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the city of Wilmington, county of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is, “To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

To provide long distance telephone or other communication service to users, and to engage in all activities necessary or incidental thereto.

4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000); all of such shares shall be without par value, and all of one class.

At all elections of directors of the corporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of votes which (except for such provision as to cumulative voting) he would be entitled to cast for the election of directors with respect to his shares of stock multiplied by the number of directors to be elected by him, and he may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or for any two or more of them as he may see fit.

5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows:

 

NAME

 

MAILING ADDRESS

T.L. Ford  

Corporation Trust Center

120 Orange Street

Wilminqton, Delaware 19801

M.C. Kinnamon  

Corporation Trust Center

120 Orange Street

Wilminqton, Delaware 19801

J.L Austin  

Corporation Trust Center

120 OrangE Street

Wilminqton, Delaware 19801


5B. The name and mailing address of each person, who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows:

 

NAME

 

ADDRESS

Timothy L. Bryant  

P.O. BOX 1159

Columbus, NE 68602

Daniel A. Springer  

P.O. Box 1159

Columbus, NE 68602

6. The corporation shall have perpetual existence.

7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation.

8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide.

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the state of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the state of Delaware at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation.

9. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except as expressly provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

10. Each person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, and each person who serves or served at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another enterprise, shall be indemnified by the corporation in accordance with, and to the fullest extent authorized by, the General corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it may be in effect from time to time.


WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being all of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 10th day of April, 1992.

 

/s/ T. L. Ford

/s/ H. C. Kinnamon

/s/ J.L. Sustin

EX-3.75 71 dex375.htm BYLAWS OF BUDGET CALL LONG DISTANCE, INC. Bylaws of Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

BY-LAWS

OF

Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 1 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 1 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.


(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be I, or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.


(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as maybe specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.


SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION 1. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION 1 nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION 1 shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION 1 in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION 1 of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.


ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION 1. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures. Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term: Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.


SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section 1 of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and investments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION 1. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.


SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing


the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.


SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.


ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.


SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.76 72 dex376.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GT LANDING II CORP. Certificate of Incorporation of GT Landing II Corp.

EXHIBIT 3.76

State of Delaware

Office of the Secretary of State

I, EDWARD J. FREEL, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ‘GT LANDING II CORP.’, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2000, AT 3 O’CLOCK P.M. A FILED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS.


JAN-27- 2000 07:09

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

GT LANDING II CORP.

1. The name of the corporation is GT LANDING II CORP.

2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, county of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) with a par value of $.01.

5. The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator is: E. L. Kinsler, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

6 . The board of directors is authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.

7. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit.

8. The corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents to the extent permitted by the General corporation Law of Delaware.

I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of January, 2000.

 

/s/ E.L. Kinsler

Sole Incorporator
E.L. Kinsler


State of Delaware Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 10:04 AM 12/31/2008

FILED 09:53 AM 12/31/2008

STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS

Pursuant to Title 8, Section 251(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the undersigned corporation executed the following Certificate of Merger:

FIRST: The name of the surviving corporation is GT LANDING II CORP. and the name of the corporation being merged into this surviving corporation is GT LANDING CORP.

SECOND: The Agreement of Merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations.

THIRD: The name of the surviving corporation is GT LANDING II CORP., a Delaware corporation.

FOURTH: The Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be its Certificate of Incorporation.

FIFTH: The merger is to become effective on December 31, 2008.

SIXTH: The Agreement of Merger is on file at 225 Kenneth Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, the place of business of the surviving corporation.

SEVENTH: A copy of the Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the surviving corporation on request, without cost, to any stockholder of the constituent corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said surviving corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized officer, the 30th day of December A.D. 2008.

 

By:  

/s/ Mitchell C. Sussis

  Authorized Officer
Name:   Mitchell C. Sussis
Title:   Director, Vice President and Secretary


State of Delaware Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 10:04 AM 12/31/2008

FILED 10:04 AM 12/31/2008

STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS

Pursuant to Title 8, Section 251(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the undersigned corporation executed the following Certificate of Merger:

FIRST: The name of the surviving corporation is GT LANDING II CORP. and the name of the corporation being merged into this surviving corporation is MAC LANDING CORP.

SECOND: The Agreement of Merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations.

THIRD: The name of the surviving corporation is GT LANDING II CORP., a Delaware corporation.

FOURTH: The Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be its Certificate of Incorporation.

FIFTH: The merger is to become effective on December 31, 2008.

SIXTH: The Agreement of Merger is on file at 225 Kenneth Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, the place of business of the surviving corporation.

SEVENTH: A copy of the Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the surviving corporation on request, without cost, to any stockholder of the constituent corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said surviving corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized officer, the 30th day of December A.D. 2008.

 

By:  

/s/ Mitchell C. Sussis

  Authorized Officer
Name:   Mitchell C. Sussis
Title:   Director, Vice President and Secretary


State of Delaware Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 10:04 AM 12/31/2008

FILED 10:04 AM 12/31/2008

STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS

Pursuant to Title 8, Section 251(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the undersigned corporation executed the following Certificate of Merger:

FIRST: The name of the surviving corporation is GT LANDING II CORP. and the name of the corporation being merged into this surviving corporation is PAC LANDING CORP.

SECOND: The Agreement of Merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations.

THIRD: The name of the surviving corporation is GT LANDING II CORP., a Delaware corporation.

FOURTH: The Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be its Certificate of Incorporation.

FIFTH: The merger is to become effective on December 31, 2008.

SIXTH: The Agreement of Merger is on file at 225 Kenneth Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, the place of business of the surviving corporation.

SEVENTH: A copy of the Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the surviving corporation on request, without cost, to any stockholder of the constituent corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said surviving corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized officer, the 30th day of December A.D. 2008.

 

By:  

/s/ Mitchell C. Sussis

  Authorized Officer
Name:   Mitchell C. Sussis
Title:   Director, Vice President and Secretary
EX-3.77 73 dex377.htm CERTIFICATE OF GT LANDING II CORP. Certificate of GT Landing II Corp.

EXHIBIT 3.77

BY-LAWS

OF

GT Landing II Corp.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 1 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 1 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of Directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.


(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof if an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION I. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be 1, or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase ‘entire Board’ herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.


(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as maybe specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.


SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of Directors.

SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of Directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION 1. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION I nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION 1 shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION I in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION I of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.


ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION I. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION I. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.


SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section I of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION 1. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.


SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which


record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration or transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.


SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.


ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.


SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.78 74 dex378.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING TELEMANAGEMENT, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.78

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

APPLIED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.

I, the undersigned natural person of the age of eighteen years or more, acting as incorporator of a corporation under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (Chapter 180 of the Wisconsin Statutes), adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is: APPLIED COMMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.

SECOND: The period of existence shall be perpetual.

THIRD: The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are: To sell voice and data communication facilities and services including communication consulting services; and To engage in any lawful activity within the purposes for which corporations may be organized under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (Chapter 180 of the Wisconsin Statutes).

FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred (100) with no par value.

FIFTH: The number of directors shall be such number as is fixed from time to time by, or in the manner provided in, the bylaws.

SIXTH: The address of the initial registered office of the corporation is 2777 South Ridge Road, Green Bay, WI 54306, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is Don Detampel.


SEVENTH: The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

NAME

 

ADDRESS

John R. Patterson   P. O. Box 2545
Attorney at Law   Green Bay, WI 54306

EIGHTH: These articles may be amended in the manner authorized by law at the time of amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of October 1982.

 

/s/ John R. Patterson

John R. Patterson
Attorney-at-Law
Incorporator

 

STATE OF WISCONSIN  )   
   )   SS:
COUNTY OF BROWN  )   

Personally came before me this 14th day of October A.D. 1982, the above named JOHN R. PATTERSON to me known to be the person(s)who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same.

 

/s/ Notary Public


STATE OF WISCONSIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

Resolved, That The first Article of the Articles of Incorporation shall be amended to read as follows:

“Article 1. The name of the corporation is Schneider Communications, Inc.

The undersigned officers of APPLIED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Wisconsin corporation with a registered office in Brown County, Wisconsin, CERTIFY:

l(A) The foregoing amendment of the articles of incorporation of said corporation was consented to in writing by the holders of all shares entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter of said amendment duly signed by said shareholders or in their names by their duly authorized attorneys.

Executed on this 7th day of October 1983.

 

/s/ Donald F. Detampel

Donald F. Detampel
President

/s/ Lawrence A. Link

Lawrence A. Link


AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

SCHNEIDER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Pursuant to the consent of the sole shareholder and Board of Directors of SCHNEIDER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, and in accordance with Section 180.1003 of the Wisconsin Statutes, the following resolution was duly adopted on August 8, 1995:

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Articles of Incorporation of Schneider Communications, Inc., be, and they hereby are, amended by deleting the first article thereof and inserting in its place the following:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is “Frontier Communications of the Great Lakes, Inc.”

Executed in duplicate this 8th day of August, 1995.

 

SCHNEIDER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Robert D. Conway

  Robert D. Conway
  Secretary & Treasurer


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

Stock (for profit)

A. Name of Corporation: Frontier Communications of the Great Lakes, Inc.

Text of Amendment:

“FIRST: The name of the corporation is Frontier Telemanagement, Inc.”

B. Amendment(s) to the articles of incorporation adopted on 7/15/96.

Indicate the method of adoption by checking the appropriate choice below:

(x) By the Board of Directors ([n accordance with sec. 180.1002, WIs. Stats.)

C. Executed on behalf of the corporation on July 19, 1996.

 

/s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi

Barbara J. LaVerdi
Assistant Secretary

D. This document was drafted by Karen J. Cronk 180 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14646


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

Stock (for profit)

A. Name of Corporation: Frontier Telemanagement, Inc.

Text of Amendment (Refer to the existing articles of incorporation and instruction A.

Determine those items to be changed and set forth below the number identifying the paragraph being changed and how the amended paragraph is to read.)

“RESOLVED, THAT, the articles of incorporation be amended as follows:

FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) with no par value.

B. Amendment(s) adopted on 6/16/98.

Indicate the method of adoption by checking the appropriate choice below:

(x) In accordance with sec. 180.1002, Wis. Stats. (By the Board of Directors)

C. Executed on behalf of the corporation on June 16, 1998.

 

/s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi

Barbara J. LaVerdi
Assistant Secretary

D. This document was drafted by Karen J. Cronk 180 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14646


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

Stock (for profit)

A. Name of Corporation: Frontier Telemanagement Inc. (prior to any changes effected by this amendment)

Text of Amendment (Refer to the existing articles of incorporation and instruction A. Determine those items to be changed and set forth below the number identifying the paragraph being changed and how the amended paragraph is to read.)

“RESOLVED, THAT, the articles of incorporation be amended as follows:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is GLOBAL CROSSING TELEMANAGEMENT, INC.

B. Amendment(s) adopted on August 10, 1999.

Indicate the method of adoption by checking the appropriate choice below:

(x) In accordance with sec. 180.1002, Wis. Stats. (By the Board of Directors)

C. Executed on behalf of the corporation on September 22, 1999.

 

/s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi

Barbara J. LaVerdi
Assistant Secretary

D. This document was drafted by Karen J. Cronk 180 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14646

EX-3.79 75 dex379.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING TELEMANAGEMENT, INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.79

BY-LAWS

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING TELEMANAGEMENT, INC.

(a Wisconsin corporation)

INTRODUCTION -VARIABLE REFERENCES

Date of Incorporation: October 14, 1982

0.01. Date of annual shareholders’ meeting (See Section 2.01):

10:00    15th    March

(Hour)    (Day)    (Month)

 

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0.02. Required notice of shareholders’ meeting (See Section 2.04): not less than 10 days.

 

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0.03. Authorized number of directors (See Section 3.01): Two (2).

 

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0.04. Required notice of directors’ meetings (See Section 3.05):

(a) Not less than 72 hours if by mail, and

 

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(b) Not less than 24 hours if by telegram, cable, personal delivery, word of mouth, telephone, facsimile or other form of electronic transmission.

 

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0.05. The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of December each year (See Section 8.02).

 

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0.06. Action by written consent of shareholders may be taken by unanimous written consent (See Section 2.12). -Action by written consent of shareholders may also be taken by such lesser percentage of shareholders as is permitted in the articles of incorporation or by applicable law.

 

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These spaces are reserved for official notation of future amendments to these sections.

ARTICLE 1. OFFICES

1.01. Principal and Business Offices. The corporation may have such principal and other business offices, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

1.02. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law to be maintained in the State of Wisconsin may, but need not, be the same as any of its places of business, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The business office of the registered agent of the corporation shall be identical to such registered office.


ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

2.01. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held in each year on the date set forth in Section 0.01, at the hour designated in the written notice of said meeting given pursuant to Section 2.04, or at such other time and date as may be fixed by or under the authority of the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Wisconsin, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein, or fixed as herein provided, for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as convenient.

2.02. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by either the President, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to elect one), or upon written notice to the Secretary of the corporation by the holders of not less than one-tenth of all shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

2.03. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal business office of the corporation in the State of Wisconsin or such other suitable place in the county of such principal office as may be designated by the person calling such meeting, but any meeting may be adjourned to reconvene at any place designated by vote of a majority of the shares represented thereat.

2.04. Notice of Meeting.

(a) Required notice. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than the number of days set forth in Section 0.02 (unless a longer period is required by law or the articles of incorporation) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or other officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, facsimile, e-mail or other form of wire or wireless communication, or by mail or private carrier. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his/her address as it appears on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice is delivered by electronic transmission, notice is effective when such transmission is completed.


(b) Adjourned meeting. If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different time or place, notice of the new date, time or place is not required if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for an adjourned meeting is or must be fixed, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to all persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.

2.05. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date, in the case of a meeting of or other action to be taken by shareholders, to be not more than seventy (70) days before said meeting or action. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the close of business on the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed, transmitted, or communicated in person or on the date on which the resolution of the Board of 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 shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination is effective for any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

2.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or in the articles of incorporation, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by a voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is considered present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting. If a quorum exists, action on a matter by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action unless a greater number of affirmative votes is required by law or the articles of incorporation.

2.07. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, or in the event the Board of Directors determines not to elect a Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence, the President, and in his/her absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any person chosen by the shareholders present shall call the meeting of the shareholders to order and shall act as chairman of the meeting, and the Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.


2.08. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder entitled to vote may vote by proxy appointed in writing by the shareholder or by his/her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make rules establishing presumptions as to the validity and sufficiency of proxies.

2.09. Voting of Shares. Except as provided in the articles of incorporation, these by­laws or by Wisconsin law, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote upon each matter voted on at a shareholders meeting.

2.10. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. The corporation in its discretion may require such evidence as it deems advisable to verify proper authority of any person to vote shares not registered of record in such person’s name.

(a) Other Entities. Shares standing in the name of another entity may be voted either in person or by proxy, by an officer or agent of the entity.

(b) Legal Representatives or Fiduciaries. Shares held by a personal representative, administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, or assignee for creditors which shares are not standing in the name of such fiduciary may be voted by him/her, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his/her name.

(c) Pledgees. A shareholder whose votes are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

(d) Subsidiaries. No shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation is held directly or indirectly by this corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting. Provided, however, this shall not limit the power of the corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

(e) Minors. Shares held by a minor may be voted by such minor in person or by proxy and no such vote shall be subject to disaffirmance or avoidance, unless prior to such vote the Secretary of the corporation has received written notice or has actual knowledge that such shareholder is a minor.

(f) Incompetents and Spendthrifts. Shares held by an incompetent or spendthrift may be voted by such incompetent or spendthrift in person or by proxy and no such vote shall be subject to disaffirmance or avoidance, unless prior to such vote the Secretary of the corporation has actual knowledge that such shareholder has been adjudicated an incompetent or spendthrift or actual knowledge of filing of judicial proceedings for appointment of a guardian.


(g) Cotenants or Fiduciaries. Shares registered in the name of two or more individuals who are named in the registration as co-tenants or fiduciaries may be voted in person or by proxy signed by anyone or more of such individuals if the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all co-owners.

2.11. Waiver of Notice by Shareholders. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given to any shareholder of the corporation under the articles of incorporation or by-laws or any provision of law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any time, whether before or after the time of meeting, by the shareholder entitled to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice; provided that such waiver in respect to any matter of which notice is required under any provision of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, shall contain the same information as would have been required to be included in such notice, except the time and place of meeting.

2.12. Action Without Meeting.

(a) Any action required or permitted to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting and without action by the Board of Directors, by all shareholders entitled to vote on the action.

(b) Action under Section 2.12(a) must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the shareholders and delivered to the Secretary of the corporation for inclusion in the corporate records.

(c) Action taken under Section 2.12(a) is effective when consents representing all shares entitled to vote on the action are delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.

(d) If not otherwise fixed under Section 2.05 of these by-laws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date that the first shareholder signs the consent under this Section 2.12(a).

(e) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

2.13. Financial Statements for Shareholders. Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, the corporation shall prepare annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income statement for that year, and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements must also be prepared on that basis. On written request from any shareholder, the corporation shall mail him/her the latest financial statements.


ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.01. General Powers and Number. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by, its Board of Directors. The number of Directors of the corporation shall be as set forth in Section 0.03.

3.02. Tenure and Qualifications. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been elected, or until his/her prior death, resignation or removal. A director may be removed from office if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him/her (unless a greater voting requirement is provided by the articles of incorporation) taken at a meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. A director may resign at any time by delivering his/her written resignation to the Board of Directors or to the corporation. Directors need not be residents of the State of Wisconsin or shareholders of the corporation.

3.03. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders, and each adjourned session thereof. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place either within or without the State of Wisconsin, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

3.04. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to elect one), the President, Secretary or any two directors. The Chairman of the Board, President or Secretary calling any special meeting of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.

3.05. Notice; Waiver. Notice of each meeting of the Board of Directors (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to Section 3.03) shall be given to each director (i) by written notice delivered personally or mailed or given by facsimile, e-mail or other form of wire or wireless transmission to such director at his/her business address or at such other address as such director shall have designated in writing filed with the Secretary, or (ii) by word of mouth or telephone personally to such director, in each case not less than that number of hours prior thereto as set forth in Section 0.04. Written notice is effective at the earliest of the following: (a) when received or, if notice is delivered by electronic transmission, when such transmission is completed; (b) two days after its deposit in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed; (c) on the date shown on the return receipt if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee. Oral notice is effective when communicated. The notice need not describe the purpose of the meeting unless required


by the articles of incorporation. A director may waive any notice required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation or by-laws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as provided in the next sentence, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and retained by the corporation. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him/her of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his/her arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

3.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the articles of incorporation or these by-laws, a majority of the number of Directors set forth in Section 0.03 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but a majority of the directors present (though less than such quorum) may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

3.07. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation or these by-laws. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless: (1) he/she objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his/her arrival) to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; or (2) his/her dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (3) he/she delivers written notice of his/her dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

3.08. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, or in the event the Board of Directors determines not to elect a Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence, the President, and in his/her absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any director chosen by the directors present, shall call meetings of the Board of Directors to order and shall act as Chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any Assistant Secretary or any director or other person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

3.09. Vacancies. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, the vacancy may be filled by either the shareholders; the Board of Directors; or if the


directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, the directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all directors remaining in office. If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of the voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders, and only the remaining directors elected by that voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the directors. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, (because of a resignation effective at a later date) may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

3.10. Compensation. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the Board of Directors, irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, may fix the compensation of Directors in their capacities as such.

3.11. Committees. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. The creation of a committee, delegation of authority to a committee, or action by a committee does not relieve the Board of Directors or any of its members of any responsibility imposed upon the Board of Directors or its members by law. Each committee must have two or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of (1) a majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken or (2) the number of Directors required by the articles of incorporation or by-laws to take such action. Sections 3.03-3.05 and 3.12 of these by-laws which govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, apply to committees and their members. To the extent specified by the Board of Directors or in the articles of incorporation or by-laws, each committee may exercise the authority of the Board of Directors, except that a committee may not:

(1) authorize distributions;

(2) approve or propose to shareholders action that the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law requires be approved by shareholders;

(3) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees;

(4) amend the articles of incorporation under Section 180.1002 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law;

(5) adopt, amend, or repeal by-laws;

(6) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

(7) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or


(8) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences, and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee (or a senior executive officer of the corporation) to do so within limits prescribed by the Board of Directors.

3.12. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted by the articles of incorporation or by-laws or any provision of law to be taken at a Board of Directors’ or committee meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors or members of such committee entitled to vote with respect to such action.

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

4.01. In General. The principal officers of the corporation may include a Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to appoint one), a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The duties of the officers shall be those enumerated herein and any further duties designated by the Board of Directors. The duties herein specified for particular officers may be transferred to and vested in such other officers as the Board of Directors shall appoint, from time to time and for such periods or without limitation as to time as the Board shall order.

4.02. Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for a term as determined by the Board of Directors. If no term is specified, each officer shall hold office until his/her death, resignation or removal. Appointment of an officer does not of itself create contract rights.

4.03. Removal. Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause.

4.04. Vacancies. A vacancy in any principal office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

4.05. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board (if the Board of Directors determines to appoint one) shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors and shall have such further and other authority, responsibility and duties as may be granted to or imposed upon him/her by the Board of Directors, including without limitation designation pursuant to Section 4.07 as chief executive officer of the corporation.

4.06. President. The President, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise order pursuant to Section 4.07, shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He/she shall, when present, preside at all


meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors shall have elected a Chairman of the Board of Directors. He/she shall have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, to appoint such agents and employees of the corporation as he/she shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the President. He/she shall have authority to sign, execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the corporation, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, stock certificates, contracts, leases, reports and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and except as otherwise provided by law or the Board of Directors, he/she may authorize any Vice President or other officer or agent of the corporation to sign, execute and acknowledge such documents or instruments in his/her place and stead. In general he/she shall perform all duties incident to the office of the chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. In the event the Board of Directors determines not to appoint a Chairman of the Board or in the event of his/her absence or disability, the President shall perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the duties and restrictions imposed upon the Chairman of the Board.

4.07. Chairman of the Board as Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the corporation. In such event, the Chairman of the Board shall assume all authority, power, duties and responsibilities otherwise appointed to the President pursuant to Section 4.06, and all references to the President in these by-laws shall be regarded as references to the Chairman of the Board as such chief executive officer, except where a contrary meaning is clearly required.

In further consequence of designating the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer, the President shall thereby become the chief administrative officer of the corporation. He/she shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of stockholders and directors. During the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board he/she shall exercise the functions of the chief executive officer of the corporation. He/she shall have authority to sign all certificates, contracts, and other instruments of the corporation necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation’s regular business or which shall be authorized by the Board of Directors and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to his/her office or are properly required of him/her by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board. He/she shall have the authority, subject to such rules, directions, or orders, as may be prescribed by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors, to appoint and terminate the appointment of such agents and employees of the corporation as he/she shall deem necessary, to prescribe their power, duties and compensation and to delegate authority to them.


4.08. The Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his/her death, inability or refusal to act, or in the event for any reason it shall be impracticable for the President to act personally, the Vice President (if any appointed), or if more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any such designation, then in the order of their appointment, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may sign with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary certificates for shares of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the President or the Board of Directors.

4.09. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation, if any, and see that the seal of the corporation, if any, is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep or arrange for the keeping of a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President, or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shares shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him/her by the President or by the Board of Directors.

4.10. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04; and (c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as shall from time to time be delegated or assigned to him/her by the President or by the Board of Directors. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.

4.11. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. There shall be such number of Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as the Board of Directors may from time to time authorize. The Assistant Secretaries may sign with the President or a Vice President certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall respectively, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Assistant Secretaries and


Assistant Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties and have such authority as shall from time to time be delegated or assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or the Board of Directors.

4.12. Other Assistants and Acting Officers. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any person to act as assistant to any officer, or as agent for the corporation in his/her stead, or to perform the duties of such officer whenever for any reason it is impracticable for such officer to act personally, and such assistant or acting officer or other agent so appointed by the Board of Directors shall have the power to perform all the duties of the office to which he/she is so appointed to be assistant, or as to which he/she is so appointed to act, except as such power may be otherwise defined or restricted by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS; SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS

5.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. In the absence of other designation, all deeds, mortgages and instruments of assignment or pledge made by the corporation shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the President or one of the Vice Presidents; the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, when necessary or required, shall affix the corporate seal, if any, thereto; and when so executed no other party to such instrument or any third party shall be required to make any inquiry into the authority of the signing officer or officers.

5.02. Loans. No indebtedness for borrowed money shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of such indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

5.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner, including by means of facsimile signatures, as shall from time to time be determined by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.

5.04. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as may be selected by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.

5.05. Voting of Securities Owned by This Corporation. Subject always to the specific directions of the Board of Directors, (a) any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned or controlled by this corporation may be voted at any meeting of security holders of such other corporation by the President of this corporation if he/she be


present, or in his/her absence by any Vice President of this corporation who may be present, and (b) whenever, in the judgment of the President, or in his/her absence, of any Vice President, it is desirable for this corporation to execute a proxy or written consent with respect to any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned by this corporation, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of this corporation by the President or one of the Vice Presidents of this corporation, without necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors, affixation of corporate seal or countersignature or attestation by another officer. Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or proxies of this corporation shall have full right, power and authority to vote the shares or other securities issued by such other corporation and owned by this corporation the same as such shares or other securities might be voted by this corporation.

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

6.01. Certificate for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form, consistent with law, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary either manually or in facsimile, and may be sealed with a corporate seal or facsimile thereof provided, however, that all certificates shall have at least one manual signature of either an officer or the transfer agent. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The face or reverse side of each certificate representing shares shall bear a conspicuous notation of any restriction imposed by the corporation upon transfer of such shares. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued there for upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

6.02. Signature by Former Officers. In case any officer, who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any certificate for shares, shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he/she were such officer at the date of its issue.

6.03. Transfer of Shares. Prior to due presentment of a certificate for shares for registration of transfer the corporation may treat the registered owner of such shares as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and power of an owner. Where a certificate for shares is presented to the corporation with a request to register for transfer, the corporation shall not be liable to the owner or any other person suffering loss as a result of such registration of transfer if (a) there were on or with the certificate the necessary endorsements, and (b) the corporation had no


duty to inquire into adverse claims or has discharged any such duty. The corporation may require reasonable assurance that said endorsements are genuine and effective and in compliance with such other regulations as may be prescribed under the authority of the Board of Directors.

6.04. Restrictions on Transfer. If this corporation should elect to be treated as a small business corporation under Section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, then any transfer of stock, the effect of which would cause such election to be terminated, is prohibited and any such purported transfer is null and void. This by-law may only be altered, repealed, or revoked by a majority vote of the shareholders.

6.05. Consideration for Shares. The shares of the corporation may be issued for such consideration as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, provided that any shares having a par value shall not be issued for a consideration less than the par value thereof. When the corporation receives the consideration for which the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of shares, such shares shall be deemed to be fully paid and nonassessable by the corporation. The Board of Directors may place in escrow shares issued for a contract for future services or benefits or a promissory note, or make other arrangements to restrict the transfer of such shares, and may credit distributions in respect of such shares against their purchase price, until the services are performed, the benefits are received or the note is paid. If the services are not performed, the benefits are not received or the note is not paid, the Board of Directors may cancel, in whole or in part, the shares escrowed or restricted and the distributions credited.

6.06. Stock Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such further rules and regulations not inconsistent with the statutes of the State of Wisconsin as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the corporation, including the appointment or designation of one or more stock transfer agents and one or more stock registrars.

ARTICLE VII. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY; TRANSACTIONS WITH CORPORATION

7.01 Liability of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, no director shall be liable to the corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the corporation or its shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his/her status as a director. If, and then only to the extent, expressly required by law, a director shall be liable to the extent that the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform constitutes (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the corporation or its shareholders in connection with the matter in which the director has a material conflict of interest, (b) a violation of criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful, (c) a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal profit, or (d) willful misconduct.


7.02. Indemnity of Directors and Officers. To the maximum extent permitted by law (including, without limitation, to the extent that the director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise), the corporation shall indenmify a director or officer in the defense of any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding, whether formal or informal, which involves foreign, federal, state or local law and which is brought by or in the right of the corporation or by any other person, for all reasonable expenses, including fees, costs, charges, disbursements and attorney fees, incurred in the proceeding, provided the director or officer was a party because he/she is a director or officer of the corporation. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the corporation shall indemnify a director or officer against liability, including judgments, settlements, penalties, assessment, forfeitures, fines and reasonable expenses, incurred by the director or officer in the proceeding, provided the director or officer was a party because he/she is a director or officer of the corporation. If, and then only to the extent, expressly provided by applicable law, indemnification shall not apply to the extent the liability was incurred because the director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he/she owes to the corporation and the breach or failure to perform constitutes (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the corporation or its shareholders in connection with the matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest, (b) a violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful, (c) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit, or (d) willful misconduct.

The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or an equivalent plea, shall not, by itself, create a presumption that indemnification of the director or officer is not required under this by-law. No indemnification is required under this by-law to the extent the officer or director has previously received indemnification or allowance of expenses from any person, including the corporation, in connection with the same proceeding. Determination of whether indemnification is required under this by-law shall be made by the means provided pursuant to Section 180.0855 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. A director or officer who seeks indemnification under this by-law shall make a written request to the corporation.

The corporation, by its Board of Directors, may indemnify in a like manner, or with any limitations, any employee or agent of the corporation who is not a director or officer with respect to any action taken or not taken in his capacity as such employee or agent. The corporation shall indemnify an employee who is not a director or officer of the corporation, to the extent he/she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a proceeding, for all expenses incurred in the proceeding if the employee was a party because he/she was an employee of the corporation.


The foregoing rights of indemnification shall be in addition to all rights to which directors, officers, employees or agents may be entitled as a matter of law, by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by written agreement with the corporation. All terms used in this Section.

7.02 for which a definition is provided in Section 180.0850 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and not otherwise herein defined shall have the meaning set forth in said statute.

7.03. Maintenance of Insurance. The corporation may, by its Board of Directors, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against liability asserted against and incurred by the person in his/her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising from his/her status as a director, officer, employee or agent, regardless of whether the corporation is required or authorized to indemnify the person against the same liability.

7.04. Director Conflict of Interest. (a) In this section, “conflict of interest transaction” means a transaction with the corporation in which a director of the corporation has a direct or indirect interest.

(b) A conflict of interest transaction is not voidable by the corporation solely because of the director’s interest in the transaction if any of the following is true: (1) the material facts of the transaction and the director’s interest were disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors or committee authorized, approved or specifically ratified the transaction under Section 7.04(c), (2) the material facts of the transaction and the director’s interest were disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorized, approved or specifically ratified the transaction under Section 7.04(d), or (3) the transaction was fair to the corporation.

(c) For purposes of Section 7.04(b)(1), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved or specifically ratified if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors on the Board of Directors or on the committee acting on the transaction, who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction. If a majority of the directors who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction vote to authorize, approve or ratify the transaction, a quorum is present for the purpose of taking action under this section. The presence of, or a vote cast by, a director with a direct or indirect interest in the transaction does not affect the validity of any action taken under Section 7.04(b)(l) if the transaction is otherwise authorized, approved or ratified as provided in this section.

(d) For purposes of Section 7.04(b)(2), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved or specifically ratified if it receives the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to be counted under this subsection. Shares owned by or voted under the control of a director who has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction, and shares owned by or voted under the control of any entity party to the transaction in which the director has a material financial interest or in


which the director is a general partner, may not be counted in a vote of shareholders to determine whether to authorize, approve or ratify a conflict of interest transaction under Section 7.04(b)(2). The vote of those shares shall be counted in determining whether the transaction is approved under other sections of these by-laws. A majority of the shares, whether or not present, that are entitled to be counted in a vote on the transaction under this subsection constitutes a quorum for the purpose of taking action under this section.

7.05. Loans to Directors. The corporation may not lend money to or guarantee the obligation of a director of the corporation unless (1) the particular loan or guarantee is approved by a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding voting shares of all classes, voting as a single voting group, except the votes of shares owned by or voted under the control of the benefited director, or (2) the corporation’s Board of Directors determines that the loan or guarantee benefits the corporation and either approves the specific loan or guarantee or a general plan authorizing loans and guarantees. The fact that a loan or guarantee is made in violation of this section does not affect the borrower’s liability on the loan. This section does not apply to an advance to a director that is permitted under Section 7.02 of these by-laws or that is made to defray expenses incurred by the director in the ordinary course of the corporation’s business.

ARTICLE VIII. GENERAL

8.01. Seal. The Board of Directors may provide for a corporate seal, which may be circular in form and have inscribed thereon any designation including the name of the corporation and the words “Corporate Seal, Wisconsin”.

8.02. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be as provided in Section 0.05.

ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS

9.01. By Shareholders. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new by­laws may be adopted by the shareholders by affirmative vote as set forth in Section 2.06 of these by-laws.

9.02. By Directors. These by-laws may also be altered, amended or repealed and new by-laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors by affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance; however, no by­law adopted by the shareholders shall be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors if the by-law so adopted so provides.

9.03. Implied Amendments. Any action taken or authorized by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors, which would be inconsistent with the by-laws then in effect but is taken or authorized by affirmative vote of not less than the number of shares or the number of Directors required to amend the by-laws so that the by-laws would be consistent with such action, shall be given the same effect as though the by-laws had been temporarily amended or suspended so far, but only so far, as is necessary to permit the specific action so taken or authorized.

EX-3.80 76 dex380.htm CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING TELEMANAGEMENT VA, LLC Certificate of Organization of Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC

EXHIBIT 3.80

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF A

DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 13.1 of the code of Virginia, the undersigned states as follows:

1. The name of the limited liability company is FRONTIER TELEMANAGEMENT LLC

(The name must contain the words “limited company” or 1imited liability company” or their abbreviations “L.C.” “LC”, “L.L.C.” OR “LLC”)

2. A. The registered agent’s name is Beverly K. Krump, Esq., whose business address is identical with the registered office.

B. The registered agent is (mark appropriate box)

 

(1) an INDIVIDUAL who is a resident of Virginia and

 

(x) a member of the Virginia State Bar.

3. The address of the initial registered office in Virginia is: 11 South 12th Street, Richmond VA23219 located in the (x) city of Richmond.

4. The post office address of the principal office where the records will he maintained pursuant to Virginia Code Section 13.1-1028 is 180 South Clinton Avenue, Rochester, New York 14646

5. Signature

 

/s/ Barbara Laverdi

Barbara Laverdi, Organizer

September 15, 1997


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

OF

FRONTIER TELEMANAGEMENT LLC

1. The name of the limited liability company is Frontier Telemanagement LLC.

2. The articles of organization is hereby amended by striking out Article FIRST thereof and by substituting in lieu of said Article the following new Article FIRST:

“FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is GLOBAL CROSSING TELEMANAGEMENT VA, LLC.

3. The foregoing amendment to the articles of organization was adopted on August 10, 1999.

4. The amendment to the articles of organization was adopted by a vote of the members in accordance with Chapter 12 of Title 13.1 of the Code of Virginia.

 

FRONTIER TELEMANAGEMENT INC.,
a member
By:  

/s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi

 

Barbara J. LaVerdi,

Assistant Secretary

EX-3.81 77 dex381.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.81

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 02:12 PH 05/09/2007

FILED 02:09 PM 05/09/2007

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC.

(Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the

State of Delaware)

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. (the ‘Corporation’), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

1. The present name of the Corporation is IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC.

2 The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 31, 1994 under the name IMPSAT CORPORATION.

3. A Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 25, 2003 under the name IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC.

4. A Certificate of Merger of GC Crystal Acquisition, Inc. with and into the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 9, 2007.

5. Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and further amends the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly approved by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Corporation.

6. The text of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC.

SECOND: The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE 19801 and its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware as it now exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented.


FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 having a par value of $0.01 per share. All such shares are Common Stock. The 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation issued and outstanding prior to the filing hereof, shall be reclassified, effective as of the filing hereof, into .001 shares of Common Stock.

FIFTH: The personal liability of the directors of the Corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented. Any repeal or modification of this Article Fifth shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing immediately prior to such repeal or modification.

SIXTH: The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted or required by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons to whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section. and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person. Any repeal or modification of this Article Sixth shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder immediately prior to such repeal or modification.

SEVENTH: From time to time any of the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the-time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, subject to the provisions of this Article SEVENTH.

EIGHTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges and discretionary authority granted or conferred by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or other statutes or laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, without any action on the part of the stockholders, but the stockholders may make additional Bylaws and may alter, amend or repeal any Bylaws whether adopted by them or otherwise. The Corporation may in its Bylaws confer powers upon its Board of Directors in addition to the foregoing and in addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by applicable law.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by a duly authorized officer this 9 day of May, 2007.

 

 

/s/ Mitchell Sussis

Name:   Mitchell Sussis
Title:   Vice President
EX-3.82 78 dex382.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. Amended and Restated Bylaws of Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.82

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION I. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held either telephonically or at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than one (1) nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least one (I) day before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these Amended and Restated By-laws. At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.


(c) Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, ifany, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The minimum number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be one (1), or such larger number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman. The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.


(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution’ of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telephoning, mailing or e-mailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.


SECTION 10, Resignation, Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation, Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors,

SECTION 11. Vacancies, Unless otherwise provided in these Amended and Restated By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of Directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors.

SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

SECTION 1. A director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except (i) for any breach of such person’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, or (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director or officer shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director or officer shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this SECTION 1 nor the adoption or amendment of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation inconsistent with this SECTION I shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this SECTION 1 in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this SECTION I of this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SECTION 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise,


against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.

ARTICLE IV

Committees

SECTION 1. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4. Term: Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (anyone or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these Amended and Restated By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be two years or until their respective successors have


been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.

SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section 1 of this Article IV; and may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 6. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 9. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI

Books and Records

SECTION I. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and


addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in the Amended and Restated By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b)In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect


of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented either by certificates or “book-entry”, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such


rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.

SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices 0 f accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors


shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.

ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these Amended and Restated By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, either signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice or acknowledged by means of return e-mail, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or any person designated by the Treasurer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other person so designated by the Treasurer.

SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the designated officers of the Corporation may exercise the authority delegated to them pursuant to Article V or as otherwise specified by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and


may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.

SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.83 79 dex383.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING AMERICAS SOLUTIONS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.83

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

IMPSAT USA, INC.

FIRST: The name of the corporation is “IMPSAT USA, Inc.”

SECOND: The address of the corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

FOURTH: The corporation shall have the authority to issue Three Thousand (3.000) shares of common stock without par value with equal voting rights.

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are as follows:

 

NAME

 

MAILING ADDRESS

Dennis J. Burnett   1300 I Street, N.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20005

SIXTH: The corporation is to have perpetual existence.

SEVENTH: In furtherance of (and not in limitation of) the powers conferred by statute, the stockholders of the corporation are expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. Certificate of Incorporation IMPSAT USA, Inc.

EIGHTH: Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kepi outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be desired from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation, except as and to the extent provided by applicable law. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide.

NINTH: The corporation may amend this certificate of incorporation from time to time in any and as many respects as may be desired so long as this certificate of incorporation, as amended, contains only such provisions as it would be lawful and proper to insert in an original certificate of incorporation filed at the time of the filing of the amendment, and, if a change in stock or the rights of stockholders, or an exchange, reclassification of cancellation of stock or rights of stockholders, is to be made, such positions as may be necessary to effect such change, exchange, reclassification or cancellation.

TENTH: No director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of


fiduciary duty as a director, provided that this Article TENTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law. (iii) under section 174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this certificate of incorporation on February 3, 1995.

 

/s/ Dennis J. Burnett

Dennis J. Burnett


STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

The corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the Corporation Law of the State of Delaware does hereby certify:

FIRST: That a meeting of the Board of Directors of Impsat USA, Inc., resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and calling a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation for consideration thereof. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows:

RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation be amended by changing the Article thereof numbered ‘FIRST’ so that, an amended, said Article shall be and read as follows:

The name of the corporation is “Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.”

SECOND: That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of its Board of Directors, at a special meeting of the stockholders of said corporation was duly called and held upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.

THIRD: That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH: This document is to become effective June 1, 2008.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said corporation has caused this certificate to be signed this 28th day of May 2008.

 

/s/ Marc A. Aron

Marc A. Aron
Secretary
EX-3.84 80 dex384.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING AMERICAS SOLUTIONS, INC. Bylaws of Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.84

BY-LAWS

OF

IMPSAT USA, Inc.

 

*- name changed to Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc. effective June 1, 2008.


BY-LAWS

OF

IMPSAT USA, Inc.

ARTICLE I -OFFICES

The registered office of the Corporation shall be located in the City, County and State designated in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (such Certificate and any amendments thereof being hereinafter collectively referred to as the . Certificate of Incorporation”). The Corporation may also maintain offices at such other places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may , from time to time. determine.

ARTICLE II -MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1 -Annual Meetings:

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held within five months after the close of the fiscal year of the Corporation for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2 -Special Meetings:

Special meetings of me shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors or by the President, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the written request of the holders of fifty per cent (50%) of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, or as otherwise required under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Section 3 -Place of Meetings:

All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other places within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated in the notices or waivers of notice of such meetings.

Section 4 -Notice of Meetings:

(a) Written notice of each meeting of shareholders, whether annual or special, stating the time when and place where it is to be held, shall be served either personally or by mail, not less than ten or more than fifty days before the meeting, upon each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, and to any other shareholder to whom the giving of notice may be required by law. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called and shall indicate that ii is being issued by, or at the direction of, the person or persons calling the meeting. If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken that would, if taken, entitle shareholders to receive payment for their shares pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to each such shareholder at his address, as it appears on the records of the shareholders of the Corporation, unless such shareholder shall have previously filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request


that notices intended for such shareholder be mailed to some other address, in which case, it shall be mailed to the address designated in such request.

(b) Notice of any meeting need not be given to any person who may become a shareholder of record after the mailing of such notice and prior to the meeting, or to any shareholder who attends such meeting. in person or by proxy, or to any shareholder who, in person or by proxy. submits a signed waiver of notice either before or after such meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting of shareholders need not be given, unless otherwise required by statute.

Section 5. Quorum:

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein or by statute or in the Certificate of incorporation, at each meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, the presence al the commencement of such meeting, in person or by proxy. of shareholders holding of record a majority of the total number of shares of the Corporation then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The withdrawal of any shareholder after the commencement of a meeting shall have no effect on the existence of a quorum after a quorum has been established at such meeting.

(b) Despite the absence of a quorum at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, the shareholders, by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, may adjourn the meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called if a quorum had been present.

Section 6 -Voting:

(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of incorporation, any corporate action to be taken by vote of the shareholders shall be authorized by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of incorporation, at each meeting of shareholders, each holder of record of shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Stock registered in his name on the books of the Corporation.

(c) Each shareholder entitled to vote, or to express consent or dissent without a meeting, may do so by proxy; provided, however, that the instrument authorizing such proxy to act shall have been executed in writing by the shareholder, or by the shareholder’s attorney-in-fact thereunto duly authorized in writing. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its execution, unless the person or persons executing it shall have specified therein the length of time it is to continue in force. Such instrument shall be exhibited to the Secretary at the meeting and shall be filed with the records of the Corporation.


(d) Any resolution in writing, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, shall be and constitute action by such shareholders to the effect therein expressed, with the same force and effect as if the same had been duly passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of shareholders and such resolution so signed shall be inserted in the Minute Book of the Corporation under its proper date.

ARTICLE III -BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1 -Number. Election and Term of Office:

(a) The business and the property of the Corporation shall be managed and controlled by the Board of Directors, which shall consist of three (3) directors of whom one shall be Chairman and all of whom shall be subject to change from time to time by amendment of these By-Laws.

(b) Except as may otherwise be provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Chairman and the other members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, who need not be shareholders, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election.

(c) Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier death. resignation or removal.

Section 2 -Duties and Powers:

The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the control and management of the affairs, property and interests of the Corporation, and may exercise all powers of the Corporation, except such powers as are in the Certificate of Incorporation or by statute expressly conferred upon or reserved to the shareholders.

Section 3 -Annual and Regular Meetings; Notice:

(a) A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of the shareholders, at the place of such annual meeting of shareholders.

(b) The Board of Directors, from time to time, may provide by resolution for the holding of other regular meetings of the Board of Directors, and may fix the time and place thereof.

(c) Notice of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall not be required to be given and, if given, need not specify the purpose of the meeting; provided, however, that in case the Board of Directors shall fix or change the time or place of any regular meeting, notice of such action shall be given to each director who shall not have been present at the meeting at which such action was taken within the time specified , and in


the manner set forth, in paragraph (b) of Section 4 of this Article III , with respect to special meetings, unless such notice shall be waived in the manner set forth in paragraph (c) of such Section 4.

Section 4 -Special Meetings: Notice:

(a) Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the President or by one of the directors, at such time and place as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

(b) Notice of special meetings shall be mailed directly to each director. addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least two (2) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telegram, telex or fax, or shall be delivered to him personally or given to him orally, not later than the day before the day on which the meeting is to be held. A notice, or waiver of notice, except as required by Section 8 of this Article III, need not specify the purpose of the meeting.

(c) Notice of any special meetings shall not be required to be given to any director who shall attend such meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice 10 him, or who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting shall not be required to be given.

Section 5 -Chairman:

At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, if present, shall preside. If there shall be no Chairman, or he shall be absent, then the President shall preside, and in his absence, a Chairman chosen by the directors shall preside.

Section 6 -Quorum and Adjournments:

(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of a majority of the entire Board shall be necessary and sufficient 10 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws. Participation of anyone or more members of the Board by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment. allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. shall constitute presence in person at any such meeting.

(b) A majority of the directors present at the time and place of any regular or special meeting, although less than a quorum, may adjourn the same from time to time without notice, umil a quorum shall be present.


Section 7 -Manner of Acting:

(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each director present shall have one vote, irrespective of the number of shares of stock, if any, which he may hold.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By· Laws, the action of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. In the case of a tie vote of the directors present, the Chairman shall cast the deciding vote. Any action authorized, in writing, by all of the directors entitled to vote thereon and filed with the minutes of the Corporation shall be the act of the Board of Directors with the same force and effect as if the same had been passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of the Board.

Section 8· Vacancies:

Any vacancy in the Board of Directors occurring by reason of an increase in the number of directors, or by reason of the death, resignation, disqualification, removal (unless a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the shareholders shall be filled by the shareholders at the meeting at which the removal was effected) or inability to act of any director, or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired position of the term by a majority vote of the shareholders, at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose.

Section 9 -Resignation:

Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall lake effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or such officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 10 - -Indemnification:

The Corporation shall indemnify 10 the full extent authorized or permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the indemnification provision of any successor statute, every person (and the heirs, executors and administrators of such person) made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or other enterprise, against the expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, or in connection with any appeal therein, except in relation to matters as to which such director is adjudged to have breached his duty to the Corporation.


The Corporation shall also indemnify to the full extent authorized or permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the indemnification provisions of any successor statute, every person (and the heirs, executors and administrators of such person) made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action, suit, or proceeding other than one by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, whether civil, criminal, investigative or administrative, including an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, which he served in any capacity at the request of the Corporation by reason of the fact that he was a director of the Corporation or served such other corporation in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts, paid in settlement, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which any such person may be permitted under any agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise.

Section 11 -Removal:

Any director may be removed with or without cause at any lime by the shareholders, at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose, and may be removed for cause by action of the Board.

Section 12 -Salary:

No stated salary shall be paid to directors, as such, for their services, but b: resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 13 -Contracts:

(a) No contract or other transaction between this Corporation and any other corporation shall be impaired, affected or invalidated, nor shall any director be liable in any way by reason of the fact that anyone or more of the directors of this Corporation is or are interested in, or is a director or officer, or are directors or officers of such other corporation, provided that such facts are disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors.

(b) Any director, personally and individually, may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction of this Corporation, and no director shall be liable in any way by reason of such interest, provided that the fact of such interest be disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors, and provided that the Board of Directors shall authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by the vote (not counting the vote of any such director) of a majority of a quorum, notwithstanding the presence of any such director at the meeting at which such action is taken. Such director or directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting. This Section shall not be construed to impair or invalidate or in any way affect any contract or other transaction which would otherwise be valid under the law (common, statutory or otherwise) applicable thereto.


Section 14 -Committees:

The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may from time to time designate from among its members an executive committee and such other committees, and alternate members thereof, as they deem desirable, each consisting of three or more members, with such powers and authority (to the extent permitted by law) as may be provided in such resolution. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. At all meetings of a committee, the presence of all members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by said resolution or by these By-Laws. Participation of anyone or more members of the committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time, shall constitute presence in person at any such meeting. Any action authorized in writing by all of the members of a committee entitled to vote thereon and filed with the minutes of the committee shall be the act of the committee with the same force and effect as if the same had been passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of the committee.

ARTICLE IV -OFFICERS

Section 1 -Number. Qualifications. Election and Term of Office:

(a) The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem advisable. Any officer may be, but is not required to be, a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

(b) The President of the Corporation shall be elected by the shareholder at the annual meeting of the shareholders. The officers of the Corporation other than the President shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the regular annual meeting of the Board following the annual meeting of shareholders.

(c) Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

Section 2 -Resignation:

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, or to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or by such officer. and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.


Section 3 -Removal:

The President may be removed, either with or without cause, and a successor elected by the shareholders at any time. Any officer other than the President may be removed, either with or without cause, and a successor elected by the Board of Directors at any time.

Section 4 -Vacancies:

A vacancy in the office of the President by reason of death, resignation. inability to act, disqualification, or any other cause, may at any time be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the shareholders. A vacancy in any office other than the President by reason of death, resignation, inability to act, disqualification, or any other cause, may at any time be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.

Section 5 -Duties of Officers:

Officers of the Corporation shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices as well as such powers and duties as may be set forth in these By-Laws, or may from time to time be specifically conferred or imposed by the Board of Directors. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.

Section 6 -Sureties and Bonds:

In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the Corporation a bond in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as the Board of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties to the Corporation, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the Corporation which may come into his hands.

Section 7 -Shares of Other Corporations:

Whenever the Corporation is the holder of shares of any other corporation, any right or power of the Corporation as such shareholder (including the attendance, acting and voting at shareholders’ meetings and execution of waivers, consents, proxies OJ other instruments) may be exercised on behalf of the Corporation by the President, or such other person as the Board of Directors may authorize.

ARTICLE V -SHARES OF STOCK

Section 1 -Certificates of Stock:

(a) The certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be adopted by the Board of Directors, and shall be numbered and registered in the order issued. They shall bear the holder’s name and the number of shares, and shall be signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President, and (ii) the Secretary or Treasurer, or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal.


(b) No certificate representing shares shall be issued until the full amount of consideration therefor has been paid, except as otherwise permitted by law.

(c) The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of certificates for fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, receive dividends and participate in liquidating distributions, in proportion to the fractional holdings; or it may authorize the payment in cash of the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined; or it may authorize the issuance, subject to such conditions as may be permitted by law, of scrip in registered or bearer form over the signature of an officer or agent of the Corporation, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a shareholder, except as therein provided.

Section 2 -Lost or Destroyed Certificates:

The holder of any certificate representing shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss or destruction of the certificate representing the same. The Corporation may issue a new certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost or destroyed. On production of such evidence of loss or destruction as the Board of Directors in its discretion may require, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as the Board may direct, and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the Board, to indemnify the Corporation against any claims, loss, liability or damage it may suffer on account of the issuance of the new certificate. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any such evidence or bond when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it is proper so to do.

Section 3 -Transfers of Shares:

(a) Transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made on the share records of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares, with an assignment or power of transfer endorsed thereon or delivered therewith, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature and of authority to transfer and of payment of transfer taxes as the Corporation or its agents may require.

(b) The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any legal, equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by law.


Section 4 -Record Date:

In lieu of closing the share records of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date not exceeding fifty (50) days, nor less than ten (10) days, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of, or to vote at. any meeting of shareholders, or to consent to any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividends, or allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or. if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held; the record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the resolution of the directors relating thereto is adopted. When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided for herein, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. unless the directors fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

ARTICLE VI -DIVIDENDS

Subject to applicable law, dividends may be declared and paid out of any funds available therefor as often, in such amounts, and at such time or times as the Board of Directors may determine.

ARTICLE VII -FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, subject to applicable law.

ARTICLE VIII -CORPORATE SEAL

The corporate seal, if any, shall be in such form as shall be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IX -AMENDMENTS

All By-Laws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new By-Laws may be made, by a majority vote of the directors.

EX-3.85 81 dex385.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED Certificate of Incorporation of Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited

EXHIBIT 3.85

Certificate of Registration of a Company

This is to certify that GLOBAL CROSSING AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED Australian Company Number 112 423 622 is a registered company under the Corporations Act 2001 and is taken to be registered in Victoria.

The company is limited by shares.

The company is a proprietary company.

The day of commencement of registration is the tenth day of January 2005.

Issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on this tenth day of January, 2005.

 

CERTIFICATE

/s/ Jeffrey Lucy

Jeffrey Lucy
Acting Chairman
EX-3.86 82 dex386.htm CONSTITUTION OF GLOBAL CROSSING AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED Constitution of Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited

EXHIBIT 3.86

Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited

[insert ASH or ACN]

A company limited by shares

Constitution

Preliminary

1.1 Definitions and interpretation

(a) In this constitution: Act means the Corporations Act 2001; Commonwealth means the Commonwealth of Australia and its external territories; representative, in relation to a body corporate, means a representative of the body corporate appointed under section 250D of the Act or a corresponding previous law; seal means any common seal, duplicate seal, share seal or certificate seal of the company; and transmission event means:

(1) in respect of a member who is an individual:

(A) the death of the member;

(B) the bankruptcy of the member; or

(C) the member becoming of unsound mind or a person who is, or whose estate is, liable to be dealt with in any way under the law relating to mental health; and

(2) in respect of a member who is a body corporate, the dissolution of the member or the succession by another body corporate to the assets and liabilities of the member.

(b) A reference in a rule to a partly paid share is a reference to a share on which there is an amount unpaid.

(c) A reference in a rule relating to partly paid shares to a call or an amount called in respect of a share includes a reference to a sum that, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable on issue or at a fixed date.

(d) A member is to be taken to be present at a general meeting if the member is present in person or by proxy, attorney or representative.

(e) A director is to be taken to be present at a meeting of directors if the director is present in person or by alternate director.

(f) Where a rule establishes an office of chairperson, the chairperson may be referred to as chair or as chairman or chairwoman, as the case requires.

(g) A reference in a rule in general terms to a person holding or occupying a particular office or position includes a reference to any person who occupies or performs the duties of that office or position for the time being.

(h) Unless the contrary intention appears in this constitution:

(I) words importing the singular include the plural and words importing the plural include the singular;

(2) words importing a gender include every other gender;

(3) words used to denote persons generally or importing a natural person include any company, corporation, body corporate, body politic, partnership, joint venture, association, board, group or other body (whether or not the body is incorporated);

(4) a reference to a person includes that person’s successors and legal personal representatives;

(5) a reference to a statute, regulation, proclamation, ordinance or by-law includes all statutes, regulations, proclamations, ordinances or by-laws amending, consolidating or replacing it, whether passed by the same or another government agency with legal power to do so, and a reference to a statute includes all regulations, proclamations, ordinances and by-laws issued under that statute; and

(6) where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of that word or phrase have corresponding meanings.


(i) In this constitution headings and bold type are for convenience only and do not affect its interpretation.

1.2 Application of the Act

(a) This constitution is to be interpreted subject to the Act. However, the rules that apply as replaceable rules to companies under the Act do not apply to the company.

(b) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression in a rule that deals with a matter dealt with by a provision of the Act has the same meaning as in that provision of the Act.

(c) Subject to rule 1.2(b), unless the contrary intention appears, an expression in a rule that is defined for the purposes of the Act has the same meaning as in the Act.

1.3 Exercise of powers

(a) The company may, in any manner permitted by the Act:

(1) exercise any power;

(2)take any action; or

(3) engage in any conduct or procedure, which under the Act a company limited by shares may exercise, take or engage in if authorised by its constitution.

(b) Where this constitution provides that a person or body may do a particular act or thing and the word “may” is used, the act or thing may be done at the discretion of the person or body.

(c) Where this constitution confers a power to do a particular act or thing, the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend or vary that act or thing.

(d) Where this constitution confers a power to do a particular act or thing with respect to particular matters, the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken to include a power to do that act or thing with respect to some only of those matters or with respect to a particular class or particular classes of those matters and to make different provision with respect to different matters or different classes of matters.

(e) Where this constitution confers a power to make appointments to any office or position, the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken to include a power:

(I) to appoint a person to act in the office or position until a person is appointed to the office or position;

(2) subject to any contract between the company and the relevant person, to remove or suspend any person appointed, with or without cause; and

(3) to appoint another person temporarily in the place of any person so removed or suspended or in place of any sick or absent holder of such office or position.

(f) Where this constitution confers a power or imposes a duty then, unless the contrary intention appears, the power may be exercised and the duty must be performed from time to time as the occasion requires.

(g) Where this constitution confers a power or imposes a duty on the holder of an office as such then, unless the contrary intention appears, the power may be exercised and the duty must be performed by the holder for the time being of the office.

(h) Where this constitution confers power on a person or body to delegate a function or power:

(I) the delegation may be concurrent with, or to the exclusion of, the performance or exercise of that function or power by the person or body;

(2) the delegation may be either general or limited in any manner provided in the terms of delegation;

(3) the delegation need not be to a specified person but may be to any person from time to time holding, occupying or performing the duties of, a specified office or position;


(4) the delegation may include the power to delegate;

(5) where the performance or exercise of that function or power is dependent upon the opinion, belief or state of mind of that person or body in relation to a matter, that function or power may be performed or exercised by the delegate upon the opinion, belief or state ofmind of the delegate in relation to that matter; and

(6) the function or power so delegated, when performed or exercised by the delegate, is to be taken to have been performed or exercised by the person or body.

1.4 Currency

An amount payable to the holder of a share, whether by way of or on account of dividend, return of capital, participation in the property of the company on a winding up or otherwise, may be paid, with the agreement of the holder or pursuant to the terms of issue of the share, in the currency of a country other than Australia and the directors may fix a date up to 30 days before the payment date as the date on which any applicable exchange rate will be determined for that purpose.

1.5 Single member company

If at any time the company has only one member then, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a) a reference in a rule to the “members” is a reference to that member; and

(b)without limiting rule 1.5(a), a rule which confers a power or imposes an obligation on the members to do a particular act or thing confers that power or imposes that obligation on that member;

(c) the company may pass a resolution by the member recording it and signing the record; and

(d) the member must give the company notice in writing of any resolution passed under rule I. 5(c) within 14 days of the passing of that resolution.

1.6 Single director company

If at any time the company has appointed only I director then, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a) a reference in a rule to “the directors” is a reference to that director;

(b) without limiting rule 1.6(a), a rule which confers a power or imposes an obligation on the directors to do a particular act or thing confers that power or imposes that obligation on that director;

(c) the director may pass a resolution by the director recording it and signing the record;

(d) the director must give the company notice in writing of any resolution passed in accordance with rule 1.6(c) within 14 days of passing that resolution; and

(e) rule 7.10 does not apply.

Share capital

2.1 Shares

(a) Without prejudice to any special rights conferred on the holders of any shares or class of shares, the directors may issue or grant options in respect of, or otherwise dispose of, shares to such persons, for such price, on such conditions, at such times and with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or special restrictions, whether with regard to dividend, voting, return of capital, participation in the property of the company on a winding up or otherwise, as the directors think fit.

(b) In particular, the directors may differentiate between the holders of partly paid shares as to the amount of calls to be paid and the time for payment.

2.2 Preference shares

(a) The company may issue preference shares including preference shares which are, or at the option of the company are, liable to be redeemed.

(b) The certificate issued by the company for each preference share must specify or provide for the determination of:

(I) the rate of dividend applicable to the share and the times at which dividends are to be paid;


(2) the amount paid or payable on the issue of the share and, if that amount is not payable on issue, the amount unpaid on the share;

(3) the number of votes that may be exercised by the holder in respect of the share on a poll;

(4) in the case of a redeemable preference share, the time and place for redemption of the share; and

(5) any restrictions on the right to transfer the share.

(c) The dividend payable in respect of a preference share:

(1) may be at a fixed or variable rate;

(2) unless otherwise stated in the certificate for the share, will be taken to accrue from day to day; and

(3) unless otherwise stated in the certificate for the share, is payable in respect of the amount for the time being paid on the preference share.

(d) Each preference share confers on its holder:

(I) the right to payment out of the profits of the company of a cumulative preferential dividend at the rate and at the times specified in, or determined in accordance with, the certificate for the share in priority to the payment of any dividend on any other class of shares; and

(2) the right in a winding up or reduction of capital and, in the case of a redeemable preference share, on redemption to payment in cash in priority to any other class of shares of:

(A) the amount of any dividend accrued but unpaid on the share at the date of winding up or reduction of capital or, in the case of a redeemable preference share, the date of redemption; and

(B) any amount paid on the share.

(e) A preference share does not confer on its holder any right to participate in the profits or property of the company, whether on a winding up, reduction of capital or otherwise, except as set out in rule 2.2(d).

(f) The holder of a preference share has the same right as the holder of an ordinary share to receive notice of and to attend a general meeting and to receive a copy of any documents to be laid before that meeting.

(g) A preference share does not entitle its holder to vote at any general meeting of the company except in the following circumstances:

(I) on a proposal:

(A) to reduce the share capital of the company;

(B) that affects rights attached to the share;


(C) to wind up the company; or

(D) for the disposal of the whole of the property, business and undertaking of the company;

(2) during a period during which a dividend or part of a dividend on the share is in arrears; or

(3) during the winding up of the company.

(h) The holder of a preference share who is entitled to vote in respect of that share under rule 2.2(g) is, on a poll, entitled to the number of votes specified in, or determined in accordance with, the certificate for the share.

(i) In the case of a redeemable preference share, the company must, at the time and place for redemption specified in, or determined in accordance with, the certificate for the share, redeem the share and, on receiving the certificate for the share, pay to or at the direction of the holder the amount payable on redemption of the share.

(j) A holder of a preference share must not transfer or purport to transfer, and the directors must not register a transfer of, the share if the transfer would contravene any restrictions on the right to transfer the share set out in the certificate for the share.

2.3 Joint holders of shares

Where 2 or more persons are registered as the holders of a share they hold it as joint tenants with rights of survivorship subject to the following provisions:

(a) they and their respective legal personal representatives are liable severally as well as jointly for all payments, including calls, which ought to be made in respect of the share;

(b) subject to rule 2.3(a), on the death of any 1 of them the survivor or survivors are the only person or persons the company will recognise as having any title to the share;

(c) any 1 of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend, interest or other distribution or payment in respect of the share;

(d) except in the case of persons jointly entitled to be registered as the holders of a share under rule S.4(e), the company is not bound to register more than 3 persons as joint holders of the share;

(e) the company is not bound to issue more than 1 certificate in respect of the share; and

(f) delivery of a certificate for the share to any 1 of them is sufficient delivery to all of them.

2.4 Equitable and other claims

(a) Except as otherwise required by law or provided by this constitution, the company is entitled to treat the registered holder of a share as the absolute owner of that share and is not:

(1) compelled in any way to recognise a person as holding a share upon any trust, even if the company has notice of that trust; or


(2) compelled in any way to recognise, or bound by, any equitable, contingent, future or partial claim to or interest in a share on the part of any other person except an absolute right of ownership in the registered holder, even if the company has notice of that claim or interest

(b) With the consent of the directors, shares held by a trustee may be marked in the register in such a way as to identify them as being held subject to the relevant oust.

(c) Nothing in rule 2.4(b) limits the operation of rule 2.4(a).

Calls, forfeiture, indemnities, lien and surrender

3.1 Calls

(a) Subject to this constitution and to the terms upon which any shares may be issued, the directors may make calls upon the members in respect of any money unpaid on their shares which is not by the terms of issue of those shares made payable at fixed times.

(b) A call may be required by the directors to be paid by instalments.

(c) Upon receiving at least 14 days’ notice specifying the time and place of payment, each member must pay to the company by the time and at the place so specified the amount called on the member’s shares.

(d) A call is to be taken as having been made when the resolution of the directors authorising the call was passed.

(e) The directors may revoke or postpone a call or extend the time for payment.

(f) The non-receipt of a notice of a call by, or the accidental omission to give notice of a call to, any member does not invalidate the call.

(g) If a sum called in respect of a share is not paid in full by the day appointed for payment of the sum, the person from whom the sum is due must pay:

(1) interest on so much of the sum as is unpaid from time to time, from the date appointed for payment of the sum to the date of actual payment, at a rate determined under rule 3.9; and

(2) any costs, expenses or damages incurred by the company in relation to the non-payment or late payment of the sum.

(h) Any sum unpaid on a share that, by the terms of issue of the share, becomes payable on issue or at a fixed date:

(I) is to be treated for the purposes of this constitution as if that sum was payable pursuant to a call duly made and notified; and

(2) must be paid on the date on which it is payable under the terms of issue of the share.


(i) The directors may, to the extent permitted by law, waive or compromise all or any part of any payment due to the company under the terms of issue of a share or under this rule 3.1.

3.2 Proceedings for recovery of calls

(a) In an action or other proceedings for the recovery of a call, or interest or costs or expenses incurred in relation to the non-payment or late payment of a call, proof that:

(I) the name of the defendant is entered in the register as the holder or I of the holders of the share in respect of which the call is claimed;

(2) the resolution making the call is recorded in the minute book; and

(3) notice of the call was given to the defendant in accordance with this constitution, is conclusive evidence of the debt and it is not necessary to prove the appointment of the directors who made the call or any other matter.

(b) In rule 3.2(a), “defendant” includes a person against whom a set-off or counter-claim is alleged by the company and “action or other proceedings for the recovery of a call” is to be construed accordingly.

3.3 Payments in advance of calls

(a) The directors may accept from a member the whole or a part of the amount unpaid on a share although no part of that amount has been called.

(b) The directors may authorise payment by the company of interest upon the whole or any part of an amount accepted under rule 3.3(a), until the amount becomes payable, at a rate agreed between the directors and the member paying the amount.

(c) The directors may repay to a member all or any of the amount accepted under rule 3.3(a).

3.4 Forfeiture of partly paid shares

(a) If a member fails to pay the whole of a call or instalment of a call by the time appointed for payment of the call or instalment, the directors may serve a notice on that member:

(I) requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest that has accrued and all costs, expenses or damages that may have been incurred by the company by reason of the non-payment or late payment of the call or instalment;

(2) naming a further day (at least 14 days after the date of service of the notice) by which, and a place at which, the amount payable under rule 3.4(a)(I) is to be paid; and

(3) stating that, in the event of non-payment of the whole of the amount payable under rule 3.4(a)(I) by the time and at the place named, the shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

(b) If the requirements of a notice served under rule 3.4(a) are not complied with, the directors may by resolution forfeit any share in respect of which the notice was given at any time after the day named in the notice and before the payment required by the notice is made.

(c) A forfeiture under rule 3 .4(b) will include all dividends, interest and other money payable by the company in respect of the forfeited share and not actually paid before the forfeiture.


(d) Where a share has been forfeited:

(J) notice of the resolution must be given to the member in whose name the share stood immediately before the forfeiture; and

(2) an entry of the forfeiture, with the date, must be made in the register of members.

(e) Failure to give the notice or to make the entry required under rule 3.4(d) does not invalidate the forfeiture.

(f) A forfeited share becomes the property of the company and the directors may sell, reissue or otherwise dispose of the share in such manner as they think fit and, in the case of reissue or other disposal, with or without any money paid on the share by any former holder being credited as paid up.

(g) A person whose shares have been forfeited ceases to be a member in respect of the forfeited shares, but remains liable to pay, and must immediately pay, to the company:

(J) all calls, instalments, interest, costs, expenses and damages owing in respect of the shares at the time of the forfeiture; and

(2) interest on so much of the amount payable under rule 3.4(g)(J) as is unpaid from time to time, from the date of the forfeiture to the date of actual payment, at a rate determined under rule 3.9.

(h) Except as otherwise provided by this constitution, the forfeiture of a share extinguishes all interest in, and all claims and demands against the company in respect of, the forfeited share and all other rights incident to the share.

(i) The directors may:

(1) exempt a share from all or any part of this rule 3.4;

(2) waive or compromise all or any part of any payment due to the company under this rule 3.4; and

(3) before a forfeited share has been sold, reissued or otherwise disposed of, annul the forfeiture upon such conditions as they think fit.

3.5 Indemnity for payments by the company

lf the company becomes liable under any law to make any payment:

(a) in respect of shares held solely or jointly by a member;

(b) in respect of a transfer or transmission of shares by a member;

(c) in respect of dividends, bonuses or other money due or payable or which may become due and payable to a member; or


(d) otherwise for or on account of or in respect of a member, whether as a consequence of:

(e) the death of that member;

(1) the non-payment of any income tax, capital gains tax, wealth tax or other tax by that member or the legal personal representative of that member;

(g) the non-payment of any estate, probate, succession, death, stamp or other duty by that member or the legal personal representative of that member; or

(h) any other act or thing, then, in addition to any right or remedy that law may confer on the company:

(i) the member or, if the member is dead, the member’s legal personal representative must:

(I) fully indemnify the company against that liability;

(2) reimburse the company for any payment made under or as a consequence of that law immediately on demand by the company; and

(3) pay interest on so much of the amount payable to the company under rule 3. 5(i)(2) as is unpaid from time to time, from the date the company makes a payment under that law until the date the company is reimbursed in full for that payment under rule 3.5(i)(2), at a rate determined under rule 3.9;

(j) the company has a lien upon all dividends, interest and other money payable in respect of the shares held solely or jointly by that member or that member’s legal personal representative for all money payable to the company under this rule 3.5;

(k) the company may refuse to register a transfer of any shares by or to that member or that member’s legal personal representative until all money payable to the company under this rule 3.5 has been paid; and

(I) the directors may:

(1) exempt a share from all or any part of this rule 3.5; and

(2) waive or compromise all or any part of any payment due to the company under this rule 3.5.

3.6 Lien on shares

(a) The company has a first and paramount lien on:

(1) each partly paid share for all money (whether presently payable or not) called or otherwise due under this constitution in respect of that share; and


(2) all shares registered in the name of a sole holder for all money presently payable by the holder or the holder’s estate to the company, including any money payable under rule 3.5.

(b) The company’s lien on a share extends to all dividends payable in respect of the share and to the proceeds of sale of the share.

(c) The directors may sell any share on which the company has a lien in such manner as they think fit where:

(I) an amount in respect of which a lien exists under this rule 3.6 is presently payable; and

(2) the company has, not less than 14 days before the date of the sale, given to the registered holder of the share a notice in writing setting out, and demanding payment of, such amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable.

(d) Registration by the company of a transfer of shares on which the company has a lien without giving to the transferee notice of its claim releases the company’s lien in so far as it relates to sums owing by the transferor or any predecessor in title.

(e) The directors may:

(I) exempt a share from all or any part of this rule 3.6; and

(2) waive or compromise all or any part of any payment due to the company under this rule 3.6.

3.7 Surrender of shares

(a) The directors may accept a surrender of a share by way of compromise of any claim as to whether or not that share has been validly issued or in any other case where the surrender is within the powers of the company.

(b) Any share so surrendered may be sold, reissued or otherwise disposed in the same manner as a forfeited share.

3.8 General provIsions applicable to a disposal of shares under this constitution

(a) A reference in this rule 3.8 to a disposal of shares under this constitution is a reference to:

(1) any sale, reissue or other disposal of a forfeited share under rule 3.4(f) or a surrendered share under rule 3.7; and

(2) any sale of a share on which the company has a lien under rule 3.6(c).

(b) Where any shares are disposed of under this constitution, the directors may:

(J) receive the purchase money or consideration given for the shares on the disposal;


(2) effect a transfer of the shares and execute, or appoint a person to execute, on behalf of the former holder an instrument of transfer of the shares or any other instrument for the purpose of giving effect to the disposal; and

(3) register as the holder of the shares the person to whom the shares have been disposed of.

(c) A person to whom shares are disposed of under this constitution is not bound to see to the regularity or validity of, or to the application of the purchase money or consideration on, the disposal and the title of that person to the shares is not affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the forfeiture or surrender of the shares or the exercise of the company’s lien on the shares (as the case may be).

(d) The remedy of any person aggrieved by a disposal of shares under this constitution is limited to damages only and is against the company exclusively.

(e) The proceeds of a disposal of shares under this constitution must be applied in the payment of:

(1) first, the expenses of the disposal;

(2) second, all money presently payable by the former holder whose shares have been disposed of;

(3) and the balance (if any) must be paid (subject to any lien that exists under rule 3.6 in respect of money not presently payable) to the former holder, on the former holder delivering to the company the certificate for the shares that have been disposed of or such other proof oftitle as the directors may accept.

(f) A statement in writing signed by a director or secretary of the company to the effect that a share in the company has been:

(1) duly forfeited under rule 3.4(b);

(2) duly sold, reissued or otherwise disposed of under rule 3.4(f) or rule 3.7; or

(3) duly sold under rule 3.6(c), on a date stated in the statement is conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the statement as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share and of the right of the company to forfeit, sell, reissue or otherwise dispose of the share.

3.9 Interest payable by member

(a) For the purposes of rules 3.1(g)(l), 3.4(g)(2) and 3.5(i)(3), the rate of interest payable to the company is:

(1) if the directors have fixed a rate, the rate so fixed; or

(2) in any other case, 8% per annum.


(b) Interest payable under rules 3.1(g)(I), 3.4(g)(2) and 3.5(i)(3) accrues daily and may be capitalised monthly or at such other intervals as the directors think fit.

Distribution of profits

4.1 Dividends

(a) The directors may pay any interim and final dividends as, in their judgment, the financial position of the company justifies.

(b) The directors may pay any dividend required to be paid under the terms of issue of a share.

(c) The payment of a dividend does not require any confirmation by a general meeting.

(d) Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares:

(I) all dividends in respect of shares must be paid in proportion to the number of shares held by a member but where shares are partly paid all dividends must be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amounts paid or credited on the partly paid shares;

(2) all dividends must be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amounts so paid or credited during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid;

(3) for the purposes of rules 4.l(d)(I) and 4. I (d)(2), an amount paid or credited as paid on a share in advance of a call is to be ignored; and

(4) interest is not payable by the company in respect of any dividend.

(e) The directors may fix a record date in respect of a dividend, with or without suspending the registration of transfers from that date under rule 5.3.

(f) A dividend in respect of a share must be paid to the person who is registered, or entitled under rule 5. I (c) to be registered, as the holder of the share:

(1) where the directors have fixed a record date in respect of the dividend, on that date; or

(2) where the directors have not fixed a record date in respect of that dividend, on the date fixed for payment of the dividend, and a transfer of a share that is not registered, or left with the company for registration in accordance with rule S.1(b), on or before that date is not effective, as against the company, to pass any right to the dividend.

(g) The directors when determining a dividend is payable may:

(I) direct payment of the dividend wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets, including paid-up shares or other securities of the company or of another body corporate, either generally or to specific shareholders; and


(2) direct that the dividend be paid to particular shareholders wholly or partly out of any particular fund or reserve or out of profits derived from any particular source and to the remaining shareholders wholly or partly out of any other particular fund or reserve or out of profits derived from any other particular source or generally.

(h) The directors may deduct from any dividend payable to a member all sums of money presently payable by the member to the company and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the money owing.

(i) Where a person is entitled to a share as a result of a transmission event, the directors may, but are not obliged to, retain any dividends payable in respect of that share until that person becomes registered as the holder of the share or transfers it.

(j) Without prejudice to any other method of payment the directors may adopt, any dividend, interest or other money payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by cheque and sent by post:

(I) to the address of the holder as shown in the register of members, or in the case of joint holders, to the address shown in the register of members as the address of the joint holder first named in that register; or

(2) to such other address as the holder or joint holders in writing directs or direct.

(k) A cheque sent under rule 4.1(j) may be made payable to bearer or to the order of the member to whom it is sent or such other person as the member may direct and is sent at the member’s risk.

4.2 Capitalisation of profits

(a) Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares, the directors may capitalise and distribute among such of the members as would be entitled to receive dividends and in the same proportions, any amount:

(I) forming part of the undivided profits of the company;

(2) representing profits arising from an ascertained accretion to capital or from a revaluation of the assets of the company;

(3) arising from the realisation of any assets of the company; or

(4) otherwise available for distribution as a dividend.

(b) The directors may resolve that all or any part of the capitalised amount is to be applied:

(I) in paying up in full shares in or other securities of the company to be issued to members;

(2) in paying up any amounts unpaid on shares in or other securities of the company held by the members; or

(3) partly as specified in rule 4.2(b)(I) and partly as specified in rule 4.2(b)(2),


and such an application must be accepted by the members entitled to share in the distribution in full satisfaction of their interests in the capitalised amount.

(c) Rules 4.I(e) and 4.1(f) apply, so far as they can and with such changes as are necessary, to a capitalisation of an amount under this rule 4.2 as if references in those rules to a dividend and to the date a dividend is declared were references to a capitalisation of an amount and to the date the directors resolve to capitalise the amount under this rule 4.2.

4.3 Ancillary powers

(a) For the purpose of giving effect to any resolution for the satisfaction of a dividend in the manner set out in rule 4.I(g)(I) or by the capitalisation of any amount under rule 4.2, the directors may:

(I) settle as they think expedient any difficulty that may arise in making the distribution or capitalisation;

(2) fix the value for distribution of any specific assets;

(3) pay cash or issue shares or other securities to any members in order to adjust the rights of all parties;

(4) vest any such specific assets, cash, shares or other securities in any trustee upon such trusts for the persons entitled to the dividend or capitalised amount as may seem expedient to the directors; and

(5) authorise any person to make, on behalf of all the members entitled to any further shares or other securities as a result of the distribution or capitalisation, an agreement with the company or another body corporate providing, as appropriate:

(A) for the issue to them of such further shares or other securities credited as fully paid up; or

(B) for the payment by the company on their behalf of the amounts or any part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing shares or other securities by the application of their respective proportions of the sum resolved to be capitalised, and any agreement made under an authority referred to in this rule 4.3(a)(5) is effective and binding on all members concerned.

(b) If the company distributes to members (either generally or to specific members) securities in the company or in another body corporate or trust (whether as a dividend or otherwise and whether or not for value), each of those members appoints the company as his or her agent to do anything needed to give effect to that distribution, including agreeing to become a member of that other body corporate.

4.4 Reserves

(a) Subject to this constitution, the directors may set aside out of the profits of the company such reserves or provisions for such purposes as they think fit.

(b) The directors may appropriate to the profits of the company any amount previously set aside as a reserve or provision.

(c) The setting aside of any amount as a reserve or provision does not require the directors to keep the amount separate from the other assets of the company or prevent the amount being used in the business of the company or being invested in such investments as the directors think fit.


4.5 Carry forward of profits

The directors may carry forward so much of the profits remaining as they consider ought not to be distributed as dividends or capitalised without transferring those profits to a reserve or provision.

Transfer and transmission of shares

5.1 Transfer of shares

(a) Subject to this constitution and to the rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares, a member may transfer all or any of the member’s shares by an instrument in writing in any usual form or in any other form that the directors approve.

(b) An instrument of transfer referred to in rule 5.1(a) must:

(1) be signed by or on behalf of both the transferor and the transferee unless:

(A) the instrument of transfer relates only to fully paid shares and signature by the transferee has been dispensed with by the directors; or

(B) the transfer of the shares is effected by a document which is, or documents which together are, a proper transfer of those shares under the Act;

(2) if required by law to be stamped, be duly stamped;

(3) in the case of a transfer of partly paid shares, be endorsed by, or accompanied by an instrument executed by, the transferee to the effect that the transferee agrees to accept the shares subject to the terms and conditions on which the transferor held them and to become a member and to be bound by the company’s constitution; and

(4) be left for registration at the registered office of the company, or at such other place as the directors determine, accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates (if any) and such other evidence as the directors may require to prove the title of the transferor or the transferor’s right to the shares and to prove the right of the transferee to be registered as the owner of the shares.

(c) Subject to the powers vested in the directors under rule 5.2 and rule 5.3, where the company receives an instrument of transfer in accordance with rule 5. I (b), the company must register the transferee named in the instrument as the holder of the shares to which it relates.

(d) A transferor of shares remains the holder of the shares transferred until the transfer is registered and the name of the transferee is entered in the register of members in respect of the shares.

(e) The company must not charge a fee for the registration of a transfer of shares.

(f) The company may retain any registered instrument of transfer for such period as the directors think fit.

(g) Except in the case of fraud, the company must return any instrument of transfer which the directors decline to register to the person who deposited it with the company.

(h) The directors may, to the extent permitted by law, waive all or any of the requirements of this rule 5.1.


5.2 Power to decline registration of transfers

Subject to rule 5.5 and subject to any special rights conferred on the holders of any shares or class of shares, the directors may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of shares.

5.3 Power to suspend registration of transfers

The directors may suspend the registration of transfers at such times and for such periods, not exceeding in total 30 days in any year, as they think fit.

5.4 Transmission of shares

(a) In the case of the death of a member, the only persons the company will recognise as having any title to the member’s shares or any benefits accruing in respect of those shares are:

(I) the legal personal representative of the deceased where the deceased was a sole holder; and

(2) the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder.

(b) Nothing contained in rule 5.4(a) releases the estate of a deceased member from any liability in respect of a share, whether that share was held by the deceased solely or jointly with other persons.

(c) A person who becomes entitled to a share as a result of a transmission event may, upon producing the certificate for the share and such other evidence as the directors may require to prove that person’s entitlement to the share, elect:

(I) to be registered as the holder of the share by signing and serving on the company a notice in writing stating that election; or

(2) to have some other person nominated by that person registered as the transferee of the share by executing a transfer of the share to that other person.

(d) The rules relating to the right to transfer, and the registration of transfers of, shares apply, so far as they can and with such changes as are necessary, to any transfer under rule 5.4( c )(2) as if the relevant transmission event had not occurred and the transfer were signed by the registered holder of the share.

(e) For the purpose of this constitution, where 2 or more persons are jointly entitled to any share in consequence of a transmission event they will, upon being registered as the holders of the share, be taken to hold the share as joint tenants and rule 2.3 will apply to them.

(f) Notwithstanding rule 5.4(a), the directors may register a transfer of shares signed by a member prior to a transmission event even though the company has notice of the transmission event.

5.5 Transfers and liens

Despite any other provision in this constitution to the contrary:

(a) the directors must not refuse to register any transfer of a share where:

(1) the relevant share is subject to a mortgage, charge, lien, pledge, hypothecation, trust or power as or in effect as security for payment of a monetary obligation or the observance of any other obligation (each a Security Interest); and

(2) the transfer is made in exercise of any of the rights and benefits (including enforcement rights) conferred on the holder of that Security Interest or on any receiver, receiver and manager or attorney appointed under that Security Interest,

and the directors must register such a transfer promptly on receiving a request to register the transfer in the form required under this constitution; and

(b) any lien over any share in favour of the company where that share is subject to a Security Interest will rank behind that Security Interest and the company will not be permitted to exercise any rights or benefits in respect of that lien (including, without limitation, a right to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the share) for so long as the share remains subject to that Security Interest.

General meetings

6.1 Calling general meetings

(a) The directors may, whenever they think fit, call and arrange to hold a general meeting.

(b) A general meetil)g may be called and arranged to be held only as provided by this rule 6.1 or as provided by sections 249D, 249E, 249F and 249G of the Act.


(c) The directors may change the venue for, postpone or cancel a general meeting unless the meeting is called and arranged to be held by the members or the court under the Act. If a general meeting is called and arranged to be held under section 249D of the Act the directors may not postpone it beyond the date by which section 249D requires it to be held and may not cancel it without the consent of the requisitioning member or members.

6.2 Notice of general meetings

(a) Subject to this constitution and to the rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares, notice of a general meeting must be given within the time limits prescribed by the Act and in the manner authorised by rule 13.1 to each person who is at the date of the notice:

(i) a member;

(2) a director; or

(3) an auditor of the company.

(b) A notice of a general meeting must specify the date, time and place of the meeting and state the general nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting.

(c) A person may waive notice of any general meeting by notice in writing to the company.

(d) The non-receipt of notice of a general meeting or proxy form by, or a failure to give notice of a general meeting or a proxy form to, any person entitled to receive notice of a general meeting under this rule 6.2 does not invalidate any act, matter or thing done or resolution passed at the general meeting if:

(I) the non-receipt or failure occurred by accident or error; or

(2) before or after the meeting, the person:

(A) has waived or waives notice of that meeting under rule 6.2(c); or

(B) has notified or notifies the company of the person’s agreement to that act, matter, thing or resolution by notice in writing to the company.

(e) A person’s attendance at a general meeting:

(I) waives any objection that person may have to a failure to give notice, or the giving of a defective notice, of the meeting unless the person at the beginning of the meeting objects to the holding of the meeting; and

(2) waives any objection that person may have to the consideration of a particular matter at the meeting which is not within the business referred to in the notice of the meeting unless the person objects to considering the matter when it is presented.


6.3 Quorum at general meetings

(a) No business may be transacted at any general meeting, except the election of a chairperson and the adjournment of the meeting, unless a quorum of members is present when the meeting proceeds to business.

(b) A quorum consists of:

(I) if the number of members entitled to vote is 2 or more-2 of those members; or

(2) if only 1 member is entitled to vote -that member, present at the meeting.

(c) If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for a general meeting:

(I) where the meeting was convened upon the requisition of members, the meeting must be dissolved; or

(2) in any other case:

(A) the meeting stands adjourned to such day, and at such time and place, as the directors determine or, if no determination is made by the directors, to the same day in the next week at the same time and place; and

(B) if, at the adjourned meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the meeting must be dissolved.

6.4 Chairperson of general meetings

(a) The chairperson of directors must (if present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting and willing to act) preside as chairperson at each general meeting.

(b) If at a general meeting:

(1) there is no chairperson of directors;

(2) the chairperson of directors is not present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting; or

(3) the chairperson of directors is present within that time but is not willing to act as chairperson of the meeting, the members present must elect as chairperson of the meeting:

(4) another director who is present and willing to act; or

(5) if no other director willing to act is present at the meeting, a member who is present and willing to act.


6.5 Conduct of general meetings

(a) Any question arising at a general meeting relating to the order of business, procedure or conduct of the meeting must be referred to the chairperson of the meeting, whose decision is final.

(b) The chairperson of a general meeting may, and must if so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

(c) It is not necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.

6.6 Decisions at general meetings

(a) Except in the case of any resolution which as a matter of law requires a special majority, questions arising at a general meeting are to be decided by a majority of votes cast by the members present at the meeting and any such decision is for all purposes a decision of the members.

(b) In the case of an equality of votes upon any proposed resolution:

(1) the chairperson of the meeting will not have a second or casting vote; and

(2) the proposed resolution is to be taken as having been lost.

(c) A resolution put to the vote of a general meeting must be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is demanded before the vote is taken or before or immediately after the declaration of the result of the show of hands:

(I) by the chairperson of the meeting; or

(2) by any member present and having the right to vote on the resolution.

(d) A demand for a poll does not prevent the continuance of a general meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll has been demanded.

(e) Unless a poll is duly demanded, a declaration by the chairperson of a general meeting that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously, or carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the company, is conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.

(f) If a poll is duly demanded at a general meeting, it will be taken in such manner and (subject to rule 6.6(g» either at once or after an interval or adjournment or otherwise as the chairperson of the meeting directs, and the result of the poll will be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.


(g) A poll demanded at a general meeting on the election of a chairperson of the meeting or on a question of adjournment must be taken immediately.

(h) The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.

6.7 Decisions without general meetings

The company may pass a resolution (except a resolution to remove an auditor) without a general meeting being held:

(a) if all of the members entitled to vote on the resolution sign a document containing a statement that they are in favour of a resolution set out in the document; and

(b) otherwise in accordance with the Act.

If a share is held jointly, each of the joint members must sign the document.

6.8 Voting rights

(a) Subject to this constitution and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares, at a general meeting:

(I) on a show of hands, every member present in person or by proxy, attorney or representative has I vote; and

(2) on a poll, every member present has I vote for each share held by the member and in respect of which the member is entitled to vote.

(b) Where a person present at a general meeting represents personally or by proxy, attorney or representative more than I member:

(I) on a show of hands the person is entitled to I vote only despite the number of members the person represents;

(2) that vote will be taken as having been cast for all the members the person represents; and

(3) the person must not exercise that vote in a way which would contravene any directions given to the person in accordance with rule 6.9(f) in any instrument appointing the person as a proxy or attorney.

(c) A joint holder may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy, attorney or representative as if that person was the sole holder. If more than I joint holder tenders a vote, the vote of the holder named first in the register must be accepted to the exclusion of the other or others.

(d) The parent or guardian of an infant member may vote at any general meeting upon such evidence being produced of the relationship or of the appointment of the guardian as the directors may require and any vote so tendered by a parent or guardian of an infant member must be accepted to the exclusion of the vote of the infant member.

(e) A person entitled to a share as a result of a transmission event may vote at any general meeting in respect of that share in the same manner as if that person were the registered holder of the share if, before the meeting, the directors have:

(I) admitted that person’s right to vote at that meeting in respect of the share; or


(2) been satisfied of that person’s right to be registered as the holder of, or to transfer, the share under rule 5.4(c), and any vote so tendered by such a person must be accepted to the exclusion of the vote of the registered holder of the share.

(f) A member is not entitled to vote at a general meeting unless all calls and other sums of money presently payable by that member in respect of shares in the company have been paid.

(g) An objection to the qualification of a person to vote at a general meeting:

(I) must be raised before or at the meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered; and

(2) must be referred to the chairperson of the meeting, whose decision is final.

(h) A vote not disallowed by the chairperson of a meeting under rule 6.8(g) is valid for all purposes.

6.9 Representation at general meetings

(a) Subject to this constitution, each member entitled to vote at a meeting of members may vote:

(1) in person or, where a member is a body corporate, by its representative;

(2) by not more than 2 proxies; or

(3) by not more than 2 attorneys.

(b) A proxy, attorney or representative may, but need not, be a member of the company.

(c) A proxy, attorney or representative may be appointed for all general meetings, or for any number of general meetings, or for a particular general meeting.

(d) Unless otherwise provided in the appointment of a proxy, attorney or representative, or in the Act, an appointment will be taken to confer authority:

(I) to agree to a meeting being convened by shorter notice than is required by the Act or by this constitution;

(2) to speak to any proposed resolution on which the proxy, attorney or representative may vote;

(3) to demand or join in demanding a poll on any resolution on which the proxy, attorney or representative may vote;


(4) even though the instrument may refer to specific resolutions and may direct the proxy, attorney or representative how to vote on those resolutions:

(A) to vote on any amendment moved to the proposed resolutions and on any motion that the proposed resolutions not be put or any similar motion;

(B) to vote on any procedural motion, including any motion to elect the chairperson, to vacate the chair or to adjourn the meeting; and

(C) to act generally at the meeting; and

(5) even though the instrument may refer to a specific meeting to be held at a specified time or venue, where the meeting is rescheduled or adjourned to another time or changed to another venue, to attend and vote at the re-scheduled or adjourned meeting or at the new venue.

(e) Where a member appoints 2 proxies or attorneys, the following rules apply:

(I) the appointment is of no effect and a proxy or attorney may not vote unless each proxy or attorney, as the case may be, is appointed to represent a specified proportion of the member’s voting rights;

(2) on a show of hands, neither proxy or attorney may vote; and

(3) on a poll, each proxy or attorney may only exercise the voting rights the proxy or attorney represents.

(f) An instrument appointing a proxy or attorney may direct the manner in which the proxy or attorney is to vote in respect of a particular resolution and, where an instrument so provides, the proxy or attorney is not entitled to vote on the proposed resolution except as directed in the instrument.

(g) Subject to rule 6.9(i), an instrument appointing a proxy or attorney need not be in any particular form provided it is in writing, legally valid and signed by the appointer or the appointer’s attorney.

(h) Subject to rule 6.9(i), a proxy or attorney may not vote at a general meeting or adjourned meeting or on a poll unless the instrument appointing the proxy or attorney, and the authority under which the instrument is signed or a certified copy of the authority, are:

(I) received at the registered office of the company, a fax number at the company’s registered office or at such other place, fax number or electronic address specified for that purpose in the notice calling the meeting before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting or taking the poll (as the case may be);

(2) in the case of a meeting or an adjourned meeting, tabled at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote; or

(3) in the case of a poll, produced when the poll is taken.


(i) The directors may waive all or any of the requirements of rules 6.9(g) and 6.9(h) and in particular may, upon the production of such other evidence as the directors require to prove the validity of the appointment of a proxy or attorney, accept

(I) an oral appointment of a proxy or attorney;

(2) an appointment of a proxy or attorney which is not signed in the manner required by rule 6.9(g); and

(3) the deposit, tabling or production of a copy (including a copy sent by fax) of an instrument appointing a proxy or attorney or of the power of attorney or other authority under which the instrument is signed.

(j) A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument appointing a proxy or attorney is valid despite:

(I) a transmission event occurring in relation to the appointer; or

(2) the revocation of the instrument or of the authority under which the instrument was executed, if no notice in writing of the transmission event or revocation has been received by the company by the time and at 1 of the places at which the instrument appointing the proxy or attorney is required to be deposited, tabled or produced under rule 6.9(h).

(k) A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument appointing a proxy or attorney is valid despite the transfer of the share in respect of which the instrument was given if the transfer is not registered by the time at which the instrument appointing the proxy or attorney is required to be deposited, tabled or produced under rule 6.9(h).

(I) The appointment of a proxy or attorney is not revoked by the appointer attending and taking part in the general meeting but, if the appointer votes on any resolution, the proxy or attorney is not entitled to vote, and must not vote, as the appointer’s proxy or attorney on the resolution.

Directors

7.1 Appointment and removal of directors

(a) There must be:

(I) at least I director; and

(2) subject to rule 7. I (c), not more than 12 directors.

(b) The first directors are the persons who are specified with their consent as proposed directors in the application for registration of the company/directors in office on the date that this constitution was adopted by the company continue in office but on the terms and conditions set out in this constitution.


(c) The company may by resolution:

(I) increase or reduce the minimum or maximum number of directors; and

(2) appoint or remove a director.

(d) The directors may appoint any natural person to be a director, either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors, but the total number of directors must not at any time exceed the maximum number allowed under this constitution.

(e) Subject to rule 7.2 and to the terms of any agreement entered into between the company and the relevant director, a director holds office until the director dies or is removed from office pursuant to rule 7. I (c)(2).

7.2 Vacation of office

The office of a director becomes vacant:

(a) in the circumstances prescribed by the Act;

(b) if the director becomes of unsound mind or a person who is, or whose estate is, liable to be dealt with in any way under the law relating to mental health; or

(c) if the director resigns by notice in writing to the company.

7.3 Remuneration of directors

(a) For the purposes of this constitution the amount fixed by the company as remuneration for a director, will not include any amount paid by the company or related body corporate:

(1) to a superannuation, retirement or pension fund for a director so that the company is not liable to pay the superannuation guarantee charge or similar statutory charge; or

(2) for any insurance premium paid or agreed to be paid for a director under rule 9.45.

(b) Each director is entitled to such remuneration out of the funds of the company as the directors determine, but if the company in general meeting has fixed a limit on the amount of remuneration payable to the directors, the aggregate remuneration of the directors under this rule 7.3(b) must not exceed that limit.

(c) The remuneration of a director:

(1) may be a stated salary or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of directors or both; or

(2) may be a share of a fixed sum determined by the company in general meeting to be the remuneration payable to all directors which is to be divided between the directors in the proportions agreed between them or, failing agreement, equally, and if it is a stated salary under rule 7.3(c)(I) or a share of a fixed sum under rule 7.3(c)(2), will be taken to accrue from day to day.


(d) In addition to his or her remuneration under rule 7.3(b), a director is entitled to be paid all travelling and other expenses properly incurred by that director in connection with the affairs of the company, including attending and returning from general meetings of the company or meetings of the directors or of committees of the directors.

(e) If a director renders or is called upon to perform extra services or to make any special exertions in connection with the affairs of the company, the directors may arrange for a special remuneration to be paid to that director, either in addition to or in substitution for that director’s remuneration under rule 7.3(b).

(f) Nothing in rule 7.3(b) restricts the remuneration to which a director may be entitled as an officer of the company or of a related body corporate in a capacity other than director, which may be either in addition to or in substitution for that director’s remuneration under rule 7.3(b).

7.4 Director need not be a member

(a) A director is not required to hold any shares in the company to qualify for appointment.

(b) A director is entitled to attend and speak at general meetings even though that director is not a member of the company.

7.5 Interested directors

(a) A director may hold any other office or place of profit (other than auditor) in the company or any related body corporate in conjunction with his or her directorship and may be appointed to that office or place upon such terms as to remuneration, tenure of office and otherwise as the directors think fit.

(b) A director of the company may be or become a director or other officer of, or otherwise interested in, any related body corporate or any other body corporate promoted by the company or in which the company may be interested as a shareholder or otherwise and is not accountable to the company for any remuneration or other benefits received by the director as a director or officer of, or from having an interest in, that body corporate.

(c) The directors may exercise the voting rights conferred by shares in any body corporate held or owned by the company in such manner in all respects as the directors think fit (including voting in favour of any resolution appointing a director as a director or other officer of that body corporate or voting for the payment of remuneration to the directors or other officers of that body corporate) and a director may, if permitted by law, vote in favour of the exercise of those voting rights notwithstanding that he or she is, or may be about to be appointed, a director or other officer of that other body corporate and, as such, interested in the exercise of those voting rights.

(d) A director is not disqualified merely because of being a director from contracting with the company in any respect including, without limitation:

(J) selling any property to, or purchasing any property from, the company;

(2) lending any money to, or borrowing any money from, the company with or without interest and with or without security;

(3) guaranteeing the repayment of any money borrowed by the company for a commission or profit;


(4) underwriting or guaranteeing the Subscription for securities in the company or in any related body corporate or any other body corporate promoted by the company or in which the company may be interested as a shareholder or otherwise, for a commission or profit; or

(5) being employed by the company or acting in any professional capacity (other than auditor) on behalf of the company.

(e) No contract made by a director with the company and no contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the company in which any director may be in any way interested is avoided or rendered voidable merely because of the director holding office as a director or because of the fiduciary obligations arising out of that office.

(f) No director contracting with or being interested in any arrangement involving the company is liable to account to the company for any profit realised by or under any such contract or arrangement merely because of the director holding office as a director or because of the fiduciary obligations arising out of that office.

(g) A director who is in any way interested in any contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement may, despite that interest:

(1) be counted in determining whether or not a quorum is present at any meeting of directors considering that contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement;

(2) vote in respect of, or in respect of any matter arising out of, the contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement; and

(3) sign any document relating to that contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement the company may execute.

(h) While the company is a wholly owned subsidiary its directors may, subject to the Act, act in the best interests of the company or ultimate holding company.

7.6 Powers and duties of directors

(a) The directors are responsible for managing the business of the company and may exercise to the exclusion of the company in general meeting all the powers of the company which are not required, by the Act or by this constitution, to be exercised by the company in general meeting.

(b) Without limiting the generality of rule 7.6(a), the directors may exercise all the powers of the company to borrow or otherwise raise money, to charge any property or business of the company or all or any of its uncalled capital and to issue debentures or give any other security for a debt, liability or obligation of the company or of any other person.

(c) The directors may determine how cheques, promissory notes, bankers drafts, bills of exchange or other negotiable instruments must be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, by or on behalf of the company.

(d) The directors may payout of the company’s funds all expenses of the promotion, formation and registration of the company and the vesting in it of the assets acquired by it.

(e) The directors may:

(1) appoint or employ any person to be an officer, agent or attorney of the company for such purposes with such powers, discretions and duties (including powers, discretions and duties vested in or exercisable by the directors), for such period and upon such conditions as they think fit;


(2) authorise an officer, agent or attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, discretions and duties vested in the officer, agent or attorney; and

(3) subject to any contract between the company and the relevant officer, agent or attorney, remove or dismiss any officer, agent or attorney of the company at any time, with or without cause.

(f) A power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of the attorney or persons dealing with the attorney as the directors think fit.

7.7 Proceedings of directors

(a) The directors may meet together for the despatch of business and adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit.

(b) The contemporaneous linking together by telephone or other electronic means of a number of the directors sufficient to constitute a quorum, constitutes a meeting of the directors and the rules relating to meetings of the directors apply, so far as they can and with such changes as are necessary, to meetings of the directors by telephone or other electronic means.

(c) A director participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic means is to be taken to be present in person at the meeting.

(d) A meeting by telephone or other electronic means is to be taken to be held at the place determined by the chairperson of the meeting provided that at least I of the directors involved was at that place for the duration of the meeting.

7.8 Convening of meetings of directors

(a) A director may, whenever the director thinks fit, convene a meeting of the directors.

(b) A secretary must, on the requisition of a director, convene a meeting of the directors.

7.9 Notice of meetings of directors

(a) Subject to this constitution, notice of a meeting of directors must be given to each person who is at the time of giving the notice:

(1) a director, other than a director on leave of absence approved by the directors; or

(2) an alternate director appointed under rule 7.14 by a director on leave of absence approved by the directors.

(b) A notice of a meeting of directors:

(1) must specify the time and place of the meeting;

(2) need not state the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting;


(3) may be given immediately before the meeting;

(4) may be given in person or by post or by telephone, fax or other electronic means; and

(5) will be taken to have been given to an alternate director if it is given to the director who appointed that alternate director.

(c) A director or alternate director may waive notice of any meeting of directors by notifying the company to that effect in person or by post or by telephone, fax or other electronic means.

(d) The non-receipt of notice of a meeting of directors by, or a failure to give notice of a meeting of directors to, a director does not invalidate any act, matter or thing done or resolution passed at the meeting if:

(1) the non-receipt or failure occurred by accident or error;

(2) before or after the meeting, the director or an alternate director appointed by the director:

(A) has waived or waives notice of that meeting under rule 7.9(c); or

(B) has notified or notifies the company of his or her agreement to that act, matter, thing or resolution personally or by post, or by telephone, fax or other electronic means; or

(3) the director or an alternate director appointed by the director attended the meeting.

(e) The non-receipt of notice of a meeting of directors by, or a failure to give notice of a meeting of directors to, an alternate director of a director on leave of absence approved by the directors does not invalidate any act, matter or thing done or resolution passed at the meeting if:

(I) the non-receipt or failure occurred by accident or error;

(2) before or after the meeting, the alternate director or the director who appointed the alternate director or another alternate director appointed by that director:

(A) has waived or waives notice of that meeting under rule 7.9(c); or

(B) has notified or notifies the company of his or her agreement to that act, matter, thing or resolution personally or by post, or by telephone, fax or other electronic means; or

(3) the alternate director or the director who appointed the alternate director or another alternate director appointed by that director attended the meeting.


(f) Attendance by a person at a meeting of directors waives any objection that person and:

(1) if the person is a director, any alternate director appointed by that person; or

(2) if the person is an alternate director, the director who appointed that person as alternate director and any other alternate director appointed by that director, may have to a failure to give notice of the meeting.

7.10 Quorum at meetings of directors

(a) No business may be transacted at a meeting of directors unless a quorum of directors is present at the time the business is dealt with.

(b) A quorum consists of:

(I) if the directors have fixed a number for the quorum, that number of directors; and

(2) in any other case 2 directors, present at the meeting of directors.

(c) If there is a vacancy in the office of a director then, subject to rule 7.IO(d), the remaining director or directors may act.

(d) If the number of directors in office at any time is not sufficient to constitute a quorum at a meeting of directors or is less than the minimum number of directors fixed under this constitution, the remaining director or directors must act as soon as possible:

(1) to increase the number of directors to a number sufficient to constitute a quorum and to satisfy the minimum number of directors required under this constitution; or

(2) to convene a general meeting of the company for that purpose, and, until that has happened, must only act if and to the extent that there is an emergency requiring them to act.

7.11 Chairperson of directors

(a) The directors may elect I of the directors to the office of chairperson of directors and may determine the period for which that director is to be chairperson of directors.

(b) The office of chairperson of directors may, if the directors so resolve, be treated as an extra service or special exertion performed by the director holding that office for the purposes of rule 7.3(e).

(c) The chairperson of directors must (if present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting and willing to act) preside as chairperson at each meeting of directors.

(d) If at a meeting of directors:


(1) there is no chairperson of directors;

(2) the chairperson of directors is not present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting; or

(3) the chairperson of directors is present within that time but is not willing to act as chairperson of the meeting, the directors present must elect 1 of themselves to be chairperson of the meeting.

7.12 Decisions of directors

(a) A meeting of directors at which a quorum is present is competent to exercise all or any of the authorities, powers and discretions vested in or exercisable by the directors under this constitution.

(b) Questions arising at a meeting of directors are to be decided by a majority of votes cast by the directors present and any such decision is for all purposes a determination of the directors.

(c) In the case of an equality of votes upon any proposed resolution:

(1) the chairperson of the meeting will not have a second or casting vote; and

(2) the proposed resolution is to be taken as having been lost.

7.13 Written resolutions

(a) If:

(1) all of the directors, other than:

(A) any director on leave of absence approved by the directors;

(B) any director who disqualifies himself or herself from considering the act, matter, thing or resolution in question on the grounds that he or she is not entitled at law to do so or has a conflict of interest; and

(C) any director who the directors reasonably believe is not entitled at law to do the act, matter or thing or to vote on the resolution in question, assent to a document containing a statement to the effect that an act, matter or thing has been done or resolution has been passed; and

(2) the directors who assent to the document would have constituted a quorum at a meeting of directors held to consider that act, matter, thing or resolution, then that act, matter, thing or resolution is to be taken as having been done at or passed by a meeting of the directors.

(b) For the purposes of rule 7.13(a):

(I) the meeting is to be taken as having been held:

(A) if the directors assented to the document on the same day, on the day on which the document was assented to and at the time at which the document was last assented to by a director; or


(B) if the directors assented to the document on different days, on the day on which, and at the time at which, the document was last assented to by a director;

(2) 2 or more separate documents in identical terms, each of which is assented to by 1 or more directors, are to be taken as constituting I document; and

(3) a director may signify assent to a document by signing the document or by notifying the company of the director’s assent in person or by post, telephone, fax or other electronic means.

(c) Where a director signifies assent to a document otherwise than by signing the document, the director must by way of confirmation sign the document at the next meeting of the directors attended by that director, but failure to do so does not invalidate the act, matter, thing or resolution to which the document relates.

7.14 Alternate directors

(a) A director may appoint, with approval of a majority of the other directors:

(I) a person to be the director’s alternate director for such period as the director thinks fit; and

(2) another person to be the director’s alternate director in the absence of any alternate director appointed under rule 7.14(a)(I).

(b) An alternate director may, but need not, be a member or a director of the company.

(c) One person may act as alternate director to more than 1 director.

(d) An alternate director is entitled, if the appointer does not attend a meeting of directors, to attend and vote in place of and on behalf of the appointer.

(e) An alternate director is entitled to a separate vote for each director the alternate director represents in addition to any vote the alternate director may have as a director in his or her own right.

(I) In the absence of the appointer, an alternate director may exercise any powers that the appointer may exercise and the exercise of any such power by the alternate director is to be taken to be the exercise of the power by the appointer.

(g) The office of an alternate director is vacated if and when the appointer vacates office as a director.

(h) The appointment of an alternate director may be terminated at any time by the appointer even though the period of the appointment of the alternate director has not expired.

(i) An appointment, or the termination of an appointment, of an alternate director must be in writing signed by the director who makes or made the appointment and does not take effect unless and until the company has received notice in writing of the appointment or termination.


(j) An alternate director is not to be taken into account in determining the minimum or maximum number of directors allowed under this constitution.

(k) In determining whether a quorum is present at a meeting of directors, an alternate director who attends the meeting is to be counted as a director for each director on whose behalf the alternate director is attending the meeting.

(I) An alternate director is entitled to be paid such remuneration as the directors think fit, either in addition to or in reduction of the remuneration payable to the director for whom the alternate director acts as alternate.

(m) An alternate director is not entitled to be remunerated by the company for his or her services as an alternate director except as provided in rule 7.14(1).

(n) An alternate director, while acting as a director, is responsible to the company for his or her own acts and defaults and is not to be taken to be the agent of the director by whom he or she was appointed.

7.15 Committees of directors

(a) The directors may delegate any of their powers to a committee or committees consisting of such number of directors as they think fit.

(b) A committee to which any powers have been so delegated must exercise the powers delegated in accordance with any directions of the directors.

(c) The rules applying to meetings and resolutions of directors apply, so far as they can and with such changes as are necessary, to meetings and resolutions of a committee of directors.

(d) Membership of a committee of directors may, if the directors so resolve, be treated as an extra service or special exertion performed by the members for the purposes of rule 7.3(e).

7.16 Delegation to individual directors

(a) The directors may delegate any of their powers to I director.

(b) A director to whom any powers have been so delegated must exercise the powers delegated in accordance with any directions of the directors.

(c) Acceptance of such a delegation may, if the directors so resolve, be treated as an extra service or special exertion performed by the delegate for the purposes of rule 7.3(e).

7.17 Validity of acts

An act done by a person acting as a director or by a meeting of directors or a committee of directors attended by a person acting as a director is not invalidated by reason only of:

(a) a defect in the appointment of the person as a director;

(b) the person being disqualified to be a director or having vacated office; or

(c) the person not being entitled to vote, if that circumstance was not known by the person or the directors or committee (as the case may be) when the act was done.


Executive officers

8.1 Managing directors

(a) The directors may appoint I or more of the directors to the office of managing director.

(b) A managing director’s appointment as managing director automatically terminates ifthe managing director ceases to be a director.

8.2 Secretaries

(a) The directors may appoint I or more secretaries.

(b) The directors may appoint I or more assistant secretaries.

8.3 Provisions applicable to all executive officers

(a) A reference in this rule 8.3 to an executive officer is a reference to a managing director, secretary or assistant secretary appointed under this rule 8.

(b) The appointment of an executive officer may be for such period, at such remuneration and upon such conditions as the directors think fit.

(c) SUbject to any contract between the company and the relevant executive officer, any executive officer of the company may be removed or dismissed by the directors at any time, with or without cause.

(d) The directors may:

(I) confer on an executive officer such powers, discretions and duties (including any powers, discretions and duties vested in or exercisable by the directors) as they think fit;

(2) withdraw, suspend or vary any of the powers, discretions and duties conferred on an executive officer; and

(3) authorise the executive officer to delegate all or any of the powers, discretions and duties conferred on the executive officer.

(e) An executive officer is not required to hold any shares to quality for appointment.

(I) An act done by a person acting as an executive officer is not invalidated by reason only of:

(I) a defect in the person’s appointment as an executive officer; or

(2) the person being disqualified to be an executive officer, if that circumstance was not known by the person when the act was done.


Indemnity and insurance

9.1 Persons to whom rules 9.2 and 9.5 apply

Rules 9.2 and 9.5 apply:

(a) to each person who is or has been a director, alternate director or executive officer (within the meaning of rule 8.3(a)) of the company; and

(b) to such other officers or former officers of the company or of its related bodies corporate as the directors in each case determine; and

(c) if the directors so determine, to any auditor or former auditor of the company or of its related bodies corporate, (each an Officer for the purposes of this rule).

9.2 Indemnity

Subject to rule 9.3, the company must indemnity each Officer on a full indemnity basis and to the full extent permitted by law against all losses, liabilities, costs, charges and expenses (Liabilities) incurred by the Officer as an officer of the company, including without limitation:

(a) a Liability for negligence; and

(b) a Liability for reasonable legal costs.

9.3 Limit on Indemnity

(a) The indemnity in rule 9.2 does not operate in relation to any Liability which:

(l) is a Liability to the company or any of its related bodies corporate;

(2) is a Liability for a pecuniary penalty order under section 1317G of the Act or a compensation order under section 13l7H of the Act; or

(3) arises out of conduct of the Officer which was not in good faith, or which involves wilful misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misbehaviour or fraud, provided that this rule 9.3(a) does not apply to a Liability for legal costs.

(b) The indemnity in rule 9.2 does not operate in relation to legal costs incurred by the Officer in defending an action for a Liability if the costs are incurred:

(I) in defending or resisting proceedings in which the Officer is found to have a Liability referred to in rule 9.3(a);

(2) in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the Officer is found guilty;

(3) in defending or resisting proceedings brought by ASIC or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are found by the court to have been established. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not include costs incurred in responding to actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before commencing proceedings for the court order; or

(4) in connection with proceedings for relief to the Officer under the Act in which the court denies the relief.


(c) If there is any appeal in relation to any proceedings referred to in rule 9.3(b), it is the outcome of the final appeal that is relevant for the purposes of rule 9.3(b).

(d) The indemnity in rule 9.2:

(I) does not extend to and is not an indemnity against any amount in respect of which the indemnity would otherwise be illegal, void, unenforceable or not permitted by law; and

(2) does not operate in respect of any Liability of the Officer to the extent that Liability is covered by insurance.

9.4 Extent of Indemnity

The indemnity in rule 9.2:

(a) is enforceable without the Officer having to first incur any expense or make any payment;

(b) is a continuing obligation and is enforceable by the Officer even though the Officer may have ceased to be an officer of the company or any of its related bodies corporate; and

(c) applies to Liabilities incurred both before and after the date of this constitution.

9.5 Insurance

The company may, to the extent permitted by law:

(a) purchase and maintain insurance; or

(b) payor agree to pay a premium for insurance, for each Officer against any Liability incurred by the Officer as an officer or auditor of the company or of a related body corporate including, but not limited to, a Liability for negligence or for reasonable costs and expenses incurred in defending proceedings, whether civil or criminal and whatever their outcome.

9.6 Savings

Nothing in rule 9.2 or 9.5:

(a) affects any other right or remedy that a person to whom those rules apply may have in respect of any Liability referred to in those rules; or

(b) limits the capacity of the company to indemnify or provide or pay for insurance for any person to whom those rules do not apply.

10 Winding up

10.1 Distribution of surplus

Subject to this constitution and to the rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares:

(a) if the company is wound up and the property of the company is more than sufficient:

(1) to pay all of the debts and liabilities of the company; and

(2) the costs, charges and expenses of the winding up, the excess must be divided among the members in proportion to the number of shares held by them, irrespective of the amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares;


(b) for the purpose of calculating the excess referred to in rule 10.I(a), any amount unpaid on a share is to be treated as property of the company;

(c) the amount of the excess that would otherwise be distributed to the holder of a partly paid share under rule 10.1 (a) must be reduced by the amount unpaid on that share at the date of the distribution; and

(d) if the effect of the reduction under rule 10.l(c) would be to reduce the distribution to the holder of a partly paid share to a negative amount, the holder must contribute that amount to the company.

10.2 Division of property

(a) If the company is wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution:

(1) divide among the members the whole or any part of the property of the company; and

(2) determine how the division is to be carried out as between the members or different classes of members.

(b) Any division under rule 10.2(a) may be otherwise than in accordance with the legal rights of the members and, in particular, any class may be given preferential or special rights or may be excluded altogether or in part.

(c) Where a division under rule 10.2(a) is otherwise than in accordance with the legal rights of the members, a member is entitled to dissent and to exercise the same rights as if the special resolution sanctioning that division were a special resolution passed under section 507 of the Act.

(d) If any of the property to be divided under rule 10.2(a) includes securities with a liability to calls, any person entitled under the division to any of the securities may within 10 days after the passing of the special resolution referred to in that rule, by notice in writing direct the liquidator to sell the person’s proportion of the securities and to account for the net proceeds and the liquidator must, if practicable, act accordingly.

(e) Nothing in this rule 10.2 derogates from or affects any right to exercise any statutory or other power which would have existed if this rule were omitted.

(f) Rule 4.3 applies, so far as it can and with such changes as are necessary, to a division by a liquidator under rule 10.2(a) as if references in rule 4.3 to the directors and to a distribution or capitalisation were references to the liquidator and to the division under rule 10.2(a) respectively.

11 Minutes and records

11.1 Minutes of meetings

The directors must ensure minutes of proceedings and resolutions of general meetings, and of meetings of directors (including committees of directors) are recorded, in books kept for the purpose, within 1 month after the relevant meeting is held.


11.2 Minutes of resolutions passed without a meeting

The directors must ensure minutes of resolutions passed by members and resolutions passed and declarations made by directors (and committees of directors) without a meeting are recorded in books kept for the purpose within 1 month after the resolution is passed or the declaration is made.

11.3 Signing of minutes

The minutes of a meeting must be signed within a reasonable time by the chairperson of the meeting or the chairperson of the next meeting.

11.4 Minutes as evidence

A minute that is recorded and signed under rules 1.5(c), 1.6(c) or 11.1 and 11.2 is evidence of the proceeding, resolution or declaration to which it relates unless the contrary is proved.

11.5 Inspection of records

(a) The directors must ensure the minute books for general meetings are open for inspection by members free of charge.

(b) Subject to rule 11.5(a), the directors may determine whether and to what extent, and at what time and places and under what conditions, the minute books, accounting records and other documents of the company or any of them will be open to the inspection of members (other than directors).

(c) A member (other than a director) does not have the right to inspect any books, records or documents of the company except as provided by law or authorised by the directors.

12 Execution of documents

12.1 Manner of execution

The company may execute a document if the document is signed by:

(a) 2 directors;

(b) a director and a secretary; or

(c) a director who is the only director and that director states next to the signature that director signs in the capacity of sole director of the company.

12.2 Common seal

The company may have a common seal. If the company has a common seal, rules 12.3 to 12.8 will apply.

12.3 Safe custody of seal

The directors must provide for the safe custody of the seal.

12.4 Use of seal

(a) The seal must be used only by the authority of the directors or of a committee of the directors authorised by the directors to authorise the use of the seal.

(b) The authority to use the seal may be given before or after the seal is used.

(c) Subject to rule 12.8, until the directors otherwise determine, every document to which the seal is fixed must be signed by:

(I) 2 directors;

(2) a director and a secretary;


(3) a director and another person appointed by the directors to countersign that document or a class of documents in which that document is included; or

(4) a director who is the only director and that director states next to the signature that director witnesses the sealing in the capacity of sole director of the company.

12.5 Seal register

(a) The company may keep a seal register. If the company does keep a seal register the company must enter in the register particulars of any document on which the seal is fixed (other than a certificate for securities of the company), giving in each case:

(1) the date of the document;

(2) the names of the parties to the document;

(3) a short description of the document; and

(4) the names of the persons signing the document under rule 12.4(c).

(b) The register must be produced at meetings of directors for confirmation of the use of the seal since confirmation was last given under this rule 12.5.

(c) Failure to comply with rule l2.5(a) or l2.5(b) does not invalidate any document to which the seal is properly affixed.

12.6 Duplicate seal

(a) The company may have for use in place of its common seal outside the state or territory where its common seal is kept I or more duplicate seals, each of which must be a facsimile of the common seal of the company with the addition on its face of the words “duplicate seal” and the name of the place where it is to be used.

(b) A document sealed with a duplicate seal is to be taken as having been sealed with the common seal of the company.

12.7 Share seal or certificate seal

(a) The company may have for use on certificates for securities of the company in place of its common seal 1 or more share seals or certificate seals, each of which must be a facsimile of the common seal of the company with the addition on its face of the words “share seal” or “certificate seal”.

(b) A certificate for securities of the company sealed with a share seal or certificate seal is to be taken as having been sealed with the common seal of the company.

12.8 Sealing and signing of certificates

The directors may determine either generally or in a particular case that the seal and the signature of any director, secretary or other person is to be printed on or affixed to any certificates for securities in the company by some mechanical or other means.


13 Notices

13.1 Notices by the company to members

(a) A notice may be given by the company to a member by serving it personally at, or by sending it by post in a prepaid envelope to, the member’s address as shown in the register of members, or by sending it to the fax number or electronic address, or such other address the member has supplied to the company for the giving of notices.

(b) A notice to the joint holders of a share:

(I) which relates to a resolution under rule 6.7, must be given by the company to each joint holder;

(2) for all other purposes, may be given by the company to the joint holder first named in the register of members in respect of the share, in the manner authorised by rule 13.1 (a).

(c) A notice may be given by the company to a person entitled to a share as a result of a transmission event by serving it or sending it in the manner authorised by rule 13.I(a) addressed to the name or title of the person, at or to such address, fax number or electronic address supplied to the company for the giving of notices to that person, or if no address, fax number or electronic address has been supplied, at or to the address, fax number or electronic address to which the notice might have been sent if the relevant transmission event had not occurred.

(d) The fact that a person has supplied a fax number or an electronic address for the giving of notices does not require the company to give any notice to that person by fax or electronic means.

(e) A notice given to a member in accordance with rules 13.I(a) or 13. I (b) is, despite the occurrence of a transmission event and whether or not the company has notice of that occurrence:

(I) duly given in respect of any shares registered in that person’s name, whether solely or jointly with another person; and

(2) sufficient service on any person entitled to the shares as a result of the transmission event.

(f) A notice given to a person who is entitled to a share as a result of a transmission event is sufficient service on the member in whose name the share is registered.

(g) Any person who, because of a transfer of shares, becomes entitled to any shares registered in the name of a member is bound by every notice which, before that person’s name and address is entered in the register of members in respect of those shares, is given to the member in accordance with this rule 13.1.

(h) A signature to any notice given by the company to a member under this rule 13. I may be in writing or a facsimile printed or affixed by some mechanical or other means.

(i) A certificate signed by a director or secretary of the company to the effect that a notice has been given in accordance with this constitution is conclusive evidence of that fact.


13.2 Notices by the company to directors

Subject to this constitution, a notice may be given by the company to any director or alternate director either by serving it personally at, or by sending it by post in a prepaid envelope to, the director’s or alternate director’s usual residential or business address, or by sending it to the fax number or electronic address, or such other address as the director or alternate director has supplied to the company for the giving of notices.

13.3 Notices by members or directors to the company Subject to this constitution, a notice may be given by a member, director or alternate director to the company by serving it on the company at, or by sending it by post in a prepaid envelope to, the registered office of the company or by sending it to the principal fax number or principal electronic address of the company at its registered office.

13.4 Notices posted to addresses outside the Commonwealth A notice sent by post to an address outside the Commonwealth must be sent by airmail.

13.5 Time of service

(a) Where a notice is sent by post, service of the notice is to be taken to be effected if a prepaid envelope containing the notice is properly addressed and placed in the post and to have been effected:

(1) in the case of a notice of a general meeting, on the day after the date of its posting; or

(2) in any other case, at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

(b) Where a notice is sent by fax or electronic means, service of the notice is to be taken to be effected on the day it is sent.

13.6 Other communications and documents

Rules 13.1 to 13.5 (inclusive) apply, so far as they can and with such changes as are necessary, to the service of any communication or document.

13.7 Notices in writing

A reference in this constitution to a notice in writing includes a notice given by fax or electronic means.

EX-3.87 83 dex387.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING JAPAN KK Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Japan KK

EXHIBIT 3.87

Global Crossing Japan KK

(Kabusiki Kaisha)

Articles of Incorporation

Prepared by Global Crossing Japan KK on March 26, 2004, Certified by Public Notary Office on April 9, 2004, Legal Registration by Ministry of Justice on May 7, 2004

(Company Name)

Article 1. This company is called as Global Crossing Japan KK (hereinafter referred as the Company.)

(Purpose)

Article 2. The Company aims at performing the following objectives.

1, The telecommunication business based on The Communications Business Law in Japan.

2, Contracting of construction of Electric Telecommunication Equipment and Facilities.

3, Development, Maintenance, Sales and Leasing of Electric Telecommunication Equipment and Facilities.

4, Consultation on Electric Telecommunications.

5, All other businesses that attach or relate to above business objectives.

(Location of Head Office)

Article 3. The Company locates at Minato-Ward, Tokyo, Japan.

(Method of Public Notice)

Article 4. A public notice of the Company is carried and used in an official Gazette (Kanpoh).

Chapter 2 Stock shares

(Total Issuing Stocks)

Article 5. The Company’s total number of stocks to issue is set as 1000 shares.

(Non-Use of a fractional stock share value)

Article 6. The Company will not register any fractional stock share value on the Company’s Shareholder Registration List.

(Kinds of Shares)

Article 7. The Company’ will issue only one kind of share certificate which is one unit share.


(Restriction on Share Transfer)

Article 8. In order to transfer any Shares of the Company, it must be given by the approval of Board of Directors of the Company.

(Shareholder Name Change)

Article 9. In order to claim a stock transfer by stock acquisition, any person concerned must sign or put seal on the predetermined form prepared by the Company, and has to submit to the Company by attaching the following documents.

1, In case of acquisition of the stocks by transfer, its Share Certificate.

2, In case of acquisition other than above 1 method, the document which proves its acquisition and its Share Certificate.

(Registration of Rights of Pledge or Indication of Trusted Estate)

Article 10. In order to claim any Registration of Rights of Pledge or Indication of Trusted Estate on the Company’s stock shares, any person concerned must sign or put seal on the predetermined form prepared by the Company, and has to submit to the Company by attaching its Share Certificate(s). The same procedures must be taken as for its registration or deletion.

(Re-issue of Share Certificate)

Article 11-1. In order to claim Re-issuing of Share Certificate(s) to the Company due to the reason of Division of stocks, Annexation, Corruption of share certificate, etc., any person concerned must sign or put seal on the predetermined form prepared by the Company, and has to submit to the Company by attaching its Share Certificate(s).

11-2. In order to claim Re-issuing of Share Certificate(s) to the Company due to the reason of Loss of share certificate (s), any person concerned must sign or put seal on the predetermined form called “Application of the registration of Loss of share certificate (s)” prepared by the Company, and has to submit to the Company by attaching the necessary documents.

(Handling Charge)

Article 12. In order to claim above requests indicated in above Article 9, 10 and 11 to the Company, any person concerned must pay certain amount of the handling charges determined by the Company to the Company in due course.

(Recording Date)

Article 13-1. The Company will regard as the shareholders who have the voting rights registered on the final list of shareholders as of December 31 of each year, and they are regarded as the shareholders who should use rights at the General Shareholders Meetings of the Company of its Fiscal Year-end period.

13-2. In addition to the above 13-1, if there is a case(s) of necessity to decide as shareholders or mortgage creditors who should use rights, by


the resolution of board of directors, the Company can define, by the resolution of Board of Directors, a Date of record temporarily by publicly announcing beforehand in an official Gazette (Kanpoh).

(Shareholder Information)

Article 14-1. The stockholder of the Company has to report his/her seal, a name, and the address to the Company by the predetermined form of the Company.

14-2. In above 14-1, a legal Agent of the stockholder or a Representative of the corporation shareholder has to report Stockholder’s Name and Address, and Seals, Name and Address of a Agent or a Representative to the Company by the Company’s predetermined form. The same procedures are supposed to be taken for its reporting status changes.

14-3. When registering a right of pledge to the Company, the same procedures have to be taken as determined in above Article 14-1 and 14-2. The same procedures are supposed to be taken for its reporting status changes.

Chapter 3 Shareholder Meeting

(Meeting Call)

Article 15-1. The Annual Shareholders Meeting of the Company is called within three months from the next day of the Fiscal year-end date of the Company. An extraordinary shareholders meeting is called on a timely basis according to its necessity.

15-2. Unless otherwise stated in Law, the President of the Company calls for the shareholders meeting by the resolution of Board of Directors Meeting. When the President has an accident, other director calls for the shareholders meeting by the resolution of Board of Directors Meeting by the order beforehand.

15-3. To call for the shareholders meeting, the Company shall send a Notice of a call to each shareholder at least one week before the meeting date.

(Omission of a call procedure)

Article 16. The Company can hold the Shareholders Meeting without passing through calling procedure when there is a unanimous consent by all shareholders who can use voting rights in its Shareholders Meeting.

(Chairperson)

Article 17. The President of the Company shall chair the Shareholders Meeting. When the President has an accident, other director shall chair the shareholders meeting by the resolution of Board of Directors Meeting in the order beforehand.

( Resolution Method)

Article 18-1. The Ordinary resolution of the Shareholders Meeting shall be resolved by the majority of the voting rights of the attended stockholders unless otherwise stated by statutes or Articles of Incorporation of the Company.


18-2. The Special resolution of the Shareholders Meeting shall be resolved both by shareholders attendance who has one thirds or more of the total shareholder’s voting rights and by the majority more than two thirds of the total voting rights of the shareholders.

( Resolution by Document)

Article 19. When there is a proposal from a director or a shareholder concerning agenda to be resolved by the Shareholders Meeting, and when all the shareholders that can use voting rights on concerned agenda agree with its proposal with the document, it is assumed that the resolution of its proposal has been approved by the Shareholders Meeting.

(Number of Director and Auditor)

Article 20. The Company limits the number of Directors as less than five directors, and the number of Auditors as less than two auditors.

(Election of Director and Auditor)

Article 21-1. The Directors and Auditors of the Company shall be elected by the majority votes of the attended shareholders who have one thirds or more of the total shareholder’s voting rights.

21-2. The election of a director shall not based on cumulative votings.

(Terms of Director and Auditor)

Article 22-1 Terms of a Director shall set until the conclusion of the Annual shareholders meeting of the last fiscal year-end within after two years of the accepting of its power. Terms of an Auditor shall set until the conclusion of the Annual shareholders meeting of the last fiscal year-end within after four years of the accepting of its power.

22-2. The terms of a Director elected as an increase of its number or as a supplement of the director who resigned before its expiration of the term shall set the same term as that of the remaining period of the term of a predecessor or other remaining directors. 22-3. The terms of an Auditor elected as a supplement of the auditor who resigned before its expiration of the term shall set the same term as that of the remaining period of the term of a predecessor.

(Board Meeting Call and Chairperson)

Article 23-1. The president calls for the Board of Directors Meeting and becomes the chairperson. When the president has an accident, other director shall replace this role by the order which Board of Directors decide beforehand.

23-2. The notice of a call of board of directors is emitted to each director three days before a meeting. However, this notice period can be shortened in case of urgent necessity.

(Executive Directors)

Article 24. By the resolution of board of directors, one president among directors can be selected and can select, if necessary, chairman, vice president, senior managing director and managing director.


(Representative Director)

Article 25-1. The President manages the business operations of the Company on behalf of the Company.

Article 25-2. By the resolution of board of directors, the Company, other than president, can appoint Directors who represent on behalf of the Company among executive directors stated above Article 24.

(Remunerations)

Article 26. The remunerations of the directors and auditors are approved by the shareholders meeting of the Company, respectively.

Chapter 5 Financial Calculations

(Fiscal Year)

Article 27. The Fiscal year of the Company is set as from January 1 to December 31 each year.

(Dividend)

Article 28-1. A dividend is payable to the shareholders or mortgage creditors whose names are on the list of shareholders as at the end of each Fiscal year.

Article 28-2. When a dividend is not duly received by the rightful shareholders or mortgage creditors after three years passing from the date of its payment, the Company is released from its payment obligations.

(Initial Shares to issue)

Article 29. The total number of shares to be issued on the occasion of establishment of the Company is set as 200 shares of common stocks, and the issue price is set as 50,000 yen per stock.

(Initial Fiscal Year)

Article 30. The Initial Fiscal year of the Company is set as from May 9,2004 to December 31,2004.

(Initial Terms of Director and Auditor)

Article 31. Initial terms of a Director and an auditor are set as until the conclusion of the Annual shareholders meeting of the first fiscal year-end within one year of the accepting of its power.

(Initial Directors and Auditors)

Article 32. Initial Directors and Auditors of the Company are appointed as below.

Director: Ota Yasufumi

Director: Fisse, Lyndon Jon

Director: Mulhearn Jr., J.Robert John

Auditor: Karbel. Frank

(Promoter Name, Address and Initial Shares Accepted)

Article 33. Name and Address of a Promoter and the Number of stocks accepted by him are as below.


Name; Ota Yasufumi

Address; 1-1-1405 Tukuda2-chome, Chuo-ku, Thkyo

Number of stocks accepted: Common Stock 200 Shares

As mentioned above, for the establishment of Global Crossing Japan KK, its Articles of Incorporation are created and a promoter does sign and put his seal to confirm its existence.

March 26, 2004 a Promoter, Ota Yasufumi


RODYK & DAVIDSON

Company No.200500889M

ADVOCATES & SOUCITORS

80 Raffles Place

#33-00 UOS Plaza I

Singapore 048624

RODYK

A MERGER WITH HELENYEO & PARTNERS

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

GLOBAL CROSSING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Incorporated on 19 January 2005

RODYK & DAVIDSON

Telephone: +65 6225 2626

Facsimile : +656225 1838

www.rodyk.com

Lodged in the office of the Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority, Singapore

EX-3.88 84 dex388.htm MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. Memorandum and Articles of Association of Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd.

EXHIBIT 3.88

THE COMPANIES ACT, Chapter 50

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

1. The name of the Company is GLOBAL CROSSING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

2. The registered office of the Company will be situate in the Republic of Singapore.

3. The object of the Company is to provide telecommunication services on a resale basis to carrier and corporate customers, including dedicated and switched voice, data, video and internet access services; and to engage in any other activities that are not prohibited under any law for the time being in force in the Republic of Singapore.

The Company shall have all such powers as are permitted by law for the time being in force in the Republic of Singapore which are necessary or conducive to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the object of the Company.

4. The liability of the members is limited.

5. The original authorised capital of the Company is $100,000 divided into 100,000 Authorised shares of $1/-each. The Company shall have power to increase or reduce its capital, Capital to consolidate or sub-divide the shares forming its original, increased or reduced capital or any of them into shares of larger or smaller amounts, and to divide such shares into several classes at a premium or at par with any preferential, deferred, qualified, special or other rights, privileges, conditions or restrictions as to dividends, capital, voting or otherwise attached to them as may be determined by, or in accordance with, the regulations for the time being of the Company.


I, the subscriber to this Memorandum of Association, wish to be formed into a company pursuant to this Memorandum, and I agree to take the number and type of shares shown opposite my name.

NAME, ADDRESS AND DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIBER

JACQUELINE JOELLE LOKE MUN-TZE

125 Whitley Road # 01-03 Villa Des Flores

Singapore 297820 NRIC No. S1739438Z

Singaporean

Advocate & Solicitor

For and on behalf of GLOBAL CROSSING ASIA HOLDINGS LTD. Wessex House 45 Reid Street Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Company Registration No. EC-28457

Total number of shares taken:

Dated: 11 January 2005 Number and Type of Shares taken by Subscriber One (1) Ordinary share of $1.00 on the date of incorporation

One Ordinary share I, YIP MING YEN, advocate and solicitor, of 80 Raffles Place #33-01 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624 duly qualified to practise in Singapore NRIC No.S7826134Z, do hereby certify to the best of my knowledge after having made due inquiry, and based on satisfactory evidence, that the above described person Jacqueline Joelie Loke Mun-Tze has signed before me, and is identified by me as the subscriber to this Memorandum of Association.


THE COMPANIES ACT, Chapter 50

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

PRELIMINARY

1. The regulations in Table A in the Fourth Schedule to the Act shall not apply to the Company except so far as the same are repeated or contained in these Articles. Table A shall not apply.

2. In these Articles, the words standing in the first column of the table next hereinafter contained shall bear the meanings set opposite to them respectively in the second column thereof, if not inconsistent with the subject or context. Interpretation.

WORDS The Company The Act

These Articles

The Directors The Office The Register The Seal

The Secretary member

MEANINGS

GLOBAL CROSSING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

The Companies Act, Chapter 50, or any other statutory modification or re-enactment thereof.

These Articles of Association as originally framed or as altered from time to time by special resolution.

The directors for the time being of the Company.

The registered office for the time being of the Company.

The register of members to be kept pursuant to the Act.

The common seal of the Company or, where appropriate, the official seal for use abroad.

Any person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the Company including any person appointed temporarily.

A registered holder of shares in the Company.

 

month

  Calendar month.  

year

  Calendar year.  

The expression “paid-up” includes credited as paid-up.

Expressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including reference to printing, lithography, photography and any other modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form.


Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural number and vice versa. Words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender and vice versa. Words importing persons shall include corporations.

Subject as aforesaid, any words or expressions defined in the Act shall, where not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.

PRIVATE COMPANY

3. The Company is to be a private company and, accordingly, the following provisions shall have effect, namely:

(a) The number of members (counting joint holders of shares as one person and not counting any person in the employment of the Company or of its subsidiary or any person who, while previously in the employment of the Company or of its subsidiary, was and thereafter has continued to be a member) is limited to not more than 50.

(b) Any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures or to deposit money with the Company for fixed periods or payable at call, whether bearing or not bearing interest, is prohibited.

(c) The right of transfer of shares shall be restricted as hereinafter provided.

SHARES

4. The first allotment and issue of shares shall be under the control of the Directors, who may allot or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons on such terms and conditions and at such times as they shall think fit.

5. The allotment and issue of further shares shall be under the control of the Directors, but all further shares to be issued shall be offered to the members in proportion to the existing shares held by them, and such offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares to which the member is entitled and limiting a time within which the offer if not accepted will be deemed to be declined, and after the expiration of such time or on the receipt of an intimation from the member to whom such notice is given that he declines to accept the shares offered, the Directors may allot or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons and upon such terms as they think fit.

Private Company

First allotment

Issue of further shares Preference shares


6. Subject to the provisions, if any, in that behalf of these Articles, and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares, any share may be issued with such preferred, deferred, or other special rights, or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of share capital, or otherwise, as the Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution determine, and any preference share may, with the sanction of an ordinary resolution, be issued on the terms that it is, or at the option of the Company is liable, to be redeemed.

7. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, (a) they shall be severally as well as jointly liable for any call or other liability in respect of such share, but anyone of them may give effectual receipts for any dividends, bonuses, or other moneys payable in respect of such shares.

(b) the first name in the Register shall, however, as regards service of notices and delivery of certificates and dividend warrants, be deemed to be the sole owner of such share.

8. Subject to the provisions of these Articles and except as required by law, the Company shall not be bound by or recognise any contingent, future, partial or equitable interest in the nature of a trust or otherwise in any shares or any interest in any fractional part of a share, or any other right in respect of any share, except an absolute right thereto in the person for the time being registered as the owner thereof.

9. No person shall exercise any rights of a member until his name shall have been entered in the Register and he shall have paid all calls and other moneys for the time being due and payable on any share held by him.

10. No part of the funds of the Company shall directly or indirectly be employed by the Directors or the Company in the purchase of, or in loans upon the security of, the Company’s shares except as allowed by law.

SHARE CERTIFICATES

11. Every member whose name has been entered in the Register shall without payment be entitled to one certificate under the Seal specifying the shares held by him and the amount paid up thereon, provided that in the case of joint holders, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate to all the joint holders.

12. If any such certificate shall be worn out or lost, it may be renewed, in case of wearing out, on delivery up of the old certificate and, in the case of loss, on such evidence being produced and on execution of such indemnity as the Directors may require and in either case on payment of such sum not exceeding $2/-as the Directors may from time to time require.


CALLS

13. Subject to these Articles, all calls on shares shall be made by and at the discretion of the Directors, and shall be payable at such times and places and by instalments or otherwise as the Directors may appoint.

14. When any call is made, 14 days’ notice in writing shall be sent to every person liable to pay the same, specifying the time and place of payment and to whom such call shall be paid.

15. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed.

16. Any member may, with the sanction of the Directors and upon such terms as to payment of dividends or interest and otherwise as the Directors shall determine, make payments in advance of calls.

17. If before or on the day appointed for payment thereof a call payable in respect of a share is not paid, the holder for the time being of the share shall pay interest on the amount of the call at the rate of 8% per annum from the day appointed for payment thereof to the time of actual payment.

18. Any sum which by the terms of issue of a share is made payable on allotment or on any fixed date shall for all purposes of these Articles be deemed to be a call duly made and payable on the date for payment, and in case of non-payment the provisions of these Articles as to payment of interest and expenses, forfeiture or otherwise shall apply as if such sum were a call duly made and notified as hereby provided.

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

19. Whenever the whole or any part of any call shall not have been paid on or before the day appointed for the payment thereof, the Directors may at any time thereafter, during such time as the call or any part thereof remains unpaid, send a notice requiring payment of such call, or such thereof as remains unpaid, together with interest at 8% per annum and any expenses that may have accrued by reason of such non-payment by a specified day not being less than 14 days after the service of the said notice, and at the place where the calls of the Company are usually made payable. Such notice shall state that, in the event of non-payment at or before the time and at the place appointed, the shares in respect of which such calls was made will be liable to be forfeited without further notice.


20. If the requirements of any such notice shall not be complied with, any share in respect of which such notice has been given may, at any time thereafter, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by resolution of the Directors to that effect. Such forfeiture shall include all dividends declared in respect of the forfeited shares and not actually paid before the forfeiture.

21. When any share has been forfeited in accordance with these Articles, notice of the forfeiture shall forthwith be given to the holder of the share, and an entry of such notice having been given and of the forfeiture with the date thereof shall forthwith be made in the Register opposite to the share; but the provisions of this Article are directory only, and no forfeiture shall be in any manner invalidated by any omission or neglect to give notice or to make such entry as aforesaid.

22. Every share which shall be forfeited shall thereupon become the property of the Company, and may be either sold or re-allotted, or otherwise disposed of either to the person who was before the forfeiture the holder thereof or entitled thereto, or to any member, upon such terms and in such manner as the Directors shall think frt.

23. Until any share so forfeited shall be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of, the Rescission of forfeiture

forfeiture thereof may at the discretion and by resolution of the Directors be rescinded on such terms as the Directors may think fit.

24. Notwithstanding any such forfeiture as aforesaid, all moneys which were owing at Calls and expenses the time of forfeiture, whether for any call, interest or expenses, and all interest and recoverable expenses to accrue in respect of such call after such forfeiture shall continue to be after forfeiture due from the person who was liable to pay the same at the time of forfeiture or from his representatives.


25. The forfeiture of a share shall involve the extinction at the time of forfeiture of all Consequences of forfeiture interest in and all claims and demands against the Company in respect of the shares and all other rights and liabilities incidental to the share as between the shareholder whose share is forfeited and the Company, except only such of those rights and liabilities as are by these Articles expressly saved, or as are by the Act given or imposed in the case of past members.

26. Upon any sale or disposal after forfeiture or in purported exercise of the powers Title to forfeited shares hereinafter contained or exercising a lien, the Directors may cause the purchaser’s name to be entered in the Register in respect of the shares sold, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the regularity of the proceedings, or to the application of the purchase money; and after his name has been entered in the Register, the validity of the sale shall not be impeached by any person and the remedy of any person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages only and against the Company exclusively.

LIEN ON SHARES

27. Except as prohibited, by law the Company shall have a first and paramount lien Paramount lien upon all the shares registered in the name of each member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all calls upon such shares.

28. For the purpose of enforcing such lien, the Directors may sell the shares subject Enforcement of thereto to any person, but no sale shall be made until the time for such payment, lien fulfillment or discharge as aforesaid shall have arrived, and notice in writing of the intention to sell shall have been served on such member holding the shares or his representatives and default shall have been made by him or them in payment, fulfillment or discharge of such debt, liabilities or engagements for 14 days after such notice.

29. Upon any sale being made by the Directors of any shares to satisfy the lien of the Proceeds of Company thereon, the proceeds shall be applied first in the payment of all costs of sale such sale, next in satisfaction of the debt, obligation, engagement or liability of the member to the Company, and the residue, if any, shall be paid to the said member or as he shall direct.

TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

30. Subject to these Articles, any member may transfer all or any of his shares by Restriction on transfer instrument in writing in any usual or common form or in any other form which the Directors may approve and the instrument shall be executed both by or on behalf of the transferor and the transferee, and the transferor shall remain the holder of the shares transferred until the transfer is registered and the transferee’s name is entered in the Register.


31. Except as provided in Articles 36, 39 and 40, no shares in the Company shall be transferred unless and until the rights of pre-emption hereinafter conferred shall have been exhausted provided that the procedure provided below need not be followed in respect of a member who has waived his pre-emption rights by a notice in writing.

32. (i) Every member who desires to transfer any share or shares (the “vendor”) shall give to the Company notice in writing of such desire (the “transfer notice”). Subject as hereinafter mentioned, a transfer notice shall constitute the Company as the vendor’s agent for the sale of the share or shares specified therein (the “said shares”) in one or more lots at the discretion of the Directors to the members other than the vendor at a price to be agreed upon by the vendor and the Directors, or, in case of dispute, at the price which the auditor of the Company for the time being shall, by writing under his hand, certify to be in his opinion the fair value thereof as between a willing seller and a willing buyer. A transfer notice may contain a provision that unless all the shares comprised therein are sold by the Company pursuant to this Article, none shall be sold, and such provision shall be binding on the Company.

(ii) If the auditor is asked to certify the fair price as aforesaid, the Company shall, as soon as it receives the auditor’s certificate, furnish a certified copy thereof to the vendor and the vendor shall be entitled, by notice in writing given to the Company within 10 days of the service upon him of the said certified copy, to cancel the Company’s authority to sell the said shares. The cost of obtaining the certificate shall be borne by the Company unless the vendor shall give notice of cancellation as aforesaid in which case he shall bear the said cost.

33. (i) Upon the price being fixed as aforesaid and provided the vendor shall not give notice of cancellation as aforesaid, the Company shall forthwith by notice in writing inform each member other than the vendor of the number and price of the said shares and invite each such member to apply in writing to the Company within 14 days of the date of dispatch of the notice (which date shall be specified therein) for such maximum number of the said shares (being all or any thereof) as he shall specify in such application.

(ii) If the said members shall within the said period of 14 days apply for all or (except where the transfer notice provides otherwise) any of the said shares, the Directors shall allocate the said shares (or so many of them as shall be applied for as aforesaid) to or amongst the applicants and in case of competition pro rata (as nearly as possible) according to the number of shares in the Company of which they are registered holders, provided that no applicant shall be obliged to take more than the maximum number of shares specified by him as aforesaid; and the Company shall forthwith give notice of such allocations (an “allocation notice”) to the vendor and to the persons to whom the shares have been allocated and shall specify in such notice the place and time (being not earlier than 14 and not later than 28 days after the date of the notice) at which the sale of the shares so allocated shall be completed.


34. The vendor shall be bound to transfer the shares comprised in an allocation notice to the purchasers named therein at the time and place therein specified; and if he shall fail to do so, the chairman of the Company or some other person appointed by the Directors shall be deemed to have been appointed attorney of the vendor with full power to execute, complete and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the vendor, transfers of the shares to the purchasers thereof against payment of the price to the Company. On payment of the price to the Company, the purchaser shall be deemed to have obtained a good discharge for such payment, and on execution and delivery of the transfer, the purchaser shall be entitled to insist upon his name being entered in the Register as the holder by transfer of the shares. The Company shall forthwith pay the price into a separate bank account in the Company’s name and shall hold such price in trust for the vendor.

35. During the 2 months following the expiry of the said period of 14 days referred to in Article 33(i), the vendor shall be at liberty to transfer to any persons and at any price not being less than the price fixed under Article 32(i) any share not allocated by the Directors in an allocation notice Provided that, if the vendor stipulated in his transfer notice that unless all the shares comprised therein were sold pursuant to these Articles, none should be so sold, the vendor shall not be entilled, save with the written consent of all the other members, to sell hereunder only some of the shares comprised in his transfer notice.

36. Subject to the provisions of Article 37, any share may be transferred by a member to the spouse, child or parent, brother or sister of that member, and any share of a deceased member may be transferred by his personal representatives to any widow, widower, child or parent, brother or sister of such deceased member, and shares standing in the name of the trustees of any deceased member may be transferred upon any change of trustees to the trustees for the time being of such will; and the rights of pre-emption hereinbefore conferred in these Articles shall not arise on the occasion of any such transfer.


37. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these Articles, the Directors may decline to register:

(a) any transfer of any share on which the Company has a lien; and

(b) any transfer of a share to a person of whom they do not approve.

If the Directors shall refuse to register a transfer of any share, they shall, within one month from the date on which the application for transfer was made, send to the transferee a notice in writing stating the facts which are considered to justify refusal and send to both the transferor and transferee a notice of refusal as required by the Act. The Directors shall refuse to register any transfer of shares if registration thereof would cause the number of members of the Company to exceed the number permitted under these Articles. The Directors shall not register a transfer to a person who is known to them to be an infant or a person of unsound mind but the Directors shall not be bound to enquire into the age or soundness of mind of any transferee.

38. In the case of the death of a member the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives of the deceased where he was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest in the shares; but nothing herein contained shall release the estate of a deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any share which had been jointly held by him with other persons.

39. Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy 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 bankruptcy.

40. 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 elects to have another person registered


he shall testify his election by executing to that person a transfer of the share. Except as provided in Article 31, all the limitations, restrictions, and provisions of these Articles 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 bankruptcy of the member had not occurred and the notice or transfer were a transfer signed by that member.

41. Where the registered holder of any share dies or becomes bankrupt his personal representative or the assignee of his estate, as the case may be, shall, upon the production of such evidence as may from time to time be properly required by the Directors in that behalf, be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages, and to the same rights (whether in relation to meetings of the Company, or to voting, or otherwise), as the registered holder would have been entitled to if he had not died or become bankrupt; and where 2 or more persons are jointly entitled to any share in consequence of the death of the registered holder they shall, for the purposes of these Articles, be deemed to be joint holders of the share.

INCREASE AND REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

42. The Company in general meeting may from time to time by ordinary resolution, whether all the shares for the time being authorised shall have been issued or all the shares for the time being shall have been fully called up or not, increase its capital by the creation and issue of new shares, such aggregate increase to be of such amount and to be divided into shares of such respective amounts as the Company by the resolution authorising such increase shall direct.

43. The new shares shall be issued upon such terms and conditions and with such rights and privileges annexed thereto as the general meeting resolving upon the creation thereof shall direct and, if no direction be given, as the Directors with the like concurrence shall determine, and in particular, such shares may be issued with a preferential, qualified, or postponed right to dividends, and in the distribution of assets of the Company, and with a special or without any right of voting.

44. Subject to any direction to the contrary that may be given by the Company in general meeting, all new shares shall, before issue, be offered to all the then members in proportion (as nearly as possible) to the amount of the capital held by them. The offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered, and limiting a time for acceptance of the offer, failing which it will be deemed to be declined, and if not accepted as aforesaid, the Directors may dispose of those shares in such manner as they think fit.


45. If at any time the capital, by reason of the issue of preference shares or otherwise, is divided into different classes of shares, all or any of the rights and privileges attached to each class may be modified, commuted, abrogated or dealt with by agreement between the Company and any member of the class, provided such agreement is confirmed by a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of shares of that class, and all the provisions hereinafter contained as to general meetings shall mutatis mutandis apply to every such meeting but so that the quorum thereof shall be members holding or representing by proxy two-thirds of the nominal amount of the issued shares of the class.

46. The Company in general meeting may, from time to time, by special resolution, reduce its capital by paying of capital or cancelling capital which has been lost or is unrepresented by available assets or reducing the liability on the shares or in any other way whatever allowed by law, as may seem expedient, and, in particular, capital may be paid off or cancelled upon the footing that the amount may be called up again or otherwise.

46A. The Company may purchase or otherwise acquire ordinary shares issued by it pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Act or any other applicable law.


SUBDIVISION AND CONSOLIDATION

47. The Company may, by ordinary resolution:

(a) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares; or

(b) sub-divide its existing shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum of Association subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the Act, and so that, as between the resulting shares, one or more of such shares may by the resolution by which such sub-division is effected be given any preference or advantage as regards dividend, capital, voting or otherwise over the others or any other of such shares; or

(c) cancel any shares not taken or agreed to be taken by any person.

BORROWING POWERS

48. The Directors may, from time to time, raise or borrow or secure the payment of any sum or sums of money for the purposes of the Company.

49. The Directors may raise or secure the repayment of such sum or sums in such manner and upon such terms and conditions in all respects as they think fit, and, in particular, by the issue of debentures or debenture stock of the Company, perpetual or otherwise, charged upon or by mortgage, charge or lien of and on the undertaking or the whole or any part of the property of the Company (both present and future), including its uncalled capital for the time being, or by making, accepting, endorsing or executing any promissory notes or bills of exchange.

50. Every debenture or other instrument for securing the payment of money may be made assignable free from any equities between the Company and the person to whom the same may be issued. Any debenture or debenture stock, bonds or other instruments or securities may be issued at a discount, premium or otherwise and with any special privileges as to redemption, surrender, drawing, allotment of shares, attending and voting at general meetings of the Company, appointment of Directors and otherwise.

51. The Directors shall cause a proper register to be kept, in accordance with the Act, of all mortgages and charges specifically affecting the property of the Company.

GENERAL MEETINGS

52. The first annual general meeting of the Company shall be held at such time within a period of not more than 18 months from the date of incorporation of the Company and at such place as the Directors may determine.

53A. Annual general meetings of the Company shall be held once in every subsequent year at such time (not being more than 15 months after the last preceding annual general meeting) and place as may be determined by the Directors. The Company


may, subject to compliance with the conditions and procedures set out in the Act, dispense with the holding of any general meeting, including an annual general meeting, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in these Articles.

53B. Subject to the provisions of the Act the Company shall dispense with the holding of annual general meetings if a resolution is passed to that effect at an extraordinary general meeting by all of such members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy present at such a meeting. The resolution to dispense with the holding of annual general meetings shall not be effective for any annual general meeting which is pass due but not held, at the time the resolution to dispense with annual general meetings is passed, but otherwise shall be valid for the year in which it is passed and for subsequent years.

53C. Notwithstanding that a resolution dispensing with annual general meetings is in force, an annual general meeting shall be convened and held by the Company as far as practically possible within the timelines provided in the Act and in such manner as provided in these Articles, upon the occurrence of any of the following events (whichever is the earliest):

(a) If any member of the Company shall by notice or by electronic communication, sent not later than 3 months before the end of any year require the holding of an annual general meeting in that year; or

(b) If any member or members representing at least 5% of the total voting rights of all members having the right to vote on a resolution at a general meeting of the Company shall within 7 days after the text of a resolution to be passed by written means relating to matters routinely dealt with at or to be done in relation to an annual general meeting of the Company, has been sent or made accessible to such member or members, shall notify the Company to hold a general meeting for that resolution; or

(c) If any member or the Auditors (if any) shall by notice to the Company not later than 28 days from the date the accounts, balance-sheets, and the report of the Directors and the report, if any, of the Auditors and other documents required to be annexed to the balance sheet (collectively “the accounts”), are sent out to all persons entitled to receive notice of general meetings of the Company, require the holding of a general meeting for the purpose of laying out the accounts before the Company.

Except as provided in this Article 53, any notice to the Company shall be signed under the hand of the member or the Auditors (if any) and the original notice (or a facsimile transmission followed by the original sent by post within 24 hours) sent to the registered office of the


Company or to such address as may be specified by the Company for that purpose. A notice to the Company may be made by way of other means of electronic communication only if required by the Act, or if specifically agreed between that member (or the Auditors, if any) and the Company by approval of the Directors, and in all cases, subject to all such security and identification procedures as required by the Company.

For the avoidance of doubt, the resolution to dispense with annual general meetings shall continue to be in force for subsequent years notwithstanding the occurrence of any of the aforesaid events in any year, unless and until an ordinary resolution (which may be passed by written means) is passed to revoke the dispensation; or the Company is converted to a public company.

53D. While the resolution to dispense with annual general meetings shall continue to be in force but subject to Article 53(C), any matter that is routinely dealt with at or to be done in relation to an annual general meeting may be dealt with by resolutions of the Company passed by written means.

54. The Directors or any Director may call an extraordinary general meeting of the Company whenever they or he think fit.

55. The Directors shall, on the requisition of members pursuant to Article 53C or 66D, or holding in the aggregate not less than one-tenth of such paid-up capital of the Company which carry voting rights, proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company. Such requisition, duly signed by the requisitionists, stating fully the objects of the meeting, shall be deposited at the Office.

56. If the Directors do not proceed to convene a meeting within 21 days after such deposit, the requisitionists, or any of them, holding more than one half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene an extraordinary general meeting for the business described in the requisition, to be held at such time, within 3 months from the date of such deposit, and at such place as they think fit.

57. If at any such meeting a resolution requiring confirmation at another meeting is passed, the Directors shall forthwith then convene a further extraordinary general meeting for the purpose of considering the resolution and if thought fit confirming it, and if the Directors do not convene such further meeting within 7 days from the date of the passing of the first resolution, the requisitionists or a majority of them in value may themselves convene the meeting. All meetings convened by the


requisitionists under this and the preceding Articles shall be convened in the same manner or as nearly as possible as that in which meetings are to be convened by Directors.

58. Subject to the provisions of the Act relating to matters requiring special notice and agreements for shorter notice, 14 days’ notice at the least, specifying the place, the day and the hour of meeting and, in the case of special business, the general nature of such business, shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned to the members entitled to be present at such meeting; but the accidental omission to give such notice or the non-receipt of such notice by any member shall not invalidate any resolution passed or the proceedings at any such meeting.

59. All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting, and also all that is transacted at an annual general meeting with the exception of sanctioning a dividend, the consideration of the accounts and balance sheets and the ordinary reports of the Directors and the auditor of the Company, and the election of Directors in the place of those retiring and the appointment and fixing of the remuneration of the auditor.

60. Any member entitled to be present and vote at a meeting or his proxy may submit any resolution to any general meeting, provided that at least for the prescribed time before the day appointed for the meeting he shall have served upon the Company a notice in writing by him containing the proposed resolution, and stating his intention to submit the same. The prescribed time above-mentioned shall be such that, between the date that the notice is served and the day appointed for the meeting, there shall be at least 15 intervening days, and for a resolution requiring special notice, at least 29 days.

61. Upon receipt of any such notice as in the last preceding Article mentioned, the Secretary shall include it in the notice of the meeting in any case where the notice of intention is received before the notice of the meeting is issued, and shall in any other case issue as quickly as possible to the members notice that such resolution will be proposed.


PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

62. 2 members present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum. No business shall be transacted at a general meeting unless a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business.

62A. Members may participate in a meeting by means of video conference, conference telephone or other similar communication means whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, without a member or members being in the physical presence of another member or other members, and participation in the meeting in such manner shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at such meetings. The meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the Chairman of the meeting participates in the meeting. Voting may be done verbally or otherwise by each participant according to procedures decided by the Chairman in such manner as to permit the accurate recording of each vote.

63. If within half an hour from the time appointed for the holding of a general meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, 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 such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for holding the meeting, the members present shall form a quorum.

64. The chairman, with the consent of any meeting at which a quorum is present, may adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place as the meeting shall determine. Whenever a meeting is adjourned for 10 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in the same manner as of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid, the members shall not be entitled to any notice of the adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting. No business shall be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than business which might have been transacted at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

65. The chairman (if any) of the Directors shall preside at every general meeting, but if there be no such chairman, or if at any meeting he shall not be present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, or shall be unwilling to act as chairman, the members present shall choose a Director, or if no Director be present, or if all the Directors present decline to take the chair, they shall choose some member present to be chairman of the meeting.

66A. Subject to the provisions of the Act, and save in the case of a resolution dispensing with the requirement to hold an Annual General Meeting or for a resolution for which special notice is required, any resolution of the Company may be passed by written means (“written resolution”) if formally agreed by any members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and attend and vote at general meetings:

(a) and holding, in the case of an ordinary resolution, the majority of the total voting rights of all the members of the Company;

(b) and holding in, in the case of a special resolution, at least three-quarters of the total voting rights of all the members of the Company;


and shall be as valid and effective as if it was passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. Any such resolution may consist of several documents in like form, each formally agreed to by one or more members.

66B. The text of the written resolution (which may originate from the Directors, or from a member or members holding not less than 5% of the total voting rights of all the members, provided the same is received by the Company in legible form) shall be sent in legible form by the Company to every member for the time being entitled to receive notice of and attend and vote at general meetings, and may be sent by post or by facsimile transmission, or by electronic mail. The text may be sent in a permitted alternative form (as defined in the Act) only if agreed in writing between the Company and the member.

The text of the written resolution may also be sent by the Company to a member by publication on a website provided that [not less than one month] prior to the first such publication, the Company shall notify the members in writing, by post or by facsimile transmission, or by electronic mail. The notification shall set out details of the address of the website, how to access the website (including any security and identification procedures required by the Directors), and the place where any resolution text may be accessed, and the manner in which a member will be notified of the publication of any resolution text from time to time (collectively, the “notification procedures” which may be amended from time to time by similar notification by the Company to the member). Every member who confirms acceptance of such notification procedures in a manner specified by the Company, shall be taken to have agreed to access the resolution text over the website instead of any other way, and publication on the website in accordance with the notification procedures shall be deemed to be receipt by that member not later than the date of the publication. It is the responsibility of such member to actively access the website and to notify the Company promptly of any problems in accessing the resolution text. Upon receipt of such notification, the Company will send the resolution text to that member by any of other means aforesaid.

66.C A member may formally agree to a written resolution by sending to the Company the text of the resolution in legible form signed by the member under hand in the space provided for the member in the text. The original signed resolution (or a facsimile [followed by the original sent by post within 24 hours]) must be sent to the registered office of the Company or


to such address as may be specified by the Company for that purpose. The resolution may be approved and sent in a permitted alternative form (as defined in the Act), or by way of other means of electronic communication, only if required by the Act, or if specifically agreed between that member and the Company (by approval of the Directors), and in all cases, subject to all such security and identification procedures as required by the Company. For the purpose of this Article 66(C), a member includes the member’s proxy or attorney, or a representative of a corporation which is a member.

66D. Notwithstanding that a written resolution has been formally agreed by the requisite number of members as aforesaid, it shall be invalid and a General Meeting shall be convened and held by the Company in such manner as provided in these Articles, if any member or members representing at least 5% of the total voting rights of all members having the right to vote on a resolution at a general meeting of the Company, shall within 7 days after the text of the written resolution has been sent or made accessible to such member or members, notify the Company to hold a general meeting for that resolution. The notice to the Company shall be in legible form signed under the hand of the member or members, and the original notice (or a facsimile [followed by the original sent by post within 24 hours]) sent to the registered office of the Company or to such address as may be specified by the Company for that purpose. A notice to the Company may be sent in a permitted alternative form (as defined in the Act), or by way of other means of electronic communication, only if required by the Act, or if specifically agreed between that member or members and the Company (by approval of the Directors), and in all cases, subject to all such security and identification procedures as required by the Company.

66E. The Company shall notify every member when a written resolution is validly passed, within 15 days from the earliest date on which a Director or the Secretary becomes aware of the same. The notification may be sent in the same manner as the resolution text as set out in Article 66(8). The Company shall cause a record of the written resolution and the indication of each member’s formal agreement to the resolution to be entered in the minute book of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing any default to so inform every member or to record in the minute book shall not render the written resolution invalid.

66F. In the case of dispute, the Directors shall decide on the eligibility of a member or his proxy or attorney or representative to formally agree to any written resolution.

VOTES AT GENERAL MEETING

67. At a general meeting, every resolution shall be decided on a show of hands by a majority of the members present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote, unless before or upon the declaration of the result of the show of hands a poll be demanded by at least 2 members present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote, and unless a poll be so demanded, a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried by a particular majority, or lost, shall be conclusive, and an entry to that effect in the minute book of the Company shall be conclusive evidence thereof without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.


68. If a poll be demanded in the manner aforesaid it shall be taken at such meeting at which the poll is demanded without adjournment.

69. On a show of hands, every member shall have one vote only. In case of a poll, every member shall have one vote for every share held. Votes may be given, either personally or by proxy.

70. If any member be of unsound mind, he may vote by his committee or other legal curator, and such last mentioned persons may give their vote either personally or by proxy. If any member is a minor, he may vote by his guardian or one of his guardians, who may give his vote (or in the case of a written resolution, give his formal agreement) personally or by proxy.

71. Save as herein expressly provided, no person other than a member duly registered and who shall have paid everything for the time being due from him and payable to the Company in respect of his shares shall be entitled to be present or to vote on any question personally or by proxy at any general meeting. No member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting in respect of any share that he has acquired by transfer unless the transfer duly signed, witnessed and stamped of the share in respect of which he claims to vote shall be left with the Company for registration at least 48 hours previous to the time of holding the meeting at which he proposes to vote and shall have been registered. No person not already a member, may formally agree to any written resolution, unless the transfer (duly signed, witnessed and stamped) of any share that he has acquired shall be left with the Company for registration at least 48 hours previous to the time the text of the proposed written resolution is sent by the Company to the members for formal agreement, and shall have been registered.

72. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the appointer. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

73. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Office at least 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote; otherwise the person so named shall not be entitled to vote in respect such meeting. An instrument appointing a proxy may also give authority to the person named


in the instrument (who shall sign under hand his/her specimen signature on the instrument) to formally agree to any written resolution of the Company, for and on behalf of the appointer, and shall be valid for any written resolution, the tex1 of which proposed resolution is sent by the Company to the members for formal agreement after the date of receipt by the Company of such instrument at the registered office of the Company.

74. A vote (or in the case of a written resolution, the formal agreement) given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death of the principal or revocation of the proxy or transfer of the share in respect of which the vote is given, provided that no notice in writing of the death or revocation or transfer shall have been received at the Office one hour at least before the time fixed for holding the meeting, or in the case of a written resolution of the Company, before the time the resolution is considered to be validly passed by a Director or the Secretary under Article 66E.

75. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in the following form or as near to it as circumstances will admit:

[Name of Company]

“I,                      of                      being a member of [Name of Company] appoint                  (with identification number:                      )of                      with specimen signature:                      as my proxy, [to vote for me and on my behalf at the annual or extraordinary (as the case may be) general meeting of the Company to be held on      day of              and at any adjournment of such meeting][ to sign and give formal agreement, for and on my behalf, to any resolution of the Company to be passed by written means]

Signed this      day of             

DIRECTORS

76. Until otherwise determined by a general meeting, the number of Directors shall not be less than 1.

The Directors may, by a majority decision, appoint any person or persons to be Directors, who shall hold office until he is removed or the office is vacated pursuant to these Articles.

77. A Director shall not be required to hold any share qualification in the Company.

78. The remuneration of Directors other than the Managing Director or Directors shall be such sums as may from time to time be decided in general meeting. All such sums shall be divided amongst the Directors as they shall determine.

79. The office of a Director shall be ipso facto vacated:

(a) if he is or becomes disqualified by law;


(b) if a receiving order is made against him or he makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors (unless in the case of an undischarged bankrupt, he has obtained leave of court or the permission of the Official Assignee to act as Director);

(c) if he is found to be a lunatic or becomes of unsound mind;

(d) if he absents himself from the meetings of the Directors during a continuous period of 6 months without special leave of absence from the Directors and they pass a resolution that he has by reason of such absence vacated office; or

(e) if by notice in writing he resigns his office.

80. A Director may at any time give notice in writing to the Company of his desire to resign and such resignation shall take effect upon the expiration of such notice.

POWERS OF DIRECTORS

81. (1) The business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Directors.

(2) The Directors may exercise all the powers of a company except any power that the Act or the Memorandum of the Company and these Articles require the Company to exercise in general meeting.

82. The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body; provided always that in case the Directors shall at any time be reduced in number for any reason other than resignation to less than 2, it shall be lawful for the remaining Director to act as Director for the purpose of filling up vacancies in the board, but not for any other purpose. This Article shall however not apply where the minimum number of Directors is stipulated to be 1.

83. The Directors may from time to time appoint one or more of their body to be the Managing Director or Managing Directors for such period and upon


such terms as they think fit, and may from time to time remove him or them from office and appoint another or others in his or their places. The remuneration of a Managing Director may be by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or by any or all of those modes.

84. A Managing Director shall, subject to the provisions of any contract between him and the Company, be subject to the same provisions as to resignation and removal as the other Directors of the Company, and if he ceases to hold the office of Director he shall ipso facto immediately cease to be a Managing Director.

85. The Directors may delegate any of their powers, other than the powers to borrow and make calls, to the Managing Director or to committees consisting of such members of their body as they think fit. The Managing Director or any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the power so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed upon them by the Directors.

86. A Director may contract with and be interested in any transaction with the Company, and shall not be liable to account for any profit made by him by reason of any such transaction, provided that he complies with the requirements of the Act in relation to disclosure of such interest. A Director may hold any other office under the Company (other than that of an auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director.

87. All acts done bona fide by the Directors, or by a committee of Directors, or by any person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding 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 person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director. All acts done by Directors to be valid

88. The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company in relation to any official seal for use outside Singapore and in relation to branch registers. Official seal


89. The Directors may from time to time by power of attorney appoint any corporation, firm, or person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, 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 Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him. Attorney

90. (i) A Director may, subject to the approval of the board of Directors, appoint any person to be his alternate Director. Alternate Director

(ii) The appointment of an alternate Director shall determine on the happening of any event which if he were a Director would cause him to vacate such office, or if his appointor ceases to be a Director or removes the alternate from office by notice in writing.

(iii) An alternate Director shall (except when absent from Singapore) be entitled to receive notices of meetings of the Directors and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which his appointor is not personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all functions of his appointor as a Director. If he shall attend any such meeting as an alternate for more than one Director, his voting rights shall be cumulative. If his appointor is for the time being absent from Singapore or temporarily unable to act through ill health or disability, the alternate Director’s signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor. To such extent as the Directors may from time to time determine in relation to any committees of the Directors, the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall also apply mutatis mutandis to any meeting of any such committee of which his appointor is a member. An alternate Director shall not (save as aforesaid) have power to act as a Director.

(iv) An alternate Director shall be subject to the provisions of these Articles but he shall not be entitled to receive from the Company in respect of his appointment as alternate Director any remuneration except only such part (if any) of the remuneration otherwise payable to his appointor as such appointor may by notice in writing to the Company from time to time direct.

(v) An alternate Director shall not be taken into account in reckoning the minimum or maximum number of Directors allowed for the time being but he shall be counted for the purpose of reckoning whether a quorum is present at any meeting of the Directors attended by him at which he is entitled to vote.

91. A Director shall continue in office until he is removed or the office is vacated pursuant to these Articles.


92. The Company may by ordinary resolution appoint or remove any Director.

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

93. The Directors or any committee of Directors may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meeting as they think fit, and determine the quorum necessary for the transaction of business. Until otherwise determined, 1 Director shall be a quorum. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the Directors present, each Director having one vote.

93A Directors may participate in a meeting by means of video conference, conference telephone or other similar communication means whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, without a Director or Directors being in the physical presence of another Director or other Directors, and participation in the meeting in such manner shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at such meetings. The meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the Chairman of the meeting participates in the meeting. Voting may be done verbally or otherwise by each participant according to procedures decided by the Chairman in such manner as to permit the accurate recording of each vote.

94. At the request of any Director, the Secretary shall summon a meeting of the Directors by notice served upon the several Directors. No notice need be served on any Director absent from Singapore except that if he has appointed an alternate Director present in Singapore, the notice shall be served on the alternate Director.

95. The Directors or any committee of Directors shall from time to time elect a chairman who shall preside at meetings, but if no such chairman be elected, or if at any meeting the chairman be not present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, a substitute for that meeting shall be appointed by such meeting

96. A resolution in writing or copies thereof signed under hand by a majority of the Directors (or their alternates), and sent by post or by a facsimile transmission (followed by the original sent by post within 24 hours) to the Office or to such address as may be specified by the Company for that purpose, shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held. Any such resolution may consist of several documents in like form, each signed by one or more of the Directors. The resolution may be sent by other means of electronic communications, only if such means are approved by the Directors and subject to all such security and identification procedures as required by the Directors.


THE SEAL

97. The Directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal, which shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorized by the Directors in that behalf, and every instrument to which the Seal is affixed shall be signed by a Director and shall be countersigned by the Secretary or by a second Director or by some other person appointed by the Directors for the purpose.

MINUTES

98. The Directors shall cause minutes to be duly made of all appointments of officers, and the names of Directors present at each meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, and all resolutions and proceedings of general meetings and meetings of Directors and committees of Directors (including all written resolutions of the Company or of the Directors). Any minutes of meetings of the Directors or any committee of Directors or the Company if purported to be signed by the chairman of such meeting or by the chairman at the next succeeding meeting, or in the case of a written resolution of the Company, purported to be formally agreed by the requisite number of members and in the case of a written resolution of the Directors, purported to be signed by requisite number of Directors, shall be receivable as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in such minutes or resolution. Minutes to be made

DIVIDENDS AND RESERVE FUND

99. The Directors may with the sanction of a general meeting from time to time declare a dividend, but no such dividend shall be payable except out of the profits of the Company. Provided that when in the opinion of the Directors the profits of the Company permit, they may in their discretion declare and pay interim dividends. Dividends

100. The Directors may, before recommending such dividend, set aside out of the profits of the Company such sum as they think proper as a reserve fund, which shall at the declaration of the Directors be applicable for meeting contingencies, for the gradual liquidation of any debt or liability of the Company, or for repairing or maintaining the buildings and property connected with the business of the Company, or shall, with the sanction of the Company in general meeting, be as to the whole or in part applicable for distribution by way of bonus among the members or employees of the Company for the time being, on such terms and in such manner as the Company in general meeting shall from time to time determine, and the Directors may invest the sums from time to time set


apart as a reserve fund upon such securities other than the shares of the Company as they may select, with full power to employ the assets constituting the reserve fund in the business of the Company, and without being bound to keep them separate from the other assets. Reserve fund

101. The Directors may deduct from any dividend payable to any member all such sums of money (if any) as may be due and payable by him to the Company on any account. Unpaid calls and debts may be deducted from dividends

102. Every dividend warrant shall be sent by post to the last registered address of the member entitled thereto, and the receipt of the person whose name at the date of the declaration of the dividend appears on the Register as the owner of the share, or, in the case of joint holders, of the holder whose name at the date aforesaid appears first on the Register, or of any person presenting a power of attorney from the holders of which the Company shall have had no notice of cancellation, shall be good discharge to the Company for all payments made in respect of such share. Dividend warrant to be sent to members by post

103. No unpaid dividend, bonus or interest shall bear interest as against the Company. Unpaid dividends not to bear interest

CAPITALISATION

104. Any general meeting declaring a dividend or bonus may resolve that such dividend or bonus be paid wholly or in part by the distribution of specific assets, and in particular of paid up or partly paid up shares, debentures or debenture stock of the Company, or paid up or partly paid up shares, debentures or debenture stock of any Capitalisation of profits other company, or in anyone or more of such ways, and may resolve that any moneys, investments or other assets forming part of the undivided profits of the Company standing and available for dividend be capitalised and distributed by way of bonus amongst the members in accordance with their rights on the footing that they become entitled thereto as capital, and that all or any part of such bonus be applied on behalf of the members in paying up in full any unissued shares of the Company, and that such unissued shares so fully paid be distributed accordingly amongst the members in the proportions in which they are entitled to receive dividends, and shall be accepted by them in full satisfaction of the said bonus.

105. The Directors shall give effect to any resolution passed under the provisions of the last preceding Article, and where any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution, they may settle the same as they think expedient and, in particular, may disregard fractions of one Singapore dollar, and may issue fractional certificates and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof, and may determine that cash payment shall be made to any members upon the footing of the value so fixed, in order to adjust the rights of all parties, ..and may invest any such cash or specific assets in trustees upon such trusts for the persons entitled to the dividend or bonus as may seem expedient to the Directors. Where necessary, a proper contract shall be filed in accordance with the Act, and the Directors may appoint any person to sign such contract on behalf of the persons entitled to the dividend or bonus and such appointment shall be effective.


ACCOUNTS

106. The Directors shall cause true accounts to be kept of all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which such receipts and expenditure take place, and of the assets and liabilities of the Company.

107. The books of account shall be kept at the Office or at such other place or places as the Directors shall determine.

108. The Directors shall from time to time determine whether in any particular case or class of cases or generally, 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, and no members shall have any right of inspecting any account book or document of the Company, except as conferred by the Act or authorised by the Directors or by resolution of the Company in general meeting.

109. Once at least in every year, the Directors shall lay before the Company in general meeting (unless a resolution to dispense with annual general meetings is in force) a profit and loss account and a balance sheet containing a summary of the assets and liabilities of the Company made up to a date not more than 6 months before such meeting or at within such period as prescribed by the Act. Every such account and balance sheet shall be accompanied by a report of the Directors.

AUDIT

110. Subject to any exemption from audit requirements permitted by the Act, an Auditor of the Company shall be appointed, and his or their duties regulated, in accordance with the Act.

SECRETARY

111. The Directors may from time to time by resolution appoint any person or persons to be the Secretary who shall be a Singapore resident and have the requisite knowledge and experience, and (if applicable) qualifications prescribed by the Act and the Directors may in the manner aforesaid remove any person so appointed from office and may appoint another person in his or her place. The Directors may also appoint assistant or deputy secretaries.


NOTICE

112. Subject to the Act and to the foregoing provisions of these Articles, any notice communication or other document (each a “Notice”) may be served by the Company upon any member or a Director either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter or by way of facsimile transmission, or by electronic mail, addressed to such member or Director at his registered address as recorded in the Register.

113. Each member and each Director shall from time to time notify in writing to the Company his address (including his facsimile number and his electronic mailing address, if any) for purpose of the last preceding Article.

114. Any Notice sent by post shall be deemed to have been served on the day after the envelope containing the same is posted, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice was properly addressed and put in the post office box. Any Notice sent by the Company by facsimile or electronic mail shall be deemed to have been served on the day of transmission, subject to the Company’s facsimile machine generating a transmission OK report for the entire Notice (in the case of facsimile), and no notice of undelivered mail having been received by the Company from the server, (in the case of electronic mail).

115. Any person who, by operation of law, transfer, or other means whatsoever, shall become entitled to any share shall be bound by every Notice in respect of such share which previously to his name and address being entered in the Register shall be duly given to the person from whom he derives his title to such share.

116. Any Notice delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any member or otherwise served, in pursuance of these Articles shall, notwithstanding such member be then deceased and whether or not the Company shall have notice of his death, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any registered shares whether held solely or jointly with other persons by such member until some other person be registered in his stead as the holder or joint holder thereof, and such service shall for all purposes of these Articles be deemed sufficient service of such notice or document on his executors or administrators and all persons (if any) jointly interested with him in any share. The signature to any Notice to be given by the Company may be written, printed or affixed by electronic means.

117. Where a given number of day’s notice or notice extending over any other period is required to be given, the day of service and the day for which such Notice is given shall not be included in such number of days or other period.

118. Any notification, communication, requisition, or other document (each a “Notice”) to the Company from any member or Director, shall be actually delivered to or received by the Company at the Office or (if


any) to such address as may be specified by the Company for that purpose, and in the case of a facsimile shall be deemed to be received by the Company on the date of transmission, provided that the sender’s facsimile machine has generated a transmission OK report for the entire Notice, and the original Notice (with the original signature of the member or the Director, if applicable) is posted to the Company at the Office or (if any) to such address as may be specified by the Company for that purpose, within 24 hours of transmission.

INDEMNITY

119. Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be permitted by the Act, every Director, manager, Secretary and other officer or servant of the Company shall be indemnified by the Company against, and it shall be the duty of the Directors out of the funds of the Company to pay, all costs, losses and expenses which any such officer or servant may incur or become liable to incur by reason of any contract entered into or act or deed done by him as such officer or servant or in any way in the discharge of his duties, including reasonable hotel, travelling and other expenses.

120. Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be permitted by the Act, no Director or other officer of the Company shall be liable for the acts, receipt, neglects, or defaults of any other Director or officer, or for joining in receipt or other act for conformity, or for any loss or expense happening to the Company through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired by order of the Directors for or on behalf of the Company, or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the monies of the Company shall be invested, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency, or tortious act of any person with whom monies, securities or effects shall be deposited, or for any loss or damage occasioned by any error of judgement or oversight on his part, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever which shall happen in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto, unless the same happens through his own wilful act, neglect or default.

WINDING UP

121. If the Company is wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the members as such shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the paid-up capital of the Company, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the members in proportion to the capital paid up or which ought to have been paid up at


the commencement of the winding up on the shares held by them respectively, and if in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the capital paid up at the commencement of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed amongst the members in proportion to the capital at the commencement of the winding up paid up on the shares held by them respectively. This Article is to be without prejudice to the rights of the holders of shares issued upon special terms and conditions.

122. If the Company is wound up, whether voluntarily or otherwise, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution, divide amongst the members in specie or in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company, and may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the contributories or any of them as the liquidator, with the like sanction, thinks fit.

NAME, ADDRESS AND DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIBER

JACQUELINE JOELLE LOKE MUN-TZE

125 Whitley Road #01-03 Villa Des Flores Singapore 297820 NRIC No. S1739438Z Singaporean

Advocate & Solicitor

For and on behalf of

GLOBAL CROSSING ASIA HOLDINGS LTD. Wessex House 45 Reid Street Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda Company Registration No. EC-28457

Dated: 11 January 2005

I, YIP MING YEN, advocate and solicitor, of 80 Raffles Place #33-01 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624 duly qualified to practise in Singapore NRIC No. S7826134Z, do hereby certify to the best of my knowledge after having made due inquiry, and based on satisfactory evidence, that the above described persons JACQUELNE JOELLE LOKE MUN-TZE has signed before me, and is identified by me as the subscriber to these Articles of Association.

EX-3.89 85 dex389.htm BYLAWS OF SAC BRASIL HOLDING LTDA. Bylaws of SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.
Translation into English    Exhibit 3.89

SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.

Bylaws and Amendments (Consolidated)

11th AMENDMENT OF SOCIAL CONTRACT OA SAC BRASIL HOLDING LTD.

CNPJ/MF (Brasilian Federal Tax Number) : 03.401.849/0001-65 NIRE (Brasilian Business Registration Identification

Number): 33.2.0733712-5

For this particular act, the Parties:

 

  I.

GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS LTD., company organized and existing under the laws of Bermuda based in Wessex House. 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HMI2, in the Bermuda islands, herein represented by his attorney/ proxy, Mr. Marcelo Gaspar, Brasilian, married, accountant, bearer of identity card RG No 04881919-7, issued by IFP / RJ (Pereira Faustino Institute), and registered in CPF (Individual Taxpayer ID number) under no. 665.842.307-59, resident and domiciled in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, with office at Rua Lauro Muller, 116, Room 1905 appointed by Power of Attorney, December 12th, 2006, filed in the Office of Registry of Deeds and Documents under paragraph 1617440 dated March 15th, 2007 and also in JUCERJA (State Board of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro) under N ü 00001684714; and

 

  II.

SOUTH AMERICAN HOLDING LTD., a company organized and existing under the laws of Bermuda based in Wessex House, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12. Bermuda Islands herein represented by his proxy, Mr. Marcelo Gaspar, Brasilian, married, accountant, bearer of identity card RG no. 04881919-7, issued by IFP / RJ, (Pereira Faustino Institute) CPF (Individual Taxpayer ID number) and under no. 665842307-59, resident and domiciled in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, with office at Rua Lauro Muller, 116, Room 1905 appointed by Power of Attorney on December 12th , 2006, filed in the Office of Registry of Deeds and Documents under paragraph 16 17438 dated March 15th, 2007 and also in JUCERJA (State Board of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro) under 0000 1684715;

Only members of SAC BRASIL HOLDING LTD, (“Company”), limited liability company, with headquarters in the city of Rio de Janeiro, at Rua Lauro Muller, 116, room 1905, Zip code 22290-906, CNPJ / MF ((Brasilian Federal Tax Number) under no 03.401.849/0001-65, and the Board of Trade of the State of Rio de Janeiro (“JUCERJA”) under the “NIRE 33.2.0733712-5, filed with the Social Contract in JUCESP in session 13 September 1999 under NIRE (State Registration ID number) 33215-933060 and last amendment filed in JUCERJA (State Board of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro) in session January 11th, 2007 under 00001667610;

Waived the holding of meeting of shareholders/ limited partners in accordance with Article 1.072, paragraph 3 , of the Civil Code, hereby approve the following resolutions;

1 - Change the address of the headquarters (currently in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, at Rua Lauro Muller 116, room 1 905 v Botafogo, CEP 22290-906, to the following address: City of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Pedro II 329, São Cristóvão, CEP 20941-070.

2 - Given the above determination, Clause II of the Social Contract is amended and is already in effect ‘with the following new wording:

Clause II: The Company’s headquarters and jurisdiction are in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, at Avenida. Pedro II, 329, São Cristóvão. CEP 2094 i-070 and is able to open and close branches in the country or abroad. pursuant to the resolution of shareholders/ limited partners representing 3/4 (three fourths) of the Capital Stock.

3 - Resolved to consolidate the Social Contract SAC Brasil Holding Ltda., effective with the following wording:

SOCIAL CONTRACT OF SAC BRASIL HOLDING LTDA.

NAME, HEADQUARTERS AND LEGAL DOMICILE


Clause I The Company bears the name of SAC BRASIL HOLDING LTDA, (SAC Brasil Holding”), being governed by this social contract, the legal provisions applicable to a limited liability company (Articles 1052 and following of the Civil Code), and additionally by Law 6.404/76 (Corporate Law).

Clause II The Company has it’s headquarters and jurisdiction in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, at Avenida Pedro II 329, Sâo Cristóvão, CEP 20941-070, and may open and close branches in the country or abroad, pursuant to the decision of the shareholders/ limited partners representing 3/4 (three fourths) of Capital Stock.

CORPORATE OBJECTIVE

Clause III SAC Brasil Holding has as its corporate objective:

(a) participation as a partner, shareholder or unit holder, in other civil or commercial companies and commercial ventures of any nature, located inside or outside Brasil, and

(b) administration of its own assets or of third party assets.

TERM

Clause IV The term of duration of SAC Brasil Holding is undetermined.

CAPITAL STOCK

Clause V The capital stock of SAC Brasil Holding is fully subscribed and integrated in national currency in the amount of RS 2,827,095.00 (Two million, eight hundred twenty-seven thousand, ninety-five reais) divided into R$ 2,827.095 (Two million eight hundred twenty seven thousand and ninety-five) quotas nominal value of SR 1 , 00 (Real one) each, distributed among the limited partners:

(a) South American Crossing Ltd. holds 2827.094 (Two million eight hundred twenty-seven thousand, and ninety-four) shares, totaling R$ 2,827,094.00 (Two million, eight hundred twenty-seven thousand, ninety-four reais), and

(b) South American Crossing Holding Ltd. holds 1 (one) share in total value of R$ 1.00 (one real).

Paragraph 1 In line with the Share Pledge Agreement entered into between the shareholders/ limited partners, SAC Brasil Holding and the Agent dated December 28th, 2004 (The “Share Pledge Agreement”) the total shares of SAC Brasil Holding is pledged in name of the Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes (as the definitions contained in this Share Pledge Agreement).

Paragraph 2” The liability of the limited partners is limited to the value of their shares, - but they are solely responsible for the payment in full of capital, which has already been paid in national currency.

Paragraph 3 Each share gives its holder the right to one vote in company decisions.

ADMINISTRATION AND REPRESENTATION

Clause VI The administration of SAC Brasil Holding shall be exercised by one or more Officers, resident and domiciled in Brasil coin mandated for an indefinite term, appointed separately, who will represent SAC Brasil Holding actively and passively in any act, transaction or negotiation of any value, in and out of court, acting alone and doing so using the company name

Paragraph 1 The Officers may at any time be removed and / or replaced by the shareholders/ limited partners representing 2 / 3 of capital, and their remuneration shall be established by the shareholders/ limited partners.

Paragraph 2 The Officers are required to provide security for the exercise of their respective positions.

Clause VII Subject to the provisions of paragraph c below in Clause VIII, it is the responsibility of the Officers, individually, to administrate business and practice of all acts necessary or convenient for this purpose. The Officers(s) are invested with the powers to individually sign and execute all deeds and documents that may result in any liability or financial obligation of SAC Brasil Holding, such as writing of any kind, checks, promissory notes, credit cards, money orders, and debt in general, contracts, including loan, and other documents not specified.


Paragraph 1 Powers of attorney granted by SAC Brasil Holding must be signed by 1 (one) Officer, and, besides mentioning the powers expressly conferred, shall, except those for legal purposes, contain a limited shelf life of 1 (one) year.

Paragraph 2 Expressly forbidden, being void and ineffective in relation to SAC Brasil Holding, are the acts of any of the limited partners, shareholders, prosecutors or officials who engage in obligations related to business or operations outside the corporate purpose, such as sureties, guarantees, endorsements or any other securities in favor of others.

Clause VIII It is the responsibility of the Officer (s) to represent and manage SAC Brasil Holding, but the practice of any of the following acts shall be subject to prior written consent of the shareholders/ limited partners representing a majority of capital:

(a) Issuance and signing of checks with values over RS 25000.00 (Twenty-five thousand reais);

(b) Sale of property belonging to the fixed assets of SAC Brasil Holding;

(c) Purchase of goods on behalf of SAC Brasil Holding, representing investments worth over RS 10,000.00 (Ten thousand reais);

(d) Acquisition or disposal of real estate;

(e) Contracting loans with financial institutions, or

(f) Granting of guarantees in the name SAC Brasil Holding, for the benefit of third parties, and the conclusion of contracts on behalf of SAC Brasil Holding, corn purposes outside the corporate objective.

MEETINGS AND RESOLUTIONS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Clause IX Meetings of shareholders/ limited partners will be held at any time whenever company interests or the law requires, upon request of any of the shareholders/ limited partners via e- mail, fax or registered mail, with a minimum of 24 (Twenty four) hours notice.

Paragraph 1 Decisions are made by majority vote, unless specific quorum provided for in legislation or in the Social Contract.

Paragraph 2 Meetings shall be recorded and held at the Company headquarters and, where required by law, the record taken before the Public Registry of Companies and published.

ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF SHARES

Clause X The shares of SAC Brasil Holding shall not be sold, transferred, committed, or otherwise arranged for third parties without the prior written consent of shareholders/ limited partners holding 3 / 4 of the capital.

Paragraph 1 Notwithstanding the provisions in the main section of this Clause X, shares of SAC Brasil Holding may only be sold, transferred, encumbered, pledged, or otherwise disposed of by the shareholders/ limited partners with the prior written consent of the Agent (as defined in the Share Pledge Agreement).

Paragraph 2 Any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, or other transaction involving shares of SAC Brasil Holding without prior written consent, provided in the main section of this contract and in Paragraph P of this Clause X shall be considered null and void.

BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY, EXCLUSION OR WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBERSHIP

Clause XI Insolvency, bankruptcy, exclusion or withdrawal of shareholders/ limited partners shall not lead to dissolution of SAC Brasil Holding, which will continue with the remaining shareholders/ limited partners.


Single Paragraph If SAC Holding Brasil is formed by two limited partners and should one of them withdrawal , SAC Brasil Holding shall not be dissolved and, accordingly, the partner, before leaving, should appoint a third party to assume the portion of their shares to avoid the dissolution of SAC Brasil Holding,

Clause XII The value of each share of the bankrupt partner, debtor, excluded, withdrawn or dismissed, will be determined by dividing the net asset value SAC Brasil Holding, as reflected in the balance to be raised within 60 (Sixty) days of the date in that the SAC Brasil Holding is notified of this fact, by the total number of existing shares in SAC Brasil Holding. The value obtained shall be paid to the shareholder or his legal representative, as appropriate, in 12 (Twelve) equal installments, monthly and successive, expiring the first 30 (Thirty) days after the established price of the shares, which should occur until 30 (Thirty) days after receiving notification in writing of any of the events listed in Clause XI of this Agreement,

FISCAL YEAR, BALANCE SHEET AND PROFIT

Clause XIII The fiscal year starts on January 1st and ends on December 31st of each year. At the end of each fiscal year, financial statements, inventory, balance sheets and the balance of economic output will be reviewed.

Clause XIV The net profits have a destination to be determined by the shareholders/ limited partners representing a majority of the capital. Any distribution of profits to shareholders/ limited partners must be made in proportion to their equity in capital.

Clause XV Providing written authorization of the shareholders/ limited partners, any Officer may require the lifting of balance sheet intermediaries, be they monthly, quarterly or semiannually, and may distribute profits for these periods of less than 1 (one) year.

DISSOLUTION

Clause XVI SAC Brasil Holding may be dissolved in the cases stipulated by law or by resolution of shareholders/ limited partners, representing 3 / 4 of the capital.

Clause XVLII In case of liquidation or dissolution of SAC Brasil Holding, the liquidator will be appointed by the shareholders/ limited partners representing a majority of the capital, observing the form of liquidation and the relevant statutory provisions.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Clause XVIII Any and all clauses of this Social Contract may be amended at any time by resolution of shareholders/ limited partners, representing 3 / 4 of the capital.

Clause XIX Elected to the Courts of the Judicial District of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, excluding any other, however privileged it may be, to resolve any legal disputes, controversies or disagreements arising from this Social Contract.

Nothing more to discuss. The partners signed this act, together with the 2 (Two) undersigned witnesses, in 4 (Four) copies of identical content and form.

Rio de Janeiro, August 1st, 2007.

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EX-3.90 86 dex390.htm BYLAWS OF SAC BRASIL S.A. Bylaws of SAC Brasil S.A.
Translation into English    Exhibit 3.90

SAC BRASIL S.A.

CNPJ/MF: 03.427.524/0001-51 NIRE: 33.3.0027630-1

MINUTES OF THE SHAREHOLDER’S GENERAL MEETING SAC BRASIL S.A. (“COMPANY”)

HELD ON MAY 19, 2008

1. Date, time and location: In May 19th 2008, 4:00 pm, at the Company’s headquarters in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro II Avenue, 329, Zip code: 20941-070, São Cristóvão.

2. Call and Attendance: Call waived pursuant to Article 124, § 4, Law No. 6.404/76 and Article 10 of the Bylaws of the Company, given the presence of shareholders representing all the shares of the Company, as the signatures contained in the Attendance Register of Shareholders and in these minutes.

3. Board: President: John Leonardo Gomes Figueira da Silva, Secretary: Michael Ortiz.

4. Resolutions: Having been approved and registered under the JUCERJA No. 00001732953 its last contractual amendment, by unanimous vote of the shareholders present and without any reservations, we adopted the following resolutions:

4.1 Authorize the drafting of the minutes referred to in this Shareholder’s General Meeting as a summary pursuant to Article 130, paragraph 1 of Law No. 6404/76;

4.2 Dismiss the post of Company Director Mr. Marcelo Gaspar, Brazilian, married, accountant, holder of identity card no. 04.881.919-7 IFP/RJ, registered in CPF/MF under no. 665842307-59, resident and domiciled in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, with office at 329 Pedro II Avenue, a position for which he was elected at the company’s Shareholder’s General Meeting held on December 11, 2006.

4.3 To fill the vacancy of Company Director, with a mandate of 3 (three) years, Mr. Miguel Ortiz, Argentinean, married, engineer, holder of identity card for foreigners RNE No. V277828-E SE / DPMAF /DPF, registered in CPF/MF under no. 220552038-51, resident and domiciled in the City of Cotia in São Paulo, 666 Eid Mansur Street, Parque São George. The Director named herein is hereby empowered to represent the Company, subject to the limitations contained in the Bylaws. The Director now appointed, present at the meeting, stated explicitly, for all purposes and under penalty of law that is not prevented by special law, to exercise administration of the Company and was not convicted (or is under the effect of conviction) (i)the penalty that prohibits, even temporarily, access to public offices, (ii) for a bankruptcy crime of prevarication, bribery, graft, embezzlement, or (iii) for a crime against the public economy, the national financial system, the standards for protecting against unfair trade competition, consumer relations, or public faith or property. Mr. Miguel Ortiz shall be vested in his office in this act,


By signing the terms of ownership attached to this (Document 02) written on the book itself;

4.4 Due to the above resolution, the executive board shall be composed of Mr. Miguel Ortiz, described above, in the capacity of Officer with no specific designation, and also Mr. John Leonardo Gomes Figueira da Silva, married, business administrator, bearer of identity card no. 17059697-7 SSP / SP, registered in CPF / MF under no. 163478588-60, resident and domiciled in Cotia City in São Paulo, 666 Eid Mansur, Parque São George, acting as President-Officer; and

Closing: Nothing more to discuss, these minutes were drawn up, and then read, approved and signed by members of the Board and by the shareholders present at the meeting.

Rio de Janeiro, May 19th, 2008.

 

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João Leonardo da S. G Figueira

President

   

Name: SAC BRASIL S/A

NIRE : 33.3.0027630-1

Docket : 00-2008/07849-6

05/28/2008

05/29/2008


Document 01

BYLAWS SAC BRASIL S / A.

CHAPTER I

NAME, PLACE, PURPOSE AND TERM

Art. 1 - SAC Brasil S / A. is a privately held corporation governed by this Statute and by the laws in effect and may during the conduct of its activities, use the trade name “Global Crossing”.

Art. 2 - The Company has its headquarters and jurisdiction in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, at 329 Pedro II Avenue, Zip code 20941-070, São Cristóvão and may open and close branches, agencies or other establishments in this country and abroad.

First Paragraph - The Company has the following branches:

a) City of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 12178 Estrada dos Bandeirantes, Zip code 22783-112, Vargem Pequena;

b) City of Cotia, São Paulo, 666 Eid Mansur Avenue, CEP/ Zip code 06708-030, Parque São George;

c) City of Praia Grande, São Paulo, 100 Moisés Cardoso D’Oliveira Avenue, CEP/ Zip code 11709-000, Vila Mirim;

d) City of Fortaleza, Ceará, 2950 Dioguinho Avenue, CEP/ Zip code 60181-770, Praia do Futuro.

Art. 3 - The Company has as its objectives: (i) the provision of telecommunications services in general, (ii) to provide any technical assistance, administrative, planning, organizational, sales and marketing consulting, which contribute to the achievement of its business objectives, (iii) the provision of research and development as well as import and export of communications equipment, and (iv) participation as a partner, shareholder or unit holder, in other companies and commercial ventures of any nature, located in Brazil or abroad.

Art. 4 - 0 The term/duration of the Company is indefinite.


CHAPTER II CAPITAL AND SHARES

Art. 5 - 0 Company’s share capital is $ R 24,043,373.84 (Twenty-four million, forty-three thousand three hundred and seventy-three reais and eighty-four cents), fully subscribed and paid, divided into R$ 35,191,250 (Thirty-five million, one hundred ninety-one thousand, two hundred and fifty reais) registered shares with no par value, being R$ 28,153,000 (Twenty-eight million, one hundred and fifty-three thousand reais) common shares, and 70,038,250 (Seven million, thirty-eight thousand, two hundred and fifty) preferred shares. :

Art. 6 - Each common share nominative gives one vote in the General Assembly. The preferred shares, if issued, will not have voting rights, having the advantage of priority in capital, without premium, in proportion to its share capital, in the event off any liquidation of the Company.

First Paragraph - The preferred shares, if issued, will participate in capital increases resulting from indexation and the capitalization of reserves and profits, on equal footing with the ordinary shares.

Second Paragraph - Since the preferred shares, if issued, do not give their holders priority in the distribution of dividends, such preferred shares will not acquire voting rights if dividends are not paid by 3 (three) consecutive fiscal periods.

Third Paragraph - The amendment of these Bylaws governing, in part, the diversity of types and / or classes of shares will not require the consent of all holders of the shares affected.

Paragraph Four - The shares shall be nominative.

Art. 7 - The amount to be paid by the Company as reimbursement for the shares held by shareholders who have exercised withdrawal right, where permitted by law, must match the economic value of such shares, to be discharged in accordance with the assessment procedure specified by Law No 9.457/97, where this value is less than the asset value calculated in accordance with Article 45 Law No. 6404/76.

Art. 8 - The Company will only record the transfer of shares if they are in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Shareholders Agreement, provided it is filed at its headquarters.

CHAPTER III GENERAL MEETING

Art. 9 - The General Assembly, with jurisdiction provided by this statute and herein, meet in regular session within the 4 (four) months following the end of the fiscal year and, more specifically, whenever business interests so require.

First Paragraph - The General Assembly must first discuss the practice of any of the following acts by management:

I- Issuing and signing checks with values above U.S. $ 2,000,000.00 (Two million dollars);


II- Sale of property belonging to the assets of the Company;

III- Purchase of goods on behalf of the Company representing investments worth more than R$ 10,000.00 (Ten thousand reais);

IV- Acquisition or disposal of real estate;

V- Contracting loans with financial institutions;

VI- Granting of guarantees on behalf of the Company for the benefit of third parties, and the conclusion of contracts on behalf of the Company for purposes foreign to the scope of the company.

Art. 10 - The convening of the General Assembly will be arranged by the President or by shareholders of at least 50% (fifty percent) of the capital, by notices posted within the company, under the law, their work being implemented by the Board, which is composed of the president and secretary chosen by the shareholders present. Regardless of procedure specified in this Article, it shall be expected that all shareholders attend the General Assembly Meeting.

Art. 11 - The shareholder may be represented in the General Assembly by proxy constituted less than 1 (one) year, be them a shareholder, a company or lawyer.


CHAPTER IV ADMINISTRATION

Art. 12 - The Company shall be managed by a Board, according the law and these Bylaws.

First Paragraph - It is up to the General Assembly to set compensation of members of the Board. The compensation sum could be voted on to assign an individual allowance for each member, voted on to assign an overall allowance, leaving it to the Board to decide on its distribution.

Second Paragraph - Administrators will be invested in their responsibilities and offices upon signing of ownership in the book itself, within the 30 (thirty) days following their election.

Third Paragraph - Board members are required to provide collateral as a guarantee of their management.

Art. 13 - The Company shall be managed by a Board composed of, at minimum, 2 Officers and at most, 5, shareholders or not, all residing in the country, elected for a term of 3 (three) years with possibility of reelection. Among the Officers, one will be named Chief Executive Officer. The other Officers will not be specifically named. All are elected by the General Assembly of Shareholders.

Art. 14 - Among the duties of the Officers are, as provided herein, the representation of the Company, actively or passively, in court or out, as well as the management of the business in general and the practice of all acts of administration and disposition, necessary or convenient in compliance with the scope of the company, including entering into acts and contracts of any nature or purpose, whether for acquisition, disposition or encumbrance of permanent assets, encumbrances and constitution guarantees and obligations to others, or importing any liability or financial obligation of company, such as deeds of any kind, checks, promissory notes, credit cards, money orders, debt securities in general, loan agreements and other documents not specified, always observing the precepts and limits of the above Article 9 and of Articles 15, 16 and 17 in this statute.

Art. 15 - In addition to the powers conferred by this statute, it is the duty of the Chief Executive Officer to sign:

I- tax statements or reports of the Company to be delivered to the Federal Government, or anything relative to taxes collected by the Federal Government; and

II- statements or reports of the Company required to be submitted to the Central Bank of Brazil.

Art. 16 - With the exceptions provided herein, any act or contract involving any liability or obligation of the Company to third parties or the exoneration of those before it must be signed by:

a) the Chief Executive Officer; -

b) 2 (two) Officers; ; - -

c) 1 (one) proxy/ attorney whose powers have been granted by the Chief Executive Office;

d) 1 (one) Officer in conjunction with a proxy/ attorney, or -

e) 2 (Two) proxies/ attorneys. -; -

Art. 17 - The proxies/ attorneys shall always be granted authorization in the name of the Company by any of its Officers.

Single Paragraph - The proxies/ attorneys shall always specify granted powers and, with exception, those granted


For judicial purposes will be limited to time period of 1 (one) year.

Art. 18 - The Board will meet whenever necessary, able to be called to convene by any Officer. The meetings will be chaired by the Chief Executive Office or, in his absence, the Officer who is chosen at the time.

Single Paragraph - The deliberations of the Board appear in the minutes drawn up in the minutes book, and shall be taken by majority vote. In the event of a tie, the subject matter will be submitted to the General Assembly of Shareholders for approval.

Art. 19 - It is expressly forbidden to the Board and the Company’s attorneys practicing on behalf of the Company, any act of business or operations unrelated to the scope of the company.

CHAPTER V STATUTORY AUDIT COMMITTEE

Art. 20 - The Company has a Statutory Audit Committee, which works only in the fiscal years in which it is installed at the request of shareholders representing at least 1 / 10 (one tenth) of shares with voting rights or 5% (five percent) of shares without voting rights, as provided by law.

Single Paragraph - The deliberations of the Statutory Audit Committee shall be by majority vote.

Art. 21 - The Statutory Audit Committee, when in operation, will consist of a minimum 3 (three) and a maximum 5 (five) members, with an equal number of alternates, elected by the General Assembly, the remuneration to be fixed, complying with the legal minimum.

Art. 22 - Members of the Statutory Audit Committee, shareholders or not, residing in the country, that meet the requirements and the legal impediments, are to be competent in this area.

CHAPTER VI FISCAL YEAR AND PROFITS

Art. 23 - The fiscal year starts January 1st and ends on December 31st every year.

Art. 24 - At the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall prepare the financial statements specified by law, subject to the rules then in effect.

Art. 25 - From the results of this fiscal period, after deduction of accumulated losses, if any, and the provision for payment of income tax, net profit will be obtained, since there is no statutory participation of administrators or employees.

First Paragraph - Net income will be allocated as follows: 5% (five percent) to the Legal Reserve, which shall not exceed 20% (twenty percent) of the capital, the remaining balance, adjusted as per the terms in Article 202 Law No. 6404/76, at least 25% (twenty five percent), will be distributed to shareholders as a mandatory dividend , and the balance, being that it is not appropriated to the Reserve mentioned in paragraph 2 below, or retained as specified in the capital budget approved by the General Assembly, will be used as additional dividend to Shareholders.


Paragraph Two - The Investment Reserve and Working Capital would aim to ensure investments in property, fixed assets and increase in working capital, including reduction of Company debt as well as financing of subsidiaries and affiliates. It will be formed with an annual installment of up to 70% (seventy percent) of the balance of net income adjusted             mandatory dividends are deducted. It will limit imports not exceeding, in conjunction with the Legal Reserve, the value of capital.

Third Paragraph - The Board, when sufficiently understanding the value of the reserve status, will allocate the surplus to distribute to shareholders.

Art. 26 - The Board may declare dividend to the account of income earned on the balance sheet every six months, and due to swings in shorter periods, served in the latter case, the item limit in Article 204, first paragraph, Law No. 6404/76, or still, declare interim dividends to retained earnings or reserves, respecting the legal limits.

Art. 27 - Prescribes in 3 (three) years the share to be dividends from the date on which it was made available to shareholders.

CHAPTER VII LIQUIDATION AND PROCESSING

Art. 28 - The Company will dissolve and be liquidated in cases specified by law, in accordance with the mode established by the General Assembly, which shall appoint the liquidators who are working during the period of liquidation.

Art. 129 – The Company may change its type of legal determination by an absolute majority of votes in the General Assembly.

Rio de Janeiro, May 19th, 2008.

 

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João Lonardo da S. G.

        Figueira President


TERMS OF POSSESSION

SAC BRASIL S/A

CNPJ/MF n°: 03.427.524/0001-51 NIRE: 33.3.0027630-1

On May 19th, 2008, Mr. Miguel Ortiz took office and was sworn in as Director of the Company, against the decision of the Shareholder’s General Meeting of the same date. Mr. Miguel Ortiz: Argentine, married, engineer, bearer of identity card for foreigners RNE No. V277828-E SE / DPMAF / DPF, CPF / MF under no. 220552038-51, resident and domiciled in Cotia City in São Paulo, Eid Mansur Street, 666, Parque São. George. He is to complete a 3 (three) year term.

The Mr. Miguel Ortiz stated explicitly, for all purposes and under penalty of law that is not prevented by special law, to exercise administration of the Company and that he was not convicted (or is under the effect of a conviction) (i) the penalty that prohibits , even temporarily, access to public offices, (ii) for a bankruptcy crime of prevarication, bribery, graft, embezzlement, or (iii) a crime against the public economy, the national financial system, the rules of defense competition, consumer relations, or public faith or property, and declared that it has no conflicting interests with the Company’s content to the provisions in Art. 156, Law 6404/76, thus taking over as Secretary, with all powers, duties and obligations assigned to him under the law and the Bylaws.

Rio de Janeiro, May 19th, 2008

 

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EX-3.91 87 dex391.htm BYLAWS OF IMPSAT PARTICIPACOES E COMERCIAL LTDA. Bylaws of Impsat Participacoes e Comercial Ltda.
Translation into English   Exhibit 3.91
Bylaws and Articles of Association (one and the same)  

11th AMENDMENT TO THE

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

IMPSAT PARTICIPAÇÕES E COMERCIAL LTDA.

State Enrollment NIRE No. 35.215.913.590

Federal Corporate Taxpayer ID CNPJ/MF No. 03.357.424/0001-04

Hereby, the undersigned: (a) GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED, a company organized according to the laws of the United Kingdom, with office in the City of London, England, 1 London Bridge, London SEI 9BG, with Federal Taxpayer ID CNPJ/MF No. 08.890.281/0001-07 (“GC II”), herein represented by its attorney, Mr. Mateus Donato Gianeti, Brazilian, single, lawyer, bearer of Identity Card RG No. 30.365.339-5 and with Federal Taxpayer ID CPF/MF No. 278.516.858-50 and office in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, No. 1328, Vila Clementino neighborhood, zip code 04038-904, member representing more than three fourths of the capital stock of IMPSAT PARTICIPAÇÕES E COMERCIAL LTDA., a limited liability company, with head office in the City of Cotia, State of São Paulo, Avenida Eid Mansur, 666, Parque São George neighborhood, with Federal Taxpayer ID CNPJ/MF No. 03.357.424/0001-04, with its articles of association duly filed with the Registry of Commerce of the State of São Paulo (“JUCESP”) under No. 35.215.913.590, in session of August 24, 1999 and with the last amendment duly filed with JUCESP under No. 379.886/09-1 (“Company”); and further (b) GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS III LIMITED, a company organized according to the laws of the United Kingdom, with office in the City of London, England, 1 London Bridge, London SEI 9BG, with Federal Taxpayer ID CNPJ/MF No. 09.132.628/0001-15 (“GC III”), herein represented by its attorney, Mr. Mateus Donato Gianeti, above identified, decide to amend the Articles of Association of the Company, as follows:

1. Considering the Company Share Pledge Agreement entered on September 22, 2009, by and among the Company, GC Impsat Holdings II Limited and GC Impsat Holdings III Limited, as pledgors, and Wilmington Trust FSB, in the condition of guarantee agent (“Share Pledge Agreement”), the members decide to amend Article 5 of the Articles of Association, to include paragraph one, so as to reflect the creation of the pledge on the shares of the Company, according to the Share Pledge Agreement.

2. As a result of the resolution above, the members decide to amend Article 5 of the Articles of Association, which shall be read as follows:

“Article 5 – The capital stock of the Company is of two hundred and fifty million, two hundred and fifty-five thousand, one hundred and sixty-four Brazilian Reals (R$250,255,164.00), fully subscribed and paid in the Brazilian legal tender, divided into two hundred and fifty million, two hundred and fifty-five thousand, one hundred and sixty-four (250,255,164) shares, with par value of one Brazilian Real (R$ 1.00) each, distributed among the members as follows:

 

GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

   250,255,162    R$ 250,255,162.00

GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

   1    R$ 1.00

Mariano Torre Gómez

   1    R$ 1.00

Paragraph 1 – The shares held by GC Impsat Holdings II Limited and GC Impsat Holdings III Limited representing 99.99% of the Company’s capital stock are pledged to Wilmington Trust FSB, in the condition of guarantee agent for the holders of the

 

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Notes (the “Guarantee Agent”), according to the Share Pledge Agreement entered by GC Impsat Holdings II Limited and GC Impsat Holdings III Limited, as Pledgors, the Company and the Guarantee Agent (the “Share Pledge Agreement”), to guarantee the obligations of Global Crossing Limited as regards the Notes issued according to the Indenture dated September 22, 2009, entered by Global Crossing Limited, certain guaranteeing parties and the Guarantee Agent. The pledge created by means of the Share Pledge Agreement shall include any new share issued or distributed by the Company to the Pledgors, as well as the shares issued in the case of change of company type of the Company, and it is hereby agreed and understood that the number of shares pledged according to the Share Pledge Agreement shall always correspond to all the shares issued by the Company held by the Pledgors.”

3. As a result of the changes of the members brought by 8th and 9th Amendments to the Articles of Association, duly filed with JUCESP, the members decide to amend article 6 of the Articles of Association, which shall be read as follows:

“Article 6 – The capital stock is fully subscribed and paid in.

Sole Paragraph – The liability of each member is restricted to the value of its shares, but all of them are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the capital stock.”

4. The other articles of the Articles of Association remain unchanged and, consequently, ratified hereby, and the restated Articles of Association shall be read as follows:

“ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

IMPSAT PARTICIPAÇÕES E COMERCIAL LTDA.

CHAPTER I – NAME, OFFICE, CORPORATE OBJECT AND TERM

Article 1 – The Company shall operate under the name of IMPSAT PARTICIPAÇÕES COMERCIAL LTDA.

Article 2 – The Company head office is in the City of Cotia, State of São Paulo, Avenida Eid Mansur No. 666, Parque São George Neighborhood, and branches may be open in any location of the Brazilian territory and/or abroad, upon resolution by the member or members holding more than half of the capital stock or the Board of Directors of the Company.

Article 3 – The Company has as object:

(i) the participation in other companies, as member, quotaholder or shareholder; and

(ii) purchase and sale of equipment related to the telecommunications activities.

Article 4 – The term of existence of the Company is perpetual.

CHAPTER II – THE CAPITAL STOCK

Article 5 – The capital stock of the Company is of two hundred and fifty million, two hundred and fifty-five thousand, one hundred and sixty-four Brazilian Reals (R$250,255,164.00), fully subscribed and paid in the Brazilian legal tender, divided into two hundred and fifty million, two hundred and fifty-five thousand, one hundred and sixty-four (250,255,164) shares, with par value of one Brazilian Real (R$ 1.00) each, distributed among the members as follows:

 

GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

   250,255,163    R$ 250,255,163.00

GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

   1    R$ 1.00

Mariano Torre Gómez

   1    R$ 1.00

 

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Paragraph 1 – The shares held by GC Impsat Holdings II Limited and GC Impsat Holdings III Limited representing 99.99% of the Company’s capital stock are pledged to Wilmington Trust FSB, in the condition of guarantee agent for the holders of the Notes (the “Guarantee Agent”), according to the Share Pledge Agreement entered by GC Impsat Holdings II Limited and GC Impsat Holdings III Limited, as Pledgors, the Company and the Guarantee Agent (the “Share Pledge Agreement”), to guarantee the obligations of Global Crossing Limited as regards the Notes issued according to the Indenture dated September 22, 2009, entered by Global Crossing Limited, certain guaranteeing parties and the Guarantee Agent. The pledge created by means of the Share Pledge Agreement shall include any new share issued or distributed by the Company to the Pledgors, as well as the shares issued in the case of change of company type of the Company, and it is hereby agreed and understood that the number of shares pledged according to the Share Pledge Agreement shall always correspond to all the shares issued by the Company held by the Pledgors.

Article 6 – The capital stock is fully subscribed and paid in.

Sole Paragraph – The liability of each member is restricted to the value of its shares, but all of them are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the capital stock.

CHAPTER III – THE MANAGEMENT

Article 7 – The administration and the management of the Company shall be the responsibility of the members that shall delegate their authority to four (4) Officers, residing and domiciled in Brazil, who shall be designated as President Director, Executive Director and, the others, Director.

Sole Paragraph – The compensation of the Officers shall be on a monthly basis as a “pro labore”, the amount of which shall be established and paid according to the applicable legal and contractual provisions.

Article 8 – The Officers shall be responsible for the general management of the Company and the practice of all the acts necessary or convenient to the management of the Company. The Officers shall have authority, among others, to:

(a) ensure the compliance with the law and these articles of association and implement the decisions taken in the shareholders meetings;

(b) administrate, manage and conduct the business of the Company, as well as to purchase, sell, exchange, burden or in any other way to acquire goods for the Company, determining their prices, terms and conditions;

(c) sign any documents, including those entailing liability or obligation for the Company, including indentures, debt securities, exchange instruments, checks, payment orders and others;

(d) prepare internal regulations, rules and other similar directives related to the Company’s management;

(e) delegate the several attributions and functions among the employees of the Company; and

(f) designate attorneys on behalf of the Company.

Sole Paragraph – Any of the Officers, jointly or severally, shall have authority to represent the Company, as petitioner or respondent, in or out of Court, before any federal, state or city public departments, as well as before autonomous government agencies, privately and publicly held companies and quasi-governmental entities.

 

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Article 9 – All the acts and documents which entail assumption of liability or obligation by or for the Company, such as grant of powers of attorneys, any type of agreements, indentures, checks, promissory notes, exchange letters, payment orders, debt instruments in general, including contracting of loans and other documents not specified in these Articles of Association shall be mandatorily signed by:

(a) the President Director, isolatedly; or

(b) an Executive Director, jointly with the President Director or other Executive Director; or

(b) a Director, jointly with the President Director or an Executive Director.

§ 1 – The representation of the Company by attorneys shall be admitted also only in the following cases:

(a) For obligations and liabilities of the Company, the amounts of which shall not be higher than three hundred and fifty thousand Brazilian Reals (R$350,000.00), the Company may be represented through the signature of an attorney, with specific authority, jointly with an Executive Director or Director, or other attorney, designated according to item (f) of Article 7 above.

(b) For obligations or liabilities of the Company, the amounts of which are between three hundred and fifty thousand Brazilian Reals (R$350,000.00), the Company may be represented by an attorney, with specific authority, jointly with an Executive Director or a Director.

§ 2 – In the simple routine cases, such as the execution of applications, vouchers, letters, endorsement of not to bearer checks exclusively for credit in a Company’s bank checking account, they may be represented by a director or attorney designated for this purpose.

§ 3 – The acts practiced in disagreement with the provisions set forth herein shall be null and with no effects as regards the Company.

CHAPTER IV – OFFERING OF COLLATERAL

Article 10 – The acts by any member, directors, attorneys or employees involving the Company into obligations related to businesses or transactions not included in the corporate object, such as suretyship, guarantees, endorsements or any other collateral to the benefit of third parties, are expressly forbidden, and they shall be null and ineffective as regards the Company.

Sole Paragraph – The prohibition contained in this article shall not apply to the grant of guarantees by the Company to third parties to the benefit of companies belonging to the group of companies to which the Company belongs.

CHAPTER V – ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES

Article 11 – The member may assign his/her/its share, in full or in part, to other member, regardless the consent of the others, or to a third party, if there is no opposition by holders of more than one fourth of the capital stock.

CHAPTER VI – EXCLUSION OF MEMBER

Article 12 – The exclusion of a member for cause shall be allowed, provided it is approved by member or members holding more than half of the capital stock.

 

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CHAPTER VII – THE FISCAL YEAR, BALANCE SHEETS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Article 13 – The fiscal year shall start on January 1st and end on December 31. At the end of each fiscal year, and related to it, the balance sheet shall be prepared as well as the other financial statements.

Article 14 – The net profits obtained on a yearly basis shall be allocated according to the resolution by the member or members representing the majority of the capital stock. None of the members shall be entitled to any part of the profits until an express resolution is taken on its allocation. The Company shall prepare half-year balance sheets, distributing interim profits then existing.

CLAUSE VIII – DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

Article 15 – In the case of liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the members shall designate among them a liquidator with the required authority to wind up the Company, who shall proceed according to the laws in force.

Article 16 – After all the creditors are paid and all the obligations are complied with and after all the assets are reduced to cash, the remaining net wealth shall be distributed among the members, at their proportion of the interest of each one in the capital stock of the Company.

Article 17 – The dissolution, winding up, bankruptcy, arrangement with creditors, exit, insolvency or exclusion of any of its members shall not dissolve the Company, which shall continue to operate with the remaining ones, unless these, by mutual agreement, decide to liquidate it. The property of the dissolved, liquidated, extinguished, bankrupted, agreeing with creditors, exiting, insolvent or excluded member shall be assessed based on the last general balance sheets prepared by the Company and they shall be paid to him/her/it or legal successors, within the term of up to six (6) months, counted from the fact, on a single installment adjusted for inflation up to the date of its actual payment based on the General Rate of Market Prices – IGP-M monthly published by Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV, or other rate that shall replace it according to the law.

CHAPTER IX – AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

Article 18 – These articles of association may be freely amended, at any time, by resolution of three fourths of the shareholders.

CHAPTER X – APPLICABLE LAW

Article 19 – The Company shall be governed by articles 1052 to 1087 of the Civil Code, and for the omitted cases, the provisions of the Corporate Law shall apply.

CHAPTER XI – JURISDICTION

Article 20 – The members shall elect the jurisdiction of the Capital of the State of São Paulo, to solve any issues resulting from these Articles of Association, excluding any other, however privileged.

And, in witness whereof, the parties sign this instrument in three (3) counterparties, of equal content, in the presence of two witnesses.

 

Cotia, September 23, 2009
(Sgd.) (illegible)
GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED
By Mateus Dorvato Gianeti
(Sgd.) (illegible)
GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS III LIMITED
By Mateus Donato Gianeti

 

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Witnesses:
Name: Maria Elegiani Damasceno
ID Card RG: 14.231.796-2
Federal Taxpayer ID CPF/MF.: 066.468.708-37
Name: Daniella Santillo Sales
ID Card RG: 19.644.862-1
Federal Taxpayer ID CPF: 146.459.378-71

 

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EX-3.92 88 dex392.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING COMUNICACOES DO BRASIL LTDA. Bylaws of Global Crossing Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda.
Translation into English   Exhibit 3.92
Bylaws and Articles of Association (one and the same)  

AMENDMENT

Registry of Commerce – Filed under No. 0.288.980/10-4

48th AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING

COMUNICAÇÕES DO BRASIL LTDA.

Federal Corporate Taxpayer ID CNPJ/MF No. 72.843.212/0001-41

State Enrollment NIRE No. 35.211.851.263

 

 

Hereby, and according to the law,

I. IMPSAT PARTICIPAÇÕES E COMERCIAL LTDA., a limited liability company, with office in the City of Cotia, State of São Paulo, Avenida Eid Mansur, 666, Parque São George neighborhood, with Federal Taxpayer ID CNPJ No 03.357.424/0001-04 (“Impsat Participações”), herein represented according to its articles of association by its Director, Mr. João Leonardo da Silva Gomes Figueira, Brazilian, married, business administrator, bearer of Identity Card RG No. 17.059.697-7 and with Federal Taxpayer ID CPF/MF No. 163.478.588-60 and with office in the City of Cotia, State of São Paulo, Avenida Eid Mansur, No. 666, Parque São Jorge neighborhood, zip code 06708-070; and

II. GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED, a company organized according to the laws of the United Kingdom, with office in the City of London, England, 1 London Bridge, London SEI 9BG (“GC II”), with Federal Taxpayer ID CNPJ No. 08.890.281/0001-07, herein represented by its attorney, Antonio Felix de Araújo Cintra, Brazilian, single, lawyer, bearer of Identity Card RG No. 7.783.159, with Federal Taxpayer ID CPF/MF No. 111.384.578-33, with office in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, No. 1328, Vila Clementino neighborhood, zip code 04038-904;

in the condition of member representing the whole capital stock of GLOBAL CROSSING COMUNICAÇÕES DO BRASIL LTDA., a limited liability company with office in the City of Cotia, Sate of São Paulo, Avenida Eid Mansur, 666, Parque São George neighborhood, with Federal Taxpayer ID CNPJ No 72.843.212/0001-41 (“Company”), with its Bylaws duly filed with the Registry of Commerce of the State of São Paulo –JUCESP under NIRE No. 35.211.851.263, in session of September 23, 1993, decide to amend the Articles of Association of the Company, according to the following terms and conditions:

1. Hereby, and according to the law, the members decide to amend Article 3 of the Articles of Association, which shall be read as follows:

“Article 3 – The corporate object includes:

(a) To provide Multimedia Communication Services (SCM), in Brazil and abroad, by means of optic fiber, satellite, digital radio and/or other technologies, by own means and/or third parties’;

(b) To provide Commuted Fixed Telephone Service in the modalities local, domestic and international long distance in the whole Brazilian territory;

(c) To rent and commercialize telecommunication and IT equipment, license and sublicense of software and other copyrights, related to the activities described in the items below;

 

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(d) To provide added value services, that add to a preexisting network of a telecommunication service, means and/or resources that create new specific utilities or new productive activities, related to the access to the Internet, management and monitoring of own and/or third parties’ networks, storage, transfer and recovery of data and information;

(e) To provide IT (Information Technology) services in the modalities of (i) hosting, management and monitoring of servers, data and software of third parties, (ii) storage and backup of information, and (iii) logic security of data;

(f) Assignment, rental and sub-rental of network infrastructure for telecommunications, such as dark fibers, ducts, sub-ducts, junction boxes, space in shelters and connection points and its facilities;

(g) Participation in other business or civil entities, as member, shareholder or quotaholder.

2. The other articles of these Articles of Association remain unchanged, and they are hereby unanimously and expressly approved and ratified by the Members. 3. The Members decide, by mutual and common agreement, to restate the Articles of Association of the Company, which shall be read as follows:

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

GLOBAL CROSSING COMUNICAÇÕES DO BRASIL LTDA.

CHAPTER 1 – NAME AND OFFICE

Article 1 – The Company’s name is GLOBAL CROSSING COMUNICAÇÕES DO BRASIL LTDA.

Article 2 – The Company has its head office in the City of Cotia, State of São Paulo, Avenida Eid Mansur, No. 666, first floor, Parque São George neighborhood, zip code 06708-070, and may have branches, offices and agencies in any place of Brazil and abroad, by resolution of member or members representing the majority of the capital stock or the Board of Directors of the Company.

§1 – The Company has a branch in the City of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Pedro II, 329, Engenho Velho neighborhood, zip code 20941-070.

§2 – The Company has a branch in the City of Curitiba, State of Paraná, Rua do Semeador, 350, Campo Comprido District, zip code 81270-050.

§3 – The Company has a branch in the City of Cotia, State of São Paulo, Avenida Eid Mansur, 666, first floor, Parque São George neighborhood, zip code 067088-070.

§4 – The Company has a branch in the City of Brasília, Federal District, SB/NORTE, Block 01, Building B, No. 14, suites 303 and 304, Confederação Nacional do Comércio Building, zip code 70041-902.

§5 – The Company has a branch in the City of Londrina, State of Paraná, Avenida Higienópolis, No. 210, suite 702, 7th floor, Londrina Trade Center Building, Downtown, zip code 86020-080.

§6 – The Company has a branch in the City of Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Carlos Gomes, 141, suite 806, Mont Serrat neighborhood, zip code 90480-003. , §7 – The Company has a branch in the City of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Avenida Brasil, 1438, suites 601, 602, 603, 604 and 605, Funcionários neighborhood, zip code 30140-003.

§8 – The Company has a branch in the City of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Rua Conceição, 233, 21st floor, suite 2114, Downtown, zip code 13010-050.

 

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§9 – The Company has a branch in the City of Barueri, State of São Paulo, Avenida Tamboré, 1400/1440, Alphaville neighborhood, zip code 06460-000.

§10 – The Company has a branch in the City of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Avenida Eng. Domingos Ferreira, 2391, suite 602 - Boa Viagem neighborhood, zip code 51020-031.

§11 – The Company has a branch in the City of Salvador, State of Bahia, Rua das Vassouras No. 2, Fleming Building, suite 206, Downtown, zip code 40020-020.

§12 – The Company has a branch in the City of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Estrada dos Bandeirantes, No. 12.178 - Vargem Pequena neighborhood, zip code 22.783-112.

§13 – The Company has a branch in the City of Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Avenida Dioguinho, No. 2.950 - Praia do Futuro neighborhood, zip code 60.181-770.

§14 – The Company has a branch in the City of Praia Grande, State of São Paulo, Avenida Moisés D’Oliveira, No. 100 - Vila Imirim neighborhood, zip code 11.709-000.

CHAPTER II – CORPORATE OBJECT

Article 3 – The corporate object includes:

(h) To provide Multimedia Communication Services (SCM), in Brazil and abroad, by means of optic fiber, satellite, digital radio and/or other technologies, by own and/or third parties’ means;

(i) To provide Commuted Fixed Telephone Service in the modalities local, domestic and international long distance in the whole Brazilian territory;

(j) To rent and commercialize telecommunication and IT equipment, license and sublicense of software and other copyrights, related to the activities described in the items below;

(k) To provide added value services, that add to a preexisting network of a telecommunication service, means and/or resources that create new specific utilities or new productive activities, related to the access to the Internet, management and monitoring of own and/or third parties’ networks, storage, transfer and recovery of data and information;

(l) To provide IT (Information Technology) services in the modalities of (i) hosting, management and monitoring of servers, data and software of third parties, (ii) storage and backup of information, and (iii) logic security of data;

(m) Assignment, rental and sub-rental of network infrastructure for telecommunications, such as dark fibers, ducts, sub-ducts, junction boxes, space in shelters and connection points and its facilities;

(n) Participation in other business or civil entities, as member, shareholder or quotaholder.

CHAPTER III – TERM OF DURATION

Article 4 – The term of existence of the Company is perpetual.

 

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CHAPTER IV – CAPITAL STOCK

Article 5 – The capital stock of the Company is of five hundred and four million, nine hundred and ninety-six thousand, eight hundred and forty-seven Brazilian Reals (R$ 504,996,847.00), fully subscribed and paid in the Brazilian legal tender, goods and rights, divided into five hundred and four million, nine hundred and ninety-six thousand, eight hundred and forty-seven (504.996.847) shares, with par value of one Brazilian Real (R$ 1.00) each, distributed between the members as follows:

 

Name

   Number of
shares
   Value of the
shares (R$)
   Percentage
on the
capital
 

Impsat Participações e Comercial Ltda.

   305,925,812    305,925,812.00    60.58

GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

   199,071,035    199,071,035.00    39.42

Total

   504,996,847    504,996.847.00    100

Sole Paragraph – The liability of each member is restricted to the value of its shares, but all of them are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the capital stock.

CHAPTER V – THE MANAGEMENT AND REPRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY

Article 6 – The administration and the management of the Company shall be the responsibility of the members that may delegate their authority to up to seven (7) officers, residing and domiciled in Brazil, who shall be designated as President Director, Executive Directors and Directors.

Sole Paragraph – The compensation of the officers shall be on a monthly basis as a “pro labore”, the amount of which shall be established and paid according to the applicable legal and contractual provisions.

Article 7 – The Officers shall be responsible for the general management of the Company and the practice of all the acts necessary or convenient to the management of the Company. The Officers shall have authority, among others, to:

(a) ensure the compliance with the law and these articles of association and implement the decisions taken in the shareholders meetings;

(b) administrate, manage and conduct the business of the Company, as well as to purchase, sell, exchange, burden or in any other way to acquire goods for the Company, determining their prices, terms and conditions;

(c) sign any documents, including those entailing liability or obligation for the Company, including indentures, debt securities, exchange instruments, checks, payment orders and others;

(d) prepare internal regulations, rules and other similar directives related to the Company’s management;

(e) delegate the several attributions and functions among the employees of the Company; and

(f) designate attorneys on behalf of the Company.

Sole Paragraph – Any of the Officers, jointly or severally, shall have authority to represent the Company, as petitioner or respondent, in or out of Court, before third parties, before any federal, state or city public departments, as well as before autonomous government agencies, privately and publicly held companies and quasi-governmental entities.

 

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Article 8 – All the acts and documents which entail assumption of liability or obligation by or for the Company, such as grant of powers of attorney, any type of agreements, indentures, checks, promissory notes, exchange letters, payment orders, debt instruments in general, including contracting of loans and other documents not specified in these Articles of Association shall be mandatorily signed by:

(a) the President Director, isolatedly; or

(b) an Executive Director, jointly with the President Director or other Executive Director; or

(b) a Director, jointly with the President Director or an Executive Director.

§ 1 – The representation of the Company by attorneys shall be admitted also only in the following cases:

(a) For obligations and liabilities of the Company, the amounts of which do not exceed R$360,000.00, the Company may be represented through the signature of an attorney, with specific authority, jointly with an Executive Director or a Director, or other attorney, designated according to item f of Article 7 above.

(b) For obligations or liabilities of the Company, the amounts of which are between R$350,000.00 and R$3,500,000.00, the Company may be represented by an attorney, with specific authority, jointly with an Executive Director or a Director.

§ 2 – In the simple routine cases, such as the execution of applications, vouchers, letters, endorsement of not to bearer checks exclusively for credit in a Company’s bank checking account, they may be represented by a director or attorney designated for this purpose.

§ 3 – The acts practiced in disagreement with the provisions set forth herein shall be null and with no effects as regards the Company.

Article 9 – The acts by any member, directors, attorneys or employees involving the Company into obligations related to businesses or transactions not included in the corporate object, such as suretyship, guarantees, endorsements or any other collateral to the benefit of third parties, are expressly forbidden, and they shall be null and ineffective as regards the Company.

Sole Paragraph – The prohibition contained in this article shall not apply to the grant of guarantees by the Company to third parties to the benefit of companies belonging to the group of companies to which the Company belongs.

CHAPTER VI – ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF SHARES

Article 10 – The member may assign his/her/its share, in full or in part, to other member, regardless the consent by of the others, or to a third party, if there is no opposition by holders of more than one fourth of the capital stock.

CHAPTER VII – FISCAL YEAR, BALANCE SHEETS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Article 11 – The fiscal year shall start on January 1st and end on December 31st. At the end of each fiscal year, and related to it, the balance sheet shall be prepared as well as the other financial statements.

Article 12 – The net profits obtained on a yearly basis shall be allocated according to the resolution by the member or members representing the majority of the capital stock. None of the members shall be entitled to any part of the profits until an express resolution is taken on its allocation. The Company shall prepare half-year balance sheets, distributing interim profits then existing.

 

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CHAPTER VIII – LIQUIDATION

Article 13 – In the case of liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the members shall designate among them a liquidator with the required authority to wind up the Company, who shall proceed according to the laws in force.

Sole Paragraph – After all the creditors are paid and all the obligations are complied with and after all the assets are reduced to cash, the remaining net wealth shall be distributed among the members, at their proportion of the interest of each one in the capital stock of the Company.

Article 14 – The dissolution, winding up, bankruptcy, arrangement with creditors, exit, insolvency or exclusion of any of its members shall not dissolve the Company, which shall continue to operate with the remaining ones, unless these, by mutual agreement, decide to liquidate it. The property of the dissolved, liquidated, extinguished, bankrupted, agreeing with creditors, exiting, insolvent or excluded member shall be assessed based on the last general balance sheets prepared by the Company and they shall be paid to him/her/it or legal successors, within the term of up to 6 months, counted from the fact, on a single installment adjusted for inflation up to the date of its actual payment based on the General Rate of Market Prices - IGP-M monthly published by Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV, or other rate that shall replace it according to the law.

CHAPTER IX – AMENDMENT

Article 15 – These Articles of Association may be freely amended, at any time, by resolution of three fourths of the shareholders.

CHAPTER X – MISCELLANEOUS

Article 16 – To solve the issues arising hereof the parties elect the Court Jurisdiction of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, excluding any other, however privileged.

Article 17 – These Articles of Association shall be complemented by the provisions related to the limited liability company provisions set forth in the corporate law.”

In witness whereof, the parties execute this Instrument in four (04) counterparties of equal content and form for one single effect, in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses, and the parties undertake, for themselves and their heirs, successors and assignees under any title.

 

Cotia, March 30, 2010.
IMPSAT PARTICIPAÇÕES E COMERCIAL LTDA.
By João Leonardo da Silva Gomes Figueira
GC IMPSAT HOLDINGS II LIMITED
By Antonio Felix de Araujo Cintra
Witnesses:
Name: Maria Elegiani Damasceno
ID Card RG: 14.231.796-2
Federal Taxpayer ID CPF/MF.: 066.468.708-37

 

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Name: Daniella Santillo Sales
ID Card RG: 19.644.862-1
Federal Taxpayer ID CPF: 146.459.378-71

(Stamp:) State Department of Treasury. Registry of Commerce of the State of São Paulo. I hereby certify the registration under number 114.516/10-8. (Sgd.) (illegible),

Kátia Regina Bueno de Godoy, Registrar

 

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EX-3.93 89 dex393.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING CHILE S.A. Bylaws of Global Crossing Chile S.A.

EXHIBIT 3.93

Translation into English

Exhibit 3.93 Global Crossing Chile, S.A. – Bylaws

CONSOLIDATED BYLAWS OF

GLOBAL CROSSING CHILE CORPORATION

ARTICLE ONE: NAME, ADDRESS, PURPOSE AND TERM OF THE COMPANY

SECTION 1: This Corporation is hereby organized as a closely-held corporation under the provisions and subject voluntarily to the requirements of the laws governing private corporations in compliance with Law No. 18.046, and known, identified and referred to as GLOBAL CROSSING CHILE S.A., having its domicile in the city of Santiago, and shall establish offices, branches and agencies within the country or abroad.

SECTION 2: The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

SECTION 3: As a result of the merger under which Impsat Chile SA Corporation was taken over by Global Crossing Chile SA, the latter continues to develop both the purposes of Impsat Chile SA as well as its own purposes. In view of the foregoing, it is deemed necessary to complement the purposes of Global Crossing Chile SA with that of the acquired company Impsat Chile SA., replacing the purposes of the Corporation set forth in Article 3 of its Bylaws by the following: To do research, develop, manufacture, supply, install, operate, maintain, renovate, improve, acquire and lease equipment, systems, procedures or instruments for telecommunications management, to provide, operate and provide telecommunications services for the transmission of data, voice and video in all its aspects and possibilities, including the transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals , writing, images, sounds or information of any kind; to provide


telecommunication services; to provide technical and commercial assistance; to make all kinds of investments in personal and real property; to use, registry and record all kinds of commercial trademarks, tradenames, patents, invention patent and any other intellectual property rights in its own name or on behalf of third parties, and, in general, to perform any other supplementary, subsidiary or auxiliary service, means or activity of the aforementioned telecommunications; all within the framework of the applicable law and regulations governing the telecommunications. In furtherance of its purpose, the Corporation may perform any acts and activities related to such purpose, directly or indirectly in its own name or on behalf of third parties, by itself or through representatives, agents, correspondents, licensees and third parties in general.

ARTICLE TWO: CAPITAL AND SHARES OF STOCK

SECTION 4: The capital of the Corporation shall be CLP 53,169,177,697 (Chilean Pesos Fifty three thousand, one hundred sixty nine million, one hundred seventy seven thousand, six hundred ninety seven) divided into 79,613,188 registered shares of stock. All such shares are of the same series without nominal value.

SECTION 5: The capital and the value of the shares of stock shall be understood as having been lawfully modified provided that the shareholders at an Annual General Meeting approved the Balance Sheet for the corresponding fiscal year. The Balance Sheet shall set forth the new capital and the value of the shares resulting from the allocation of the restatement of the share capital. For the purposes of the foregoing, the Board of Directors, upon submission of the Balance Sheet for the financial year for consideration by the shareholders at the meeting, shall previously proportionately distribute the restatement of the share capital among the accounts of paid-in capital, retained earnings and other representative account of the shareholders equity.


SECTION 6: The unpaid balance of the subscribed shares of stock shall be readjusted in the same proportion as the variation of the value of the Unidad de Fomento. The term in order to settle such balance shall be of 3 (three) years. The stock which price is not paid in full shall enjoy the same rights of those fully paid shares of stock, except in relation to their respective participation in social benefits and returns of capital, in which case such shares shall participate in proportion to the shares paid. Should shareholders fail to pay all or part of the shares subscribed for by them in due time, the Corporation may resort to any of the means for that purpose provided for in Article 17 of Law No. 18.046.

SECTION 7: The shares of stock shall be registered, and in their form, subscription, issuance, delivery, replacement, exchange, transfer, transmission or cancellation the provisions of Law No. 18.046 shall apply. The Corporation is not entitled to decide on the transfer of shares and shall record any transfer presented for registration without further delay, provided that such transfer complies with the minimum formalities established by the Bylaws.

ARTICLE THREE: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 8: The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, which shall consist of 5 members elected by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, and shall hold office for a period of 3 years, upon which completion such managerial positions shall be renewed in its entirety, and such Directors may be reelected indefinitely.

SECTION 9: Each Director shall not recive compensation for the performance of their duties.

SECTION 10: A quorum at a Board of Director’s Meetings shall be constituted by an absolute majority of the number of Directors of the Corporation, and its resolutions shall be adopted by the majority of the Directors entitled to cast a vote. In the event


of equality, the Chairman shall provide the casting vote. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman at the first meeting held after their election by the shareholders at the appropriate Shareholders’ Meeting, who shall also act as the President the Corporation. The Board of Directors Meetings shall be Regular of Special. The Board of Directors shall hold Regular Meetings at least once per month at the date, time and place as may be determined by the Board of Directors and may be held without notice. Special Meetings shall be held upon the Chairman’s call, on behalf of himself or at the request of one or more Directors, subject to the prior qualification by the Chairman on the need of such meeting, unless it is requested by the majority of Directors, in which case such meeting shall necessarily be held without previous qualification. The business transacted at such meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the call for that meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held in different places from the registered office and principal place of business. Upon the presence of all the Directors in office, they may hold meetings at any time and place, and to try and agree on any matter within their powers. The resolutions and decisions of the Board of Directors shall be registered in the relevant minute book, which should be signed by the Directors attending each meeting. Should a Director wish not be held liable for any act or agreement of the Board, his dissent shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting, of which shall be accounted for at the next Shareholders Annual General Meeting by the Chairman. Upon assumption by a Director that a minutes suffers from inaccuracies or omissions, such Director has the right to affix the relevant qualifications before his signature.

SECTION 11: The Board of Directors shall have the judicial and extrajudicial representation of the Corporation with regard to the fulfillment of its purposes, which shall not need to be proven to third parties. The Board of Directors shall be vested with all the powers of administration of the day-to-day management and disposal that the applicable law or the Bylaws do not provide as exclusive power of the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, without need to furnish any special power, even for those acts or contracts for which the laws require such powers. The abovementioned provision does not prevent from the representation vested in the


Chief Executive Officer of the company as provided by the applicable law and the Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate its powers to the Officers, Assistant Managers or Attorneys of the Corporation, to a Director or a Committee of Directors and for such purposes expressly fixed in other people.

ARTICLE 12: The Corporation shall have a Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Board of Directors, which shall establish his powers and duties. The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for the immediate direction of the affairs of society. He is empowered to represent the Corporation before the Court, being legally vested with the powers set forth in both paragraphs of Article 7 of the Code of Civil Proceedings, and may have the right to speak at the Board or Directorts’ Meetings, sharing the same Director’s liability with regard to any resolution taken against the interests of the Corporation or the shareholders if his dissent decision is not recorded in the Minutes. The CEO shall also have the obligations and responsibilities set forth by the applicable law and regulations relating to corporations. In the event of absence or temporary disability of the CEO, the Board of Directors may appoint a replacement. The position of CEO is incompatible with that of Director, Chairman, Auditor or Accountant of the Corporation.

ARTICLE FOUR: MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 13: The shareholders of the Corporation shall hold Annual General Meetings and Special Meetings, which shall take place at the Registered Office of the Corporation.

SECTION 14: Annual General Meetings shall be held at such date as may be determined by the Board of Directors within the four-month period following the closing date of each fiscal year, aiming at deciding on matters within their scope of authority without need of a prior notice. Shareholders at an Annual General Meeting shall: (i) examine the corporation financial state and the Auditor Reports,


the approval or rejection of the Annual Report, the Balance Sheet, the Results and any financial statement submitted by the administrators or liquidators of the Corporation; (ii) distribute profits of each fiscal year, particularly the distribution of dividends, (iii) elect or remove regular members and alternate members of the Board of Directors, liquidators and supervisors of the administration; and (iv) in general, transact about any area of social interest that is not an exclusive matter of a Special Meeting.

SECTION 15: Special Meetings shall be held at any time, as may be determined by the needs of the Corporation in order to resolve any matter that the applicable law or the Bylaws bring under consideration of the shareholders at the Shareholders’ Meeting, provided that such items are indicated in the call for the Meeting. Such items shall be transacted at the Board of Directors on its own initiative, or at the request of the Chilean Securities and Insurance Commission, or at the request of shareholders representing no less than 10% of the issued shares carrying voting rights. Such order or request shall indicate the nature of the business to be transacted at the call for the Meeting, which purpose shall be limited only by the items included in the notice. Shareholders at a Special Meeting called for this purpose may grant: (i) liquidation of the Corporation; (ii) conversion, merge or spin-off and amendment of the Bylaws; (iii) bond, convertible bonds and debenture issuance; (iv) disposal of fixed assets and liabilities or disposal of whole assets; (v) granting of collateral or personal guarantees to guarantee debts of third parties, unless such third parties be affiliated companies, in which case the Board of Directors’ approval shall suffice; and (vi) other any matter which pursuant to the applicable law or the Bylaws pertain to the scope of the Shareholders’ Meetings. The businesses referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall only be resolved at a Shareholders’ Meeting in the presence of a Notary Public, who shall certify that the Minutes of such Meeting be a true and accurate copy of what has been agreed at such Meeting.


SECTION 16: The call to the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting or Special Meetings shall be given by virtue of a prominent notice published at least three times on different days in the newspaper where the Company has its principal place of business as determined by the Board of Shareholders. Failure to reach an agreement, or upon suspension or disappearance of the designated newspaper, it shall be published at the Official Legal Newspaper at the time, manner and conditions specified in the Bylaws. Additionally, a notice in writing shall be sent to each shareholder with no less than 15 days before the celebration of the meeting, with reference to the purposes to be transacted at such meeting. Meetings will be considered valid when the holders of a majority of shares of capital stock entitled to vote are present, even if the formalities required for the call have not been complied with.

SECTION 17: The holders of the majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at the Meetings of Shareholders on first call; and in the second call, the quorum shall be constituted by the holders of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy. When a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the question is one involving the amendment of Bylaws, in which an absolute majority of the issued shares with voting rights is required or two-thirds of such shares if the business to be transacted at the meeting involves: (i) the conversion, spin-off or merge with other companies; (ii) the change in the term of duration of the Corporation, if any; (iii) the early termination of the Corporation; (iv) the change of corporate place of business; (v) a capital reduction; (vi) the approval of contributions and the assessment of non-cash assets; (vii) the modification to the powers reserved to the Meetings of


Shareholders or limitations on the powers of the Board of Directors; the decrease in the number Directors; (viii) the disposal of capital assets or liabilities or the assets in total; (x) the manner of distribution of social benefits; and (xi) the remedy to the defense against annulments due to formal defects in the corporate formation or in the amendment of its Bylaws when the subject matter involves one or more items mentioned in the above paragraphs. Any amendment to the Bylaws aimed at the creation, modification, or cancellation of preference rights shall be approved by the affirmative vote of two thirds of the shares of the class or classes affected by such resolution.

ARTICLE 5: BALANCE SHEET AND DIVIDENDS

SECTION 18: A Balance Sheet of the operations of the Corporation shall be prepared as at December 31st of each year. The Board of Directors shall submit such Balance Sheet to the consideration of the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, with an Annual Report on the financial situation of the Corporation in the last fiscal year, accompanied by the Auditor’s Report, the Profit and Loss Account, and the report thereon submitted by the external auditors and controllers, if any. All these documents shall clearly reflect the assets of the Corporation at the closing of the respective fiscal year and the profits or losses incurred in the same period.

SECTION 19: The Board of Directors shall resolve the allocation of the net profits arising from the Balance Sheet, and may resolve to distribute all or part of the dividends to the shareholders on a pro rata basis of their holdings, or to set aside dividends in whole or in part as a reserve or to be capitalized, or to other purposes. In any case, upon the existence of net profits, and unless otherwise provided by the shareholders unanimous consent, at least 30% of earnings as cash dividends shall be distributed among the shareholders on a pro rata basis of their holdings.


ARTICLE 6: AUDIT

SECTION 20: The shareholders at the Annual General Meeting shall annually appoint independent external auditors to review the accounting, inventory, Balance Sheet and other financial statements of the Corporation, to monitor corporate transactions and to report in writing on the performance of their duties to be submitted to the decision of the shareholders at the next Annual General Meeting.

ARTICLE 7: WINDING UP

SECTION 21: Upon dissolution of the Corporation, the winding up shall be carried out by a Liquidation Commission made up by three members appointed by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting or Special Meeting, as the case may be, which shall fix its compensation. This commission shall appoint a Chairman from among its members, who represent the Corporation in and out of court. During the liquidation period, the Bylaws of the Corporation shall apply, insofar as it is compatible with such winding up and the Corporation shall maintain its legal status for the purposes of liquidation.

ARTICLE 8: GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 22: Any controversy arising between the shareholders in their capacity as such, or between them and the Corporation or its Directors, either during the term of existence of the Corporation or during its liquidation, shall be submitted to arbitration. The arbitrator shall render his decision without further recourse and shall be appointed by mutual agreement of the parties and, upon failure of agreement, by the Courts of Justice, in which case the arbitrator shall act in his capacity as de jure arbitrator.


SECTION 23: Unless otherwise provided for in this Bylaws, the provisions of Law No. 18.046 and its regulations shall apply.

PROVISIONAL SECTION: The capital of the Corporation shall be CLP 53,169,177,697 (Chilean Pesos Fifty three thousand, one hundred sixty nine million, one hundred seventy seven thousand, six hundred ninety seven) divided into 79,613,188 registered shares of stock. All such shares are of the same series without nominal value, and is and shall be paid in as follows: (i) With the sum of CLP 47,262,950,545 divided into 39,806,594 shares of stock corresponding to the paid in capital as at August 29th 2008, with the shares fully subscribed for, fully paid up and issued as follows: 39,806,593 shares of stock registered under the name of Global Crossing International Networks LTD. and 1 share of stock registered under the name of the shareholder South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.; (ii) With the sum of CLP 5,906,227,134, divided into 39,806,594 shares of stock corresponding to the capital increase approved by the shareholders at the Special Meeting held on August 29th 2008, pursuant to the Merger Agreement thereby approved. Such shares of stock being charged against the net assets of the merged corporation Impsat Chile S.A., and being distributed among GC Impsat Holdings II Limited, which owns 39,806,593 shares of stock, and GC Impsat Holdings III Limited, which owns 1 share of stock, for being the only shareholders of the acquired company in proportion to its shareholding in Impsat Chile SA. This net assets is incorporated by virtue of the aforementioned Merger Agreement approved by the shareholders at the Special Meeting held on August 29th 2008.


History of Marginal Notes on Chile Registrar

CBRS Santiago Real Estate Registrar

 

Morandé 440   Telephone: 390 0800   www.conservador.cl
Santiago   Fax: 695 3807   info@conservador.cl

Santiago Registry of Commerce

Copy of the Registration

The subscriber Registrar of Commerce certifies that the attached registration, corresponding to the partnership “Global Crossing Chile S.A.”, and that is recorded on page 21832, number 17329 of Santiago Registry of Commerce in 1999, is faithful to the original.

Moreover, it certifies that on the margin of said registration there is no note or additional registrations to inform that the partners or shareholders, as applicable, have stated a termination date for the company in May 12, 2010.

Finally, it certifies that said registration does not have any additional registrations or marginal notes other than the ones stated in the document.

Registration rights corresponding to this record total $6,400.

Santiago, May 13, 2010.

(There is a seal and an illegible signature)

Record number: 4498412

Code: 44a3ec-8d46c-0

This document has an advanced electronic signature in compliance with Act 19,799. The effect of the electronic signature in the document, as well as its integrity and authenticity, may be verified at www.cbrchile.cl, where it will be available for 90 days after the date of issuance. The printed document is just a copy of the original document.


Santiago Real Estate Registrar

Page: 21832

MB16-09.C8

No. 17329

BY LAWS

“SAC Chile S.A.”

Rep: 18452

C: 800457

Santiago, September 8, 1999. As petitioned by Mr. Miguel Angel Reyes, I leave record of the following: Enrique Mira Gazmuri, substitute Public Notary of the notary in charge of the Notary Office No. 29 of Santiago. Raúl Undurraga Laso, Mac Iver 225, Office 302, certify that: today with a public deed, before me, South American Crossing Ltd. And South American Crossing Holdings Ltd., both trade partnerships, domiciled at Wessex House, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton, Bermuda, found a public limited corporation. Name: “SAC Chile S.A.”. Objective: (one) celebrate all kind of actions and agreements related to goods used to provide telecommunications service; (two) be directly or indirectly involved in partnerships to provide telecommunications services independently or together with third parties; (three) provide telecommunications services; (four) provide technical and trade advice; (five) make all kind of investments in personal and real property; and (six) register and use, by itself of by third parties, all kinds of trade marks, trade names, patents, investment certifications and other intellectual property rights. Residence: Santiago. Term: Indefinite. Equity: 10 million pesos, Divided in 10,000 shares with the same issue, value and no face value, entirely subscribed and payable three years after the date of the deed. Santiago, August 27, 1999. There is an illegible signature.- The extract is included at the end of the current period of two months of Trade.


Continuation of Marginal Notes

Power modification, revocation and designation. By deed with date October 4, 2000, before notary Raúl Undurraga L., recorded on page 21155, No. 16874, the Board of Directors of the partnership approves the resignation filed by Mr. Patricio Muñoz of the General Manager position and designates Mr. William Neilson to said position.- It modifies the power regime contained in the deed entered into in March 27, 2000, at the notary office of Mr. Iván Torrealba A., and revokes the individual power granted to Mr. Patricio Muñoz, and grants it to the new General Manager Mr. William Neilson.- Santiago, October 11, 2000.- L. Maldonado.

Amend.- By deed with date December 29, 2000, before notary Antonieta Mendoza E., enrolled on page 3662, No. 3007, the bylaws of the partnership were amended.- The equity was raised to $11,202,150,000.- Santiago, February 2, 2001.- L. Maldonado C.-

Power Revocation and Modification.- By deed with date November 21, 2000, issued by the notary office of Mr. Raúl Undurraga L., registered on page 3702, No. 3017, Mr. Alvaro Ramirez M.’s resignation to the position of Director was approved.- All powers granted to Mr. Patricio Muñoz S. are revoked.- The banking special power stated by the deed is revoked.- Santiago, February 2, 2001.- L. Maldonado C.-

Special power. By deed with date January 24, 2001, before notary Raúl Undurraga L., recorded on page 4911, No. 3959, the Board of Directors of the partnership grants a special power to Mr. Jorge L. Planas and Ms. Daisy Murillo, with the powers stated in the deed.- Santiago, February 14 , 2001.- R. Bennett.-

Revocation and Power. By deed with date August 31, 2001, granted in the notary office of Antonieta Mendoza E., recorded on page 23419, No. 18916, the Board of Directors of the partnership revoked the powers granted to Joseph Guzmán and Shevi L. Cook, Jorge L. Planas and Daisy Murillo and granted a power to Mr. Graham Pierce and Ms. Kerry Linch with the powers and terms described in the deed.- Santiago, September 6, 2001.- L. Maldonado.-

Power. By deed with date November 8, 2001, issued before notary Ivan Torrealba A., recorded on page 29146, No. 23786. The Board of Directors of the partnership granted a special power to Ms. Kerry Lynch and Ms. Luisa Cerar with the powers set forth in the deed.- Santiago, November 13, 2001.- R. Bennett.-

Revocation, designation and power. By deed with date November 20, 2001, granted at the notary office of Antonieta Mendoza E., recorded on page 30760, No. 25084, Ms. Luisa D. Cerar was designated new General Manager substituting Mr. William Neilson who has resigned and all his previously granted powers were revoked. Powers are granted to the General Manager.- Santiago, November 28, 2001.- R. Bennett.-

Designation and special power.- By deed with date November 20, 2001, granted at the notary office of Ms. Antonieta Mendoza E., recorded on page 30764, No. 25085, Mr. Sergio Soto Cabezas was designated legal representative of the partnership before the Domestic Tax Service and he was granted a special power, November 28, 2001.- R. Bennett.-

Amend. By deed with date April 23, 2002, granted at the notary office of Ms. Antonieta Mendoza E., recorded on page 11752, No. 9726, the bylaws of the partnership were amended. The equity was increased to $20,907,262,000.- Santiago, May 10, 2002.- L. Maldonado.-


Power.- By deed with date March 27, 2003, issued before notary Mr. Patricio Zaldivar M. recorded on page 10116, No. 7919, the appearing party Ms. Leusa D. Cerar, on behalf of the partnership, grants a special power to Mr. Sergio Soto Cabezas with the powers stated in the deed. Santiago, April 12, 2003.- L. Maldonado.-

Amend. By deed with date May 18, 2004, before notary Eduardo Avello, recorded on page 16482, No. 12393, the bylaws of the partnership were amended. Equity is increased to $24,949,307,604.- Santiago, June 4, 2004.- L. Maldonado.-

Amend. By deed with date December 20, 2004, before notary Eduardo Avello C., recorded on page 41430, No. 30802, the bylaws of the partnership were amended. Equity is increased to $46,719,192,371.- Santiago, December 22, 2004.- Francisco Barriga V.-

Rectification.- By deed with date May 25, 2006, before notary Mr. Eduardo Avello C., recorded on page 22440, No. 15540, registration on page 41430, No. 30802 in 2004 was rectified with regard to the equity which amounts to $46,170,307,604.- Santiago, June 9, 2006.- L. Maldonado.-

Revocation, Power Modification and Power.- By deed with date October 24, 2006, before notary Mr. Eduardo Avello C., recorded on page 44392, No. 31551, the Board of Directors of the partnership revokes all powers granted to Ms. Kerry Lynch and Mr. Graham Pierce.- The regime of the powers granted by the deed with date September 26, 2003 and November 8, 2001 is modified.- Santiago, October 31, 2006.- L. Maldonado.-

Revocation, designation and power.- By deed with date May 29, 2007, before notary Eduardo Avello C., recorded on page 23160, No. 16900 the powers granted to Luisa Cerar were revoked. He and others were empowered in the terms stated in the deed. Santiago, June 6, 2007.- Luis Maldonado.

Statement.- By deed with date April 18, 2008, before notary Mr. Eduardo Avello C., the appearing party Mr. Sergio L. Soto Cabezas in his role of General Manager of the partnership, states that being the term to enter the equity overdue, it is decreased with full rights to the amount of $47,262,950,545 divided in 39,506,594 shares, all with the same and only series and without any face value.- Santiago, April 23, 2008.- Luis Maldonado.-

Amend. By deed with date August 18, 2008, before notary Mr. Eduardo Avello C., recorded on page 39446, No. 27155, the bylaws of the partnership were amended. The name will be: Global Crossing Chile S.A.- Santiago, August 25, 2008.- Luis A. Maldonado C.-

Amend due to merger.- By deed with date August 29, 2008, before notary Mr. Eduardo Avello C., recorded on page 42279, No. 29058, the bylaws of the partnership were amended as Impsat Chile S.A. was merged and absorbed, which was dissolved and the partnership incorporates all its shares and equity. Equity was increased to $53,169,177,679.- Santiago, September 10, 2008.- F. Barriga.-

Amend due to merger.- By deed with date September 23, 2008, before notary Mr. Eduardo Avello C., recorded on page 47054, No. 32425, the merger referred to by the note above was executed.- Santiago, October 9, 2008.- L. Maldonado.-

Amend.- By deed with date November 27, 2008, issued at the notary office of Mr. Raúl I. Perry P., recorded on page 55926, No. 38741, the bylaws of the partnership were amended. Santiago, November 28, 2008.- Luis Maldonado C.-

Revocation and designation of General Manager.- By deed with date April 7, 2009, issued at the notary office of Mr. Félix Jara, recorded on page 34785, No. 23804, the powers granted to Mr. Sergio Soto Cabezas as General Manager were revoked and Mr. Leonardo P.


Miranda P. was designated as the new general manager with the powers stated in the deed.- Santiago, July 28, 2009.- L. Maldonado.-

Power.- By deed with date July 6, 2009, issued at the notary office of Mr. Félix Jara, recorded on page 34788, No. 23805, the powers granted by the partnership to date were revoked.- Power was granted to Mr. Leonardo Miranda P. and the parties stated in the deed.- Santiago, July 28, 2009.- L. Maldonado.

EX-3.94 90 dex394.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICIOS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. Bylaws of Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Translation into English     Exhibit 3.94

3.94 Global Crossing Servicios S. de R.L. de C.V. - Bylaws

THE CONTRACT OF THIS COMMERCIAL COMPANY by which “GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICIOS” a LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OF VARIABLE CAPITAL is organized, the parties to this contract “PAN AMERICAN CROSSING UK, LTD” represented by ANDRES ACEDO MORENO, who also appears for his own right, in accordance with the following by-laws and the authorization of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, number zero nine zero two three five three four, record number nine nine zero nine zero two three zero two five, folio twenty three thousand, seven hundred and twenty four, dated July seventh, 1999, attached hereto as appendix “B”.

BY-LAWS

ONE. NAME. The name of the company is “GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICIOS” to which must always be added the phrase “SOCIEDAD DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA DE CAPITAL VARIABLE” [type of limited liability company of variable capital] or its abbreviation in Spanish “S DE R.L. DE C.V.”

TWO. PURPOSE. The purpose of this company is the following:

 

  I. To provide any type of service related to managing, technical assistance, research, handling, human resources, supervision, counseling, publicity, commercial development, monitoring, sales, organization and other related issues for any type of company.

 

  II. To enter into agency, distribution, maintenance, lease, sales and association contracts, for any type of business activity without limitation, with technology and knowledge of their own or by means of franchise contracts and independently or jointly with other investors.


  III. To enter into sales, lease, trust or any other contract related to ownership or possession of real property necessary to fulfill the preceding purposes, subject to applicable law.

 

  IV. To establish or manage offices, branches, sales offices, stores, facilities and workshops and to perform any activity necessary to fulfill the purpose of the company.

 

  V. To issue, subscribe, indorse or pledge any type of credit instrument and debts taken by the company or third parties, and to enter into any type of credit transaction.

 

  VI. To use and register trademarks, trade names, patents, certificates of invention and other intellectual property rights, on its own name or for third parties.

 

  VII. To acquire, dispose of and/or sale any type of shares or any other interests on other companies, enterprises, associations, limited liability companies and businesses.

 

  VIII. To enter into any type of contract or legal act, of civil, administrative, labor or commercial nature, related to the stated purposes.

THREE. DOMICILE. The company shall be located in the Federal District of Mexico; however, the company may establish offices or branches inside or outside the Mexican Republic and set domiciles for contractual purposes.

FOUR. DURATION. The duration of this company shall be of ninety nine years as from the date of its organization. The company shall be terminated for any of the causes set forth in Article twenty three of these by-laws.

FIVE. NATIONALITY. The company is Mexican. “Any foreign person who acquires an interest in the act of organization or at any time thereafter in the company is formally required to be considered, for that fact, as a Mexican person before the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, with respect to said interest and the assets, rights, concessions, shares or interests pertaining to the company or the rights and duties deriving from the contracts entered into by the company with Mexican authorities and shall not to invoke, for that purpose, the protection of its government, under penalty of losing its interests in the Company in benefit of the Mexican Republic.


SIX. STOCK CAPITAL. The stock capital shall be variable. The minimum fixed capital shall be of THREE THOUSAND MEXICAN PESOS, and the maximum capital shall be not limited. The minimum fixed capital shall not be withdrawn.

SEVEN. COMPANY SHARES. Every Shareholder shall have only one share in the Company, unless said share required to be divided into two or more company shares because they represent different corporate interests. All company shares in which the capital stock is divided shall give their holder the same rights and duties in a pro rata basis and shall give each holder a vote for every TEN MEXICAN PESOS of their share.

The shares may be represented by instruments that shall only have evidentiary value and shall be signed by two members of the Board of Directors.

The company shall have a Register of Shareholders in which the name and domicile of all Shareholders shall be registered along with their shares.

EIGHT. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS. When a Shareholder makes a new contribution to the stock capital of the company or acquires, in accordance with these by-laws, in whole or in part the shares of another shareholder, its capital stock shall be increased in the respective amount.

NINE. ASSIGNMENT OF SHARES. The shares shall be assigned with the written express consent of the Shareholders that hold the majority of stock capital. Any assignment made in violation of the stated hereinabove shall be null and void.

TEN. INCREASE AND DECRESE OF STOCK CAPITAL. Any increase or decrease of the minimum fixed capital or in the variable portion shall be authorized in Special Meeting of Shareholders. Any increase or decrease of the variable share shall not require to be registered in the Public Registry of Commerce or to modify these by-laws. Any increase or decrease of stock capital shall be registered in the Book of Capital Variations kept by the Company.


The fixed minimum capital and the variable share of capital may be increased by means of new contributions made by the Shareholders or by admission of new Shareholders. Shareholders shall have preemptive rights to proportionally subscribe any capital increase authorized and said right shall be exercised within a fifteen-day period as from the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting for those shareholders that were present in person or by proxy; and for the absentees, as from the date of written notice sent to their registered domiciles in the Register of Shareholders, with respect to the decision reached at the Shareholders’ Meeting.

ELEVEN. SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING. The Shareholders’ Meeting called and held as established in these by-laws and in accordance with applicable law shall be the supreme organ of the Company and represents all the Shareholders. The Meetings shall be held at the domicile of the company and shall be previously called as stated in these by-laws. The decisions and resolutions adopted therein shall be binding upon all Shareholders, including those who were absent or the dissident shareholders, subject to the rights granted by law.

A Shareholders’ Meeting shall be held at least once a year within a four month period after the closing of each fiscal year and the following issues shall be part of the agenda:

 

  I. The discussion, passing or modification of the financial statements corresponding to the previous fiscal year.

 

  II. The determination of the distribution of profits.

 

  III. Appointment and removal of the members of the Board of Directors.

 

  IV. Appointment, if required, of a Shareholder’s representative council.


TWELVE. SPECIAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS. The Special Meetings shall be held to treat the issues stated in article sixty eight of the Mexican General Law for Commercial Companies and one or several issues listed herein below:

 

  I. To fix and determine the nature and amount of additional and supplementary capital contributions, in accordance with any provision of any written individual resolution adopted by the Shareholders.

 

  II. To decide about the classification and depreciation of the company shares.

 

  III. To modify these by-laws.

 

  IV. To decide any increase or decrease of stock capital.

THIRTEEN. QUORUM. The Meetings shall be presided by the President of the Board of Directors or, if absent, by the person appointed by the Shareholders at the beginning of the Meeting, the Secretary shall be appointed by the members of the Meeting. In order to duly convene the General Meeting of Shareholders, the presence of the Shareholders representing, at least, the fifty per cent of stock capital shall be required. If said quorum should not be reached in the first call, the call shall be published again in the same manner, and the Meeting shall be considered validly conformed with the Shareholders present at the Meeting.

In order for the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be considered valid, the presence of the Shareholders representing, at least, seventy five per cent of the stock capital shall be required. If said quorum should not be reached in the first call, the call shall be published again in the same manner and the Meeting shall be considered validly conformed with the presence of the Shareholders representing, at least, the fifty per cent of stock capital.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the decisions may be adopted outside the Meeting by phone, mail or by any other electronic means and shall be considered valid if they are confirmed in writing by all the members of the Board of Directors.

FOURTEEN. VOTING QUORUM. In the first call the Meeting may reach decisions by the affirmative vote of the shareholders representing fifty per cent of stock capital. The decisions adopted in second or subsequent calls shall have the


affirmative vote of the majority of the Shareholders present. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the decisions related to a change in the purpose of the company or the modification of the rules used to determine the increase of the obligations of the Shareholders shall be adopted by unanimous vote.

FIFTEEN. MEETING NOTICE. The Shareholders’ Meetings may be called by the President, the Shareholder’s representative or by the Shareholders representing more than the third part of stock capital. The notice shall contain the agenda and clearly state the issues to be treated and shall be delivered to each Shareholder, either personally or by certified mail with acknowledgement of receipt, to the address registered in the Register of Shareholders, at least eight days prior to the date of the Meeting.

Shareholders may waive notice and said notice shall not be necessary if at the moment of voting a particular issue all Shareholders are present or represented by proxy.

SIXTEEN. ADMINISTRATION. The company shall be administrated by a Board of Directors formed by at least two members appointed by the Shareholders in the Meeting. Directors may or may not be shareholders. Moreover, Shareholders may appoint two substitute members for the Board of Directors.

To the maximum extent permitted by Mexican law, the company may compensate any Director or Official, current or past, of the company and may, at the Shareholders’ discretion, compensate any employee or agent, current or past, of the company for any expenses, lawsuit expenses, fines or amounts effectively and reasonably paid or incurred to solve any action, claim or potential, pending or concluded procedures initiated by the Company or any procedure in which the Company may have any interest or in which he may be a party due to his current or past position in the Company or for the fact that he may have been acting as director, official, shareholder, employee or agent, at the company’s request, in another company, association, co-investment, trust or any other enterprise.


Any expenses in which a Director or Official of the company may incur in order to appear, participate or defend himself in any of these actions, claims or procedures, shall be reimbursed in reasonable intervals in advance to the final decision of said action, claim or procedure. Before payment the Director or Official must sign and deliver a commitment stating that he will reimburse payment if determined that he had no right to receive payment from the company, in accordance with the terms authorized in this article. If any claim under this article should not be paid in full by the company in ninety days after written request has been delivered to the Company, claimant may, at any time, file a complaint against the company to recover the unpaid amount and, if the claimant succeeds he will also be paid for the expenses incurred due to this claim. Had claimant not behaved according to the standards set by Mexican or other applicable law, the fact that the company paid the claimed amount shall constitute a defense in any of the actions filed (actions different from those filed in order to recover the expenses incurred for the defense of any procedure in advance to the final decision in cases in which the commitment required, if any, had been offered to the company); however, the burden of the proof shall be on the company. Neither the omission by the company (including its Shareholders or independent legal counselors) to determine, prior to the commencement of said action, that payment to the claimant is appropriate given the fact that he has behaved in proper manner, in accordance with Mexican or any other applicable law, nor the determination by the company (including its Shareholders or independent legal counselors) that claimant has not behaved properly shall constitute a defense if claimant is presumed to have not behaved properly.

The Board of Directors shall have full capacity to administer and manage the business of the company; such capacity is stated in the general power of attorney for claims and money collection, acts of administration, acts of ownership, granted without limitation, under the three first paragraphs of article two thousand, five hundred and fifty four of the Federal District Civil Code and its correlatives of the different civil codes in force in other Mexican states, including all faculties, general or special, that may require a special power of attorney or clause, unless the Shareholders’ Meeting limit these powers.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall have the following powers:

 

  I. To represent the company before any type of person or authority, whether criminal, civil, federal, national, judicial, military, administrative or labor entities, decentralized organizations or with state participation, with the broadest powers.

 

  II. To appoint legal agents to act in claims and money collection, to perform acts of administration and acts of ownership in accordance with article two thousand, five hundred and fifty four of the Federal District Civil Code, and to substitute its power, with or without reserve to exercise such power and to revoke the powers they grant or substitute (in accordance with article forty two of the Mexican General Law for Commercial Companies).

 

  III. To issue and subscribe any type of credit instruments, in accordance with article nine of the Mexican General Law of Credit Instruments and Operations, to carry out credit operations and exchange acts, related to the purpose of the company.

 

  IV. To enter into contracts related to their administration.

 

  V. To give advice to Shareholders on the appointment or removal of the Officials of the company, on the powers, duties, benefits and the salary of said Officials.

SEVENTEEN. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Directors shall be in office for one year and they may be reelected and shall remain in office until their substitutes are appointed in the Shareholders’ Meeting. A Director may be removed from office with or without cause, at any time, by decision taken in the Shareholders’ Meeting.

The Directors shall meet periodically if they are called by the President or any of the two Directors by written notice to their domiciles, including the corresponding


agenda. Notices shall be delivered at least five days prior to the meeting. The meetings shall be valid when at least two members or their respective substitutes are present.

EIGHTEEN. DECISIONS. The decisions of the Board shall be valid, on the first or subsequent call, with the majority vote of the directors or their substitutes.

The decisions adopted by the Directors outside the Board, either by phone, mail or any electronic means shall be valid if they are subsequently confirmed in writing by the Directors to the President.

NINETEEN. SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE. The company shall be supervised by one or more persons (called Representatives) that may or may not be Shareholders, according to the decision at the Shareholders’ Meeting.

Representatives shall be in office for one year and may be reelected; in any case, they will remain in office until their substitutes are elected at the Shareholders’ Meeting.

TWENTY. REPRESENTATIVES’ POWERS. Representatives shall have the following powers:

 

  I. To participate in the preparation and revision of annual financial statements.

 

  II. To incorporate the issues they deem necessary in the agenda of the Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

  III. To call General and Special Meetings instead of the Board of Directors or at any time they deem it necessary.

 

  IV. To attend, without right to vote, to General and Special Meetings.

 

  V. To watch, without limitation and at any time, the performance of the Company.

TWENTY ONE. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The fiscal year shall commence on January 1st and finish on December 31st every year. Financial statements shall be prepared at the end of every fiscal year and shall be submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting for its approval, in accordance with Article Eleven of theses by-laws.


TWENTY TWO. DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS. After paying income tax and the employees’ interests in profits, annual net profits shall be applied by the Shareholders’ Meeting as follows:

 

  a) Five per cent shall be used to create or increase the legal reserve up to, at least, twenty per cent of stock capital; and,

 

  b) The remaining profits shall be distributed as determined in the Shareholders’ Meeting. At the Shareholders’ Meeting it may be decided to distribute profits at any time, provided always that the financial statements in which said profits are showed had been previously approved at a Shareholders’ Meeting, in accordance with the Mexican General Law for Commercial Companies.

TWENTY THREE. DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION. The Company shall be dissolved for any of the following causes:

 

  I. Impossible purpose or consummation of purpose.

 

  II. By decision of Shareholders at Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

  III. If the number of shareholders exceeds fifty or only one person is the owner of the whole shares.

 

  IV. That the losses exceed in two thirds the stock capital.

 

  V. Death, interdiction, bankruptcy, retirement, resignation, or expulsion of any of the Shareholders.

TWENTY FOUR. LIQUIDATION. After dissolution of the company, it will be liquidated and one or more liquidators shall be appointed in Shareholders’ Meeting. At the meeting it shall be determined the term in which liquidation shall be made and the liquidators’ compensation.


TWENTY FIVE. DUTIES OF THE LIQUIDATORS. Liquidators shall liquidate the company based on what is established at the Shareholders’ Meeting. If the meeting does not set any guidelines liquidators shall proceed as follows:

 

  a) They shall conclude any pending company operation in the manner they deem fit.

 

  b) They shall collect monies owed to the company.

 

  c) They shall sell the assets of the company.

 

  d) They shall pay all debts.

 

  e) They shall prepare the balance sheet and upon approval at the Shareholders’ Meeting, they shall distribute the remaining assets among the Shareholders.

TWENTY SIX. POWERS OF LIQUIDATORS. During liquidation, liquidators may call for Shareholders’ Meetings and the Shareholders shall meet and give the liquidators the powers a Director would have under the terms of these by-laws.

TWENTY SEVEN. LIMITED LIABILITY. Shareholders shall not be personally liable for the obligations of the company and shall only be liable up to the amount of their share in the company.

ARTICLE TWENTY EIGHT. ADMINISTRATORS AND OFFICIALS’ LIMITED LIABILITY.

 

  A. For the purpose of this clause, Official or Officials means the members of the Board of Directors and the Secretary, who is not a member of the Board, the Company’s agents and any other person with express power to bind the Company.

 

  B. The Officials shall not be liable to the Company for the following acts: (a) acts or omissions made in good faith when they perform their duties provided always these acts or omissions do not violate what is provided for in these by-laws or applicable law and that do not constitute an act of reckless negligence, bad faith or embezzlement; (b) acts or omissions based on the opinion or advice of legal or accounting counselors hired by the Company, or (c) acts or omissions performed by any agent, contractor or counselor hired with due diligence by any Official.


  C. Indemnification. If any of the Company’s Officials is a party or could be a party to an action, claim or procedure, whether civil, criminal, administrative or an investigation (hereinafter a “procedure”) due to the fact that he or his principal is or has been a Company’s Official, he shall be indemnified and kept aside, up to the extent the Company is permitted, unless forbidden by Mexican law currently in force or in force at the time of the procedure (if any amendments were passed, these shall only apply if they allowed the Company to grant broader indemnification rights than the prior legislation) for any expenses, debts and losses (including attorney’s fees reasonably incurred in for the purpose of said procedure) and said indemnification shall be made in favor of its executor, heirs or administrator. Except for what is stated in point B of this clause, the Company shall indemnify said person in relation to the procedure initiated by him if said procedure was previously authorized by the Board of Directors. Indemnification rights granted by this clause must be considered as a contractual right and, subject to points D and G of this clause, said right must include the right that the company pay in advance for any expenses incurred in during said procedure, without regard of the final resolution.

 

  D. Indemnification procedure. Any indemnification under point C of this Clause must be made promptly and within 90 (ninety) days as from the final decision is issued. Failure to behave correctly, in accordance with applicable law, on the part of claimant shall constitute a defense for the Company in case of indemnification claim.

 

  E. Non limitation clause. Indemnification rights and advanced payment of expenses incurred during the defense procedure, prior to the final decision under the terms of this clause shall not exclude or limit the rights that any person may have or acquire in the future by virtue of any legal disposition, incorporation clause or by-laws, agreement, vote of Shareholders, Administrators or impartial Officials or any other person.


  F. Insurance. The Company may have insurance by its own account or in favor of any Official of the Company for any liability charged and that it may have incurred, without regard to the power of the Company to indemnify said person for any liability under this clause.

 

  G. Expenses. The expenses incurred by any person described in point C of this clause by reason of its defense in a procedure, may be paid by the Company prior to the final decision under those terms and conditions (if applicable) as the uninterested members of the Board of Directors deem it fit. The Company shall have the right to (i) select attorneys and other competent counselors, (ii) in any claim and (iii) to fulfill any request of the Official to keep him informed on the matter. The Official shall fully cooperate with the company during the claim.
EX-3.95 91 dex395.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. Bylaws of Global Crossing Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Exhibit 3.95

Translation into English

3.95 Global Crossing Mexicana S. de R.L. de C.V. - Bylaws

GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

CORPORATE BY-LAWS

FIRST.- NAME.- The company shall be named “GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA”, which will be followed by the words “Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada de Capital Variable”, or its abbreviation “S. de R.L. de C.V.”.

SECOND.- CORPORATE PURPOSES.- The corporate purposes of the company shall be:

1.- The establishment of subsidiaries and, in general, the purchase of assets for use in the telecommunications industry and to dispose of such assets through the entering into contracts or other arrangements with third parties, the acquisition and/or sale of all types of shares or equity participations in other companies or corporations which engage in the rendering of telecommunications services or in the telecommunications industry in Mexico, independently or in conjunction with other investors.

2.- The direct rendering of telecommunications services in Mexico which do not require a concession in order to be rendered according to the provisions of the Federal Telecommunications Law.

3.- The rendering of all types of technical assistance, management, planning, organization, sales, research, supervision, monitoring, advertisement or other services necessary to achieve the goals herein listed or any other that according to law the company may perform.

4.- The execution of agency, distribution, management, supply, maintenance, lease, purchase and sale and association agreements, for any business activities without any limitation, with own technology and knowledge or through franchises, and independently or in conjunction with other investors.

5.- The purchase, lease, trust or any other contractual agreement related to the ownership or possession of real estate, as it may be necessary to perform aforementioned purposes, subject to all applicable legal requirements.

 

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6.- The establishment or operation of offices, branch offices, sales offices, warehouses, facilities and workshops as well as those activities that may be required for the fulfillment of the purposes of the company.

7.- The issuance, subscription, endorsement or guarantee of all types of credit instruments and obligations, whether assumed by the company or by third parties, and the execution of all types of credit transactions.

8.- The use, exploitation and registration in its own name or in the name of third parties, of trademarks, tradenames, patents, certificates of invention and other intellectual property rights.

9.- The acquisition, disposition and/or sale of all kinds of shares or other interests in other companies, corporations, joint ventures, partnerships, limited liability entities or other business forms.

10.- The execution of all kind of agreements or legal acts, whether they be of a civil, administrative, labor or commercial nature, related with the above mentioned purposes.

THIRD. DOMICILE.- The domicile of the company shall be Mexico City, Federal District, but the company may establish agencies and branches within and outside the Republic of Mexico, as well as designate conventional domiciles for contractual purposes.

FOURTH.- DURATION.- The duration of the company shall be ninety nine (99) years commencing on the date of the incorporation deed. The company shall dissolve upon the happening of any of the dissolution causes referred to under Clause Twenty-Third of these by-laws.

FIFTH.- NATIONALITY.- The company will be Mexican. Any foreigner who at the time of incorporation or at any other time acquires an interest or equity participation in the company by that simple fact binds itself with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be considered as a Mexican with respect to such interest or equity participation, as well as with respect to all the assets, rights, concessions, equities or interests that the company may own or the rights and obligations arising from the agreements in which the company is a party with Mexican authorities, and not to invoke the protection of its government under the penalty of forfeiting to the benefit of the Mexican State the interest or equity that it may have acquired in the company.

SIXTH.- CAPITAL.- The capital stock of the company shall be variable. The minimum fixed portion of the capital stock will amount $3,000.00 (Three Thousand Pesos, Mex. Cy.), and the maximum portion of such capital stock shall be unlimited. The minimum portion of the capital stock will not have a right of withdrawal

 

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SEVENTH.- EQUITY PARTICIPATIONS.- Each Partner will have only one equity participation, unless such participation needs to be divided into two or more equity participations because of different corporate rights. All equity participations in which the capital is divided will confer upon its holder pro-rata the same rights and obligations, granting its holder one vote for every Ten Pesos of the value of its equity participation.

The equity participations may be represented in documents that will only have evidentiary value and must be signed by at least two members of the Board of Managers.

The company shall maintain a Partners’ Registry Book in which the name and domicile of each and every Partner will be recorded, along with the identification of their participation.

EIGHTH.- ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.- When a Partner makes a new contribution to the capital stock of the company or acquires, in accordance with the terms of these by-laws, part or all of the interest of another Partner, the value of his corresponding equity participation will be increased accordingly.

NINTH.- TRANSFER OF EQUITY PARTICIPATIONS.- The equity participations are transferable with the consent of partners that hold equity participations representing the majority of the capital stock of the company. Any transfer of equity participations contravening this provision, shall be null and with no legal effects.

TENTH.- CAPITAL INCREASES AND DECREASES.- Any increase or decrease, either to the minimum fixed portion of the capital stock or to the variable portion will be adopted at an Extraordinary Partners’ Meeting. Any increase or decrease to the variable portion will not require amendments to the by-laws or registration with the Public Registry of Commerce. All the increases or decreases to the capital stock of the company must be registered in the Capital Variations Book that the company will maintain for such purpose.

The minimum fixed portion of the capital stock of the company and the variable portion can be increased by new contributions of the Partners or by the admission of new Partners. The Partners will have a preferential right to proportionately subscribe to any approved increase, and that right must be exercised within the period of fifteen days following the date of the corresponding Partners’ Meeting at which those Partners were present or represented; and for those absent, from the date of written notice sent to their registered address as shown in the Partners’ Registry Book of the respective resolution adopted at the Partners’ Meeting.

 

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ELEVENTH.- PARTNERS’ MEETINGS.- The Partners’ Meeting called and held pursuant to the formalities specified in these by-laws and established by law, is the supreme body of the company and represents all the Partners. The Partners’ Meetings will take place in the legal domicile of the company, with prior call issued in accordance with these by-laws. Its decisions and resolutions validly adopted shall be binding upon all Partners including those absent and those dissident, subject to the rights granted by law.

A Partners’ Meeting shall be held at least once a year within the four months following the closing of each fiscal year, and at said meeting the following matters, among others, shall be considered:

I.- Discuss, approve or modify the Financial Statements of the fiscal year then ended;

II.- Approve the distribution of profits;

III.- Appoint and remove the members of the Board of Managers;

IV.- Designate, in its case, the Surveillance Board.

TWELFTH.- EXTRAORDINARY PARTNERS’ MEETINGS. Extraordinary Meetings, aside from the issues referred to under article 78 of the General Law of Commercial Companies, will consider one or several of the matters listed below:

1.- Set and determine the nature and amount of the supplementary and additional capital contributions in accordance with the provisions of any separate written resolution that may be adopted by the Partners;

2.- Resolve about the classification and redemption of equity participations;

3.- Amendments to this charter and by-laws;

4.- Increases or decreases to the capital stock.

THIRTEENTH.- ATTENDANCE QUORUM. The Meetings will be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Managers or, in his absence, by the person appointed by the Partners at the beginning of the meeting, and the Secretary shall be the person designated at the Meeting. In order for an Ordinary Partners’ Meeting to be validly held, a quorum shall require the presence of Partners representing at least fifty percent

 

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(50%) of the capital stock. In case such quorum is not present at the first call, the call shall be repeated in the same manner and the Meeting shall be considered validly held with the Partners present at the meeting.

In order of an Extraordinary Partners’ Meeting to be validly held, a quorum shall require the presence of Partners representing at least seventy five (75) of the capital stock. In case such quorum is not present at the first call, the call shall be repeated in the same manner and shall be considered validly held with the presence of Partners representing at least fifty per cent (50%) of the capital stock of the company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, resolutions may be adopted outside at a Partners’ Meeting whether by telephone, mail, or electronic means and such resolutions shall be valid only if they are confirmed in writing by all Partners to the Board of Managers.

FOURTEENTH.- VOTING REQUIREMENT. Resolutions may be adopted at a Partners’ Meeting by virtue of first call, with the vote of the Partners representing at least fifty (50%) percent of the capital. Resolutions adopted on second or subsequent calls shall be adopted through the vote of the majority of those present. Notwithstanding the foregoing, resolutions regarding the change to the corporate purpose of the Company and the modification to the rules determining an increase in the Partners obligations, shall always be adopted unanimously.

FIFTEENTH.- CALLS. The Partners Meeting may be called by the President, or the Statutory Auditor, or by the Partners that represent more than one third of the capital stock. The calls for the Partners’ Meetings will contain the agenda, specifying clearly the matters to be discussed, and shall be sent to each Partner, either through letters delivered to them personally, or by certified mail with acknowledge receipt requested, to the address that each one registers in the Partners’ Registry Book, at least eight days prior to the date of the meeting.

The Partners may waive the notice requirement and the notice will not be necessary if at the moment of voting on a particular matter all of the Partners are present or represented.

SIXTEENTH.- MANAGEMENT.-The company will be directed by a Board of Managers composed by a minimum of three (3) members appointed by the Partners’ Meeting. The Managers may or may not be Partners of the company. Likewise, the Partners may appoint alternate members to the Board of Managers.

To the fullest extent permitted by Mexican law, the company shall indemnify any current or former manager or officer of the company and may, at the discretion of the partners, indemnify any current or former employee or agent of the company against

 

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all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suit or proceeding brought by or in the right of the company or otherwise, to which he was or is a party by reason of his current or former position with the company or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving, at the request of the company, as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

Expenses incurred by a person who is or was a director or officer of the company in appearing at, participating in or defending any such action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the company at reasonable intervals in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the company as authorized in this Article. If a claim under this Article is not paid in full by the company within ninety days after a written claim has been received by the company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the company) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under Mexican law or other applicable law for the company to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the company. Neither the failure of the company (including its partners or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Mexican law or other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the company (including its partners or independent legal counsel) that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action to create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

The Board of Managers shall have broad authority to administer and direct the business of the company; said authority shall consist of a general power of attorney for lawsuits and collections, acts of administration and acts of domain, granted without limitation, pursuant to the terms of the first three paragraphs of article 2554 of the Civil Code for the Federal District and comparable provisions found in the various Civil Codes of the States of the Mexican Republic, including any general or special authority that require special clauses or powers, unless the Partners’ Meeting limits their authority.

 

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Managers shall have the following powers:

1.- To represent the company before all kinds of authorities and individuals whether they be judicial or administrative, federal, local, civil, criminal, or labor with the most broad powers.

2.- To designate legal representatives for lawsuits and collections, acts of administration and acts of domain pursuant to article 2554 of the Civil Code for the Federal District, as well as to substitute powers with or without the right to exercise said power, and to revoke the powers they grant or substitute.

3.- To issue and subscribe for all kinds of credit instruments, pursuant to the terms of Article nine of the General Law of Negotiable Instruments and Credit Operations, as well as to engage in all types of credit and exchange transactions as they relate to the purpose of the company.

4.- Execute all kinds of agreements relating to such actions.

5.- To recommend to the Partners the appointment or dismissal of the managers and other officers of the company, recommending their powers, duties and remuneration, as well as, the amount of his/her or their salaries.

SEVENTEENTH.- MANAGERS’ MEETINGS.- The managers will be appointed for a one year term but they can be reelected and will perform their duties until the Partners’ Meeting appoints the person or persons that will substitute them. A manager may be removed with or without cause through resolution of the Partners’ Meeting, at any time.

The managers will meet periodically as they may be called by the President or any two managers by virtue of written notice to their respective domiciles, accompanied by the corresponding agenda. Notices must be given at least five business days in advance of the meeting. The meetings shall be legally convened when at least two of its proprietary or their respective alternates are present thereat.

EIGHTEENTH.- VALID RESOLUTIONS.- Resolutions of the Board of Managers’ Meetings shall be valid if adopted, in first or subsequent call, by the favorable vote of the majority of the managers or their respective alternates.

Resolutions adopted by the managers outside a meeting, whether by telephone, mail or electronic means shall be valid if they are further confirmed in writing to the President by all the proprietary members.

 

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DRAFT OF CORPORATE BY-LAWS

OCTOBER 3, 1998

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NINETEENTH.- SURVEILLANCE. Surveillance of the company shall be entrusted to one or more persons (Statutory Auditors), who may or may not be Partners of the company, as decided by the Partners Meeting.

The Statutory Auditors shall remain in office for a period of one year and may be reelected, but in every case they shall perform their duty until the Partners Meeting appoints their substitutes.

TWENTIETH.- STATUTORY AUDITORS’ AUTHORITY. The Statutory Auditors shall have the following authority:

1.- To participate in the preparation and review of the annual financial statements.

2.- To include in the agenda of the Partners’ Meetings the points considered convenient.

3.- To call Ordinary and Extraordinary Partners’ Meetings in case the Board of Managers do not call the meeting and at any other time deemed convenient.

4.- To assist with voice, but without vote, to the Extraordinary and Ordinary Partners’ Meetings.

5.- In general to monitor without limitations at any time the functioning of the corporation.

TWENTY-FIRST.- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The fiscal year of the company shall commence with the first of January and end on the thirty-first of December of each year. At the end of each fiscal year financial statements of the operations of the company shall be prepared and submitted to the Partners’ Meeting for approval pursuant to Article Eleventh hereof.

TWENTY-SECOND.- DISTRIBUTION OF DIVIDENDS. The net profits earned annually by the company after paying the income tax and the profits participation of workers with respect to the same shall be applied in the following manner:

A.- Five (5%) percent shall be destined for the creation or increase of the legal reserve until it reaches, at least the equivalent of twenty (20%) percent of capital; and

B.- The balance shall be distributed as determined at the Partners’ Meeting. The Partners’ Meeting may resolve the distribution of profits at any time, provided the financial statements reflecting such profit has been previously approved at a Partners’ Meeting, according to the provisions of the General Law of Commercial Companies.

 

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DRAFT OF CORPORATE BY-LAWS

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TWENTY-THIRD.- DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION. The company shall be dissolved by any of the following causes:

1. By the impossibility to continue accomplishing the purposes of the company or when the purposes have already been fulfilled.

2. By determination made at the Partner’s Meeting.

3. Because the number of partners exceeds fifty, or because one person is entitled to all the capital of the company.

4. Because the losses exceed two-third ( 2/3) of the company’s capital stock.

5. Upon the death, insanity, bankruptcy, retirement, resignation, or expulsion of any Partner.

TWENTY-FOURTH.- LIQUIDATION. Once the company has been dissolved, it shall be liquidated and the Partners’ Meeting will designate one or more liquidators and will determine the term in which the liquidation shall take place and the compensation that shall be paid to said liquidators.

TWENTY-FIFTH.- OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIQUIDATORS. The liquidators shall perform the liquidation in accordance with the basis established by the Partners’ Meeting, and if the Partners’ Meeting does not set the basis, the liquidators shall proceed in the following manner:

A.- They shall conclude all the company operations pending in the manner they deem convenient;

B.- They shall recover all amounts owed to the company;

C.- They shall sell all the assets of the company;

D.- They shall pay all debts of the company;

E.- They shall determine a general balance of the company and once this balance has been approved by the Partners, they shall distribute the remaining amount between the Partners.

TWENTY-SIXTH.- POWERS OF THE LIQUIDATORS. During the liquidation, a Partners’ Meeting may be called by the liquidator or liquidators and the Partners shall continue to attend the meetings, granting to the liquidator or liquidators the same powers that correspond to the Managers in the terms of these by-laws.

 

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DRAFT OF CORPORATE BY-LAWS

OCTOBER 3, 1998

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TWENTY-SEVENTH.- LIMITED RESPONSIBILITY.- The Partners will never be liable for the obligations of the company and shall only respond for payment of the equity participations subscribed by them.

TWENTY-EIGHTH.- LIMITED RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGERS AND OFFICERS.-

A.- In this section, “Officer” or “Officers” shall mean the members of the Board of Managers and the Secretary, who is not a member of such board, the legal representatives of the company and other individuals with express authority to bind the company.

B.- Officers of the company shall not be liable to the company for: (a) acts or bona fide omissions with respect to the company in the course of business provided that they do not substantially violate the provisions established in these by-laws or the applicable law and that they do not constitute unjustifiable fault; and, in such case, they shall be liable as to the extent of such fault, bad faith or duress; (b) acts or omissions based on the opinion or advise of legal or accounting consultants, appointed by the company, or (c) acts or omissions of any agent, contractor or consultant, duly appointed by any Officer.

C.- Indemnification Clause. To the fullest extent permitted by Mexican law (if amended to include broader indemnification rights, to the extent permitted by such amendment), the company shall indemnify and hold harmless any current or former Officers, within the course of their business as established in subsection B, against any lawsuits, claims or procedure, whether civil, criminal, administrative or any investigation (hereinafter “procedure”) and the resulting expenses, debts and losses (including reasonable attorney’s fees). Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, the company shall indemnify heirs, executors and administrators against any procedures instituted provided that such procedures are authorized by the Board of Managers. The indemnification right granted herein shall be considered as a contractual right and, subject to subsections D and G, it shall include the obligation of the company to pay in advance any expenses resulting from such procedures, regardless of their result.

D.- Indemnification Procedure. The indemnification clause as set forth in section C shall be applied immediately and, in any case, within 90 days after a final resolution is passed to that effect. The application of this clause by the company may be challenged on the ground of unreasonable behavior under the law.

E.- Non-exclusive Rights. Indemnification rights and the advance payment of expenses resulting from any procedure, prior to a final resolution under the provisions

 

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herein, shall not preclude or restrict any rights an individual may have or acquire in the future by reason of the law, the charter or the by-laws, an agreement or a resolution by shareholders, disinterested managers or officers or others.

F.- Insurance. The company may, but shall not be obliged to, take out and maintain insurance on its own behalf or for the benefit of the Officers against any liability imposed or incurred, notwithstanding the authority of the company to indemnify such officer against liability under this section.

G.- Expenses. The company may indemnify any individual mentioned in subsection C against expenses resulting from a procedure before the final resolution under such terms and conditions (if applicable) at the discretion of the disinterested members of the Board of Managers. To that effect, the company shall have the authority to (i) appoint well-known and competent attorneys and other relevant consultants, (ii) diligently further a favorable resolution of the procedure, and (iii) act on any officers’ request to keep them informed thereof. The Officer shall cooperate with the company in furtherance of the resolution.

 

GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

DRAFT OF CORPORATE BY-LAWS

OCTOBER 3, 1998

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EX-3.96 92 dex396.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA, II S. DE R.L. DE C.V. Bylaws of Global Crossing Mexicana, II S. de R.L. de C.V.
Translation into English       Exhibit 3.96
3.96 Global Crossing Mexicana II S. de R.L. de C.V.      

ALFONSO MARTIN LEON ORANTES

NOTARIAL OFFICE No. 238 OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT

[On all uneven pages on the right there appear a seal and a signature and, at the top, there appear a stamp and a seal:]ALFONSO MARTÍN LEÓN ORANTES. UNITED MEXICAN STATES. NOTARY 238, FEDERAL DISTRICT, MEXICO.

BOOK THIRTY. AMLO/CBB/INLJ.

[Illegible] SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR.

MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT, on December fourteenth.

ALFONSO MARTÍN LEÓN ORANTES, holder of notarial office number [illegible] eight for the Federal District, after identifying myself as notary, I hereby certify the ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY whereby “GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA II” SOCIEDAD DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA DE CAPITAL VARIABLE is organized where PAOLA ALEJANDRA JIMENEZ PONS MADRIGAL and “GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA”, SOCIEDAD DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA DE CAPITAL VARIABLE, represented by Andrés [illegible], by virtue of permit number zero, nine, three, three, two, six, four, granted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December three, two thousand and four, under file number two, zero, zero, four, zero, nine, zero, two, nine, seven, five, zero and folio number two, eight, two, two, one DZ six, added to the appendix hereof with letter “A” for the purposes of the following:

BYLAWS

CLAUSES

ONE.- NAME.- The corporate name is “GLOBAL CROSSING MEXICANA II”, followed by the words “SOCIEDAD DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA DE CAPITAL VARIABLE,” or its short form “S. DE R.L. DE C.V.”.

TWO.- PURPOSE.- The corporate purpose shall be as follows:

a).- The set up of subsidiaries and, in general, the purchase of assets to use in the telecommunications industry and the disposition of such assets by the execution of contracts or other agreements with third parties.

b).- The direct supply of telecommunication services in Mexico not requiring the obtaining of a concession for such supply pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Law of Telecommunications.

c).- The supply of any type of assistance over technical, administrative, planning, organization, sales, research, supervision, surveillance, advertising or other issues necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose contained in this instrument or any other it may perform pursuant to the law.

d).- The execution of agency, distribution, management, supply, maintenance, lease, sales and association agreements, in respect of any type of business without limitation, with its technology and knowledge or with franchises whether independently or together with other investors.

e).- The execution of sales, lease or trust agreements or any other contractual arrangement related to the ownership or tenancy of such real or personal property as may be necessary for the furtherance of the foregoing purposes subject to the applicable legal provisions.


f).- The set up or operation of offices, branches, sales offices, warehouses, facilities and shops, as well as the execution of such activities as may render necessary for the furtherance of the corporate purpose.

g).- The issue, subscription, endorsement or warranty of any type of negotiable instruments and liabilities, whether undertaken by the company or by third parties and the execution of any type of credit transactions.

h).- The use, exploitation and registration, whether in its own stead on in someone else’s stead, of trademarks, trade names, patents, invention certificates and other intellectual property rights.

i).- The acquisition, disposition and/or sale of any type of shares or parts of interest in other companies, corporations, coinvestments, associations, limited liability companies or other forms of business organization.

j).- The execution of any type of contracts or legal acts, whether of civil, administrative, labor or business nature related to the foregoing purposes.

FOUR.-TERM.- The term of this company shall be ninety nine years as from the execution hereof.

FIVE.- NATIONALITY.- The company is Mexican. “Any foreign person who, upon or after organization of the company, acquires a corporate interest or share in the company, formally agrees before the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to consider himself as a Mexican citizen due to that simple fact, in respect of such interest or share, as well as the property, rights, concessions, shares or interests he may hold in the company or the rights or liabilities arising from the agreements in which the company with Mexican authorities takes part and to refrain himself from raising, on that ground, the protection of its government, otherwise, being subject to the penalty of losing, for the benefit of the Mexican States, the shares he may have acquired.”

SIX.- CAPITAL.– The corporate capital shall be variable and the minimum fixed amount shall be THREE THOUSAND PESOS, LEGAL TENDER, and the maximum capital shall me unlimited. The minimum fixed amount shall hold no right of withdrawal.

SEVEN.- PARTS OF INTEREST.- Each member shall hold only one part of interest, unless such parts must be divided in two or more corporate parts so that they represent different corporate rights. Any and all interest parts in which the corporate capital is divided shall confer upon its holders the same rights and liabilities on a pro rata basis, and one vote per TEN PESOS, LEGAL TENDER of the value of its part of interest.

The parts of interest shall be represented by documents that shall solely serve probatory purposes and shall be signed at least by two Managers. The company shall hold a Members Record Book where the name and domicile of any and all members and the identification of its part of interest.

EIGHT.- ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.- Any time a Member makes a new contribution to the corporate capital or acquires, pursuant to the corporate bylaws, another Member’s share, either in whole or in part, the value of its part of interest shall be increased by the corresponding amount.

NINE.- PARTS OF INTEREST ASSIGNMENT.- The parts of interest may be assigned by express consent in writing by the members holding


the parts of interest representing the corporate capital’s majority. Any transfer of parts of interest performed against the foregoing provisions, shall be void and shall have no legal effects.

TEN.- CAPITAL INCREASES AND REDUCTIONS.- Any increase or reduction, whether in the minimum fixed amount or in the variable portion, shall be ordered by the Special Member’s Meeting. Any increase or reduction in the variable portion shall not require the amendment of the bylaws or its registration in the Commercial Public Registry.

All capital increases or reductions shall be recorded in the Book of Capital Variations the company shall hold to that effect.

The fixed minimum capital and the capital’s variable portion may be increased by means of new contributions by the Members or by the admission of new ones. Members shall enjoy a preference right to proportionately subscribe any increase as may be resolved and, such right shall be exercised within a term of fifteen days as from the relevant Members Meeting for those Members that may have been present either in person or by proxy; and, for those that were absent upon written notice served to their domiciles recorded in the Members Record Book, in respect of the relevant resolution adopted by the Members Meeting.

ELEVEN.- MEMBERS MEETING.- The Members Meeting convoked and held pursuant to the formalities specified in these corporate bylaws and set forth in the law, is the supreme body of the company and represents all Members. The Members Meeting shall be held at the corporate domicile by prior notice served pursuant to the provisions herein. Its legally adopted decisions and resolutions shall be binding for all Members, including those that may be absent or dissenting Members, subject to the rights granted by the law.

A Members Meeting shall be held, at least, once a year within four months following closing of the fiscal year and, it shall discuss the following items:

I.- Discussion, approval, amendment of the Financial Statements for the closed fiscal year;

II. Statement on the distribution of profits;

III. Appointment and removal of the members of the Board of Managers;

IV. Appointment, as the case may be, of the Surveillance Board.

TWELVE.- SPECIAL MEMBERS MEETING.- Special meetings shall discuss affairs related to Section seventy eight of the General Companies Law, of one or more of the affairs listed hereinafter:

I- Fix and determine the nature and amount of the complementary and additional capital contributions pursuant to the provisions in such individual written resolution as may be adopted by the Members.

II.- Resolve on the classification and amortization of the parts of interest.

III.- Amendments to these bylaws.

IV.- Increases or reductions in the corporate capital.

THIRTEEN.- ATTENDANCE QUORUM.- Meetings shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Managers or, in its absence, by the person appointed by the Member upon set up of the Meeting, and the Meeting shall appoint a Secretary. In order to duly hold an Ordinary Meeting the presence of the members representing at least fifty percent of the corporate capital is required. In the


event such Quorum is not present at the first call, it shall be published again in the same way and the meeting shall be considered as duly held with the members present at the meeting. For a Special Members Meeting to be considered as duly set up, the presence of the Members representing at least seventy five percent of the corporate capital shall be required. In the vent such quorum is not present at the first call, it shall be published again in the same way and the meeting shall be considered valid with the presence of the members representing at least fifty percent of the corporate capital.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the resolutions may be adopted out of the Members Meeting by telephone, by mail or any other electronic means and shall be deemed as duly adopted in case they are confirmed in writing by all Members to the Board of Managers.

FOURTEEN.- VOTING QUORUM.- The Members Meeting may adopt resolutions, as a result of the first call, by means of the positive vote of fifty percent of the corporate capital. The resolutions adopted by virtue of the second or subsequent call may adopt resolutions through the positive vote of the majority of the majority of the attending members. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the resolutions that may be adopted in relation to the change in the purpose of the company and the amendment of the rules in order to determine the increase in members liabilities shall be adopted by unanimous vote.

FIFTEEN.- NOTICES.- The Members Meeting may be convoked by the Chairman or the Inspector or by the members representing more than the third part of the corporate capital. The notices for the Member Meetings shall contain the minutes, clearly stating the items to be submitted to discussion and shall be served upon each Member, either in person or by certified mail receipt requested to the address they have established in the Members Record Book, at least eight days before the Meeting.

SIXTEEN.- ADMINISTRATION.- The company shall be administered by a Board of Managers comprised of at least three members appointed by the Members Meeting. The Managers may be Members of the company or otherwise. Likewise, the Members may appoint alternate members for the Board of Managers.

To the maximum extent permitted by the Mexican law, the company shall indemnify any current or former manager or officer of the company and shall, at members discretion, indemnify any employee or legal representative of the company, whether current of former, against any expenses, legal proceedings, penalties and amounts effectively and reasonably paid for repair purposes and incurred in relation to any actions, legal proceedings or prospective proceedings, whether pending or completed, legal proceedings or otherwise filed by the company or to which the company may be entitled or otherwise, where he has been a party [illegible] by virtue of its current or former position in the company or by a reason of his performance, upon company’s request, as director, officer, member, employee or agent for another company, association, coinvestment, trust or another corporation.

The expenses incurred in by a person who is or has been a manager or officer of the company upon appearance in, participation in, or defense against any such actions, legal proceedings o otherwise shall reimbursed by the company in reasonable intervals in advance upon final resolution of such


action, legal proceeding o otherwise, after receipt of an undertaking made by or on behalf of the director or officer with the aim of returning such amount if it is finally determined that it was not entitled to any compensation whatsoever by the company in the terms authorized herein. In the event a claim hereunder is not paid in whole by the company within ninety days as from receipt of a written request by the company, plaintiff shall at any time, file legal proceedings against the company in order to recover the claim’s amount in arrears and, in case of succeeding either in whole or in part, plaintiff shall be also paid all expenses arising from such claim. Breach by plaintiff of any of the standards of conduct allowing, under Mexican law or otherwise, indemnification by the company to plaintiff for the claimed amount shall act as a defense against any such actions (other than those actions initiated with the aim of executing a claim for expenses incurred in the defense of any proceeding before final resolution in those cases where the required undertaking, as the case may be, has been offered by the company), but the burden of crediting such defense shall lie on the company. Neither the omission by the company (including its members and independent legal counsels) to take action before commencement of such action in the sense that plaintiff’s compensation is adequate by virtue of the circumstance since it has observed the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Mexican Law or any other Mexican law, nor the effective determination by the company (including its members and independent legal counsels) in the sense that plaintiff has not observed to the applicable standards of conduct, shall be a defense before the action of creating a presumption that plaintiff has not observed the applicable standard of conduct.

The Board of Managers shall have the broadest powers to manage and direct the corporate business, such powers consist in those contained in the general powers of attorney for disputes and collections, management and disposition acts, conferred without limitation in terms the first three paragraphs of Section two thousand five hundred and four of the Civil Code for the Federal District and related ones from The Civil Codes in force in the States of the Mexican Republic, including all general or special powers requiring special power of attorney or clause, unless the Members Meeting limits these powers.

Without limitation to the foregoing, the Board of Managers shall be empowered to:

A).- Represent the company before any kind of people and authorities, whether criminal, civil, federal, state, decentralized agencies or agencies with state interest, judicial, military, administrative or labor agencies, with the broadest powers.

B).- Appoint legal attorneys for disputes and collections, management and disposition acts pursuant to Section two thousand five hundred and four of the Civil Code for the Federal District, as well as to delegation its power with or without reserve of its exercise and to revoke the powers granted or delegated.

C).- Issue and subscribe any kind of negotiable instruments in terms of Section 9 of the General Title and Credit transactions, as well as to perform any kind of credit transactions and exchange acts, related to the corporate purpose.

D).- Execute any kind of agreements related to its performance.


E).- Recommend to the Members the appointment or removal of the corporate officers, advice them on the rights, liabilities, benefits, as well as on the amount of their wages.

SEVENTEEN.- BOARD OF MANAGERS.- The managers shall be appointed for a one-year term but they may be reelected and shall perform their duties until the Members Meeting appoints the succeeding person/s. A manager may be removed with or without cause by resolution of the Members Meeting at any time.

The manager shall meet periodically according to the President’s call or any two managers upon written notice served to their respective domiciles, together with the relevant agenda. Notices shall be served at least five days before the meeting. The meetings shall be duly set when at least two owner members or their respective alternated are present.

EIGHTEEEN.- RESOLUTIONS.- The resolutions by the Board of Managers shall be duly adopted in the first or in a later call by the vote of the majority of the counsels or their relevant alternates.

The resolutions adopted by the managers out of the meeting, whether by phone, mail or electronic means shall be valid provided they are subsequently confirmed in writing to the President by all regular members.

NINETEEN.- SUPERVISION.- The supervision of the company shall be delegated to one or more people, which may be Members of the company or otherwise, as the Members Meeting may decide. The members of the supervisory agency shall serve for one year and may be reelected, but, they shall hold their positions until the Members Meeting appoints their alternates.

TWENTY.- POWERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD.- The supervisory board shall be entitled to:

A).- Participate in the preparation and review of the annual financial statements.

B).- Have the items deemed relevant be included in the agenda of the Members Meeting.

C).- Call to Ordinary and Special Meetings, in case the Board of Managers does not do so, and at any other time as considered relevant.

D).- Attend with voice and vote to the Ordinary and Special Meetings.

E).- In general, to supervise unlimitedly and at any time, the operation of the company.

TWENTY ONE.- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.- The corporate fiscal year shall run from January 1st to December 31st each year. Upon the end of each fiscal year, the financial statements of the company transactions must be prepared and submitted to the Members Meeting approval pursuant to clause eleven hereof.

TWENTY TWO.- EARNINGS ALLOCATION.- The net earnings obtained by the company every year after payment of the income tax and the workers share in the earnings shall be applied by the Members Meeting as follows:

a) Five percent shall be allocated to the creation and increase of the legal reserve until reaching, at least, the equivalent to twenty percent of the capital stock; and

b) The remainder shall be distributed as stated by the Members Meeting, which may resolve the distribution of earning at any time, provided that the financial statements reflect such earnings have been previously approved by a Members Meeting pursuant to the General Company Law.


TWENTY THREE.- DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION.- The company shall be dissolved on any of the following grounds:

A).- By impossibility to continue to perform the purpose of the company or for completion thereof.

B).- By resolution of the Members Special Meeting.

C).- Because the number of members exceeds fifty or because only one person owns the totally of the parts of interest.

D).- Because the losses exceed two thirds of the capital stock.

E).- Decease, interdiction, bankruptcy, retirement, resignation or removal of any Member.

TWENTY FOUR.- Once dissolved, the company shall be liquidated and the Members Meeting shall appoint one or more liquidators and shall set forth the term for liquidation and compensation that shall be paid by such liquidators.

TWENTY FIVE.- LIQUIDATORS LIABILITIES.- The liquidators shall conduct the liquidation pursuant to the basis set by the Members Meeting and, if the Meeting fails to do so, the liquidators shall act as follows:

 

  a) Shall finish the corporate transactions that may have remain unfinished in the way they deem convenient;

 

  b) Shall collect the amounts in arrears to the company.

 

  c) Shall Dispose of all the corporate property;

 

  d) Shall pay all the corporate liabilities; and

 

  e) Shall prepare a general balance sheet and, once it has been approved by the members Meeting, they shall distribute the remaining amount among the Members.

TWENTY SIX.- LIQUIDATORS POWERS.- During liquidation, the Members Meeting shall be called by the liquidator/s and the Members Meeting may be called by him or by the liquidator/s and the Members shall continue holding Meetings, granting to the liquidator/s the same powers as those belonging to the Managers in terms of this bylaws.

TWENTY SEVEN.- LIMITED LIABILITY.- The Members shall in no event respond for the company’s liabilities and shall only be liable for the amount of their subscribed parts of interest.

EX-3.97 93 dex397.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SAC PANAMA S.A. Articles of Incorporation of SAC Panama S.A.
Translation into English       Exhibit 3.97

3.97 SAC Panama S.A. Certificate/Article of Incorporation (one and the same)

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

Province of Panama

TENTH NOTARY OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT

Atty. Noemi Moreno Alba

Notary Office

Calle 50 and Elvira Méndez El Ejecutivo Bldg.

 

Telephone: 223-9423    P.O. Box 6639-Z5
Fax: 223-9429    Panama City, Rep. of Panama

 

COPY        
DEED No. 13.238   DATED JUNE 28, 1999      

Formally recording the Certificate of Incorporation of the firm known as SAC PANAMA, S.A.

 

Carla Chu 8-709-379 – Legal Assistant     
Sucre, Arias, Castro & Reyes     
Ricausto Ruiz            Ricausto Ruiz            Ricausto Ruiz     
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Microfilmed

[signature]


Republic of Panama

Notarial Paper

 

[Stamp of the Republic of Panama

   [seal of the Republic of Panama]

Tenth Notary Office]

   235300-0199/1057

Tenth Notary Office of the Panama City District

PUBLIC DEED NUMBER THIRTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT

(13,238)

FORMALLY RECORDING the Certificate of Incorporation of the company known as SAC PANAMA, S.A.

Panama City, June 28, 1999

 

 

In Panama City, capital of the Republic, seat of the Notarial District of the same name, on the twenty-eighth (28th) day of the month of June of the year nineteen hundred ninety-nine (1999), before me, NOEMI MORENO ALBA, Notary Public Ten of the Panama City District, with personal identity card number Seven-Thirty-seven-Seventy-eight (7-99-78),there appeared in person the following: THAYS HERRERA DE SALAS, female, Panamanian of legal age, married, an executive residing in this city, bearer of personal identity card number Eight-Three hundred sixteen-Sixty-one (8-316-61) and ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA, female, Panamanian of legal age, married, an executive residing in this city, bearer of personal identity card number Two-Seventy-two-Nine hundred forty-one (2-72-941), known to me, and they did turn over to me for recording in this Public Deed, which I do indeed record, a document consisting of six (6) pages containing the Certificate of Incorporation of the firm known as SAC PANAMA, S.A., which is transcribed in the copy of this Deed.

I informed the appearing parties that a copy of this Deed must be registered; and after same was read out to them in the presence of the attesting witnesses JORGE LUIS ESPINOSA ESPINOSA, personal identity card number Eight-Two hundred sixty-Nine hundred ninety-five (8-260-995), and ROBERTO DELGADO HERRERA, personal identity card number Eight-Four hundred twenty-nine-Eight hundred twenty-five (8-429-825), of legal age, residents of this City, known to me and qualified for this task, they did find it in order, gave their approval and signed it in witness thereof, along with the witnesses, before me, the certifying Notary.


THIS DEED BEARS THE NUMBER THIRTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT

(13,238)

 

(Sgd) THAYS HERRERA DE SALAS     ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA

for SUCRE, ARIAS, CASTRO & REYES, Resident Agent, ERNESTO B. ARIAS — Jorge Luis Espinosa Espinosa — Roberto Delgado Herrera — NOEMI MORENO ALBA, Notary Public Ten.

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

SAC PANAMA, S.A.

The undersigned, THAYS HERRERA DE SALAS and ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA, of legal age and domiciled in Panama City, Republic of Panama, in order to organize a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Panamanian Corporations Law hereby set forth, approve and constitute the following CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION:

 

ONE: NAME AND LEGAL SYSTEM

The name of the company is: SAC PANAMA, S.A.

The company is organized pursuant to the existing laws of the Republic of Panama. The governing bodies of the company are: the Shareholders’ Meeting and the Board of Directors.

 

TWO: PURPOSES

a) To contribute, assemble, or subscribe the capital necessary to promote, establish or develop enterprises or businesses, in particular the installation and operation of underwater fiber optic cables for telecommunications;

b) To subscribe or promote the subscription of, buy or own, hold or acquire by any other means and sell, trade, guarantee, assign, barter and transfer by any other means capital shares, credits, obligations, securities, certificates of participation, any other title or document of any company or legal entity, private, public or quasi-public and to exercise all rights, powers and privileges corresponding to same;

c) To enter into all types of contracts for its own account or for the account of others and in particular financial transactions or the administration of shares, credits, obligations, securities, certificates of participation and any other title or document or any company or legal person;

d) To lend or borrow money, with or without mortgage, pledge, real or personal guarantees; to open and maintain bank accounts of any type or form, in banks or financial institutions anywhere in the world;


e) To do whatsoever is necessary to develop the purposes enumerated in the Certificate of Incorporation or in its amendments or whatsoever may be necessary or appropriate for the protection and benefit of the company; and

f) To engage in any lawful business even if not similar to any of the purposes specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or in the amendments thereto.

 

THREE: CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY

The authorized capital shall consist of FIVE HUNDRED (500) common shares, all without par value. The shares shall be REGISTERED.

The capital of the company shall be not less than the total amount represented by the shares with par value plus an amount determined with respect to each share without par value that is issued, and the sums which from time to time are incorporated into the capital of the company pursuant to a resolution or to resolutions of the Board of Directors. The Shareholders’ Meeting


may increase the capital of the company, change the quantity and face value of the shares and amend the rights and other provisions relative to the capital or shares of the company. All the shares of the same category are equal to one another, confer the same rights and are subject to the same obligations and restrictions. The Board of Directors shall authorize the issuance of shares of the company and shall arrange for their placement.

 

FOUR: TERM AND DOMICILE

The company shall haves an indefinite term, unless it is legally dissolved by its shareholders or in accordance with the Law. The company’s domicile shall be Panama City, Republic of Panama.

 

FIVE: RESIDENT AGENT

The Resident Agent of the company in the Republic of Panama is the professional law firm of SUCRE, ARIAS, CASTRO & REYES, with domicile in Panama City, Republic of Panama, which expressly accepts this designation.

 

SIX: MEETINGS

The Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board of Directors and the Officers of the company may meet anywhere in the world.

a) There shall be a quorum and the Shareholders’ Meeting shall be able to convene when at least a majority of the issued shares are represented at the meeting. – b) There shall be a quorum and the Board of Directors shall be able to convene when at least a majority of the sitting members are present or represented. – c) Both the shareholders and the directors may be represented at the Shareholders’ Meeting or on the Board of Directors by proxies, provided the latter are appointed in writing, with the formalities required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the Board of Directors of the company.

 

SEVEN: SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

The Shareholders’ Meeting is the maximum authority of the Company, but in no event can it deprive the shareholders of the rights they have acquired. In the Shareholders’ Meeting, each share is entitled to one (1) vote and decisions shall be adopted by the consent of at least a majority of the shares represented at the respective meeting. The SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING shall be called by the Chairman or by any one of the directors or officers of the company, and the notice of meetings shall be given by a notice to be published in one of the leading circulation newspapers in Panama City not less than ten (10) days in advance of the date of the meeting or by other means provided by Law or by the Bylaws of the company; unless all the shares issued and outstanding are presented and have waived prior notice.


EIGHT: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The powers of the company shall be exercised by the Board of Directors, absent a legal, convention or statutory provision to the contrary. The Board of Directors may confer general powers-of-attorney with the power to convey in any form all or part of the assets of the company, as well as to mortgage and pledge its assets to guarantee its own obligations of those of third parties. The Bylaws shall fix the number of directors, but failing this, the Shareholders’ Meeting shall do so tacitly when it holds each election. However, in no event shall the number of directors be fewer than three (3). On the Board of Directors, each director or proxy is entitled to one (1) vote and decisions shall be adopted with the consent of not less than a majority of the directors present or represented. It is not necessary to be a shareholder to be a director. If no elections for directors are held on the date indicated for that purpose, the current directors shall continue in office until such time as their successors have been elected.


NINE: OFFICERS

The Bylaws shall determine the posts or positions of officers of the company, but failing that, the Board of Directors shall do so tacitly when it conducts the election. However, the company shall at all times have a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Comptroller and a Treasurer. One person may hold or fill two or more positions. The President of the Company is its legal representative and the Vice President shall substitute for him in his absence, the Secretary substituting in the absence of both of them. It shall not be necessary to be a shareholder or director to be an officer of the company.

 

TEN: OFFICES AND BOOKS

The company may establish agencies, branches and offices anywhere in the world. The company may also keep its books in any place specified by its legal organs, either within or outside the Republic of Panama. However, the company may choose to keep its books, records and minutes by electronic means, pursuant to the provisions of Decree-Law Five (5) of nineteen hundred ninety-seven (1997).

 

ELEVEN: INDEMNITY

No act, transaction or contract between this company and any other legal person shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that one or more shareholders, directors, officers or agents of this company is or are interested parties, are or may be shareholders, directors, officers of another legal person. No act, transaction or contract of this company shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that one or more shareholders, directors, officers or agents of this company may be a party to or have an interest in said act, transaction or contract. Any shareholder, director, officer or agent is hereby relieved of any restriction or liability that he or she may have for acts, transactions or contracts concluded by this company to the benefit of said persons or any other legal person in which they have or may have an interest. Any person that is a party to any action, suit, proceeding or litigation, in or out of court, because he or she is a director, officer or agent of the company, shall be saved harmless by the company. An exception to the provisions of this clause are cases where fraud is involved.

 

TWELVE: BYLAWS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

The Board of Directors may approve and amend the Bylaws of the company. The company, through its Board of Directors, reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Republic of Panama. The rights and powers conferred and not acquired are subject to this reservation.


TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

ONE: Until such time as the number of directors is determined, there shall be FOUR (4) directors. Until such time as the Shareholders’ Meeting elects other directors, the following shall hold office:

NAMES:

S. WALLACE DAWSON, JR.

ROBERT KLUG

IAN MCLEAN

JACKIE ARMOSTRONG

All domiciled at Wessex House Forty-five (45), Reid Street, Hamilton, Bermuda H.M twelve (12).

TWO: Until such time as the positions of officers are determined, the officers shall be as follows: President, Vice President, Secretary, Comptroller and Treasurer.


Until such time as the Board of Directors elects other officers, the officers and positions shall be as follows:

 

NAME

  

POSITION

S. WALLACE DAWSON, JR.    PRESIDENT
JACKIE ARMOSTRONG    VICE PRESIDENT
LORRAINE DEAN    SECRETARY
IAN MCLEAN    TREASURER
ROBERT KLUG    COMPTROLLER

THREE: Until such time as the Board of Directors determines otherwise, a Special Power-of-Attorney is hereby conferred on SUCRE, ARIAS, CASTRO & REYES to request from the respective units of the Republic of Panama, in the name of the company, the granting of the Government Concession that will permit the company to lay underwater telecommunications cables in Panamanian territorial waters up to the cable anchoring station on land, in accordance with the procedures and requirements stipulated in Law Thirty-five (35) of January twenty-nine (29) nineteen hundred sixty-three (1963) and corresponding regulations.

SUCRE, ARIAS, CASTRO & REYES shall be fully empowered to sign in the name of the company all public or private documents that may be necessary for the purposes of this Power-of-Attorney, in particular to receive, waive, substitute, accept and resume this power-of-attorney.

FOUR: The parties executing this Certificate of Incorporation, both domiciled in Panama City, Republic of Panama, hereby subscribe the following shares:

 

NAME:

  

SHARES:

THAYS HERRERA DE SALAS

   ONE (1)

ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA

   ONE (1)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we hereby sign and execute this CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, in Panama City, Republic of Panama, on this twenty-eight (28th) day of the month of June, nineteen hundred ninety-nine (1999).

 

(Sgd) THAYS HERRERA DE SALAS     ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA

 

 

This is a true copy of the original, which I do hereby issue, seal and signed in Panama City on this twenty-eighth (28th) day of the month of June, nineteen hundred ninety-nine (1999). This Public Deed is set forth on eight (9) [sic] pages.

 

[signature] Naomi Moreno Alba


        NAOMI MORENO ALBA
        Notary Public Ten

PUBLIC REGISTRY OFFICE

PANAMA CITY

This document is hereby officially recorded at 02-46-42 [illegible] June 28, 1999, Volume 779, Page              Entry 6346 of the Log

[illegible] RICAUSTO RUIZ

 

  Chief of the Log      

Fees: B/60.00

     [seal of the Republic of Panama]   
     (sgd) Catalina E. Colon   

 

  TO BE RECORDED      
      [signature]      
 

    Chief of Section

   [seal of the Republic of Panama]   

THE ABOVE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE PUBLIC REGISTER

 

Department:   (Commercial)      
Fiche: 363416        
Roll: 66173        
Image: 0002        
Fees: B./ 60.00        
Panama City, June 30, 1999        

 

  [signature]  
  Chief of Microfilming  
EX-3.98 94 dex398.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PANAMA INC. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Panama Inc.
Translation into English    Exhibit 3.98
3.98 Global Crossing Panama Inc.   
Certificate/Articles of Incorporation (one and the same)   

Republic of Panama

Notarial Paper

 

[Stamp of the Republic of Panama]   
8th Notary Office   
   [seal of the Republic of Panama]

Eighth Notary Office of the Panama City District

PUBLIC DEED NUMBER TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY

(2,960)

FORMALLY RECORDING the Certificate of Incorporation of the company known as MAGNUM ASSETS INC.

Panama City, April 3, 2000

 

 

In Panama City, capital of the Republic, seat of the Notarial District of the same name, on the third (3rd) day of the month of April of the year two thousand (2000), before me, BORIS SUCRE BENJAMIN, Notary Public Eight of the Panama City District, with personal identity card number Eight-Ninety-three-Eight hundred fifty-seven (8-93-857), there appeared in person the following: ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA, female, Panamanian of legal age, married, an accountant residing in this city, bearer of personal identity card number Two-Seventy-two-Nine hundred forty-one (2-72-941), and KATHIA MARTINEZ CHONG, female, Panamanian of legal age, married, an accountant residing in this city, bearer of personal identity card number Eight-Four hundred seventy-three-Seven hundred eighty-eight (8-873-788), known to me, and they did turn over to me for recording in this Public Deed, which I do indeed record, a document consisting of six (6) pages containing the Certificate of Incorporation of the firm known as MAGNUM ASSETS INC., which is transcribed in the copy of this Deed.

The Undersigned Notary Office attests that the Certificate of Incorporation recorded in this document has been authenticated by Attorney ERNESTO BENJAMIN ARIAS, practicing attorney and bearer of personal identity card number Eight-Three hundred sixty-Five hundred fifteen (8-360-515).

I informed the appearing parties that a copy of this Deed must be registered; and after same was read out to them in the presence of the attesting witnesses


IDAIMIS ALEIDA DE VALLARINO, personal identity card number Eight-One hundred sixty-four-Three hundred thirty-seven (8-164-337) and JACINTO HIDALGO FIGUEROA, personal identity card number Two-Sixty-four-Six hundred fifty-six (2-64-656), of legal age, residents of this City, known to me and qualified for this task, they did find it in order, gave their approval and signed it in witness thereof, along with the witnesses, before me, the certifying Notary.


THIS DEED BEARS THE NUMBER TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY.

(2,960)

 

(Sgd) ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA.

    KATHIA MARTINEZ CHONG.

Idalmis Aleida de Vallarino. — Jacinto Hidalgo Figueroa. — BORIS SUCRE BENJAMIN, Notary Public Eight of the Panama City District.

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

MAGNUM ASSETS INC.

The undersigned, THAYS HERRERA DE SALAS and KATHIA MARTINEZ CHONG, of legal age and domiciled in Panama City, Republic of Panama, in order to organize a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Panamanian Corporations Law hereby set forth, approve and constitute the following CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION:

 

ONE: NAME AND LEGAL SYSTEM

The name of the company is: MAGNUM ASSETS INC. The company is organized pursuant to the existing laws of the Republic of Panama. The governing bodies of the company are: the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board of Directors and the Officers.

 

TWO: PURPOSES

a) To contribute, assemble, or subscribe the capital necessary to promote, establish or develop enterprises or businesses;

b) To subscribe or promote the subscription of, buy or own, hold or acquire by any other means and sell, trade, guarantee, assign, barter and transfer by any other means capital shares, credits, obligations, securities, certificates of participation, any other title or document of any company or legal entity, private, public or quasi-public and to exercise all rights, powers and privileges corresponding to same;

c) To enter into all types of contracts for its own account or for the account of others and in particular financial transactions or the administration of shares, credits, obligations, securities, certificates of participation and any other title or document or any company or legal person;

d) To lend or borrow money, with or without mortgage, pledge, real or personal guarantees; to open and maintain bank accounts of any type or form, in banks or financial institutions anywhere in the world;

e) To buy or sell, charter, navigate or operate ships and boats, as well as to enter into all types of maritime contracts;

f) To do whatsoever may be necessary to develop the purposes listed in the Certificate of Incorporation or in amendments thereto or whatsoever is necessary or appropriate for the protection and benefit of the company; and

g) To engage in any lawful business even if not similar to any of the purposes specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or its amendments.


specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or its amendments.

 

THREE: CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY

The company may issue up to THREE HUNDRED (300) shares, all WITH NO PAR VALUE. It is declared that the capital of the company shall be at least equal to the total amount represented by the shares with par value, plus the value that the company receives for the issuance of the shares without par value and any sums which from time to time may be incorporated into the capital of the company pursuant to a resolution or to resolutions of the Board of Directors. The shares shall be BEARER shares, unless their respective holders want them issued in their names. The Shareholders’ Meeting may increase the capital, change the quantity and face value of the shares and modify the rights and other provisions relative to the capital or shares of the company. All the shares of the same category are equal among themselves, confer the same rights and are subject to the same obligations and restrictions. The Board of Directors shall authorize the issuance of shares of the company and arrange for their placement.

 

FOUR: TERM AND DOMICILE

The company shall have an indefinite term, unless it is legally dissolved by its shareholders or in accordance with the Law. The company’s domicile shall be Panama City, Republic of Panama.

 

FIVE: RESIDENT AGENT

The Resident Agent of the company in the Republic of Panama is the professional law firm of SUCRE, ARIAS, CASTRO & REYES, with domicile in Panama City, Republic of Panama, which expressly accepts this designation.

 

SIX: MEETINGS

The Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board of Directors and the Officers of the company may meet anywhere in the world.

a) There shall be a quorum and the Shareholders’ Meeting shall be able to convene when at least a majority of the issued shares are represented at the meeting. — b) There shall be a quorum and the Board of Directors shall be able to convene when at least a majority of the sitting members are present or represented. – c) Both the shareholders and the directors may be represented at the Shareholders’ Meeting or on the Board of Directors by proxies, provided the latter are appointed in writing, with the formalities required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the Board of Directors of the company.


SEVEN: SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

The Shareholders’ Meeting is the maximum authority of the Company, but in no event can it deprive the shareholders of the rights they have acquired. In the Shareholders’ Meeting, each share is entitled to one (1) vote and decisions shall be adopted by the consent of at least a majority of the shares represented at the respective meeting. The SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING shall be called by the Chairman or by any one of the directors or officers of the company, and the notice of meetings shall be given by a notice to be published in one of the leading circulation newspapers in Panama City not less than ten (10) days in advance of the date of the meeting or by other means provided by Law or by the Bylaws of the company.

 

EIGHT: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The powers of the company shall be exercised by the Board of Directors, absent a legal, convention or statutory provision to the contrary. The Board of Directors may confer general powers-of-attorney with the power to convey in any form all or part of the assets of the company, as well as to mortgage and pledge its assets, to guarantee its own obligations of those of third parties. The Bylaws shall fix the number of directors, but failing this, the Shareholders’ Meeting shall do so tacitly when it holds each election. However, in no event shall the number of directors be fewer than three (3). On the Board of Directors, each director or proxy is entitled to one (1) vote and decisions shall be adopted with the consent of not less than a majority of the directors present or represented. It is not necessary to be a shareholder to be a director. If no elections for directors are held on the date indicated for that purpose, the current directors shall continue in office until such time as their successors have been elected.

 

NINE: OFFICERS

The Bylaws shall determine the posts or positions of officers of the company, but failing that, the Board of Directors shall do so tacitly when it conducts the election. However, the company shall at all times have a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. One person may hold or fill two or more positions. The President of the Company is its legal representative and the Vice President shall substitute for him in his absence. It shall not be necessary to be a shareholder or director to be an officer of the company.

 

TEN: OFFICES AND BOOKS

The company may establish agencies, branches and offices anywhere in the world. The company may also keep its books in any place specified by its legal organs, either within or outside the Republic of Panama.


ELEVEN: INDEMNITY

No act, transaction or contract between this company and any other legal person shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that one or more shareholders, directors, officers or agents of this company is/are or may be interested parties, are or may be shareholders, directors, officers of another legal person. No act, transaction or contract of this company shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that one or more shareholders, directors, officers or agents of this company may be a party to or have an interest in said act, transaction or contract. Any shareholder, director, officer or agent is hereby relieved of any restriction or liability that he or she may have for acts, transactions or contracts concluded by this company to the benefit of said persons or any other legal person in which they have or may have an interest. Any person that is a party to any action, suit, proceeding or litigation, in or out of court, because he or she is a director, officer or agent of the company, shall be saved harmless by the company. An exception to the provisions of this clause are cases where fraud is involved.

 

TWELVE: BYLAWS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

The Board of Directors may approve and amend the Bylaws of the company. The company, through its Board of Directors, reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Republic of Panama. The rights and powers conferred and not acquired are subject to this reservation.

TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

ONE: Until such time as the number of directors is determined, there shall be THREE (3) directors. Until such time as the Shareholders’ Meeting elects other directors, the following shall hold office:

NAMES:

PLUTARCO COHEN

DAYRA MUNOZ DE MIGUELENA

ELSA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA

All of them with the following address: Calle Cuaranta y ocho (48) Este, Bella Vista, Edificio SUCRE, Panamá, República de Panamá.

TWO: Until such time as the positions of officers are determined, the officers shall be as follows: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Until such time as the Board of Directors elects other officers, the officers and positions shall be as follows:

 

NAME

  

POSITION

PLUTARCO COHEN

   PRESIDENT

DAYRA MUÑOZ DE MIGUELENA

   VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER

ELSA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA

   SECRETARY


THREE: The parties executing this Certificate of Incorporation, both domiciled in Panama City, Republic of Panama, hereby subscribe the following shares:

 

NAME

  

SHARES

ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA

   ONE (1)

KATHIA MARTINEZ CHONG

   ONE (1)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we sign and execute this CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, in Panama City, Republic of Panama, on the third (3rd) day of the month of April of the year two thousand (2000).

 

(Sgd) ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA

    KATHIA MARTINEZ CHONG

SUCRE, ARIAS, CASTRO & REYES

   

This is a true copy of the original, which I do hereby issue, seal and signed in Panama City on this third (3rd) day of the month of April of the year two thousand (2000).

 

  [seal of the Republic of Panama]      
  [signature]      
              Atty. Boris Sucre B.      
              Notary Public Eight      

Listed in the Public Register of Panama

 

Province: Panama    Date and Time: 2000/04/04 16:03:46:0
Volume: 2000    Entry: 36505
Presented by: PEDRO RODRIGUEZ    ID card: 8-261-549
Execution No.: 2008236203    Total Fees: 60.00
Entered by: MACL   

 

  [signature] Olivia L. de Nieto  
    [seal of the Republic of Panama]

LISTING OF THE FOREGOING DOCUMENT IN THE REPUBLIC REGISTER OF PANAMA CITY

 

Department:   (Commercial)    [seal of the Republic of Panama]

Fiche: 377666

       

Document: 94331

       

Fees: B./60.00

       

Panama City, April 5, 2000.

       
       

 

  [signature]  
   


Republic of Panama

Notarial Paper

 

[Stamp of the Republic of Panama

   
Tenth Notary Office]   [Coat of Arms]  
    [seal of the Republic of Panama]

Tenth Notary Office of the Panama City District

PUBLIC DEED NUMBER EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THREE

(8,403)

BY WHICH the company known as MAGNUM ASSETS INC. is amending its Certificate of Incorporation.

Panama City, April 28, 2000

 

 

In Panama City, capital of the Republic, seat of the Notarial District of the same name, on the twenty-eighth (28th) day of the month of April of the year two thousand (2000), before me, NOEMI MORENO ALBA, Notary Public Ten of the Panama City District, with personal identity card number Seven-Thirty-seven-Seventy-eight (7-37-78), there appeared in person the following individuals known to me: ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA, female, Panamanian of legal age, married, an executive residing in this city, bearer of personal identity card number Two-Seventy-two-Nine hundred forty-one (2-72-941), and KATHIA MARTINEZ CHONG, female, Panamanian of legal age, married, an executive residing in this city, bearer of personal identity card number Eight-Four hundred seventy-three-Seven hundred eighty-eight (8-873-788), known to me, and they asked me to execute this public deed to attest as follows:

ONE: The appearing parties established the company MAGNUM ASSETS INC. pursuant to Public Deed two thousand nine hundred sixty (2,960) dated the third (3rd) day of the month of April of the year two thousand (2000), executed in the Eighth Notary Office of the Panama City District and recorded on Fiche three hundred seventy-seven thousand six hundred sixty-six (377666), Document ninety-four thousand three hundred thirty-one (94331) of the Commercial Section of the Public Register.

TWO: The appearing parties hereby declare that as of this date, MAGNUM ASSETS INC. has not issued any shares, that they are the only signers of this Certificate of Incorporation and also the only persons that to date have agreed to purchased shares in that company.


THREE: The appearing parties declare that by means of this instrument they are amending the Certificate of Incorporation of MAGNUM ASSETS INC. , that for that reason they hereby rescind the current text of Clause One of the Certification of Incorporation, replacing it by the following:

 

“ONE:

  NAME AND LEGAL SYSTEM  

The name of the company is: GLOBAL CROSSING PANAMA INC.

The company is established in accordance with the existing laws of the Republic of Panama. The governing bodies of the company are the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board of Directors and the Officers”.

I notified the appearing parties that a copy of this deed must be recorded; and after this document was read out to them in the presence of the attesting witnesses, JORGE LUIS ESPINOSA ESPINOSA, personal identity number Eight-Two hundred sixty-Nine hundred ninety-five (8-260-995), and ROBERTO DELGADO HERRERA, personal identity card number Eight-Four hundred twenty-nine-Eight hundred twenty-five (8-429-825), of legal age, residents of this City, who are known to me and who are qualified for the purpose, they did find it in order, gave their approval and signed it in witness thereof along with the witnesses, before me, the certifying Notary.

THIS DEED BEARS NUMBER EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THREE

(8,403)

 

(Sgd) ELBA FERNANDEZ DE GARCIA    KATHIA MARTINEZ CHONG  
JORGE LUIS ESPINOSA ESPINOSA    ROBERO DELGADO HERRERA  
NOEMI MORENO ALBA, Notary Public Ten of the Panama City District. This is a true copy of the original, which I am issuing, signing and sealing in Panama City, on this twenty-eighth (28th) day of the month of April of the year two thousand (2000).
[signature]NOEMI MORENO ALBA    [seal of the Republic of Panama]  
Tenth Notary Public     


Entered in the Public Register of Panama

 

Province: Panama    Date and Time: 2000/05/02 10:18:05:2
Volume; 2000    Entry: 46333
Submitted by: PEDRO RODRIGUEZ    ID card: 8-261-549
Payment no: 2008205314    Total Fees: 50.00
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     (Sgd) Olivia L. de Nieto     
      [seal of the Republic of Panama]
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LISTING OF THE FOREGOING DOCUMENT IN THE PUBLIC REGISTER OF PANAMA CITY

 

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Panama City, May 4, 2000.       
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EX-3.99 95 dex399.htm BYLAWS OF TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE HARDWARE S.R.L. Bylaws of Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.

Exhibit 3.99

Translation into English

3.99 Bylaws of Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L

Formerly Global Crossing Peru S.R.L.

BYLAWS (CONSTITUTION) OF GLOBAL CROSSING

PERU S.R.L.

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

IN LIMA. SAN ISIURO DISTRICT. ON THIS TWENTY-NINTH (29) DAY OF AUGUST OF TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE (2005) BEFORE ME, JAIME ALEJANDRO MURGUIA CAVERO, NOTARY PUBLIC OF THIS CITY, APPEAR

MR. GUILLERMO HESSE MARTINEZ, WHO DECLARES TO BE PERUVIAN, MARRIED, ATTORNEY; BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENT NUMBER 07870420.

WHO DECLARES TO ACT IN REPRESENTATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS LTD.

MR. JOSE ANTONIO JARAMILLO FINN, WHO DECLARES TO BE PERUVIAN, SINGLE, ATTORNEY; BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENT NUMBER 07877832.

WHO DECLARES TO ACT IN REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH AMERICAN CROSSING HOLDINGS LTD.-

THE APPEARING PARTIES SPEAK SPANISH, PROCEED WITH LEGAL CAPACITY TO CONTRACT, FREE WILL AND KNOWLEDGE;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I ATTEST; THE APPEARING PARTIES SUBMIT A SIGNED MINUTES, THE MINUTES HAVING BEEN READ BY THE ATTORNEY, I FILE AND RECORD IT UNDER THE CORRESPONDING ORDER NUMBER, WHICH LITERALLY READS AS FOLLOWS

MINUTES                                                                                                   

NOTARY PUBLIC:                                                                                  

MAY IT BE ENTERED IN YOUR REGISTRY OF PUBLIC DEEDS THE CONSTITUTION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BETWEEN

 

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GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS LTD., DOMICILED AT WESSEX HOUSE, 45 REID STREET, HAMILITON HN 12, BERMUDA, A COMPANY DULY ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF BERMUDA, HEREBY DULY REPRESENTED BY MR. GUILLERMO HESSE MARTINEZ, BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD DOCUMENT No. 07870420, DULY AUTHORIZED, ESTABLISHING ITS ADDRESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CERTIFICATE HEREOF AT AVENIDA CAMINO REAL No. 390, TORRE CENTRAL, OFFICE 801, CENTRO CAMINO REAL, DISTRITO DE SAN ISIDRO, PROVINCE AND COUNTY OF LIMA; AND SOUTH AMERICAN CROSSING HOLDINGS LTD., DOMICILED AT WESSEX HOUSE, 45 REID STREET, HAMILTON HN 12 , BERMUDA, A COMPANY DULY ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF BERMUDA, DULY REPRESENTED BY MR. JOSE ANTONIO JARAMILLO FINN , BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD NUMBER No. 07877832, DULY AUTHORIZED, ESTABLISHING ITS ADDRESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CERTIFICATE HEREOF AT AVENIDA CAMINO REAL No. 390, TORRE CENTRAL, OFICINA 801, CENTRO CAMINO REAL, DISTRITO DE SAN ISIDRO, PROVINCE AND COUNTY OF LIMA:

UNDER THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

ONE.- THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE RESOLVED TO FORM SIMULTANEOUSLY, AS IT IS DONE BY MEANS OF THIS DOCUMENT, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS GLOBAL CROSSING PERU S.R.L.

WHICH SHALL BE GOVERNED BY ITS OPERATING AGREEMENT, ITS BYLAWS AND BY THE APPLICABLE LAW.

TWO.- THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE S/.3,000.00 (THREE THOUSAND AND 00/100 NUEVOS SOLES) REPRESENTED BY 3,000 (THREE THOUSAND) UNITS OF INTEREST, EACH HAVING A PAR VALUE OF S/1.00 (ONE NUEVO SOL) FULLY SUBSCRIBED FOR AND PAID, CARRYING EQUAL RIGHTS AND PRERROGATIVES.


THREE.- IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY IS FULLY SUBSCRIBED AND PAID IN AS FOLLOWS:

GLOBAL CROSSING INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS LTD. SUBSCRIBES AND PAYS 2.999 (TWO THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE) UNITS OF INTEREST EACH HAVING A PAR VALUE OF S/. 1.00 (ONE NUEVO SOL), AND BETWEEN THE COMPANY THE AMOUNT OF S/. 2.999.00 (TWO THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE AND 00/ .100 NUEVOS SOLES). SOUTH AMERICAN CROSSING HOLDINGS LTD. SUBSCRIBES AND PAYS 1 (ONE) UNIT OF INTEREST, EACH HAVING A PAR VALUE OF S/. 1.00 (ONE NUEVO SOL), IN CASH, AND DEPOSITS WITH THE COMPANY THE AMOUNT OF S/1.00 (ONE AND 00/100 NUEVOS SOLES).

FOUR.- THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE VESTED IN MR. JOSE ANTONIO RIOS GARCIA, VENEZUELAN, BEARER OF PASSPORT No. 3-226-504, DOMICILED AT BRICKELL AVENUE, MIAMI, FL 33131, WHO SHALL PERFORM ANY SUCH ACTS AND ENTER INTO ANY SUCH CONTRACTS AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE THIRTY TWO OF THE BYLAWS.

FIVE.- THE LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE EXERCISED BY JAIME LORET DE MOLA DE LAVALLE, PERUVIAN, BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENT No. 10803609, SANDRA LORCA VISCONTI, PERUVIAN, BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENT No. 40390640 AND JOSE ANTONIO JARAMILLO FINN, PERUVIAN, BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENT No. 07877832, DOMICILED AT AV. CANINO REAL No. 390, TORRE CENTRAL, OFFICE NO. 801, SAN ISIDRO, LIMA, WHO SHALL ACT INDIVIDUALLY HAVE THE POWERS CONFERRED IN THIRTY-SECOND ARTICLE OF SOCIAL BYLAWS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS 1, 8, 10, 11, 12 AND 15.

SIX.- IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT GLOBAL CROSSING PERU S.R.L., ESTABLISHED BY VIRTUE OF THE DOCUMENT HEREIN, RATIFIES AND GRANTS VALIDITY TO ANY SUCH ACTS PERFORMED ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY BEFORE ITS REGISTRATION WITH THE COMPANIES CONTROLLING AUTHORITY IN LIMA, BY JAIME LORET DF LA MOLA DE LAVALLE, PERUVIAN, BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENT No

 

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10803609, SANDRA LORCA V1SCONTI, PERUVIAN, BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENT No 40390640 AND JOSE ANTONIO JARAMILLO FINN, PERUVIAN, BEARER OF NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENT No. 07877832, ALL OF THEM DOMICILED AT AV. CAMINO REAL No. 390, TORRE CENTRAL, OFFICE 801, SAM ISIDRO,LIMA.-

SEVEN. – THIS COMPANY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE FOLLOWING BYLAWS.

BYLAWS

ARTICLE ONE

NAME, ADDRESS, PURPOSE AND TERM

SECTION 1: THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, A COMPANY DULY REGISTERED AS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, IS GLOBAL CROSSING PERU S.R.L., HAVING ITS DOMICILE IN THE CITY OF LIMA, PERU, AND SHALL ESTABLISH OFFICES, BRANCHES AND AGENCIES WITHIN THE REPUBLIC OF PERU OR ABROAD.

SECTION 2: THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO ENGAGE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF ALL KINDS OF ASSETS, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER PERSONAL AND/OR REAL PROPERTY FOR THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES AND ANY KIND OF SERVICES IN GENERAL, AND MAY LEASE AND RENT ALL KINDS OF ASSETS, EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER PERSONAL AND/OR REAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FIBER OPTIC CABLE, WHETHER SUBMARINE OR IN LAND, CABLE STATIONS, TELEHOUSES, TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTS AND RELAYS AND, IN GENERAL, ALL TYPES OF FACILITIES, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, CAPITAL ASSETS, ETC.; AS WELL AS TO GRANT ITS USE, RIGHTS OF USE, SUB-USUFRUCT AND QUASI-USUFRUCT, TO ASSIGN FULL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR AS COLLATERAL, ASSIGN ANY SUCH RIGHTS UPON THEM AND AFFECT THEM TO ANY GUARANTEE, LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES, BEING ABLE TO ENTER INTO ANY TYPE OF AGREEMENT IN RESPECT WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED BUSINESSES,


SUCH AS SALES, EXCHANGE, LEASE, RENT, LOAN, BAILMENT, MORTGAGE, SUPPLY, SURFACE, PLEDGE, CONSIGNMENT, CHARTER, TRANSPORT, DISTRIBUTION, ALLOCATION AND/OR FINANCIAL LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH REGARD TO PERSONAL OR REAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LINE OF BUSINESS, CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOMINATED OR NOT, LEGALLY DESCRIBED.

FURTHERMORE, THE COMPANY MAY ENGAGE IN THE PROVISION OF ALL TYPES OF SERVICES RELATED TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN GENERAL, SUCH AS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LONG DISTANCE CARRIER SERVICES, LOCAL CARRIER, TRANSMISSION OF VOICE SERVICES, VIDEO, DATA AND INFORMATION IN GENERAL, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, TELESERVICES, AND END USERS SERVICES, CARRIER SERVICES IN GENERAL, BROADCASTING SERVICES, ADDED VALUE SERVICES AND, IN GENERAL, ALL KINDS OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, WIRED OR WIRELESS. BESIDES, THE COMPANY SHALL PERFORM ANY OTHER ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, AND MAKE INVESTMENTS IN COMPANIES ENGAGED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OPERATE, MANAGE, AND RUN ASSETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN CONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS, SUCH AS SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS, CABLE STATIONS, AIR NETWORKS AND CIRCUITS, ETC. LIKEWISE, THE COMPANY MAY ENGAGE IN THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORT, EXPORT, INSTALLATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, MARKETING, DISTRIBUTION, LEASE, PURCHASE AND SELL TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. IN ADDITION, THE COMPANY MAY PROVIDE TECHNICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, OPERATION, INSTALLATION, START-UP, ADMINISTRATION AND ANY TYPE OF SERVICES FOR ALL KINDS OF TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM OR THEIR USERS.

 

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FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSE, THE COMPANY IS ENTITLED TO CONSTITUTE, PURCHASE OR MERGE WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, DIRECTLY OR WITH THIRD PARTIES, IN PERU AND ABROAD. THE COMPANY MAY ALSO MAKE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN ANY TYPE OF INTANGIBLE PROPERTY AND RELATED INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SHARES OF STOCK, HOLDINGS, BONDS, DEBENTURES, UNITS OF INTERESTS OR RIGHTS IN ANY COMPANY, AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF INCOME SECURITIES AND THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF. ALWAYS ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF LIMITATIONS DETERMINED BY THE MEMBERS AT A MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

THE COMPANY MAY ALSO ENGAGE IN ANY OTHER ACTIVITY PERMITTED TO THIS TYPE OF COMPANIES IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PERUVIAN LAWS, AND IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSES, THE COMPANY MAY PERFORM ANY SUCH ACTS AND INTER INTO ANY SUCH CONTRACTS THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WERE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY.

SECTION 3: THE TERM OF BUSINESS SHALL BE INDEFINITE, FROM THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THE OPERATING AGREEMENT WHICH ORIGINATED THE PRESENT MINUTES.

ARTICLE TWO

CAPITAL AND OWNERSHIP INTEREST

SECTION 4: THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE S/.3,000.00 (THREE THOUSAND AND 00/100 NUEVOS SOLES), REPRESENTED BY 3,000 (THREE THOUSAND) UNITS OF INTEREST IN EQUAL AND INDIVISIBLE PARTS, HAVING A PAR VALUE OF S/. 1.00 (ONE NUEVO SOL) EACH, FULLY SUBSCRIBED FOR AND PAID.

SECTION 5: THE UNITS OF INTEREST CORRESPONDING TO ONE MEMBER MAY BE REPRESENTED BY ONE OR MORE PERSONS.

SECTION 6: THE MEMBERS SHALL HAVE AN ABSOLUTE PREFERENCE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE CONSECUTIVE EQUITY CAPITAL INCREASE ON A PRO RATA BASIS OF THEIR HOLDINGS, UPON APPROVAL OF A CAPITAL INCREASE BY THE MEMBERS AT A MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.


THE TERM WITHIN WHICH MEMBERS MAY EXERCISE THEIR PREFERENCE RIGHT. UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TERM TO EXERCISE PREFERENCE RIGHTS BY MEMBERS, AND IN THE EVENT THAT A NUMBER OF UNITS OF INTERESTS HAS NOT BEEN SUBSCRIBED FOR BY MEMBERS, THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE FULLY EXERCISED SUCH RIGHTS MAY EXERCISE THEIR OVERSUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS IN PROPORTION TO THEIR CAPITAL INTEREST. THE COMPANY SHALL NOTIFY THE TIME TO EXERCISE THE PREFERENCE RIGHTS BY WRITTEN NOTICE WHICH SHALL BE DELIVER TO EACH MEMBER. UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TERM TO EXERCISE THE PREFERENCE RIGHTS BY MEMBERS, AND IN THE EVENT THAT A NUMBER OF UNITS OF INTERESTS HAS NOT BEEN SUBSCRIBED FOR BY MEMBERS, SUCH UNITS OF INTERESTS MAY BE OFFERED TO THIRD PARTIES BY THE COMPANY.

SECTION 7: MEMBERS WHO INTEND TO TRANSFER THEIR UNITS OF INTERESTS OR OWNERSHIP INTERESTS TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT A MEMBER, SHALL NOTIFY THE MANAGER BY WRITTEN NOTICE, WHO FROM TIME TO TIME, SHALL INFORM THE OTHER MEMBERS WITHIN TEND DAYS. MEMBERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR INTENTION TO PURCHASE SUCH UNITS OF INTERESTS WITHIN 30 (THIRTY) DAYS AFTER THE NOTIFICATION. IN THE EVENT THAT MORE THAN ONE MEMBER HAS THE INTENTION TO PURCHASE SUCH UNITS OF INTERESTS, THEY SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG ALL THE MEMBERS ON A PRO RATA BASIS OF THEIR SHARE OWNERSHIP. NON-EXERCISE OF SUCH RIGHT BY ANY MEMBER SHALL GIVE THE COMPANY THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE SUCH UNITS OF INTERESTS TO BE REDEEMED, WITH THE SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION OF THE COMPANY CAPITAL. UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TERM AND IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH PREFERENCE RIGHT HAS NOT BEEN EXERCISED, MEMBERS SHALL FREELY TRANSFER THEIR UNITS OF INTERESTS AS THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE, EXCEPT IF A MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED TO DECIDE THE COMPANY’S PURCHASE OF SUCH UNITS OF INTERESTS. IN THE EVENT THAT THE COMPANY HAS NOT DECIDED TO PURCHASE SUCH UNITS OF INTERESTS AT THE DATE OF THE MEMBERS’ MEETING, MEMBERS MAY UNDERTAKE TO TRANSFER SUCH UNITS OF INTERESTS.

IN ORDER TO EXERCISE THE RIGHTS GRANTED IN THIS ARTICLE, AND IN THE EVENT OF ANY DISCREPANCY REGARDING THE PURCHASE PRICE, SUCH PRICE SHALL BE FIXED BY 3 (THREE) EXPERT APPRAISERS APPOINTED AND PAID BY THE PARTIES INTERESTED IN THE INTERESTS TRANSFER.

 

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IN THE EVENT OF FAILURE TO FIX A PRICE, IT SHALL BE SET FORTH BY A JUDGE IN A SUMMARY PROCEDURE.

ANY TRANSFER OF UNITS OF INTEREST TO A PERSON OTHER THAN MEMBERS WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SHALL BE NULL AND VOID, UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER OF UNITS OF INTEREST BENEFITS ANY AFFILIATED OR SUBSIDIARY COMPANY, IN WHICH CASE THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY, AND A SIMPLE NOTICE BEING DEEMED SUFFICCIENT FOR THIS PURPOSE.

SECTION 8: THE TRANSFER OF UNITS OF INTERESTS SHALL BE DULY EXECUTED BY VIRTUE OF A PUBLIC DEED WHICH SHALL BE REGISTERED WITH THE COMPANIES CONTROLLING AUTHORITY IN LIMA.

SECTION 9: ANY PURCHASE OF UNITS OF INTERESTS SHALL BE NOTIFIED BY THE BUYER BY WRITTEN NOTICE SERVED TO THE COMPANY, WHICH SHALL INDICATE THE NAME, MARITAL STATUS, NATIONALITY AND ADDRESS OF THE BUYER. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVEMENTIONED PROVISION, THE BUYER SHALL NOT EXERCISE ANY SUCH RIGHTS IN THE COMPANY THAT ARISES OUT OF THOSE UNITS OF INTERESTS.

ARTICLE THREE

GOVERNING BODIES-

SECTION TEN: THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE VESTED IN

1. MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

2. THE MANAGEMENT.

ARTICLE FOUR

MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

SECTION 11: IF THE QUORUM IS PRESENT AT A DULY CALLED MEETING, MEMBERS SHALL RESOLVE ANY SUCH MATTER UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY. ALL MEMBERS, INCLUDING DISSIDENT MEMBERS OR THOSE WHO WERE NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING ARE BOUND TO FOLLOW THE RESOLUTIONS DULY ADOPTED BY THE MEMBERS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.-

SECTION 12: THE COMPANY SHALL HOLD AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AT THE REGISTERED OFFICE OR AT SUCH PLACE AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE CALL FOR THE MEETING, WHICH MAY BE WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE PRINCIPAL


PLACE OF BUSINESS. THE MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IS THE SUPREME BODY OF THE COMPANY AND IS FORMED BY MEMBERS WHO, PURSUANT TO THE LAW AND THIS BYLAWS, ARE ENTITLED TO CAST A VOTE AT THE MEETINGS. BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT ANY MEETING OF MEMBERS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE PURPOSES STATED IN THE NOTICE, EXCEPT FOR THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 18 OF THIS BYLAWS.

SECTION 13: A SPECIAL MEETING SHALL BE HELD EVERY CALENDAR YEAR WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THE MANAGER SHALL CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING WITHIN SUCH PERIOD.

SECTION 14: THE PURPOSES OF SPECIAL MEETINGS SHALL BE TO:

1. ADOPT OR REJECT THE MANAGEMENT, DECIDE ON THE MANAGEMENT AND THE ACCOUNTING PROFIT OR LOSS OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR EXPRESSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE ACCOUNTS AND THE BALANCE SHEET.

2. PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS, IF ANY.

3. APPOINT AUDITORS, IF APPROPRIATE.

4. TRANSACT AND RESOLVE ANY BUSINESS UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY IN CONFORMITY WITH THE BYLAWS AND ON ANY OTHER ITEM ESTABLISHED IN THE AGENDA OF SUCH MEETING.

SECTION 15: THE PURPOSES OF THE MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHALL BE TO:

1. MODIFY THE BYLAWS OF THE COMPANY.

2. INCREASE OR REDUCE THE CAPITAL.

3. ISSUE BONDS, DEBT SECURITIES, INCLUDING DEBENTURES AND COMPANY’S BONDS, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE APPLICABLE LAW.

4. PROVIDE FOR THE EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS.

5. AUTHORIZE INQUIRIES, AUDITING AND BALANCE SHEETS

6. CHANGE, MERGE, SPIN-OFF, REORGANIZE, DERERISTER

 

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7. APPOINT OR DISMISS MANAGERS AND OTHER EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY, DETERMINE THEIR OBLIGATIONS AND FEES, GRANT OR REVOKE THEIR POWERS WITH THE AUTHORITY THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE. FURTHERMORE, IT SHALL APPOINT THE AGENTS OF THE COMPANY.

8. GRANT, WITHOUT LIMITATIONS, ALL THE NECESSARY POWER OF ATTORNEYS AS THEY THINK FIT.

9. TRANSACT ANY TYPE OF BUSINESSES.

10. MANAGE OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY, SUPERVISE THE OPERATION OF THE COMPANY, AND PROVIDE FOR THE BYLAWS AS THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE.

11. SET UP ANY BRANCHES, AGENCIES, AND OFFICES AS THEY THINK FIT.

12. CONSIDER ANY OTHER ISSUE IF REQUIRED BY THE COMPANY INTERESTS; ADOPT RESOLUTIONS IN THOSE MATTERS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED AT SUCH MEETING.

SECTION 16: MANAGERS SHALL CALL FOR A MEMBER ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WHEN THEY CONSIDER IT AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMPANY’S INTERESTS, OR UPON NOTARIAL REQUEST BY MEMBERS REPRESENTING NO LESS THAN 20% OF THE UNITS OF INTERESTS SUBSCRIBED. SUCH REQUEST SHALL STATE THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING. IN SUCH CASE, THE MEETING SHALL BE CALLED WITHIN 30 (THIRTY) DAYS AFTER THE REQUEST FOR SUCH MEETING.

SECTION 17: THE MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHALL BE CALLED BY THE MANAGERS BY NOTICE THAT SHALL BE DELIVERED BY POST NOTICE, FACSIMILE, E-MAIL OR ANY OTHER FORM OF COMMUNICATION WITH PROOF OF RECEIPT, ADDRESSED TO MEMBERS AT THEIR ADDRESS OR AT THE ADDRESS AS THE SAME APPEARS ON THE RECORDS OF THE COMPANY. SUCH NOTICE SHALL STATE THE PLACE, DATE, AND TIME OF THE MEETING, AND SUBJECTS TO DEAL WITH.

SECTION 18: NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THE ARTICLES ABOVE, THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHALL BE DECLARED DULY ESTABLISHED PROVIDED THAT MEMBERS REPRESENTING ALL THE UNITS OR INTERESTS ARE PRESENT AND THE RESOLUTION TO HOLD SUCH MEETING TOGETHER WITH THE AGENDA TO BE TRANSACTED ARE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.


ARTICLE 19: OWNERS OF UNITS OF INTEREST ARE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. ADDITIONALLY, UPON THE COMPANY’S CALL, THE COMPANY’S MANAGERS AND AGENTS MAY PARTICIPATE AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND NEED NOT BE MEMBERS, WHO ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK WITHOUT VOTING RIGHTS. SUBJECT TO THE SAME LIMITATION, THE COMPANY MAY INVITE ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CONSULTANTS AND TECHNICIANS AT THE COMPANY’S SERVICE, AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE GOOD RUNNING OF THE CORPORATE BUSINESS.

SECTION 20: MEMBERS ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS SUBJECT TO THE PREVIOUS SECTION, MAY BE REPRESENTED BY PROXY, WHO SHALL BE MEMBER OR NOT. SUCH PROXY SHALL BE GIVEN IN WRITING, AND ANY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION MAY BE USED, SUCH AS MAIL, FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC MEANS, AND SHALL BE ISSUED SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH MEETING, EXCEPT WHEN ISSUED BY PUBLIC DEED. SUCH PROXIES SHALL BE RECORDED NOT EARLIER THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE THE TIME FIXED FOR SUCH MEETING.

IF MEMBERS ARE COMPANIES OR CORPORATIONS, THEY SHALL BE REPRESENTED BY THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES.

SECTION 21: ANY DOCUMENT, MOTIONS AND PROJECTS RELATED TO THE PURPOSES OF THE MEETING SHALL BE KEPT IN THE COMPANY AT THE MEMBERS REQUEST ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEETING.

PRIOR OR ON THE DATE OF THE MEETING, MEMBERS MAY REQUEST ANY REPORT AND EXPLANATIONS AS THEY DEEM NECESSARY. THE MANAGERS UNDERTAKE TO FURNISH SUCH INFORMATION, UNLESS THEY CONSIDER THAT THE DISCLOSURE OF THE REQUESTED INFORMATION MAY CAUSE HARM TO THE COMPANY’S INTERESTS. THIS EXCEPTION SHALL NOT APPLY WHEN THE REQUEST IS SUPPORTED BY THE PRESENT MEMBERS AT THE MEETING WHO REPRESENT NOT LESS THAN A QUARTER OF THE PAID IN CAPITAL.

SECTION 22: WHEN AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IS HELD ON THE FIRST CALL, AND PROVIDED THAT THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MEETING IS OTHER THAN THE AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS, INCREASE OR REDUCTION OF THE CAPITAL, BOND ISSUANCE, SALE IN ONE ACT OF ASSETS WITH A BOOK VALUE EXCEEDING 50% OF THE COMPANY CAPITAL, CONVERSION, MERGE, SPIN-OFF,


ACQUISITION, REORGANIZATION, DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE COMPANY, AND IN GENERAL, ANY AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS, THE ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS REPRESENTING NO LESS THAN 50% OF THE ISSUED UNITS OF INTERESTS SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.

ON THE SECOND CALL, THE ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS REPRESENTING ANY NUMBER OF ISSUED UNITS OF INTERESTS SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.

ANY RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT THE MEETING SHALL BE VALID WITH THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENT UNITS OF INTERESTS AT SUCH MEETING.

SECTION 23: WHEN THE MATTERS TO BE TRANSACTED AT THE MEETING INCLUDE THE AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS, INCREASE OR REDUCTION OF THE CAPITAL, BOND ISSUANCE, SALE IN ONE ACT OF ASSETS WITH A BOOK VALUE EXCEEDING 50% OF THE COMPANY CAPITAL, CONVERSION, MERGE, SPIN-OFF, ACQUISITION, REORGANIZATION, DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE COMPANY, AND IN GENERAL, ANY AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS, THE ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS REPRESENTING NO LESS THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE ISSUED UNITS OF INTERESTS SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.

ON THE SECOND CALL, THE ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS REPRESENTING NOT LESS THAN THREE FIFTHS OF THE ISSUED UNITS OF INTERESTS SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.

ANY RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT THE MEETING SHALL BE VALID WITH THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENT UNITS OF INTERESTS AT SUCH MEETING.


SECTION 24: MEMBERS AT THE MEETING SHALL APPOINT A CHAIRMAN. THE MANAGER SHALL ACT AS THE SECRETARY. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MANAGER, THE PERSON APPOINTED BY MEMBERS AT THE MEETING AMONG ITS ATTENDING MEMBERS SHALL ACT AS SECRETARY.

SECTION 25: AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS REPRESENTING NO LESS THAN 25% OF THE ISSUED UNITS OF INTERESTS, SUCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHALL BE ADJOURNED ONLY ONCE, TO NO LESS THAN THREE NOR MORE THAN FIVE DAYS WITHOUT THE NEED OF NOTICE OF AN ADJOURNMENT, DECISIONS AND DELIBERATIONS OF SUCH MATTERS THEY THINK THEY ARE NOT DULY INFORMED.

SECTION 26: BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE MEETING, A LIST OF MEMBERS EXPRESSING THEIR CAPACITY AND THE AMOUNT OF UNITS OF INTERESTS OWNED SHALL BE MADE. AT THE END OF SUCH LIST, THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN PRESENT OR REPRESENTED BY PROXY SHALL BE DETERMINED, AS WELL AS THE PAID UP CAPITAL CORRESPONDING TO SUCH UNITS OF INTERESTS.

SECTION 27: NO MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE AT ANY MEETING WHERE THEY, ON THEIR OWN NAME OR ON BEHALF OF THIRD PARTIES, HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTERESTS WITH THE COMPANY.

MANAGERS AND AGENTS OF THE COMPANY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO VOTE AS MEMBERS WHEN DEALING WITH THEIR COMPENSATION AND RESPONSIBILITY ON ANY MATTER. HOWEVER, THE UNITS OF INTERESTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE VOTING RIGHTS CANNOT BE EXERCISED SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM BUT SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO CONSTITUTE THE MAJORITY OF VOTE.

 

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SECTION 28: RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE BOOK TO BE KEPT FOR THAT PURPOSE IN THE MANNER REQUESTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW:

1. THE MINUTES OF EACH MEETING SHALL INDICATE THE DATE, PLACE AND TIME OF SUCH MEETING; THE NAME OF THE PERSONS ACTING AS CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY; THE FORM AND THE RESULTS OF THE POOLS AND ANY AGREEMENT APPROVED THEREON.

2. A LIST OF MEMBERS ATTENDING THE MEETING ON THEIR OWN NAME OR ON BEHALF OF UNITS OF INTERESTS OF THIRD PARTIES SHALL BE ADDED, SPECIFYING THEIR ADDRESSES, AND, IF APPROPRIATE, THE SUPPORTING PROOF OF NOTICE GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LAW AND THIS BYLAWS.

3. THE ATTENDING MEMBERS OR THEIR PROXIES AND SUCH PERSONS ENTITLED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ARE EMPOWERED TO REQUEST THAT THEIR OPINIONS AND VOTES CASTED SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING.

4. FAILURE TO RECORD A RESOLUTION TAKEN AT A MEETING IN THE BOOK KEPT FOR THAT PURPOSE DUE TO ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, SUCH MINUTE SHALL RECORDED IN A SPECIAL DOCUMENT, WHICH SHALL THEN BE TRANSCRIBED TO THE BOOK.

5. THE WRITING AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTE SHALL BE MADE AT THE SAME MEETING, KEEPING RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS THEREIN. SUCH MINUTES SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND THE SECRETARY, AND BY ONE MEMBER APPOINTED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

6. THE MINUTES MAY BE SIGNED BY ANY ATTENDING MEMBER.

7. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HAS FULL LEGAL EFFECTS AS FROM SECTION 9: CERTIFICATIONS TO BE ENFORCEABLE AGAINST ANY AUTHORITY OR THIRD PARTIES SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT.

SECTION 5

MANAGEMENT

SECTION 31: THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE MANAGED BY ONE OR MORE MANAGERS APPOINTED BY THE MEMBERS AT THE GENERAL MEETING. IT SHALL ALSO HAVE ONE OR MORE ASSISTANT MANAGERS AS THE MEMBERS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DEEM APPROPRIATE.


THE MANAGERS SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR AN INDEFINITE TIME, AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE AT ANY TIME BY THE MEMBERS AT AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

SECTION 32: NOTWITHSTANDING THE POWERS GRANTED IN ANY CASE BY THE MEMBERS AT THE GENERAL MEETING, THE MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MANAGERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. TO MANAGE THE COMPANY OPERATIONS, AND IN SUCH CAPACITY, THEY MAY PERFORM ANY SUCH ACTS AND ENTER INTO ANY SUCH AGREEMENTS AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY, INCLUDING THOSE SPECIFIED BY THE MEMBERS AT A MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

2. IN GENERAL, TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT AND ANY OTHER AUTHORITY OR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY, SUCH AS ANY TAX OR CUSTOMS AUTHORITY, MINISTRY, OR ADMINISTRATIVE SECTOR, MUNICIPALITY, REGIONAL AUTHORITY, POLICE, MILITAR OR NAVAL AUTHORITY OR ANY OTHER NATIONAL AUTHORITY OR AGENCY, AS WELL AS BEFORE ANY NATURAL PERSON OR LEGAL ENTITY, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE.

3. TO ACT IN THEIR CAPACITY ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY AS THE LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATIVE, INCLUDING THE GENERAL POWERS CONFERRED BY THE DUTIES AND POWERS GRANTED BY THE COMPANY FOR ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, INCLUDING NON-CONTESTED PROCEEDINGS, AND MAY EXERCISE ANY RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND GENERAL POWERS SET FORTH IN THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, SECTION 4, EMPOWERING THEM TO PERFORM ANY SUCH ACTS AS REQUIRED BY THE PROCEEDINGS.-

4. SIMILARLY, THE MANAGERS SHALL ALSO BE VESTED WITH SPECIAL POWERS SUBJECT TO THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, SECTION 75. THEREFORE, MANAGERS SHALL PERFORM ANY ACTS OF DISPOSITION OF SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE SECTION FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY, SUCH AS THOSE ACTS WITH REGARD TO THE LEGAL PROCEEDING, INCLUDING THOSE ACTS AIMED AT THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE DECISION AND COLLECTION OF LEGAL EXPENSES, THE CREATION OF CREDITS OR RIGHTS AND THE OFFERING OF BONDS TO COVER LOSS AND DAMAGE WHICHEVER ITS NATURE AND AMOUNT MIGHT BE DETERMINED BY THE COURT, INCLUDING OTHER GUARANTEES. THE MANAGERS SHALL FURTHER BRING AND ANSWER COMPLAINTS, COUNTERCLAIMS, SEEK THE APPROPRIATE INJUNCTION RELIEF REGARDLESS THEIR CONDITION, TO ABANDON THE PROCESS, ACTIONS OR REQUESTS, TO ACCEPT OR ACKNOWLEDGE CLAIMS, TO RAISE PRELIMINARY DEFENSES, TO OBJECT EVIDENCE, TO FILE ANY TYPE OF OBJECTION, TO SUBMIT AND ANSWER WRITTEN

 

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INTERROGATORIES, TO TESTIFY AS WITNESS, TO TAKE AND ADMINISTER OATHS, TO START PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF EVIDENCE, TO PARTICIPATE IN LAWSUITS AS A THIRD PARTY, TO FILE A MOTION FOR STAY OF PROCEEDINGS OR ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING, TO ATTEND RECONCILIATION AND CONCILIATION HEARINGS AND HEARINGS FOR THE CORRECTION OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND TO EXECUTE COMPROMISES AND SETTLEMENTS, TO ATTEND EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS, TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SHOW DOCUMENTS, TO RECEIVE AND MAKE PAYMENTS EITHER IN CASH OR BY CHECK OR ANY OTHER NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES, TO COLLECT ESCROW DEPOSITS WITH THE COURT, TO REACH SETTLEMENTS, TO SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SALE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY CREDITOR IN JUDICIAL OR IN PUBLIC AUCTIONS, REPLACE OR DELEGATE THE POWERS OF ATTORNEY GRANTED BY THIS ACT IN WHOLE OR IN PART.

5. IN A SIMILAR WAY, THEY MAY REPLACE OR DELEGATE THE LEGAL PREPRESENTATION IN FAVOUR OF ONE OR MORE PERSONS TO ACT IN ANY PROCEEDINGS FOR WHICH THE LAW REQUESTS SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY.

6. WITH REGARD TO LABOUR MATTERS, THEY SHALL BE VESTED WITH ALL THE NECESSARY POWERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW No. 26636 OF LABOUR PROCEDURE, OR THE APLICABLE LAW; TO PARTICIPATE IN RECONCILIATIONS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 6 OF SUPREME DECREE NO. 002-96-TR OR THE APPLICABLE LAW, AND TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY IN ANY LABOUR PROCEEDINGS.

7. TO REQUEST THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPCY PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER COMPANY, WITH FULL AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RESPECTIVE CREDITORS’ MEETINGS.

8. TO ORGANIZE THE BYLAWS OF THE OFFICES.

9. TO USE THE COMPANY SEAL, TO ISSUE CERTIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENT OF THE COMPANY BOOKS AND RECORDS, TO SEND MAILS, CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, TELEGRAPH, TELEX, FACSIMILE, E-MAILS AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

10. TO KEEP THE ACCOUNTING UP TO DATE AND CONTROL THE BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND OPERATIONS MADE AT THE OFFICES, AND TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE PROPER PERFORMANCE OF THE BUSINESS.

11. TO GIVE ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATION AND CONDITION OF THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY, AND TO PRESENT THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO PREPARE THE ANNUAL REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN DUE TIME.


12. TO ACT AS SECRETARY AT THE MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS AND KEEP THE MINUTES BOOK, AND ATTEND TO THE MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS, UNLESS THE MANAGERS OR MEMBERS AT THE MEETING DECIDE TO HOLD A PRIVATE MEETING.

13. TO ENTER INTO LABOUR AGREEMENTS, AND APPOINT AND REMOVE EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY LEGALLY, AND TO ENSURE INTERNAL ORDER AND APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL BEHAVIOUR.

14. TO CONTRACT INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEES TO ACT AS COUNSELORS, AND TO ENTER INTO SERVICE CONTRACT AGREEMENTS AND LABOUR CONTRACTS.

15. TO ATTEND TO THE MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OR TO ANY SUCH MEETING WHERE THE COMPANY HAS OR MAY HAVE SHARES OR UNITS OF INTERESTS, ENTITLED TO VOTING RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SHARES OF STOCK OR UNITS OF INTERESTS.


16. TO ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT, SUCH AS SALE AGREEMENTS, EXCHANGE, RENT, LEASE, BAILMENT, MORTGAGE, SUPPLY, SURFACE, PLEDGE, CONSIGNMENT, CHARTER, TRANSPORT, DISTRIBUTION, DONATION AND FINANCIAL LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH REGARD TO PERSONAL OR REAL PROPERTY, AS WELL AS ENTER INTO SUPPLY AGREEMENTS, BONDS, ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, LABOUR, PARTNERSHIP, INSURANCE IN ANY FORM, SALES COMMISSION, AGENCY, LICENCE AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER CIVIL, COMMERCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, TAX, BANK, LABOUR CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOMINATED OR NOT, LEGALLY DESCRIBED OR NOT, AND MAY ISSUE THE CORRESPONDING PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DOCUMENT.

17. TO CELEBRATE STORAGE AGREEMENTS IN GENERAL WAREHOUSES, AND INSURANCE AGREEMENTS.

18. TO GRANT GUARANTEES ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY OR IN FAVOUR OF THIRD PARTIES CREATING PLEDGES OR MORTGAGES AND IN ANY CASE, TO GIVE BONDS AND OTHER GUARANTEES, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

19. TO APPOINT THE COMPANY BANK INSTITUTION WITH THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH ENTITIES; TO OPEN AND CLOSE BANK ACCOUNTS; TO REQUEST AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, WHETHER IN NATIONAL OR FOREIGN CURRENCY; TO DEPOSIT, WITHDRAW AND TRANSFER FUNDS INTO OR FROM SUCH ACCOUNTS; TO CELEBRATE LOANS IN CURRENT ACCOUNTS, WITH OR WITHOUT OVERDRAFT OR ADVANCE PAYMENTS; TO ISSUE CHECKS ON CREDIT BALANCE OR IN OVERDRAFT ON THE COMPANY CURRENT ACCOUNTS, TO COLLECT AND ENDORSE CHECKS; TO DRAW, ACCEPT, REACCEPT, ENDORSE, EXTEND AND DISCOUNT BILLS OF EXCHANGE; TO ISSUE COUPONS AND PROMISSORY NOTES, ENDORSE, DISCOUNT AND EXTEND THEM; TO CELEBRATE CONTRACTS TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND WITHDRAW DEPOSITS, WITH OR WITHOUT GUARANTEE; TO DEPOSIT, PURCHASE, SALE AND WITHDRAW SECURITIES; TO CONTRACT LETTERS OF CREDIT FOR IMPORT OR EXPORT; TO RENT SAFES, OPEN, OPERATE AND CANCELL THEM;

 

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TO GRANT PLEDGES AND BONDS JOINT AND SEVERALLY IN FAVOUR OF THE COMPANY; TO CONTRACT AND ENDORSE INSURANCE POLICIES; TO ACCEPT AND ENDORSE WARRANTS, BILLS OF LADING, AND CERTIFIED AIRWAY BILLS; TO MAKE DEPOSITS IN CURRENT ACCOUNTS, CONTRACT LEASINGS; MAKE, ACCEPT, ENDORSE AND DISCOUNT ADVANCE ACCOUNTS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY OR ITS EQUIVALENT NATIONAL CURRENCY; COLLECT BANK DRAFTS, ORDER CHARGES AND TRANSFERENCES INTO CURRENT ACCOUNT; REQUEST GUARANTEES, DOCUMENTARY CREDITS; AND, IN GENERAL, TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF BANK AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS.

20. TO MANAGE ANY TYPE OF COMPANY ASSETS, BEING EMPOWERED TO COLLECT THE FUNDS OF THE COMPANY, ISSUING CANCELLATIONS AND RECEIPTS.

21. TO ORDER PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS.

22. TO REQUEST RECORDS OF TRADEMARKS OF FACTORIES, SERVICE, TRADENAMES AND SLOGANS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ITEM OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND MAY ACQUIRE, TRANSFER AND ASSIGN THEM, AND GRANT OR PURCHASE SUCH ITEMS LICENSED.

23. TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY BEFORE ANY AND EVERY AUTHORITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU IN ANY NECESSARY PROCEEDINGS AND ACTS, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN PURSUANCE OF THE NEGOCIATION, EXECUTION AND SIGNATURE OF LEGAL STABILITY AGREEMENTS, UNDER LEGISLATIVE DECREES IN ORDER TO ENSURE ANY COMPANY INVESTMENT, WITH FULL AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT REQUESTS, ISSUE AND EXECUTE AFFIDAVITS AND EXECUTE THE LEGAL STABILITY AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS TO CONSOLIDATE AND CONDUCT PROCEEDINGS FOR THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT REGISTRY BEFORE ANY AUTHORITY.

24. TO FILE ANY TAX RETURN WITH REGARD TO THE INCOME STATEMENT OR ANY OTHER TAX, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE BASED ON THE COMPANY BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS; TO AUTHORIZE AND SUBMIT FOR THE BALANCE SHEET AND THE PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS APPROVAL BEFORE THE TAX AUTHORITIES OR OTHER AUTHORITIES AND PUBLISH THEM WHERE NECESSARY OR WHEN REQUIRED TO DO SO, AND TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND FILE CLAIMS RELATED TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.


25. TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY BEFORE ANY CUSTOMS AUTHORITY, OFFICE AND GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND THE POST OFFICE IN ANY BUSINESS CONNECTED WITH SUCH ENTITIES, WITH FULL AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE GOODS FROM CUSTOMS AND EXECUTE THE NECESSARY AFFIDAVITS AND NOTICES FOR SUCH PURPOSE; TO USE THE SERVICES OF CUSTOMS AGENTS AND TO WITHDRAW ANY LETTER, WHETHER IN RECORD OR NOT, CARRYING DECLARED DOCUMENTS OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DOCUMENT, TELEGRAM, PARCELS, MONEY, PACKAGES, AND OTHER ITEMS AND GOODS FROM THE POST OFFICE, CABLE AND TRANSPORT OFFICES, ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY WITHIN PERU AND ISSUING VALID RECEIPTS UPON DELIVERY.

26. TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY BEFORE THE TELECOMMUNICATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE AUTHORITIES OR BEFORE ANY OTHER AUTHORITY, WITH FULL POWER TO REQUEST GRANTS, AUTHORIZATIONS, LICENSING AND REGISTRATION; SUBMIT BONDS, LETTERS OF CREDIT AND GUARANTEES; TO EXECUTE AFFIDAVITS, WAIVE RIGHTS; TO CONTEST RESOLUTIONS, TO FILE CLAIMS, REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION, APPEALS, WRIT OF CERTIORARI, ANNULMENTS, ETC.; TO EXECUTE CONCESSION AGREEMENTS, AMENDMENTS TO SUCH DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENT, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

27. TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL ACTS, MANAGEMENT, PROCEDURES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE TENDER BID STAGES, PUBLIC TENDER AND AUCTION; TO SUBMIT THE BACKGROUND BID AND/OR DOCUMENTS REQUESTED AT THE TENDER, TO EXECUTE AFFIDAVITS AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR LETTER AND/OR ANY OTHER AFFIDAVIT REQUESTED AT THE TENDER; TO SUBMIT THE ENVELOPES AND PROPOSALS, TO GRANT BONDS, TO GENERATE, OBTAIN, ISSUE AND SUBMIT ANY DOCUMENT REQUESTED BY THE TENDER OR RELATED TO THE BID OR AUCTION, WITH FULL AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE AFFIDAVITS, AGREEMENTS AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENT; TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY MINUTES AND AGREEMENTS; WAIVE RIGHTS, TO CONTEST RESOLUTIONS AND PERFORM ANY OTHER ACTION, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

28. TO PERFORM ANY SUCH DUTIES IN CONFORMITY WITH THEIR POWER AND PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE LAW AND THIS BYLAWS, AND TO COMPLY WITH THE DUTIES VESTED ON THEM AS REQUESTED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE COMPANY BY VIRTUE OF THE APPROPRIATE POWER OF ATTORNEY.


29. TO EXECUTE ANY PRIVATE OR PUBLIC INSTRUMENT IN ORDER TO VALIDATE ANY ACTION PERFORMED WHILE EXERCISING THE DUTIES VESTED ON THEM.

30. TO APPOINT PROXIES, AND TO DELEGATE SOME OF THE DUTIES CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION, AND ANNUL SUCH DELEGATION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR SUBSTITUTING THE PROXY, IF APPROPRIATEE.

31. TO PERFORM ANY DUTY AS CONFERRED BY THE MEMBERS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

ARTICLE SIX

AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS, CAPITAL INCREASE AND REDUCTION

SECTION 33: ANY AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE CALL FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WITH THE ITEMS TO BE TRANSACTED AND THAT SUCH AGREEMENT BE ADOPTED BY THE MEMBERS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 23 OF THESE BYLAWS, SUBJECTO TO SECTION 18 HEREIN.

SECTION 34: THE AMENDMENTS CREATING NEW RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE MEMBERS WHO VOTED AGAINST SUCH RESOLUTION.

IN CASE THE AMENDMENT CONSISTS IN THE CHANGE OF THE COMPANY ADDRESS TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, OR IN THE CHANGE OF THE COMPANY PURPOSE, OR IN THE CREATION OF RESTRICTIONS TO THE FREE TRANSFERABILITY OF THE UNITS OF INTERESTS OTHER THAN THOSE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THIS BYLAWS ON IN THE APPLICABLE LAW, OR THE CHANGE OF THE EXISTING LIMITATIONS, MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR DISSENT TO SUCH CHANGE IN WRITING, AND MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY DEPRIVED TO CAST A VOTE MAY EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO WITHDRAW IN THE MANNER ESTABLISHED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 35: ANY AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS AND THE INCREASE OR REDUCTION OF THE CAPITAL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APLICABLE LAW.

SECTION SEVEN

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND DIVIDENDS DISTRIBUTION

SECTION 36: THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIVIDENDS SHALL ONLY BE MADE BY VIRTUE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PREPARED AT THE CLOSING OF A FISCAL YEAR, OR AT A CLOSING DATE FIXED UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES DETERMINED BY THE MEMBERS AT A GENERAL MEETING. MANAGERS SHALL

 

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PREPARE THE ANNUAL REPORT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE PROPOSAL OF DISTRIBUTION OF DIVIDENDS, IF ANY, SHALL BE CONSIDERED AND APPROVED BY MEMBERS AT AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS WITH THE MINIMUM TIME NECESSARY FOR THEIR SUBMISSION AT A SPECIAL MEETING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 37: THE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SHALL BE PREPARED AND BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL LAW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE CONTROLLED BY AUDITORS WHEN THE COMPANY DOES NOT HAVE A PERMANENT AUDITING, AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT NO LESS THAN 10% OF THE PAID UP UNITS OF INTERESTS, BEFORE OR DURING THE MEETING OR NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH MEETING, ON ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANY.

SECTION 38: DIVIDENDS SHALL ONLY BE PAID OUT OF THE DECLARED EARNED PROFITS, OR OUT OF UNRESTRICTED RESERVES, PROVIDED THAT THE NET WORTH BE HIGHER THAN THE PAID UP CAPITAL.

ARTICLE EIGHT

MEMBERS EXCLUSION AND WITHDRAWAL

SECTION 39: MEMBERS WHO VIOLATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS BYLAWS, COMMIT ANY MALICIOUS ACT AGAINST THE COMPANY OR ENGAGE ON THEIR OWN NAME OR ON BEHALF OF THIRD PARTIES ON A PURPOSE SIMILAR TO THE COMPANY PURPOSE MAY BE EXCLUDED. SUCH EXCLUSION SHALL BE ADOPTED WITH THE FAVOURABLE VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE UNITS OF INTERESTS, WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE MEMBER WHOSE EXCLUSION IS BEING TREATED. SUCH EXCLUSION SHALL BE CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC DEED AND RECORDED IN THE COMPANY BOOK. AGAINST SUCH RESOLUTION, THE EXCLUDED MEMBER MAY FILE AN OBJECTION WITH THE COURT THROUGH A SUMMARY PROCEEDING WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE NOTICE OF THE EXCLUSION.

 

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IN CASE THE COMPANY HAS ONLY TWO MEMBERS, THE EXCLUSION OF ONE MEMBER SHALL ONLY BE DECIDED BY A JUDGE BY VIRTUE OF CLAIM FILED IN A SUMMARY PROCEEDING. UPON DECISION JUSTIFYING THE EXCLUSION OF THE MEMBER AND UPON FAILURE TO REORGANIZE THE MULTIPLE MEMBER REQUIREMENT WITHIN A PERIOD OF 6 (SIX) MONTHS, THE COMPANY SHALL BE DISSOLVED BY OPERATION OF THE LAW.

MEMBERS MAY WITHDRAW FROM THE COMPANY IN THE MANNER SET FORTH BY THE APLICABLE LAW AND THIS BYLAWS.

ARTICLE NINE

WINDING UP, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

SECTION 40: THE COMPANY SHALL BE WOUND UP AND LIQUIDATED IN THE CASES AND IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR BY THE APPLICABLE LAW IF THE MEMBERS AT AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CALLED FOR SUCH PURPOSE APPROVED SUCH RESOLUTION. THE LIQUIDATED COMPANY SHALL CONTINUE WITH ITS STATUS OF LEGAL ENTITY DURING THE WINDING-UP PROCEDURE AND UP TO ITS TERMINATION BE RECORDED BEFORE THE REGISTRY. AT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE COMPANY WINDING-UP, THE MEMBERS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHALL APPOINT

ARTICLE 10

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 41: IN ALL MATTERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED FOR IN THIS BYLAWS, THE COMPANY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THE GENERAL COMPANIES LAW.

SECTION 42: SHOULD ANY CONTROVERSY ARISE BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OR ANY OF THEM AND THE COMPANY, SUCH CONTROVERSY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION EX AEQUO ET BONO. THE PARTIES SHALL APPOINT AN ARBITRATOR, WHO IN TURN SHALL APPOINT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ARBITRATION COURT AND SHALL DETERMINE THE ARBITRARY PROCESS.

TO BE ADDED BY THE NOTARY PUBLIC, WHAT IS UNDER THE LAW, AND RECORD THE PROOF OF DEPOSIT OF THE CAPITAL PAID IN TO A BANK INSTITUTION ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY. PROCESS THE PARTIES TO THE COMPANIES CONTROLLING AUTHORITY IN LIMA IN ORDER TO BE REGISTERED.


LIMA, AUGUST 29TH 2005

SIGNED: GUILLERMO HESSE MARTINEZ.- JOSE ANTONIO JARAMILLO FINN.

THIS MINUTES HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW GIANCARLO MANDRIOTTI FLORES. ATTORNEY – WITH THE LICENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS IN THE CITY OF LIMA, NO. 30421.

CONCLUSION: THIS DOCUMENT HAVING BEEN EXECUTED, THE PARTIES HAVE READ THE DOCUMENT IN WHOLE, THEY DECLARE AND RATIFY THE CONTENT OF THE DOCUMENT WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENT.


THIS PUBLIC DEED STARTS ON PAGE BEARING NUMBER I77S020 AND FINISHES ON PAGE BEARING NUMBER 1778046, WHICH I ATTEST. – IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THE APPEARING PARTIES IS STATED BELOW THEIR NAMES, BEING THE LAST DAY THE DATE OF CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEEDING. SIGNED: GUILLERMO HESSE MARTINEZ.- THERE FOLLOWS ALL TEN FINGERPRINTS. SIGNED ON THIS DAY OF SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2005. JOSE ANTONIO JARAMILLO FINN.- THERE FOLLOWS ALL TEN FINGERPRINTS. SIGNED ON THIS DAY OF SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2005. SIGNED: JAIME ALEJANDRO MURGU1A CAVERO, NOTARY PUBLIC OF THIS CITY. SIGNED ON THIS DAY OF SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2005.

 

I AGREE

THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT FOR YOUR REFERENCE. I ISSUE THIS FIRST TRANSCRIPT OF DOCUMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW 26.002

LIMA, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2.005.

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EX-3.100 96 dex3100.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING PERU S.A. Bylaws of Global Crossing Peru S.A.

Exhibit 3.100

Translation into English

3.100 Global Crossing Peru S.A. (formerly Impsat S.A.) - Bylaws

 

1.- Amendment of IMPSAT S.A. by-laws under Law No. 26887, Revised General Companies Law.

The Chairman put forward the obligation established in the First Temporary Provision of Law No. 26887 – Revised General Companies Law, in force as from January 1, 1998, and its extension set forth in Law No. 26977, for the company to amend its charter and by-laws as required by the applicable law. Since the provision was still effective, such amendment was necessary. To that effect, the Chairman stated that the corporation was the type of legal entity which best suited the purposes of the company and its estimated growth. The Chairman also declared that, as a result of the amendment of the charter and the by-laws, the same percentage of shares in relation to the subscribed and paid-up capital of the company would be held by the shareholders, under the following terms and conditions:

FIRST.- By virtue of this charter, the undersigned freely agree to establish a corporation which shall be named IMPSAT S.A. and issue the corresponding by-laws. They have also made the contributions required to constitute the capital stock.

SECOND.- The capital stock of the company shall be S/. 5,000.00 (five thousand nuevos soles) represented by 5,000 registered voting shares of a par value of S/. 1.00 each, subscribed and paid as follows:

 

 

IMPSAT CORPORATION holds 4,998 registered voting shares of a par value of S/.1.00 each, duly subscribed and paid up.

 

 

Alejandro Mingo Ortega holds 1 registered voting share of a par value of S/.1.00, duly subscribed and paid up.

 

 

José Jamón Torres Ferrario holds 1 registered voting share of a par value of S/.1.00, duly subscribed and paid up.

THIRD.- The company shall be managed by a Board of Directors of three members and one or more Board of Managers. The initial board shall be composed of the following directors:

 

 

Alejandro Mingo Ortega, Argentine, passport No. 16815055, with registered domicile at Pasaje Sucre No177 - Miraflores, who shall serve as the Chairman;

 

 

José Ramón Torres Ferrario, Argentine, passport No. 12044322N, with registered domicile at Pasaje Sucre No. 177- Miraflores;

 

 

Teresa Nancy Victoria Laos Cáceres, Peruvian, Identity Document (L.E.) No. 07205701, with registered domicile at Emancipación No. 113 - Surco.

The General Manager shall be appointed by the Board of Directors.


FOURTH: The company shall be governed by the following by-laws, or otherwise by the General Companies Law.

CORPORATE BY-LAWS

TITLE I

NAME, PURPOSES, DOMICILE AND DURATION

FIRST.- The company shall be named “GLOBAL CROSSING PERÚ S.A.” and its purposes shall be the research, development, manufacture, supply, installation, operation, maintenance, repair, improvement, acquisition and lease of telecommunication equipment, systems, procedures and tools for all kind of data, voice and video transmissions, including the transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds or any other information and, in general, the provision of any services, media or complementary activities, whether subsidiary or ancillary to such telecommunications, the rendering of telecommunications services, subject to Peruvian laws and regulations on telecommunications. In furtherance of such purposes, the company may perform any acts or activities which may otherwise be related thereto, either on its own behalf or on behalf of third parties, on its own name or by representatives, agents, correspondents or licensees. To that effect, the company may enter into all kind of agreements or legal acts with any government entities or agencies and/or state companies or individuals or national or foreign private companies and negotiate and/or accept concessions, authorizations, licenses, privileges, exemptions and benefits granted by public authorities.

In order to fulfill its core purposes, the company may conduct any commercial or industrial transactions, serve as representative or agent for national or foreign companies, and even invest in other national or foreign companies.

Therefore, the company may directly or indirectly perform all the authorized legal acts, whether civil, commercial or of any other kind, which may be necessary to accomplish the abovementioned purposes.

SECOND.- The domicile of the company shall be Lima City, but the company may establish agencies and branches within and outside the Republic of Peru by Shareholders’ General Meeting resolution.

THIRD.- The duration of the company shall be indefinite and its business commenced upon its incorporation date as set forth in the Public Registry.

TITLE II

CONTRIBUTIONS, STOCK CAPITAL AND SHARES

FOURTH.- Shareholders shall only be liable to the company for their individual capital subscriptions.

FIFTH.- By way of contributions, ownership or any other title to property as may be expressly stated shall be transferred to the company. The company shall be vested with the right thus transferred by the contributing shareholder.


SIXTH.- In the event shares are not fully paid in upon subscription, shareholders shall pay the outstanding balance in the time and manner established by the general meeting; or else, the company shall be entitled to enforce compliance or dispose of the shares at the risk and expense of the delinquent shareholder. Shares which are not sold in whole or in part due to absence of buyers shall be cancelled and the capital stock shall be reduced accordingly. All sale proceeds shall be contributed to the company.

SEVENTH.- In kind contributions value shall be evidenced by an appraisal report including a description of the contributed asset, the appraisal criteria and the resulting value.

EIGHTH.- The Board of Directors shall examine the value of in kind contributions made to the company within 60 calendar days as from the contribution date. Within 30 days thereafter, shareholders may request the court for an expert value verification. The shares corresponding to in kind contributions subject to examination may only be issued upon value examination by the board and the expiration of the term to request for value verification.

In the event in kind contributions actual value is 20% or more inferior to the value contributed, contributing shareholders shall choose among the cancellation of the shares representing such difference, their separation or an equivalent cash payment. If any of the first two options is exercised, the company shall reduce the stock capital proportionally if within the 30-day term shares have not been subscribed again and paid up in cash.

NINTH.- The stock capital of the company is S/. 79,754,620.00 (seventy nine million seven hundred fifty four thousand six hundred twenty nuevos soles) divided into 7,975,462 voting shares of a par value of S/. 10.00 each, duly subscribed and fully paid in.

TENTH.- Shares issuance shall be evidenced by definite or interim certificates. Definite certificates represent shares corresponding to the registered capital. Interim certificates, if any, represent shares corresponding to an agreed-upon capital increase not registered in the appropriate records. Definite and interim certificates shall be issued from a stock certificate book, correlatively numbered, in accordance with the applicable law and signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, if not available, by a director. Each stock certificate may represent one or more shares.

Shareholding implies, in its own right, the obligation to abide by the by-laws and any agreements entered into by the corporate bodies pursuant to the by-laws and the law.

Moreover, shareholders are granted the rights set forth in section 95 of the General Companies Law.

ELEVENTH.- Each share is indivisible and its holder shall only be authorized to exercise the rights attached thereto. In the event one or more shares are transferred by sale, succession, or otherwise, to more than one holder, such holders shall appoint a proxy to exercise their rights; however, they shall be jointly and severally liable for their obligations as shareholders. Said appointment shall be made by means of a notarized power, signed by the holders representing more than 50% of the rights attached to jointly held shares.


TWELFTH.- Shares shall be registered in a duly certified book called the Stock Registry Book containing information as regards stock issuance, transfers, swaps and splits, rights and liens, transfer restrictions and agreements among shareholders or between shareholders and third parties in connection with shares or the exercise of rights attached thereto.

The company shall consider shareholders those duly registered in the Stock Registry Book.

THIRTEENTH.- In the event shareholders intend to transfer shares, they shall notify the general manager in writing, who shall then inform the other shareholders within 10 calendar days. Such shareholders shall have the preferential right to subscribe shares within 10 days after notice. In case more than one shareholder desire to purchase the shares offered, stock shall be distributed in proportion to their holdings in the company.

Upon the expiration of the term to exercise such option, shareholders shall be free to transfer their shares at their discretion.

FOURTEENTH.- Shareholders who transfer shares which are not fully paid in shall be jointly and severally liable to the company together with all the transferees for the unpaid balance. Transferees shall be released from liability after three years after the transfer date.

TITLE III

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

FIFTEENTH.- Corporate bodies consist of: Shareholders’ General Meeting, Board of Directors and Board of Managers, all of which shall be governed by the by-laws and the applicable law.

TITLE IV

SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETINGS

SIXTEENTH.- The Shareholders’ General Meeting is the supreme body of the company, constituted by all the shareholders. Its resolutions are binding upon them, including dissident and absent shareholders.

SEVENTEENTH.- General meetings shall take place in the legal domicile of the company; or else, where the shareholders may designate, in case of universal meetings, or where the Board of Directors may resolve to call such meetings.

EIGHTEENTH.- Only shareholders who are registered in the Stock Registry Book not later than two days before the meeting may attend general meetings.

Officers, professionals and other people invited by the board or the meeting itself may also attend general meetings, with voice but without vote, provided that their presence inures to the benefit of the company.


NINETEENTH.- Shareholders may vote by proxy at general meetings upon the submission of a special power or notarized deed evidencing such voting power. Such evidence shall be registered, and made available to the attendants, at least 24 hours before the meeting. The presence of the principal shareholder shall render the delegated voting power ineffective unless such delegation is irrevocable or expressly agreed upon.

TWENTIETH.- General meetings shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the person appointed by the general meeting. The Secretary shall be the general manager or the person designated at the meeting.

TWENTY FIRST.- The board shall call general meetings by publication in the Official Gazette and in one local newspaper of general circulation at least 10 days before the mandatory annual general meeting or 3 days before in case of another general meeting. Such publication shall include the agenda and the date, time and location of the meeting.

The publication may also contain the date for a second call, if applicable, which may not be earlier than 3 days after the first call.

In the event a duly convened meeting is not held on first call and no date for a second call was included in the publication, the second call shall be made with the same publication formalities as the first call, stating that it is a second call, within 10 days after the unheld meeting and at least 3 days before the second meeting.

TWENTY SECOND.- In order for a general meeting to be validly held, a quorum shall require the presence of shareholders representing the aggregate paid-up capital, who unanimously vote for the meeting call and the agenda.

TWENTY THIRD.- Business to be transacted at general meetings shall be expressly included in the publication unless otherwise provided in the previous section and the applicable law.

TWENTY FOURTH.- The general meeting shall be convened by the Board of Directors in those cases established by law, as may be necessary for the benefit of the company or at the notarized request of shareholders representing at least one fifth of the subscribed voting shares, stating the proposed agenda. In this case, general meetings shall be called within 15 calendar days after the reception of such request.

TWENTY FIFTH.- The mandatory annual general meeting shall be held within the first quarter of the year to consider the following agenda:

 

a) Discuss and approve the annual report and the financial statements for the fiscal year then ended;

 

b) Resolve about the distribution of profits;

 

c) Appoint directors, if applicable, and determine their compensation;

 

d) Appoint or delegate to the Board of Directors the appointment of external auditors, if applicable; and

 

e) Transact such other business as may be brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors, these by-laws and the law or as may be necessary for the benefit of the company, provided that such business has been included in the agenda and the quorum required by these by-laws is present.


TWENTY SIXTH.- The general meeting shall also be convened at the discretion of the Board of Directors or at the notarized request of the shareholders, pursuant to section 24 herein, to take action as follows:

 

a) Amend the by-laws;

 

b) Increase or decrease the capital stock;

 

c) Remove and appoint directors;

 

d) Issue debt securities;

 

e) Agree on the aggregate sale of assets with a book value exceeding 50% of the capital stock;

 

f) Determine the conduction of special researches and audits;

 

g) Agree on the transformation, merger, split-up, reorganization, dissolution and liquidation of the company;

 

h) Transact such other business as may be brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors, these by-laws and the law or as may be necessary for the benefit of the company, provided that such business has been included in the agenda and the quorum required by these by-laws is present.

TWENTY SEVENTH.- In order for a general meeting to be validly held, on first call, to transact any business other than the issues included in the following section, a quorum shall require the presence of shareholders representing at least 50% of the subscribed voting shares. On second call, the presence of shareholders representing any number of subscribed voting shares shall constitute a quorum.

Resolutions shall be passed by a majority vote of shareholders present and entitled to vote.

TWENTY EIGHTH.- In order for a general meeting to be validly held, on first call, to consider the increase or decrease of capital stock, issuance of debt securities, aggregate sale of assets with a book value exceeding 50% of the capital stock, transformation, merger, split-up, dissolution and liquidation of the company and, in general, any amendment to the by-laws, a quorum shall require the presence of shareholders representing at least two thirds of the subscribed voting shares. On second call, the presence of shareholders representing three fifths of the subscribed voting shares shall constitute a quorum. On both calls, resolutions shall be passed by shareholders representing at least a majority of the subscribed voting shares.

In case the abovementioned resolutions must be adopted by law, such quorum and majority shall not be applicable.

TWENTY NINTH.- Where a general meeting is held to transact business requiring the quorum established in section 28 herein, shareholders may state, upon the preparation of the attendance list, that their shares shall not be computed for the special quorum mentioned in section 28 in relation to all or some particular issues for which such quorum must be present.

THIRTIETH.- In general meetings, each share carries one vote, unless otherwise provided in section 164 of the General Companies Law.

THIRTY FIRST.- Delinquent shareholders may not exercise voting rights attached to the shares which have not been duly paid up in the time and manner established therefor.

Such shares shall neither be considered in order to constitute the quorum of the general meeting nor to establish the required majority.


THIRTY SECOND.- All business transacted and resolutions passed in general meetings shall be recorded in the Minutes Book, duly certified and kept in accordance with the law.

Minutes shall be prepared with the formalities established by law and shall contain a summary record of the general meeting.

In those cases where minutes may not be entered in the Minutes Book, such minutes shall be issued in a special document signed by all the shareholders present, which shall then be submitted to the general manager in order to be attached to or transcribed into the Minutes Book, if available.

TITLE V

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THIRTY THIRD.- The company shall be managed by a Board of Directors and a Board of Managers, composed by one or more managers. The Board of Directors shall be composed of not less than three nor more than six directors, appointed every 2 years by the general meeting. In order to qualify as director, a person so appointed need not be a shareholder and shall not meet any disqualification criteria established in section 161 of the General Companies Law.

Directors may appoint an alternate director to represent them at directors’ meetings, whose representation shall be evidenced by a special power granted for each meeting. Such power shall be recorded and made available to the attendants not later than the day before the meeting. The presence of the principal director shall render the delegated power ineffective.

Directors’ meetings shall be presided over by its Chairman, and the general manager shall be the Secretary. In case they are unable to be present, alternates shall be appointed by a majority vote of the other members. In case of an equality of votes, the result shall be determined by the casting of lots.

THIRTY FOURTH.- The Board of Directors may appoint its Chairman where the general meeting has not made such appointment.

THIRTY FIFTH.- In order to appoint directors, the general meeting shall proceed as follows: Each share shall carry the same number of votes as the number of directors to be appointed. All these votes may be cast for one candidate or distributed among several candidates. Successful candidates shall be those obtaining the greatest number of votes, following the order thereof. In case of an equality of votes, the result shall be determined by the casting of lots. This procedure shall not be followed where the general meeting resolves to appoint directors by unanimous vote.

THIRTY SIXTH.- In the event of vacancies upon death, resignation or removal, the board may appoint a successor at any time to hold office.

In case the number of vacancies prevents quorum as required in these by-laws, administration shall temporarily be vested in directors in office for them to call a general meeting immediately to appoint the suceeding board. In the event such meeting is not called or there are no directors in office, the


general manager shall make such appointment. In absence of any call for a general meeting within 30 calendar days after the vacancy, any shareholder may request the court to order such meeting, pursuant to the procedure established by law.

THIRTY SEVENTH.- Directors shall hold office until the general meeting resolves about the financial statements for the fiscal year then ended upon the expiration of their term of office and appoints the succeeding board. However, the board shall continue its business even upon their term expiration and such general meeting resolution until the new appointment takes place.

THIRTY EIGHTH.- Directors’ meetings shall be called by the Chairman, or designate, in the time and manner established in the by-laws and as may be necessary for the benefit of the company, or at the request of any director or the general manager. In case they are not called by the Chairman within the following 10 days or at the time set forth in the request, any director may convene such meetings.

Notice of meetings shall be served, with return receipt requested, at least 3 days before the meeting. Such notice shall clearly state the location, date and time of the meeting and the relevant agenda.

THIRTY NINTH.- Notice may be waived where all the directors meet and resolve to call the meeting to order and agree on the agenda by unanimous vote. However, any director may submit any business as may be necessary for the benefit of the company to the consideration of the Board.

FORTIETH.- In order for a directors’ meeting to be validly held, a quorum shall require the presence of one-half plus one members. Where there is an uneven number of directors, a quorum shall be the whole number immediately higher than half of that number. Resolutions shall be passed by a majority vote of directors present.

and recorded in a minutes book, duly certified and kept in accordance with the law. In case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

FORTY FIRST.- Notwithstanding the foregoing, resolutions may be adopted by directors at remote meetings where all directors participate. Any director may challenge the application of this procedure and request a traditional on-site meeting. Remote meetings shall be held by written resolutions, electrical means or otherwise allowing communication among all directors and ensuring resolution authenticity. The Chairman shall be in charge of recording such meeting and the resolutions passed therein in the minutes book.

FORTY SECOND.- The board may not pass any resolution without holding a meeting, whether on-site or remote, to that effect.

FORTY THIRD.- The board shall have broad and special authority to manage, represent and administer all the business of the company, within the scope of its purposes, which is not specifically reserved to the general meeting by law or the by-laws. Such authority expressly includes the following:

 

a) Appoint and remove managers and other officers, determine their powers, duties and compensation and appoint alternates in case they are temporarily unable to be present at meetings.


b) Establish and eliminate branches, agencies, offices, subsidiaries and correspondents’ offices within or outside Peru.

 

c) Represent the company before all individuals and authorities, without restrictions.

 

d) Submit the financial statements and the annual report to the consideration of the general meeting.

 

e) Delegate certain business to one or more directors, regardless of the powers the board may grant to any individual.

 

f) Appoint its Chairman, where the general meeting has not made such appointment, and regulate its own procedures.

 

g) Enter into agreements without restrictions and assume all kind of obligations in connection with the property of the company, negotiating, conducting and verifying any civil, commercial, banking and financial transactions, as may be necessary, including financial lease agreements.

 

h) Negotiate, enter into and sign all kind of banking and financial transactions and agreements in general with any national or foreign banking, credit, financial and intermediary institutions. In particular, without limitation, the board may open and close checking and savings accounts, whether in national or foreign currency; make term and demand deposits, transfers and withdrawals from the banking accounts of the company, for which the board may issue checks; enter into financial lease agreements; lease safe-deposit boxes; discount or otherwise negotiate bills of exchange; request, negotiate and sign loans, advance payments, authorizations, financing agreements, discounts, letters of credit, letters of guaranty, credit or discount lines, advance accounts and all kind of credit agreements in general.

 

i) Purchase or sell in cash or on credit personal and real property; exchange, provide or receive supplies; donate personal and real property and receive any donations; furnish and receive personal and real property by way of a loan, gratuitous bailment or financial lease, or as a lease, or deposit. The board may assign its contractual position in all such agreements.

 

j) Provide all kind of property as security for the performance of contractual an non-contractual obligations, by taking out or granting mortgages, possessory or non-possessory pledges, sureties, guaranties and any other liens; and receive all kind of securities, whether personal or real.

 

k) Negotiate, enter into and sign commission, agency and, in general, association agreements, even participation agreements, joint ventures, pools, and/or the like, taking part in establishing any kind of companies and legal entities, whether of civil, commercial or any other nature, and/or purchase stock, equity interest or ownership rights in the already existing companies or entities.

 

l) Definitely delegate special powers to the Chairman to serve as executive chairman without excluding general manager’s powers, which shall be granted upon the Chairman’s appointment.

The foregoing powers are mentioned by way of information without limitation. Therefore, board’s representation may at no time be challenged on the ground of lack of authority.

FORTY FOURTH.- Where upon examination of the financial statements for the corresponding fiscal year or term, the board finds that there is a loss of half or more than half of the capital stock, or where such loss should be presumed, the board shall immediately call a general meeting to inform shareholders thereof.


TITLE VI

BOARD OF MANAGERS

FORTY FIFTH.- The company shall be managed by a general manager and other area managers who shall be appointed and removed from office by the Board of Directors or the Shareholders’ General Meeting. They shall have all the powers established in these by-laws or those granted upon their appointment.

FORTY SIXTH.- The general manager may exercise, by his or her sole signature, the following powers, as well as those granted upon their appointment.

 

a) Organize corporate governance; use the corporate seal; send mails; check whether accounting records are timely kept, inspect accounting books, documents and the business of the company and issue the resolutions for its appropriate operation; direct commercial, administrative and operating actions taken in relation to the works performed.

 

b) Hire, remove and dismiss the staff of the company at the time (s)he thinks fit, and establish their powers, duties, obligations and compensation; hire independent contractors or companies as consultants of the company.

 

c) Represent the company in the exercise of its rights within or outside Peru before the Government Branches, Central, Local and Municipal Governments, Attorney General’s Office, Armed Forces, National Police and any other individuals or legal entities, authorities, institutions or organizations, whether public or private, dependent, independent or political, regardless of all kind of jurisdiction; represent the company in bidding processes, calls for bids and/or direct adjudications organized by public or mixed companies and, in general, upon any public offer of services or others included in the purposes of the company. To that effect, the general manager may request, submit and gather all kind of documents, offer and request testimony, make payments and take all other necessary measures, with the broadest powers granted.

 

d)

Represent the company in all kind of lawsuits or administrative, police or court proceedings, whether contested or uncontested, with preliminary assessment of evidence, special proceedings or others, even in injunction and summary proceedings, before any authorities, regardless of their jurisdiction, its offices, courts or controlling bodies, as plaintiff, claimant, defendant or respondent and with legitimate interest to appear and participate in proceedings where the general manager initially was a third party, as an assisting intervenor, co-party in a joint litigation, additional party with a different claim or a claim for disturbance of title to property, or as a successor party; in all these cases, with the general powers granted in section 74 of the Civil Procedural Code and section 23 of the General Rules for Administrative Proceedings Law, together with the special powers to dispose of substantive rights and to file complaints, claims, counterclaims, answers to complaints and replies to counterclaims, to abandon the proceedings, the claim or the petition, waive rights, agree to the claim, reconcile, settle, submit any controversies to arbitration, waive collection of debts, substitute or delegate his or her procedural representation and substitute or delegate his or her litigation representation, with the authority to invalidate such delegation and reassume representation at any time; file motions to oppose and reverse judgments, to appeal, to revise the proceedings and the application of the law, post a judicial bond in injunction proceedings secured by the property of the company.


e) Request that the corporate debtors of the company be declared insolvent; and, in general, participate in creditors’ meetings with the authority to decide on the future of the company and sign any relevant agreements, and take all actions as established in Legislative Decree No. 845.

 

f) Represent the company before any authorities and offices of the Ministry of Labor and before the corresponding labor court, assuming the legal capacity of the company in relation to administrative proceedings, whether of examination, record, collective negotiation or others, and in any court proceedings resulting therefrom, without limitation, with the authority to acknowledge documents, make confessions, settlements, answer complaints and claims, agree to complaints or claims if applicable, abandon motions, participate in negotiations and settlements, perform all procedural acts thereof and of all labor proceedings, and enter into and sign any agreement and, if applicable, collective bargaining agreements; with all the powers required in order not to be challenged on the ground of lack of authority.

 

g) Purchase or sell in cash or on credit personal property; furnish and receive personal property by way of a loan, gratuitous bailment or financial lease, or as a lease.

 

h) Sign receipts, credit or debit notes resulting from discounts or collections in national or foreign currency; acknowledge receipts, cancellations and full settlements.

 

i) Endorse checks to be deposited in accounts of the company.

 

j) Collect any amounts due to the company and demand delivery of personal and real property whose title and possession are vested in the company.

 

k) Deposit funds with credit institutions, in checking accounts, term or demand deposits, or as otherwise permitted by law.

 

l) Enter into work or services agreements with third parties.

 

m) Perform any acts as may be necessary to execute and protect rights, obligations, credits and the interest of the company.

Both the signature of the general manager and any director shall be required for the general manager to exercise the following powers:

 

n) Negotiate, enter into and sign commission, agency and, in general, association agreements, even participation agreements, joint ventures, pools, and/or the like, taking part in establishing any kind of companies and legal entities, whether of civil, commercial or any other nature, and/or purchase stock, equity interest or ownership rights in the already existing companies or entities.

 

o)

Negotiate, enter into and sign all kind of banking and financial transactions and agreements in general with any national or foreign banking, credit, financial and intermediary institutions. In particular, without limitation, the general manager may open and close checking and savings accounts, whether in national or foreign currency; enter into all kind of credit agreements in general, checking accounts, advance accounts; make transfers and withdrawals from the


 

banking accounts of the company; enter into financial lease agreements; enter into financial lease agreements; lease safe-deposit boxes; discount or otherwise negotiate bills of exchange; request, negotiate and sign loans, advance payments, authorizations, financing agreements, discounts, letters of credit, letters of guaranty, credit or discount lines, advance accounts and all kind of credit agreements in general.

 

p) Request, issue, accept, endorse, collect or otherwise negotiate bills of exchange, bills of mortgage, pay bills, promissory notes, checks, payment orders, drafts, bills of lading, bills of freight, airway bills, warrants, certificates of deposit, insurance policies, and any other negotiable or credit instruments, renewing or protesting and/or paying any of them.

 

q) Take out all kind of insurance to cover risks inherent to the property, credits and staff of the company.

 

r) Furnish or receive real property by way of a lease, including financial lease.

 

s) Purchase or sell in cash or on credit real property; provide all kind of property as security for performance of contractual an non-contractual obligations, by taking out or granting mortgages, possessory or non-possessory pledges, sureties, guaranties and any other liens; and receive all kind of securities, whether personal or real.

FORTY SEVENTH.- Managers shall be liable to the company, the shareholders and third parties for the damage caused by the non-performance of their obligations, malice, abuse of authority and gross negligence.

Managers shall be liable for:

 

a) Timely preparation and accuracy of the accounting systems, books required by law and any other books and records to be kept in orderly accounting.

 

b) Establishing and keeping an internal control system in order to reasonable ensure that the assets of the company are protected against unauthorized use and that all operations are performed upon express authorization as well as recorded as duly required.

 

c) Accuracy of the information provided by the Board of Directors and the general meeting.

 

d) Not revealing any irregularities existing in the business of the company.

 

e) Maintenance of corporate funds in the name of the company.

 

f) Allocation of corporate resources in business falling outside the scope of purposes of the company.

 

g) Accuracy of certificates or any other evidence of the content of the books and records of the company.

 

h) Enforcement of sections 130 and 224 in the time and manner prescribed by law.

 

i) Compliance of the law, the by-laws and resolutions passed by the general meeting and the Board of Directors.


FORTY EIGHTH.- Managers may not disclose information which may compromise the reputation, economic or financial position and, in general, the interest of the company.

TITLE VII

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS, INCREASE AND DECREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK

FORTY NINTH.- Amendment of by-laws and its relevant effects shall be governed by sections 198, 199 and 200 of the General Companies Law.

FIFTIETH.- A capital increase may arise from:

 

a) Additional contributions.

 

b) The capitalization of credits against the company, including the conversion of bonds into shares.

 

c) The capitalization of profits, reserves, benefits, capital premiums, revaluation surpluses.

 

d) Other cases provided in the law.

FIFTY FIRST.- Where capital must be revised by law, the capital amount and the stock par value shall be revised by operation of law with the approval by the general meeting of the financial statements that reflect such revision of the capital amount without altering the participation of each shareholder. The general meeting may resolve that, in lieu of revising the stock par value, shares shall be issued or cancelled in proportion to the amount that the revision of the capital amount represents.

FIFTY SECOND.- In a capital increase by additional contributions, shareholders shall have a preemptive right to subscribe newly issued shares in proportion to their shareholding participation at the time of such increase. Shareholders who are delinquent in the payment of their subscribed shares may not exercise this right, and their shares shall not be computed to establish the proportion of participation in the preemptive right.

FIFTY THIRD.- The preemptive right shall be exercised in at least two turns. In the first, the shareholders are entitled to subscribe newly issued shares in proportion to their holdings on the date that is established in the resolution. If shares remain unsubscribed thereafter, those shareholders who have participated in the first turn may subscribe the remaining shares, in the second turn, in proportion to their shareholding participation, considering the shares they have subscribed in the first turn.

The general meeting shall establish the procedure to be followed in case shares remain unsubscribed after the second turn, which may take place at the same time the capital increase is resolved.

Unless a unanimous resolution is adopted by all the shareholders of the company, the term to exercise the preemptive right, in the first turn, shall not be less than 10 days after the date of the


notice that must be published to that effect or a later date fixed in such notice. The term for the second turn, and any subsequent, if applicable, shall be established by the general meeting, which may not be less than 3 calendar days.

The company shall timely furnish the subscribers the information corresponding to each turn.

The exercise of the preemptive right may be expressly waived in each case.

FIFTY FOURTH.- The preemptive right shall be incorporated in a certificate called a preemptive subscription warrant or through an entry in the records, both of which shall confer shareholders the right to subscribe for newly issued shares in the time, the amount, under the conditions and the procedure established by the general meeting. Such right shall be freely transferable, whether in whole or in part, in accordance with the procedure established in section 13 of these by-laws.

The preemptive subscription warrant or the entries in the records, as the case may be, shall be governed by section 209 of the General Companies Law.

FIFTY FIFTH.- The resolution to increase capital by in-kind contributions or the capitalization of credits against the company shall grant the right to make cash contributions for an amount which shall give all shareholders the possibility to exercise their preemptive right to maintain the proportion of capital they hold. To that effect, the procedure established in section 53 of these by-laws shall be followed.

FIFTY SIXTH.- Where the capital increase is accomplished by means of the capitalization of credits against the company, the Board of Directors shall issue a report stating the convenience of receiving such contributions. In such cases, shareholders shall be granted the right to make cash contributions for an amount which shall give them the possibility to exercise their preemptive right to maintain the proportion of capital they hold. To that effect, the procedure established in section 53 of these by-laws shall be followed.

FIFTY SEVENTH.- The general meeting shall establish the time, amount, conditions and procedure for the capital increase, all of which shall be published by notice. Notice may be waived if the increase has been approved in a general meeting where all the shareholders present represented the aggregate subscribed voting capital stock.

FIFTY EIGHTH.- The reduction of the capital shall be mandatory where losses have reduced the capital by more than 50% and a fiscal year has ended without the capital having been restored, except where there are legal or voluntary reserves, new contributions are made or shareholders assume the loss.

TITLE VIII

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PROFITS

FIFTY NINTH.- The Board of Directors shall issue the annual report, the financial statements and the proposal for the allocation of profits, if any. The economic and financial situation of the company, the state of its business and the results obtained in the fiscal year then ended.

SIXTIETH.- The financial statements shall be prepared and presented in accordance with the relevant legal dispositions and the accounting principles generally accepted in the country.


SIXTY FIRST.- A minimum of 10% of the distributable profit of each fiscal year, less the income tax, shall be placed in a legal reserve, until it reaches an amount equal to one-fifth of the capital.

The losses corresponding to a fiscal year shall be offset against the profits or voluntary reserves. In the absence thereof, they shall be offset against the legal reserve. In this latter case, the legal reserve shall be replenished by placing profits from subsequent fiscal years therein.

The company may capitalize the legal reserve, in which case it shall be replenished.

SIXTY SECOND.- Distribution of dividends to shareholders shall be made in proportion to their capital contributions.

Distribution of dividends shall only be made based on the financial statements prepared as of the end of a certain term or a cut-off date in special cases established by the Board of Directors. The amounts distributed may not exceed the profits earned.

SIXTY THIRD.- The following rules shall be observed for the distribution of dividends:

 

a) Dividends may only be paid out of profits obtained or voluntary reserves and provided that the equity net worth is not less than the paid-up capital.

 

b) All the shares of the company, even where they are not fully paid in, shall have the same right to dividends, regardless of the time in which they may have been issued or paid, except where shareholders are delinquent in the payment of their subscribed shares, in which case they may only receive dividends for the paid-up portion of their shares. In this latter case, dividends corresponding to delinquent shareholders for the paid-up portion of their shares as well as those dividends for fully paid-in shares must be applied by the company to pay up shares, after cancelling late charges and interests.

 

c) The distribution of dividends on account shall be valid upon the consent of the Board of Directors.

TITLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SIXTY FOURTH.- The company shall be liquidated by resolution of the general meeting held to that effect. Liquidation shall be conducted by liquidators appointed thereupon subject to the law and the directions and resolutions passed by the general meeting.

The procedure to be followed in those cases set forth in section 407 of the General Companies Law is established in section 409 and other relevant sections of such law.

SIXTY FIFTH.- To the extent otherwise provided in these by-laws, the company shall be governed by the General Companies Law and other relevant provisions.


RESOLUTION.-

Upon submitting the proposal to the full consideration of the shareholders present, they unanimously approved the foregoing amendments to the by-laws, which shall govern the business of the company hereinafter.

2.- Ratification of the legal representatives of the company and recognition of broader powers.

Likewise, the Chairman put forward the need to ratify the legal representatives of the company appointed by the general meeting on November 17, 1994, suggesting the granting of broader powers to them to fully comply with their duties.

Legal representatives may exercise, by their sole signature, the following powers:

 

a) Represent, by their sole signature, the company before any authorities and offices, in court and labor issues, exercising the general and special representative powers established in the revised section 74 of the civil Procedural Code and the special powers set forth in section 75 of the same code. Therefore, legal representatives may dispose of substantive and procedural rights and, in particular, institute adversarial-administrative proceedings, file complaints, defenses, counterclaims, motions and claims before judicial and administrative authorities, abandon the complaint and the proceedings, answer complaints, defenses and reply counterclaims; agree, whether in whole or in part, to the complaint, reconcile, settle, submit any controversies to arbitration, file motions to oppose and reverse judgments and to revise the proceedings and the application of the law, substitute or delegate, in whole or in part, litigation representation to the corporate representatives or attorneys and reassume representation; post a judicial bond or furnish a property bond backed by the assets of the company, as well as any other acts as may be established by the law. In labor matters, legal representatives shall have the broadest powers established in the law or other relevant applicable provisions, such as Supreme Decree No. 002-96-TR, Reconciliation Procedure before the Public Defense Service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Assistance, Supreme Decree No. 004-96-TR procedural regulations of the Labor Office, Law No. 26636 Procedural Labor Law, Supreme Decree No. 005-96-TR Uniform Text of Administrative Procedures of the Ministry of Labor and Social Assistance and their amendments.

 

b) Be in charge of corporate mail.

 

c) Hire and dismiss employees, workers, consultants, agents and other staff following the instructions of the Board of Directors.

 

d) By the joint signatures of two representatives; issue and endorse checks to be deposited in the banking account of the Company.

 

e) By the joint signatures of two representatives; tender and accept offers, enter into concession agreements in the telecommunications industry and the like, request all kind of licenses and authorizations in relation to the purposes of the company before the Ministry of Transport, Communications, Housing and Construction, before the telecommunications regulatory authority OSIPTEL or any similar administrative body with equivalent duties.


RESOLUTION.-

Upon submitting the proposal to the consideration of the shareholders present, they approved the Chairman’s proposal and thus ratified the following directors as legal representatives of the company: ALEJANDRO MINGO ORTEGA, Argentine, passport No. 16815055, with registered domicile at Pasaje Sucre No. 177-Mirafiores and TERESA NANCY VICTORIA LAOS CACERES, Peruvian, Identity Document (LE.) No. 07205701, who shall have broader powers hereinafter in accordance with the foregoing terms and conditions.

EX-3.101 97 dex3101.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GC ST. CROIX COMPANY, INC. Articles of Incorporation of GC St. Croix Company, Inc.

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Exhibit 3.101

3.101 G. C. St. Croix Company, Inc., Articles of Incorporation

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

of

G.C. ST. CROIX COMPANY, INC.

We, the undersigned, all of lawful age, unite together by these articles of incorporation to form a stock corporation pursuant to the general corporation law of the Virgin Islands:

1. The name of the corporation is “G.C. St. Croix Company Inc.”

2. The purposes for which the corporation is formed are to do any and all of the following things, as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, in any part of the world:

 

  (a) To apply for, obtain, hold and maintain all permits licenses, consents and authorizations necessary to construct, operate, and locate a cable conduit into St. Croix.

 

  (b) To lease, sublease, license, assign or other otherwise grant rights to locate cables in such cable conduit to affiliates of the corporation or other entities or persons, and to operate and maintain such cables, all in accordance with the terms of such permits, licenses, consents and authorizations.

 

  (c) To enter into and carry out any contracts for or in relation to the foregoing business with any person, firm, association, corporation, or government or governmental agency.

 

  (d) To conduct its business in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere in the United States and foreign countries and to have offices within or outside the Virgin Islands.

 

  (e) To borrow money, and to secure the same by pledge or mortgage of any or all of its property, real or personal, and to loan and advance money, with or without security, and to endorse, guarantee and secure the payment and satisfaction of the bonds, coupons, mortgages, deeds of trust, debentures, securities, obligations and evidences of indebtedness of other corporations, partnerships, individuals or associations, and to secure the same by the pledge or mortgage of any or all of its property, real or personal.


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  (f) To do all and everything necessary, suitable, and proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the objects or the exercise of any of the powers herein set forth, either alone or in connection with other persons, firms, associations, or corporations in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere in the United States and foreign countries, and to do any other acts or things incidental or appurtenant to or growing out of or connected with the said business, purposes, objects, and powers or any part thereof not inconsistent with the laws of the Virgin Islands, and to exercise any and all powers now or hereafter conferred by law on business corporations whether expressly enumerated herein or not.

The purposes, objects, and powers specified in this article shall not be limited or restricted by reference to the terms of any other subdivision or of any other article of these articles of incorporation.

3. The corporation shall have perpetual existence.

4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of capital stock with no par value.

5. The minimum amount of capital with which the corporation will commence business shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

6. The principal office of the corporation shall be located at 14A Norre Gade, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802, and the name of the corporation’s resident agent at that address is J. Daryl Dodson, Esquire.

7. Maintenance of Separate Identity. (a) The Corporation shall maintain operations separate and apart from those of Global Crossing Ltd. and its Affiliates (Global Crossing, Ltd. and each of its successors and assigns and its and their Affiliates being collectively referred to as “Global Crossing Entities”). The Corporation shall at all times hold itself out to the public (including to any creditors of any Global Crossing Entity) under the Corporation’s own name and as a separate and distinct corporate entity. All customary formalities regarding the corporate existence of the Corporation, including holding regular meetings of the Board of Directors and its stockholders and maintenance of current minute books, shall be observed. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at least quarterly. A quorum of the Board of Directors shall be present in person or by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, at no less than one meeting each year. The Corporation’s principal executive offices shall be maintained conspicuously separate and apart from those of each Global Crossing Entity. If such office is leased from any Global Crossing Entity, such office shall be conspicuously identified as the Corporation’s office so it can be easily located by outsiders.


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(b) For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, an “Affiliate” of an entity means any other entity: (i) which, directly or indirectly, owns beneficially 10 percent of more of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the entity, or which, directly of indirectly, controls the entity; (ii) of which 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities are owned beneficially, directly or indirectly, by the entity or any other entity described in clause (i) above; or (iii) which, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by the entity or any other entity described in clause (i) above. For purposes of this definition of Affiliate, the terms “control” and “controlled by” shall have the meaning ascribed to them in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(c) The Corporation shall have sufficient officers and personnel to run its business and operations.

(d) The Corporation shall prepare and maintain its own separate, full and complete financial statements, accounting records and other corporate books and documents, and shall not commingle any of its money or other assets with the money or assets of any Global Crossing Entity or any other entity. The Corporation shall indicate in such statements, records and documents the separateness of the Corporation’s assets and liabilities from the assets and liabilities of any Global Crossing Entity. The Corporation shall prepare unaudited quarterly and audited annual financial statements, and the Corporation’s financial statements shall comply with generally accepted accounting principles. The Corporation shall maintain its own bank accounts, payroll and separate books of account. The Corporation shall retain independent certified accountants as its auditors, although such accountants may also serve as auditors of any Affiliate of the Corporation.

(e) The Corporation shall act solely in its own corporate name and through its own authorized officers and agents and conduct all business correspondence of the Corporation and other communications in the Corporation’s own name, on its own stationary and through a separately listed telephone numbers(s). The Corporation’s investment guidelines and criteria shall be established by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. All investments by the Corporation shall be made in the name of the Corporation and made directly by the Corporation by brokers engaged and paid by the Corporation. Assets of the Corporation shall be separately identified and segregated. All of the Corporation’s assets shall at all times be held by or on behalf of the Corporation and, if held on behalf of the Corporation by another entity, shall at all times be kept identifiable (in accordance with customary usages) as assets owned by the Corporation.

(f) Decisions with respect to the Corporation’s business and daily operations shall be independently made by the Corporation and will not be dictated by any Global Crossing Entity. All business transactions entered into by the Corporation with any Global Crossing Entity that


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are permitted shall be on terms and conditions that are not more or less favorable to the Corporation than terms and conditions available at the time to the Corporation for comparable transactions with unaffiliated persons, or, if no such comparable transaction exists, on terms and conditions that are otherwise fair and reasonable. Any such business transaction, and any declaration of dividends by the Corporation, must be approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(g) The Corporation will directly manage its own liabilities, including paying its own payroll and operating expenses. In the event the employees of the Corporation participate in pension, insurance and other benefit plans of any Global Crossing Entity, the Corporation shall on a current basis reimburse such Global Crossing Entity for the Corporation’s pro rata share of the costs thereof.

8. The number of directors of the corporation shall be such number, not fewer than three (3), as may from time to time be fixed by the bylaws. Election of directors by ballot as provided for by Title 13, Section 191, of the Virgin Islands Code, shall be deemed waived and not required at any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors unless the officer presiding at such meeting orders such election to be by ballot or unless election by ballot is requested by stockholders present at such meeting in person or by proxy holding of record one-third ( 1/3) or more of the outstanding shares of stock represented at such meeting and entitled to vote for election of directors.

9. The names and places of residence of the persons forming the corporation are:

 

Lindewe Sewer   3C-2 Estate Fortuna
  P.O. Box 305862
  St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00803
Esther Ann Cisney   Unit B-1B Dorothea Condominiums
  P.O. Box 320
  St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00804-0320
Valencia Coumarbatch   1752 Frenchmans Bay
  St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802

10. The board of directors is authorized from time to time to make and adopt bylaws, subject to the right of the majority of the stockholders to amend, repeal, alter, or modify such bylaws at any regular meeting, or at any special meeting called for that purpose.


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11. The board of directors is authorized from time to time to set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and to abolish such reserve.

12. Subject to the provisions of Title 13, Section 71, of the Virgin Islands Code, the corporation may enter into contracts or otherwise transact business with one or more of its directors or officers, or with any firm or association of which one or more of its directors or officers are members or employees, or with any other corporation or association of which one or more of its directors or officers are stockholders, directors, officers, or employees, and no such contract or transaction shall be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that such director or directors or officer or officers have or may have interests therein that are or might be adverse to the interests of the corporation even though the vote of the director or directors having such adverse interest is necessary to obligate the corporation on such contract or transaction, provided that in any such case the fact of such interest shall be disclosed or known to the directors or stockholders acting on or in reference to such contract or transaction. No director or directors or officer or officers having such disclosed or known adverse interest shall be liable to the corporation or to any stockholder or creditor thereof or to any other person for any loss incurred by it under or by reason of any such contract or transaction, nor shall any such director or directors or officer or officers be accountable for any gains or profits realized thereon. The provisions of this article shall not be construed to invalidate or in any way affect any contract or transaction that would otherwise be valid under law.

13. (a) The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if:

 

  (1) he acted

 

  (A) in good faith and

 

  (B) in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and

 

  (2) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.


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The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

(b) The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted:

 

  (1) in good faith; and

 

  (2) in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

However, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit is brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

(c) To the extent that a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b), or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

(d) Any indemnification under subparagraphs (a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he had met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subparagraphs (a) and (b). Such determination shall be made:

 

  (1) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit, or proceeding; or


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  (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or

 

  (3) by the stockholders.

(e) Expenses incurred in defeating a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee, or agent to repay such amounts unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this article.

(f) The indemnification provided by this article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.

(g) The corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this article.

EX-3.102 98 dex3102.htm BYLAWS OF GC ST. CROIX COMPANY, INC. Bylaws of GC St. Croix Company, Inc.
3.102 G.C. St. Croix Company, Inc., Bylaws   Exhibit 3.102

BYLAWS

of

G.C. ST. CROIX COMPANY, INC.

Article I - Meetings of Stockholders

1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or outside the United States Virgin Islands. Attendance may be in person, by personal representative or by telephone conference. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation unless a different place is fixed by the board of directors in accordance with article VIII and stated in the notice of the meeting given at least 20 days before the date fixed for the meeting.

2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and other business shall be held on the third (3rd) Friday in February of each year at 10:00 a.m. or at such other time as may be fixed by the board of directors in accordance with article VIII and stated in the notice of the meeting given at least 20 days before the date fixed for the meeting. If that day is a weekend day or a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next full business day. If the meeting is not held on the day specified, a special meeting shall be called for the earliest convenient day thereafter. Attendance may be in person, by personal representative or by telephone conference.

3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called by the President/Chairman or a majority of the directors. The President shall call a special meeting at the written request of stockholders of record holding at least 25% of the outstanding voting shares. The written request shall state the purpose of the meeting. If the President fails to call the meeting within a reasonable time, the stockholders who requested the meeting may call and give notice of a special meeting of stockholders. The time and place within or outside the Virgin Islands of any special meeting shall be fixed by the President, the directors, or the stockholders, as the case may be, who call or request the meeting. Attendance may be in person, by personal representative or by telephone conference.

4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be in writing, shall state the time and place and, except as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this article I, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 40 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Notice to any stockholder shall be deemed given on delivery to him personally or upon mailing by first class mail addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the corporation’s records. Notice need not be given to any stockholder who, before or after the meeting, waives notice in writing (including a telegram, radiogram, or cablegram). If any meeting for which proper notice has been given is adjourned, notice of the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned need not be given except by announcement at the meeting.


5. Quorum. The presence at any meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding voting shares shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the shares represented at the meeting or, if none, any officer may adjourn the meeting from time to time for a period not exceeding 20 days.

6. Voting. Each stockholder of record shall be entitled to one vote for each voting share standing in his name on the stock ledger. The board of directors may fix in advance a date, not more than 50 days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, as a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. At any meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present, each question shall be decided by a majority of the votes actually voted on the question, except that election of directors shall be decided by a plurality vote.

7. Proxies. Any stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders may vote by proxy. Every proxy must be executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney. No proxy shall be voted after one year from its date unless it provides for a longer period.

8. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting of stockholders is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any corporate action, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all stockholders who would have been entitled to vote on the action if the meeting were held consent in writing to the action, except that, sale, lease, or exchange of assets may be approved by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the voting stock issued and outstanding as provided in 13 V.I.C. § 281.

9. Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of the stockholders shall be as follows:

a) Roll call.

b) Proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice.

c) Reading of minutes of preceding meeting.

d) Reports of Officers.

e) Reports of Committees.

f) Unfinished business.

g) New Business.


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10. Informal Action by Stockholders. Unless otherwise provided by law, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action to be taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

Article II - Board of Directors

1. General Powers. The property, affairs, and business of the corporation shall be managed by the board of directors, which shall consist of three (3) members until changed by amendment of this section in accordance with the provisions of article VIII. In the event of a vacancy in the board of directors, the remaining directors may exercise the powers of the full board until the vacancy is filled, except as otherwise provided by law.

The directors shall in all cases act as a board, and they may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the corporation as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with these by-laws and the laws of the United States Virgin Islands.

The initial Board of Directors shall consist of :

Sherri Cook

Deidre Holmes

Barry Porter

2. Election and Term of Office. The directors shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders by a plurality of the votes cast at such election. Election by ballot may be waived in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation. Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders held next after his election and until his successor is elected, or until his death, resignation, or removal.

3. First Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held as soon as convenient after each election of directors, at such time and place within or outside the Virgin Islands as is stated in the notice thereof or without notice if it is held immediately after, and at the same place as, such election.


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4. Regular Meetings. The board of directors, by resolution, may provide for the holding of regular meetings, with or without notice, and may fix the times and places within or outside the Virgin Islands at which such meetings shall be held.

5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called at any time by the President or any two directors, who may fix the times and places within or outside the Virgin Islands at which such meetings shall be held.

6. Notice of Meetings. Except as provided in sections 3 and 4 of this article II, notice of each meeting of the board of directors shall be in writing, shall state the time and place, and shall be given to each director not less than 10 days before the date of the meeting if given by mail and not less than 4 days before the date of the meeting if given by telegraph, radio, or cable or if delivered to him personally. Notice to any director shall be deemed given on delivery to him personally or upon mailing by first class mail addressed to the director at his address as it appears on the corporation’s records or upon delivery to an appropriate employee of a telegraph, radio, or cable company properly addressed and with charges prepaid. Notice need not be given to any director who, before or after the meeting, waives notice in writing (including a telegram, radiogram, or cablegram) or who attends the meeting without protesting prior to the meeting or at its commencement the lack of notice to him. If any duly called meeting is adjourned, notice of the time and place to which it is adjourned need not be given except by announcement at the meeting.

7. Quorum. The presence at any meeting of one-third ( 1/3) of the entire board of directors (but not fewer than two directors) shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum and, except as provided by section 11 of this article II, the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present at the meeting or, if none, any officer may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present.

8. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the President, a Vice President, or the secretary, who shall promptly notify all other directors thereof. The resignation shall take effect at the time stated therein or, if no time is stated, upon receipt thereof by such officer.

9. Removal. Any director may be removed either for or without cause at any time at a meeting of stockholders called for that purpose or by consent of stockholders in lieu of meeting as provided in section 8 of article I.


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10. Vacancies. Any vacancy among the directors shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining directors, though fewer than a quorum, except where removal is followed by election of a successor by the stockholders or where newly created directorships resulting from an increase are filled by the stockholders at the meeting at which such action is taken.

11. Committees. The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by the vote of a majority of the entire board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more directors, which, to the extent provided in such resolution or in any other resolution adopted from time to time by the vote of a majority of the entire board, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the property, affairs, and business of the corporation, including the power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to any documents that may require it.

12. Compensation. Directors may be paid such compensation for their services and such reimbursement for their expenses as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Any director may serve the corporation in any other capacity and receive compensation therefor.

13. Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the board or committee.

Article III - Officers

1. Number, Election, Term of Office, and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors and may include a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary, including additional Vice Presidents, may be elected by the directors. Officers of the Corporation may be chosen from among the directors of the corporation. Any person may hold two or more offices except both President and Vice President or both President and secretary. Each officer shall be elected by the board of directors and shall hold office until his successor is duly elected and qualifies, or until his death, resignation, disqualification, or removal. Any officer may be removed either for or without cause by the board of directors.

2. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the President, any Vice President, or the secretary, who shall promptly notify all the directors thereof. The resignation shall take effect at the time stated therein or, if no time is stated, upon receipt thereof by such officer.


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3. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, acting subject to the direction of the board of directors, shall have charge of the property, affairs, and business of the corporation and supervision of its other officers. The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are provided by these bylaws or as are from time to time assigned to him by the board of directors.

4. The Vice President(s). In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents, if any, in order of seniority, or in such order as the board of directors may designate, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of the President. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are provided by these bylaws or as are from time to time assigned to him by the board of directors or the President.

5. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall supervise the funds, securities, receipts, and disbursements of the corporation, keep correct books of account and accounting records of all business transacted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and in general perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of treasurer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as are provided by these bylaws or as are from time to time assigned to him by the board of directors or the President.

6. The Secretary. The secretary shall keep the minutes of meetings of stockholders and of the board of directors, give all notices required by law or these bylaws, keep the records and seal of the corporation, and in general perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as are provided by these bylaws or as are assigned to him by the board of directors or the President.

Article IV - Execution of Instruments

1. Checks, etc. All checks, drafts, notes, evidences of indebtedness, and similar instruments or evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed in such manner and by such officers, agents, or employees as the board of directors from time to time authorizes by resolution, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.


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2. Transactions in Securities. Endorsements and assignments of shares of stock, bonds, and other securities owned by or standing in the name of the corporation, and proxies or consents relating thereto, shall be signed by the President or any Vice President and the treasurer or secretary, and by such other officers, agents, or employees as the board of directors from time to time authorizes.

3. Instruments Generally. All other contracts, instruments, documents, and writings of the corporation shall be signed, executed, verified, acknowledged, and delivered by the President or any Vice President, and in such other manner and by such other officers, agents, and employees as the board of directors from time to time authorizes.

4. Evidence of Authority. A certificate by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation with respect to any action taken by the stockholders, board of directors, any committee, or any officer or representative of the corporation shall be conclusive evidence of such action as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith.

5. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the directors may select.

Article V - Capital Stock

1. The stock of the corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form as is approved by the board of directors, signed by the President or any Vice President and the secretary or any assistant secretary or the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, and sealed with the seal of the corporation. The seal may be impressed, facsimile, engraved, or printed. Transfer of shares of stock shall be made only on the books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof, or by his attorney duly authorized by a power of attorney duly executed in writing and filed with the secretary, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and accompanied by such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the corporation may reasonably require.

Article VI - Corporate Seal

The seal of the corporation shall be in such form as is from time to time approved by the board of directors.


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Article VII - Fiscal Year

The fiscal year/tax year of the corporation shall end on December 31.

Article VIII - Bylaw Amendments

Any bylaw of the corporation now in effect or hereafter adopted either by the stockholders or by the board of directors may be amended or repealed, and new bylaws may be adopted, either (1) by action of the stockholders at any meeting of stockholders or (2) by the board of directors at any meeting thereof. No change in the time and place fixed by these bylaws for the annual meeting of stockholders may be made within 60 days before the date fixed by these bylaws for such meeting. The stockholders may at any time limit the power of the board of directors to amend or repeal, or to adopt any bylaw inconsistent with, any bylaw adopted by the stockholders. This article VIII may be amended or repealed only at a meeting of stockholders.

EX-3.103 99 dex3103.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING COSTA RICA, SRL. Bylaws of Global Crossing Costa Rica, SRL.
Translation into English   Exhibit 3.103

3.103 Global Crossing Costa Rica, S.R.L. - Bylaws

Bylaws for GLOBAL CROSSING COSTA RICA, SOCIEDAD DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA, legal status ID three – one hundred two – three hundred thousand ninety five, are the following: ONE: NAME: Corporate name shall be GLOBAL CROSSING COSTA RICA, SOCIEDAD DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA, which translation into Spanish is “TRAVESÍA GLOBAL COSTA RICA SRL.”. Such name is a commercial name and it may be abbreviated as “Global Crossing Costa Rica, SRL.”. TWO: DOMICILE: domicile is located in San José, Sabana Norte, Edificio Torre La Sabana, Piso siete, province of San Jose, District of Mata Redonda, Central Town, exactly three hundred meters from the Electric Power Institute of Costa Rica (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) located at Ave. Las Americas. Company may establish affiliates and branches anywhere throughout the country or abroad and also move domicile according to corporate needs pursuant to agreement by Shareholders General Meeting. Enough evidence of such agreement shall consist of a relevant certificate issued on locus regit actum basis. Corporate domicile shall be established wherever General Meeting may consider relevant in accordance with provisions set forth in this section. THREE: PURPOSE: Corporate purpose shall consist of providing services related to export of traditional and non-traditional goods and general trade matters. For such purposes, Company may purchase; sell; give and receive assets as lease, pledge or, mortgage; encumber or sell; and otherwise sell personal property, real estates, manufacturing and trade marks, real and personal rights, and negotiate any kinds of securities, bonds and the like. Company may also represent domestic or foreign firms; enter into agreements with the State and Autonomous Entities, and engage in bids and tenders of any kind. Company may be part of other corporations and submit any bonds and sureties in favor of its partners or third parties provided that Company may get a financial profit. Finally, Company may enter into any kinds of acts and agreements related to a due corporate operation. FOUR: TERM: Corporate term shall last ninety nine years as of April the sixteenth, two thousand four. However, Company may be early dissolved pursuant to terms and conditions set forth in Trade Code. FIVE: STOCK CAPITAL: Stock capital shall amount to seven hundred thirty eight million five hundred four thousand seven hundred Colones. Such stock capital shall be represented by seven million three hundred eighty five thousand forty seven registered shares amounting one hundred colones each, fully subscribed and paid by shareholders. SIX: MANAGEMENT: Company shall be managed by three


Managers: a General Manager, a Financial Manager, and a Legal Manager. Such Managers shall be empowered as general attorneys-in-fact having no limitations whatsoever, pursuant to provisions set forth in Section 2053, Civil Code. They may act together or individually; substitute partially or completely their offices keeping or not their initial powers; revoke substitutions and make new ones. Manager positions shall last during the full Company term. SEVEN: INVENTORIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: On September 30th of each year, inventory and financial statements shall be submitted. Usual trade practices shall be applied for preparation thereof. EIGHT: GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING: A General Shareholders Meeting shall be held on an annually basis within three months after fiscal year closing and such meeting may be held in Company premises or abroad in any of the following cities: Miami, State of Florida, USA; Bermuda, city of Panama, Panama. Such meeting shall be filed with a balance sheet in accordance with Company’s accounting system. Asset values shall be estimated according to market prices up to date and doubtful credits shall be calculated at a probable price. Bad debts shall not appear in asset accounts. Call and quorum procedures shall be those stated in section 94, Trade Code. Previous call procedures may be disregarded provided that the whole stock capital bearers attend Shareholders Meeting. Shareholders Meeting shall be extraordinarily held at any time provided that Company’s General Manager should call for a meeting in order to know only two matters stated in such call and such Meeting may be held in Company’s premises or abroad in any of the following cities: Miami, State of Florida, USA; Bermuda, city of Panama, Panama. Meeting shall be extraordinarily held with no previous call provided that the whole stock capital bearers attend Shareholders Meeting. NINE: SHARES: Corporate shares may not be assigned without the previous express consent of all shareholders. The same rule shall be followed to add heirs or legatees of deceased shareholders. However, denied shareholders or legatees may file action before a court which shall render a final order on such addition. Said court shall consist of three company and shareholder independent members; one member shall be appointed by the Company, other by the interested party and the last one by Trade Chamber of Costa Rica (Cámara de Comercio de Costa Rica). TEN: LEGAL RESERVE FUND: A five per cent from net profits for each fiscal year shall be set aside to constitute a legal reserve fund. Such obligation shall stop whenever such fund may be equal to twenty per cent of Company’s stock capital. Remaining profits shall be proportionally distributed as dividends for each of the partners and they shall equally bear losses if any. ELEVEN: DISSOLUTION: If Company should be dissolved due to term expiration or a decision made by Shareholders Meeting, business liquidation shall proceed and be performed by a


liquidator who shall bear such powers as stated in his/her appointment agreement. Should shareholders not agree to appoint such liquidator, a Judge of Civil Matters from corporate domicile shall appoint a liquidator. TWELVE: RESIDENT AGENT: If no Company representative shall reside in Costa Rica, Company shall hire a Resident Agent having relevant power to deal with company’s court and administrative notices. Resident Agent’s office shall last the whole Company’s corporate term and comply with the provisions set forth in paragraph 13, Section 18, Trade Code.

EX-3.104 100 dex3104.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING COMUNICACIONES ECUADOR S.A. Bylaws of Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A.
Translation Into English   Exhibit 3.104

3.104 Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A. - BYLAWS

GLOBAL CROSSING COMUNICACIONES ECUADOR S.A. BYLAWS

The corporation GLOBAL CROSSING COMUNICACIONES ECUADOR S.A. is organized under the laws of Ecuador, pursuant to the provisions set forth in these Bylaws.

 

  1. The name of the corporation is GLOBAL CROSSING COMUNICACIONES ECUADOR S.A.

 

  2. The corporation nationality is Ecuadorian. The corporation shall establish its main offices in the city of Quito; however, the corporation may set up agencies or branches in other cities of the country or abroad.

 

  3.

The purpose of the corporation is research, development, manufacture, provision, installation, operation, maintenance, refurbishment, improvement, acquisition and lease of equipment, systems, procedures or instruments related to telecommunications for the transmission of data, voice and video, in all aspects and possibilities, including transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds or information of any nature and, in general, the performance of any other regular service or supplementary activity, subsidiary or auxiliary to such telecommunications, rendering of services in the telecommunication area, all of which shall observe the laws and regulations applicable to communications. For the purposes hereinabove mentioned, the corporation may perform all acts and activities related thereto, whether directly or indirectly, on its own behalf or on behalf of third parties, acting in its own capacity or through representatives, attorneys-in-fact, correspondents, licensees and third parties in general. To such effect, the corporation may, including, but not limited to its purpose: A. Enter into any type of agreement, contract or legal act before official bodies, departments, whether centralized or decentralized, autarchic entity, state corporations, whether national, provincial, municipal, of the country, binational and abroad; transact and accept concessions, permits, authorizations, licenses, privileges, exemptions and all other powers that may promote, directly or indirectly, the best achievement of the corporate purpose, before public powers. B. Perform all types of acts related to sale-purchase, exchange, assignment of credits, rights and debts, service agreement, lease of goods, building agreement, deposits of assets of any nature, loans with all types of guarantees, in any currency; correspondent agreements, agreements related to agency, representation, license, assignment of technology and powers of attorney; employment agreements, management, counseling and any act directly or indirectly necessary to achieve the corporate purpose in the best manner. C. Open current accounts, perform all type of activities related to banking, credit, with or without guarantees, in the country or abroad, with any financial, banking, official, state, private or mixed entities, or bills of exchange, promissory notes, checks, invoices approved by payer and all type of obligations with or without guarantee or special payment method and guarantee or secure such obligations. D. Associate, under any form, to natural or legal persons from the country or abroad for the development of activities directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. In order to achieve its corporate purpose, the Corporation may intervene as member in the organization of all type of


  corporations or business organizations, provide capital to them, acquire, hold and possess shares, obligations or interests in other companies. In general, the Corporation may perform all type of acts, agreements and operations allowed by Ecuadorian laws that conform to its corporate purpose and are necessary and convenient for its fulfillment.

 

  4. The duration of the Corporation shall be ninety-nine years, as from the date of registration of the acts of incorporation with the Commercial Registry. Nonetheless, such period may be extended or the corporation may be dissolved and liquidated before its fulfillment, pursuant to the decision rendered by members at a General Meeting, pursuant to letter C, section 14 hereof or other legal grounds listed in section 394 of the Law on Corporations.

 

  5. The Authorized Capital of the corporation shall be 3,600,000 dollars, up to which the corporation may accept subscriptions and issue shares. The subscribed capital of the corporation shall be 1,947,932 US dollars.

 

  6. Shares shall be ordinary and registered and shall have a nominal value of one dollar each. Such shares shall be numbered from one to the number that corresponds, according to the number of shares issued. According to the ratio of the value paid therefor, each share confers the right to vote at the General Meeting, to be entitled to profits and to be entitled to further rights set forth in the Law.

 

  7. Share certificates and provisional certificates shall be issued in books and receipt books correlatively numbered and shall be signed by the Executive President. The certificate having been submitted to the shareholder, the shareholder shall subscribe the pertaining receipt book. Each certificate may represent one or more shares and any shareholder may request that one certificate be split into many, pursuant to provisions of the pertaining law and regulation. Expenses incurred as a consequence thereof shall be borne by the shareholder. Share certificates shall be subscribed in the Shares and Shareholders Book, in which the subsequent transfers, constitution of rights in rem and further modifications that occur regarding the right on such shares shall be registered. Transfer of ownership of registered shares can be raised against the corporation or third parties only as from the moment of registration thereof on the Shares and Shareholders Book. Such registration shall be validly performed with the sole signature of the legal representative acting on behalf of the corporation, provided that notice of assignment of the share, bearing the date and the signature of both assignor and assignee, has been sent to the corporation by means of separate communications signed by each of them. Such communications shall be filed. Likewise, registration on the Shares and Shareholders Book can be performed, provided that the share certificate in which the respective assignment note is evidenced is submitted to the legal representative. In such situation, the certificate shall be annulled and filed and a new one with the assignee’s name shall be issued. Should the share certificate be missing or destroyed and after publication thereof for three consecutive days in one of the most widely-circulated newspapers of the corporation’s main offices, the corporation may annul the certificate and confer a new one to the respective shareholder upon shareholder’s written request and at his request, after a period of thirty days, as from the date of last publication has elapsed. As long as the shareholder has not fully paid shares subscribed by such shareholder, the pertaining provisional certificate shall be issued in his favor, pursuant to the law.

 

  8.

Shareholders at a General Meeting is the supreme body of the corporation and shall have all the duties, powers and responsibilities set forth by the Law; and its resolutions, validly adopted, shall bind all shareholders, even those absent or in


  disagreement, except for the right of objection, pursuant to the Law on Corporations. Shareholders at a General Meeting shall have the following powers, apart from those stated in section nine hereof: a) Appoint and remove the executive president, vice president, general manager and acting and deputy auditor. b) Decide upon the allocation of corporate profits. c) Decide upon the issuance of profits and obligations. d) Determine the increase or decrease of corporate capital, issuance of dividends, shares, setting up special or optional reserves, shares depreciation, merger, transformation, dissolution and liquidation and, in general, to arrange all modifications to the acts of incorporation and the amendments to the Bylaws in accordance with the Law. e) Construe corporate Bylaws mandatorily. f) Decide upon the establishment and suspension of subsidiaries, agencies or services; fix their capital and appoint their representatives. g) Dictate the internal corporate administrative regulations, including its own regulation, and define the powers of administrators and officers, if a conflict of powers arises. h) Authorize legal representatives to sign agreements or purchase loans, whose value exceeds the limit periodically set by shareholders at a General Meeting, as well as to sell, encumber or limit title to corporate real property, notwithstanding provisions of Section 12 of the Law on Corporations. i) Authorize the corporate vice president to enter into agreements or purchase loans whose value exceeds the limit set by shareholders at a General Meeting for the executive president, when vice president acts in the capacity of legal representative due to the absence of the executive president. j) Authorize the granting of general powers. k) Approve the corporate budget and general plan of activities, pursuant to the projects that shall be submitted by the general manager. l) Comply with all further duties and exercise all further powers that correspond thereto, pursuant to the Law and these Bylaws or regulations and resolutions of shareholders at a General Meeting.

 

  9. Ordinary General Meetings shall be called, at least, once a year in the corporate main offices, within a period of three months as from the closure of the fiscal year, in order to consider the following matters: a) Be aware of the accounts, the balance, the profit and loss statements and reports that shall be submitted by the General Manager and Auditors regarding corporate businesses and pass a resolution. Neither the balance nor the accounts shall be approved if no Auditor’s report has been previously issued. b) Decide upon the allocation of corporate profits. c) Consider any other item specified on the agenda, pursuant to the call and determine it. Shareholders at an Ordinary General Meeting may deliberate upon suspension and removal of administrators, even when such matter is not on the agenda.

 

  10. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be called at any time during the year in the corporate main offices. Only items for which the meeting was called can be dealt with at Extraordinary General Meetings except for provisions of section 238 of the Law on Corporations and section tenth hereof.

 

  11. The corporate President and the General Manager or, upon their absence, any other person so appointed by shareholders at a General Meeting for such purpose, shall act as President and Secretary at the General Meeting.

 

  12. Decisions of shareholders at a General Meeting shall be taken by the majority of the votes representing present paid capital, except for the exceptions set forth by the Law and these Bylaws. Blank votes and abstentions shall be added to the numeric majority.

 

  13.

Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings shall be called by the corporate Executive President; nonetheless, such meetings can be called by auditors in urgent situations. Shareholder(s) representing at least 25% of the corporate


  capital may request the call for a General Meeting, in writing, at any time, to the Executive President, in order to deal with the matters indicated in the request. Should such period be rejected or such call be not made within the period of fifteen days as from reception of the request, section two hundred and twenty-six of the Law on Corporations shall apply. The General Meeting, whether ordinary or extraordinary, shall be called by means of newspapers, in one of the most widely-circulated newspapers in the domicile of the corporate main offices, within a period of, at least, fifteen days as from the date set for the meeting, pursuant to the Law, notwithstanding provisions of section fifteenth. Furthermore, call for General Meeting shall be made by means of written or telegraphic communications sent to those shareholders that have previously requested so in writing and by indicating their respective addresses to the Corporation. The communication shall indicate the place, date and time, and the item to be transacted at the meeting. Additionally, auditors shall be specially and separately called to General Meetings by a written notice, apart from the corresponding reference that shall be made in the newspaper notice that contains the call for shareholders.

 

  14. Installation quorum: a) The General Meeting shall not be considered constituted to transact any business in the first call, if at least half of paid capital is represented by attending shareholders. In the event that the General Meeting fail to be held in the first call due to lack of quorum, a second call shall be made, which shall take place within a maximum period of thirty days as from the date set for the first meeting. b) General Meetings made in second calls shall be held with the number of shareholders present and such fact shall be so stated in the call made. In the second call, the object of the first call shall not be modified. c) For shareholders at a General Meeting, whether ordinary or extraordinary, to validly agree on increase or decrease of capital, corporate transformation, merger or dissolution and, in general, any other modification to the Bylaws, provisions of the Law shall be observed. d) For verification of quorum, no more than one hour as from the call made shall elapse.

 

  15. General Meetings. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, the General Meeting shall be regarded as called and shall be validly constituted, at any time and in any area of the national territory, in order to deal with any business, provided that the total paid capital be represented and attendees agree unanimously that such Meeting be held. Nonetheless, any attendee may oppose to the debate of the items on which such attendee considers that he has received no sufficient information. In the event described in this section, all shareholders or their representatives shall subscribe the act, under penalty of nullity.

 

  16. General Meetings Acts shall be recorded in mobile sheets, front and back typewritten. They shall be correlatively numbered and signed by the President and Secretary. Each page shall be signed and sealed by the Secretary.

 

  17.

The Corporation shall be managed by an Executive President, a Vice president and a General Manager, by means of exclusively exercising the powers set forth in section 18. The Executive President shall have the following powers: 1. Represent the corporation in court and out-of-court matters, with full powers, including power to settle. 2. Call and preside over the general meeting. 3. Supervise the General Manager’s administration. 4. Participate in all type of acts and agreements, by being subject to the amount periodically stated by shareholders at a General Meeting, who shall authorize the sale of real property. 5. Confer general powers with prior authorization from shareholders at a general meeting. 6. Keep corporate books. 7. Submit a report on the corporate businesses to the general meeting annually. 8. Prepare the corporate annual


  budget and activity plan. 9. In general, the President shall have all the powers necessary for administrating and representing the corporation with the limitations set forth in the Bylaws, notwithstanding provisions of section 12 of the Law on Corporations.

 

  18. The General Manager shall be appointed by shareholders at a General Meeting and shall have the following duties and powers: 1) Opening and closing bank accounts, drawing, accepting and endorsing bills of exchange and other securities and values, depositing and drawing checks and payment orders and protest them. 2) Participating in all type of acts and agreements up to the amount of one million dollars. In order to bind the corporation in acts or agreements which exceed such limit, authorization from the General Meeting or joint subscription of the document along with the Executive President shall be required, unless it refers to Customs guarantees or judicial bonds, appeal to the Supreme Court or executive procedures for which such limitations shall not apply. 3) File applications, requests, appeals before any administrative authority, whether Customs, municipal, provincial, national, fiscal or of any other nature. 4) Collect values owed to the corporation and issue releases of debts. 5) Purchase loans up to the limit indicated in number 2 above and sign the respective documents. 6) Grant special powers. 7) Hire corporate workers and terminate their contacts, request evictions and approvals. 8) Supervise corporate assets as well as accounting thereof. 9) Appear before the courts and appoint attorneys-at-law. 10) Submit a report on corporate businesses every three months to the Executive President, when the President so requires.

 

  19. The General Manager shall be subject to the Executive President’s supervision and, in the event that he performs an act or enters into an agreement outside the scope of the powers granted to such manager, pursuant to section 18, the General Manager shall be personally liable before the corporation and its shareholders.

 

  20. The Executive President, the Vice president and the General Manager of the Corporation shall be appointed for mandates of five years and the General Manager for a period of one year. They shall hold their offices until they are duly replaced. Auditors shall be appointed annually.

 

  21. Should the Executive President be absent or temporarily or permanently disabled, the Vice president of the Corporation shall replace him with all the duties and powers, until the shareholders at a General Meeting appoint a new Executive President.

 

  22.

Corporate fiscal year shall end on the 31st of December of each year.

 

  23. Setting a legal reserve fund and profit allocation shall be performed by shareholders at a General Meeting, pursuant to the Law. Since all corporate shares are ordinary and there are no preferred shares, profits shall be allocated to each shareholder in direct proportion to the value paid for his shares.

 

  24. Shareholders at a General Meeting shall appoint two auditors, an acting auditor and a deputy, who shall have the duties, powers and responsibilities set forth by the Law and those set forth by shareholders at a General Meeting.

 

  25. In the event that the corporation be dissolved and liquidated, there being no opposition among shareholders, the Executive President shall act as liquidator. Should there be opposition, shareholders at a General Meeting shall appoint a liquidator at the ordinary or extraordinary general meeting, by indicating his special powers.

 

  26. Capital integration and allocation of shares. Shares representing capital have been subscribed and paid in the following manner:

 

Shareholder’s name

   Subscribed
Capital USD
   Shares

GC Impsat Holdings II ltd

   2,208,889    2,208,889

GC Impsat Holdings III ltd

   2    2

TOTAL

   2,208,891    2,208,891
EX-3.105 101 dex3105.htm BYLAWS OF GLOBAL CROSSING VENEZUELA S.A. Bylaws of Global Crossing Venezuela S.A.
Translation into English   Exhibit 3.105

Global Crossing Venezuela S.A. Bylaws/Articles of Incorporation (one and the same)

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

CHAPTER I

NAME, PURPOSE AND TERM

SECTION 1: Company shall be named GLOBAL CROSSING VENEZUELA, S.A.

SECTION 2: Corporate purpose shall be installing, establishing, working and operating of telecom service networks; researching, developing, manufacturing, providing, maintaining, repairing, improving, purchasing and leasing telecom equipment, networks, systems, procedures or instruments; managing, promoting, operating and providing telecom services for transmitting data, voice and video in any and all ways, including transmitting, broadcasting or receiving signs, signals, documents, images, sound or data of any nature, and in general performing any other services, media, or supplementary, subsidiary or auxiliary activity for said telecom activities already created or to be created. Company may also perform activities related to research, development, implementation, integration, provision and marketing of software or IT programs; development, manufacturing, and provision of any means of hardware or IT equipment, and provision of any kind of IT services, data processing and validation services related or not to telecom service provision; development, operation, marketing and provision of Internet and value added services in order to perform any kind of operations through electronic, IT or any other technological means which may be developed in the future, whether through the Internet and/or any other public or private voice, data and/or value added network; provision of services guaranteeing security of operations performed by the above mentioned means, including issuance of relevant certificates and instruments for those means, systems, or procedures required for such purposes; and provision of any other service developed or provided on IT, telecomputing or telecom structures. Company shall also provide data center, hosting, housing, collocation, data storing services as well as any other current or future provision related thereto. Furthermore, Company may provide any activity or services related to IT and telecom technologies (TICs, per its abbreviations in Spanish), or any other current or future technology, and, in general, Company may perform any entering into business and legal trade agreements it may deem convenient.

SECTION 3: Corporate domicile shall be located at Calle 7, Zona 1, Manzana B-2, Sector Sur. Edificio Impsat, La Urbina, Caracas. However it may establish agencies, branches or any other offices in the national territory or abroad, upon such decision made by the Board of Directors.


SECTION 4: Company term shall last for fifty (50) years as of its registration date before the Trade Registration Office, Court Circuit in and for the Capital District and the State of Miranda, except there appears an advance extension or dissolution for the Company.

CHAPTER II

STOCK CAPITAL AND SHARES

SECTION 5: Company’s Stock Capital amounts to TWELVE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN BOLIVARS (Bs.12,957,457.00), DIVIDE INTO TWELVE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN (12,957,457.00) common and registered shares at a par value amounting to ONE BOLIVAR (Bs. 1.00) each. All shares shall entitle their relevant holder equal rights in accordance with these Articles of Incorporation. Said Stock Capital has been subscribed and paid in full by GC IMPSAT HOLDING II LIMITED.

SECTION 6: Shares shall be bearer, registered and non-convertible. Share ownership shall be evidenced by subscription in corporate Shareholders Ledger and their transferences shall be performed by stating so in said Ledger and Assign, Grantor, and Board of Directors President shall sign such act.

SECTION 7: Company shall acknowledge one owner per share. Should a share be owned by several persons, Company shall not be liable for subscribing nor acknowledging more than one person, who shall be appointed by said owners.

SECTION 8: Company may issue Securities representing one or more shares complying with requirements set forth in Trade Code. Said Securities shall bear a number and the Board of Directors President’s signature.

SECTION 9: Regardless stock capital percentage shares owned represent, shareholders shall be entitled to preferential rights according to the following:

a) Stock Capital Increase:

Issuance and subscription terms for new shares shall be established by such Shareholders Meeting deciding a Stock Capital Increase. Shareholders shall be entitled to preferential rights to subscribe new shares proportionally to the number of shares they own up to the date of Stock Capital increase related to global number of shares constituting stock capital. This preferential right shall be enforced within thirty (30) consecutive days after stock capital increase has been approved.


Should a shareholder not enforce such preferential right or such enforcement be partial, the rest of shareholders shall be entitled to preferential rights related to subscription of shares said shareholder has not enforced. Such preferential rights shall be enforced proportionally to the number of shares owned by each shareholder who may enforce preferential right. This preferential right shall be enforced within thirty (30) consecutive days after term expiration mentioned in the above paragraph.

After term mentioned herein, shareholders who had not stated their will to subscribe new shares shall be deprived of preferential right herein mentioned. After this term and in case no will to subscribe shares has been stated, Company may admit third parties as subscribers for stock capital increase up to Board of Directors decision.

b) Shares sales or encumber:

Any shareholder who may want to sale his/her shares shall notify such will in written to the Board of Directors, stating number of shares to be sold, price and payment terms and conditions. Within a consecutive twenty (20) day term after said notice, the Board shall notify such offer by fax, telegram or certified letter to all shareholders and establish a consecutive thirty (30) day term during which shareholders may enforce preferential rights to purchase all shares to be sold according to the terms and conditions of the offer by serving proper written notice to Board of Directors.

If several shareholders may be willing to purchase said shares, such number of shares shall be divided into shareholders who may be interested in purchasing proportionally to the number of shares owned up to that date by a shareholder willing to purchase regarding the global number of shares owned by all shareholders willing to purchase such shares.

If no shareholder had stated his/her will to enforce preferential rights within a consecutive thirty (30) day term, Bidder, after Board of Directors previously authorized so, may sale his/her shares to a non-shareholder third party according to said price, terms and conditions stated in the offered submitted to the Board of Directors provided such sale is performed within a consecutive ninety (90) day term after said authorization. If sale operation is not performed within such term, shareholder interested in selling his/her shares shall comply with the procedures provided in this Section.

c) General Provisions:

1) Should any proportional distribution occur, this shall be performed by rounding up any fractional number to the nearest whole number.


2) Should any shareholder be forbidden by the law to purchase shares to be sold by other shareholder(s), said denied shareholder shall be entitled to assign such right to a third party who shall purchase said shares, provided that Board of Directors have granted such authorization.

3) Terms, notices, and formal procedures to sell or encumber shares due to any title stated in this Section may be fully or partially disregarded by means of unanimous decisions made by Shareholders Meeting where stock capital in full is attended or represented.

4) Issuing sureties upon shares shall be authorized by the Board of Directors and regulations on preferential rights provided herein shall be complied, whenever applicable. Any transference or encumber of shares which failed to comply with regulations stated in this Section shall be considered void and ineffective for the Company.

5) Whenever Board of Directors authorization is required in accordance with the provisions set forth herein, such Board shall pronounce within maximum established terms as of the date shareholder has submitted his/her request in order that Board may authorize his/her will to sell or encumber shares. Such authorizations may not be restrained without just cause and once the aforementioned term has expired without any statement by the Board, operation shall be considered as authorized.

CHAPTER III

SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

SECTION 10: Main corporate decisions and regulations shall be in charge of General Shareholders Meeting, which shall be entitled to the powers vested by the law and this document.

SECTION 11: General Ordinary Shareholders Meeting shall be held on annual basis during the ninety (90) days after fiscal year closing and shall be vested with the following powers:

a) Discussing, approving, or amending issued by the Statutory Auditor.

b) Appointing the members for the Board of Directors.

c) Selecting one or more Statutory Auditors and their eventual Deputy Statutory Auditors.

d) Establishing compensations for Board of Directors members and Statutory Auditors.

e) Making decisions upon dividend distribution and legal reserve creation.

f) Knowing about any other matter specifically submitted and executing powers vested by the applicable law and other Corporate Documents.

SECTION 12: General Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting shall be held whenever Shareholders Meeting may deem necessary or convenient or at the request of a number of shareholders representing at least a twenty percent (20%) of stock capital. Specific purpose thereof shall be stated in relevant call.


SECTION 13: In order that decisions made by the Ordinary or Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, attendance or representation and positing voting of fifty one percent (51%) of Company’s stock capital shall be required in the first and following meetings. In order to decide upon subjects referred to in Section 280, Trade Code, attendance at Meeting by a number of shareholders representing a third part of stock capital and positive voting of fifty one percent (51%) of company stock capital shall be required in the first and following meetings, as the case may be.

SECTION 14: Ordinary or Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting shall be called by a notice posted in a wide circulation newspaper of the city of Caracas having at least a thirty (30) day previous term before the date set for meeting.

Following same advance term, shareholders shall be called by telex, telegram, or fax, addressed to the last domicile registered in Shareholder Ledger. Call shall state date and location where Shareholders Meeting shall be held and purpose thereof. Any decision made upon a subject not stated in said call shall be void. However, any shareholder may demand that, additionally to the call for each Meeting, a telex, telegram or fax may be sent to the person and domicile stated for such purpose for the Board of Directors. Regarding this issue, the Board shall be only liable for verifying performance of transmission of such telex, telegram, or fax within call’s term.

SECTION 15: Formal procedures for call may be disregarded whenever shareholder in full are represented or attend at the Meeting and provided that attending persons thereto may state to be sound minded to discuss the items itemized in the Agenda.

SECTION 16: Shareholders may be represented in the Meetings by attorneys who have been granted a power of attorney, a letter-power, or a fax.

SECTION 17: Relevant Records from Shareholders Meeting shall be issued and state the name of attending persons establishing the number of shares they represent and decisions made and measures agreed. Records shall be signed by shareholders or their representatives at the Meeting and also by the attending members of the Board of Directors.

CHAPTER IV

MANAGEMENT

SECTION 18: Company shall have a Board of Directors formed by at least two (2) and top five (5) main members and corresponding deputy members, who shall run office as President, Vice President and Officers of the Board of Directors. Such members may be company shareholders or not. President of the Board of Directors shall chair Board of Directors meetings and Shareholders Meetings. Should President be absent or unable to perform his office, Vice President, if any, shall perform his duties.


SECTION 19: The members of the Board of Directors shall be one (1) year in office, but they may remain otherwise in office until they are reelected or the Board appoints persons for their replacement. Board of Directors members may be removed from office at any time by General Shareholders Meeting. In any case, position office of a member of the Board of Directors shall entail expressly accepting any and all provisions set forth herein.

SECTION 20: Each of the members of the Board of Directors shall deposit or have it deposit at his/her expense in corporate account one (1) share, which shall be subjected to guarantee his/her management acts.

Such action shall be inalienable and not released until General Shareholders Meeting shall approve management accounts and grants final settlement.

SECTION 21: President or Vice President of the Board of Directors shall call the Board of Directors so such Board acts in his/her behalf if President should be absent or unable to perform his/her duties. The Board shall meet as much as necessary for Company’s interests and at least every two (2) months.

The Board of Directors may not make valid decisions on subjects not stated in Agenda, unless the whole members attend or are represented and so it is decided. Each of the members of the Board of Directors may represent another member of such Board by submitting a letter-power, telex, telegram or fax certifying such representation.

SECTION 22: The Board of Directors shall have full powers to manage and decide upon assets, except upon those expressly reserved herein for General Shareholders Meeting. The Board may agree, dismiss, settle or delegate any or all of its powers at the extent the Board may deem proper to persons Board shall select and trust. Decisions made by the Board of Directors shall be executed by the person the Board appoints in each case.

SECTION 23: In order that discussions and decisions made by the Board of Directors be valid, attendance and positive voting of its member majority shall be required. In case of tie voting, proposal shall be considered denied. A record shall be issued in each meeting and shall be registered in the Board of Directors Record Book and signed by all persons attending at the meeting.


CHAPTER V

COMPANY’S PRESIDENT

SECTION 24: The Board of Directors shall elect a President and a Deputy President for the Company who may be members of the Board of Directors or not. Company’s President and Deputy President, if Company’s President should be absent or unable to serve office, shall be in charge of daily management of corporate business, having all powers detailed in Section 25. The Board of Directors shall have the widest powers to supervise and oppose a veto to management performed by Company’s President and Deputy President.

SECTION 25: During his office, Company’s President and Deputy President, if this should be the case, shall be granted with powers including, but not limited to, the following listed below:

a) Performing any and all corporate daily administration and management acts in order to pursue the corporate purpose. For this, he/she shall have the widest powers regarding management issues.

b) Appointing and removing company’s staff and set wages and benefit plans.

c) Entering into, terminating and amending agreements and acts required to the proper operation of regular business which are Company’s corporate purpose. He/she shall have the power to set terms, conditions and procedures of said agreements, with no limits regarding their amounts.

d) Opening and closing bank accounts or of any other nature and operating such accounts by stamping his/her signature, writing check or any other money order for amounts lower than FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$ 500,000.00) equal to ONE MILLION SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND BOLIVARS (Bs. 1,075,000.00) calculated for purposes hereof at a exchange rate amounting to TWO BOLIVARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS (Bs. 2.15) per each USA dollar per operation. A prior authorization from the Board of Directors shall be required if operation amount should be higher of said sum.

e) Signing any and all documents, books, and protocols necessary to get credits, loans, and all kind of discount operation for amounts lower than FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$ 500,000.00) equal to ONE MILLION SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND BOLIVARS (Bs. 1,075,000.00) calculated for purposes hereof at a exchange rate amounting to TWO BOLIVARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS (Bs. 2.15) per each USA dollar per operation. A prior authorization from the Board of Directors shall be required to get credit, loans, and any discount operation for an amount higher than said sum.

f) Appointing court or out-of-court, general or special attorneys, assigning their powers. He/She shall have the power to revoke powers granted, extend or limit powers and their scope.

g) Issuing, admitting, endorsing, and receiving bills of exchange or any other trading notes during Company’s business activities for amounts lower than FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$ 500,000.00) equal to ONE MILLION SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND BOLIVARS (Bs. 1,075,000.00) calculated for purposes hereof at a exchange rate amounting to TWO BOLIVARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS (Bs. 2.15) per each USA dollar per individual operation. A prior authorization from the Board of Directors shall be required to issue, admit, endorse, and receive bills of exchange or any other trading notes for amounts higher than said sum.


h) Selling, encumbering, or transferring corporate fixed assets which individual price should not be higher than FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$ 500,000.00) equal to ONE MILLION SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND BOLIVARS (Bs. 1,075,000.00) calculated for purposes hereof at a exchange rate amounting to TWO BOLIVARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS (Bs. 2.15) per each USA dollar. A prior authorization from the Board of Directors shall be required to sell, encumber, or transfer fixed assets which individual price should be higher than said sum.

CHAPTER VI

STATUTORY AUDITORS

SECTION 26: General Ordinary Shareholders Meeting shall appoint one or more Statutory Auditors and their relevant deputy auditors so they may brief Shareholders Meeting for the following year about Company’s financial condition, financial statements and accounts to be submitted by the Board of Directors. Statutory Auditors (or their Deputy Officers if an inconvenient, resignation, or denial should occur from Main Auditor Officers) shall be entitled to an unlimited right to search and monitor all Company’s operations. Statutory Auditors may search ledgers, mailing, and, in general, all corporate documentation.

SECTION 27: Statutory Auditors and their Deputy Officers shall be in office for one (1) year and may be reelected. Under no circumstances, these officers shall be Company’s dependants or employees of members of the Board of Directors.

CHAPTER VII

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, RESERVES, AND PROFITS

SECTION 28: Company’s annual financial statement shall be as of January 1st and December 31st of each year. When financial statements are closing, an inventory and a Balance Sheet shall be established pursuant to the provisions set forth in Trade Code and the generally accepted accounting trade principles.

SECTION 29: From corporate liquid profits, it is annually separated:

a) Five percent (5%) to form a reserve fund until such fund is equal to a ten percent (10%) of stock capital.

b) Other amounts necessary to constitute other reserves required by law and those Shareholders Meeting consider relevant to create, in accordance with recommendations made by the Board of Directors.


c) Shareholders Meeting shall determine use for any remaining amount, once constituted reserves above mentioned, considering company’s financial condition and Board of Directors’ view.

CHAPTER VIII

COMPANY’S LIQUIDATION

SECTION 30: Should this company be in a liquidation process, such process shall be performed, notwithstanding the provisions set forth by the Law, by two liquidators appointed by the meeting which may decide upon liquidation. During liquidation process period, General Shareholders Meeting powers shall be in full effect according to the terms detailed herein.

EX-3.106 102 dex3106.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF FIBERNET GMBH. Articles of Incorporation of Fibernet GmbH.

Exhibit 3.106

Unofficial English Translation

Articles of Association

of

Fibernet GmbH

 

§ 1 Company Name, Registered Office

 

1.1 The name of the Company is Fibernet GmbH.

 

1.2 The Company’s registered office is in Frankfurt.

 

§ 2 Object of the Company

 

2.1 The object of the Company is to provide telecommunication services.

 

2.2. The Company shall have the right to conduct any business and all measures which are appropriate to promote the object of the Company. The Company shall have the right to establish domestic or international subsidiaries and branch offices.

 

§ 3 Registered Share Capital

 

3.1 The registered share capital is EUR 1,000,000 (Euro one million).

 

3.2 The contribution to the share capital shall be made in cash and shall be paid prior to the application of the Company for registration with the commercial register.

 

§ 4 Representation

 

4.1 The Company shall have one or more managing directors. If only one managing director has been appointed, he/she shall represent the Company alone. If several managing directors have been appointed, the Company shall be represented by two managing directors acting jointly or by one managing director acting jointly with an authorized signatory (Prokurist). The meeting of the shareholders may bestow sole powers of representation; it may also grant exemption from the restrictions imposed by sec. 181 German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB).

 

4.2 The managing directors shall be appointed and recalled by the shareholders.


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4.3 Any rights and obligations of the managing directors shall be defined by statutory law, these Articles of Association, their employment agreements and the bylaws adopted by the shareholders.

 

4.4 Unless otherwise provided by statutory law, these Articles of Association, the employment agreements or the bylaws, every managing director shall be authorized to represent the Company solely within its area of representation. If one managing director objects to a management act of another managing director, the managing directors shall decide upon application of the managing director whose decision was subject to the objection.

 

4.5 Notwithstanding § 4.4 above the following decisions and acts shall require the prior approval of the meeting of the shareholders:

 

  a. adoption of the yearly plan and yearly budget which is to be prepared by the management until 31 October of each year for the following year;

 

  b. any amendments to an approved yearly plan or budget provided that the amendment exceeds 5% of the aggregate amount;

In addition to the adoption of the yearly plan and budget the following acts shall also require prior approval of the meeting of the shareholders:

 

  c. acquisition, sale and encumbrance of real property and rights equivalent to real property as well as the amendment of agreements in relation to such real property;

 

  d. acquisition and sale of companies, including separable parts of a business operation, as well as signing, amendment and termination of company agreements of any kind;

 

  e. acquisition, sale and encumbrance of equity rights in other companies;

 

  f. exercise of all shareholders rights, in particular voting rights, in respect to the equity interest in other companies;

 

  g. establishment of new or cessation of existing business operations or lines of business;

 

  h. establishment or closure of subsidiaries and branches;

 

  i. signing, amendment and termination of lease, tenancy or rent agreements with a yearly payment obligation of more than DM 100,000 in each individual case, and a yearly payment obligation of more than DM 50,000 if the number of such agreements exceeds 5 in a business year, as well as of all agreements with a term of more than 18 months;

 

  j.

signing and termination of service agreements with a yearly payment obligation (including the highest possible bonus payment defined in the agreement) of more than DM 200,000 in each individual case as well as yearly payment obligations (including the


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  highest possible bonus payment defined in the agreement) of more than DM 150,000 from the 5th agreement of that kind per business year;

 

  k. granting and increase of pension commitments as well as the adoption and amendment of an operational retirement annuity;

 

  l. acceptance of a guaranty as well as the signing of warranty and guarantee agreements;

 

  m. take out a loan or grant loans except for loans granted to employees with a loan amount up to one monthly salary;

 

  n. acceptance of a drawn bill of exchange;

 

  o. signing of material agreements of the Company with its shareholders or affiliated companies where the Company holds a direct or indirect equity interest or where it is the personally liable partner as well as with shareholders of such companies, members of their supervisory board and companies, where those individuals hold a direct or indirect interest in. This shall also apply to related persons of such individuals pursuant to sec. 15 German General Tax Code (Abgabenordnung);

 

  p. signing of agreements of the Company with its managing directors, authorized signatories (Prokuristen) (except for common employment agreements subject to this § 4.5 (j)) or with companies where those parties hold a direct or indirect interest. The same shall apply to related persons of such individuals pursuant to sec. 15 German Tax Code (Abgabenordnung);

 

  q. consent to the settlement of legal disputes with an amount in dispute exceeding DM 50,000;

 

  r. undertake any other legal action or transaction which do not belong to the ordinary course of business of the Company.

 

4.6 All decisions and approvals of the shareholders pursuant to § 4 shall be made by shareholders’ resolution.

 

§ 5 Confidentiality

The shareholders shall keep all information confidential which are made accessible to them by the Company. The shareholders shall not use any such confidential information to harm the Company. This confidentiality obligation shall apply until such information is no longer confidential.

Information shall not be treated as confidential which is or becomes publicly available in the market unless it has become publicly available by breach of this confidentiality obligation. Information that is obtained by the shareholder prior to the acquisition of its shareholding in the Company from a third party, or which he obtains independently as well as such information which has not been known to the shareholders but was available through third parties, e.g. through independent research or other efforts of the shareholders, shall not qualify as confidential information.


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Disclosures on the basis of statutory obligations shall not result in a breach of this obligation.

 

§ 6 Shareholders Resolutions

 

6.1 Shareholders shall decide on the matters of the Company by shareholders resolution. Abstention from voting shall not be counted as vote. Every share of EUR 50 equals one vote.

 

6.2 Shareholders resolutions shall be passed in general meetings of the shareholders. They may also be passed in writing, via telefax, email or telephone or a mixture of these forms, without calling a meeting, provided that all shareholders or their authorized representatives explicitly agree or participate in the voting without objection.

Resolutions passed in such a way shall only be effective if recorded immediately by the management board in special minutes providing the voting of each shareholder as well as the result of the voting. A copy of the minutes shall be forwarded to each shareholder. The resolution shall be deemed approved provided that no shareholder does object within 14 days upon receipt of the minutes.

Unless expressly stated otherwise in statutory law or these Articles of Association shareholders resolutions shall require a simple majority of the votes cast. Abstentions from the vote shall not count as vote. Resolutions with respect to amendments of these Articles of Association shall require a majority of 75% of all shareholders. Such majority can amend the articles in any event, in particular fundamentals of the Company, provided that the principle of proportionate equality is not violated or one specific shareholder shall be deprived of rights explicitly granted to him.

 

§ 7 Shareholders Meetings

 

7.1 Each business year an ordinary shareholders meeting shall be held within 5 months upon the expiry of the previous business year. The agenda shall include:

 

  (a) Presentation of the annual financial statements including auditor’s report for the previous business year to the shareholders;

 

  (b) Approval of the annual financial statements;

 

  (c) Appropriation of the annual proceeds;

 

  (d) Discharge of the managing directors;

 

  (e) Election of the auditors, being a certified accountant or an auditing firm, for the present business year.


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7.2 Further shareholders meetings shall be called if this is necessary for the common good of the Company or one or more shareholders representing minimum 10% of the voting rights request a shareholders meeting.

 

7.3 The shareholders meeting shall be called by giving 21 days prior written notice. The day of giving to the mail and the day of the meeting shall not be included in the calculation. The notice shall define the date, place and agenda of the meeting.

The notice period shall be 21 days for the annual ordinary shareholders meeting as well as for all meetings which shall resolve on matters assigned to the annual shareholders meeting, the amendment of the articles, appointment or dismissal of a managing director, forfeiture of shares or dissolution of the Company. The notice period shall be one week for all other matters including matters listed in §§ 4.4 and 4.5.

 

7.4 The shareholders meeting shall have a quorum if at least 60% of all voting rights are present or represented. Where a quorum is not achieved a further general meeting shall be called immediately with 14 days prior notice and observing § 7.3 above at which the quorum requirement shall not apply and which shall decide with the relevant majority of the votes cast provided that this has been specified in the invitation and it can be proved by acknowledgement of receipt (also by courier) or return receipt that all shareholders have received the invitation.

 

7.5 The shareholders meeting shall be held at the seat of the Company or any other place agreed between the shareholders prior to the meeting.

 

7.6 Any shareholder can authorize a representative, who is a shareholder, organ of the shareholder or a person sworn to secrecy, to represent or accompany him in the meeting by written power of attorney.

 

§ 8 Chairman of the Shareholders Meeting, Minutes

The shareholders meeting shall appoint a chairman for the meeting who shall run the meeting.

Minutes shall be recorded in respect of the resolutions of the shareholders meeting. Every shareholder shall receive a copy of such minutes. The minutes shall be deemed approved unless a shareholder does object within 14 days upon receipt.

 

§ 9 Annual Financial Statements, Profits and Losses

 

9.1 The managing directors shall prepare the annual financial statements within the statutory period and in accordance with the provisions relating to commercial law which apply for large companies. Tax law shall be considered as far as legally permissible under commercial law.


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9.2 The annual financial statements shall be audited by elected auditors in accordance with the provisions relating to large companies pursuant to commercial law.

 

9.3 Immediately following the receipt of the auditor’s report the managing directors shall submit the annual financial statements and the auditor’s report as well as the suggestion in relation to the appropriation of the annual results to the shareholders for approval.

 

9.4 Copies of the documents listed in § 7.3 shall be provided to the shareholders in the invitation for the shareholders meeting for approval of the annual financial statements.

 

§ 10 Term and Termination

 

10.1 The term of the Company shall be unlimited. Upon 1 January 2008 the fiscal year shall be the calendar year. The period from 1 September 2007 to 31 December 2007 shall be a short fiscal year. All transactions made upon 18 January 2007 shall be made on account of the Company.

 

10.2 Every shareholder may terminate the Company with 12 months prior notice to the end of a fiscal year, at the earliest to 31 December 2002. Termination shall be made by registered mail with notice of receipt. The Company shall immediately notify all shareholders.

 

10.3 Shareholders may terminate the Company for good cause without notice period. § 10.1 sentence 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis. Good cause shall be, in particular, if the Company ceases to make its payments or an application for initiation of insolvency proceedings is made.

 

10.4 The Company shall not be dissolved in case of termination, except for termination pursuant to § 10.2 (a), but will be continued between the remaining shareholders.

 

10.5 Each shareholder shall be entitled to go along with the termination by giving notice within 12 weeks with effect to the same effective date.

 

§ 11 Public Announcements

Any public announcements of the Company shall be published in the Electronic Federal Gazette (elektronischer Bundesanzeiger).


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§ 12 Costs

The costs incurred in the notarization of the articles of association, the publication, the application of the Company and its registration with the commercial register, capital gains tax incurred and costs for the counseling in respect to the establishment shall be borne by the Company up to the maximum sum of EUR 1,500; costs exceeding this limit shall be borne by the shareholders.

 

§ 13 Miscellaneous

 

13.1 Should any of the provisions of these articles be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected. The invalid provision shall be deemed replaced by such valid provision which equals the purpose and intent of the invalid provision.

 

13.2 Language of this agreement shall be German. This agreement may be translated into the English language. The German text will in any event prevail.

 

13.3 All costs and taxes relating to the amendments to the articles and their execution shall be borne by the Company.
EX-3.107 103 dex3107.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PEC DEUTSCHLAND GMBH. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH.

Exhibit 3.107

Unofficial English Translation

Articles of Association

of

Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH

 

§ 1 Company Name, Registered Office

 

1.1 The Name of the Company is:

Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH.

 

1.2 The Company’s registered office is in Frankfurt.

 

§ 2 Object of the Company

 

2.1 The object of the Company is to set up and operate telecommunication networks and telecommunication facilities and to provide telecommunication services in Germany as well as the acquisition and sale of domestic and international telecommunications products, telecommunications services and telecommunications capacities in the broadest sense of the term.

 

2.2 The Company shall have the right to acquire interests in other enterprises with the same or similar company object, even in the capacity of sole personally liable partner. The Company may also establish branch offices.

 

§ 3 Registered Share Capital

 

3.1 The registered share capital is EUR 27,000.00 (Euro twenty seven thousand).

 

3.2 The share capital has been fully paid in.

 

§ 4 Fiscal Year

The fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

 

§ 5 Representation

 

5.1

The Company shall have one or more managing directors. If several managing directors have been appointed, the Company shall be represented by two managing


Unofficial English Translation

 

  directors acting jointly or by one managing director acting jointly with an authorized signatory (Prokurist). If only one managing director has been appointed, he/she shall represent the Company alone.

 

5.2 The meeting of the shareholders may bestow sole powers of representation, and it may grant exemption from the restrictions imposed by § 181 BGB.

 

§ 6 Assignment of Shareholdings

 

6.1 The assignment of shareholdings or parts of a shareholding shall be subject to the consent of all co-shareholders.

 

6.2 The transfer of partial shareholding shall, furthermore, require the Company’s consent (§ 17 German Limited Liability Companies Act, Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbHG).

 

§ 7 Annual Financial Statements, Appropriation of Profits and Losses

 

7.1 The managing directors shall prepare the annual financial statements (balance sheet, profit and loss statement and annex) and management’s report within the statutory period following the close of a fiscal year (§ 264 (1) German Commercial Code, Handelsgesetzbuch, HGB) and immediately submit these to the shareholders for approval. The shareholders shall approve the annual financial statements within the statutory period and shall adopt resolutions concerning the appropriation of the net profit/net loss (§ 42a (2) GmbHG).

 

7.2 The shareholders shall be entitled to dividend distributions, unless the meeting of the Shareholders resolves by a simple majority of the votes cast to create reserves and/or to carry profits forward.

 

7.3 The profit shall be distributed in proportion to the interest held.

 

§ 8 Liquidation of the Company

 

8.1 In the event the Company should be liquidated - provided that the shareholders have not adopted a resolution on a different course of action - the current managing director(s) shall be appointed as liquidators.

 

8.2 § 5 No. (1) and (2) shall apply mutates mutandis to the representation provision.

 

8.3 The liquidators may also be exempted from the restriction against representing the Company in legal transactions executed with themselves or with a third party represented by themselves.

 


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§ 9 Public Announcements

Any public announcements of the Company shall be published only in the Electronic Federal Gazette (elektronischer Bundesanzeiger).

 

§10 Costs

The costs incurred in the formation of the Company (court costs, publication costs, notarial costs) shall be borne by the Company up to the maximum sum of EUR 5,000.

EX-3.108 104 dex3108.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING IRELAND LIMITED Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Ireland Limited

Exhibit 3.108

 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION  

LOGO

 

COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 to 2001

 

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

 

 

-of-

 

GLOBAL CROSSING IRELAND LIMITED

 

 

1. The name of the Company is Global Crossing Ireland Limited.

 

2. The objects for which the Company is established are:

 

  (a) to acquire rights in and to telecommunications capacity, networks, optical fibre and or cables, (whether under the sea or under or over land), and facilities and to bundle, sell, resell, licence, lease and/or otherwise trade with or in such rights or the benefits deriving therefrom;

 

  (b) to provide telecommunications services of every kind and to provide consultancy, accounting, data processing and other support services to companies, organisations and persons engaged in the telecommunications industry;

 

  (c) to carry on all or any of the businesses of running (whether under licence or otherwise), operating, managing and supplying telecommunications systems and systems of all kinds for the conveyance by any means of sounds, visual images and signals of all kinds;

 

  (d) to carry on all or any of the businesses of supplying, operating, managing and dealing in services and facilities for communications of all kinds (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, telecommunications and broadcasting services) and services and facilities which incorporate, use, or are used in conjunction with, in conjunction with or ancillary to, telecommunication or broadcasting systems or telecommunication or broadcasting apparatus and equipment;

 

  (e) to carry on all or any of the businesses of running, operating, managing and supplying data processing and information retrieval systems (whether or not remotely located and including but not limited to videotex, teletex and teletext systems) and systems utilising the capture, storage, processing, transmission or receipt of messages, and signals (including but not limited to data, sounds and visual images) by, with the aid of, in conjunction with, or in any way utilising, computers or similar equipment, and computer programs and databases and to carry on the businesses of operating, managing, supplying and dealing in services and facilities of all kinds which incorporate, use or are used in conjunction with, in connection with or ancillary to, systems of such descriptions as aforesaid or any of the apparatus and equipment comprised therein;


  (f) to invent, design, develop, construct, manufacture, produce, erect, assemble, test, import, export, alter, install, maintain, repair, renovate, refurbish, recondition, utilise, operate, manage, acquire, sell, hire, hire out, supply, and otherwise deal in plant, equipment and apparatus for the purposes of communications of all kinds (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, plant, equipment and apparatus which is intended for, or capable of, or designed for use in, with, in connection with, in conjunction with, connected (directly or indirectly) to, or ancillary to, all, part of parts of telecommunication, broadcasting, data processing, information storage or retrieval or process control systems, services, facilities, apparatus, plant and equipment as the case may be), and anything capable of being used for or in connection with or ancillary to such plant, equipment and apparatus as aforesaid.

 

  (g) to carry on all of the said businesses or anyone or more of them as a distinct or separate business or as the principal business of the Company, to carry on any other business manufacturing or otherwise which may seem to the Company capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with the above or any one of the above or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of or render more profitable any of the Company’s property or rights.

 

  (h) to act as managers, consultants, supervisors and agents of other companies or undertakings, and to provide for such companies or undertakings, managerial, advisory, technical, purchasing, selling and other services, and to enter into such agreements as are necessary or advisable in connection with the foregoing.

 

  (i) to invest the capital and other moneys of the Company in the purchase or upon the security of shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, bills, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wheresoever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, bills, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any government, state, dominion, colony, sovereign, ruler, commissioners, trust, municipal, local or other authority or body of whatsoever nature wheresoever situated.

 

  (j) to make such provision for the education and training of employees and prospective employees of the Company and others as may seem to the Company to be advantageous to or calculated, whether directly or indirectly, to advance the interests of the Company or any member thereof.

 

  (k) to acquire by subscription, purchase, exchange, tender or otherwise and to accept and take hold or sell shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any company, society, association or undertaking wheresoever constituted or carrying on business and to subscribe for the same either conditionally or otherwise, to guarantee or underwrite the subscription thereof, and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof.


  (l) to take part in the formation, management, supervision or control of the business or operations of any company or undertaking, and for that purpose to appoint and remunerate any directors, accountants or other experts and agents, to transact or carry on all kinds of agency business and in particular in relation to the investment of money sale of property and the collection and receipt of money.

 

  (m) to purchase or by any other means acquire and sell any freehold, leasehold or other property for any estate or interest whatever, and any rights, privileges or easements over or in respect of any property, and any buildings, offices, factories, mills, works, wharves, roads, railways, tramways, machinery, engines, rolling stock, plant and live and dead stock, barges, vessels or things, and any real or personal property or rights whatsoever.

 

  (n) to establish, regulate and discontinue franchises and agencies, and to undertake and transact all kinds of agency and franchise business which an ordinary individual may legally undertake.

 

  (o) to buy, acquire, sell, manufacture, repair, convert, alter, take on hire, let on hire and deal in machinery, plant, works, implements, tools, rolling stock, goods, and things of any description.

 

  (p) to pay all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained in or about the promotion and establishment of the Company, or which the Company shall consider to be preliminary thereto.

 

  (q) to purchase or otherwise acquire and undertake all or any part of or sell all or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any company, society, partnership, or person, carrying on any business which the Company is authorised to carry on, or of a character similar, or auxiliary or ancillary thereto, or connected therewith, or possessed of any property suitable for any of the purposes of the Company, and to conduct or carry on, or liquidate and wind up, any such business.

 

  (r) to apply for and take out, purchase or otherwise acquire any trade marks, designs, patents, copyright or secret processes, which may be useful for the Company’s objects, and to grant licences to use the same.

 

  (s) to borrow and raise money and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation of or binding on the Company in such manner as may be thought fit and in particular (without limitation) by the creation of charges or mortgages (whether legal or equitable) or floating charges upon the undertaking and all or any of the property and rights of the Company both present and future including its goodwill and uncalled capital, or by the creation and issue on such terms and conditions as may be thought expedient of debentures, debenture stock or other securities of any description.


  (t) To guarantee, grant indemnities support or secure, whether by direct obligation or covenant or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by issuing any security of the Company by way of mortgage, or by any one or more of all of such methods or by any other method, the performance of any obligations or commitments and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of, or the premiums interest and dividends on any securities and/or loans or advances of any person, firm or company and in particular, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) give (with or without consideration) security for any debts, obligations or liabilities of any company which is for the time being the Company’s holding company as defined by Section 155 of the Companies Act, 1963 or another subsidiary as defined by the said section of the Company’s holding company or otherwise associated with the Company in business notwithstanding the fact that the Company may not receive any consideration, advantage or benefit, direct or indirect from entering into such guarantee or other arrangement or transaction contemplated herein.

 

  (u) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, negotiate and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

 

  (v) to advance and lend money upon such security as may be thought proper, or without taking any security therefor.

 

  (w) to invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required and in such manner as from time to time may be determined.

 

  (x) to remunerate by cash payment or allotment of shares or securities of the Company credited as fully paid-up or otherwise, any person or company for services rendered or to be rendered to the Company, whether in the conduct or management of its business, or in placing or assisting to place or guaranteeing the placing of any of the shares of the Company’s capital or any debentures or other securities of the Company, or in or about the formation or promotion of the Company.

 

  (y) to provide for the welfare of persons in the employment of, or holding office under, or formerly in the employment of, or holding office under the Company, or its predecessors in business, or any directors or ex-directors of the Company, and the wives, widows and families, dependants or connections of such persons, by grants of money, pensions or other payments, and by forming and contributing to pension, provident or benefit funds or profit sharing or co-partnership schemes for the benefit of any such persons, and by providing or subscribing towards places of instruction and recreation, and hospitals, dispensaries, medical and other attendances, and other assistance, as the Company shall think fit, and to form, subscribe to or otherwise aid, charitable, benevolent, religious, scientific, national, or other institutions, exhibitions or objects, which shall have any moral or other claims to support or aid by the Company by reason of the locality of its operations or otherwise.


  (z) to enter into and carry into effect any arrangement for joint working in business, or for sharing of profits, or for amalgamation, with any other company or association, or any partnership or person, carrying on any business or proposing to carry on any business within the objects of this Company.

 

  (aa) to establish, promote and otherwise assist any company or companies or associations for the purpose of acquiring all or any of the property or liabilities of the Company, or of furthering the objects of the Company, or for the purpose of prosecuting or executing any undertakings, works, projects or enterprises of any description.

 

  (bb) to accept stock or shares in, or the debentures, mortgages or other securities of any other company in payment or part payment for any services rendered, or for any sale made to, or debt owing from any such company, whether such shares shall be wholly or only partly paid up, and to hold and retain or re-issue with or without guarantee, or sell, mortgage or deal with any stock, shares, debentures, mortgages or other securities so received, and to give by way of consideration for any of the acts and things aforesaid, or property acquired, any stock, shares, debentures, mortgages or other securities of this or any other company.

 

  (cc) to obtain any Ministerial order or licence or any provisional order or Act of the Oireachtas or Charter for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect, or for effecting any modification of the Company’s constitution, or for any other purpose which may seem expedient, and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company’s interests.

 

  (dd) to enter into any arrangement with any government or local or other authority that may seem conducive to the Company’s objects or any of them, and to obtain from any such government, or authority, any rights, privileges and concessions which the Company may think it desirable to obtain, and to carry out, and to exercise and comply with the same.

 

  (ee) to procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any foreign country.

 

  (ff) to distribute in specie or otherwise as may be resolved, any assets of the Company among its members, and particularly the shares, debentures or other securities of any other company formed to take over the whole or any part of the assets or liabilities of this Company.

 

  (gg) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, hire, mortgage, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with all or any part of the undertaking, property and rights of the Company.


  (hh) to do all or any of the matters hereby authorised in any part of the Republic of Ireland or elsewhere and either alone or in conjunction with, or as contractors, factors, trustees or agents for, any other company or person, or by or through any factors, trustees or agents; and generally to do all such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

And it is hereby declared that in the interpretation of these presents, the meaning of any of the Company’s objects shall not be restricted by reference to any other object, or by the juxtaposition of two or more objects, and that, in the event of any ambiguity, this Clause shall be construed in such a way as to widen, and not to restrict, the powers of the Company.

 

3. The liability of the members is limited.

 

4. The share capital of the Company is €10,000,000 divided into 8,000,000 ordinary shares of €1.25 each

We, the several persons whose names, and addresses are subscribed, wish to be formed into a Company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association, and we agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the Company set opposite our respective names.

 

Names, Addresses and Descriptions   Number of Shares taken
of Subscribers   by each Subscriber
Alan Fitzpatrick   One
23 Watermeadow Pk  
Old Bawn  
Tallaght  
Dublin 24  
Company Secretary  
Mary Fitzpatrick   One
23 Watermeadow Pk  
Old Bawn  
Tallaght  
Dublin 24  
Company Director  
Total Shares taken   Two


Dated the 23rd day of November 1998  
Witness to the above signatures:   Caithriona Jones
  23 Watermeadow Pk
  Old Bawn,
  Tallaght
  Dublin 24


COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 to 2001

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

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Global Crossing Ireland Limited

PRELIMINARY

 

1. The Company is a private Company, and accordingly the Regulations contained in Part II of Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Act 1963 (which Act is hereinafter called “the Act” and which Table is hereinafter called “Table A”), except Regulation 1, 6 and 9 therein, shall apply to the Company.

 

2. The Regulations, other than Regulations numbered 8, 24, 47, 51, 54, 77, 79, 84, 86, 91 to 96 (inclusive), 109 to 112 (inclusive), 133, 136 and 138, contained in Part I of Table A shall apply to the Company save in so far as they are excluded or modified hereby.

CAPITAL

 

3. The share capital of the Company is €10,000,000 divided into 8,000,000 ordinary shares of €1.25 each.

 

4. Subject to the provisions of Part XI of the Companies Act 1990, the Company may issue, or convert any of its shares into, shares which are, or are liable at the option of the Company or the holder thereof, to be redeemed and may redeem such shares accordingly. Subject as aforesaid, the Company may cancel any shares so redeemed or may hold them as treasury shares and re-issue any such treasury shares as shares of any class or classes or cancel them.

 

5. The lien conferred by Regulation 11 in Part I of Table A shall attach to fully paid as well as partly paid shares and shall also apply in respect of all monies immediately payable by the registered holder or his estate to the Company.


ALLOTMENT

 

6.    (1)    The directors are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities within the meaning of Section 20 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983. The maximum amount of relevant securities which may be allotted under the authority hereby conferred shall be €9,000,000. The authority hereby conferred shall expire on the date which is five years after the date of adoption of this Article.

 

  (2) The Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry, and the directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement, notwithstanding that the authority hereby conferred has expired.

 

  (3) Subsections (1), (7) and (8) of Section 23 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983 shall not apply to any allotment by the directors of equity securities within the meaning of the said Section 23.

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

 

7. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990 and to any rights conferred on the holders of any class of shares, the Company may purchase all or any of its own shares of any class, including any redeemable shares, and may cancel any shares so purchased or may hold them as treasury shares and reissue any such treasury shares as shares of any class or classes or cancel them. Neither the Company nor the directors shall be required to select the shares to be purchased ratably or in any other particular manner as between the holders of shares of the same class or as between them and the holders of shares of any other class or in accordance with the rights as to dividends or capital conferred by any class of shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Articles, the rights attached to any class of shares shall be deemed not to be varied by anything done by the Company pursuant to this Article.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

8.    (1)    All transfers of shares may be effected by transfer in writing in the usual or common form, or in such other form as the directors may accept.

 

  (2) The instrument of transfer of a share shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor but need not (in cases other than partly paid shares) be executed on behalf of the transferee and need not be attested and Regulation 22 in Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly. 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.

 

  (3) Notwithstanding any provisions of these Articles, the Directors shall not decline to register any transfer of shares, nor may they suspend registration thereof where such a transfer is executed or delivered for registration for any person to whom such shares have been charged by way of security, or by any nominee of such person, pursuant to the power of sale under such security and a certificate by any officer of such person that the shares were so charged and the transfer was so executed or delivered shall, save in the case of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of that fact.


SHAREHOLDERS’ WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

 

9. A resolution in writing (other than one in respect of which extended notice is required by the Act to be given) signed by all the members for the time being entitled to attend and vote on such resolution at a general meeting (or being bodies corporate by their duly appointed representatives) shall be as valid and effective for all purposes as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held and, if described as a special resolution, shall be deemed to be a special resolution within the meaning of the Act. Any such resolution may consist of several documents in the like form each signed by one or more members for the time being entitled to attend and vote on such resolution at a general meeting (or being bodies corporate by their duly appointed representatives).

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

10. Annual general meetings shall be held in Ireland unless in respect of any particular meeting either all the members entitled to attend and vote at such meeting consent in writing to its being held elsewhere or a resolution providing that it be held elsewhere has been passed at the preceding annual general meeting. Extraordinary general meetings may be held in or outside Ireland. Regulation 50 shall be construed as if the words “within the State” were deleted therefrom.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

11. The following words shall be added to the end of Regulation 53 in Part Table A “and fixing the remuneration of the directors”.

 

12. The words “the meeting shall be dissolved” shall be substituted for the words “the members present shall be a quorum” in Regulation 55 in Part I of Table A.

 

13. It shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting and Regulation 58 in Part I of Table A shall be construed accordingly.

 

14. A poll may be demanded by any member present in person or by proxy and Regulation 59 in Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 

15. In Regulation 70 of Part I of Table A the words “not less than 48 hours before the time for holding” and “not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for” shall be deleted and there shall be substituted therefor in each case the words “before the commencement of”.


SINGLE-MEMBER COMPANY

 

16. If and for so long as the Company has only one member:

 

  (a) in relation to a general meeting, the sole member or a proxy for that member or (if the member is a corporation) a duly authorised representative of that member shall be a quorum;

 

  (b) a proxy for the sole member may vote on a show of hands;

 

  (c) the sole member or a proxy for that member or (if the member is a corporation) a duly authorised representative of that member shall be chairman of any general meeting of the Company;

 

  (d) all other provisions of these Articles shall apply with any necessary modification (unless the provision expressly provides otherwise).

DIRECTORS

 

17. The number of directors shall not be less than two and unless and until otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting not more than ten. The first directors shall be the persons who are described as such in the statement to be delivered to the registrar in accordance with Section 3(1 )(a) of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1982.

 

18. A director need not hold any shares of the Company to qualify him as a director.

 

19. The office of director shall be vacated automatically:

 

  (a) if he is adjudged bankrupt, or any event equivalent or analogous thereto occurs, in the State or any other jurisdiction or he makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or

 

  (b) if he in the opinion of his co-directors becomes incapable by reason of mental disorder of discharging his duties as director; or

 

  (c) if he ceases to be a director or is prohibited from being a director by reason of any order made (or deemed to have been made) under any provision of the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990; or

 

  (d) if he is absent from meetings of the directors for six consecutive months without leave, and his alternate director (if any) shall not during such period have attended in his stead and the directors resolve that his office be vacated; or

 

  (e) if he, not being a director holding any executive office for a fixed period, resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company; or


  (f) if he is convicted of an indictable offence unless the directors otherwise determine; or

 

  (g) if the Court makes a declaration in respect of him under Section 150 of the Companies Act 1990.

 

20. The directors shall not retire by rotation, and Regulation 97 of Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly and the last sentence of Regulation 100 of Part I of Table A shall be deleted.

 

21. A director appointed by the directors to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the board shall not retire from office at the annual general meeting next following his appointment and the last sentence of Regulation 98 of Part I of Table A shall be deleted.

 

22. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 182 of the Act, the Company may by special resolution remove any director before the expiration of his term of office. The Company may by ordinary resolution appoint another person in place of the director so removed.

 

23. A resolution in writing signed by all the directors shall be as effective as a resolution passed at a meeting of the directors duly convened and held, and may consist of several documents in the like form, each signed by one or more of the directors. For the purpose of this Article, the signature of an alternate director shall suffice in lieu of the director whom he represents.

 

24.   (1)   For the purposes of these Articles, the contemporaneous linking together by telephone or other means of audio communication of a number of directors not less than the quorum shall be deemed to constitute a meeting of the directors, and all the provisions in these Articles as to meetings of the directors shall apply to such meetings.

 

  (2) Each of the directors taking part in such a meeting must be able to speak, be heard and hear each of the other directors taking part.

 

  (3) At the commencement of such a meeting each director shall make known his presence and acknowledge that he accepts that the proceedings will be deemed to be a meeting of the directors.

 

  (4) A director may not cease to take part in the meeting by disconnecting his telephone or other means of communication unless he has previously obtained the express consent of the chairman of the meeting, and a director shall be conclusively presumed to have been present and to have formed part of the quorum at all times during the meeting unless he has previously obtained the express consent of the chairman of the meeting to leave the meeting as aforesaid.

 

  (5) A minute of the proceedings at such meeting by telephone or other means of communication shall be sufficient evidence of such proceedings and of the observance of all necessary formalities if certified as a correct minute by the chairman of the meeting.


ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

 

25.   (1)   A director shall be entitled to appoint any person as his alternate director and may at any time revoke any appointment so made. Any such appointment or removal being effected by a notice in writing by the appointor and shall be effective forthwith upon the delivery of such notice to the Company at the registered office.

 

  (2) Any alternate director shall be entitled to notice of meetings of directors, to attend and vote as a director at any meeting at which his appointor is not present and to exercise all the functions of his appointor as a director (except in respect of the power to appoint an alternate). 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).

 

  (3) An alternate director shall while acting as such be deemed an officer of the Company and not the agent of his appointor. An alternate director shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any part of his appointor’s remuneration.

 

  (4) An alternate director shall cease to be an alternate director if for any reason his appointment is revoked or his appointor ceases to be a director.

 

25A. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Association, a director may effect the appointment of an alternate director of such director by notice of appointment signed by such director sent by fax or e-mail to the company secretary or any other person specified by the directors or the company secretary for receipt of such notice. Such appointment shall take effect immediately upon such notice being so sent, and shall not require the consent of the board or of any other person. This article will cease to have effect on 31 January 2004.

BORROWING POWERS

 

26. The directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow or raise money and to mortgage or charge or provide guarantees in respect of its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, and to mortgage or charge or provide guarantees in respect of all or any of the property and rights of the Company both present and future including its goodwill and, subject to Section 20 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

 

27.

The directors may from time to time appoint one or more of their body to hold any executive office in the management of the business of the Company, including the office


  of chairman or deputy chairman or managing or joint managing or deputy or assistant managing director, as the directors may decide for such fixed term or without limitation as to period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as they think fit and a director appointed to any executive office shall (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any service contract between him and the Company) if he ceases to hold the office of director from any cause ipso facto and immediately cease to hold such executive office. The directors may entrust to and confer upon any director so appointed to executive office any of the powers exercisable by them upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they may think fit, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers, and may from time to time revoke, withdraw or vary all or any of such powers.

SECRETARY

 

28. Anything by the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990 or these Articles required or authorised to be done by or to the secretary may be done by or to any assistant or acting secretary, or if there is no assistant or acting secretary capable of acting, by or to any officer of the Company authorised generally or specially in that behalf by the directors.

NOTICES

 

29. A notice may be given by the Company to any member either personally or by sending it by post to him to his registered address or by telex or facsimile to a telex or facsimile number notified by him to the secretary. Where a notice is sent by post service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing the notice and the notice shall be deemed to have been received 48 hours after it shall have been posted. Where a notice is sent by telex or facsimile service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by sending the notice to the notified telex or facsimile number and the notice shall be deemed to have been received 12 hours after being sent.

 

30. Every person who, by operation of law, transfer or other means, shall become entitled to any share shall be bound by every notice or other document which, previous to his name and address being entered on the register in respect of such share, shall have been given to the person in whose name the share shall have been previously registered.

 

31. Any notice or document sent by post to the registered address of any member shall notwithstanding that such member be then deceased, and whether or not the Company have notice of his decease, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any such shares, whether held solely or jointly with other persons by such member, until some other person or persons be registered in his stead as the holder or joint holders thereof, and such service shall for all purposes of these presents be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on his or her executors or administrators, and all persons (if any) jointly interested with him or her in any such share.


32. Notice of every general meeting and every separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company shall be given in some manner hereinbefore authorised to:

 

  (a) every member of the Company entitled to attend or vote thereat; and

 

  (b) every person entitled to receive dividends in respect of a share vested in him in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member, who, but for his death or bankruptcy, would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting; and

 

  (c) the auditor for the time being of the Company; and

 

  (d) every director for the time being of the Company.

No other person shall be entitled to receive notice of general meetings. Every person entitled to receive notice of every such general meeting shall be entitled to attend thereat.

 

33. The signature to any notice to be given by the Company may be written or printed.

INDEMNITY

 

34. Every director, managing director, agent, auditor, secretary or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Section 391 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court, and no director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. But this Article shall only have effect in so-far as its provisions are not avoided by Section 200 of the Act.
EX-3.109 105 dex3109.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICES EUROPE LIMITED Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Services Europe Limited

Exhibit 3.109

 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION   
COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 to 2009    LOGO

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

  

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

  

 

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GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICES EUROPE LIMITED

  

 

1. The name of the Company is Global Crossing Services Europe Limited.

 

2. The objects for which the Company is established are:

 

  (a) To undertake and carry on the business of an investment holding company and to purchase and sell and hold property of all kinds.

 

  (b) To carry on all of the said businesses or any one or more of them as a distinct or separate business or as the principal business of the Company, to carry on any other business manufacturing or otherwise which may seem to the Company capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with the above or any one of the above or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of or render more profitable any of the Company’s property or rights.

 

  (c) To act as managers, consultants, supervisors and agents of other companies or undertakings and to provide for such companies or undertakings, managerial, advisory, technical, purchasing, selling and other services, and to enter into such agreements as are necessary or advisable in connection with the foregoing.

 

  (d) To invest the capital and other moneys of the Company in the purchase or upon the security of shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, bills, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wheresoever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, bills, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any government, state, dominion, colony, sovereign, ruler, commissioners, trust, municipal, local or other authority or body of whatsoever nature wheresoever situated.

 

  (e) To make such provision for the education and training of employees and prospective employees of the Company and others as may seem to the Company to be advantageous to or calculated, whether directly or indirectly, to advance the interests of the Company or any member thereof.

 

  (f) To acquire by subscription, purchase, exchange, tender or otherwise and to accept and take hold or sell shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any company, society, association or undertaking wheresoever constituted or carrying on business and to subscribe for the same either conditionally or otherwise, to guarantee or underwrite the subscription thereof, and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof.

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  (g) To take part in the formation, management, supervision or control of the business or operations of any company or undertaking, and for that purpose to appoint and remunerate any directors, accountants or other experts and agents, to transact or carry on all kinds of agency business and in particular in relation to the investment of money sale of property and the collection and receipt of money.

 

  (h) To purchase or by any other means acquire any freehold, leasehold or other property for any estate or interest whatever, and any rights, privileges or easements over or in respect of any property, and any buildings, offices, factories, mills, works, wharves, roads, railways, tramways, machinery, engines, rolling stock, plant and live and dead stock, barges, vessels or things, and any real or personal property or rights whatsoever.

 

  (i) To establish, regulate and discontinue franchises and agencies, and to undertake and transact all kinds of agency and franchise business which an ordinary individual may legally undertake.

 

  (j) To buy, acquire, sell, manufacture, repair, convert, alter, take on hire, let on hire and deal in machinery, plant, works, implements, tools, rolling stock, goods, and things of any description.

 

  (k) To pay all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained in or about the promotion and establishment of the Company, or which the Company shall consider to be preliminary thereto.

 

  (I) To purchase or otherwise acquire and undertake all or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any company, society, partnership, or person, carrying on any business which the Company is authorised to carry on, or of a character similar, or auxiliary or ancillary thereto, or connected therewith, or possessed of any property suitable for any of the purposes of the Company, and to conduct or carry on, or liquidate and wind up, any such business.

 

  (m) To apply for and take out, purchase or otherwise acquire any trade marks, designs, patents, copyright or secret processes, which may be useful for the Company’s objects, and to grant licences to use the same.

 

  (n) To borrow and raise money and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation of or binding on the Company in such manner as may be thought fit and in particular (without limitation) by the creation of charges or mortgages (whether legal or equitable) or floating charges upon the undertaking and all or any of the property and rights of the Company both present and future including its goodwill and uncalled capital, or by the creation and issue on such terms and conditions as may be thought expedient of debentures, debenture stock or other securities of any description.

 

  (o)

To guarantee, grant indemnities support or secure, whether by direct obligation or covenant or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by issuing any security of the Company by way of mortgage, or by any one or more of all of

 

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  such methods or by any other method, the performance of any obligations or commitments and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of, or the premiums interest and dividends on any securities and/or loans or advances of any person, firm or company and in particular, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) give (with or without consideration) security for any debts, obligations or liabilities of any company which is for the time being the Company’s holding company as defined by Section 155 of the Companies Act, 1963 or another subsidiary as defined by the said section of the Company’s holding company or otherwise associated with the Company in business notwithstanding the fact that the Company may not receive any consideration, advantage or benefit, direct or indirect from entering into such guarantee or other arrangement or transaction contemplated herein.

 

  (p) To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, negotiate and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

 

  (q) To advance and lend money upon such security as may be thought proper, or without taking any security therefor.

 

  (r) To invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required and in such manner as from time to time may be determined.

 

  (s) To remunerate by cash payment or allotment of shares or securities of the Company credited as fully paid-up or otherwise, any person or company for services rendered or to be rendered to the Company, whether in the conduct or management of its business, or in placing or assisting to place or guaranteeing the placing of any of the shares of the Company’s capital or any debentures or other securities of the Company, or in or about the formation or promotion of the Company.

 

  (t) To guarantee, grant indemnities in respect of, support or secure, whether by personal covenant or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company, or by any such method, the performance of contracts or obligations of and the repayment or payment of monies by and the payment of principal amounts of and premiums, interest and dividends on any securities of any person, firm, association, undertaking or company notwithstanding the fact that the Company may not receive any consideration, advantage or benefit, direct or indirect, from entering into such guarantee or other arrangement or transaction contemplated herein.

 

  (u) To enter into and carry into effect any arrangement for joint working in business, or for sharing of profits, or for amalgamation, with any other company or association, or any partnership or person, carrying on any business or proposing to carry on any business within the objects of this Company.

 

  (v) To establish, promote and otherwise assist any company or companies or associations for the purpose of acquiring all or any of the property or liabilities of this Company, or of furthering the objects of this Company, or for the purpose of prosecuting or executing any undertakings, works, projects or enterprises of any description.

 

  (w) To accept stock or shares in, or the debentures, mortgages or other securities of any other company in payment or part payment for any services rendered, or for any sale made to, or debt owing from any such company, whether such shares shall be wholly or only partly paid up, and to hold and retain or re-issue with or without guarantee, or sell, mortgage or deal with any stock, shares, debentures, mortgages or other securities so received, and to give by way of consideration for any of the acts and things aforesaid, or property acquired, any stock, shares, debentures, mortgages or other securities of this or any other company.

 

  (x)

To obtain any Ministerial order or licence or any provisional order or Act of the Oireachtas or Charter for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect, or

 

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  for effecting any modification of the Company’s constitution, or for any other purpose which may seem expedient, and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company’s interests.

 

  (y) To enter into any arrangement with any government or local or other authority that may seem conducive to the Company’s objects or any of them, and to obtain from any such government, or authority, any rights, privileges and concessions which the Company may think it desirable to obtain, and to carry out, and to exercise and comply with the same.

 

  (z) To procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any foreign country.

 

  (aa) To distribute in specie or otherwise as may be resolved, any assets of the Company among its members, and particularly the shares, debentures or other securities of any other company formed to take over the whole or any part of the assets or liabilities of this Company.

 

  (bb) To sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, hire, mortgage, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with all or any part of the undertaking, property and rights of the Company.

 

  (cc) To do all or any of the matters hereby authorised in any part of the Republic of Ireland or elsewhere and either alone or in conjunction with, or as contractors, factors, trustees or agents for, any other company or person, or by or through any factors, trustees or agents; and generally to do all such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

And it is hereby declared that in the interpretation of these presents, the meaning of any of the Company’s objects shall not be restricted by reference to any other object, or by the juxtaposition of two or more objects, and that, in the event of any ambiguity, this Clause shall be construed in such a way as to widen, and not to restrict, the powers of the Company.

 

3. The liability of the members is limited.

 

4. The share capital of the Company is €125,000 divided into 100,000 ordinary shares of €1.25 each.

 

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We, the several persons whose names, and addresses are subscribed, wish to be formed into a Company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association, and we agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the Company set opposite our respective names.

 

Names, Addresses and Descriptions of

Subscribers

  Number of Shares taken by each Subscriber

Alan Fitzpatrick

23 Watermeadow Pk

Old Bawn

Tallaght

Dublin 24

  One
Company Secretary  

Mary Fitzpatrick

23 Watermeadow Pk

Old Bawn

Tallaght

Dublin 24

  One
Company Director  
Total Shares taken:   Two
Dated the 23rd day of November 1998  
Witness to the above signatures:   Caithriona Jones
  23 Watermeadow Pk
  Old Bawn,
  Tallaght
  Dublin 24

 

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COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 to 2009

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

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GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICES EUROPE LIMITED

PRELIMINARY

 

1. The Company is a private Company, and accordingly the Regulations contained in Part II of Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Act 1963 (which Act is hereinafter called “the Act” and which Table is hereinafter called “Table A”), except Regulation 1, 6 and 9 therein, shall apply to the Company.

 

2. The Regulations, other than Regulations numbered 8, 24, 47, 51, 54, 77, 79, 84, 86, 91 to 96 (inclusive), 109 to 112 (inclusive), 133,136 and 138, contained in Part 1 of Table A shall apply to the Company save in so far as they are excluded or modified hereby.

CAPITAL

 

3. The share capital of the Company is €125,000 divided into 100,000 ordinary shares of €1.25 each.

 

4. Subject to the provisions of Part XI of the Companies Act 1990, the Company may issue, or convert any of its shares into, shares which are, or are liable at the option of the Company or the holder thereof, to be redeemed and may redeem such shares accordingly. Subject as aforesaid, the Company may cancel any shares so redeemed or may hold them as treasury shares and re-issue any such treasury shares as shares of any class or classes or cancel them.

 

5. The lien conferred by Regulation 11 in Part I of Table A shall attach to fully paid as well as partly paid shares and shall also apply in respect of all monies immediately payable by the registered holder or his estate to the Company.

ALLOTMENT

6.

 

  (1) The directors are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities within the meaning of Section 20 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983. The maximum amount of relevant securities which may be allotted under the authority hereby conferred shall be €124,997.50. The authority hereby conferred shall expire on the date which is five years after the date of adoption of this Article.

 

  (2) The Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry, and the directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement, notwithstanding that the authority hereby conferred has expired.

 

  (3) Subsections (1), (7) and (8) of Section 23 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983 shall not apply to any allotment by the directors of equity securities within the meaning of the said Section 23.

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

 

7.

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990 and to any rights conferred on the holders of any class of shares, the Company may purchase all or any

 

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  of its own shares of any class, including any redeemable shares, and may cancel any shares so purchased or may hold them as treasury shares and reissue any such treasury shares as shares of any class or classes or cancel them. Neither the Company nor the directors shall be required to select the shares to be purchased rateably or in any other particular manner as between the holders of shares of the same class or as between them and the holders of shares of any other class or in accordance with the rights as to dividends or capital conferred by any class of shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Articles, the rights attached to any class of shares shall be deemed not to be varied by anything done by the Company pursuant to this Article.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

8.

 

  (1) All transfers of shares may be effected by transfer in writing in the usual or common form, or in such other form as the directors may accept.

 

  (2) The instrument of transfer of a share shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor but need not (in cases other than partly paid shares) be executed on behalf of the transferee and need not be attested and Regulation 22 in Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly. 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.

 

  (3) Notwithstanding any provisions of these Articles, the Directors shall not decline to register any transfer of shares, nor may they suspend registration thereof where such a transfer is executed or delivered for registration for any person to whom such shares have been charged by way of security, or by any nominee of such person, pursuant to the power of sale under such security and a certificate by any officer of such person that the shares were so charged and the transfer was so executed or delivered shall, save in the case of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of that fact.

 

9. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Company’s first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of that share and the extension of that lien to all dividends payable thereon shall not apply where any such shares have been mortgaged or charged by way of security in which event such lien shall rank behind any such security and Regulation 11 of Part 1 of Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Act, 1963 shall be modified accordingly.

SHAREHOLDERS’ WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

 

10. A resolution in writing (other than one in respect of which extended notice is required by the Act to be given) signed by all the members for the time being entitled to attend and vote on such resolution at a general meeting (or being bodies corporate by their duly appointed representatives) shall be as valid and effective for all purposes as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held and, if described as a special resolution, shall be deemed to be a special resolution within the meaning of the Act. Any such resolution may consist of several documents in the like form each signed by one or more members for the time being entitled to attend and vote on such resolution at a general meeting (or being bodies corporate by their duly appointed representatives);

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

11. Annual general meetings shall be held in Ireland unless in respect of any particular meeting either all the members entitled to attend and vote at such meeting consent in writing to its being held elsewhere or a resolution providing that it be held elsewhere has been passed at the preceding annual general meeting. Extraordinary general meetings may be held in or outside Ireland. Regulation 50 shall be construed as if the words “within the State” were deleted therefrom.

 

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PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

12. The following words shall be added to the end of Regulation 53 in Part I of Table A “and fixing the remuneration of the directors”.

 

13. The words “the meeting shall be dissolved” shall be substituted for the words “the members present shall be a quorum” in Regulation 55 in Part I of Table A.

 

14. It shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting and Regulation 58 in Part I of Table A shall be construed accordingly.

 

15. A poll may be demanded by any member present in person or by proxy and Regulation 59 in Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 

16. In Regulation 70 of Part I of Table A the words “not less than 48 hours before the time for holding” and “not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for” shall be deleted and there shall be substituted therefor in each case the words “before the commencement of.

SINGLE-MEMBER COMPANY

 

17. If and for so long as the Company has only one member:

 

  (a) in relation to a general meeting, the sole member or a proxy for that member or (if the member is a corporation) a duly authorised representative of that member shall be a quorum;

 

  (b) a proxy for the sole member may vote on a show of hands;

 

  (c) the sole member or a proxy for that member or (if the member is a corporation) a duly authorised representative of that member shall be chairman of any general meeting of the Company;

 

  (d) all other provisions of these Articles shall apply with any necessary modification (unless the provision expressly provides otherwise).

DIRECTORS

 

18. The number of directors shall not be less than two and unless and until otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting not more than ten. The first directors shall be the persons who are described as such in the statement to be delivered to the registrar in accordance with Section 3(1 )(a) of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1982.

 

19. A director need not hold any shares of the Company to qualify him as a director.

 

20. The office of director shall be vacated automatically:

 

  (a) if he is adjudged bankrupt, or any event equivalent or analogous thereto occurs, in the State or any other jurisdiction or he makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or

 

  (b) if he in the opinion of his co-directors becomes incapable by reason of mental disorder of discharging his duties as director; or

 

  (c) if he ceases to be a director or is prohibited from being a director by reason of any order made (or deemed to have been made) under any provision of the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990; or

 

  (d) if he is absent from meetings of the directors for six consecutive months without leave, and his alternate director (if any) shall not during such period have attended in his stead and the directors resolve that his office be vacated; or

 

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  (e) if he, not being a director holding any executive office for a fixed period, resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company; or

 

  (f) if he is convicted of an indictable offence unless the directors otherwise determine; or

 

  (g) if the Court makes a declaration in respect of him under Section 150 of the Companies Act 1990.

 

21. The directors shall not retire by rotation, and Regulation 97 of Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly and the last sentence of Regulation 100 of Part I of Table A shall be deleted.

 

22. A director appointed by the directors to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the board shall not retire from office at the annual general meeting next following his appointment and the last sentence of Regulation 98 of Part I of Table A shall be deleted.

 

23. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 182 of the Act, the Company may by special resolution remove any director before the expiration of his term of office. The Company may by ordinary resolution appoint another person in place of the director so removed.

 

24. A resolution in writing signed by all the directors shall be as effective as a resolution passed at a meeting of the directors duly convened and held, and may consist of several documents in the like form, each signed by one or more of the directors. For the purpose of this Article, the signature of an alternate director shall suffice in lieu of the director whom he represents.

 

25.

 

  (1) For the purposes of these Articles, the contemporaneous linking together by telephone or other means of audio communication of a number of directors not less than the quorum shall be deemed to constitute a meeting of the directors, and all the provisions in these Articles as to meetings of the directors shall apply to such meetings.

 

  (2) Each of the directors taking part in such a meeting must be able to speak, be heard and hear each of the other directors taking part.

 

  (3) At the commencement of such a meeting each director shall make known his presence and acknowledge that he accepts that the proceedings will be deemed to be a meeting of the directors.

 

  (4) A director may not cease to take part in the meeting by disconnecting his telephone or other means of communication unless he has previously obtained the express consent of the chairman of the meeting, and a director shall be conclusively presumed to have been present and to have formed part of the quorum at all times during the meeting unless he has previously obtained the express consent of the chairman of the meeting to leave the meeting as aforesaid.

 

  (5) A minute of the proceedings at such meeting by telephone or other means of communication shall be sufficient evidence of such proceedings and of the observance of all necessary formalities if certified as a correct minute by the chairman of the meeting.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

26.

 

  (1) A director shall be entitled to appoint any person as his alternate director and may at any time revoke any appointment so made. Any such appointment or removal being effected by a notice in writing by the appointor and shall be effective forthwith upon the delivery of such notice to the Company at the registered office.

 

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  (2) Any alternate director shall be entitled to notice of meetings of directors, to attend and vote as a director at any meeting at which his appointor is not present and to exercise all the functions of his appointor as a director (except in respect of the power to appoint, an alternate). 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).

 

  (3) An alternate director shall while acting as such be deemed an officer of the Company and not the agent of his appointor. An alternate director shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any part of his appointor’s remuneration.

 

  (4) An alternate director shall cease to be an alternate director if for any reason his appointment is revoked or his appointor ceases to be a director.

 

26A. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Association, a director may effect the appointment of an alternate director of such director by notice of appointment signed by such director sent by fax or e-mail to the company secretary or any other person specified by the directors or the company secretary for receipt of such notice. Such appointment shall take effect immediately upon such notice being so sent, and shall not require the consent of the board or of any other person. This article will cease to have effect on 31 January 2004.

BORROWING POWERS

 

27. The directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow or raise money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, and to mortgage or charge all or any of the property and rights of the Company both present and future including its goodwill and, subject to Section 20 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

 

28. The directors may from time to time appoint one or more of their body to hold any executive office in the management of the business of the Company, including the office of chairman or deputy chairman or managing or joint managing or deputy or assistant managing director, as the directors may decide for such fixed term or without limitation as to period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as they think fit and a director appointed to any executive office shall (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any service contract between him and the Company) if he ceases to hold the office of director from any cause ipso facto and immediately cease to hold such executive office. The directors may entrust to and confer upon any director so appointed to executive office any of the powers exercisable by them upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they may think fit, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers, and may from time to time revoke, withdraw or vary all or any of such powers.

SECRETARY

 

29. Anything by the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990 or these Articles required or authorised to be done by or to the secretary may be done by or to any assistant or acting secretary, or if there is no assistant or acting secretary capable of acting, by or to any officer of the Company authorised generally or specially in that behalf by the directors.

 

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NOTICES

 

30. A notice may be given by the Company to any member either personally or by sending it by post to him to his registered address or by telex or facsimile to a telex or facsimile number notified by him to the secretary. Where a notice is sent by post service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing the notice and the notice shall be deemed to have been received 48 hours after it shall have been posted. Where a notice is sent by telex or facsimile service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by sending the notice to the notified telex or facsimile number and the notice shall be deemed to have been received 12 hours after being sent.

 

31. Every person who, by operation of law, transfer or other means, shall become entitled to any share shall be bound by every notice or other document which, previous to his name and address being entered on the register in respect of such share, shall have been given to the person in whose name the share shall have been previously registered.

 

32. Any notice or document sent by post to the registered address of any member shall notwithstanding that such member be then deceased, and whether or not the Company have notice of his decease, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any such shares, whether held solely or jointly with other persons by such member, until some other person or persons be registered in his stead as the holder or joint holders thereof, and such service shall for all purposes of these presents be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on his or her executors or administrators, and all persons (if any) jointly interested with him or her in any such share.

 

33. Notice of every general meeting and every separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company shall be given in some manner hereinbefore authorised to:

 

  (a) every member of the Company entitled to attend or vote thereat; and

 

  (b) every person entitled to receive dividends in respect of a share vested in him in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member, who, but for his death or bankruptcy, would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting; and

 

  (c) the auditor for the time being of the Company; and

 

  (d) every director for the time being of the Company.

No other person shall be entitled to receive notice of general meetings. Every person entitled to receive notice of every such general meeting shall be entitled to attend thereat.

 

34. The signature to any notice to be given by the Company may be written or printed.

INDEMNITY

 

35. Every director, managing director, agent, auditor, secretary or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Section 391 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court, and no director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. But this Article shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not avoided by Section 200 of the Act.

 

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EX-3.110 106 dex3110.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICES IRELAND LIMITED Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Services Ireland Limited

Exhibit 3.110

English Translation

 

  COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 to 2009    LOGO
 

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

  
 

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

  
 

 

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GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICES IRELAND LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS

FINNSBURG LIMITED)

 

1. The name of the Company is Global Crossing Services Ireland Limited.

 

2. The objects for which the Company is established are:

 

  (a) to acquire rights in and to telecommunications capacity, networks, optical fibre and or cables, (whether under the sea or under or over land) and facilities and to bundle, sell, resell, licence, lease and/or otherwise trade with or in such rights or the benefits deriving therefrom;

 

  (b) to provide telecommunications services of every kind and to provide consultancy, accounting, data processing and other support services to companies, organisations and persons engaged in the telecommunications industry;

 

  (c) to carry on all or any of the businesses of running (whether under licence or otherwise), operating, managing and supplying telecommunications systems and systems of all kinds for the conveyance by any means of sounds, visual images and signals of all kinds;

 

  (d) to carry on all or any of the businesses of supplying, operating, managing and dealing in services and facilities for communications of all kinds (including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, telecommunications and broadcasting services) and services and facilities which incorporate, use or are used in conjunction with, in conjunction with or ancillary to, telecommunication or broadcasting systems or telecommunication or broadcasting apparatus and equipment;

 

  (e) to carry on all or any of the businesses of running, operating, managing and supplying data processing and information retrieval systems (whether or not remotely located and including but not limited to videotex, teletex and teletext systems) and systems utilising the capture, storage, processing, transmission or receipt of messages, and signals (including but not limited to data, sounds and visual images) by, with the aid of, in conjunction with, or in any way utilising, computers or similar equipment, and computer programs and databases and to carry on the businesses of operating, managing, supplying and dealing in services and facilities of all kinds which incorporate, use or are used in conjunction with, in connection with or ancillary to, systems of such descriptions as aforesaid or any of the apparatus and equipment comprised therein;

 

  (f) to invent, design, develop construct, manufacture, produce, erect, assemble, test, import, export, alter, install, maintain, repair, renovate, refurbish, recondition, utilise, operate, manage, acquire, sell, hire, hire out, supply, and otherwise deal in plant, equipment and apparatus for the purposes of communications of all kinds (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, plant, equipment and apparatus which is intended for, or capable of, or designed for use in, with, in connection with, in conjunction with, connected (directly or indirectly) to, or ancillary to, all, part of parts of telecommunication, broadcasting, data processing, information storage or retrieval or process control systems, services, facilities, apparatus, plant and equipment as the case may be), and anything capable of being used for or in connection with or ancillary to such plant, equipment and apparatus as aforesaid.


  (g) to carry on all of the said businesses or anyone or more of them as a distinct or separate business or as the principal business of the Company, to carry on any other business manufacturing or otherwise which may seem to the Company capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with the above or anyone of the above or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of or render more profitable any of the Company’s property or rights.

 

  (h) to act as managers, consultants, supervisors and agents of other companies or undertakings, and to provide for such companies or undertakings, managerial, advisory, technical, purchasing, selling and other services, and to enter into such agreements as are necessary or advisable in connection with the foregoing.

 

  (i) To invest the capital and other moneys of the Company in the purchase or upon the security of shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, bills, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wheresoever constituted or carrying on business, and shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, bills, mortgages, obligations and securities of any kind issued or guaranteed by any government, state, dominion, colony, sovereign, ruler, commissioners, trust, municipal, local or other authority or body of whatsoever nature wheresoever situated.

 

  (j) to make such provision for the education and training of employees and prospective employees of the Company and others as may seem to the Company to be advantageous to or calculated, whether directly or indirectly, to advance the interests of the Company or any member thereof.

 

  (k) to acquire by subscription, purchase, exchange, tender or otherwise and to accept and take hold or sell shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations or securities issued or guaranteed by any company, society, association or undertaking wheresoever constituted or carrying on business and to subscribe for the same either conditionally or otherwise, to guarantee or underwrite the subscription thereof, and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof.

 

  (l) to take part in the formation, management, supervision or control of the business or operations of any company or undertaking, and for that purpose to appoint and remunerate any directors, accountants or other experts and agents, to transact or carry on all kinds of agency business and in particular in relation to the investment of money sale of property and the collection and receipt of money.

 

  (m) to purchase or by any other means acquire and sell any freehold, leasehold or other property for any estate or interest whatever, and any rights, privileges or easements over or in respect of any property, and any buildings, offices, factories, mills, works, wharves, roads, railways, tramways, machinery, engines, rolling stock, plant and live and dead stock, barges, vessels or things, and any real or personal property or rights whatsoever.

 

  (n) to establish, regulate and discontinue franchises and agencies, and to undertake and transact all kinds of agency and franchise business which an ordinary individual may legally undertake.

 

  (o) to buy, acquire, sell, manufacture, repair, convert, alter, take on hire, let on hire and deal in machinery, plant, works, implements, tools, rolling stock, goods, and things of any description.

 

  (p) to pay all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained in or about the promotion and establishment of the Company, or which the Company shall consider to be preliminary thereto.

 

  (q) to purchase or otherwise acquire and undertake all or any part of or sell all or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any company, society, partnership, or person, carrying on any business which the Company is authorised to carry on, or of a character similar, or auxiliary or ancillary thereto, or connected therewith, or possessed of any property suitable for any of the purposes of the Company, and to conduct or carryon, or liquidate and wind up, any such business.

 

  (r) to apply for and take out, purchase or otherwise acquire any trade marks, designs, patents, copyright or secret processes, which may be useful for the Company’s objects, and to grant licences to use the same.

 

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  (s) to borrow and raise money and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation of or binding on the Company in such manner as may be thought fit and in particular (without limitation) by the creation of charges or mortgages (whether legal or equitable) or floating charges upon the undertaking and all or any of the property and rights of the Company both present and future including its goodwill and uncalled capital, or by the creation and issue on such terms and conditions as may be thought expedient of debentures, debenture stock or other securities of any description.

 

  (t) to guarantee, grant indemnities support or secure, whether by direct obligation or covenant or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by issuing any security of the Company by way of mortgage, or by any one or more of all of such methods or by any other method, the performance of any obligations or commitments and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of, or the premiums interest and dividends on any securities and/or loans or advances of any person, firm or company and in particular, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) give (with or without consideration) security for any debts, obligations or liabilities of any company which is for the time being the Company’s holding company as defined by Section 155 of the Companies Act, 1963 or another subsidiary as defined by the said section of the Company’s holding company or otherwise associated with the Company in business notwithstanding the fact that the Company may not receive any consideration, advantage or benefit, direct or indirect from entering into such guarantee or other arrangement or transaction contemplated herein.

 

  (u) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, negotiate and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

 

  (v) to advance and lend money upon such security as may be thought proper, or without taking any security therefore.

 

  (w) to invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required and in such manner as from time to time may be determined.

 

  (x) to remunerate by cash payment or allotment of shares or securities of the Company credited as fully paid-up or otherwise, any person or company for services rendered or to be rendered to the Company, whether in the conduct or management of its business, or in placing or assisting to place or guaranteeing the placing of any of the shares of the Company’s capital or any debentures or other securities of the Company, or in or about the formation or promotion of the Company.

 

  (y) to provide for the welfare of persons in the employment of, or holding office under, or formerly in the employment of, or holding office under the Company, or its predecessors in business, or any directors or ex-directors of the Company, and the wives, widows and families, dependants or connections of such persons, by grants of money, pensions or other payments, and by forming and contributing to pension, provident or benefit funds or profit sharing or co-partnership schemes for the benefit of any such persons, and by providing or subscribing towards places of instruction and recreation, and hospitals, dispensaries, medical and other attendances, and other assistance, as the Company shall think fit, and to form, subscribe to or otherwise aid, charitable, benevolent, religious, scientific, national, or other institutions, exhibitions or objects, which shall have any moral or other claims to support or aid by the Company by reason of the locality of its operations or otherwise.

 

  (z) to enter into and carry into effect any arrangement for joint working in business, or for sharing of profits, or for amalgamation, with any other company or association, or any partnership or person, carrying on any business or proposing to carry on any business within the objects of this Company.

 

  (aa) to establish, promote and otherwise assist any company or companies or associations for the purpose of acquiring all or any of the property or liabilities of the Company, or of furthering the objects of the Company, or for the purpose of prosecuting or executing any undertakings, works, projects or enterprises of any description.

 

  (bb)

to accept stock or shares in, or the debentures, mortgages or other securities of any other company in payment or part payment for any services rendered, or for any sale made to, or debt owing from any such company, whether such shares shall be wholly or only partly paid up, and to hold and retain or re-issue with or without guarantee, or sell, mortgage or deal with any stock,

 

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  shares, debentures, mortgages or other securities so received, and to give by way of consideration for any of the acts and things aforesaid, or property acquired, any stock, shares, debentures, mortgages or other securities of this or any other company.

 

  (cc) to obtain any Ministerial order or licence or any provisional order or Act of the Oireachtas or Charter for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect, or for effecting any modification of the Company’s constitution, or for any other purpose which may seem expedient, and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company’s interests.

 

  (dd) to enter into any arrangement with any government or local or other authority that may seem conducive to the Company’s objects or any of them, and to obtain from any such government, or authority, any rights, privileges and concessions which the Company may think it desirable to obtain, and to carry out, and to exercise and comply with the same.

 

  (ee) to procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any foreign country.

 

  (ff) to distribute in specie or otherwise as may be resolved, any assets of the Company among its members, and particularly the shares, debentures or other securities of any other company formed to take over the whole or any part of the assets or liabilities of this Company.

 

  (gg) to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, hire, mortgage, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with all or any part of the undertaking, property and rights of the Company.

 

  (hh) to do all or any of the matters hereby authorised in any part of the Republic of Ireland or elsewhere and either alone or in conjunction with, or as contractors, factors, trustees or agents for, any other company or person, or by or through any factors, trustees or agents; and generally to do all such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

And it is hereby declared that in the interpretation of these presents, the meaning of any of the Company’s objects shall not be restricted by reference to any other object, or by the juxtaposition of two or more objects, and that, in the event of any ambiguity, this Clause shall be construed in such a way as to widen, and not to restrict, the powers of the Company.

 

3. The liability of the members is limited.

 

4. The share capital of the Company is €125,000 divided into 100,000 ordinary shares of €1.25 each.

 

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We, the several persons whose names, and addresses are subscribed, wish to be formed into a Company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association, and we agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the Company set opposite our respective names.

 

Names, Addresses and Descriptions of Subscribers    Number of Shares taken by each Subscriber
Alan Fitzpatrick    One
23 Watermeadow Pk   
Old Bawn   
Tallaght   
Dublin 24   
Company Secretary   

Mary Fitzpatrick

23 Watermeadow Pk

Old Bawn Tallaght

Dublin 24

   One
Company Director   
Total Shares taken:    Two

Dated the 23rd day of November 1998

Witness to the above signatures:

 

Caithriona Jones

23 Watermeadow Pk

Old Bawn,

Tallaght

Dublin 24

 

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COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 to 2009

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

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GLOBAL CROSSING SERVICES IRELAND LIMITED

PRELIMINARY

 

1. The Company is a private Company, and accordingly the Regulations contained in Part II of Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Act 1963 (which Act is hereinafter called “the Act” and which Table is hereinafter called ‘“Table A”), except Regulation 1, 6 and 9 therein, shall apply to the Company.

 

2. The Regulations, other than Regulations numbered 8, 24, 47, 51, 54, 77, 79, 84, 86, 91 to 96 (inclusive), 109 to 112 (inclusive), 133, 136 and 138, contained in Part 1 of Table A shall apply to the Company save in so far as they are excluded or modified hereby.

CAPITAL

 

3. The share capital of the Company is €125,000 divided into 100,000 ordinary shares of €1.25 each.

 

4. Subject to the provisions of Part XI of the Companies Act 1990, the Company may issue, or convert any of its shares into, shares which are, or are liable at the option of the Company or the holder thereof, to be redeemed and may redeem such shares accordingly. Subject as aforesaid, the Company may cancel any shares so redeemed or may hold them as treasury shares and re-issue any such treasury shares as shares of any class or classes or cancel them.

 

5. The lien conferred by Regulation 11 in Part I of Table A shall attach to fully paid as well as partly paid shares and shall also apply in respect of all monies immediately payable by the registered holder or his estate to the Company.

ALLOTMENT

6.

 

  (1) The directors are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities within the meaning of Section 20 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983. The maximum amount of relevant securities which may be allotted under the authority hereby conferred shall be €124,997.50. The authority hereby conferred shall expire on the date which is five years after the date of adoption of this Article.

 

  (2) The Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry, and the directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement, notwithstanding that the authority hereby conferred has expired.

 

  (3) Subsections (1), (7) and (8) of Section 23 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983 shall not apply to any allotment by the directors of equity securities within the meaning of the said Section 23.

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

 

7.

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990 and to any rights conferred on the holders of any class of shares, the Company may purchase all or any of its own shares of any class, including any redeemable shares, and may cancel any shares so purchased or may

 

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  hold them as treasury shares and reissue any such treasury shares as shares of any class or classes or cancel them. Neither the Company nor the directors shall be required to select the shares to be purchased rateably or in any other particular manner as between the holders of shares of the same class or as between them and the holders of shares of any other class or in accordance with the rights as to dividends or capital conferred by any class of shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Articles, the rights attached to any class of shares shall be deemed not to be varied by anything done by the Company pursuant to this Article.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

8.

 

  (4) All transfers of shares may be effected by transfer in writing in the usual or common form, or in such other form as the directors may accept.

 

  (5) The instrument of transfer of a share shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor but need not (in cases other than partly paid shares) be executed on behalf of the transferee and need not be attested and Regulation 22 in Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly. 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.

 

  (6) Notwithstanding any provisions of these Articles, the Directors shall not decline to register any transfer of shares, nor may they suspend registration thereof where such a transfer is executed or delivered for registration for any person to whom such shares have been charged by way of security, or by any nominee of such person, pursuant to the power of sale under such security and a certificate by any officer of such person that the shares were so charged and the transfer was so executed or delivered shall, save in the case of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of that fact.

 

9. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Company’s first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of that share and the extension of that lien to all dividends payable thereon shall not apply where any such shares have been mortgaged or charged by way of security in which event such lien shall rank behind any such security and Regulation 11 of Part 1 of Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Act, 1963 shall be modified accordingly.

SHAREHOLDERS’ WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

 

10. A resolution in writing (other than one in respect of which extended notice is required by the Act to be given) signed by all the members for the time being entitled to attend and vote on such resolution at a general meeting (or being bodies corporate by their duly appointed representatives) shall be as valid and effective for all purposes as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held and, if described as a special resolution, shall be deemed to be a special resolution within the meaning of the Act. Any such resolution may consist of several documents in the like form each signed by one or more members for the time being entitled to attend and vote on such resolution at a general meeting (or being bodies corporate by their duly appointed representatives).

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

11. Annual general meetings shall be held in Ireland unless in respect of any particular meeting either all the members entitled to attend and vote at such meeting consent in writing to its being held elsewhere or a resolution providing that it be held elsewhere has been passed at the preceding annual general meeting. Extraordinary general meetings may be held in or outside Ireland. Regulation 50 shall be construed as if the words “within the State” were deleted therefrom.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

12. The following words shall be added to the end of Regulation 53 in Part I Table A “and fixing the remuneration of the directors”.

 

13. The words “the meeting shall be dissolved” shall be substituted for the words “the members present shall be a quorum” in Regulation 55 in Part I of Table A.

 

14. It shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting and Regulation 58 in Part I of Table A shall be construed accordingly.

 

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15. A poll may be demanded by any member present in person or by proxy and Regulation 59 in Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly.

 

16. In Regulation 70 of Part I of Table A the words “not less than 48 hours before the time for holding” and “not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for” shall be deleted and there shall be substituted therefor in each case the words “before the commencement of.

SINGLE-MEMBER COMPANY

 

17. If and for so long as the Company has only one member:

 

  (a) in relation to a general meeting, the sole member or a proxy for that member or (if the member is a corporation) a duly authorised representative of that member shall be a quorum;

 

  (b) a proxy for the sole member may vote on a show of hands;

 

  (c) the sole member or a proxy for that member or (if the member is a corporation) a duly authorised representative of that member shall be chairman of any general meeting of the Company;

 

  (d) all other provisions of these Articles shall apply with any necessary modification (unless the provision expressly provides otherwise).

DIRECTORS

 

18. The number of directors shall not be less than two and unless and until otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting not more than ten. The first directors shall be the persons who are described as such in the statement to be delivered to the registrar in accordance with Section 3(1 )(a) of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1982.

 

19. A director need not hold any shares of the Company to qualify him as a director.

 

20. The office of director shall be vacated automatically:

 

  (a) if he is adjudged bankrupt, or any event equivalent or analogous thereto occurs, in the State or any other jurisdiction or he makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or

 

  (b) if he in the opinion of his co-directors becomes incapable by reason of mental disorder of discharging his duties as director; or

 

  (c) if he ceases to be a director or is prohibited from being a director by reason of any order made (or deemed to have been made) under any provision of the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990; or

 

  (d) if he is absent from meetings of the directors for six consecutive months without leave, and his alternate director (if any) shall not during such period have attended in his stead and the directors resolve that his office be vacated; or

 

  (e) if he, not being a director holding any executive office for a fixed period, resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company; or

 

  (f) if he is convicted of an indictable offence unless the directors otherwise determine; or

 

  (g) if the Court makes a declaration in respect of him under Section 150 of the Companies Act 1990.

 

21. The directors shall not retire by rotation, and Regulation 97 of Part I of Table A shall be modified accordingly and the last sentence of Regulation 100 of Part I of Table A shall be deleted.

 

22. A director appointed by the directors to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the board shall not retire from office at the annual general meeting next following his appointment and the last sentence of Regulation 98 of Part I of Table A shall be deleted.

 

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23. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 182 of the Act, the Company may by special resolution remove any director before the expiration of his term of office. The Company may by ordinary resolution appoint another person in place of the director so removed.

 

24. A resolution in writing signed by all the directors shall be as effective as a resolution passed at a meeting of the directors duly convened and held, and may consist of several documents in the like form, each signed by one or more of the directors. For the purpose of this Article, the signature of an alternate director shall suffice in lieu of the director whom he represents.

 

25.

 

  (1) For the purposes of these Articles, the contemporaneous linking together by telephone or other means of audio communication of a number of directors not less than the quorum shall be deemed to constitute a meeting of the directors, and all the provisions in these Articles as to meetings of the directors shall apply to such meetings.

 

  (2) Each of the directors taking part in such a meeting must be able to speak, be heard and hear each of the other directors taking part.

 

  (3) At the commencement of such a meeting each director shall make known his presence and acknowledge that he accepts that the proceedings will be deemed to be a meeting of the directors.

 

  (4) A director may not cease to take part in the meeting by disconnecting his telephone or other means of communication unless he has previously obtained the express consent of the chairman of the meeting, and a director shall be conclusively presumed to have been present and to have formed part of the quorum at all times during the meeting unless he has previously obtained the express consent of the chairman of the meeting to leave the meeting as aforesaid.

 

  (5) A minute of the proceedings at such meeting by telephone or other means of communication shall be sufficient evidence of such proceedings and of the observance of all necessary formalities if certified as a correct minute by the chairman of the meeting.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

 

26.

 

  (1) A director shall be entitled to appoint any person as his alternate director and may at any time revoke any appointment so made. Any such appointment or removal being effected by a notice in writing by the appointor and shall be effective forthwith upon the delivery of such notice to the Company at the registered office.

 

  (2) Any alternate director shall be entitled to notice of meetings of directors, to attend and vote as a director at any meeting at which his appointor is not present and to exercise all the functions of his appointor as a director (except in respect of the power to appoint an alternate). 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).

 

  (3) An alternate director shall while acting as such be deemed an officer of the Company and not the agent of his appointor. An alternate director shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any part of his appointor’s remuneration.

 

  (4) An alternate director shall cease to be an alternate director if for any reason his appointment is revoked or his appointor ceases to be a director.

 

26A. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Association, a director may effect the appointment of an alternate director of such director by notice of appointment signed by such director sent by fax or e-mail to the company secretary or any other person specified by the directors or the company secretary for receipt of such notice. Such appointment shall take effect immediately upon such notice being so sent, and shall not require the consent of the board or of any other person. This article will cease to have effect on 31 January 2004.

 

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BORROWING POWERS

 

27. The directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow or raise money and to mortgage or charge or provide guarantees in respect of its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, and to mortgage or charge or provide guarantees in respect of all or any of the property and rights of the Company both present and future including its goodwill and, subject to Section 20 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

 

28. The directors may from time to time appoint one or more of their body to hold any executive office in the management of the business of the Company, including the office of chairman or deputy chairman or managing or joint managing or deputy or assistant managing director, as the directors may decide for such fixed term or without limitation as to period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as they think fit and a director appointed to any executive office shall (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any service contract between him and the Company) if he ceases to hold the office of director from any cause ipso facto and immediately cease to hold such executive office. The directors may entrust to and confer upon any director so appointed to executive office any of the powers exercisable by them upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they may think fit, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers, and may from time to time revoke, withdraw or vary all or any of such powers.

SECRETARY

 

29. Anything by the Companies Acts 1963 to 1990 or these Articles required or authorised to be done by or to the secretary may be done by or to any assistant or acting secretary, or if there is no assistant or acting secretary capable of acting, by or to any officer of the Company authorised generally or specially in that behalf by the directors.

NOTICES

 

30. A notice may be given by the Company to any member either personally or by sending it by post to him to his registered address or by telex or facsimile to a telex or facsimile number notified by him to the secretary. Where a notice is sent by post service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing the notice and the notice shall be deemed to have been received 48 hours after it shall have been posted. Where a notice is sent by telex or facsimile service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by sending the notice to the notified telex or facsimile number and the notice shall be deemed to have been received 12 hours after being sent.

 

31. Every person who, by operation of law, transfer or other means, shall become entitled to any share shall be bound by every notice or other document which, previous to his name and address being entered on the register in respect of such share, shall have been given to the person in whose name the share shall have been previously registered.

 

32. Any notice or document sent by post to the registered address of any member shall notwithstanding that such member be then deceased, and whether or not the Company have notice of his decease, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any such shares, whether held solely or jointly with other persons by such member, until some other person or persons be registered in his stead as the holder or joint holders thereof, and such service shall for all purposes of these presents be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on his or her executors or administrators, and all persons (if any) jointly interested with him or her in any such share.

 

33. Notice of every general meeting and every separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company shall be given in some manner hereinbefore authorised to:

 

  (a) every member of the Company entitled to attend or vote thereat; and

 

  (b) every person entitled to receive dividends in respect of a share vested in him in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member, who, but for his death or bankruptcy, would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting; and

 

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  (c) the auditor for the time being of the Company; and

 

  (d) every director for the time being of the Company.

No other person shall be entitled to receive notice of general meetings. Every person entitled to receive notice of every such general meeting shall be entitled to attend thereat.

 

34. The signature to any notice to be given by the Company may be written or printed.

INDEMNITY

 

35. Every director, managing director, agent, auditor, secretary or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Section 391 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court, and no director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. But this Article shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not avoided by Section 200 of the Act.

 

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EX-3.111 107 dex3111.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PEC LUXEMBOURG I S.A.R.L. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg I s.a.r.l.

Exhibit 3.111

GC Pan European Crossing Luxembourg I

société à responsabilité limitée

limited liability company

Luxembourg

R.C. Luxembourg section B No 70471

Updated articles of association as at the 22nd of December 2001

Statuts coordonnés en date du 22 décembre 2000


Art. 1. There is formed a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) which will be governed by the laws pertaining to such an entity (hereafter the « Company »), and in particular the law dated 10th August, 1915, on commercial companies, as amended (hereafter the « Law »), as well as by the articles of association (hereafter the « Articles ») which specify in the articles 7, 10, 11 and 14 the exceptional rules applying to one member company.

Art. 2. The corporation may carry out any commercial, industrial or financial operations, any transactions in respect of real estate or moveable property, which the corporation may deem useful to the accomplishment of its purposes.

The corporation may furthermore carry out all transactions pertaining directly or indirectly to the acquiring of participating interests in any enterprises in whatever form and the administration, management, control and development of those participating interests.

In particular, the corporation may use its funds for the establishment, management, development and disposal of a portfolio consisting of any securities and patents of whatever origin, and participate in the creation, development and control of any enterprise, the acquisition, by way of investment, subscription, underwriting or option, of securities and patents, to realize them by way of sale, transfer, exchange or otherwise develop such securities and patents, grant to companies in which the corporation has a participating interest, any support, loans, advances or guarantees.

The corporation has also for object:

- the incorporation of, the participation in and the financing of companies or enterprises;

- collaboration with, conducting the management of and providing advice and other services to companies or other enterprises;

- to lend and borrow funds;

- providing collateral for the debts and other obligations of the company or of the other companies or enterprises;

- The acquisition, exploitation, and disposal of property;

 

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- The acquisition, exploitation, and disposal of industrial and intellectual property rights, as well as comprising all of that which is incidental to the above or which could be conducive thereto, in the broadest sense of the words.

Art. 3. The Company is formed for an unlimited period of time.

Art. 4. The Company will have the name GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING LUXEMBOURG I, S.à r.l.

Art. 5. The registered office is established in Luxembourg.

It may be transferred to any other place in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by means of a resolution of an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders deliberating in the manner provided for amendments to the Articles.

The address of the registered office may be transferred within the municipality by simple decision of the manager or in case of plurality of managers, by a decision of the board of managers.

The Company may have offices and branches, both in Luxembourg and abroad.

Art. 6.- The Company’s capital is set at LUF 770.473.000 (seven hundred seventy million four hundred and seventy-three thousand Luxembourg francs) (EURO 19.099.527), represented by 770.473 (seven hundred seventy thousand four hundred and seventy-three) shares of LUF 1.000 (one thousand Luxembourg francs) each.

Art. 7. The capital may be changed at any time by a decision of the single shareholder or by decision of the shareholders’ meeting, in accordance with article 14 of these Articles.

Art. 8. Each share entitles to a fraction of the corporate assets and profits of the Company in direct proportion to the number of shares in existence.

Art. 9. Towards the Company, the Company’s shares are indivisible, since only one owner is admitted per share. joint co-owners have to appoint a sole person as their representative towards the Company.


Art. 10. In case of a single shareholder, the Company’s shares held by the single shareholder are freely transferable.

In the case of plurality of shareholders, the shares held by each shareholder may be transferred by application of the requirements of article 189 of the Law.

Art. 11. The Company shall not be dissolved by reason of the death, suspension of civil rights, insolvency or bankruptcy of the single shareholder or of one of the shareholders.

Art. 12. The Company is managed by one or more managers. If several managers have been appointed, they will constitute a board of managers. The manager(s) need not be shareholders. The manager(s) may be revoked ad nutum.

In dealing with third parties, the manager(s) will have all powers to act in the name of the Company in all circumstances and to carry out and approve all acts and operations consistent with the Company’s objects and provided the terms of this article 12 shall have been complied with.

All powers not expressly reserved by Law or the present Articles to the general meeting of shareholders fall within the competence of the manager, or in case of plurality of managers, of the board of managers.

The Company shall be bound by the sole signature of its single manager, and, In case of plurality of managers, by the joint signature of two members of the board of managers.

The manager, or in case of plurality of managers, the board of managers may sub-delegate his powers for specific tasks to one or several ad hoc agents.

The manager, or in case of plurality of managers, the board of managers will determine this agent’s responsibilities and remuneration (if any), the duration of the period of representation and any other relevant conditions of his agency.

In case of plurality of managers, the resolutions of the board of managers shall be adopted by the majority of the managers present or represented.

The manager(s) may pay interim dividends, in compliance with the legal requirements.

 

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Art. 13. The manager or the managers (as the case may be) assume, by reason of his/their position, no personal liability in relation to any commitment validly made by him/them in the name of the Company.

Art. 14. The single shareholder assumes all powers conferred to the general shareholder meeting.

In case of a plurality of shareholders, each shareholder may take part in collective decisions irrespectively of the number of shares which he owns. Each shareholder has voting rights commensurate with his shareholding. Collective decisions are only validly taken insofar as they are adopted by shareholders owning more than half of the share capital.

However, resolutions to alter the Articles of the Company may only be adopted by the majority of the shareholders owning at least three quarter of the Company’s share capital, subject to the provisions of the Law.

Art. 15. The Company’s year starts on the first of January and ends on the 31st of December, with the exception of the first year, which shall begin on the date of the formation of the Company and shall terminate on the 31st of December 1999.

Art. 16. Each year, with reference to 31st of December, the Company’s accounts are established and the manager, or in case of plurality of managers, the board of managers prepare an inventory including an indication of the value of the Company’s assets and liabilities.

Each shareholder may inspect the above inventory and balance sheet at the Company’s registered office.

Art. 17. The gross profits of the Company stated in the annual accounts, after deduction of general expenses, amortisation and expenses represent the net profit. An amount equal to five per cent (5%) of the net profits of the Company is allocated to a statutory reserve, until this reserve amounts to ten per cent (10%) of the Company’s nominal share capital.


The balance of the net profits may be distributed to the shareholder(s) commensurate to his/their shareholding in the Company.

Art. 18. At the time of winding up the Company the liquidation will be carried out by one or several liquidators, shareholders or not, appointed by the shareholders who shall determine their powers and remuneration.

Art. 19. Reference is made to the provisions of the Law for all matters for which no specific provision is made in these Articles.

 

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EX-3.112 108 dex3112.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PEC LUXEMBOURG II S.A.R.L. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg II s.a.r.l.

Exhibit 3.112

GC Pan European Crossing Luxembourg II

société à responsabilité limitée

limited liability company

Luxembourg

R.C. Luxembourg section B No 70472

Statuts coordonnés à la date du 22 décembre 2000


Art. 1. There is formed a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) which will be governed by the laws pertaining to such an entity (hereafter the « Company »), and in particular the law dated 10th August, 1915, on commercial companies, as amended (hereafter the « Law »), as well as by the articles of association (hereafter the « Articles ») which specify in the articles 7, 10, 11 and 14 the exceptional rules applying to one member company.

Art. 2. The corporation may carry out any commercial, industrial or financial operations, any transactions in respect of real estate or moveable property, which the corporation may deem useful to the accomplishment of its purposes.

The corporation may furthermore carry out all transactions pertaining directly or indirectly to the acquiring of participating interests in any enterprises in whatever form and the administration, management, control and development of those participating interests.

In particular, the corporation may use its funds for the establishment, management, development and disposal of a portfolio consisting of any securities and patents of whatever origin, and participate in the creation, development and control of any enterprise, the acquisition, by way of investment, subscription, underwriting or option, of securities and patents, to realize them by way of sale, transfer, exchange or otherwise develop such securities and patents, grant to companies in which the corporation has a participating interest, any support, loans, advances or guarantees.

The corporation has also for object:

- the incorporation of, the participation in and the financing of companies or enterprises;

- collaboration with, conducting the management of and providing advice and other services to companies or other enterprises;

- to lend and borrow funds;

- providing collateral for the debts and other obligations of the company or of the other companies or enterprises;

- The acquisition, exploitation, and disposal of property;

- The acquisition, exploitation, and disposal of industrial and intellectual property rights, as well as comprising all of that which is incidental to the above or which could be conducive thereto, in the broadest sense of the words.

Art. 3. The Company is formed for an unlimited period of time.


Art. 4. The Company will have the name GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING LUXEMBOURG II, S.à r.l.

Art. 5. The registered office is established in Luxembourg.

It may be transferred to any other place in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by means of a resolution of an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders deliberating in the manner provided for amendments to the Articles.

The address of the registered office may be transferred within the municipality by simple decision of the manager or in case of plurality of managers, by a decision of the board of managers.

The Company may have offices and branches, both in Luxembourg and abroad.

Art. 6.- The Company’s capital is set at LUF 1.600.363.000 ( one billion six hundred million three hundred sixty-three thousand Luxembourg francs) (EURO 39.671.975), represented by 1.600.363 (one million six hundred thousand three hundred and sixty-three) shares of LUF 1.000 (one thousand Luxembourg francs) each.

Art. 7. The capital may be changed at any time by a decision of the single shareholder or by decision of the shareholders’ meeting, in accordance with article 14 of these Articles.

Art. 8. Each share entitles to a fraction of the corporate assets and profits of the Company in direct proportion to the number of shares in existence.

Art. 9. Towards the Company, the Company’s shares are indivisible, since only one owner is admitted per share, joint co-owners have to appoint a sole person as their representative towards the Company.

Art. 10. In case of a single shareholder, the Company’s shares held by the single shareholder are freely transferable.

In the case of plurality of shareholders, the shares held by each shareholder may be transferred by application of the requirements of article 189 of the Law.

Art. 11. The Company shall not be dissolved by reason of the death, suspension of civil rights, insolvency or bankruptcy of the single shareholder or of one of the shareholders.

Art. 12. The Company is managed by one or more managers. If several managers have been appointed, they will constitute a board of managers. The manager(s) need not be shareholders. The manager(s) may be revoked ad nutum.

In dealing with third parties, the manager(s) will have all powers to act in the name of the Company in all circumstances and to carry out and approve all acts and operations consistent with the Company’s objects and provided the terms of this article 12 shall have been complied with.


All powers not expressly reserved by Law or the present Articles to the general meeting of shareholders fall within the competence of the manager, or in case of plurality of managers, of the board of managers.

The Company shall be bound by the sole signature of its single manager, and, in case of plurality of managers, by the joint signature of two members of the board of managers.

The manager, or in case of plurality of managers, the board of managers may sub-delegate his powers for specific tasks to one or several ad hoc agents.

The manager, or in case of plurality of managers, the board of managers will determine this agent’s responsibilities and remuneration (if any), the duration of the period of representation and any other relevant conditions of his agency.

In case of plurality of managers, the resolutions of the board of managers shall be adopted by the majority of the managers present or represented.

The manager(s) may pay interim dividends, in compliance with the legal requirements.

Art. 13. The manager or the managers (as the case may be) assume, by reason of his/their position, no personal liability in relation to any commitment validly made by him/them in the name of the Company.

Art. 14. The single shareholder assumes all powers conferred to the general shareholder meeting.

In case of a plurality of shareholders, each shareholder may take part in collective decisions irrespectively of the number of shares which he owns. Each shareholder has voting rights commensurate with his shareholding. Collective decisions are only validly taken insofar as they are adopted by shareholders owning more than half of the share capital.

However, resolutions to alter the Articles of the Company may only be adopted by the majority of the shareholders owning at least three quarter of the Company’s share capital, subject to the provisions of the Law.

Art. 15. The Company’s year starts on the first of January and ends on the 31st of December, with the exception of the first year, which shall begin on the date of the formation of the Company and shall terminate on the 31st of December 1999.

Art. 16. Each year, with reference to 31st of December, the Company’s accounts are established and the manager, or in case of plurality of managers, the board of managers prepare an inventory including an indication of the value of the Company’s assets and liabilities.


Each shareholder may inspect the above inventory and balance sheet at the Company’s registered office.

Art. 17. The gross profits of the Company stated in the annual accounts, after deduction of general expenses, amortisation and expenses represent the net profit. An amount equal to five per cent (5%) of the net profits of the Company is allocated to a statutory reserve, until this reserve amounts to ten per cent (10%) of the Company’s nominal share capital.

The balance of the net profits may be distributed to the shareholder(s) commensurate to his/their shareholding in the Company.

Art. 18. At the time of winding up the Company the liquidation will be carried out by one or several liquidators, shareholders or not, appointed by the shareholders who shall determine their powers and remuneration.

Art. 19. Reference is made to the provisions of the Law for all matters for which no specific provision is made in these Articles.

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Exhibit 3.113

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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY “GLOBAL

CROSSING PEC ESPAÑA, S.A.”

HEADING I

NAME, DURATION, REGISTERED OFFICE AND CORPORATE PURPOSE

ARTICLE 1. Trade name. The company goes by the name of “GLOBAL CROSSING PEC ESPAÑA, S.A.”

Article 2. The Company will be incorporated for an open-ended period. The company commenced its operations on 28 September 1999 under the legal system of a limited liability company, and was subsequently transformed into a public limited company.

“Article 3. The company’s registered address is at CALLE YECORA, 4, MADRID. The Governing Board will have the powers to agree the transfer of the registered office, within the same municipal district where it is located and will have the right to set up, remove or transfer branches, agencies or local offices, both in Spain as well as in other countries.”

Article 4: The corporate purpose of the Company, which has the full de jure capacity and the capacity to act, is the set-up and operation of public telecommunications networks, including the provision of lines that may be leased and the rendering of telecommunications services.

Should the law require professional qualification or entry in a public register in order to carry out any of the activities that shape the corporate purpose of the Company, these activities must be performed by the person that holds the professional qualification required and, if appropriate, is duly registered with the corresponding public register.

Should the law require an administrative authorisation or entry in a public register in order to perform any of the activities that shape the corporate purpose of the company, the Company will not carry out any of these activities until all of the administrative requirements that are applicable have been duly complied with.

HEADING II

CONCERNING THE SHARE CAPITAL AND THE SHARES

Article 5. The share capital is hereby set at the sum of 60,200 euros, represented by a single series of 5,000 nominative shares with an individual face value of 12.04 euros, numbered in sequential fashion from one (1) to five thousand (5,000), both inclusive.

Article 6. The shares will be represented through certificates that may include one or more shares of the same series, and which will be numbered in sequential fashion. They will be issued in counterfoil format books which will contain the wording required in law at the very least and will be signed by one or more members of the Governing Body, whose signature(s) may be mechanically printed on these counterfoils, in due compliance with the provisions set forth in the law. The shareholder will have the right to receive the corresponding certificates free of charge.


The shares will be shown in a record of nominative shares which will be kept by the Company. This record will reflect the subsequent transfers as well as the set-up of any rights in rem over the same, in the manner determined in law. Providing that the transfer is not placed on record in a public instrument the Company may demand evidence to prove that the transfer of the shares or that the chain of endorsements has been carried out properly prior to registering the transfer in the aforementioned record. Until the certificates have been printed and surrendered, the shareholder will have the right to obtain certification of the shares entered in their name.

Article 7. Any transfer of shares must be notified in writing to the Company and recorded by the company in the Record of nominative shares. Transfers of shares that do not comply with these articles of association and, by default, with the provisions set forth in the law, will not be recognised by the Company and will not have any effect whatsoever for the Company.

(a) Voluntary transfers

The voluntary transfers of shares through inter vivo acts between the shareholders will be free. This extends to any voluntary transfer made in favour of the spouse, or ascendants or descendants of the transferring shareholder or in favour of companies that belong to the same group (which is understood in accordance with the provisions given in article 4 of the Securities Market Act) as the transferring shareholder.

All effective transfers of shares through inter vivo acts to persons or persons other than those included in the previous paragraph (the Potential Acquirer) will heed the following requirements:

 

  (i) the shareholder that wishes to transfer (the Transferring Shareholder) all or some of their shares must notify this in writing to the Governing Body at the company’s registered address. The Transferring Shareholder will identify the Potential Acquirer in their notification, along with the price and terms under which the shares are to be transferred and the numbering of these shares. In the aforementioned notification, the Transferring Shareholder will offer the remaining shareholders the possibility of purchasing all of those shares he wishes to transfer under the same conditions as those offered to the Potential Acquirer;

 

  (ii) the Governing Body of the Company will notify the other shareholders, in a manner requiring acknowledgement of receipt, with in a deadline of twenty (20) calendar days from receipt of the opportune notification from the Transferring Shareholder, of the possibility of acquiring all of the shares that the Transferring Shareholder wishes to transfer;

 

  (iii) during the twenty (20) calendar days following the date of receipt of the notification sent by the Governing Body of the Company, each shareholder that is interested in acquiring the shares (the Interested Shareholders) must notify the Governing Body and the Transferring Shareholder of their decision to exercise the rights to acquire the shares which the Transferring Shareholder proposes to transfer and must do so in writing;


  (iv) in the event that there are two or more Interested Shareholders, the shares will be distributed among the shareholders on a pro rata basis pursuant to their respective stakes in the share capital of the Company;

 

  (v) the acquisition by the Interested Shareholders must take place within a deadline of thirty (30) calendar days following the surrender of the notification to exercise the right to purchase the shares from the Transferring Shareholder;

 

  (vi) if there are no Interested Shareholders, the Company may choose to acquire all of the shares of the Transferring Shareholder providing that it notifies the Transferring Shareholder of this within a deadline of twenty (20) calendar days from finalisation of the period set forth in foregoing section (iii). The acquisition by the Company must take place within a deadline of thirty (30) calendar days following surrender of the notification to exercise the right to acquire the shares from the Transferring Partner. In this event, and if the price payable by the Potential Acquirer is in assets instead of cash, the market value will be determined by an independent third party appointed through mutual agreement by and between the Company and the Transferring Shareholder;

 

  (vii) in the event that there are no Interested Shareholders and that the Company does not choose to acquire all of the shares from the Transferring Shareholder, the Transferring Shareholder may transfer the shares to the Potential Acquirer, providing that:

 

  (1) the transfer takes place within (30) calendar days following finalisation of the last of the deadlines set forth in this article for the acquisition of the shares from the Transferring Shareholder by the shareholders and by the company; and

 

  (2) the transfer encompasses all of the shares offered, and takes place for the same price and under the same conditions as those set forth in the notification: and

 

  (3) each and every one of the conditions set forth in this article have been duly complied with.

(b) System of compulsory transfer

The acquisition right set forth in this article will likewise apply when the transfer of the shares takes place as a consequence of a legal or administrative enforcement proceeding, although in these cases the system set forth in article 64 of the Public Limited Companies Act will apply.


(c) Mortis causa transfer

The acquisition right set forth in this article will likewise apply when the transfer of shares takes place on the occasion of death, although in these cases the system set forth in article 64 of the Public Limited Companies Act will apply.

HEADING III

CONCERNING GOVERNANCE OF THE COMPANY

SECTION ONE

GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Article 8. The General Meeting is the meeting of shareholders duly convened and quorate for the purpose of deciding on the matters that fall within its terms of reference. The agreement of the General Meeting will be binding upon all shareholders, including dissidents and those not in attendance, without prejudice to the right of actions granted to the shareholders through the law.

Article 9. The General Meeting of Shareholders may be Ordinary or Extraordinary.

An ordinary meeting is one which, having been convened by the Governing Board, is obliged to take place within the six first months of each year in order to approve corporate management and, if appropriate, the annual accounts of the previous year and rule on the allocation of profits (losses).

All other Meetings will be considered as extraordinary meetings and will take place whenever they are convened by the Governing Body, on the grounds that they are appropriate or necessary.

The General Meeting of Shareholders with the presence or representation of all shareholders (universal) will be quorate when all of the share capital is either present or represented, without the need to be convened beforehand and when those in attendance unanimously agree to hold the meeting and likewise agree to the agenda of the same. The General Meeting of Shareholders with the presence of representation of all shareholders may take place in any part of Spain or in other countries.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Meeting, even if it has been convened as an ordinary meeting, may also deliberate and rule on any other item that falls within its terms of reference and that has been included in the call to meeting and following due compliance with the provisions set forth in the Public Limited Companies Act.

Article 10. The call to meeting given by the Governing Body, both for the Ordinary General Meetings as well as for the Extraordinary ones, will be carried out through an announcement published in the Official Journal of the Business Register and in one of the most popular newspapers of the province where the company has its registered office. This announcement must be published at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the Meeting.

The announcement will express the date of the first session, all of the items on the agenda and, whenever the law so demands, the right of shareholders to examine the documents that are to be submitted for approval by the Meeting as well as the technical reports established in law and to examine these at the registered office of the company and, if appropriate, obtain these immediately and free of charge. By the same token, the announcement may specify the date on which there will be a second session.


A period of at least twenty four (24) hours must elapse between the first session and the second session.

The provisions set forth in this Article will be null and void whenever a legal provision sets forth requirements that are different for Meetings that deal with specific items, in which case the specific provisions must be duly heeded.

Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in these Articles of Association, the provisions set forth in article 99 of the Public Limited Companies Act will apply in the event of Meetings with the presence or representation of all shareholders (Universal).

Article 11. All shareholders will have the right to attend General Meetings.

Members of the Governing Board must attend the General Meetings.

All shareholders that have the right to attend the meetings may be represented at the General Meeting by another individual, even if this person is not a shareholder, in the manner and with the requirements set forth in articles 106 et seq of the Public Limited Companies Act.

Article 12. The General Meeting will be quorate at the first or second session when the quorums set forth in article 102 and 103 of the Public Limited Companies Act, as appropriate, are either present or represented.

Article 13. The General Meetings will be held in the place where the company has its registered office. The posts of Chairman and Secretary will be held by those that hold the same positions on the Governing Body or, if these persons are absent, by those persons elected by the Meeting. If there is a Deputy Chairman or Deputy Secretary of the Governing Body, they will hold the aforementioned post in the absence of the Chairman or the Secretary.

The Chairman is responsible for overseeing the deliberations, granting the right to speak and determining the length of time of the different interventions.

The resolutions will be taken in accordance with the majority of capital either present or represented, unless the legal provision sets forth otherwise. Each share gives the right to cast one vote.

All other matters, verification of attendees, voting and the shareholders’ rights to information will be in accordance with the provisions set forth in the law.

Article 14. The deliberations of the General Meeting will be placed on record in minutes that are issued in a special book of records and these will be signed by the Chairman and the Secretary or the persons deputising for them. The minutes may be approved by the Meeting itself once it has finalised or, by default, within a deadline of fifteen days, by the Chairman and two witnesses, one in representation of the majority and the other in representation of the minority.


The certifications of the minutes will be made in accordance with the provisions given in the Business Register Regulations.

SECTION TWO

GOVERNING BODY

Article 15. The Company will be represented and administered by Board of Directors made up of a minimum of three (3) members and a maximum of twelve (12) members, elected by the General Meeting.

The position as a member of the Board of Directors is not remunerated.

All references in these Articles of Association to the (i) Governing Board will be understood as made to the Board of Directors and all references to (ii) the members of the Governing Board will be understood as made to the board members.

The Governing Body has exclusive powers over whatsoever issues that are not attributed by law or by the company's Articles of Association to another corporate body.

Article 16. The members of the Governing Board will hold their position for a period of five (5) years, and may be re-elected one or more times, for terms of an equal period. Once this period has elapsed, the appointment will expire once the next General Meeting has taken place or the legal period for holding the Ordinary General Meeting has elapsed.

Article 17. The Board of Directors will be convened by the Chairman or, in the event of death, absence, incapacity or impossibility, by the Deputy Chairman, whenever deemed necessary or appropriate. It must be convened whenever at least two of its members so request. In the event that a period of fifteen (15) calendar days has elapsed from receipt of the request and the Chairman has failed to call the Meeting, this meeting must be convened by the Deputy Chairman. The call to meeting will always be given in writing addressed to each member of the Board of Directors and sent to their address, at least forty eight (48) hours prior to the date specified for the meeting.

The Board of Directors will be understood as quorate whenever half plus one of its members are either present or represented. In the event of an odd number of attendees, the half will be determined by excess. Representation must be given in writing and be signed. The Board of Directors will be understood as quorate without the need to call a meeting if, with all members either present or represented, they unanimously agree to hold the session.

The Board of Directors will hold all of its sessions at the company’s registered office, unless the call to meeting specifies a different place.

The resolutions of the Governing Body will be adopted through an absolute majority of those in attendance at the meeting, except in those cases in which the Public Limited Companies Act lays down different majorities and, in the event of a tie, the Chairman will have the casting vote.


The resolutions of the Governing Body adopted through a written ballot and without the need for a session will be valid when no board member opposes this procedure. The take-up of resolutions by correspondence or by any other means that guarantees the authenticity will also be valid whenever the Law does not prevent this.

The Board of Directors will have the right to deliberate and to adopt resolutions on those issues that fall within its powers, even if they are not included in the Agenda of the call to meeting.

Article 18. The Board of Directors will designate its Chairman and one or more Deputy Chairman, if this has not been done by the General Meeting. In the event of several Deputy Chairman, each of the Deputy Chairman will be numbered. The priority of the number will determine in which order the Deputy Chairman replaces the Chairman in the event of absence, incapacity or vacancy. Also in the event that the General Meeting has not done this, the Board of Directors will designate a Secretary and, as an option, a Deputy Secretary, and this post may be held by those that are not Board members, in which case they will act with the right to be heard but without the right to cast a vote. The Deputy Secretary will replace the Secretary in cases of absence, incapacity or vacancy.

Article 19 Representation of the Company, in court or out of court, corresponds to the Governing Body. The representation will be extended to all those acts included in the corporate purpose that has been delimited in these Articles of Association.

Article 20. The Governing Body, duly complying with the provisions set forth in article 141 of the Public Limited Companies Act, may set up an Executive Commission from among its members or designate one or more Managing Directors, duly determining those persons that are to hold these posts and the way of operating. All of the powers that cannot be delegated by law may be delegated to these persons, either fully or partially, temporarily or permanently.

The Governing Body may also permanently delegate its representative powers to one or more board members, duly determining, if there are several, whether they have to act jointly or whether they can act severally

SECTION THREE

CONCERNING THE PUBLIC RECORDING OF A PUBLIC INSTRUMENT AND

THE METHOD OF SUBSTANTIATING CORPORATE RESOLUTIONS

Article 21. The formalisation of corporate resolutions in a public instrument corresponds to those persons that have powers to certify them. This may also be performed by any other person that has been granted powers to publicly record all kind of corporate resolutions or any of these resolutions in a public deed.

HEADING IV

FINANCIAL YEAR AND ACCOUNTS

Article 22. The financial year will commence on the first (1st) of January and will finalise on the thirty first (31st) of December each year.


Article 23. Within the maximum legal deadline, calculated from the close of each financial year, the Governing Body must draw up the annual accounts, which include the Balance Sheet, the Profit & Loss Statement, the Notes to the Annual Accounts, the Directors’ Report and the proposal for allocation of the profits (losses).

The documents that make up the annual accounts may be drawn up in short form whenever this is legally possible.

Article 24. The Annual accounts will be subject to approval by the General Meeting.

The liquid profits of the Company may be allocated in the following way:

(a) once all the responsibilities set forth in law or in the Articles are Association have been covered, dividends may be paid out and charged to profits of the immediately preceding year, or to freely available reserves, only if the equity is not or, as a consequence of the distribution, does not result in an amount that is lower than the share capital;

(b) the General Meeting may allocate the funds it deems opportune to the reserve funds and provisions.

(c) the remainder will be distributed among shareholders in the proportion that corresponds to their respective stakes in the share capital.

HEADING V

DISSOLUTION, REACTIVATION AND LIQUIDATION

Article 25. The Company will be dissolved and may be reactivated, strictly heeding the provisions set forth in the Public Limited Companies Act, through a resolution of the General Meeting as well as in those cases provided for in the foregoing Act.

Article 26. With the Company dissolved, all of the administrators with a current appointment on which are filed with the Business Register will become de jure receivers. If there is an even number of administrators, the last one appointed will not be appointed a receiver.

Article 27. In the event of dissolution of the company, the representative powers of the Company will correspond to each receiver individually.

HEADING VI.

COMPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Article 28. For anything not covered in these Articles of Association, the provisions set forth in the Public Limited Companies Act will apply.

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Exhibit 3.114

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AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

On the eighth day of May

two thousand and seven, appearing before me,

Martine Bijkerk, a civil-law notary in Amsterdam, is:

Florieh Marjolein Verhagen, employed at the offices of Houthoff Buruma N,V., Amsterdam with address 1082 MA Amsterdam, Gustav Mahlerplein 50, born in Haariem on the second day of November nineteen hundred and seventy-five, holder of a driving license with number 4843597004, The person who appeared before me, declared that:

 

 

the deed of incorporation of the private limited liability company: TYPHONAFIN B.V., with registered office in Apeldoorn, was executed on the first day of February two thousand and seven before P. Westbroek, a civil-law notary in Gorinchem;

 

 

the sole shareholder of said company has resolved to amend the Articles of Association;

 

 

furthermore it was resolved to authorize the person appearing to execute the deed of amendment of the Articles of Association;

 

 

said resolutions are evidenced by means of a shareholders’ resolution to be attached to this instrument.

In order to carry out said resolutions, the person appearing subsequently declared to amend the Articles of Association as follows:

Article 1. Definitions

 

1.1. In these articles of association:

 

   

Body (orgaan) is a term that applies to the Management Board or the General Meeting;

 

   

General Meeting (algemene vergadering) is the Body consisting of the shareholders;

 

   

General Meeting of Shareholders (algemene vergadering van aandeelhouders) means the gathering of the shareholders in a meeting;

 

   

Managing Director (directeur) is a managing director as referred to in Dutch law; and

 

   

Management Board (directie) is the Body consisting of the Managing Directors;

 

   

Persons Entitled to Participate at Meetings (vergadergerechtigden) means the shareholders as well as those holders of a right of usufruct or a right of pledge who are entitled to vote

Article 2. Name and seat

 

2.1. The name of the company is GC IMPSAT Holdings Nederland B.V.

 

2.2. The company has its seat in Amsterdam.

 

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Article 3. Objects

 

3.1. The objects of the company shall be:

 

   

to incorporate, to participate in and to finance companies or businesses;

 

   

to set up, carry on and develop a business of buying and selling of national and international telecommunication products, services and capacity in the broadest sense of the word;

 

   

to collaborate with, to manage the affairs of and to provide advice and other services to companies and other businesses;

 

   

to lend and to borrow funds;

 

   

to provide collateral for the debts and other obligations of the company, of other companies and businesses that are affiliated with the company in a group and of third parties;

 

   

to acquire, to operate and to dispose of property, including registered property;

 

   

to acquire, to operate and to dispose of industrial and intellectual property rights,

as well as to carry out all that which is incidental or conducive to the above, in the broadest sense.

Article 4. Capital and shares

 

4.1. The authorised capital shall be ninety thousand euros (€ 90,000) and shall be divided into ninety thousand (90,000) shares, each having a nominal value of one euro (€1)

 

4.2. The shares shall be registered and shall be numbered consecutively, starting at 1

 

4.3. Share certificates shall not be issued by the company.

Article 5. Issue

 

5.1. Shares shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the General Meeting. Furthermore, the resolution shall set out the price and other terms and conditions of issue The issue price shall not be below par.

 

5.2. The General Meeting may delegate its powers as described in the previous paragraph to another Body, and may revoke this delegation.

 

5.3. Subject to Dutch law, every shareholder shall have a pre-emptive right to any issue of shares on a basis pro rata to the aggregate number of shares held by the shareholder. The pre-emptive right is non-transferable For any single share issue the pre-emptive right may be limited or precluded by a resolution adopted by the General Meeting

 

5.4. The provisions in this article are applicable mutatis mutandis to the granting of a right to subscribe to shares.

Article 6. Own shares

 

6.1. On an issue of shares the company is not able to subscribe to its own shares

 

6.2. The acquisition by the company of its own shares when those shares have not been fully paid up shall be null and void, unless acquired under universal title

 

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6.3. The company may only acquire its own fully paid-up shares either gratuitously or as specified in Dutch law

 

6.4. The provisions set out in these articles for the restriction on the transfer of shares are applicable to the company’s disposal of its own shares

 

6.5. In this article the term “shares” includes depositary receipts for shares.

Article 7. Financial assistance

 

7.1. The company shall not, with a view to subscribing to or acquiring its own shares or depositary receipts for shares, provide collateral, provide a price guarantee or otherwise guarantee, or bind itself with or on behalf of third parties, whether jointly and severally or otherwise.

 

7.2. The company may provide loans for the purpose of subscribing to or acquiring shares in its own capital, or depositary receipts for shares, only to the extent of its distributable reserves.

 

7.3. The company shall maintain an undistributable reserve for the outstanding amount of the loans mentioned in the preceding paragraph.

Article 8. Reduction of capital

 

8.1. The General Meeting may resolve to reduce the issued capital by cancelling shares or by amending the articles of association to reduce the nominal amount of the shares.

 

8.2. Dutch law applies to such a resolution and its implementation.

Article 9. The issue of depositary receipts for, the pledging of and the establishment of a right of usufruct over shares

 

9.1. The company shall not lend assistance in the issuance of depositary receipts for shares in the company

 

9.2. A right of usufruct and a right of pledge may be established with respect to shares, The shareholder shall have the right to vote with respect to the shares on which there is a right of usufruct or a right of pledge.

 

9.3. Notwithstanding the provisions in the previous paragraph, the holder of the right of usufruct or the right of pledge shall have the right to vote if so provided in the establishment of the right of usufruct or the right of pledge, provided that:

 

  a. with regard to the right of usufruct, both this provision and - in the case of a transfer of the usufruct - the passing of the voting rights are approved by the General Meeting;

 

  b. with regard to the right of pledge, the establishment of the right of pledge is approved by the General Meeting. If someone assumes the rights of the holder of the right of pledge, then the new holder shall only have the right to vote if the General Meeting approves the transfer of the right to vote

Article 10. Register of shareholders

 

10.1.

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  date of acknowledgement by or service upon the company and the amount paid up on each share. The names and addresses of those who have a right of usufruct or a right of pledge in respect of shares shall also be recorded, stating the date on which they acquired the right and the date of acknowledgement by or service upon the company.

 

10.2. Every shareholder, holder of a right of usufruct or holder of a right of pledge is obliged to ensure that the company Is notified of the address of the shareholder or holder of a right of usufruct or pledge.

 

10.3. The register shall be regularly updated in accordance with Dutch law

 

10.4. All entries in, copies of, or extracts from the register of shareholders shall be authenticated by a Managing Director

Article 11. Restriction on the transfer of shares

 

11.1. Shares may be transferred only after the shareholder concerned (“Applicant”) has obtained approval for the intended transfer from the General Meeting.

 

11.2. A request for approval shall be made by means of a letter directed to the Management Board, in which notice shall be given of the number of shares for which the approval is being sought and the names of those to whom the Applicant wishes to make the transfer.

 

11.3. A decision regarding the request shall be made within three months of receipt of the letter described in the previous paragraph. The request shall be deemed to be approved if:

 

   

the Applicant has not been given notice of a decision within the three-month period referred to above; or

 

   

the application has been rejected, but the Applicant was not at the same time given notice of the prospective purchasers designated by the General Meeting (“Designated Prospective Purchasers”) who are willing and able to purchase all the shares included in the application in exchange for payment In cash.

The company may itself be a prospective purchaser only with the consent of the Applicant. If it is established before the lapse of the above-mentioned period that there are circumstances that provide grounds for deeming the request to have been approved, the Management Board shall notify the Applicant thereof at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

11.4.

The price to be paid for the shares for which a decision has been requested shall be determined by the parties by mutual consent. If the parties fail to reach agreement on this, the price shall be determined by one or more independent experts to be appointed by the Applicant and the Designated Prospective Purchasers by mutual consent If the parties fail to reach agreement on this within one month of the dispatch of the Management Board’s notification to the Applicant of the identity of and the shares allocated to the Designated Prospective Purchasers, the party most willing to institute proceedings shall

 

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  request the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce within whose area the company has its seat to appoint three independent experts. The experts are authorised to examine all the company’s books and records and to obtain ail the information which may assist in the valuation. The experts shall notify the Management Board, within three months of their appointment, of the price determined by them, after which the Management Board shall immediately notify the Applicant and the Designated Prospective Purchasers of this price.

 

11.5. The Applicant may withdraw the request at any time, provided that this is done within a period of one month after the Applicant has been notified about which Designated Prospective Purchasers the Applicant may sell the shares to, and at what price. A Designated Prospective Purchaser is entitled to withdraw within one month of having been notified of the price. If, after the withdrawal of one or more Designated Prospective Purchasers, the remaining prospective purchasers are not prepared to purchase all shares within two weeks after such withdrawal, it shall be deemed that the approval has been granted.

 

11.6. The shares purchased shall be transferred in exchange for simultaneous payment of the price within one month of the lapse of the period during which the request may be withdrawn.

 

11.7. If an Applicant has not withdrawn the request, the Applicant shall be able to transfer the shares for which approval was sought within a period of three months after the approval was granted or deemed to have been granted

 

11.8. The fees of the experts described in paragraph 4 above, and the expenses incurred in their appointment, shall be paid:

 

  a. by the Applicant If the withdrawal was requested by the Applicant;

 

  b. by the company if it was a Designated Prospective Purchaser who withdrew; or

 

  c half by the Applicant and half by the Designated Prospective Purchasers (with each purchaser contributing proportionately to the number of shares purchased) if the shares were purchased by the Designated Prospective Purchasers.

 

11.9. If, and to the extent that, a shareholder fails to comply in time with any obligation arising out of the present article, the company is irrevocably authorised to comply with all the obligations described above on behalf of such shareholder. The company may make use of such authorisation, in so far as it concerns the transfer, only after the price payable has been paid to the company on behalf of the Applicant.

 

11.10. The rights attached to the shares with respect to voting and the attendance at meetings cannot be exercised, and the right attached to the shares with respect to distribution shall be suspended, for the period during which the Applicant remains in default of any of the obligations mentioned above.

 

11.11. All notices and other communications sent pursuant to either this article or article 12 shall be sent by registered mail.

 

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11.12. In the application of this article the term “shares” shall also imply the right to subscribe to shares.

 

11.13. The provisions of this article do not apply if the holder is obliged by Dutch law to transfer the share to a former holder.

Article 12. Obligatory offer

 

12.1. If:

 

   

shares are acquired through legal merger or division, unless the merger or division has not resulted in a change of control as defined, regardless of applicability, in the Socio-Economic Council’s Resolution on the Regulations Governing the Conduct of Mergers, 2000 (S E.R.-beslult Fusiegedragsregels 2000; hereinafter “Merger Regulations”);

 

   

a shareholder is declared bankrupt or is granted a moratorium on making payments;

 

   

a shareholder that is a legal entity has a change of control as defined, regardless of applicability, in the Merger Regulations; or

 

   

a shareholder holding one or more shares is a legal entity, general partnership (vennootschap onder firma), limited partnership (commanditaire vennootschap) or any other type of partnership (vennootschap) and is dissolved,

then the shares concerned or all the shares belonging to the shareholder concerned shall be transferred to the prospective purchasers who were designated by the General Meeting and who are willing and able to acquire ail the shares in exchange for a payment in cash.

 

12.2. The shareholder(s) concerned shall notify the Management Board of the occurrence of the events described in the previous paragraph within thirty days of the occurrence thereof,

 

12.3. The shares shall be transferred to the Designated Prospective Purchasers one month after the Management Board has given to the persons who are obliged to transfer written notice of both the names of the Designated Prospective Purchasers and the price.

 

12.4. The obligation to offer the shares for sale does not apply in the event of a legal merger as defined in article 2:333, of the Dutch Civil Code

 

12.5. The provisions of the previous article shall, as much as possible, be applicable mutatis mutandis, except that the person obliged to make the transfer shall not be authorised to withdraw the request and shall not, should the General Meeting not designate a prospective purchaser as described in paragraph 1 above, be authorised to freely transfer the shares concerned, in which case such person may retain the shares concerned.

Article 13. Transfer of shares

 

13.1. The issue and transfer of a share, or the transfer or waiver of a limited right to a share, require a deed which has been executed before a civil-law notary practising in the Netherlands and to which all persons involved are a party.

 

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13.2 The transfer of a share, or the transfer or waiver of a limited right to a share, in accordance with the provisions of the previous paragraph shall also, by operation of Dutch law, be legally binding on the company Except in the event that the company itself is a party to the legal transaction, the rights accruing to the share may not be exercised until the company has either acknowledged this legal transaction or been served with the deed of transfer in accordance with Dutch law.

Article 14. Management Board

 

14.1. The company shall have a Management Board. The number of Managing Directors shall be laid down by the General Meeting.

 

14.2. Managing Directors shall be appointed by the General Meeting.

 

14.3. Managing Directors may be suspended or dismissed by the General Meeting at any time.

 

14.4. The total period of a suspension, including any extensions, may last no longer than three months.

 

14.5. The remuneration and other terms and conditions for the appointment of each individual Managing Director shall be determined by the General Meeting

Article 15. Adoption of resolutions by the Management Board

 

15.1. The Management Board shall adopt resolutions by an absolute majority of the votes cast in a meeting of the management Board.

 

15.2. In meetings of the Management Board each Managing Director shall be entitled to cast one vote

 

15.3. Managing Directors may only be represented in meetings of the Management Board by another Managing Director pursuant to a written power of attorney.

 

15.4. The Management Board may also adopt resolutions without convening a meeting, provided that all Managing Directors have been consulted and none of them have raised an objection to adopt resolutions in this manner.

 

15.5. Subject to the prior approval of the General Meeting shall be all Management Board resolutions concerning such juristic acts as determined and clearly defined by the General Meeting and brought to the attention of the Management Board in writing.

The absence of the approval as defined in this paragraph shall not affect the powers of the Management Board or of the Managing Directors to represent the company.

Article 16. Unavailability or inability to act of a Managing Director

 

16.1. If a Managing Director is unavailable or unable to act, then the management of the company shall be vested in the remaining Managing Director or Managing Directors. If no Managing Director is available or able to act, the management of the company shall be temporarily vested in a person appointed for that purpose by the General Meeting

 

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Article 17. Representation of the company

 

17.1. The Management Board represents the company to the extent that the contrary does not follow from the law. The authority to represent shall vest exclusively in:

 

   

the Management Board;

 

   

any one of the Managing Directors.

 

17.2. If there is a conflict of interest between the company and any Managing Director, regardless of whether this Managing Director is acting in a private, official or other capacity, the company shall continue to be represented in the manner described in the previous paragraph. Any such Managing Director shall remain authorised to represent the company. The general meeting shall always have the power to designate one or more other persons for such purpose

Article 18. Financial year, annual accounts and annual report

 

18.1. The company’s financial year shall be concurrent with the calendar year.

 

18.2. The Management Board shall prepare the annual accounts, which shall consist of the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement with explanatory notes. The annual accounts shall be prepared within five months of the end of each financial year, unless the General Meeting grants an extension to a maximum of six months in special circumstances The annual accounts require the signatures of all the Managing Directors. The absence of a signature, and the reason therefore, shall be expressly stated Unless the provisions of article 2:403 of the Dutch Civil Code are applicable to the company, the Management Board shall also prepare an annual report within the above-mentioned period.

 

18.3. If, and to the extent that, any relevant provision of Dutch law is applicable to the company, the General Meeting shall retain a registered accountant or a firm of registered accountants, as defined in article 2:393, paragraph 1, of the Dutch Civil Code, to examine the annual accounts and, if prepared, the annual report prepared by the Management Board, in order to write a report and to provide a statement thereon.

 

18.4. The annual accounts shall be adopted by the General Meeting.

 

18.5. If, and to the extent that, it is required under Dutch law, the company is obliged to make the annual accounts publicly available at the Trade Register.

Article 19. Appropriation of profits

 

19.1. The company may make distributions to the shareholders and other persons entitled to the distributable profits, to the extent the equity of the company exceeds the paid-up and called-up part of the company’s equity, plus the reserves which must be maintained under Dutch law.

 

19.2. The profits evidenced by the profit and loss statement adopted by the General Meeting shall be at the disposal of the General Meeting.

 

19.3. The company may make interim distributions of profit or other types of distributions, if the provisions as set out in paragraph 1 above have been complied with and the resolution to make such a distribution has been adopted by the General Meeting

 

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19.4. There shall be no distribution of profits on shares or depositary receipts for shares held by the company in its own capital

 

19.5. The shares and depositary receipts for shares for which no distribution will be made as described in paragraph 4 above shall be disregarded when calculating the distribution of profits

 

19.6. The right to receive a distribution shall expire five years from the day on which such a distribution became payable.

Article 20. Shareholders meetings

 

20.1. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held every year within six months after the end of the financial year In this meeting the following, amongst other matters, shall be brought up for consideration:

 

   

the annual report;

 

   

the adoption of the annual accounts;

 

   

the granting of discharge to the Managing Directors from liability for actions in respect of their management during the preceding financial year;

 

   

if required by Dutch law, the instruction of an expert as referred to in article 2:393 of the Dutch Civil Code; and

 

   

the language in which the next annual report and the items of the next annual accounts shall be stated and the currency

The six-month time period mentioned above does not apply if the period laid down in the above Article 18.2, has been extended in accordance with the provisions set out in the said article.

 

20.2. If holders of shares represent, jointly or severally, at least one percent (1%) of the issued capital, have asked in writing to add one or more items to the agenda of a general meeting of shareholders, such item(s) will be incorporated in the notice convening the general meeting of shareholders, provided that (i) the request is submitted prior to thirty days before the general meeting and (ii) that addressing the Items at the meeting will not be contrary to the substantial Interests of the company.

 

20.3. The General Meeting of Shareholders shall be held in the municipality where the company has its registered seat.

 

20.4. Notice of the Persons Entitled to Participate at Meetings shall be issued by the Management Board or by one of the Managing Directors by means of written notices or by means of readable and reproducible notices which are electronically sent (“notice”), which notice is to be dispatched no later than the fifteenth day before the date of the meeting

 

20.5.

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  sent to the addresses that have been made available for this purpose to the company by the Persons Entitled to Participate at Meetings. The failure of one or more of the written notices dispatched in accordance with the stipulations set out above to reach the destination shall not affect the validity of the General Meeting of Shareholders or the resolutions adopted thereby

 

20.6. The General Meeting of Shareholders shall appoint its own chairman

 

20.7. Minutes shall be taken of the matters dealt with in a General Meeting of Shareholders unless a notarial record of the proceedings is drawn up. The minutes shall be entered into a register maintained for that purpose and require the adoption and signature of the chairman of the meeting and the secretary of the meeting, who shall be appointed by the chairman at the commencement of the meeting The minutes or the notarial record of the proceedings shall serve as evidence of the resolutions adopted in the General Meeting of Shareholders.

Article 21. Adoption of resolutions in a General Meeting of Shareholders

 

21.1. All Persons Entitled to Participate at Meetings, either in person or by means of a person holding a written proxy (including a proxy issued in electronic form), shall be entitled to attend a General Meeting of Shareholders and to address that meeting The Managing Director or Managing Directors shall have, in this capacity, an advisory vote in the General Meeting of Shareholders

 

21.2. In order to be able to participate in the voting at the General Meeting of Shareholders the Persons Entitled to Participate at Meetings or their representatives must sign the attendance book, recording the number of shares represented by them. Every share entitles the holder thereof to cast one vote.

 

21.3. In a General Meeting of Shareholders, no votes may be cast for shares held by the company or by any subsidiary thereof, nor may votes be cast for a share for which either of them holds a depositary receipt for a share.

 

21.4. Holders of a right of usufruct or a right of pledge with respect to shares which are held by the company or the company's subsidiary are nevertheless not precluded from the right to vote if the right of usufruct or right of pledge was established before the share was held by the company or subsidiary.

The company or any subsidiary thereof may not cast votes for a share for which it has a right of usufruct or a right of pledge.

 

21.5. The sum of the shares for which no voting rights may be exercised according to Dutch law shall be disregarded in determining the extent to which the shareholders are entitled to vote, are present or represented, or to which extent the share capital is provided for or represented

 

21.6. Resolutions passed in a General Meeting of Shareholders shall be adopted by an absolute majority of the votes cast Blank votes shall be deemed not to have been cast.

 

21.7. The votes shall be cast orally at the General Meeting of Shareholders, unless the chairman of the meeting decides otherwise.

 

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21.8. In case of a tie in the vote, the proposal shall be deemed to have been rejected

 

21.9. In a General Meeting of Shareholders in which the entire issued capital is represented valid resolutions can be adopted provided they are adopted unanimously, even if the requirements in respect of the convening and holding of meetings have not been complied with

 

21.10. The Management Board shall keep a record of the adopted resolutions. This record shall be made available at the company's office for inspection by the shareholders. Each shareholder shall, upon request, be provided with a copy of or extract from this record at no more than the actual costs.

Article 22. Adoption of resolutions outside a General Meeting of Shareholders

 

22.1. Shareholders may also adopt resolutions without convening a meeting of shareholders, provided that all shareholders have declared in writing (including by facsimile transmission, e-mail or any other means of electronic communication) to be in favour of the resolution and provided that the Managing Director or Managing Directors have had the opportunity to cast an advisory vote The provisions in the previous sentence do not apply if, in addition to shareholders, there are other Persons Entitled to Participate at Meetings.

Article 23. Merger, division, amendment to the articles of association, dissolution

 

23.1. The General Meeting may resolve to merge the company, to divide the company, to amend the articles of association or to dissolve the company.

 

23.2. Those who convene a General Meeting of Shareholders in which a proposal is made to adopt a resolution to amend the articles of association or to dissolve the company must deposit a copy of the proposal, stating the verbatim text of the proposed amendment and/or the intended resolution, at the offices of the company for inspection by the shareholders, The proposal must be deposited at the same time as the notice of the meeting and kept there until after the close of the meeting The Persons Entitled to Participate at the Meeting must be given the opportunity to obtain a copy of the proposal described in the previous sentence from the day on which the convening notice for that meeting is dispatched until the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders. Such copies shall be provided free of charge.

 

23.3. In the event that a resolution to dissolve the company is adopted, the liquidation shall be arranged by the Management Board, unless the court should appoint another liquidator or other liquidators. If a resolution to liquidate the company is passed, a resolution regarding the remuneration to be paid to the liquidator, or the joint liquidators, must be passed at the same time.

 

23.4. The articles of association shall, as far as possible, remain effective during the process of liquidation.

 

23.5. The liquidation surplus shall be distributed to shareholders and other parties entitled thereto in proportion to their respective rights.

 

23.6 After the liquidation has been completed, the books and records of the dissolved company shall remain in the custody of a person to be appointed for that purpose by the General Meeting for a period of seven year’s

 

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Final statement

Finally the person appearing declared that according to a ministerial order which is to be attached to this instrument, the ministerial declaration of no-objection has been granted on the eighth day of May two thousand and seven, under number B.V 1411424.

CONCLUSION

The person appearing In connection with this deed is known to me, a civil-law notary, and the identity of the person appearing has been established by me, a civil-law notary, on the basis of the above-mentioned document which is designated for such purpose.

THIS DEED

is executed in Amsterdam on the date stated at the head of the deed

The substance of this deed and an explanation of the deed have been communicated to the person appearing, who has expressly taken cognisance of its contents and has agreed to Its limited reading.

After a limited reading in accordance with the law, this deed was signed by the person appearing and by me, a civil-law notary.

(Signatures)

Declaration of no-objection attached:

The undersigned, Genit Willem van Beem, residing in Amsterdam, sworn in as a translator for the English language by the Amsterdam District Court in the Netherlands, declares that the attached document is a faithful English translation of the document in Dutch also attached hereto

Amsterdam, 14 May 2007

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EX-3.115 111 dex3115.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PEC HOLDINGS B.V. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Holdings B.V.

Exhibit 3.115

English Translation

AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

GC Pan European Crossing Holdings B .V.

with its registered office in Huizen.

Dated 30 November 2007.

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AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

On the thirtieth November

two thousand and seven, appearing before me,

Martine Bijkerk, a civil-law notary in Amsterdam, is:

Florien Marjolein Verhagen, employed at the offices of Houthoff Buruma NV, Amsterdam with address 1082 MA Amsterdam, Gustav Mahlerplein 50, born in Haarlem on the second day of November nineteen hundred and seventy-five, holder of driving license with number 4843597004.

The person who appeared before me, declared that:

 

 

the latest amendment to the articles of association of the private limited liability company: GC Pan European Crossing Holdings B.V., with registered office in Huizen, has been executed on the twenty-first day of September two thousand before M. Bijkerk, aforementioned;

 

 

the shareholder of said company has resolved to amend the Articles of Association;

 

 

furthermore it is resolved to authorize the person appearing to sign the deed of amendment of the Articles of Association and to adopt new Articles of Association in substitution therefore;

 

 

evidence of said resolutions is by means of a shareholders’ resolution to be attached to this instrument.

In order to carry out said resolutions the person appearing subsequently declared to amend the Articles of Association as follows:

Article 1. Definitions

 

1.1. In these articles of association:

 

   

Body (orgaan) is a term that applies to the Management Board or the General Meeting;

 

   

General Meeting (algemene vergadering) is the Body consisting of the shareholders;

 

   

General Meeting of Shareholders (algemene vergadering van aandeelhouders) means the gathering of the shareholders in a meeting;

 

   

Managing Director (directeur) is a managing director as referred to in Dutch law; and

 

   

Management Board (directie) is the Body consisting of the Managing Directors;

 

   

those entitled to attend meetings: shareholders, usufructuaries and pledgees with voting rights or who have been granted the rights conferred by law, upon holders of depositary receipts for shares issued with the cooperation of the company.

 

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Article 2. Name and seat

 

2.1. The name of the company shall be Global Crossing PEC Holdings B.V.

 

2.2. The company shall have its seat in Naarden.

Article 3. Objects

 

3.1. The objects of the company shall be:

 

   

to incorporate, to participate in and to finance companies or businesses

 

   

to collaborate with, to manage the affairs of and to provide advice and other services to companies and other businesses;

 

   

to lend and to borrow funds;

 

   

to provide collateral for the debts and other obligations of the company, of other companies and businesses;

 

   

to acquire, to operate and to dispose of property, including registered property;

 

   

to acquire, to operate and to dispose of industrial and intellectual property rights,

provided that the objects of the aforementioned companies or businesses see to telecommunication activities,

as well as to carry out all that which is incidental or conducive to the above, in the broadest sense.

Article 4. Capital and shares

 

4.1. The authorised capital shall be ninety-one thousand euros (€ 91,000) and shall be divided into nine hundred and ten (910) shares, each having a nominal value of one hundred euros (€100).

 

4.2. The shares shall be registered and shall be numbered consecutively, starting at 1.

 

4.3. Share certificates shall not be issued by the company.

Article 5. Issue

 

5.1. Shares shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the General Meeting. Furthermore, the resolution shall set out the price and other terms and conditions of issue. The issue price shall not be below par.

 

5.2. The General Meeting may delegate its powers as described in the previous paragraph to another Body, and may revoke this delegation.

 

5.3. Subject to Dutch law, every shareholder shall have a pre-emptive right to any issue of shares on a basis pro rata to the aggregate number of shares held by the shareholder. A pre-emptive right is non-transferable. For any single share issue the pre-emptive right may be limited or precluded by a resolution adopted by the General Meeting.

 

5.4. The provisions in this article are applicable mutatis mutandis to the granting of a right to subscribe to shares.

Article 6. Own shares

 

6.1. On an issue of shares the company is not able to subscribe to its own shares.

 

6.2. The acquisition by the company of its own shares when those shares have not been fully paid up shall be null and void, unless acquired under universal title.

 

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6.3. The company may only acquire its own fully paid-up shares either gratuitously or as specified in Dutch law.

 

6.4. The provisions set out in these articles for the restriction on the transfer of shares are applicable to the company’s disposal of its own shares.

 

6.5. In this article “shares” includes depositary receipts for shares.

Article 7. Financial assistance

 

7.1. The company shall not, with a view to subscribing to or acquiring its own shares or depositary receipts for shares, provide collateral, provide a price guarantee or otherwise guarantee, or bind itself with or on behalf of third parties, whether jointly and severally or otherwise.

 

7.2. The company may provide loans for the purpose of subscribing to or acquiring shares in its own capital, or depositary receipts for shares, only to the extent of its distributable reserves.

 

7.3. The company shall maintain a non-distributable reserve for the outstanding amount of the loans mentioned in the preceding paragraph.

Article 8. Reduction of capital

 

8.1. The General Meeting may resolve to reduce the issued capital by cancelling shares or by amending the articles of association to reduce the nominal amount of the shares.

 

8.2. Dutch law applies to such a resolution and its implementation.

Article 9. The issue of depositary receipts for, the pledging of and the establishment of a right of usufruct over shares

 

9.1. The company shall not cooperate in issuing depositary receipts in respect of shares in the company.

 

9.2. A right of usufruct or a right of pledge may be granted on the shares.

The shareholder without the right to vote and a ususfructory or pledgee with the right to vote have the rights conferred by law upon the holders of depositary receipts issued in return for shares, with the cooperation of the company.

Article 10. Register of shareholders

 

10.1. The Management Board shall keep a register recording the names and addresses of all shareholders, the date on which they acquired the shares, the date of acknowledgement by or service upon the company and the amount paid up on each share. The names and addresses of those who have a right of usufruct or a right of pledge in respect of shares shall also be recorded, stating the date on which they acquired the right and the date of acknowledgement by or service upon the company.

 

10.2. Every shareholder, holder of a right of usufruct or holder of a right of pledge is obliged to ensure that the company is notified of the address of the shareholder or holder of a right of usufruct or pledge.

 

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10.3. The register shall be regularly updated in accordance with Dutch law.

 

10.4. All entries in, copies of, or extracts from the register of shareholders shall be authenticated by a Managing Director.

Article 11. Restriction on the transfer of shares

 

11.1. Shares may be transferred only after the shareholder concerned (“Applicant”) has obtained approval for the intended transfer from the General Meeting.

 

11.2. A request for approval shall be made by means of a letter directed to the Management Board, in which notice shall be given of the number of shares for which the approval is being sought and the names of those to whom the Applicant wishes to make the transfer.

 

11.3. A decision regarding the request shall be made within three months of receipt of the letter described in the previous paragraph. The request shall be deemed to be approved if:

 

   

the Applicant has not been given notice of a decision within the three-month period referred to above; or

 

   

the application has been rejected, but the Applicant was not at the same time given notice of the prospective purchasers designated by the General Meeting (“Designated Prospective Purchasers”) who are willing and able to purchase all the shares included in the application in exchange for payment in cash.

The company may itself be a prospective purchaser only with the consent of the Applicant. If it is established before the lapse of the above-mentioned period that there are circumstances that provide grounds for deeming the request to have been approved, the Management Board shall notify the Applicant thereof at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

11.4. The price to be paid for the shares for which a decision has been requested shall be determined by the parties by mutual consent If the parties fail to reach agreement on this, the price shall be determined by one or more independent experts to be appointed by the Applicant and the Designated Prospective Purchasers by mutual consent. If the parties fail to reach agreement on this within one month of the dispatch of the Management Board’s notification to the Applicant of the identity of and the shares allocated to the Designated Prospective Purchasers, the party most willing to institute proceedings shall request the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce within whose area the company has its seat to appoint three independent experts The experts are authorised to examine all the company’s books and records and to obtain all the information which may assist in the valuation. The experts shall notify the Management Board, within three months of their appointment, of the price determined by them, after which the Management Board shall immediately notify the Applicant and the Designated Prospective Purchasers of this price.

 

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11.5. The Applicant may withdraw the request at any time, provided that this is done within a period of one month after the Applicant has been notified about which Designated Prospective Purchasers the Applicant may sell the shares to, and at what price. A Designated Prospective Purchaser is entitled to withdraw within one month of having been notified of the price. If, after the withdrawal of one or more Designated Prospective Purchasers, the remaining prospective purchasers are not prepared to purchase all shares within two weeks after such withdrawal, it shall be deemed that the approval has been granted.

 

11.6. The shares purchased shall be transferred in exchange for simultaneous payment of the price within one month of the lapse of the period during which the request may be withdrawn.

 

11.7. If an Applicant has not withdrawn the request, the Applicant shall be able to transfer the shares for which approval was sought within a period of three months after the approval was granted or deemed to have been granted.

 

11.8. The fees of the experts described in paragraph 4 above, and the expenses incurred in their appointment, shall be paid:

 

  a. by the Applicant if the withdrawal was requested by the Applicant;

 

  b. by the company if it was a Designated Prospective Purchaser who withdrew; or

 

  c. half by the Applicant and half by the Designated Prospective Purchasers (with each purchaser contributing proportionately to the number of shares purchased) if the shares were purchased by the Designated Prospective Purchasers

 

11.9. If, and to the extent that, a shareholder fails to comply in time with any obligation arising out of the present article, the company is irrevocably authorised to comply with all the obligations described above on behalf of such shareholder. The company may make use of such authorisation, in so far as it concerns the transfer, only after the price payable has been paid to the company on behalf of the Applicant.

 

11.10. The rights attached to the shares with respect to voting and the attendance at meetings cannot be exercised, and the right attached to the shares with respect to distribution shall be suspended, for the period during which the Applicant remains in default of any of the obligations mentioned above.

 

11.11. All notices and other communications sent pursuant to either this article or article 12 shall be sent by registered mail.

 

11.12. In the application of this article the term “shares” shall also imply the right to subscribe to shares.

 

11.13. The provisions of this article do not apply if the holder is obliged by Dutch law to transfer the share to a former holder.

 

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Article 12. Obligatory offer

 

12.1. If:

 

   

shares are acquired through legal merger or division, unless the merger or division has not resulted in a change of control as defined, regardless of applicability, in the Socio-Economic Council’s Resolution on the Regulations Governing the Conduct of Mergers, 2000 (S.E.R. -besluit Fusiegedragsregels 2000; hereinafter “Merger Regulations”);

 

   

a shareholder is declared bankrupt or is granted a moratorium on making payments;

 

   

a shareholder that is a legal entity has a change of control as defined, regardless of applicability, in the Merger Regulations; or

 

   

a shareholder holding one or more shares is a legal entity, general partnership (vennootschap onder firma), limited partnership (commanditaire vennootschap) or any other type of partnership (vennootschap) and is dissolved,

then the shares concerned or all the shares belonging to the shareholder concerned shall be transferred to the prospective purchasers who were designated by the General Meeting and who are willing and able to acquire all the shares in exchange for a payment in cash.

 

12.2. The shareholder concerned shall notify the Management Board of the occurrence of the events described in the previous paragraph within thirty days of the occurrence thereof.

 

12.3. The shares shall be transferred to the Designated Prospective Purchasers one month after the Management Board has given to the persons who are obliged to transfer written notice of both the names of the Designated Prospective Purchasers and the price.

 

12.4. The obligation to offer the shares for sale does not apply in the event of a legal merger as defined in article 2:333, of the Dutch Civil Code.

 

12.5. The provisions of the previous article shall, as much as possible, be applicable mutatis mutandis, except that the person obliged to make the transfer shall not be authorised to withdraw the request and shall not, should the General Meeting not designate a prospective purchaser as described in paragraph 1 above, be authorised to freely transfer the shares concerned, in which case such person may retain the shares concerned.

Article 13. Transfer of shares

 

13.1. The issue and transfer of a share, or the transfer or waiver of a limited right to a share, require a deed which has been executed before a civil-law notary practising in the Netherlands and to which all persons involved are a party.

 

13.2.

The transfer of a share, or the transfer or waiver of a limited right to a share, in accordance with the provisions of the previous paragraph shall also, by operation of Dutch law, be legally binding on the company. Except in the

 

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  event that the company itself is a party to the legal transaction, the rights accruing to the share may not be exercised until the company has either acknowledged this legal transaction or been served with the deed of transfer in accordance with Dutch law.

Article 14. Management Board

 

14.1. The company has a Management Board consisting of one or more members and a chairman of the Board. The number of Managing Directors shall be laid down by the general meeting.

 

14.2. Managing Directors shall be appointed by the general meeting. The chairman shall be appointed in this capacity by the General Meeting.

 

14.3. Managing Directors may be suspended or dismissed by the General Meeting at any time.

 

14.4. The total period of a suspension, including any extensions, may last no longer than three months.

 

14.5. The remuneration and other terms and conditions for the appointment of each individual Managing Director shall be determined by the General Meeting.

Article 15. Adoption of resolutions by the Management Board

 

15.1. The Management Board shall adopt resolutions by an absolute majority of the total number of votes to be cast by all the Managing Directors.

In case of a tie in voting the proposal will be rejected, unless more that two Managing Directors are present or represented at the meeting in that case the chairman has a casting vote.

 

15.2. In meetings of the Management Board each Managing Director shall be entitled to cast one vote.

 

15.3. Managing Directors may only be represented in meetings of the Management Board by another Managing Director pursuant to a written power of attorney.

 

15.4. The Management Board may also adopt resolutions without convening a meeting, provided that all Managing Directors have been consulted and none of them have raised an objection to adopt resolutions in this manner.

 

15.5. Subject to the prior approval of the General Meeting shall be all Management Board resolutions concerning such acts as determined and clearly defined by the General Meeting and brought to the attention of the Management Board in writing

The absence of the approval as defined in this paragraph shall not affect the powers of the Management Board or of the Managing Directors to represent the company.

Article 16. Unavailability or inability to act of a Managing Director

 

16.1. If a Managing Director is unavailable or unable to act, then the management of the company shall be vested in the remaining Managing Director or Managing Directors If no Managing Director is available or able to act, the management of the company shall be temporarily vested in a person appointed for that purpose by the General Meeting.

 

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Article 17. Representation of the company

 

17.1. The Management Board represents the company to the extent that the contrary does not follow from the law. The authority to represent shall vest exclusively in:

 

   

the Management Board;

 

   

any one of the Managing Directors.

 

17.2. If there is a conflict of interest between the company and any Managing Director, regardless of whether this Managing Director is acting in a private, official or other capacity, the company shall continue to be represented in the manner described in the previous paragraph. Any such Managing Director shall remain authorised to represent the company. The general meeting shall always have the power to designate one or more other persons for such purpose.

Article 18. Financial year, annual accounts and annual report

 

18.1. The company’s financial year shall be concurrent with the calendar year.

 

18.2. The Management Board shall prepare the annual accounts, which shall consist of the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement with explanatory notes. The annual accounts shall be prepared within five months of the end of each financial year, unless the General Meeting grants an extension to a maximum of six months in special circumstances. The annual accounts require the signatures of all the Managing Directors The absence of a signature, and the reason therefore, shall be expressly stated. Unless the provisions of article 2:403 of the Dutch Civil Code are applicable to the company, the Management Board shall also prepare an annual report within the above-mentioned period.

 

18.3. If, and to the extent that, any relevant provision of Dutch law is applicable to the company, the General Meeting shall retain a registered accountant or a firm of registered accountants, as defined in article 2:393, paragraph 1, of the Dutch Civil Code, to examine the annual accounts and, if prepared, the annual report prepared by the Management Board, in order to write a report and to provide a statement thereon.

 

18.4. The annual accounts shall be adopted by the General Meeting.

 

18.5. If, and to the extent that, it is required under Dutch law, the company is obliged to make the annual accounts publicly available at the Trade Register

Article 19. Appropriation of profits

 

19.1. The company may make distributions to the shareholders and other persons entitled to the distributable profits, to the extent the equity of the company exceeds the paid-up and called-up part of the company’s equity, plus the reserves which must be maintained under Dutch law.

 

19.2. The profits evidenced by the profit and loss statement adopted by the General Meeting shall be at the disposal of the General Meeting.

 

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19.3. The company may make interim distributions of profit or other types of distributions, if the provisions as set out in paragraph 1 above have been complied with and the resolution to make such a distribution has been adopted by the General Meeting.

 

19.4. There shall be no distribution of profits on shares or depositary receipts for shares held by the company in its own capital.

 

19.5. The shares and depositary receipts for shares for which no distribution will be made as described in paragraph 4 above shall be disregarded when calculating the distribution of profits.

 

19.6. The right to receive a distribution shall expire five years from the day on which such a distribution became payable.

Article 20. Shareholders meetings

 

20.1. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held every year within six months after the end of the financial year. In this meeting the following, amongst other matters, shall be brought up for consideration:

 

   

the annual report;

 

   

the adoption of the annual accounts;

 

   

the granting of discharge to the Managing Director(s) from liability for actions in respect of his/their management during the preceding financial year;

 

   

if required by Dutch law, the instruction of an expert as referred to in article 2:393 of the Dutch Civil Code; and

 

   

the language in which the next annual report and the items of the next annual accounts shall be stated and the currency.

The six-month time period mentioned above does not apply if the period laid down in the above Article 18.2, has been extended in accordance with the provisions set out in the said article.

 

20.2. If holders of shares represent, jointly or severally, at least one percent (1%) of the issued capital, have asked in writing to add one or more items to the agenda of a general meeting of shareholders, such item(s) will be incorporated in the notice convening the general meeting of shareholders, provided that (i) the request is submitted prior to thirty days before the general meeting and (ii) that addressing the items at the meeting will not be contrary to the substantial interests of the company. An electronic request is also considered to be a request in writing within the meaning of the preceding sentence.

 

20.3. The General Meeting of Shareholders shall be held in the municipality where the company has its registered seat.

 

20.4. The notice convening of those entitled to attend meetings shall be issued by the Management Board or one of the Managing Directors, by means of convening letters which must be despatched no later than on the fifteenth day before the date of the meeting.

 

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20.5. The convening letters shall set out the place, date and time of the meeting and the matters to be considered.

The convening letters shall be despatched to the addresses recorded in the register of shareholders.

If one or more convening notices which have been despatched in accordance with the stipulations set out above, fail to reach their destination, this fact shall not affect the validity of the general meeting of shareholders, or the resolutions to be adopted therein.

 

20.6. The General Meeting of Shareholders shall appoint its own chairman.

 

20.7. Minutes shall be taken of the matters dealt with in a General Meeting of Shareholders unless a notarial record of the proceedings is drawn up. The minutes shall be entered into a register maintained for that purpose and require the adoption and signature of the chairman of the meeting and the secretary of the meeting, who shall be appointed by the chairman at the commencement of the meeting The minutes or the notarial record of the proceedings shall serve as evidence of the resolutions adopted in the General Meeting of Shareholders

Article 21. Adoption of resolutions in a General Meeting of Shareholders

 

21.1. Each person entitled to attend meetings, either in person or by means of a person holding a written proxy, shall be entitled to attend general meetings of shareholders and to address that meeting. The Managing Director(s) shall have an advisory vote at the general meetings of shareholders in that capacity.

 

21.2. In order to be able to participate in the voting, those entitled to attend meetings with the right to vote or their representatives must sign the attendance book, recording the number of shares represented by them.

 

21.3. Every share entitles the holder thereof to cast one vote

 

21.4. In a General Meeting of Shareholders, no votes may be cast for shares held by the company or by any subsidiary thereof, nor may votes be cast for a share for which either of them holds a depositary receipt for a share.

 

21.5. The sum of the shares for which no voting rights may be exercised according to Dutch law shall be disregarded in determining the extent to which the shareholders are entitled to vote, are present or represented, or to which extent the share capital is provided or represented.

 

21.6. Resolutions passed in a General Meeting of Shareholders shall be adopted by an absolute majority of the votes cast. Blank votes shall be deemed not to have been cast.

 

21.7. The votes shall be cast orally at the General Meeting of Shareholders, unless the chairman of the meeting decides otherwise.

 

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21.8. In case of a tie in the vote, the proposal shall be deemed to have been rejected.

 

21.9. In a General Meeting of Shareholders in which the entire issued capital is represented valid resolutions can be adopted provided that they are adopted unanimously, even if the requirements in respect of the convening and holding of meetings have not been complied with.

 

21.10. The Management Board shall keep a record of the adopted resolutions. This record shall be made available at the company’s office for inspection by those entitled to attend meetings. Each of these persons shall, upon request, be provided with a copy of or extract from this record at no more than the actual costs.

Article 22. Adoption of resolutions outside a General Meeting of Shareholders

 

22.1. Shareholders may also adopt resolutions without convening a meeting of shareholders, provided that all the shareholders have declared in writing (including telegrams, telexes and telecopier) to be in favour of the resolution and provided that the Managing Director(s) have had the opportunity to cast an advisory vote.

The provisions of the previous sentence are not applicable if, apart from shareholders, there are others entitled to attend meetings.

Article 23. Merger, division, amendment to the articles of association, dissolution

 

23.1. The General Meeting may resolve to merge the company, to divide the company, to amend the articles of association or to dissolve the company.

 

23.2. The persons who convened a General Meeting of Shareholders in which a proposal to adopt a resolution to amend the articles of association is to be considered, must deposit a copy of the proposal, citing the verbatim text of the proposed amendment, for examination at the offices of the company until after the close of the meeting.

Those entitled to attend meetings must be given the opportunity to obtain a copy of the proposal described in the previous sentence as from the day on which the convening notice for that meeting is despatched until the day of the general meeting of shareholders.

Such copies shall be provided free of charge.

 

23.3. In the event that a resolution to dissolve the company is adopted, the liquidation shall be arranged by the Management Board, unless the court should appoint another liquidator or other liquidators. If a resolution to liquidate the company is passed, a resolution regarding the remuneration to be paid to the liquidator, or the joint liquidators, must be passed at the same time.

 

23.4. The articles of association shall, as far as possible, remain effective during the process of liquidation.

 

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23.5. The liquidation surplus shall be distributed to shareholders and other parties entitled thereto in proportion to their respective rights.

 

23.6. After the liquidation has been completed, the books and records of the dissolved company shall remain in the custody of a person to be appointed for that purpose by the General Meeting for a period of seven years.

Final statement

Finally the persons appearing declared that according to a ministerial order which is to be attached to this instrument, the ministerial declaration of no-objection has been granted on the [    ] two thousand and seven under number B.V. 1031091.

CONCLUSION

The person appearing in connection with this deed is known to me, a civil-law notary, and the identity of the person appearing has been established by me, a civil-law notary, on the basis of the above-mentioned document which is designated for such purpose.

THIS DEED

is executed in Amsterdam on the date stated at the head of the deed.

The substance of this deed and an explanation of the deed have been communicated to the person appearing, who has expressly taken cognisance of its contents and has agreed to its limited reading.

After a limited reading in accordance with the law, this deed was signed by the person appearing and by me, a civil-law notary.

 

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EX-3.116 112 dex3116.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING NETWORKS B.V. Articles of Incorporation of GC Pan European Crossing Networks B.V.

Exhibit 3.116

English Translation

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF: GC PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING NETWORKS B.V. AS THEY READ AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE DEED OF AMENDMENT OF THESE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION BEFORE A DEPUTY OF STEVEN PERRICK, CIVIL LAW NOTARY IN AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, ON 4 JULY 2003.

Article 1. Definitions

In these articles of association the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

 

 

constituent body: the Management Board of the general meeting;

 

 

general meeting: the constituent body formed by shareholders;

 

 

general meeting of shareholders: the meeting of shareholders;

 

 

Managing Director(s): Managing Director(s) as meant in Netherlands law;

 

 

Management Board: the constituent body formed by Managing Directors.

Article 2. Name and seat

 

2.1. The name of the company is:

GC Pan European Crossing Networks B.V.

 

2.2. The company has its registered office in Hilversum.

Article 3. Objects

The objects of the company are:

 

 

to provide advisory and supporting services on the construction, exploitation and management of European telecommunication-cablenetworks;

 

 

to construct, extend, acquire and operate European telecommunication-cablenetworks;

 

 

to maintain and to perform operations to telecommunication-cablenetworks; collaboration with, conducting the management of and providing advice and other services to companies or other enterprises;

 

 

the acquisition, exploitation and disposal of (registered) property;

 

 

the acquisition, exploitation and disposal of industrial and intellectual property rights,

as well as performing all of that which is incidental to the above or which could be conducive thereto, in the broadest sense of the words.

Article 4. Capital and shares

 

4.1. The authorised capital amounts to twenty thousand euro (€ 20,000) and is divided into two hundred (200) shares with a nominal value of one hundred euro(€ 100).

 

4.2. The shares are registered and are numbered consecutively from 1 onwards.

 

4.3. The company shall not issue share certificates.

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Article 5. Issue

 

5.1. The issue of shares is effected by virtue of a resolution adopted by the general meeting.

Such a resolution shall also set out the rates and other terms and conditions of issue.

The rate of issue may not be below par.

 

5.2. The general meeting may delegate its powers in this respect to another constituent body and may revoke such delegation.

 

5.3. Without prejudice to any provision of Netherlands law, every shareholder shall have a pre-emptive right on any issue of shares “pro rata” to the aggregate amount of his shares.

The pre-emptive right is non-transferable.

The pre-emptive right may, but only in respect of individual issues of shares, be limited or excluded by virtue of a resolution adopted by the general meeting.

 

5.4. The provisions of the above subsections are applicable “mutates mutandis” to the granting of a right to subscribe for shares.

Article 6. Own shares

 

6.1. The company may not subscribe for shares in its own capital upon the issue of shares.

 

6.2. The acquisition by the company of not fully paid-up shares in its own capital shall be null and void, unless such shares are acquired under general title.

 

6.3. The company may only acquire fully paid-up shares in its own capital under gratuitous title or in accordance with Netherlands law.

 

6.4. The provisions set out below for the restriction on the transfer of shares are applicable to the disposal of shares which the company holds in its own capital.

 

6.5. “Shares” as used in this article shall include depositary receipts issued in respect thereof.

Article 7.

 

7.1. The company may not provide collateral, guarantee the price, otherwise guarantee or otherwise bind itself jointly and severally with or on behalf of third parties, for the purpose of subscription to or acquisition of shares in its own capital, or of depository receipts issued in respect thereof.

 

7.2. Loans for the purpose of subscription to, or acquisition of shares in its own capital, or depositary receipts issued in respect thereof, may be provided by the company only to the extent of its distributable reserves.

 

7.3. The company shall maintain a non-distributable reserve for the outstanding amount of the loans mentioned in the preceding subsection.

 

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Article 8. Reduction of capital

 

8.1. The general meeting may resolve to reduce the issued capital by cancellation of shares or by reduction of the nominal amount of the shares by amendment of the articles of association.

 

8.2. The provisions of Netherlands law are applicable to the resolution described above and the execution thereof.

Article 9. The issue of depositary receipts for, the pledging of and the establishment of a right of usufruct on shares

 

9.1. The company shall not cooperate in issuing depositary receipts in respect of shares in the company.

 

9.2. A right of usufruct, or a right of pledge, may be granted on shares. Voting rights may not be attributed to a usufructuary or a pledgee of shares.

 

9.3. Contrary to the previous paragraph, voting rights accrue to a usufructuary or a pledgee provided that this was determined at the establishment of the right of usufruct or right of pledge and provided that:

 

  a. in the event of the establishment of a right of usufruct, both this provision and – in the event of a transfer of such right of usufruct – the transfer of the voting rights are approved by the general meeting;

 

  b. in the event of the establishment of a right of pledge, the establishment of such right of pledge is approved by the general meeting.

Voting rights only accrue to a person that succeeds to the rights of a pledgee, if the general meeting approves the transfer of the voting rights.

Article 10. Register of shareholders

 

10.1. The Management Board shall keep a register recording the names and addresses of all shareholders, stating the date on which the acquired the shares, the date of acknowledgement by, or service upon the company, and the amount paid up on each share.

The names and addresses of those persons who have a right of usufruct or pledge in respect of shares shall also be recorded, stating the date on which the acquired the right, the date of acknowledgement by, or service upon, the company.

 

10.2. All shareholders, usufructuaries and pledgees are obliged to ensure that the company has been notified of their address.

 

10.3. The register shall be regularly updated in accordance with Netherlands law.

 

10.4. All entries in, copies of, or extracts from, the register of shareholders shall be authenticated by a Managing Director.

Article 11. Restriction on the transfer of shares.

 

11.1. Shares may be transferred only after the shareholder concerned (“the requestor”) has obtained approval for the intended transfer from the general meeting.

 

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11.2. The approval shall be applied for by means of a letter directed to the Management Board setting out the number of shares for which the approval is being sought and the name of the person to whom the requestor wishes to make the transfer.

 

11.3. A decision on the request must be made within three months after receipt of the letter described in the previous subsection.

The request shall be deemed to have been approved if:

 

   

the requestor has not yet been notified of a decision within the three-month period referred to above, or

 

   

together with a rejection of the request, the requestor has not been notified of (a) prospective purchaser(s) designated by the general meeting (the “designated prospective purchaser”) who is (are) willing and able to purchase all the shares included in the request against payment in cash.

The company itself may be prospective purchaser only with the consent of the requestor.

If, before the lapse of the above-mentioned period, it has already been established that there are circumstances on the grounds of which the request is deemed to have been approved, the Management Board shall notify the requestor thereof at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

11.4. The price to be paid for the shares for which a decision is being sought shall be determined by the parties by mutual consent.

If the parties fail to reach agreement on this, the price shall be determined by one or more independent experts to be appointed by the requestor and the designated prospective purchasers by mutual consent.

If the parties fail to reach agreement on this within on month of the despatch of the notification to the requestor from the Management Board notifying him of the designated prospective purchaser(s) and the shares allocated to him or them, the party most willing to institute proceedings shall request the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, within whose area the company has its registered office, to appoint three independent experts.

The experts are authorised to examine all the company’s books and records and to obtain all the information which may assist in the valuation.

The experts shall notify the Management Board, within three months after their appointment, of the price determined by them, where after the Management Board shall immediately notify the requestor and the designated prospective purchaser(s) of this price.

 

11.5. The requestor may withdraw his request at any time, provided this is done within a period of one month after he has been notified to which designated prospective purchaser(s) he may sell the shares, and at what price.

 

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A designated prospective purchaser is entitled to withdraw within one month of having been notified of the price.

If, after the withdrawal of one or more designated prospective purchasers, the remaining prospective purchasers are not prepared to purchase all shares within two weeks after such withdrawal, the approval shall be deemed to be granted.

 

11.6. The shares purchased must be transferred against simultaneous payment of the price within one month after the period during which the request can be withdrawn has lapsed.

 

11.7. If he has not withdrawn his request, the requestor can transfer the shares for which the approval has been sought, within three months after approval has been granted, or is deemed to have been granted.

 

11.8. The expenses incurred in connection with the appointment of the experts described above in subsection 4 and their fees shall be for the account of:

 

  a. the requestor if he withdraws his request;

 

  b. the company if the designated prospective purchaser(s) withdraw(s);

 

  c. if the shares have been purchased by the designated prospective purchaser(s), the requestor for fifty percent (50%) and the designated prospective purchaser(s) for the other half, in the sense that each purchaser shall contribute to the costs in proportion to the number of shares purchased by him.

 

11.9. If, and tot the extent that, a shareholder fails to comply with any obligation arising out of the present article in time, the company is irrevocably authorised to comply with all the obligations described above on behalf of such shareholder.

The company may make use of such authorization, in as far as it concerns the transfer, only after price payable has been paid for benefit of the requestor to the company.

 

11.10. The rights attached to the shares with respect to voting and the attendance of meetings can not be exercised and the right attached to the shares with respect to distribution is suspended for the period during which the requestor remains in default to comply with any of the obligations in pursuance of the above.

 

11.11. All notices and other communications pursuant to this article and to article 12 shall be sent by registered mail.

 

11.12. For the application of this article the term “shares” shall also imply the right to subscribe for shares.

 

11.13. The provisions of this article do not apply if the holder is obliged under Netherlands law to transfer his share to a former holder.

Article 12.

 

12.1. In the event of:

 

   

acquisition of shares through inheritance;

 

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acquisition of shares through legal merger or division, unless as a result of that no change of control occurs in the sense of the “S.E.R. – besluit Fusiegedragsregels 1975”, regardless of its applicability;

 

   

the involuntary liquidation of a shareholder or of a shareholder being granted a moratorium of payments;

 

   

change of control over a shareholder, which is a legal entity, in the sense of the “S.E.R.- besluit Fusiegedragsregels 1975”, regardless of its applicability,

the shares concerned or all shares belonging to the shareholders concerned must be transferred to (a) prospective purchaser(s) designated by the general meeting who is willing and able to acquire all the shares against payment in cash.

 

12.2. The shareholder(s) concerned must notify the Management Board of the occurrence of the events described in the previous subsection within thirty days after the occurrence thereof.

 

12.3. The shares must be transferred to the designated prospective purchaser(s) within one month after the Management Board has notified in writing the person(s) who is (are) obliged to transfer of both the name(s) of the designated prospective purchaser(s) and the price.

 

12.4. The obligation to transfer the shares does not apply in the event of a legal merger as defined in section 2:333 of the Netherlands Civil Code.

 

12.5. In as far possible, the provisions of the previous article shall be applicable “mutatis mutandis”, to the extent, however, that the person obliged to make a transfer is not authorised to withdraw his request, and that, if the general meeting does not designate (a) prospective purchaser(s) as described in subsection 1 above the person obliged to make a transfer shall not be authorized to transfer the shares concerned freely and is authorised to retain the shares concerned.

Article 13. Transfer of shares

 

13.1. The issue and transfer of a share, or the transfer of a limited right to a share, requires a deed executed before a notary officiating in the Netherlands, to which all persons involved are party.

 

13.2. The transfer of a share, or the transfer of a limited right to a share, in accordance with the provisions of the previous section shall, by operation of Netherlands law, have effect against the company.

Save in the event that the company itself is party to the legal transaction, the rights accruing to the share may not be exercised before the company has acknowledged this legal transaction or before the deed of transfer is served upon it in accordance with Netherlands law.

 

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Article 14. Management board

 

14.1. The company has a Management Board consisting of one or more members and a chairman of the Board. The number of Managing Directors shall be laid down by the general meeting.

 

14.2. Managing Directors shall be appointed by the general meeting. The chairman shall be appointed in this capacity by the general meeting.

 

14.3. Managing Directors may be suspended or dismissed by the general meeting at all times.

 

14.4. A suspension may last no longer than three months in total, even after it has been extended one or more times.

 

14.5. The remuneration of and other terms and conditions upon which each individual Managing Director is appointed, shall be laid down by the general meeting.

Article 15.

 

15.1. The Management Board shall adopt resolutions by an absolute majority of the total number of votes to be cast by all the Managing Directors. In case of a tie in voting the proposal will be rejected, unless more than two Managing Directors are present or represented at the meeting in that case the chairman has a casting vote.

 

15.2. In meetings of the Management Board each Managing Director shall be entitled to cast one vote.

 

15.3. Managing Directors may only be represented in meetings of the Management Board by a fellow-Managing Director pursuant to a written power of attorney.

 

15.4. The Management Board may also adopt resolutions without convening a meeting, provided that all the Managing Directors have been consulted and that none of them have objected to adopting resolutions in this matter.

 

15.5. All resolutions to be adopted by the Management Board concerning such legal acts as shall be determined and clearly defined by the general meeting and brought to the attention of the Managing Board in writing, are subject to the prior approval of the general meeting.

The absence of the approval defined in this paragraph shall not affect the powers of the Managing Board or the Managing Directors to represent the company.

Article 16.

In the event that one or more Managing Directors is/are absent or prevented from acting, the management of the company shall be vested in the remaining managing directors or the sole Managing Director.

In the event that all the managing directors are, or the sole Managing Director is absent or prevented from acting, the management of the company shall temporarily be vested in a person appointed for that purpose by the general meeting.

 

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Article 17. Representation.

 

17.1. To the extent that Netherlands law does not provide otherwise, the company shall be represented by:

 

   

either the Management Board;

 

   

or any of the managing directors.

 

17.2. In the event that the company having a conflict of interests with one or more managing directors in his or their official capacity, private capacity or otherwise, the company shall continue to be represented in the manner described in paragraph 1 above.

The managing director(s) concerned is/are also authorized to represent the company.

Article 18. Financial year, annual accounts, annual report.

 

18.1. The company’s financial year shall be concurrent with the calendar year.

 

18.2. The Management Board shall prepare the annual accounts (consisting of the balance-sheet and profit and loss account with explanatory notes thereto) within five months of the end of each financial year, unless such a period is extended by the general meeting with a maximum of six months on account of special circumstances.

The annual accounts shall be signed by all the Managing Directors.

If one or more of their signatures is missing, this shall be stated giving the reason therefore.

Unless the provisions of section 2:403 of the Netherlands Civil Code are applicable to the company, the Management Board shall also prepare an annual report within the above-mentioned period.

 

18.3. If, and to the extent that, on that subject any provisions of Netherlands law are applicable to the company, the general meeting shall instruct a registered accountant or a firm of registered accountants as defined in section 2:393, subsection 1 of the Netherlands Civil Code, to examine the annual accounts and – if this has been prepared – the annual report prepared by the Management Board, to write a report thereon and to issue a certificate therefore.

 

18.4. The annual accounts shall be adopted by the general meeting. Without prejudice to that which is laid down in Netherlands law, the unconditional adoption of the annual accounts shall constitute a discharge from liability in respect of the Management Board for the acts performed by it during the financial year concerned.

 

18.5. If, and to the extent that, it is required under Netherlands law, the company is obliged to make the annual accounts public at the Commercial Register.

Article 19. Appropriation of profits

 

19.1. The company may make distributions to the shareholders and other persons entitled to the distributable profits only to the extent that the company’s shareholders’ equity exceeds the paid-up and called-up part of the company’s capital, plus the reserves which must be maintained under Netherlands law.

 

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19.2. The profits evidenced by the profit and loss accounts adopted by the general meeting shall be at the disposal of the general meeting.

 

19.3. The company may make interim (profit)-distributions only to the extent that the stipulations set out in subsection 1 above have been complied with, and provided that it has obtained the prior approval of the general meeting.

 

19.4. There shall be no distribution of profits in favour of the company on shares or depositary receipts issued in respect thereof, which the company has acquired in its own capital.

 

19.5. In computing the distribution of profits, the shares or depositary receipts issued in respect thereof on which no distribution shall be made in favour of the company in pursuance of the provisions of subsection 4 above, shall be disregarded.

 

19.6. The right to receive a distribution shall be precluded after the lapse of five years, to be calculated from the day on which such a distribution became payable.

Article 20. Meetings of shareholders

 

20.1. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held every year within six months after the end of the financial year.

In this meeting the following shall at any rate be considered, unless the period laid down in article 18, subsection 2 above is extended in conformity with the provisions set out in the said article:

 

   

the annual report;

 

   

the adoption of the annual accounts;

 

   

the instruction to an expert as referred to in section 2:393 of the Netherlands Civil Code, if obligatory under Netherlands law;

 

   

the language in which the items of the next annual accounts shall be stated and the currency.

 

20.2. The general meeting of shareholders shall be held in the municipality where the company has its registered office.

 

20.3. The notice convening the shareholders shall be issued by the Management Board, or one of the Managing Directors, by means of convening letters which must be despatched no later than on the fifteenth day before the date of the meeting.

 

20.4. The convening letters shall set out the place, date and time of the meeting and the matters to be considered.

The convening letters shall be despatched to the addresses recorded in the register of shareholders.

If one or more convening notices which have been despatched in accordance with the stipulations set out above, fail to reach their destination, this fact shall not affect the validity of the general meeting of shareholders, or the resolutions to be adopted therein.

 

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20.5. The general meeting of shareholders shall appoint its own chairman.

 

20.6. Minutes shall be drawn up of the matters dealt with in a general meeting of shareholders unless a notarial record is drawn up of the proceedings.

The minutes shall be entered into a register intended for that purpose and shall be adopted and signed by the chairman of the meeting and by the secretary of the meeting to be appointed by the chairman at the commencement of the meeting.

The minutes or the notarial record of the proceedings shall serve as evidence of the resolutions adopted in the general meeting of shareholders.

Article 21.

 

21.1. All shareholders, either in person or by means of a person holding a written proxy, shall be entitled to attend general meetings of shareholders and to address that meeting. The Managing Director(s) shall have an advisory vote at the general meetings of shareholders in that capacity.

 

21.2. In order to be able to participate in the voting, the shareholders or their representatives must sign the attendance book, recording the number of shares represented by them.

 

21.3. Every share entitles the holder thereof to cast one vote.

 

21.4. In general meetings of shareholders, no votes may be cast for shares belonging to the company or to any subsidiary thereof, nor may votes be cast for a share for which either of them holds depositary receipts.

 

21.5. Usufructuaries and pledgee of shares belonging to the company or to any subsidiary thereof, however may cast votes for a share if the right of usufruct or the right of pledge was established before this share belonged to the company or to any subsidiary thereof. The company or any subsidiary thereof in favour of whom a right of usufruct or a right of pledge was established, may not cast any votes for these shares.

 

21.6. The sum of the shares in respect whereof, according to the provisions in Netherlands law, no voting-rights may be exercised, shall be disregarded in determining extent to which the shareholders entitled to vote, are present or represented, or to which extent the share capital is provided or represented.

 

21.7. Resolutions passed in a general meetings of shareholders shall be adopted by an absolute majority of the votes cast.

Blank votes shall be deemed not to have been cast.

 

21.8. Voting shall be done orally, unless the chairman of the general meeting of shareholders decides otherwise.

 

21.9. In case of an equal division the proposal shall be deemed to be rejected.

 

21.10.

In a general meeting of shareholders in which the entire issued capital is represented, resolutions which are valid in Netherlands law may be adopted,

 

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  even if the requirements in respect of the convening and holding of meetings have not been complied with, provided such resolutions are adopted unanimously.

 

21.11. The Management Board of the company shall keep a record of its adopted resolutions. Such record shall be available at the office of the company for inspection by the shareholders. Each of them shall, upon request, be provided with a copy or extract from such record at no more than cost.

Article 22.

Shareholders may also adopt resolutions without convening a meeting of shareholders, provided that all the shareholders have declared in writing (including telegrams, telexes and telecopier) to be in favour of the resolution and provided that the Managing Director(s) has (have) had the opportunity to cast an advisory vote.

Article 23. Merger, division, amendment to the articles of association, dissolution

 

23.1. The general meeting may resolve to merge, to divide the company to amend the articles of association, or to dissolve the company.

 

23.2. The persons who convened a general meeting of shareholders in which a proposal to adopt a resolution to amend the articles of association is to be considered, must deposit a copy of the proposal, citing the verbatim text of the proposed amendment, for examination at the offices of the company until after the close of the meeting.

The shareholders must be given the opportunity to obtain a copy of the proposal described in the previous sentence as from the day on which the convening notice for that meeting is despatched until the day of the general meeting of shareholders.

Such copies shall be provided free of charge.

 

23.3. In the event that a resolution to dissolve the company is adopted, the liquidation shall be arranged by the Management Board, unless the court should appoint another liquidator or other liquidators.

The remuneration to be paid to the liquidator, or the joint liquidators, shall be resolved simultaneously with a resolution to liquidate the company.

 

23.4. The articles of association shall remain effective during the course of liquidation in as far as possible.

 

23.5. The liquidation surplus shall be distributed to shareholders and other parties entitled thereto in proportion to their respective rights.

 

23.6. After the liquidation has been completed, the books and documents of the dissolved company shall remain in the possession of a person to be appointed for that purpose by the general meeting for a period of seven years.

Article 24. Transitory provision

The company’s first financial year shall end on the thirty-first day of December two thousand one.

 

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EX-3.117 113 dex3117.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PEC NEDERLAND B.V. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V.

Exhibit 3.117

English Translation

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF   IL/6003595/359686.dlt
GLOBAL CROSSING PEC NEDERLAND B.V.  

with its registered office in Huizen, as amended by deed of amendment executed on 18 April 2006 before Mr. H.B.H. Kraak, civil-law notary in Amsterdam, in respect of which amendment the Minister of Justice declared on 10 April 2006 under no. B.V. 1060602 that no objections had been received.

Definitions

Article 1.

The following terms in these Articles of Association shall have the meanings listed below:

 

 

body: the management board or the general meeting;

 

 

general meeting: the body that is formed by shareholders;

 

 

persons with rights to attend meetings: shareholders and usufructuaries and pledgees, provided that the latter have voting rights, or the rights that are conferred by law to the holders of depositary receipts for shares issued with the concurrence of the company;

 

 

general meeting of shareholders: meeting of shareholders;

 

 

director(s): the manager(s) within the meaning of the law;

 

 

management board: the body formed by the director(s).

Name and seat

Article 2.

 

1. The name of the company is:

Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V.

 

2. The company has its registered office in Huizen.

Objects

Article 3.

The objects of the company are:

 

 

the building, making operational and maintaining of telecommunications networks, the installing of and providing for telecommunications services in the Netherlands;

 

 

the acquiring, exploiting and alienating of (registered) property;

 

 

the acquiring, exploiting and alienating of industrial and intellectual property rights;

 

 

the providing of security for debts and other obligations of the company or other companies or enterprises affiliated thereto in a group or of third parties,

 

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provided that the object of the aforesaid companies or enterprises should pertain to telecommunications activities,

and performing all actions that are related to, arise out of, or may be conducive to the foregoing, all the above in the broadest sense.

Capital and shares

Article 4.

 

1. The authorized capital amounts to two-hundred thousand Dutch guilders (NLG 200,000,—) and is divided into two-thousand (2,000) shares with a nominal value of one-hundred Dutch guilders

(NLG 100,—).

 

2. The shares are registered shares and have been consecutively numbered from 1.

 

3. The company shall issue no share certificates.

Issue

Article 5.

 

1. The issue of shares will be effected pursuant to a resolution of the general meeting that also contains the price and other terms of issue.

The price of issue should not be below par.

 

2. The general meeting may transfer its power mentioned in the previous paragraph to another body and may revoke this transfer.

 

3. On the issue of shares each shareholder has a pre-emptive right in proportion to the aggregate amount of his shares subject to the provisions in the law.

The pre-emptive right is not transferable.

The pre-emptive right may, for each successive issue, be restricted or excluded by a resolution of the general meeting.

 

4. The provisions in the previous paragraphs of this Article will apply accordingly to the granting of rights to subscribe to shares.

Shares in the company’s own capital

Article 6.

 

1. Upon the issue of shares the company cannot acquire no shares in its own capital.

 

2. Acquisition by the company of shares in its own capital not fully paid is void, unless the shares are acquired under universal title.

 

3. The company may only acquire fully paid shares in its own capital for no consideration or subject to the provisions in the law.

 

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4. With regard to selling shares held by the company in its own capital the provisions in the blocking clause in these Articles of Association are applicable.

 

5. For purposes of application of this Article shares are taken to include depositary receipts.

Article 7.

 

1. The company is not permitted, in view of subscribing to or acquiring shares in its own capital or depositary receipts for those shares, provide security, give a price guarantee, warrant performance by or bind itself jointly or severally or in addition to or on behalf of others.

 

2. The company may only provide loans in view of subscribing to or acquiring shares in its own capital or depositary receipts for those shares up to the amount of the reserves available for distribution.

 

3. The company will retain a reserve not available for distribution up to the outstanding amount of the loans mentioned in the previous paragraph.

Reduction of capital

Article 8.

 

1. The general meeting may resolve to reduce the issued capital by withdrawing shares or by reducing the amount of the shares by amendment to the Articles of Association.

 

2. The aforesaid resolution and the implementation thereof are subject to the provisions in the law.

Conversion, pledging and creation of usufruct on shares

Article 9.

 

1. The company will not give its cooperation to the issue of depositary receipts for shares of the company.

 

2. A usufruct or right of pledge may be created on shares.

The shareholder who has no voting right and the usufructuary or pledgee who has a voting right will have the rights conferred by the law to the holders of depositary receipts issued with the concurrence of the company.

Shareholders’ register

Article 10.

 

1. The management board will keep a register containing the names and addresses of all holders of shares while stating the date on which they acquired the shares, the date of acknowledgement or service, and the amount paid on each share.

 

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It will also contain the names and addresses of whose who have a right of usufruct or a right of pledge to shares, while stating the date on which they acquired the right and the date of acknowledgement or service.

 

2. Each shareholder, usufructuary or pledgee is obliged to ensure that his address is known to the company.

 

3. The register will be updated on a regular basis in accordance with the provisions in the law.

 

4. All entries made in and copies or extracts from the shareholders’ register will be signed by a director.

Blocking clause

Article 11.

 

1. Transfer of shares may be effected only after the relevant shareholder (the ‘applicant’) has obtained the approval of the general meeting for the intended transfer.

 

2. The approval is applied for via a letter directed to the management board, stating the number of shares in respect of which the approval is applied for and the name of the person to whom the applicant wishes to transfer the shares.

 

3. Within three months upon receipt of the letter referred to in the previous paragraph a decision must be given on the application.

The application will be deemed to have been complied with:

 

   

if the applicant has not been notified on a decision within the term of three months stated above; or

 

   

if the applicant has not simultaneously with a rejection of the application been notified on one or more interested parties designated by the general meeting (the ‘designated interested party or parties’) who is/are willing to purchase all shares to which the application pertains at payment in cash. The company may act as interested party only with the permission of the applicant. If it has been ascertained prior to the lapse of the aforesaid term that there are circumstances on the basis of which the application must be deemed to have been complied with, the management board will notify the applicant on this matter as soon as possible.

 

4. The price of the shares in respect of which the decision was applied for will be established by parties in mutual consultation.

If parties fail to reach agreement on the price, the price will be established by one or more independent experts who will be appointed by the applicant and the designated interested party or parties in joint consultation.

 

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If they fail to reach agreement within one month after the dispatch by the management board of the notice to the applicant of the designated interested party or parties and the shares allocated to this (these) interested party (parties), either party will apply for the appointment of three independent experts with the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the area where the company has its registered office.

The experts are entitled to inspect all records and documents of the company and to obtain all information they need to take cognizance of for their appraisal.

The price jointly established by the experts within three months after their appointment will be notified to the management board, which will state this price forthwith to the applicant and the designated interested party or parties.

 

5. The applicant is authorized to withdraw his application within one month after he has been notified on the designated interested party or parties and price.

A designated interested party is authorized to withdraw as such within one month after he has been notified on the price.

If, after the withdrawal of one or more designated interested parties, the remaining interested parties turn out to be unwilling to acquire all shares within two weeks after the withdrawal in question, the approval will be deemed to have been granted.

 

6. The shares purchased are to be transferred at simultaneous payment of the price within one month after the lapse of the term during which the application may be withdrawn.

 

7. The applicant who has not withdrawn his application may transfer the shares to which the application pertains in the manner stated in the application within three months after the approval has been granted or is deemed to have been granted.

 

8. The costs of the appointment of the experts mentioned in paragraph 4 and their fee are borne by:

 

  a. the applicant, if he withdraws his application;

 

  b. the company if the designated interested party (parties) withdraw(s);

 

  c. the applicant and the purchaser(s) equally, if the shares are purchased by the designated interested parties, on the understanding that each purchaser will contribute in the costs in proportion to the number of shares purchased by him.

 

9. If and insofar as a shareholder fails to duly comply with any obligation under this Article, the company has irrevocable authorization to comply with all obligations described above on behalf of this shareholder.

 

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The company will use the power of attorney, insofar as it pertains to the transfer, only after the price due has been paid to the company for the purpose of the applicant.

 

10. The meeting right and the voting right attached to the shares cannot be exercised and the right to payment attached to the shares is suspended during the period in which the applicant fails to comply with any obligation pursuant to the above.

 

11. All notices and communications pursuant to this Article and Article 12 will be made by registered letter.

 

12. For purposes of application of this Article shares are also taken to mean the right to subscribe to shares.

 

13. The provisions in this Article are not applicable if the holder is obliged by the law to transfer his share to a previous holder.

Article 12.

 

1. In the event of:

 

   

acquisition of shares by reason of hereditary succession;

 

   

acquisition of shares by reason of legal merger or split-off, unless no change in the control occurs in consequence thereof as implied by the Decree on the Rules relating to Mergers of the Social and Economic Council 1975’, regardless whether this is applicable;

 

   

a bankruptcy of or a moratorium granted to a shareholder;

 

   

change of control in a shareholder-legal entity as implied by in the Decree on the Rules relating to Mergers of the Social and Economic Council 1975’, regardless whether this is applicable,

the shares in question or all shares of the relevant shareholder, respectively, must be transferred to (an) interested party (parties) designated by the general meeting who is/are able to acquire all those shares at payment in cash.

 

2. Within thirty days after a case mentioned in paragraph 1 occurs, the shareholder(s) in question must notify the management board on this matter.

 

3. The shares must be transferred to the designated interested party or parties within one month after the management board has stated both the names of the designated interested party or parties and the price to the person(n), who are obliged to do so.

 

4. There is no obligation to transfer shares in case of a legal merger as implied by Article 2:333 of the Netherlands Civil Code.

 

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5. The provisions in the previous Article apply accordingly to the extent possible, on the understanding that the person bound by the transfer is not authorized to withdraw the application and that, if the general meeting appoints no interested party or parties as stated in paragraph 1 of this Article, the person bound by the transfer will in that case not be authorized to freely transfer the shares in question and may retain those shares.

Transfer of shares

Article 13.

 

1. The issue and transfer of a share or the transfer or waiver of a restricted right thereto requires a deed executed for that purpose before a civil-law notary practicing in the Netherlands, whereby the persons involved are parties.

 

2. The transfer of a share or the transfer or waiver of a restricted right thereto in accordance with the provisions in paragraph 1 also binds the company by operation of law. Save in the event that the company is itself a party to the legal transaction, the rights connected to the share may be exercised only after it has acknowledged the legal transaction or the deed has been served on it in accordance with the provisions in the law.

Management board

Article 14.

 

1. The company has a management board.

The number of directors is determined by the general meeting.

 

2. Directors are appointed by the general meeting.

 

3. Directors may be suspended or dismissed by the general meeting at all times.

 

4. A suspension, also after being renewed once or several times, may not last longer than three months in total.

 

5. The remuneration and further employment conditions are established by the general meeting for each individual director.

Article 15.

 

1. The management board will resolve by an absolute majority of the total number of votes to be cast by all directors.

 

2. In the meetings of the management board each director will cast one vote.

 

3. Each director may only be represented in the board meetings by one co-director. This representation must be effected by reason of a written power of attorney.

 

4. The management board may also adopt resolutions outside the meeting, if all directors have been consulted and none of them has declared to be against the manner of decision-making.

 

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5. All resolutions of the management board regarding such legal transactions as were clearly described and notified to the management board in writing are subject to the prior approval of the general meeting.

The lack of approval as stated in this paragraph will not affect the representative authority of the management board or the directors.

Article 16.

In the event that one or more directors is/are absent or prevented from discharging his/their duties, the remaining directors or the sole remaining director will be charged with the management of the company.

In the event that all directors or the sole director are/is absent or prevented from discharging their/his duties, a person designated for this purpose by the general meeting will be temporarily charged with the management of the company.

Representation

Article 17.

 

1. Unless the law provides the contrary, the company will be represented by:

 

   

either the management board;

 

   

or each director.

 

2. In the event that the company has a conflicting interest with one or more directors, the director(s) in question is/are not authorized to represent the company;

If in consequence thereof the company cannot be represented in the manner as provided in paragraph 1, the company will be represented by a person designated for that purpose by the general meeting, for which purpose also the director(s) involved may be designated.

Financial year, annual accounts, annual report

Article 18.

 

1. The financial year of the company is the calendar year.

 

2. Within five months of the end of each financial year, save for a maximum extension of this term by the general meeting of six months due to special circumstances, the management board will prepare the annual accounts (comprising the balance sheet and the profit and loss account with explanatory notes).

The annual accounts are signed by all directors.

If one or more signatures of these directors are missing, then the reasons for same must be included on the documents.

 

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Unless article 2:403 of the Netherlands Civil Code is applicable to the company, the management board will prepare an annual report within the aforementioned term.

 

3. If and insofar as the provisions in the law are applicable to the company, the general meeting will commission an expert or organization of experts as stated in article 2:393 paragraph 1 of the Netherlands Civil Code to examine the annual accounts prepared by the management board and – if prepared – the annual report and furnish a report and give an opinion on these matters.

 

4. The annual accounts are prepared by the general meeting.

Unqualified adoption of the annual accounts will serve to discharge the management board in respect of the management conducted by it in the year under review, notwithstanding the provisions in the law to the contrary.

 

5. The company is obliged to make said documents available at the Trade Register if and insofar as the law so requires.

Profit determination

Article 19.

 

1. The company may only make distributions to the shareholders and other persons entitled to the profit available for distribution to the extent that the shareholders’ equity is greater than the amount of the paid-in and called-up portion of the capital plus the reserves that must be maintained by law.

 

2. The profit evidenced by the profit and loss account adopted by the general meeting is at the disposal of the general meeting.

 

3. The company may only make interim (profit) distributions if the requirement of paragraph 1 has been met and after the prior permission of the general meeting.

 

4. No distributions will be made for the purpose of the company on shares held by the company in its own capital or depository receipts for those shares.

 

5. In calculating the profit distribution the shares or depositary receipts for shares, on which no payment is made for the purpose of the company pursuant to the provisions in paragraph 4, are not included.

 

6. Profit distributions which have not been received within five years after the day on which they are exigible will revert to the company.

 

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Meetings of shareholders

Article 20.

 

1. Each year within six months of the end of the financial year – unless the term stated in article 18 paragraph 2 of these Articles of Association has been extended in accordance with the provisions therein, the annual meeting of shareholders will be held, where the following subjects, inter alia, will be discussed:

 

   

the handling of the annual report;

 

   

the adoption of the annual accounts;

 

   

the granting of a commission to an expert as stated in article 2:393 of the Netherlands Civil Code, insofar as required by law;

 

   

the language in which the items of the next annual accounts will be stated and the currency.

 

2. The general meeting of shareholders will be held in the municipality where the company has its registered office.

 

3. The convocation of the persons with meeting rights will be effected by the management board or by a director via convocation letters that must be sent no later than on the fifteenth day prior to the date of the meeting.

 

4. The convocation letters will state the place, date and hour of the meeting and the items to be addressed.

The convocation letters are sent to the addresses stated in the shareholders’ register. When one or more convocation letters, dispatched in accordance with the above provision, fail to reach their destination, this will not affect the validity of the general meeting of shareholders and the resolution adopted therein.

 

5. The general meeting of shareholders will provide a chairman from its midst.

 

6. Minutes will be kept of the business transacted in a general meeting of shareholders unless a notarial record is drawn up.

The minutes are entered into a register designated for that purpose and adopted and signed by the chairman of the meeting and the secretary of the meeting appointed by the chairman prior to the meeting.

The minutes of the notarial record will serve as proof of the resolutions adopted in the meeting.

Article 21.

 

1. Each person with meeting rights is authorized, in person or by the holder of a written power of attorney, to attend the general meeting of shareholders and express his views in that meeting.

 

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The director(s) as such has/have an advisory vote in the general meeting of shareholders.

 

2. In order to be able to participate in the voting the persons with meeting rights who are entitled to vote or their representative, respectively, must sign the attendance list, stating the number of shares represented by each.

 

3. Each share confers the right to cast one vote.

 

4. On a share that is owned by the company or by a subsidiary thereto no vote can be cast in the general meeting of shareholders; the same applies to shares for which one of them owns depositary receipts.

 

5. Upon establishing to what extent the shareholders vote, are in attendance or are represented, or to what extent the capital of shares is provided or represented, shares in respect of which the law provides that no vote can be cast on them are not taken into account.

 

6. The resolutions in the general meeting of shareholders are adopted by an absolute majority of votes.

Abstentions and votes cast on signed ballots are invalid.

 

7. Voting is effected orally, unless the chairman of the meeting decides otherwise.

 

8. If the votes are tied, the proposal will be rejected.

 

9. In a general meeting of shareholders, where the entire issued capital is represented, valid resolutions may be adopted only by unanimously even if the regulations concerning the convocation and holding of meetings were not observed.

 

10. The management board of the company will keep a record of the resolutions adopted. The record will be open for inspection by the shareholders at the company’s office. Each shareholder, upon request, will be furnished with a copy or extract from this record at no more than cost price.

Article 22.

Decision-making by shareholders may take place outside a meeting of shareholders when all shareholders have declared to be in favor of the proposal in writing (including by telegram, telex and fax), and provided that the director(s) has/have had the opportunity to cast an advisory vote.

The provision in the previous sentence is not applicable if there are other persons with meeting rights besides shareholders.

 

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Merger, split-off, amendment to the Articles of Association, dissolution

Article 23.

 

1. The general meeting may resolve to a merger, split-off, amendment to the Articles of Association and to dissolution of the company.

 

2. Those who have called a general meeting of shareholders, in which a proposal to adopt a resolution to amend the Articles of Association will be addressed, must at the same time with the convocation letter make available a copy of the proposal, containing the proposed amendment verbatim, for inspection by the persons with meeting rights at the company’s office until the end of the meeting.

The persons with meeting rights must be enabled to obtain a copy of the proposal, as stated in the previous sentence, from the date of the filing until the date of the general meeting of shareholders.

These copies are furnished for no consideration.

 

3. In the event that it is decided to wind up the company, the liquidation will be effected by the management board unless the court appoints another liquidator or other liquidators.

On the resolution to dissolve the company also the remuneration to be received by the liquidator or the liquidators jointly will be established.

 

4. During the liquidation, the Articles of Association will remain in force to the extent possible.

 

5. That which remains of the company’s assets after payment of all debts and liquidations will be distributed to shareholders and other entitled parties in proportion to their respective entitlements.

 

6. After the liquidation the records and documents of the dissolved company will be deposited during seven years with the person designated for that purpose by the general meeting.

 

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EX-3.118 114 dex3118.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING NEDERLAND B.V. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Nederland B.V.

Exhibit 3.118

English Translation

INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE COMPANY

Global Crossing Nederland B.V.,

with its registered office in Huizen,

d.d. October 23, 2000.


INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE COMPANY

On the twenty-third day of October

two thousand, appeared before me,

Martine Bijkerk, civil law notary in Amsterdam:

Johan Matthijs de Jongh, employed at the offices of Houthoff Buruma, Amsterdam with address Parnassusweg 126, 1076 AT Amsterdam, born in Amsterdam on the nineteenth day of August nineteen hundred and seventy-four, unmarried and not registered as partner in the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, holder of driving license with number: 3035196652,

in the present matter acting pursuant to a written power of attorney from the private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid): GC Pan European Crossing Holdings B.V., established at (1273 NA) Huizen, Huizermaatweg 19

(the “Incorporator”).

POWER OF ATTORNEY.

The above-mentioned power of attorney, is evidenced by the instrument annexed to the present deed. The Incorporator hereby declares that he incorporates a private company with limited liability, which company shall be governed by the following articles of association:

DEFINITIONS.

ARTICLE 1.

In these articles of association the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

 

 

constituent body: the Management Board or the general meeting;

 

 

general meeting: the constituent body formed by shareholders;

 

 

general meeting of shareholders: the meeting of shareholders;

 

 

Managing Director(s): Managing Director(s) as meant in Netherlands law;

 

 

Management Board: the constituent body formed by Managing Directors.

 

 

persons entitled to participate at meetings: shareholders as well as holders of a right of usufruct or right of pledge who are entitled to vote.

NAME AND SEAT.

ARTICLE 2.

 

1. The name of the company is:

Global Crossing Nederland B.V.

 

2. The company has its registered office in Huizen.

 

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OBJECTS.

ARTICLE 3.

The objects of the company are:

 

 

to set up, develop and carry on a business of buying and selling of national and international telecommunications products, services and capacity in the broadest sense of the word;

 

 

the incorporation of, the participation in and the financing of companies or enterprises;

 

 

collaboration with, conducting the management of and providing advice and other services to companies or other enterprises;

 

 

to lend and to borrow funds;

 

 

providing collateral for the debts and other obligations of the company or of other companies or enterprises with which the company is affiliated in a group or of third parties;

 

 

the acquisition, exploitation and disposal of (registered) property;

 

 

the acquisition, exploitation and disposal of industrial and intellectual property rights;

 

 

to enter into contracts, agreements and arrangements with any person for the carrying out by the company of the object for which the company is formed,

as well as performing all of that which is incidental to the above or which could be conducive thereto, in the broadest sense of the words.

CAPITAL AND SHARES.

ARTICLE 4.

 

1. The authorised capital amounts to ninety thousand euro (EUR 90,000.-) and is divided into nine hundred (900) shares with a nominal value of one hundred euro (EUR 100.-).

 

2. The shares are registered and are numbered consecutively from 1 onwards.

 

3. The company shall not issue share certificates.

ISSUE.

ARTICLE 5.

 

1. The issue of shares is effected by virtue of a resolution adopted by the general meeting.

Such a resolution shall also set out the rates and other terms and conditions of issue.

The rate of issue may not be below par.

 

2. The general meeting may delegate its powers in this respect to another constituent body and may revoke such delegation.

 

3. Without prejudice to any provision of Netherlands law, every shareholder shall have a pre-emptive right on any issue of shares “pro rata” to the aggregate amount if his shares

 

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The pre-emptive right is non-transferable.

The pre-emptive right may, but only in respect of individual issues of shares, be limited or excluded by virtue of a resolution adopted by the general meeting.

 

4. The provisions of the above subsections are applicable “mutatis mutandis” to the granting of a right to subscribe for shares.

OWN SHARES.

ARTICLE 6.

 

1. The company may not subscribe for shares in its own capital upon the issue of shares.

 

2. The acquisition by the company of not fully paid-up shares in its own capital shall be null and void, unless such shares are acquired under general title.

 

3. The company may only acquire fully paid-up shares in its own capital under gratuitous title or in accordance with Netherlands law.

 

4. The provisions set out below for the restriction on the transfer of shares are applicable to the disposal of shares which the company holds in its own capital.

 

5 “Shares” as used in this article shall include depositary receipts issued in respect thereof.

ARTICLE 7.

 

1. The company may not provide collateral, guarantee the price, otherwise guarantee or otherwise bind itself jointly and severally with or on behalf of third parties, for the purpose of subscription to or acquisition of shares in its own capital, or of depository receipts issued in respect thereof.

 

2 Loans for the purpose of subscription to, or acquisition of shares in its own capital, or depositary receipts issued in respect thereof, may be provided by the company only to the extent of its distributable reserves.

 

3. The company shall maintain a non-distributable reserve for the outstanding amount of the loans mentioned in the preceding subsection.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL.

ARTICLE 8.

 

1. The general meeting may resolve to reduce the issued capital by cancellation of shares or by reduction of the nominal amount of the shares by amendment of the articles of association.

 

2. The provisions of Netherlands law are applicable to the resolution described above and the execution thereof.

THE ISSUE OF DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS FOR, THE PLEDGING OF AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RIGHT OF USUFRUCT ON SHARES.

ARTICLE 9.

 

1. The company may not cooperate in the issuance of depositary receipts for shares in the company.

 

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2. A right of usufruct, or a right of pledge, may be established with respect to shares. The shareholder shall have the right to vote with respect to the shares on which there is a right of usufruct or a right of pledge.

 

3. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the holder of a right of usufruct or a right of pledge shall have the right to vote if so provided in the establishment of the right of usufruct or the right of pledge, provided that:

 

  a. with regard to a right of usufruct this provision as well as - upon the transfer of such right - the transfer of voting rights has been approved by the general meeting;

 

  b. with regard to a right of pledge, the establishment of such right has been approved by the general meeting.

If someone assumes the rights of the holder of a right of pledge, then the new holder shall only have the voting rights if the shareholders meeting has approved the transfer of such rights.

REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS.

ARTICLE 10.

 

1. The Management Board shall keep a register recording the names and addresses of all shareholders, stating the date on which they acquired the shares, the date of acknowledgement by, or service upon the company, and the amount paid up on each share.

The names and addresses of those persons who have a right of usufruct or pledge in respect of shares shall also be recorded, stating the date on which they acquired the right, the date of acknowledgement by, or service upon, the company, as well as stating which rights are associated to the shares accrue to them in accordance with paragraph 2 and 4 of article 2:197 and 2:198 of the Civil Code.

 

2. All shareholders, usufructuaries or pledgees are obliged to ensure that the company has been notified of their address.

 

3. The register shall be regularly updated in accordance with Netherlands law.

 

4. All entries in, copies of, or extracts from, the register of shareholders shall be authenticated by a Managing Director.

RESTRICTION ON THE TRANSFER OF SHARES.

ARTICLE 11.

 

1. Shares may be transferred only after the shareholder concerned (“the requestor”) has obtained approval for the intended transfer from the general meeting.

 

2. The approval shall be applied for by means of a letter directed to the Management Board setting out the number of shares for which the approval is being sought and the name of the person to whom the requestor wishes to make the transfer.

 

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3. A decision on the request must be made within three months after receipt of the letter described in the previous subsection.

The request shall be deemed to have been approved if:

 

   

the requestor has not yet been notified of a decision within the three-month period referred to above, or

 

   

together with a rejection of the request, the requestor has not been notified of (a) prospective purchaser(s) designated by the general meeting (the “designated prospective purchaser”) who is (are) willing and able to purchase all the shares included in the request against payment in cash.

The company itself may be a prospective purchaser only with the consent of the requestor.

If, before the lapse of the above-mentioned period, it has already been established that there are circumstances on the grounds of which the request is deemed to have been approved, the Management Board shall notify the requestor thereof at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

4. The price to be paid for the shares for which a decision is being sought shall be determined by the parties by mutual consent.

If the parties fail to reach agreement on this, the price shall be determined by one or more independent experts to be appointed by the requestor and the designated prospective purchasers by mutual consent.

If the parties fail to reach agreement on this within one month of the despatch of the notification to the requestor from the Management Board notifying him of the designated prospective purchaser(s) and the shares allocated to him or them, the party most willing to institute proceedings shall request the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, within whose area the company has its registered office, to appoint three independent experts.

The experts are authorised to examine all the company’s books and records and to obtain all the information which may assist in the valuation.

The experts shall notify the Management Board, within three months after their appointment, of the price determined by them, whereafter the Management Board shall immediately notify the requestor and the designated prospective purchaser(s) of this price.

 

5. The requestor may withdraw his request at any time, provided this is done within a period of one month after he has been notified to which designated prospective purchaser(s) he may sell the shares, and at what price.

A designated prospective purchaser is entitled to withdraw within one month of having been notified of the price.

 

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If, after the withdrawal of one or more designated prospective purchasers, the remaining prospective purchasers are not prepared to purchase all shares within two weeks after such withdrawal, the approval shall be deemed to be granted.

 

6. The shares purchased must be transferred against simultaneous payment of the price within one month after the period during which the request can be withdrawn has lapsed.

 

7. If he has not withdrawn his request, the requestor can transfer the shares for which the approval has been sought, within three months after the approval has been granted, or is deemed to have been granted.

 

8. The expenses incurred in connection with the appointment of the experts described above in subsection 4 and their fees shall be for the account of:

 

  a. the requestor if he withdraws his request;

 

  b. the company if the designated prospective purchaser(s) withdraw(s);

 

  c. if the shares have been purchased by the designated prospective purchaser(s), the requestor for fifty percent and the designated prospective purchaser(s) for the other half, in the sense that each purchaser shall contribute to the costs in proportion to the number of shares purchased by him.

 

9. If, and to the extent that, a shareholder fails to comply with any obligation arising out of the present article in time, the company is irrevocably authorised to comply with all the obligations described above on behalf of such shareholder. The company may make use of such authorization, in as far as it concerns the transfer, only after the price payable has been paid for benefit of the requestor to the company.

 

10. The rights attached to the shares with respect to voting and the attendance of meetings can not be exercised and the right attached to the shares with respect to distribution is suspended for the period during which the requestor remains in default to comply with any of the obligations in pursuance of the above.

 

11. All notices and other communications pursuant to this article and to article 12 shall be sent by registered mail.

 

12. For the application of this article the term “shares” shall also imply the right to subscribe for shares.

 

13. The provisions of this article do not apply if the holder is obliged under Netherlands law to transfer his share to a former holder.

ARTICLE 12.

 

1. In the event of:

 

   

acquisition of shares through inheritance;

 

   

acquisition of shares through legal merger or division, unless as a result of that no change of control occurs in the sense of the “S.E.R.-besluit Fusiegedragsregels 1975”, regardless of its applicability;

 

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the involuntary liquidation of a shareholder or of a shareholder being granted a moratorium of payments;

 

   

change of control over a shareholder, which is a legal entity, in the sense of the “S.E.R.-besluit Fusiegedragsregels 1975”, regardless of its applicability,

the shares concerned or all shares belonging to the shareholder concerned must be transferred to (a) prospective purchaser(s) designated by the general meeting who is willing and able to acquire all the shares against payment in cash.

 

2. The shareholder(s) concerned must notify the Management Board of the occurrence of the events described in the previous subsection within thirty days after the occurrence thereof.

 

3. The shares must be transferred to the designated prospective purchaser(s) within one month after the Management Board has notified in writing the person(s) who is (are) obliged to transfer of both the name(s) of the designated prospective purchaser(s) and the price.

 

4. The obligation to transfer the shares does not apply in the event of a legal merger as defined in section 2:333 of the Netherlands Civil Code.

 

5. In as far as possible, the provisions of the previous article shall be applicable “mutatis mutandis”, to the extent, however, that the person obliged to make a transfer is not authorised to withdraw his request, and that, if the general meeting does not designate (a) prospective purchaser(s) as described in subsection 1 above the person obliged to make a transfer shall not be authorized to transfer the shares concerned freely and is authorised to retain the shares concerned.

TRANSFER OF SHARES.

ARTICLE 13.

 

1. The issue and transfer of a share, or the transfer of a limited right to a share, requires a deed executed before a notary officiating in the Netherlands, to which all persons involved are party.

 

2. The transfer of a share, or the transfer of a limited right to a share, in accordance with the provisions of the previous section shall, by operation of Netherlands law, have effect against the company.

Save in the event that the company itself is party to the legal transaction, the rights accruing to the share may not be exercised before the company has acknowledged this legal transaction or before the deed of transfer is served upon it in accordance with Netherlands law.

MANAGEMENT BOARD.

ARTICLE 14.

 

1. The company has a Management Board. The number of Managing Directors shall be laid down by the general meeting.

 

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2. Managing Directors shall be appointed by the general meeting.

 

3. Managing Directors may be suspended or dismissed by the general meeting at all times.

 

4. A suspension may last no longer than three months in total, even after it has been extended one or more times.

 

5. The remuneration of and other terms and conditions upon which each individual Managing Director is appointed, shall be laid down by the general meeting.

ARTICLE 15.

 

1. The Management Board shall adopt resolutions by an absolute majority of the total number of votes to be cast by all the Managing Directors.

 

2. In meetings of the Management Board each Managing Director shall be entitled to cast one vote.

 

3. Managing Directors may only be represented in meetings of the Management Board by a fellow-Managing Director pursuant to a written power of attorney.

 

4. The Management Board may also adopt resolutions without convening a meeting, provided that all the Managing Directors have been consulted and that none of them have objected to adopting resolutions in this manner.

 

5. All resolutions to be adopted by the Management Board concerning such legal acts as shall be determined and clearly defined by the general meeting and brought to the attention of the Managing Board in writing, are subject to the prior approval of the general meeting.

The absence of the approval defined in this paragraph shall not affect the powers of the Managing Board or of the Managing Directors to represent the company.

ARTICLE 16.

In the event that one or more Managing Directors is/are absent or prevented from acting, the management of the company shall be vested in the remaining Managing Directors or the sole remaining Managing Director.

In the event that all the Managing Directors are, or the sole Managing Director is absent or prevented from acting, the management of the company shall temporarily be vested in a person appointed for that purpose by the general meeting.

REPRESENTATION.

ARTICLE 17.

 

1. To the extent that Netherlands law does not provide otherwise, the company shall be represented by:

 

   

either the Management Board; or

 

   

any one of the Managing Directors.

 

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2. In the event of the company having a conflict of interests with one or more Managing Directors in his or their official capacity, private capacity or otherwise, the company shall continue to be represented in the manner described in paragraph 1 above.

The Managing Director(s) concerned is/are also authorized to represent the company.

FINANCIAL YEAR, ANNUAL ACCOUNTS, ANNUAL REPORT.

ARTICLE 18.

 

1. The company’s financial year shall be concurrent with the calendar year.

 

2. The Management Board shall prepare the annual accounts (consisting of the balance-sheet and profit and loss account with explanatory notes thereto) within five months of the end of each financial year, unless such a period is extended by the general meeting with a maximum of six months on account of special circumstances.

The annual accounts shall be signed by all the Managing Directors.

If one or more of their signatures is missing, this shall be stated giving the reason therefor.

Unless the provisions of section 2:403 of the Netherlands Civil Code are applicable to the company, the Management Board shall also prepare an annual report within the above-mentioned period.

 

3. If, and to the extent that, on that subject any provisions of Netherlands law are applicable to the company, the general meeting shall instruct a registered accountant or a firm of registered accountants as defined in section 2:393, subsection 1 of the Netherlands Civil Code, to examine the annual accounts and - if this has been prepared - the annual report prepared by the Management Board, to write a report thereon and to issue a certificate therefor.

 

4. The annual accounts shall be adopted by the general meeting.

Without prejudice to that which is laid down in Netherlands law, the unconditional adoption of the annual accounts shall constitute a discharge from liability in respect of the Management Board for the acts performed by it during the financial year concerned.

 

5. If, and to the extent that, it is required under Netherlands law, the company is obliged to make the annual accounts public at the Commercial Register.

APPROPRIATION OF PROFITS.

ARTICLE 19.

 

1. The company may make distributions to the shareholders and other persons entitled to the distributable profits only to the extent that the company’s shareholders’ equity exceeds the paid-up and called-up part of the company’s capital, plus the reserves which must be maintained under Netherlands law.

 

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2. The profits evidenced by the profit and loss accounts adopted by the general meeting shall be at the disposal of the general meeting.

 

3. The company may make interim (profit-)distributions only to the extent that the stipulations set out in subsection 1 above have been complied with, and that it has obtained the prior approval of the general meeting.

 

4. There shall be no distribution of profits in favour of the company on shares or depositary receipts issued in respect thereof, which the company has acquired in its own capital.

 

5. In computing the distribution of profits, the shares or depositary receipts issued in respect thereof on which no distribution shall be made in favour of the company in pursuance of the provisions of subsection 4 above, shall be disregarded.

 

6. The right to receive a distribution shall be precluded after the lapse of five years, to be calculated from the day on which such a distribution became payable.

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS.

ARTICLE 20.

 

1. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held every year within six months after the end of the financial year, unless the period laid down in article 18, subsection 2 above is extended in conformity with the provisions set out in the said article.

In this meeting the following shall at any rate be considered:

 

   

the annual report;

 

   

the adoption of the annual accounts;

 

   

the instruction to an expert as referred to in section 2:393 of the Netherlands Civil Code, if obligatory under Netherlands law;

 

   

the language in which the items of the next annual accounts shall be stated and the currency.

 

2. The general meeting of shareholders shall be held in the municipality where the company has its registered office.

 

3. The notice convening persons entitled to participate at meetings shall be issued by the Management Board, or one of the Managing Directors, by means of convening letters which must be despatched no later than on the fifteenth day before the date of the meeting.

 

4. The convening letters shall set out the place, date and time of the meeting and the matters to be considered.

The convening letters shall be despatched to the addresses recorded in the register of shareholders.

If one or more convening notices which have been despatched in accordance with the stipulations set out above, fail to reach their destination, this fact shall not affect the validity of the general meeting of shareholders, or the resolutions to be adopted therein.

 

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5. The general meeting of shareholders shall appoint its own chairman.

 

6. Minutes shall be drawn up of the matters dealt with in a general meeting of shareholders unless a notarial record is drawn up of the proceedings.

The minutes shall be entered into a register intended for that purpose and shall be adopted and signed by the chairman of the meeting and by the secretary of the meeting to be appointed by the chairman at the commencement of the meeting.

The minutes or the notarial record of the proceedings shall serve as evidence of the resolutions adopted in the general meeting of shareholders.

ARTICLE 21.

 

1. All persons entitled to participate at meetings; either in person or by means of a person holding a written proxy, shall be entitled to attend general meetings of shareholders and to address that meeting. The Managing Director(s) shall have an advisory vote at the general meetings of shareholders in that capacity.

 

2. In order to be able to participate in the voting, the shareholders and persons entitled to participate at meetings or their representatives must sign the attendance book, recording the number of shares represented by them.

 

3. Every share entitles the holder thereof to cast one vote.

 

4. In general meetings of shareholders, no votes may be cast for shares belonging to the company or to any subsidiary thereof, nor may votes be cast for a share for which either of them holds depositary receipts.

 

5. Holders of a right of usufruct or a right of pledge with respect to shares that belong to the company or the company’s subsidiary are nevertheless not precludedfrom the right to vote if the right of usufruct or right of pledge wasestablished before the share belonged to the company or subsidiary.

 

6. The sum of the shares in respect whereof, according to the provisions in Netherlands law, no-voting rights may be exercised, shall be disregarded in determining extent to which the shareholders entitled to vote, are present or represented, or to which extent the share capital is provided or represented.

 

7. Resolutions passed in a general meetings of shareholders shall be adopted by an absolute majority of the votes cast.

Blank votes shall be deemed not to have been cast.

 

8. Voting shall be done orally, unless the chairman of the general meeting of shareholders decides otherwise.

 

9. In case of an equal division the proposal shall be deemed to be rejected.

 

10. In a general meeting of shareholders in which the entire issued capital is represented, resolutions which are valid in Netherlands law may be adopted, even if the requirements in respect of the convening and holding of meetings have not been complied with, provided such resolutions are adopted unanimously.

 

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11. The Management Board of the company shall keep a record of its adopted resolutions. Such record shall be available at the office of the company for inspection by the shareholders. Each of them shall, upon request, be provided with a copy or extract from such record at no more than cost.

ARTICLE 22.

Shareholders may also adopt resolutions without convening a meeting of shareholders, provided that all the shareholders have declared in writing (including telegrams, telexes and telecopier) to be in favour of the resolution and provided that the Managing Director(s) has (have) had the opportunity to cast an advisory vote.

The previous sentence does not apply if, apart from shareholders, there are other persons entitled to participate at meetings.

MERGER, DIVISION, AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, DISSOLUTION.

ARTICLE 23.

 

1. The general meeting may resolve to merge, to divide the company, to amend the articles of association, or to dissolve the company.

 

2. The persons who convened a general meeting of shareholders in which a proposal to adopt a resolution to amend the articles of association is to be considered, must deposit a copy of the proposal, citing the verbatim text of the proposed amendment, for examination at the offices of the company until after the close of the meeting.

The persons entitled to participate at meetings must be given the opportunity to obtain a copy of the proposal described in the previous sentence as from the day on which the convening notice for that meeting is despatched until the day of the general meeting of shareholders.

Such copies shall be provided free of charge.

 

3. In the event that a resolution to dissolve the company is adopted, the liquidation shall be arranged by the Management Board, unless the court should appoint another liquidator or other liquidators.

The remuneration to be paid to the liquidator, or the joint liquidators, shall be resolved simultaneously with a resolution to liquidate the company.

 

4. The articles of association shall remain effective during the course of liquidation in as far as possible.

 

5. The liquidation surplus shall be distributed to shareholders and other parties entitled thereto in proportion to their respective rights.

 

6. After the liquidation has been completed, the books and documents of the dissolved company shall remain in the possession of a person to be appointed for that purpose by the general meeting for a period of seven years.

 

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TRANSITORY PROVISION.

ARTICLE 24.

The company’s first financial year shall end on the thirty first day of December two thousand.

FINAL STATEMENTS.

Finally the person appearing, acting in the capacity described above, stated that:

 

A. The following persons have been appointed as the company’s first Managing Directors:

 

   

Mr. Donald Muir, living at 3A Westholme, Orpington, Kent BR6 0AN, United Kingdom, born at Johnston, United Kingdom (Scotland) on the thirteenth day of June nineteen hundred and fifty nine;

 

   

Mr. Jacobus Franciscus van der Meulen, living at (1272 PB) Huizen, Flevolaan 1, born at Wymbritseradeel on the sixth day of April nineteen hundred and forty-eight;

 

B. Upon incorporation, the issued capital amounts to eighteen thousand euro (EUR 18,000.-), divided into one hundred eighty (180) shares with a nominal value of one hundred euro (EUR 100.-), all to be fully paid-up at par in cash. Payment may be made in foreign currency.

All these shares are subscribed for by the Incorporator.

 

C. The shares issued upon incorporation have been fully paid-up in cash at par, as is apparent from the certificate defined in section 2:203a Netherlands Civil Code attached to the present deed.

The company accepts the payments on the shares issued upon incorporation.

 

D. According to a ministerial order which is to be attached to this instrument, the ministerial declaration of no-objection has been granted on the sixteenth day of October two thousand under number B.V. 1.133.808.

I, civil-law notary, know the person appearing before me and have established from the above-mentioned document submitted for this purpose the identity of the person appearing before me in connection with this deed.

THIS DEED,

is executed in Amsterdam on the date stated at the head of the deed.

After the substance of this deed, and thereupon an explanation, had been communicated to the person appearing before me, he declared that he had taken cognizance of its contents and was in agreement therewith.

The person appearing before me and I, civil law notary, subsequently signed the deed after its limited reading, according to law.

(Signed): M. de Jongh, M. Bijkerk.

 

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EX-3.119 115 dex3119.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING BELGIE B.V.B.A. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Belgie b.v.b.a.

Exhibit 3.119

English Translation

Berquin, Ockerman, Deckers, Spruyt, van der Vorst & Dekegel

Associated Notaries in Brussels

Civil cooperative company with limited liability

RPR Brussels 0474.073.840

“Global Crossing België”

Public Limited Company

with registered office at 1831 Diegem (Machelen),

Kouterveldstraat, 15, registered in the crossroad bank of enterprises

under number 0473.497.481

Coordinated text of the articles of association after the

modification d.d. December 4, 2003

HISTORY

(in application of art. 75, first paragraph, 2° of the Company Code)

DEED OF INCORPORATION :

The company was incorporated by deed executed by Notary Eric Spruyt, Notary in Brussels, on twelve December two thousand, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of twenty-two December two thousand, under number 20001222-079.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION :

The articles of association were modified by:

 

   

minutes drawn up by Notary Denis Deckers, Notary in Brussels, on fourteen December two thousand and one, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of six February two thousand and two, under number 20020206-214.

 

   

minutes drawn up by Notary Daisy Dekegel, Notary in Brussels, on six November two thousand and three, which has been lodged in order to be published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette.

 

   

and for the last time by minutes drawn up by notary Denis Deckers, Notary in Brussels, on December 4, 2003, which has been lodged in order to be published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette.

 

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TRANSFER OF THE REGISTERED OFFICE:

The registered office was transferred to the current address by a decision of the board of managing directors de dato twenty-seven February two thousand and two, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of December 30 thereafter, under number 20021230-0154334.

 

 

 

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COORDINATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

ON December 4, 2003

CHAPTER I. – LEGAL FORM – NAME – REGISTERED OFFICE – THE COMPANY’S OBJECT – TERM.

Article 1. – FORM – NAME.

The Company is incorporated as a public limited company. It carries the name “Global Crossing België”.

Article 2. – REGISTERED OFFICE.

The registered office of the company is established in 1831 Diegem, Kouterveldstraat 15.

The registered office can be transferred by decision of the managing directors to any place in Belgium, provided this occurs in compliance with the language legislation.

The company can, by decision of the managing directors, establish other governing board seats, administrative seats, branches, agencies, and storage places in Belgium or abroad.

Article 3. – THE COMPANY’S OBJECT.

The company’s object consists in the creation, the development and the exploitation of a national and international activity consisting in the purchase and the sale of telecommunication products, services and capacities in the broadest sense.

The company can acquire, rent or let, manufacture, transfer or exchange all movable or immovable property, materials and needs, and in general carry out all commercial, industrial or financial acts, which are directly or indirectly related to the company’s object, including subcontracting in general, and the exploitation of all intellectual rights and of all industrial or commercial properties which are the object thereof. The company can acquire all movable and immovable property as an investment, even if it is not directly nor indirectly related to the company’s object.

The company can conduct the management and the liquidation procedure in all affiliates in which it has a stake and it can grant all loans, of any form and duration whatsoever, to the latter or act as caution for these companies. The company can, by input in cash or in kind, merger, subscription, participation, financial assistance or by any other way, participate in all existing or to be created companies and enterprises, in Belgium or abroad, whose purpose is identical, similar or related with its purpose, or whose purpose will advance the purpose of the company. This list is illustrative and not restrictive.

The company’s object can be extended or limited by means of a modification of the articles of association, in accordance with the conditions provided by article 287 of the Company Code.

Article 4. – TERM.

The company exists for an indefinite period of time.

CHAPTER II. – SHARE CAPITAL AND SHARES.

Article 5. – CAPITAL.

The share capital amounts to FORTY FIVE THOUSAND euro (45.000 EUR).

It is represented by FORTY FIVE THOUSAND registered shares without nominal value whereby each share represents one forty five thousandth (1/45.000) of the capital.

Article 6. – PROFIT – SHARING CERTIFICATES.

The company can not issue profit-sharing certificates, which do not represent the share capital.

Article 7. – SHARES IN CO – OWNERSHIP OR BURDENED WITH A RIGHT OF USUFRUCT.

The shares are indivisible with regard to the company. The joint owners must be represented with regard to the company by one person; as long as this clause will not have been complied with, the rights associated to these shares shall be suspended.

If no agreement can be reached between the beneficiaries, the competent judge can, at the request of the most diligent party, appoint an interim administrator to exercise the concerned rights in the interest of the joint beneficiaries.

Should the share belong to bare owners or usufructuaries, all the rights associated thereto, including the voting right, shall be exercised by the usufructuary(ies).

 

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Article 8. – PREFERENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT IN THE EVENT OF CAPITAL INCREASE

Without prejudice to the provisions of chapter VI of the articles of association in case the company would have only one partner, the following rules shall apply:

In case of a capital increase by contribution in cash, the partners have a preferential subscription right in proportion with the part of the capital represented by their shares, in accordance with article 309 of the Company Code.

The period during which this preferential subscription right may be exercised, shall be determined by the shareholders meeting, but cannot be less than fifteen days from the offer for subscription.

The date of the offer for subscription as well as its period of exercise shall be announced by a notice notified by registered letter to all the partners.

The shares which have not been subscribed in accordance with the above paragraphs can only be subscribed by the persons referred to in article 249, paragraph 2 of the Company Code, except the consent of at least one half of the partners holding at least three quarters of the capital.

Article 9. – TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF THE SHARES.

Paragraph 1

Without prejudice to the provisions of chapter VI of the articles of association in case the company would have only one partner, the following provisions shall apply:

On penalty of nullity, the transfer of shares inter vivos as well as the transfer by reason of death, is subject to the approval of at least one half of the partners, holding at least three quarters of the capital, after deduction of the rights in respect of which the transfer is proposed.

However, this approval is not required if the shares are transferred or assigned to:

1) another partner;

2) the spouse of the transferor or the testator;

3) the ascendants or descendants of the transferor or the testator;

4) “Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association”, its legal successors or to related and/or associated companies of “Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association” and its legal successors, as referred to in article 11, 1°, respectively article 12, of the Company Code.

Paragraph 2

If the transfer of shares inter vivos or the transfer by reason of death is subject to the approval of the partners according to paragraph 1 of this article, the manager, upon request of the partners who wish to transfer their shares or, in case of transfer by reason of death, upon request of the heirs or legatees, shall convene a general shareholders’ meeting in order to deliberate on the proposed transfer of shares. The proposal of the transfer of shares inter vivos must indicate the conditions and the price of such transfer.

In case of refusal, the partners who did not grant their approval, are obliged within three months, to buy themselves the shares whose transfer was refused in proportion to the number of shares each of the partner concerned already holds, except a mutual agreement on another division. The purchase price shall be determined in accordance with the net assets of the company such as resulting from the last balance sheet approved by the shareholders, except another agreement between the parties. In the absence of agreement between the parties, the price shall be determined by the competent court upon request of the most diligent party.

The shares whose purchase to the concerned partners has not been take place within three months from the date of the refusal of approval according to the preceding paragraph, shall be validly transferred to the partner wishing to acquire the shares at the conditions and the price indicated in the proposal of transfer or shall be validly transferred to the heirs and legatees of the dead partner.

Article 10. – SHAREHOLDERS’ REGISTER.

A shareholders’ register will be maintained at the registered office. It shall include: 1° the accurate indication of each partner and the number of shares belonging to him, 2° the mention of payments made, 3° the transfers and assignments of shares with the date thereof, dated and signed by the transferor and the beneficiary in case of transfer inter vivos, and by the managers and the beneficiaries in case of transfer by reason of death.

The ownership of shares is proved by the inscription in the shareholders’ register. The owners of the shares will receive a certificate of such inscription in the shareholders’ register.

Transfer and assignment are only valid with regard to the company and to third parties as of the date of their inscription in the said register.

 

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CHAPTER III. – BODIES OF THE COMPANY.

Section 1. – Shareholders’ meeting.

Without prejudice to the provisions of chapter VI of the articles of association in case the company would have only one partner, the following provisions shall apply to the shareholders’ meeting:

Article 11. – ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING – EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING.

The annual shareholders’ meeting will be held on the first Wednesday of the month April at 10 AM, at the registered office of the company or at another place indicated in the convocation notice.

Should this be a legal holiday, the meeting will take place on the next working day.

In the event there is being opted for the procedure of written decision-making as referred to in Article 20bis of these articles of association, the company must receive the circular letter containing the agenda and the proposed decisions, signed and approved by every partner, at latest on the statutory day fixed for holding the shareholders’ meeting.

A special or extraordinary shareholders’ meeting may be convoked each time that the interest of the company so requires.

The shareholders’ meetings may be convened by the manager(s) or by the auditors and have to be convened at request of the partners representing together at least one/fifth of the share capital. The shareholders’ meetings are held at the registered office of the company or at any other place indicated in the convocation notice.

Article 12. – CONVOCATIONS.

The partners, the holders of certificates which have been issued in cooperation with the company, the bondholders, the managers and the auditor, if any, will be invited by registered letter, fifteen days before the meeting. The convocation notice shall contain the agenda.

The partners, the holders of certificates which have been issued in cooperation with the company, the bondholders, the managers, and the auditor, if any, who attend the meeting or are represented will be considered as duly convened. The aforementioned persons can also waive the right to challenge the lack of proper convocation notice or the irregularity thereof, either before or after the meeting at which they were not present.

Article 13. – DISPATCH OF DOCUMENTS.

A copy of the documents which have to be communicated according to the Company Code, will be sent to the partners, the auditors and the managers, together with the convocation notice of the general meeting.

A copy of these documents will also be sent immediately and free of charge to the other persons, upon their request, who received a convocation notice.

In case there is being opted for the procedure of written decision-making as set out in article 20bis of these articles of association, the managers will send, together with the circular letter mentioned in the abovementioned article, to the shareholders and the auditors, if any, a copy of the documents which must be put at their disposal according to the Company Code.

Article 14. – VOTING RIGHT – REPRESENTATION.

Each share is entitled to one vote.

Each partner may designate a proxy, by letter or telex, to represent him at the general meeting. The proxyholder needs not to be a shareholder.

Voting in writing is accepted. In that case the letter containing the vote should mention each item of the agenda and the words “accepted” or “rejected” should be handwritten and followed by the signature; this letter has to be addressed to the company per registered mail and must be delivered at the registered office at least one day before the meeting.

Article 15. – MAJORITY.

Save for more stringent provisions of the law, the decisions are taken by the majority of votes taking part at the casting, irrespective of the number of shares present at the meeting.

An abstention shall be considered as a negative vote.

Article 16. – CHAIRMAN.

The meeting shall be chaired by the manager, or by the eldest among them, who appoints the secretary and the vote counters, if any.

 

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Article 17. – PRESENCE LIST.

The partners or their proxy holders are obliged, before being admitted to the meeting, to sign the presence list, indicating their surname, first name(s) and domicile or the corporate name and registered office and the number of shares they represent.

Article 18. – MINUTES.

The minutes of the shareholders’ meeting shall be signed by the members of the bureau and by the partners who would request this. These minutes are kept in a special register.

Article 19. – MANAGERS’/AUDITORS’ DUTY TO ANSWER.

The managers answer to the questions submitted by the partners with regard to their report or with regard to the items on the agenda to the extent the communication of information or fact does not seriously prejudice the company, its partners or the employees of the company.

Article 20. – DELIBERATION.

The shareholders’ meeting can not deliberate on items which are not mentioned in the agenda, unless all shares are present at the shareholders’ meeting and the decision is taken unanimously.

Article 20bis. – WRITTEN DECISION-MAKING.

Except for the decisions that need to be taken before a notary public, the partners can take decisions unanimously and in writing on all issues that pertain to the powers of the shareholders’ meeting.

For this purpose, the managers will send a circular letter, by mail, fax, email or any other means of communication to each partner and auditor, if any, indicating the agenda and the proposed decisions with the request to the partners to approve the proposed decisions and to send the letter, duly signed and within the term specified in the letter, back to the registered office or any other place mentioned in the circular letter.

If the approval of all partners regarding all items on the agenda and regarding the application of the written decision procedure is not received within this period, the decisions are deemed not to be taken.

The bondholders, as well as the holders of registered certificates which are issued in cooperation with the company, have the right to be informed, at the registered office of the company, about decisions taken.

Article 21. – MAJORITY.

Except in cases provided by the law, the decisions are taken by the majority of votes taking part at the casting, irrespective of the number of shares present at the meeting.

An abstention shall be considered as a negative vote.

Section 2. – Management

Without prejudice to the provisions of chapter VI of the articles of association in case the company would have only one partner, the following provisions shall apply.

Article 22. – MANAGEMENT.

The company is managed by one ore more managers, natural persons, who need not to be a partner.

If a legal entity is appointed as manager, it has to appoint, amongst its shareholders, managers, directors or employees, a permanent representative, natural person, who is in charge of the exercise of this duty on behalf and for the account of the legal entity.

For the appointment and the termination of the mission of the permanent representative, the same rules of publication apply as if he would fulfill this duty in his own name and for his own account.

The managers will be appointed by the general meeting for a period it shall determine.

Article 23. – POWERS OF THE MANAGERS.

The managers may perform all acts which are necessary or useful for the realization of the corporate purpose, with the exception of those reserved to the general meeting by law.

If there is more than one manager, they can arrange among them the exercise of their powers. Such division of the exercise of powers cannot be opposed to third parties.

The managers can, by means of special proxies, delegate part of their powers to a third party.

Article 24. – REPRESENTATION.

Each manager – also when there are several of them – represents the company vis- à-vis the third parties, as well as before the courts, both as plaintiff or as defendant.

The company is validly bound by the aforementioned representatives designated by a special proxy.

 

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Section 3: Control.

Article 25. – CONTROL.

The control of the financial situation, the annual accounts and the regularity of the transactions to be reported in the annual accounts is conferred to one or more statutory auditors. The statutory auditors are appointed by the general shareholders’ meeting from among the members, natural persons or legal entities, of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (‘Instituut der Bedrijfsrevisoren’). The statutory auditors shall be appointed for a renewable term of three years. The general meeting can only dismiss them for valid reasons, on penalty of payment of damages.

However, as long as the company can benefit from the exceptions provided in article 141, 2° of the Company Code, every partner has the individual right of investigation and control vested in a statutory auditor, in accordance with article 166 of the Company Code.

Nevertheless, the general meeting of shareholders shall at all times have the right to appoint an auditor, irrespective of legal criteria. In the event that an auditor is appointed, every partner can be represented by an accountant. The remuneration of the accountant is payable by the company if he is appointed with its approval, or if this remuneration is charged to it under a judicial decision. In these cases the remarks of the accountant are communicated to the company.

CHAPTER IV. – ACCOUNTING YEAR – ANNUAL ACCOUNTS – DISTRIBUTION OF

PROFITS

Article 26. – ACCOUNTING YEAR – ANNUAL ACCOUNTS – ANNUAL REPORT.

The accounting year starts on the first of January and ends on the thirty-first of December of each year.

At the end of each accounting year, the managers draw up an inventory and the annual accounts. These annual accounts consist of the balance-sheet, the profit and loss statement and the explanation. These documents shall be drawn up in accordance with the applicable law and shall be filed with the National Bank of Belgium.

The annual accounts are, in view of their deposit, duly signed by a manager.

In addition, the managers will draft each year a report pursuant to articles 95 and 96 of the Company Code. However, the managers are not obliged to draw up a yearly report as long as the company fulfills the conditions set by article 94, first paragraph, 1° of the Company Code.

Article 27. – DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS.

From the net profits of the company each year at least five percent (5%) shall be set aside to constitute the legal reserve. Such deduction shall no longer be required as soon as this legal reserve reaches one/tenth of the company’s capital. A decision shall be taken every year by the general meeting upon proposal of the managers, about the allocation of the balance of the net profits.

CHAPTER V. – WINDING-UP AND LIQUIDATION

Article 28. – WINDING-UP.

The company can be wound up at any time by a decision of the general meeting deliberating under the formalities which apply for modification of the articles of association.

The fact that all the shares are held by one and the same person shall not result in the winding up of the company. The sole shareholder is liable for the obligations of the company up to the amount of his contribution.

If such person is a legal person and no new shareholder has joined the company within one year, or it has not been wound up, the sole shareholder shall be considered to be a joint and several guarantor of any obligations of the company arising after he acquired all the shares, until a new shareholder has joined the company or until the publication of its winding up.

If as a result of losses incurred, the net assets have decreased to less than fifty percent of the share capital, the general meeting must meet within a period of maximum two months following the date on which such loss is or should have been established by virtue of legal or statutory provisions in order to, as the occasion arises, deliberate and decide on the winding up of the company and possibly on other measures announced in the agenda, according to the formalities which apply for modifications of the articles of association.

The manager justifies its proposals in a special report which shall be made available to the partners at the registered office of the company fifteen days before the general meeting.

If the manager proposes to carry on the activities, it shall set forth in its report the measures which it intends to take in order to restore the company’s financial situation. This report is announced in the agenda. A copy thereof is addressed to the partners together with the notice in accordance with article 269 of the Company Code.

 

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The same rules apply if, as a result of losses suffered, the net assets have decreased to less than one/fourth of the corporate capital but, in such case, the winding up may be pronounced when it is approved by one/fourth of the votes cast at the meeting.

If the net assets have decreased below the legal minimum amount fixed by article 214 of the Company Code, each interested person may request the winding up of the company before the court.

Article 29. – WINDING-UP AND LIQUIDATION.

If the company is dissolved, one or more liquidators shall be appointed by the general meeting. If no decision has been taken on this subject, the managers are legally considered to be liquidators, not only for the purpose of receiving notices and notifications, but also for actually liquidating the company, and not only vis-à-vis third parties, but also vis-à-vis the partners.

They dispose of the powers set forth in articles 186 and 187 of the Company Code, without the need for further authorization by the general meeting. However, the general meeting may at all times restrict these powers by simple majority of votes.

All assets of the company must be sold, unless the general meeting decides otherwise. If not all the shares have been paid-up to the same extent, the liquidators restore the balance, either by making additional calls, or by making prior payments.

Chapter VI – PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN CASE THE

COMPANY HAS ONLY ONE PARTNER

Article 30. – GENERAL PROVISION.

All the provisions of these articles of association are applicable when the company has only one partner and provided they are not in contradiction with the rules governing the one-person company.

Article 31. – TRANSFER OF SHARES INTER VIVOS.

The sole partner decides alone the transfer of whole or part of his/her shares.

Article 32. – DEATH OF THE SOLE PARTNER WITHOUT ASSIGNMENT OF SHARES.

If the sole partner dies and the shares are not assigned to a person entitled to inherit, the company shall be wound up ipso jure and article 344 of the Company Code will then apply.

Article 33. – ASSIGNMENT OF SHARES FOR REASON OF DEATH.

The death of the sole partner shall not result in the winding up of the company. In case of death of the sole partner, the rights vested in the shares shall be exercised until the day of division and partition of the shares or the delivery of the bequests with regard to such shares, by the heirs and legatees who lawfully obtained or were given possession of their pro rata rights in the estate.

By deviation to the previous paragraph the person who inherits the usufruct of the shares of the sole shareholder, will exercise all rights vested in the shares.

Article 34. – CAPITAL INCREASE – PREFERENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT.

Should the sole partner decide to increase the capital in cash, article 8 of the articles of association is not applicable.

Article 35. – MANAGER – APPOINTMENT.

If no manager is appointed, the sole partner shall exercise ipso jure all the rights and obligations of a manager. The person appointed as manager can be the sole partner as well as a third party.

Article 36. – DISMISSAL.

Should a third party be appointed as manager, even in the articles of association and without limitation of time, he can at any time be dismissed by the sole partner, unless he is appointed for a determined term or for an unlimited term but in such cases, with notice.

Article 37. – CONTROL.

As long as the company has no statutory auditor and as long as a third person is manager, the sole partner shall exercise all the powers of the statutory auditor, such as provided for in article 23 of the articles of association.

However, as long as the only partner shall perform the mandate of manager and as long as no auditor has been appointed, there is no control in the company.

Article 38. – GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING.

The sole partner exercises all the powers reserved to the general meeting. He cannot delegate these powers, except for well defined purposes. The decisions of the sole partner shall be recorded in minutes signed by him and inserted in a register which shall be kept at the registered office of the company.

Should the sole partner also be manager, the formalities for convening the general meeting shall have to be complied with in accordance with Article 268 of the Company Code. However, these formalities shall not have to be complied with as far as the partner himself is concerned.

 

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CHAPTER VII – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 39. – ELECTION OF DOMICILE.

Every manager, auditor or liquidator residing abroad shall have to elect domicile in Belgium, failing which he shall be deemed having elected domiciled at the registered office.

 

FOR IDENTICAL COORDINATION

 

Aurélie Van Ruysevelt
By virtue of a proxy
Notarial employee “Berquin, Ockerman, Deckers, Spruyt & van der Vorst, Associated Notaries”

 

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EX-3.120 116 dex3120.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PEC BELGIUM B.V.B.A. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a.

Exhibit 3.120

English Translation

 

Berquin Notaries   LOGO
Civil cooperative company with limited liability  
Lloyd Georgelaan, 11  
1000 Brussels  
RPR Brussels 0474.073.840  
Tel. +32(2)645.19.45 Fax: +32(2)645.19.46  

Coordinated text of the articles of

association of

PLC “GLOBAL Crossing

PEC Belgium”

with registered office at 1831 Diegem (Machelen),

Kouterveldstraat, 15, registered in the crossroad bank of enterprises

under number 0464.777.577 - RPR Brussels

after the modification d.d.

May 10, 2010

 

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HISTORY

(in application of art. 75, first paragraph, 2° of the Company Code)

DEED OF INCORPORATION:

The company was incorporated by deed executed by Notary Carl Ockerman, Notary in Brussels, on fifteen December nineteen hundred ninety-eight, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of twenty-nine December nineteen hundred ninety-eight, under number 981229-416.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION:

The articles of association were modified by:

 

   

minutes drawn up by Notary Carl Ockerman, Notary in Brussels, on thirty December nineteen hundred ninety-nine, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of four February two thousand, under number 20000204-493.

 

   

minutes drawn up by Notary Carl Ockerman, Notary in Brussels, on thirteen December two thousand, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of twenty-six January two thousand and one, under number 20010126-137.

 

   

minutes drawn by Notary Daisy Dekegel, Notary in Brussels, on six November two thousand and three, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of ten December two thousand and three, under number 20031210-130500.

 

   

minutes drawn up by Notary Denis Deckers, Notary in Brussels, on four December two thousand and three, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of sixteen January two thousand and four, under number 20040116-0007967.

 

   

minutes drawn up by Notary Eric Spruyt, Notary in Brussels, on ten December two thousand and four, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of ten January thereafter, under number 20050110-4917.

 

   

minutes drawn up by Notary Peter Van Melkebeke, Notary in Brussels, on twenty December two thousand and six, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of nineteen January two thousand and seven, under number 20070119-11510.

 

   

minutes drawn up by Notary Denis Deckers, Notary in Brussels, on twenty-one September two thousand and nine, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of nine October thereafter, under number 0142141.

The statutes were most recently modified by minutes drawn up by Notary Peter Van Melkebeke, Notary in Brussels, on ten May two thousand and ten, which has been lodged in order to be published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette.

TRANSFER OF THE REGISTERED OFFICE:

The registered office was transferred to the current address by a decision of the board of managing directors de dato twenty-seven February two thousand and two, published in the appendix to the Belgian State Gazette of December 30 thereafter, under number 20021230-0154336.

 

 

 

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COORDINATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

ON May 10 2010

CHAPTER I. LEGAL FORM – NAME – REGISTERED OFFICE – THE COMPANY’S OBJECT – TERM.

Article 1. – FORM – NAME.

The Company is incorporated as a public limited company and carries the name “GLOBAL Crossing PEC Belgium”.

In all acts, invoices, notices, announcements, letters, orders and other documents emanating from the company, this name must always be preceded or followed by the words “besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid” or the abbreviation “BVBA”. The registered office of the company, the words “rechtspersonenregister” or the abbreviation “RPR” followed by the company number are also to be mentioned.

Article 2. – REGISTERED OFFICE.

The registered office of the company is established in 1831 Diegem, Kouterveldstraat 15.

The registered office can be transferred by simple decision of the managing directors to any place in Belgium, provided this occurs in compliance with the language legislation.

The company can, by decision of the managing directors, establish other governing board seats, administrative seats, branches, agencies, and storage places in Belgium or abroad.

Article 3. – THE COMPANY’S OBJECT.

The company’s object consists of, in Belgium and abroad, in its own name or in the name of third parties, for its own account or on the account of others, the construction and exploitation of telecommunication networks and installations as well as the supply of telecommunication services.

The company can acquire, rent or let, manufacture, transfer or exchange all movable or immovable property, materials and needs, and in general carry out all commercial, industrial or financial acts, which are directly or indirectly related to the company’s object, including subcontracting in general, and the exploitation of all intellectual rights and of all industrial or commercial properties which are the object thereof. The company can acquire all movable and immovable property as an investment, even if it is not directly nor indirectly related to the company’s object.

The company can conduct the management and the liquidation procedure in all affiliates in which it has a stake and it can grant all loans, of any form and duration whatsoever, to the latter or act as caution for these companies. The company can, by input in cash or in kind, merger, subscription, participation, financial assistance or by any other way, participate in all existing or to be created companies and enterprises, in Belgium or abroad, whose purpose is identical, similar or related with its purpose, or whose purpose will advance the purpose of the company. This list is illustrative and not restrictive.

The company’s object can be extended or limited by means of a modification of the articles of association, in accordance with the conditions provided by article 287 of the Company Code.

Article 4. – TERM.

The company exists for an indefinite period of time.

CHAPTER II. – SHARE CAPITAL AND SHARES.

Article 5. – CAPITAL.

The share capital is fixed at TWENTY-ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY euro NINETYFOUR eurocents (21.518.570,94), represented by EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTYEIGHT THOUSAND FIFTY-ONE (868.051) shares without nominal value.

Article 6. – PROFIT-SHARING CERTIFICATES.

The company can not issue profit-sharing certificates, which do not represent the share capital.

Article 7. – STATUS OF THE SHARES.

The shares are indivisible with regard to the company. The joint owners must be represented with regard to the company by one person; as long as this clause will not have been complied with, the rights associated to these shares shall be suspended.

If no agreement can be reached between the beneficiaries, the competent judge can, at the request of the most diligent party, appoint an interim administrator to exercise the concerned rights in the interest of the joint beneficiaries.

Should the share belong to bare owners or usufructuaries, all the rights associated thereto, including the voting right, shall be exercised by the usufructuary(ies).

 

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Article 8. – PREFERENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT IN THE EVENT OF CAPITAL INCREASE.

Without prejudice to the provisions article 31 of the articles of association in case the company would have only one partner, the following rules shall apply:

In case of a capital increase by contribution in cash, the partners have a preferential subscription right in proportion with the part of the capital represented by their shares, in accordance with article 309 of the Company Code.

The period during which this preferential subscription right may be exercised, shall be determined by the shareholders meeting, but cannot be less than fifteen days from the offer for subscription.

The date of the offer for subscription as well as its period of exercise shall be announced by a notice notified by registered letter to all the partners.

The shares which have not been subscribed in accordance with the above paragraphs can only be subscribed by the persons referred to in article 249, paragraph 2 of the Company Code, except the consent of at least one half of the partners holding at least three quarters of the capital.

Article 9. – TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF THE SHARES.

Paragraph 1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the articles of association in case the company would have only one partner, the following provisions shall apply:

On penalty of nullity, the transfer of shares inter vivos as well as the transfer by reason of death, is subject to the approval of at least one half of the partners, holding at least three quarters of the capital, after deduction of the rights in respect of which the transfer is proposed.

However, this approval is not required if the shares are transferred or assigned to:

1) another partner;

2) the spouse of the transferor or the testator;

3) the ascendants or descendants of the transferor or the testator;

4) a subsidiary of the company;

5) any legal entity (mother company) of which the company is itself a subsidiary;

6) any subsidiary of the legal entity referred to in sub5).

Under “mother” company and “subsidiary” is understood every company which exercises control over another company or every company vis-à-vis which there exists such control.

“Control” over a company is the competence, de iure and de facto, to have a decisive influence on the appointment of the majority of its directors or managers or on the orientation of its policy.

7) “Wilmington Trust, FSB”, with registered office at Suite 1290, Drop Code 7100, 50 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402, as it will change during the times, to its legal successors or to related and/or associated companies of “Wilmington Trust, FSB” and its legal successors, as referred to in article 11, 1°, respectively article 12, of the Company Code.

Paragraph 2

If the transfer of shares inter vivos or the transfer by reason of death is subject to the approval of the partners according to paragraph 1 of this article, the manager, upon request of the partners who wish to transfer their shares or, in case of transfer by reason of death, upon request of the heirs or legatees, shall convene a general shareholders’ meeting in order to deliberate on the proposed transfer of shares. The proposal of the transfer of shares inter vivos must indicate the conditions and the price of such transfer.

In case of refusal, the partners who did not grant their approval, are obliged within three months, to buy themselves the shares whose transfer was refused in proportion to the number of shares each of the partner concerned already holds, except a mutual agreement on another division. The purchase price shall be determined in accordance with the net assets of the company such as resulting from the last balance sheet approved by the shareholders, except another agreement between the parties. In the absence of agreement between the parties, the price shall be determined by the competent court upon request of the most diligent party.

The shares whose purchase to the concerned partners has not been take place within three months from the date of the refusal of approval according to the preceding paragraph, shall be validly transferred to the partner wishing to acquire the shares at the conditions and the price indicated in the proposal of transfer or shall be validly transferred to the heirs and legatees of the dead partner.

Paragraph 3

Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles of association, none of the transfer restrictions mentioned in these articles of association are applicable to a transfer to (i) Wilmington Trust, FSB, with registered office at Suite 1290, Drop Code 7100, 50 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402,

 

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as it will change during the times, its successors in law or related and/or associated companies of “Wilmington Trust, FSB” as referred to in article 11, 1°, respectively article 12, of the Company Code, and its successors in law, (ii) a bank as defined in article 1 of the Law of March 22, 1993 concerning the statute and the supervision over the financial institutions, or (iii) any other acquirer of shares of the company as a result of the eviction of a surety over the shares of the company and each of the aforementioned persons will be considered as persons as defined in article 249, 4° of the Company Code.

Article 10. – SHAREHOLDERS’ REGISTER.

A shareholders’ register will be maintained at the registered office. It shall include: 1° the accurate indication of each partner and the number of shares belonging to him, 2° the mention of payments made, 3° the transfers and assignments of shares with the date thereof, dated and signed by the transferor and the beneficiary in case of transfer inter vivos, and by the managers and the beneficiaries in case of transfer by reason of death.

Transfer and assignment are only valid with regard to the company and to third parties as of the date of their inscription in the said register.

CHAPTER III. – BODIES OF THE COMPANY.

Section 1. – Shareholders’ meeting.

Without prejudice to the provisions of article 35 of the articles of association in case the company would have only one shareholder, the following provisions apply to the shareholders’ meeting.

Article11. – SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING.

The annual shareholders’ meeting will be held on the first Wednesday of the month April at 10 AM, at the registered office of the company or at another place indicated in the convocation notice.

Should this be a legal holiday, the meeting will take place on the next working day.

In the event there is being opted for the procedure of written decision-making as referred to in Article 14bis of these articles of association, the company must receive the circular letter containing the agenda and the proposed decisions, signed and approved by every partner, at latest on the statutory day fixed for holding the shareholders’ meeting.

Extraordinary general meetings may be convened by the manager(s). They must be convened at the request of the partners representing together one/fifth of the company’s capital, within three weeks as from the date of the post-mark indicated on the registered letter, containing the agenda, and sent to the managers.

The partners, the holders of certificates which are issued in cooperation with the company, the bondholders, the managers and the auditor, if any, will be invited by registered letter, fifteen days before the meeting.

The convocation notice must contain the complete agenda. No vote shall be issued about an item not indicated in the agenda, unless all the partners are present and express their consent, or if all the partners are represented and the proxies allow it.

The validity of the notice of a meeting cannot be challenged if all shareholders are present or represented at the meeting

Article 12. – VOTING RIGHT.

Each share is entitled to one vote.

Each partner may designate a proxy, by letter, telegram, telex, facsimile or other written or electronic instrument to represent him at the general meeting.

Voting in writing is accepted. In that case the letter containing the vote should mention each item of the agenda and the words “accepted” or “rejected” should be handwritten and followed by the signature; this letter has to be addressed to the company per registered mail and must be delivered at the registered office at least one day before the meeting.

Article 13. – MAJORITY.

Save for more stringent provisions of the law, the decisions are taken by the majority of votes taking part at the casting, irrespective of the number of shares present at the meeting.

An abstention shall be considered as a negative vote.

Article 14. – CHAIRMAN.

The meeting shall be chaired by the manager, or by the eldest among them, who appoints the secretary and the vote counters, if any.

Article 14bis. – WRITTEN DECISION-MAKING.

Except for the decisions that need to be taken before a notary public, the partners can take decisions unanimously and in writing on all issues that pertain to the powers of the shareholders’ meeting.

For this purpose, the managers will send a circular letter, by mail, fax, email or any other means of communication to each partner and auditor, if any, indicating the agenda and the proposed decisions

 

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with the request to the partners to approve the proposed decisions and to send the letter, duly signed and within the term specified in the letter, back to the registered office or any other place mentioned in the circular letter.

If the approval of all partners regarding all items on the agenda and regarding the application of the written decision procedure is not received within this period, the decisions are deemed not to be taken.

The bondholders, as well as the holders of registered certificates which are issued in cooperation with the company, have the right to be informed, at the registered office of the company, about decisions taken.

Article 15. – DUPLICATES OF THE MINUTES FOR THIRD PARTIES.

The duplicates of the minutes of the shareholders’ meetings for third parties will be signed by the majority of the managers and by the majority of the auditors.

Section 2. – Management

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 32 and 33 of the articles of association in case the company would have only one partner, the following provisions shall apply.

Article 16. – MANAGEMENT.

The company is managed by one ore more managers, natural persons, who need not to be a partner.

If a legal entity is appointed as manager, it has to appoint, amongst its shareholders, managers, directors or employees, a permanent representative, natural person, who is in charge of the exercise of this duty on behalf and for the account of the legal entity.

For the appointment and the termination of the mission of the permanent representative, the same rules of publication apply as if he would fulfill this duty in his own name and for his own account.

The managers will be appointed by the general meeting for a period it shall determine.

Article 17. – POWERS OF THE MANAGERS.

The managers may perform all acts which are necessary or useful for the realization of the corporate purpose, with the exception of those reserved to the general meeting by law.

If there is more than one manager, they can arrange among them the exercise of their powers. Such division of the exercise of powers cannot be opposed to third parties.

The managers can, by means of special proxies, delegate part of their powers to a third party.

Article 18. – REPRESENTATION.

Each manager - also when there are several of them - represents the company vis-à-vis the third parties, as well as before the courts, both as plaintiff or as defendant.

The company is validly bound by the aforementioned representatives designated by a special proxy.

Section 3: Control.

Article 19. – CONTROL.

The control of the financial situation, the annual accounts and the regularity of the transactions to be reported in the annual accounts is conferred to one or more statutory auditors. The statutory auditors are appointed by the general shareholders’ meeting from among the members, natural persons or legal entities, of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (‘Instituut der Bedrijfsrevisoren’). The statutory auditors shall be appointed for a renewable term of three years. The general meeting can only dismiss them for valid reasons, on penalty of payment of damages.

However, as long as the company can benefit from the exceptions provided in article 141 of the Company Code, every partner has the individual right of investigation and control vested in a statutory auditor.

Nevertheless, the general meeting of shareholders shall at all times have the right to appoint an auditor, irrespective of legal criteria. In the event that an auditor is appointed, every partner can be represented by an accountant. The remuneration of the accountant is payable by the company if he is appointed with its approval, or if this remuneration is charged to it under a judicial decision. In these cases the remarks of the accountant are communicated to the company.

CHAPTER IV. – ACCOUNTING YEAR AND ANNUAL ACOUNTS.

Article 20. – ACCOUNTING YEAR.

The accounting year starts on the first of January and ends on the thirty-first of December of each year.

At the end of each accounting year, the managers draw up an inventory and the annual accounts. These annual accounts consist of the balance-sheet, the profit and loss statement and the explanation. These documents shall be drawn up in accordance with the applicable law and shall be filed with the National Bank of Belgium.

 

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The annual accounts are, in view of their deposit, duly signed by a manager.

In addition, the managers will draft each year a report pursuant to articles 95 and 96 of the Company Code. However, the managers are not obliged to draw up a yearly report as long as the company fulfills the conditions set by article 94, first paragraph, 1° of the Company Code.

Article 21. – DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS.

From the net profits of the company each year at least five percent (5%) shall be set aside to constitute the legal reserve. Such deduction shall no longer be required as soon as this legal reserve reaches one/tenth of the company’s capital.

A decision shall be taken every year by the general meeting upon proposal of the managers, about the allocation of the balance of the net profits.

No distribution can be made if at the closing date of the past accounting year, the net assets as they result from the annual accounts, are or would become as a result of such distribution, lower than the amount of the paid-up capital, increased by all the reserves which the law or the articles of association do not allow to distribute.

Article 22. – DISCHARGE TO THE MANAGER AND THE AUDITOR.

After approval of the annual accounts, the general meeting decides by a special vote on the discharge to be granted to the manager(s) and the statutory auditor. This discharge is valid only when the actual situation of the company has not been hidden by any omission of erroneous indication whatsoever in the annual accounts and, regarding the extra statutory transactions, only when they are specified in the notice.

CHAPTER V. – WINDING-UP AND LIQUIDATION

Article 23. – WINDING-UP.

The company can be wound up at any time by a decision of the general meeting deliberating under the formalities which apply for modification of the articles of association.

The fact that all the shares are held by one and the same person shall not result in the winding up of the company. The sole shareholder is liable for the obligations of the company up to the amount of his contribution.

If such person is a legal person and no new shareholder has joined the company within one year, or it has not been wound up, the sole shareholder shall be considered to be a joint and several guarantor of any obligations of the company arising after he acquired all the shares, until a new shareholder has joined the company or until the publication of its winding up.

If as a result of losses incurred, the net assets have decreased to less than fifty percent of the share capital, the general meeting must meet within a period of maximum two months following the date on which such loss is or should have been established by virtue of legal or statutory provisions in order to, as the occasion arises, deliberate and decide on the winding up of the company and possibly on other measures announced in the agenda, according to the formalities which apply for modifications of the articles of association.

The manager justifies his proposals in a special report which shall be made available to the partners at the registered office of the company fifteen days before the general meeting.

If the manager proposes to carry on the activities, it shall set forth in its report the measures which it intends to take in order to restore the company’s financial situation. This report is announced in the agenda. A copy thereof is addressed to the partners together with the notice.

The same rules apply if, as a result of losses suffered, the net assets have decreased to less than one/fourth of the corporate capital but, in such case, the winding up may be pronounced when it is approved by one/fourth of the votes cast at the meeting.

If the net assets have decreased below the legal minimum amount fixed by article 333 of the Company Code, each interested person may request the winding up of the company before the court

 

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Article 24. – APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATORS.

If the company is dissolved, one or more liquidators shall be appointed by the general meeting. If no decision has been taken on this subject, the managers are legally considered to be liquidators, not only for the purpose of receiving notices and notifications, but also for actually liquidating the company, and not only vis-à-vis third parties, but also vis-à-vis the partners.

They dispose of the powers set forth in articles 186 and 187 of the Company Code, without the need for further authorization by the general meeting.

Article 25. – LIQUIDATION.

All assets of the company must be sold, unless the general meeting decides otherwise. If not all the shares have been paid-up to the same extent, the liquidators restore the balance, either by making additional calls, or by making prior payments.

Chapter VI – PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN CASE THE

COMPANY HAS ONLY ONE PARTNER

Article 26. – GENERAL PROVISION.

All the provisions of these articles of association are applicable when the company has only one partner and provided they are not in contradiction with the rules governing the one-person company.

Article 27. – TRANSFER OF SHARES INTER VIVOS.

The sole partner decides alone the transfer of whole or part of his/her shares.

Article 28. – DECEASE OF THE SOLE PARTNER WITHOUT ASSIGNMENT OF SHARES.

If the sole partner dies and the shares are not assigned to a person entitled to inherit, the company shall be wound up ipso jure and article 344 of the Company Code will then apply.

Article 29. – ASSIGNMENT OF SHARES FOR REASON OF DEATH.

The death of the sole partner shall not result in the winding up of the company.

If the sole dead partner had heirs or legatees, the limitations in the assignment of the property of shares, fixed or allowed in article 249 of the Company Code or in these articles of association, shall not apply.

The following rules are applicable if there are several heirs or legatees:

 

   

If the shares are saddled with usufruct, article 7 of the articles of association shall apply.

 

   

If, on the contrary, the shares are not saddled with usufruct, the rights vested in the shares shall be exercised until the day of division and partition of the shares or the delivery of the bequests with regard to such shares, by the heirs and legatees who lawfully obtained or were given possession of their pro rata rights in the estate.

Article 30. – USUFRUCT OF SHARES.

The beneficial owner’s rights are regulated by article 7, paragraph 3 of the articles of association.

Article 31. – CAPITAL INCREASE – PREFERENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT.

Should the sole partner decide to increase the capital in cash, article 8 of the articles of association is not applicable.

Article 32. – MANAGER – APPOINTMENT.

If no manager is appointed, the sole partner shall exercise ipso jure all the rights and obligations of a manager. The person appointed as manager can be the sole partner as well as a third party.

Article 33. – DISMISSAL.

Should a third party be appointed as manager, even in the articles of association and without limitation of time, he can at any time be dismissed by the sole partner, unless he is appointed for a determined term or for an unlimited term but in such cases, with notice.

Article 34.– CONTROL.

As long as the company has no statutory auditor and as long as a third person is manager, the sole partner shall exercise all the powers of the statutory auditor, such as provided for in article 19 of the articles of association.

However, as long as the only partner shall perform the mandate of manager and as long as no auditor has been appointed, there is no control in the company.

Article 35. – GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING.

The sole partner exercises all the powers reserved to the general meeting. He cannot delegate these powers, except for well defined purposes. The decisions of the sole partner shall be recorded in minutes signed by him and inserted in a register which shall be kept at the registered office of the company.

 

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Should the sole partner also be manager, the formalities for convening the general meeting shall not have to be complied with, notwithstanding the obligation to draw up a special report which, as the case may be, shall be published according to the law.

If an external manager has been appointed, the latter shall attend the general meetings, even if he has not been convened to it. The sole partner shall be obliged to invite the manager per registered letter indicating the agenda. This last formality is not mandatory if the manager is prepared to attend the meeting. This consent is mentioned in the minutes of the meeting. In all cases the meeting shall be chaired by the sole partner.

Article 36. – DISCHARGE.

Even if the manager is the sole partner, discharge can be granted to him/her according to article 22 of the articles of association.

CHAPTER VII – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 37. – ELECTION OF DOMICILE.

Every partner, manager and liquidator residing abroad shall have to elect domicile in Belgium, failing which he shall be deemed having elected domiciled at the registered office.

 

FOR IDENTICAL COORDINATION

 

Jean VAN DEN BOSSCHE
By virtue of a proxy
Notarial employee “Berquin Notarissen”

 

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EX-3.121 117 dex3121.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING CYPRUS HOLDINGS LIMITED Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Cyprus Holdings Limited

Exhibit 3.121

English Translation

THE COMPANIES LAW, CAP. 113

 

 

PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GLOBAL CROSSING CYPRUS HOLDING LIMITED

 

1. The regulations included in Part I of Table A in the first section of the Companies Law Cap. 113 (hereinfter called Table A) except for articles no. 24, 53, 75, 79,84 (2), 88 (f). 89-94 (both included) and 106 and the provisions and exclusions mentioned below, will be applicable to the company but in case of disagreement or variation between the present regulations and Table A the present regulations will be applicable.

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

 

2. The company is a Private Company and accordingly:

 

  (a) The right to transfer shares is restricted in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

  (b) The number of members of the company (exclusive of persons who are in the employment of the company and of persons who, having been formely in the employment of the company, were, while in such employment, and have continued after the termination of such employment to be members of the company) is limited to fifty. It is understood that where two or more persons jointly hold one or more shares in the company they shall, for the purpose of this regulation be treated as a single member.

 

  (c) Any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of the company is prohibited.

 

  (d) The company shall not have power to issue share warrants to bearer.

CALLS ON SHARES

 

3. In regulation 15 of Part 1 of Table A the phrase “the provision that no call will exceed in value one quarter of the nominal value of the share nor will it be payable in less than one month from the date of payment of the previous call” is excluded.


TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

4. The directors have the discretionary power and without providing any reason for it; to refuse the registration of any transfer of shares whether fully or partly paid.

 

5. The regulation 22 and 23 of Table A must be read in conjuction with regulations 6 and 7 of the present articles of association.

 

6. The shares of the company will not be transferred unless and until the rights of preference given hereunder are exhausted.

 

7.    (a)    Any member, proposing to transfer shares (hereinafter called “the Seller”), must notify in writing the board of directors of his intention. The notice renders the board of directors his agent for the sale of the said shares to other members of the company either singly or as a whole, at the discretion of the directors, at a price agreed between the seller and the board of directors, or in case of disagreement, at the price, fixed by the auditor of the company, who would certify in writing that the price represents the appropriate sale value of the shares between one person voluntarily selling and the other person voluntarily purchasing. Therefore the certifying auditor is considered to act as expert and not as arbitrator and consequently the arbitration law is not applicable.
   (b)    Following determination of the price as mentioned above the board of directors will inform all members of the company of the number and the price of the shares available for purchase and will invite each member to notify the company in writing, within twenty-one days from the date of delivery of the notification whether a member is willing to buy any of the aforementioned shares and the maximum number of shares required.
   (c)    Following the elapse of 21 days the board of directors will allot the. aforesaid shares to the. member or members who wish to buy, as mentioned above (if the members are more than one), so long as it is possible, in proportion to the number of shares held in the company, it is understood that no applicant is obliged to buy more than the maximum number of shares applied by him as explained above. As soon as the payment of the said price is effected the board of directors should transfer the shares to the purchaser or purchasers; failure to do so, one of the directors appointed by the board for this purpose will be considered as the appointed representative of the seller, with full powers to execute, complete and deliver, in the name of and on behalf of the seller the transfer of shares to the purchaser member or members, and the board of directors is empowered to accept or grant a release on behalf of the seller and to record the name of the purchaser or the purchasers in the Register of members, as holder of the transferred shares.
   (d)    In case the said shares are not sold fully in accordance with the provisions of (a) and (b) of the present article the seller is entitled, after the elapse of one month from the date of expiry of this article, to transfer the unsold shares to any person at the price fixed in paragraph (a) of the present article.


8. Regulations 6 and 7 will not be applicable in the case of transfer of shares from a member to his/her spouse, child, other descedant, to the trustees of a deceased member, not in the case of a transfer of shares held by a company to another company because of a reorganisation or amalgamation scheme of the aforesaid member company or to another company wholly owned by the member company or to a company which wholly owns the member company. In this case the transfer of shares will take place without any restriction.

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

9. Under the provisions of the law, any written resolution, signed by all members, who are entitled to receive notices of general meetings and attend and vote thereat (or in the case of companies members, by their legal representatives) is so valid as if it was approved at a properly convened general meeting of the Company.

 

10. No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time of the start of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided two members present or represented by a proxy form a quorum.

DIRECTORS

 

11. The minimum number of directors of the company shall be one and the maximum seven.

BORROWING POWERS

 

12. The board of directors may exercise all powers vested in them by the company to borrow money, and to charge or mortgage its undertaking, its property and uncalled share capital, or any part thereof, and to issue debentures, debenture stock and other promissory notes whether to cover any debt, liability or obligation of the company or to cover any third party, irrespective of any security, without any restrictions.

POWER AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS

 

13. The directors may from time to time demand that any person, whose name appears in the register of members, provide them with any information supported (if this is so demanded by the Board of Directors) with the view of deciding if the company is a private exempt company based on the interpretation of paragraph (4) of Article Number 123 of the Law.

 

14. The directors can vote on a contract or proposed contract or agreement even if they have an interest in it; if they do not wish to vote, their vote is accounted for and their presence is taken into account in arriving at the decision if a quorum was reached at any meeting of the board of directors, which meeting was convened to consider such a contract, proposed contract or agreement.


PROCEEDINGS AT DIRECTORS’ BOARD MEETINGS

 

15    (a)   

A written resolution signed or being accepted by letter or telefax or telegram or cable by all members of the Board of Directors who have the right to receive notice of meeting is valid as if this was taken at a meeting duly called and convened and may consist of more than one same document signed by one or more of the aforementioned persons.

   (b)    (I)   

A meeting of the directors may consists of a conference between directors some or all of whom are in different places provided that each director who participates is able:

         (a)    to hear each of the other participating directors addressing the meeting; and
         (b)    if he so wishes, to address all of the other participating. directors simultaneously.
     

Whether directly, by conference telephone or by any other form of communications equipment (whether in use when these articles are adopted or not) or by a combination of those methods.

      (II)   

A quorum is deemed to be present if those conditions are satisfied in respect of at least the number of directors required to form a quorum.

      (III)   

A meeting held in this way is deemed to take place at the place where the largest group of participating directors is assembled or, if no such group is readily identifiable, at the place from where the chairman of the meeting participates. The chairman of the meeting undertakes to inform the secretary of the company about the board decisions taken for the purpose of their preparation and their placement in the company’s Minutes Book.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

 

16. Each director has the power to nominate either another director or anybody else, to act as alternate director and attend any meetings of the board of directors at which he is unable to attend and the director has the authority to remove the nominated alternate director. The alternate director is subject, in all respects, (except appointing alternate director and fixing remuneration) to the terms governing the rest of the directors of the company, and the alternate director, while so acting, exercises and executes all functions, all powers and duties and all duties of a Director during the absence of the person who appointed him. Each director acting as an alternate director is entitled- to an additional vote for every director that he represents. The alternate director ceases to be an alternate director if the director who appointed him ceases to be a director for whatever reason provided that if any director resigns for any reason, but is re-elected at the same meeting, any appointment exercised under the said regulation, which was in force immediately prior to his resignation, remains in force as if he never resigned.


17. The members of the board of directors do not have any responsibility for the actions and omissions of the representatives appointed by them.

 

18. An alternate director is not taken into account in arriving at the minimum or maximum number of directors provided for in these regulations but is taken into account for the purpose of determining whether there is quorum at a meeting of directors at which he is present and is entitled to vote.

 

19. Every director or any other officer of the company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the company against any losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of his duties including liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings whether civil or criminal in which judgement is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under section 383 of the Law in which relief is granted to him by the Court and no director or officer of the company shall liable for any loss, damage of misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. But this clause shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not avoided by section 197 of the Law.
EX-3.122 118 dex3122.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PEC DANMARK A.P.S. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Danmark A.p.S.

Exhibit 3.122

English Translation

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

KM 724 APS

Name

The company’s name is KM 724 ApS.

Registered office

The registered office of the company is in the City of Copenhagen.

Object

The object of the company is to carry on business, trade and industry and related services.

Capital

The share capital of the company is DKK 125,000 distributed on shares of DKK 100 or multiples thereof.

Any and all transfers of shares require prior consent from the executive board.

General meetings, powers, place and notice of meeting

The general meeting has the ultimate authority in all matters concerning the company within the limits laid down by law and by these Articles of Association.

The general meeting of the company will be held at the registered office of the company. The general meeting will be held each year within five months from the end of the financial year.

The general meeting will be convened by the executive board at not less than 8 days’ notice by ordinary letter or facsimile to all shareholders of the company.

The general meeting, agenda

The agenda shall be as follows:

The executive board’s report on the company’s activities during the past year.


Presentation and approval of the financial statements and consolidated financial statements, if any, with audit report and the annual report.

Resolution as to the appropriation of profits or the covering of losses according to the approved annual report.

Election of executive board.

Election of auditor.

General meetings, voting rights and resolutions

Each share of DKK 1 is entitled to one vote.

At general meetings, all resolutions are to be passed by a simple majority of votes, except for the situations in which a qualified majority is required under the Danish Companies Act.

Executive board

The shareholders will appoint an executive board consisting of 1 to 3 director(s) to be in charge of the overall management of the Company. The company does not have a board of directors.

Power to bind the company

The company is bound by the signature of a director.

Audit

The company’s accounts will be audited by one or two state-authorised or registered public accountants to be elected by the general meeting for one year at a time. Re-election may take place.

Financial year

The financial year of the company runs from 1 January to 31 December. The first financial year runs from the date of establishment on 5 October 1998 until 31 December 1999.

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The above Articles of Association were adopted based on the Memorandum of Association of 5 October 1998.

 

In the executive board:
Jørgen Byriel

 

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VEDTÆGTER   ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

1.         Navn

 

1.         Name

 

1.1

  1.1
Selskabets navn er GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.   The name of the Company is GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.

 

2.         Hiemsted

 

 

2.         Registered Office

Selskabets hjemsted er i Københavns kommune.   The registered office of the Company shall be in the municipality of Copenhagen .

 

3.         Formål

 

 

3.         Objects

Selskabets formål er konstruktion samt drift af telekommunikations netværk og installationer samt udførelse af telekommunikations tjenester i Danmark samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed.   The Objects of the Company are the construction and operation of telecommunication networks and installations and the provision of telecommunications services in Denmark and related business.

 

4.         Selskabets kapital

 

 

4.         The Company’s Share Capital

4.1   4.1
Selskabets indskudskapital udgør kr. 125.000,00 fordelt på anparter à kr. 100 eller multipla heraf.   The share capital of the Company equals DKK 125,000.00 divided into shares of DKK 100 each or any multiple hereof.

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4.2   4. 2
Indskudskapitalen er fuldt indbetalt.   The share capital has been fully paid-up.

4.3

  4.3
Ved udvidelse af indskudskapitalen skal selskabets anpartshavere have ret til forholdsmæssig tegning af de nye anparter, medmindre generalforsamlingen ved særlig beslutning træffer anden bestemmelse.   In the event of an increase of the share capital, the Company’s shareholders shall be entitled to subscribe to the new shares in proportion to their shareholdings unless the General meeting decides otherwise by a special resolution.

5.         Selskabets anparter

 

5.         The Company’s Shares

5.1   5.1
Selskabets anpartshavere noteres i selskabets fortegnelse over anpartshavere.   The shareholders of the Company shall be recorded in the Company’s register of shareholders.

6.         Generalforsamlingen, kompetence, sted oq indkaldelse

 

6.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Authority, Place and Notice

6.1   6.1
Generalforsamlingen har den højeste myndighed i alle selskabets anliggender inden for de i lovgivningen og nærværende vedtægter fastsatte grænser.   Within the limits set by law and by these Articles of Association the General Meeting of Shareholders has the supreme authority in all matters relating to the Company.

 

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6.2   6.2
Selskabets generalforsamlinger skal afholdes på selskabets hjemsted eller i København. Den ordinære generalforsamling skal afholdes hvert år inden 5 måneder efter regnskabsårets udløb.   The General Meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Company or in Copenhagen. The ordinary General Meeting shall be held each year not later than 5 months after the end of the accounting year.
6.3   6.3
Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal afholdes, når direktionen eller revisor finder det hensigtsmæssigt. Ekstraordinære generalf orsamlinger skal indkaldes inden 14 dage, når det til behandling af et bestemt angivet emne skriftligt forlanges af anpartshavere, der ejer mindst  1/10 af anpartskapitalen.   Extraordinary General Meetings shall be held when found appropriate by the Management or by the auditor. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be convened within 14 days after having been requested in writing by shareholders representing at least 10 per cent of the share capital for the purpose of dealing with one or more specific matters.
6.4   6.4
Generalforsamlinger indkaldes af direktionen med mindst 8 dages og højst 4 ugers varsel ved almindeligt brev eller telefax til hver enkelt anpartshaver.   General Meetings shall be convened by the Management with not less than 8 days’ notice and not more than 4 weeks’ notice by letter or telefax to each individual shareholder.
6.5   6.5
Forslag fra anpartshaverne til behandling på generalforsamlingen må skriftligt være indgivet til direktionen i så god tid, at emnet kan optages på dagsordenen.   Proposals from the shareholders shall be submitted in writing to the Management in time to permit such proposals to be included in the agenda of the General Meeting.

 

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7.         Generalforsamlingren, dagsorden

 

7.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Agenda

7.1   7.1
Senest 8 dage før generalforsamlingen skal dagsordenen og de fuldstændige forslag, der skal fremlægges for generalforsamlingen, og for den ordinære generalforsamlings vedkommende tillige årsregnskab med revisionspåtegning samt årsberetning og eventuelt koncernregnskab fremlægges på selskabets kontor til eftersyn for anpartshaverne. Det nævnte materiale tilsendes enhver noteret anpartshaver.   Not later than 8 days before the General Meeting the following shall be made available at the Company’s office for the inspection of the shareholders: The agenda and the complete proposals to be presented ot the General Meeting, and in case of the ordinary General Meeting also the annual accounts endorsed by auditor, the annual report and consolidated accounts, if any, for adoption. The said material shall be sent to each registered shareholder.
7.2   7.2

På den ordinære generalforsamling skal dagsordenen være

følgende:

  At the ordinary General Meeting the following business shall be transacted:

1.         Direktionens beretning om selskabets virksomhed i det forløbne år.

 

1.         Report of the Management on the Company’s activities during the past year.

2.         Fremlæggelse af årsregnskab og eventuelt koncernregnskab med revisionspåtegning til godkendelse samt årsberetning.

 

2.         Presentation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, if any, endorsed by auditor for approval and annual report.

 

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3.         Beslutning om anvendelse af overskud eller dækning af tab i henhold til det godkendte årsregnskab.

 

3.         Decision as to the appropriation of profit or settlement of loss according to the adopted annual accounts.

4.         Valg af direktion.

 

4.         Election of members to the Management.

5.         Valg af revisor.

 

5.         Election of auditor.

6.         Eventuelle forslag fra direktionen og/eller anpartshaverne.

 

6.         Proposals from the Management and/or the shareholders, if any.

8.         Generalforsamlingen, stemmeret

 

8.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Voting Right

8.1      

 

8.1      

Hver anpart på kr. 100 giver én stemme. Hver af anpartshaverne er berettiget til at deltage i generalforsamlingen personligt, sammen med en rådgiver eller ved fuldmægtig, som kan udøve stemmeret på hans vegne mod forevisning af skriftlig og dateret fuldmagt, givet for ikke mere end et år.   Each share of DKK 100 entitles the holder to one vote. Each shareholder is entitled to attend the General Meeting personally, together with an advisor, or by proxy who may exercise the right to vote on behalf of the shareholder if he can produce a written and dated power of attorney, valid for not more than one year.

9.         Generalforsamlingen, dirigent, beslutninger og protokol

 

9.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Chairman, Resolutions and Minute-book

9.1      

 

9.1      

Generalforsamlingen vælger ved simpelt flertal en dirigent, der leder forhandlingerne og afgør alle spørgsmål vedrørende sagernes behandling og stemmeafgivning.   By simple majority of votes the General Meeting elects a chairman of the meeting to direct the discussions and to decide all questions regarding the procedure of the discussions and the voting.

 

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9.2   9.2
På generalforsamlingen træffes alle beslutninger ved simpelt flertal, bortset fra de tilfælde, hvor Anpartsselskabsloven kræver kvalificeret flertal.   All resolutions at the General Meeting shall be adopted by simple majority of votes unless special majority of votes is required by the Private Companies Act.
9.3   9.3
Over forhandlingerne på generalforsamlingen skal der føres en protokol, der underskrives af dirigenten.   A brief account of the proceedings at the General Meeting shall be entered into a minute-book and signed by the chairman of the meeting.
9.4   9.4
Beslutninger kan traeffes uden afholdelse af generalforsamling eller uden iagttagelse af reglerne om fremgangsmåden ved afholdelse af generalforsamling, såfremt samtlige anpartshavere er enige herom. Alle beslutninger skal dog indføres i selskabets forhandlingsprotokol.   Resolutions may be adopted without holding of a General Meeting or without observing the rules of procedure in the holding of a General Meeting, if all shareholders agree hereto. However, all resolutions shall be entered into the Company’s minute-book.

10.       Bestyrelse

 

10.       Board of Directors

Selskabet skal ikke have nogen bestyrelse.   The Company shall have no Board of Directors.

 

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11.       Direktion

 

11.       Management

11.1   11.1
Generalforsamlingen skal ansætte 1-3 direktører til at varetage den daglige ledelse af selskabets virksomhed.   The General Meeting shall appoint 1-3 registered managers in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Company.
11.2   11.2
I tilfælde af, at der ansættes flere direktører, ansættes én af dem som administrerende direktør.   When more than one manager is appointed, one of them shall be the General Manager.

12.       Tegninqsregel

 

12.       Authority to Bind the Company

Selskabet tegnes af et medlem af direktionen.   The Company is bound by one member of the Management.

13.       Revision

 

13.       Auditing

Selskabets regnskaber revideres af én eller to statsautoriserede eller registrerede revisorer, der vælges af den ordinære generalforsamling for et år ad gangen. Genvalg kan finde sted.   The auditing of the Company’s accounts shall be carried out by one or two chartered accountant(s) or registered accountant(s) elected by the General Meeting for one year at a time. Re-election may be made.

14.       Regnskabsår

 

14.       Accountinq Year

14.1   14.1
Selskabets regnskabsår skal være kalenderåret. Første regnskabsår løber fra den 5. oktober 1998 til den 31. december 1999.   The accounting year of the Company shall be kalenderåret. The first accounting year runs from 5 October 1998 to 31 December 1999.

 

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14.2   14 .2
Årsregnskabet skal givet et retvisende billede af selskabets aktiver og passiver, dets økonomiske stilling samt resultat, jvf. Årsregnskabsloven.   The annual accounts shall give a true and fair view of company assets and liabilities, of its financial position, and of profit and loss, of. the Danish Companies Accounts Act.
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Ovenstående vedtægter er blevet vedtaget på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling den 22. januar 1999.   The above Articles of Association have been adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 22 January 1999.

 

28. January 1999

 

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LOGO

 

VEDTÆGTER    ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

1.         Navn                          LOGO

  

1.         Name

1.1    1.1
Selskabets navn er GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.    The name of the Company is GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.

2.         Hjemsted

  

2.         Registered Office

Selskabets hjemsted er i Københavns kommune.    The registered office of the Company shall be in the municipality of Copenhagen.

3.         Formål

  

3.         Objects

Selskabets formål er konstruktion samt drift af telekommunikations netværk og installationer samt udførelse af telekommunikations tjenester i Danmark samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed.    The Objects of the Company are the construction and operation of telecommunication networks and installations and the provision of telecommunications services in Denmark and related business.

4.         Selskabets kapital

  

4.         The Company’s Share Capital

4.1    4.1
Selskabets indskudskapital udgør kr. 15.125.000,00 fordelt på anparter à kr. 100 eller multipla heraf.    The share capital of the Company equals DKK 15,125,000.00 divided into shares of DKK 100 each or any multiple hereof.

 

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4.2    4.2
Indskudskapitalen er fuldt indbetalt.    The share capital has been fully paid-up.
4.3    4 .3
Ved udvidelse af indskudskapitalen skal selskabets anpartshavere have ret til forholdsmæssig tegning af de nye anparter, medmindre generalforsamlingen ved særlig beslutning træffer anden bestemmelse.    In the event of an increase of the share capital, the Company’s shareholders shall be entitled to subscribe to the new shares in proportion to their shareholdings unless the General meeting decides otherwise by a special resolution.

5.         Selskabets anparter

  

5.         The Company’s Shares

5.1    5.1
Selskabets anpartshavere noteres i selskabets fortegnelse over anpartshavere.    The shareholders of the Company shall be recorded in the Company’s register of shareholders.

6.         Generalforsamlingen, kompetence, sted og indkaldelse

  

6.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Authority, Place and Notice

6.1    6.1
Generalforsamlingen har den højeste myndighed i alle selskabets anliggender inden for de i lovgivningen og nærværende vedtægter fastsatte grænser.    Within the limits set by law and by these Articles of Association the General Meeting of Shareholders has the supreme authority in all matters relating to the Company.

 

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6.2    6.2
Selskabets generalforsamlinger skal afholdes på selskabets hjemsted eller i København. Den ordinære generalforsamling skal afholdes hvert år inden 5 måneder efter regnskabsårets udløb.    The General Meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Company or in Copenhagen. The ordinary General Meeting shall be held each year not later than 5 months after the end of the accounting year.
6.3    6.3
Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal afholdes, når direktionen eller revisor finder det hensigtsmæssigt. Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal indkaldes inden 14 dage, når det til behandling af et bestemt angivet emne skriftligt forlanges af anpartshavere, der ejer mindst  1/ 10 af anpartskapitalen.    Extraordinary General Meetings shall be held when found appropriate by the Management or by the auditor. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be convened within 14 days after having been requested in writing by shareholders representing at least 10 per cent of the share capital for the purpose of dealing with one or more specific matters.
6.4    6.4
Generalforsamlinger indkaldes af direktionen med mindst 8 dages og højst 4 ugers varsel ved almindeligt brev eller telefax til hver enkelt anpartshaver.    General Meetings shall be convened by the Management with not less than 8 days’ notice and not more than 4 weeks’ notice by letter or telefax to each individual shareholder.
6.5    6.5
Forslag fra anpartshaverne til behandling på generalforsamlingen må skriftligt være indgivet til direktionen i så god tid, at emnet kan optages på dagsordenen.    Proposals from the shareholders shall be submitted in writing to the Management in time to permit such proposals to be included in the agenda of the General Meeting.

 

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7.         Generalforsamlingen, dagsorden

  

7.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Agenda

7.1    7.1
Senest 8 dage før generalforsamlingen skal dagsordenen og de fuldstændige forslag, der skal fremlægges for generalforsamlingen, og for den ordinære generalforsamlings vedkommende tillige årsregnskab med revisionspåtegning samt årsberetning og eventuelt koncernregnskab fremlægges på selskabets kontor til eftersyn for anpartshaverne. Det nævnte materiale tilsendes enhver noteret anpartshaver.    Not later than 8 days before the General Meeting the following shall be made available at the Company’s office for the inspection of the shareholders: The agenda and the complete proposals to be presented to the General Meeting, and in case of the ordinary General Meeting also the annual accounts endorsed by auditor, the annual report and consolidated accounts, if any, for adoption. The said material shall be sent to each registered shareholder.
7.2    7.2
På den ordinære generalforsamling skal dagsordenen være følgende:    At the ordinary General Meeting the following business shall be transacted:

1.         Direktionens beretning om selskabets virksomhed i det forløbne år.

  

1.         Report of the Management on the Company’s activities during the past year.

2.         Fremlæggelse af årsregnskab og eventuelt koncernregnskab med revisionspåtegning til godkendelse samt årsberetning.

  

2.         Presentation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, if any, endorsed by auditor for approval and annual report.

 

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3.         Beslutning om anvendelse af overskud eller dækning af tab i henhold til det godkendte årsregnskab.

  

3.         Decision as to the appropriation of profit or settlement of loss according to the adopted annual accounts.

4.         Valg af direktion.

  

4.         Election of members to the Management.

5.         Valg af revisor.

  

5.         Election of auditor.

6.         Eventuelle forslag fra direktionen og/eller anpartshaverne.

  

6.         Proposals from the Management and/or the shareholders, if any.

8.         Generalforsamlingen, stemmeret

  

8.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Voting Right

8.1    8.1
Hver anpart på kr. 100 giver én stemme. Hver af anpartshaverne er berettiget til at deltage i generalforsamlingen personligt, sammen med en rådgiver eller ved fuldmægtig, som kan udøve stemmeret på hans vegne mod forevisning af skriftlig og dateret fuldmagt, givet for ikke mere end et år.    Each share of DKK 100 entitles the holder to one vote. Each shareholder is entitled to attend the General Meeting personally, together with an advisor, or by proxy who may exercise the right to vote on behalf of the shareholder if he can produce a written and dated power of attorney, valid for not more than one year.

9.         Generalforsamlingen, dirigent, beslutninger og protokol

  

9.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Chairman, Resolutions and Minute-book

9.1    9.1
Generalforsamlingen vælger ved simpelt flertal en dirigent, der leder forhandlingerne og afgør alle spørgsmål vedrørende sagernes behandling og stemmeafgivning.    By simple majority of votes the General Meeting elects a chairman of the meeting to direct the discussions and to decide all questions regarding the procedure of the discussions and the voting.

 

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9.2    9.2
På generalforsamlingen træffes alle beslutninger ved simpelt flertal, bortset fra de tilfælde, hvor Anpartsselskabsloven kræver kvalificeret flertal.    All resolutions at the General Meeting shall be adopted by simple majority of votes unless special majority of votes is required by the Private Companies Act.
9.3    9.3
Over forhandlingerne på generalforsamlingen skal der føres en protokol, der underskrives af dirigenten.    A brief account of the proceedings at the General Meeting shall be entered into a minute-book and signed by the chairman of the meeting.
9.4    9.4
Beslutninger kan træffes uden afholdelse af generalforsamling eller uden iagttagelse af reglerne om fremgangsmåden ved afholdelse af generalforsamling, såfremt samtlige anpartshavere er enige herom. Alle beslutninger skal dog indføres i selskabets forhandlingsprotokol.    Resolutions may be adopted without holding of a General Meeting or without observing the rules of procedure in the holding of a General Meeting, if all shareholders agree hereto. However, all resolutions shall be entered into the Company’s minute-book.

10.       Bestyrelse

  

10.       Board of Directors

Selskabet skal ikke have nogen bestyrelse.    The Company shall have no Board of Directors.

 

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11.       Direktion

  

11.       Management

11.1    11.1
Generalforsamlingen skal ansætte 1-3 direktører til at varetage den daglige ledelse af selskabets virksomhed.    The General Meeting shall appoint 1-3 registered managers in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Company.
11.2    11.2
I tilfælde af, at der ansættes flere direktører, ansættes én af dem som administrerende direktør.    When more than one manager is appointed, one of them shall be the General Manager.

12.       Tegningsregel

  

12.       Authority to Bind the Company

Selskabet tegnes af et medlem af direktionen.    The Company is bound by one member of the Management.

13.       Revision

  

13.       Auditing

Selskabets regnskaber revideres af én eller to statsautoriserede eller registrerede revisorer, der vælges af den ordinære generalforsamling for et år ad gangen. Genvalg kan finde sted.    The auditing of the Company’s accounts shall be carried out by one or two chartered accountant(s) or registered accountant(s) elected by the General Meeting for one year at a time. Re-election may be made.

14.       Regnskabsår

  

14.       Accounting Year

14.1    14.1
Selskabets regnskabsår skal være kalenderåret. Første regnskabsår løber fra den 5. oktober 1998 til den 31. december 1999.    The accounting year of the Company shall be kalenderåret. The first accounting year runs from 5 October 1998 to 31 December 1999.
14.2    14.2
Årsregnskabet skal givet et retvisende billede af selskabets aktiver og passiver, dets økonomiske stilling samt resultat, jvf. Årsregnskabsloven.    The annual accounts shall give a true and fair view of company assets and liabilities, of its financial position, and of profit and loss, cf. the Danish Companies Accounts Act.

 

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Ovenstående vedtægter er blevet vedtaget på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling den 22. januar 1999.

 

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   The above Articles of Association have been adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 22 January 1999.

 

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LOGO

 

VEDTÆGTER   ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

1.         Navn

 

1.         Name

1.1   1.1
Selskabets navn er GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.   The name of the Company is GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.

2.         Hjemsted

 

2.         Registered Office

Selskabets hjemsted er i Gladsaxe kommune.   The registered office of the Company shall be in the municipality of Gladsaxe.

3.         Formål

 

3.         Objects

Selskabets formål er konstruktion samt drift af telekommunikations netværk og installationer samt udførelse af telekommunikations tjenester i Danmark samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed.   The Objects of the Company are the construction and operation of telecommunication networks and installations and the provision of telecommunications services in Denmark and related business.

4.         Selskabets kapital

 

4.         The Company’s Share Capital

4.1   4.1
Selskabets indskudskapital udgør kr. 15.125.100,00 fordelt på anparter à kr. 100 eller multipla heraf.   The share capital of the Company equals DKK 15,125,100.00 divided into shares of DKK 100 each or any multiple hereof.
4.2   4.2
Indskudskapitalen erfuldt indbetalt.   The share capital has been fully paid-up.


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4.3   4.3
Ved udvidelse af indskudskapitalen skal selskabets anpartshavere have ret til forholdsmæssig tegning af de nye anparter, medmindre generalforsamlingen ved særlig beslutning traeffer anden bestemmelse.   In the event of an increase of the share capital, the Company’s shareholders shall be entitled to subscribe to the new shares in proportion to their shareholdings unless the General meeting decides otherwise by a special resolution.

5.         Selskabets anparter

 

5.         The Company’s Shares

5.1   5.1
Selskabets anpartshavere noteres i selskabets fortegnelse over anpartshavere.   The shareholders of the Company shall be recorded in the Company’s register of shareholders.

6.         Generalforsamlingen, kompetence, sted og indkaldelse

 

6.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Authority, Place and Notice

6.1   6.1
Generalforsamlingen har den højeste myndighed i alle selskabets anliggender inden for de i lovgivningen og nærværende vedtægter fastsatte grænser.   Within the limits set by law and by these Articles of Association the General Meeting of Shareholders has the supreme authority in all matters relating to the Company.
6.2   6.2
Selskabets generalforsamlinger skal afholdes på selskabets hjemsted eller i København. Den ordinære generalforsamling skal afholdes hvert år inden 5 måneder efter regnskabsårets udløb.   The General Meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Company or in Copenhagen. The ordinary General Meeting shall be held each year not later than 5 months after the end of the accounting year.

 

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6.3   6.3
Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal afholdes, når bestyrelsen eller revisor finder det hensigtsmæssigt. Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal indkaldes inden 14 dage, når det til behandling af et bestemt angivet emne skriftligt forlanges af anpartshavere, der ejer mindst  1/ 10 af anpartskapitalen.   Extraordinary General Meetings shall be held when found appropriate by the Board of Directors or by the auditor. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be convened within 14 days after having been requested in writing by shareholders representing at least 10 per cent of the share capital for the purpose of dealing with one or more specific matters.
6.4   6.4
Generalforsamlinger indkaldes af bestyrelsen med mindst 8 dages og højst 4 ugers varsel ved almindeligt brev eller telefax til hver enkelt anpartshaver.   General Meetings shall be convened by Board of Directors with not less than 8 days’ notice and not more than 4 weeks’ notice by letter or telefax to each individual shareholder.
6.5   6.5
Forslag fra anpartshaverne til behandling på generalforsamlingen må skriftligt være indgivet til bestyrelsen i så god tid, at emnet kan optages på dagsordenen.   Proposals from the shareholders shall be submitted in writing to the Board of Directors in time to permit such proposals to be included in the agenda of the General Meeting.

 

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7.         Generalforsamlingen, dagsorden

 

7.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Agenda

7.1   7.1
Senest 8 dage før generalforsamlingen skal dagsordenen og de fuldstændige forslag, der skal fremlægges for generalforsamlingen, og for den ordinære generalforsamlings vedkommende tillige årsregnskab med revisionspåtegning samt årsberetning og eventuelt koncernregnskab fremlægges på selskabets kontor til eftersyn for anpartshaverne. Det nævnte materiale tilsendes enhver noteret anpartshaver.   Not later than 8 days before the General Meeting the following shall be made available at the Company’s office for the inspection of the shareholders: The agenda and the complete proposals to be presented ot the General Meeting, and in case of the ordinary General Meeting also the annual accounts endorsed by auditor, the annual report and consolidated accounts, if any, for adoption. The said material shall be sent to each registered shareholder.

7.2

 

På den ordinære generalforsamling skal dagsordenen være følgende:

 

7.2

 

At the ordinary General Meeting the following business shall be transacted:

1.         Bestyrelsens beretning om selskabets virksomhed i det forløbne år.

 

1.         Report of the Board of Directors on the Company’s activities during the past year.

1.         Fremlæggelse af årsregnskab og eventuelt koncernregnskab med revisionspåtegning til godkendelse samt årsberetning.

 

2.         Presentation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, if any, endorsed by auditor for approval and annual report.

2.         Beslutning om anvendelse af overskud eller dækning af tab i henhold til det godkendte årsregnskab.

 

3.         Decision as to the appropriation of profit or settlement of loss according to the adopted annual accounts.

3.         Valg af bestyrelse.

 

4.         Election of members to the Board of Directors.

 

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4.         Valg af revisor.

 

5.         Election of auditor.

5.         Eventuelle forslag fra bestyrelsen og/eller anpartshaverne.

 

6.         Proposals from the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders, if any.

8.         Generalforsamlingen, stemmeret

 

8.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Voting Right

8.1   8.1
Hver anpart på kr. 100 giver én stemme. Hver af anpartshaverne er berettiget til at deltage i generalforsamlingen personligt, sammen med en rådgiver eller ved fuldmægtig, som kan udøve stemmeret på hans vegne mod forevisning af skriftlig og dateret fuldmagt, givet for ikke mere end et år.   Each share of DKK 100 entitles the holder to one vote. Each shareholder is entitled to attend the General Meeting personally, together with an advisor, or by proxy who may exercise the right to vote on behalf of the shareholder if he can produce a written and dated power of attorney, valid for not more than one year.

9.         Generalforsamlingen, dirigent, beslutninger og protokol

 

9.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Chairman, Resolutions and Minute-book

9.1   9.1
Generalforsamlingen vælger ved simpelt flertal en dirigent, der leder forhandlingerne og afgør alle spørgsmål vedrørende sagernes behandling og stemmeafgivning.   By simple majority of votes the General Meeting elects a chairman of the meeting to direct the discussions and to decide all questions regarding the procedure of the discussions and the voting.

 

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9.2    9.2
På generalforsamlingen træffes alle beslutninger ved simpelt flertal, bortset fra de tilfælde, hvor Anpartsselskabsloven kræver kvalificeret flertal.    All resolutions at the General Meeting shall be adopted by simple majority of votes unless special majority of votes is required by the Private Companies Act.
9.3    9.3
Over forhandlingerne på generalforsamlingen skal der føres en protokol, der underskrives af dirigenten.    A brief account of the proceedings at the General Meeting shall be entered into a minute-book and signed by the chairman of the meeting.
9.4    9.4
Beslutninger kan træffes uden afholdelse af generalforsamling eller uden iagttagelse af reglerne om fremgangsmåden ved afholdelse af generalforsamling, såfremt samtlige anpartshavere er enige herom. Alle beslutninger skal dog indføres i selskabets forhandlingsprotokol.    Resolutions may be adopted without holding of a General Meeting or without observing the rules of procedure in the holding of a General Meeting, if all shareholders agree hereto. However, all resolutions shall be entered into the Company’s minute-book.

10.       Bestyrelse og direktion

  

10.       Board of Directors and Management

10.1    10.1
Selskabet ledes af en bestyrelse på 3-5 medlemmer valgt af generalforsamlingen for tiden indtil næste ordinære generalforsamling.    The Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors of 3-5 members elected at the General Meeting, the term being the period until the next ordinary General Meeting.

 

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10.2    10.2
Bestyrelsen skal ved en forretningsorden træffe nærmere bestemmelse om udførelse af sit hverv.    The Board must draw up its own rules of procedure.
10.3    10.3
Bestyrelsen skal ansætte 1-3 direktører til at varetage den daglige ledelse af selskabets virksomhed.    The Board of Directors shall appoint 1-3 registered managers in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Company.
10.4    10.4
I tilfælde af, at der ansættes flere direktører, ansættes én af dem som administrerende direktør.    When more than one manager is appointed, one of them shall be the General Manager.

11.       Tegningsregel

  

11.       Authority to Bind the Company

Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse eller af et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening med en direktør.    The company is bound by the joint signature of all members of the Board of Directors or by the joint signature of one member of the Board of Directors together with a Manager.

12.       Revision

  

12.       Auditing

Selskabets regnskaber revideres af én eller to statsautoriserede eller registrerede revisorer, der vælges af den ordinære generalforsamling for et år ad gangen. Genvalg kan finde sted.    The auditing of the Company’s accounts shall be carried out by one or two chartered accountant(s) or registered accountant(s) elected by the General Meeting for one year at a time. Re-election may be made.

 

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13.       Regnskabsår

  

13.       Accounting Year

13.1    13.1
Selskabets regnskabsår skal være kalenderåret. Første regnskabsår løber fra den 5. oktober 1998 til den 31. december 1999.    The accounting year of the Company shall be kalenderåret. The first accounting year runs from 5 October 1998 to 31 December 1999.
13.2    13.2
Årsregnskabet skal givet et retvisende billede af selskabets aktiver og passiver, dets økonomiske stilling samt resultat, jvf. Årsregnskabsloven.    The annual accounts shall give a true and fair view of company assets and liabilities, of its financial position, and of profit and loss, cf. the Danish Companies Accounts Act.
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Ovenstående vedtægter er blevet vedtaget på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling den 22. januar 1999. Vedtægterne er ændret på den ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger den 28. april 2000, på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling afholdet 29. juni 2000 og på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling afholdt 22. december 2000.   

The above Articles of Association have been adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 22 January 1999. The Articles of Association have been amended at the Extraordinary General Meeting held 28 April 2000, at the extraordinary general meeting held 23 June 2000 and at the general meeting held 22 December 2000.

 

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  VEDTÆGTER    ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
 

1.         Navn

  

1.         Name

  1.1    1.1
  Selskabets navn er GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.    The name of the Company is GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.
 

2.         Hjemsted

  

2.         Registered Office

  Selskabets hjemsted er i Gladsaxe kommune.    The registered office of the Company shall be in the municipality of Gladsaxe.
 

3.         Formål

  

3.         Objects

  Selskabets formål er konstruktion samt drift af telekommunikations netværk og installationer samt udførelse af telekommunikations tjenester i Danmark samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed.    The Objects of the Company are the construction and operation of telecommunication networks and installations and the provision of telecommunications services in Denmark and related business.
 

4.         Selskabets kapital

  

4.         The Company’s Share Capital

  4.1    4.1
  Selskabets indskudskapital udgør kr. 15.125.100,00 fordelt på anparter à kr. 100 eller multipla heraf.    The share capital of the Company equals DKK 15,125,100.00 divided into shares of DKK 100 each or any multiple hereof.
  4.2    4.2
  Indskudskapitalen er fuldt indbetalt.    The share capital has been fully paid-up.

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  Ved udvidelse af indskudskapitalen skal selskabets anpartshavere have ret til forholdsmæssig tegning af de nye anparter, medmindre generalforsamlingen ved særlig beslutning træffer anden bestemmelse.    In the event of an increase of the share capital, the Company’s shareholders shall be entitled to subscribe to the new shares in proportion to their shareholdings unless the General meeting decides otherwise by a special resolution.
 

5.         Selskabets anparter

  

5.         The Company’s Shares

  5.1    5.1
  Selskabets anpartshavere noteres i selskabets fortegnelse over anpartshavere.    The shareholders of the Company shall be recorded in the Company’s register of shareholders.
 

6.         Generalforsamlinaen, kompetence, sted og indkaldelse

  

6.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Authority, Place and Notice

  6.1    6.1
  Generalforsamlingen har den højeste myndighed i alle selskabets anliggender Inden for de i lovgivningen og nærværende vedtægter fastsatte grænser.    Within the limits set by law and by these Articles of Association the General Meeting of Shareholders has the supreme authority in all matters relating to the Company.
  6.2    6.2
  Selskabets generalforsamlinger skal afholdes på selskabets hjemsted eller i København. Den ordinære generalforsamling skal afholdes hvert år inden 5 måneder efter regnskabsårets udløb.    The General Meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Company or in Copenhagen. The ordinary General Meeting shall be held each year not later than 5 months after the end of the accounting year.

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  Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal afholdes, når bestyrelsen eller revisor finder det hensigtsmæssigt. Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal indkaldes inden 14 dage, når det til behandling af et bestemt angivet emne skriftligt forlanges af anpartshavere, der ejer mindst 1/10 af anpartskapitalen.    Extraordinary General Meetings shall be held when found appropriate by the Board of Directors or by the auditor. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be convened within 14 days after having been requested in writing by shareholders representing at least 10 per cent of the share capital for the purpose of dealing with one or more specific matters.
  6.4   

6.4

  Generalforsamlinger indkaldes af bestyrelsen med mindst 8 dages og håjst 4 ugers varsel ved almindeligt brev eller telefax til hver enkelt anpartshaver.    General Meetings shall be convened by Board of Directors with not less than 8 days’ notice and not more than 4 weeks’ notice by letter or telefax to each individual shareholder.
  6.5    6.5
  Forslag fra anpartshaverne til behandling på generalforsamlingen må skriftligt være indgivet til bestyrelsen i så god tid, at emnet kan optages på dagsordenen.    Proposals from the shareholders shall be submitted in writing to the Board of Directors in time to permit such proposals to be included in the agenda of the General Meeting.

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7.         Generalforsamlingen, dagsorden

  

7,         General Meeting of Shareholders, Agenda

  7.1    7.1
  Senest 8 dage før generalforsamlingen skal dagsordenen og de fuldstændige forslag, der skal fremlægges for generalforsamlingen, og for den ordinære generalforsamlings vedkommende tillige årsregnskab med revisionspåtegning samt årsberetning og eventuelt koncernregnskab fremlægges på selskabets kontor til eftersyn for anpartshaverne. Det nævnte materiale tilsendes enhver noteret anpartshaver.    Not later than 8 days before the General Meeting the following shall be made available at the Company’s office for the inspection of the shareholders: The agenda and the complete proposals to be presented ot the General Meeting, and in case of the ordinary General Meeting also the annual accounts endorsed by auditor, the annual report and consolidated accounts, if any, for adoption. The said material shall be sent to each registered shareholder.
  7.2    7.2
  På den ordinære generalforsamling skal dagsordenen være følgende:    At the ordinary General Meeting the following business shall be transacted:
 

1.         Bestyrelsens beretning om selskabets virksomhed i det forløbne år.

  

1.         Report of the Board of Directors on the Company’s activities during the past year.

 

1.         Fremlæggelse af årsregnskab og eventuelt koncernregnskab med revisionspåtegning til godkendelse samt årsberetning.

  

2.         Presentation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, if any, endorsed by auditor for approval and annual report.

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2.         Beslutning om anvendelse af overskud eller dækning af tab i henhold til det godkendte arsregnskab.

  

3.         Decision as to the appropriation of profit or settlement of loss according to the adopted annual accounts.

  

3.         Valg af bestyrelse.

  

4.         Election of members to the Board of Directors.

  

4.         Valg af revisor.

  

5.         Election of auditor.

  

5.         Eventuelle forslag fra bestyrelsen og/eller anpartshaverne.

  

6.         Proposals from the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders, if any.

  

8.         Generalforsamlingen, stemmeret

  

8.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Voting Right

   8.1    8.1
   Hver anpart på kr. 100 giver én stemme. Hver af anpartshaverne er berettiget til at deltage i generalforsamlingen person-ligt, sammen med en rådgiver eller ved fuldmægtig, som kan udøve stemmeret på hans vegne mod forevisning af skrift-lig og dateret fuldmagt, givet for ikke mere end et år.    Each share of DKK 100 entitles the holder to one vote. Each shareholder is entitled to attend the General Meeting personally, together with an advisor, or by proxy who may exercise the right to vote on behalf of the shareholder if he can produce a written and dated power of attorney, valid for not more than one year.

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9.         Generalforsamlingen, dirigent, be-slutninger og protokol

  

9.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Chairman, Resolutions and Minute-book

   9.1    9.1
   Generalforsamlingen vælger ved simpelt flertal en dirigent, der leder forhandlingerne og afgør alle spørgsmål vedrøren-de sagernes behandling og stemmeaf-givning.    By simple majority of votes the General Meeting elects a chairman of the meeting to direct the discussions and to decide all questions regarding the procedure of the discussions and the voting.
   9.2    9.2
   På generalforsamlingen træffes alle beslutninger ved simpelt flertal, bortset fra de tilfælde, hvor Anpartsselskabsloven kræver kvalificeret flertal.    All resolutions at the General Meeting shall be adopted by simple majority of votes unless special majority of votes is required by the Private Companies Act.
   9.3    9.3
   Over forhandlingerne på generalforsamlingen skal der føres en protokol, der un-derskrives af dirigenten.    A brief account of the proceedings at the General Meeting shall be entered into a minute-book and signed by the chairman of the meeting.
   9.4    9.4
   Beslutninger kan træffes uden afholdelse af generalforsamling eller uden iagtta-gelse af reglerne om fremgangsmåden ved afholdelse af generalforsamling, såfremt samtlige anpartshavere er enige herom. Alle beslutninger skal dog indføres i selskabets forhandlingsprotokol.    Resolutions may be adopted without holding of a General Meeting or without observing the rules of procedure in the holding of a General Meeting, if all shareholders agree hereto. However, all resolutions shall be entered into the Company’s minute-book.

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10.       Bestyrelse og direktion

  

10.       Board of Directors and Management

   10.1    10.1
   Selskabet ledes af en bestyrelse på 3-5 medlemmer valgt af generalforsamlingen for tiden indtil næste ordinære generalforsamling.    The Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors of 3-5 members elected at the General Meeting, the term being the period until the next ordinary General Meeting.
   10.2    10.2
   Bestyrelsen skal ved en forretningsorden træffe nærmere bestemmelse om udførelse af sit hverv.    The Board must draw up its own rules of procedure.
   10.3    10.3
   Bestyrelsen skal ansætte 1-3 direktører til at varetage den daglige ledelse af selskabets virksomhed.    The Board of Directors shall appoint 1-3 registered managers in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Company.
   10.4    10.4
   I tilfælde af, at der ansættes flere direktører, ansættes én af dem som admini-strerende direktør.    When more than one manager is appointed, one of them shall be the General Manager.
  

11.       Teaningsregel

  

11.       Authority to Bind the Company

   Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse, af to bestyrelsesmedlemmmer i forening eller af en direktør.    The company is bound by the joint signature of all members of the Board of Directors or by the joint signature of two members of the Board of Directors or by a Manager.

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12.       Revision

  

12.       Auditing

  Selskabets regnskaber revideres af én eller to statsautoriserede eller registrerede revisorer, der vælges af den ordinære generalforsamling for et år ad gangen. Genvalg kan finde sted.    The auditing of the Company’s accounts shall be carried out by one or two chartered accountant(s) or registered accountant(s) elected by the General Meeting for one year at a time. Re-election may be made.
 

13.       Regnskabsår

  

13.       Accounting Year

  13.1    13.1
  Selskabets regnskabsår skal være kalenderåret. Første regnskabsår løber fra den 5. oktober 1998 til den 31, december 1999.    The accounting year of the Company shall be kalenderåret. The first accounting year runs from 5 October 1998 to 31 December 1999.
  13.2    13.2
  Årsregnskabet skal givet et retvisende billede af selskabets aktiver og passiver, dets økonomiske stilling samt resultat, jvf. Årsregnskabsloven.    The annual accounts shall give a true and fair view of company assets and liabilities, of its financial position, and of profit and loss, cf. the Danish Companies Accounts Act.
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  Ovenstående vedtcegter er blevet vedtaget på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling den 22. januar 1999. Vedtæg-    The above Articles of Association have been adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 22 January 1999. The

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   feme er ændret på de ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger afholdt den 28. april 2000, 29. juni 2000, 22. december 2000 og 21. juni 2001.    Articles of Association have been amended at the Extraordinary General Meetings held 28 April 2000, 23 June 2000, 22 December 2000 and 21 June 2001.

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VEDTÆGTER    ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION   

1.         Navn

 

  

1.         Name

 

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Selskabets navn er GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.    The name of the Company is GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS.   

2.         Hjemsted

  

2.         Registered Office

  
Selskabets hjemsted er i Gladsaxe kommune.    The registered office of the Company shall be in the municipality of Gladsaxe.   

3.         Formål

  

3.         Objects

  
Selskabets formål er konstruktion samt drift af telekommunikations netværk og installationer samt udførelse af telekommunikations tjenester i Danmark samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed.    The Objects of the Company are the construction and operation of telecommunication networks and installations and the provision of telecommunications services in Denmark and related business.   

4.         Selskabets kapital

  

4.         The Company’s Share Capital

  
4.1    4.1   
Selskabets indskudskapital udgør kr. 310.000,00 fordelt på anparter à kr. 100 eller multipla heraf.    The share capital of the Company equals DKK 310,000.00 divided into shares of DKK 100 each or any multiple hereof.   
4.2    4.2   
Indskudskapitalen er fuldt indbetalt.    The share capital has been fully paid-up.   
4.3    4.3   
Ved udvidelse af indskudskapitalen skal selskabets anpartshavere have ret til forholdsmaessig tegning af de nye anparter, medmindre generalforsamlingen ved særlig beslutning træffer anden bestemmelse.    In the event of an increase of the share capital, the Company’s shareholders shall be entitled to subscribe to the new shares in proportion to their shareholdings unless the General meeting decides otherwise by a special resolution.   


5.         Selskabets anparter

 

  

5.         The Company’s Shares

 

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Selskabets anpartshavere noteres i selskabets fortegnelse over anpartshavere.    The shareholders of the Company shall be recorded in the Company’s register of shareholders.   

6.         Generalforsamlingen, kompetence, sted og indkaldelse

  

6.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Authority, Place and Notice

  

6.1      

  

6.1      

  
Generalforsamlingen har den højeste myndighed i alle selskabets anliggender inden for de i lovgivningen og nærværende vedtægter fastsatte grænser.    Within the limits set by law and by these Articles of Association the General Meeting of Shareholders has the supreme authority in all matters relating to the Company.   
6.2    6.2   
Selskabets generalforsamlinger skal afholdes på selskabets hjemsted eller i Kø-benhavn. Den ordinære generalforsamling skal afholdes hvert år inden 5 måneder efter regnskabsårets udløb.    The General Meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Company or in Copenhagen. The ordinary General Meeting shall be held each year not later than 5 months after the end of the accounting year.   
6.3    6.3   
Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal afholdes, når bestyrelsen eller revisor finder det hensigtsmæssigt. Ekstraordinaere generalforsamlinger skal indkaldes inden 14 dage, når det til behandling af et be-stemt angivet emne skriftligt forlanges af anpartshavere, der ejer mindst 1/10 af anpartskapitalen.    Extraordinary General Meetings shall be held when found appropriate by the Board of Directors or by the auditor. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be convened within 14 days after having been requested in writing by shareholders representing at least 10 per cent of the share capital for the purpose of dealing with one or more specific matters.   
6.4    6.4   
Generalforsamlinger indkaldes af bestyrelsen med mindst 8 dages og højst 4 ugers varsel ved almindeligt brev eller telefax til hver enkelt anpartshaver.    General Meetings shall be convened by Board of Directors with not less than 8 days’ notice and not more than 4 weeks’ notice by letter or telefax to each individual shareholder.   

 

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Forslag fra anpartshaverne til behandling på generalforsamlingen må skriftligt være indgivet til bestyrelsen i så god tid, at emnet kan optages på dagsordenen.    Proposals from the shareholders shall be submitted in writing to the Board of Directors in time to permit such proposals to be included in the agenda of the General Meeting.   

7.         Generalforsamlingen, dagsorden

  

7.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Agenda

  

7.1      

  

7.1      

  
Senest 8 dage før generalforsamlingen skal dagsordenen og de fuldstændige forslag, der skal fremlægges for generalforsamlingen, og for den ordinære generalforsamlings vedkommende tillige årsregnskab med revisionspåtegning samt årsberetning og eventuelt koncernregnskab fremlægges pa selskabets kontor til eftersyn for anpartshaverne. Det nævnte materiale tilsendes enhver noteret anpartshaver.    Not later than 8 days before the General Meeting the following shall be made available at the Company’s office for the inspection of the shareholders: The agenda and the complete proposals to be presented ot the General Meeting, and in case of the ordinary General Meeting also the annual accounts endorsed by auditor, the annual report and consolidated accounts, if any, for adoption. The said material shall be sent to each registered shareholder.   
7.2    7.2   
På den ordinære generalforsamling skal dagsordenen være følgende:    At the ordinary General Meeting the following business shall be transacted:   

1.         Bestyrelsens beretning om selskabets virksomhed i det førlabne ar.

  

1.         Report of the Board of Directors on the Company’s activities during the past year.

  

1.         Fremlæggelse af årsregnskab og eventuelt koncernregnskab med revisionspåtegning til godkendelse samt årsberetning.

  

2.         Presentation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, if any, endorsed by auditor for approval and annual report.

  

2.         Beslutning om anvendelse af overskud eller dækning af tab i henhold til det godkendte årsregnskab.

  

3.         Decision as to the appropriation of profit or settlement of loss according to the adopted annual accounts.

  

3.         Valg af bestyrelse.

  

4.         Election of members to the Board of Directors.

  

 

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4.         Valg af revisor.

  

5.         Election of auditor.

  

5.         Eventuelle forslag fra bestyrelsen og/eller anpartshaverne.

  

6.         Proposals from the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders, if any.

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8.         Generalforsamlingen, stemmeret

  

 

8,         General Meeting of Shareholders, Voting Right

  

8.1      

  

8.1      

  
Hver anpart på kr. 100 giver én stemme. Hver af anpartshaverne er berettiget til at deltage i generalforsamlingen personligt, sammen med en rådgiver eller ved fuldmægtig, som kan udøve stemmeret på hans vegne mod forevisning af skriftlig og dateret fuldmagt, givet for ikke mere end et år.    Each share of DKK 100 entitles the holder to one vote. Each shareholder is entitled to attend the General Meeting personally, together with an advisor, or by proxy who may exercise the right to vote on behalf of the shareholder if he can produce a written and dated power of attorney, valid for not more than one year.   

9.         Generalforsamlingen, dirigent, beslutninger og protokol

  

9.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Chairman, Resolutions and Minute-book

  
9.1    9.1   
Generalforsamlingen vælger ved simpelt flertal en dirigent, der leder forhandlingerne og afgør alle spørgsmål vedrørende sagernes behandling og stemmeafgivning.    By simple majority of votes the General Meeting elects a chairman of the meeting to direct the discussions and to decide all questions regarding the procedure of the discussions and the voting.   
9.2    9.2   
På generalforsamlingen træffes alle beslutninger ved simpelt flertal, bortset fra de tilfælde, hvor Anpartsselskabsloven kræver kvalificeret flertal.    All resolutions at the General Meeting shall be adopted by simple majority of votes unless special majority of votes is required by the Private Companies Act.   
9.3    9.3   
Over forhandlingerne på generalforsamlingen skal der føres en protokol, der underskrives af dirigenten.    A brief account of the proceedings at the General Meeting shall be entered into a minute-book and signed by the chairman of the meeting.   

 

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9.4    9.4   
Beslutninger kan træffes uden afholdelse af generalforsamling eller uden iagttagelse af reglerne om fremgangsmåden ved afholdelse af generalforsamling, såfremt samtlige anpartshavere er enige herom. Alle beslutninger skal dog indføres i selskabets forhandlingsprotokol.    Resolutions may be adopted without holding of a General Meeting or without observing the rules of procedure in the holding of a General Meeting, if all shareholders agree hereto. However, all resolutions shall be entered into the Company’s minute-book.    LOGO

10.       Bestyrelse og direktion

  

10.       Board of Directors and Management

  

10.1    

  

10.1    

  
Selskabet ledes af en bestyrelse på 3-5 medlemmer valgt af generalforsamlingen for tiden indtil næste ordinære generalforsamling.    The Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors of 3-5 members elected at the General Meeting, the term being the period until the next ordinary General Meeting.   
10.2    10.2   
Bestyrelsen skal ved en forretningsorden træffe nærmere besternmelse orn udførelse af sit hverv.    The Board must draw up its own rules of procedure.   
10.3    10.3   
Bestyrelsen skal ansætte 1-3 direktører til at varetage den daglige ledelse af selskabets virksomhed.    The Board of Directors shall appoint 1-3 registered managers in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Company.   
10.4    10.4   
I tilfælde af, at der ansættes flere direktører, ansættes én af dem som administrerende direktør.    When more than one manager is appointed, one of them shall be the General Manager.   

11.       Tegningsregel

  

11.       Authority to Bind the Company

  
Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse, af to bestyrelsesmedlemmmer i forening eller af en direktør.    The company is bound by the joint signature of all members of the Board of Directors or by the joint signature of two members of the Board of Directors or by a Manager.   

 

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12.       Revision

  

12.       Auditing

  
Selskabets regnskaber revideres af én eller to statsautoriserede eller registrerede revisorer, der vælges af den ordinære generalforsamling for et år ad gangen. Genvalg kan finde sted.    The auditing of the Company’s accounts shall be carried out by one or two chartered accountant(s) or registered accountant(s) elected by the General Meeting for one year at a time. Re-election may be made.    LOGO

13.       Regnskabsår

  

13.       Accounting Year

  
13.1    13.1   
Selskabets regnskabsår skal være kalenderåret. Første regnskabsår løber fra den 5. oktober 1998 til den 31. december 1999.    The accounting year of the Company shall be kalenderåret. The first accounting year runs from 5 October 1998 to 31 December 1999.   
13.2    13.2   
Årsregnskabet skal givet et retvisende billede af selskabets aktiver og passiver, dets økonomiske stilling samt resultat, jvf. Årsregnskabsloven.    The annual accounts shall give a true and fair view of company assets and liabilities, of its financial position, and of profit and loss, cf. the Danish Companies Accounts Act.   
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Ovenstående vedtægter er blevet vedtaget på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling den 22. januar 1999. Vedtægterne er ændret på de ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger afholdt den 28. april 2000, 29. juni 2000, 22. december 2000, 21. juni 2001 og 31. december 2004    The above Articles of Association have been adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 22 January 1999. The Articles of Association have been amended at the Extraordinary General Meetings held 28 April 2000, 23 June 2000, 22 December 2000, 21 June 2001 and 31 December 2004.   

Hans Abildstrøm, attorney

DLA Nordic, Ved Stranden 18, DK-1012 Copenhagen K

 

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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

  

1.         Navn

 

  

1.         Name

 

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1.1. Selskabets navn er Global Crossing Danmark ApS.    1.1. The name of the Company is Global Crossing Danmark ApS.   

2.         Hjemsted

  

2.         Registered Office

  
2.1. Selskabets hjemsted er i Gladsaxe kommune.    2.1. The registered office of the Company shall be in the municipality of Gladsaxe.   

3.         Formål

  

3.         Objects

  
3.1. Selskabets formål er konstruktion samt drift af telekommunikations netværk og installationer samt udførelse af telekommunikations tjenester i Danmark samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed.    3.1. The Objects of the Company are the construction and operation of telecommunication networks and installations and the provision of telecommunications services in Denmark and related business.   

4.         Selskabets kapital

  

4.         The Company’s Share Capital

  
4.1. Selskabets indskudskapital udgør kr. 310.000,00 fordelt på anparter à kr. 100 eller multipla heraf.    4.1. The share capital of the Company equals DKK 310,000.00 divided into shares of DKK 100 each or any multiple hereof.   
4.2. Indskudskapitalen er fuldt indbetalt.    4.2. The share capital has been fully paid-up.   

4.3.      Ved udvidelse af indskudskapitalen skal selskabets anpartshavere have ret til forholdsmæssig tegning af de nye anparter, medmindre generalforsamlingen ved særlig beslutning træffer anden bestemmelse.

  

4.3.      In the event of an increase of the share capital, the Company’s shareholders shall be entitled to subscribe to the new shares in proportion to their shareholdings unless the General meeting decides otherwise by a special resolution.

  

5.         Selskabets anparter.

  

5.         The Company’s Shares

  

5.1.      Selskabets anpartshavere noteres i selskabets fortegnelse over anpartshavere.

  

5.1.      The shareholders of the Company shall be recorded in the Company’s register of shareholders.

  


6.         Generalforsamlingen, kompetence, sted og indkaldelse

  

6.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Authority, Place and Notice

  
6.1. Generalforsamlingen har den højeste myndighed i alle selskabets anliggender inden for de i lovgivningen og nærværende vedtægter fastsatte grænser.    6.1. Within the limits set by law and by these Articles of Association the General Meeting of Shareholders has the supreme authority in all matters relating to the Company.    LOGO
6.2. Selskabets generalforsamlinger skal afholdes på selskabets hjemsted eller i København. Den ordinære generalforsamling skal afholdes hvert år inden 5 måneder efter regnskabsårets udløb.    6.2. The General Meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Company or in Copenhagen. The ordinary General Meeting shall be held each year not later than 5 months after the end of the accounting year.   
6.3. Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal afholdes, når bestyrelsen eller revisor finder det hensigtsmæssigt. Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal indkaldes inden 14 dage, når det til behandling af et bestemt angivet emne skriftligt forlanges af anpartshavere, der ejer mindst  1/10 af anpartskapitalen.    6.3. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be held when found appropriate by the Board of Directors or by the auditor. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be convened within 14 days after having been requested in writing by shareholders representing at least 10 per cent of the share capital for the purpose of dealing with one or more specific matters.   
6.4. Generalforsamlinger indkaldes af bestyrelsen med mindst 8 dages og højst 4 ugers varsel ved almindeligt brev eller telefax til hver enkelt anpartshaver.    6.4. General Meetings shall be convened by Board of Directors with not less than 8 days’ notice and not more than 4 weeks’ notice by letter or telefax to each individual shareholder.   
6.5. Forslag fra anpartshaverne til behandling på generalforsamlingen må skriftligt være indgivet til bestyrelsen i så god tid, at emnet kan optages på dagsordenen.    6.5. Proposals from the shareholders shall be submitted in writing to the Board of Directors in time to permit such proposals to be included in the agenda of the General Meeting.   

7.         Generalforsamlingen, dagsorden

  

7.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Agenda

  
7.1. Senest 8 dage før generalforsamlingen skal dagsordenen og de fuldstændige forslag, der skal fremlægges for generalforsamlingen, og for den ordinære generalforsamlings vedkommende tillige årsregnskab med revisionspåtegning samt årsberetning og eventuelt koncernregnskab fremlægges på selskabets kontor til eftersyn for anpartshaverne. Det nævnte materiale tilsendes enhver noteret anpartshaver.    7.1. Not later than 8 days before the General Meeting the following shall be made available at the Company’s office for the inspection of the shareholders: The agenda and the complete proposals to be presented at the General Meeting, and in case of the ordinary General Meeting also the annual accounts endorsed by auditor, the annual report and consolidated accounts, if any, for adoption. The said material shall be sent to each registered shareholder.   

 

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7.2. På den ordinære generalforsamling skal dagsordenen være følgende:    7.2. At the ordinary General Meeting the following business shall be transacted:    LOGO
1. Bestyrelsens beretning om selskabets virksomhed i det forløbne år.    1. Report of the Board of Directors on the Company’s activities during the past year.   
2. Fremlæggelse af årsregnskab og eventuelt koncernregnskab med revisionspåtegning til godkendelse samt årsberetning.    2. Presentation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, if any, endorsed by auditor for approval and annual report.   
3. Beslutning om anvendelse af overskud eller dækning af tab i henhold til det godkendte årsregnskab.    3. Decision as to the appropriation of profit or settlement of loss according to the adopted annual accounts.   
4. Valg af bestyrelse.    4. Election of members to the Board of Directors.   
5. Valg af revisor.    5. Election of auditor.   
6. Eventuelle forslag fra bestyrelsen og/eller anpartshaverne.    6. Proposals from the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders, if any.   

8.         Generalforsamlingen, stemmeret

  

8.         General Meeting of Shareholders,Voting Right

  
8.1. Hver anpart på kr. 100 giver én stemme. Hver af anpartshaverne er berettiget til at deltage i generalforsamlingen personligt, sammen med en rådgiver eller ved fuldmægtig, som kan udøve stemmeret på hans vegne mod forevisning af skriftlig og dateret fuldmagt, givet for ikke mere end et år.    8.1. Each share of DKK 100 entitles the holder to one vote. Each shareholder is entitled to attend the General Meeting personally, together with an advisor, or by proxy who may exercise the right to vote on behalf of the shareholder if he can produce a written and dated power of attorney, valid for not more than one year.   

9.         Generalforsamlingen, dirigent, beslutninger og protokol

  

9.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Chairman, Resolutions and Minute-book

  
9.1. Generalforsamlingen vælger ved simpelt flertal en dirigent, der leder forhandlingerne og afgør alle spørgsmål vedrørende sagernes behandling og stemmeafgivning.    9.1. By simple majority of votes the General Meeting elects a chairman of the meeting to direct the discussions and to decide all questions regarding the procedure of the discussions and the voting.   
9.2. På generalforsamlingen træffes alle beslutninger ved simpelt flertal, bortset fra de tilfælde, hvor Anpartsselskabsloven kræver kvalificeret flertal.    9.2. All resolutions at the General Meeting shall be adopted by simple majority of votes unless special majority of votes is required by the Private Companies Act.   

 

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9.3. Over forhandlingerne på generalforsamlingen skal der føres en protokol, der underskrives af dirigenten.    9.3. A brief account of the proceedings at the General Meeting shall be entered into a minute-book and signed by the chairman of the meeting.    LOGO
9.4. Beslutninger kan træffes uden afholdelse af generalforsamling eller uden iagttagelse af reglerne om fremgangsmåden ved afholdelse af generalforsamling, såfremt samtlige anpartshavere er enige herom. Alle beslutninger skal dog indføres i selskabets forhandlingsprotokol.    9.4. Resolutions may be adopted without holding of a General Meeting or without observing the rules of procedure in the holding of a General Meeting, if all shareholders agree hereto. However, all resolutions shall be entered into the Company’s minute-book.   

10.       Bestyrelse og direktion

  

10.       Board of Directors and Management

  
10.1. Selskabet ledes af en bestyrelse på 3-5 medlemmer valgt af generalforsamlingen for tiden indtil næste ordinære generalforsamling.    10.1 The Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors of 3-5 members elected at the General Meeting, the term being the period until the next ordinary General Meeting.   
10.2. Bestyrelsen skal ved en forretningsorden træffe nærmere bestemmelse om udførelse af sit hverv.    10.2. The Board must draw up its own rules of procedure.   
10.3. Bestyrelsen skal ansætte 1-3 direktører til at varetage den daglige ledelse af selskabets virksomhed.    10.3 The Board of Directors shall appoint 1-3 registered managers in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Company.   
10.4. I tilfælde af, at der ansættes flere direktører, ansættes én af dem som administrerende direktør.    10.4. When more than one manager is appointed, one of them shall be the General Manager.   

11.       Tegningsregel

  

11.       Authority to Bind the Company

  
11.1. Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse, af to bestyrelsesmedlemmmer i forening eller af en direktør.    11.1. The company is bound by the joint signature of all members of the Board of Directors or by the joint signature of two members of the Board of Directors or by a Manager.   

12.       Revision

  

12.       Auditing

  
12.1. Selskabets regnskaber revideres af én eller to statsautoriserede eller registrerede revisorer, der vælges af den ordinære generalforsamling for et år ad gangen. Genvalg kan finde sted.    12.1. The auditing of the Company’s accounts shall be carried out by one or two chartered accountant(s) or registered accountant(s) elected by the General Meeting for one year at a time. Re-election may be made.   

 

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13.       Regnskabsår

  

13.       Accounting Year

   LOGO
13.1. Selskabets regnskabsår skal være kalenderåret. Første regnskabsar løber fra den 5. oktober 1998 til den 31. december 1999.    13.1. The accounting year of the Company shall be kalenderåret. The first accounting year runs from 5 October 1998 to 31 December 1999.   
13.2. Årsregnskabet skal givet et retvisende billede af selskabets aktiver og passiver, dets økonomiske stilling samt resultat, jvf. Årsregnskabsloven.    13.2. The annual accounts shall give a true and fair view of company assets and liabilities, of its financial position, and of profit and loss, cf. the Danish Companies Accounts Act.   
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Ovenstående vedtægter er blevet vedtaget på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling den 22. januar 1999. Vedtægterne er ændret på de ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger afholdt den 28. april 2000, 29. juni 2000, 22. december 2000, 21. juni 2001, 31. december 2004 og 5. december 2005.    The above Articles of Association have been adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 22 January 1999. The Articles of Association have been amended at the Extraordinary General Meetings held 28 April 2000, 23 June 2000, 22 December 2000, 21 June 2001, 31 December 2004 and 5 December 2005.   

Hans Abildstrøm, attorney

DLA Nordic, Ved Stranden 18, DK-1012 Copenhagen K

 

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VEDTÆGTER    ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION   

1.         Navn

  

1.         Name

   LOGO
1.1. Selskabets navn er Global Crossing PEC Danmark ApS.    1.1. The name of the Company is Global Crossing PEC Danmark ApS.   
1.2. Selskabets binavne er GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS og Global Crossing Danmark ApS.    1.2. The secondary names of the Company are GC Pan European Crossing Danmark ApS and Global Crossing Danmark ApS.   

2.         Hjemsted

  

2.         Registered Office

  
2.1. Selskabets hjemsted er i Gladsaxe kommune.    2.1. The registered office of the Company shall be in the municipality of Gladsaxe.   

3.         Formål

  

3.         Objects

  
3.1. Selskabets formål er konstruktion samt drift af telekommunikations netværk og installationer samt udførelse af telekommunikations tjenester i Danmark samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed.    3.1. The Objects of the Company are the construction and operation of telecommunication networks and installations and the provision of telecommunications services in Denmark and related business.   

4.         Selskabets kapital

  

4.         The Company’s Share Capital

  
4.1. Selskabets indskudskapital udgør kr. 310.000,00 fordelt på anparter à kr. 100 eller multipla heraf.    4.1. The share capital of the Company equals DKK 310,000.00 divided into shares of DKK 100 each or any multiple hereof.   
4.2. Indskudskapitalen er fuldt indbetalt.    4.2. The share capital has been fully paid-up.   
4.3. Ved udvidelse af indskudskapitalen skal selskabets anpartshavere have ret til forholdsmæssig tegning af de nye anparter, medmindre generalforsamlingen ved særlig beslutning træffer anden bestemmelse.    4.3. In the event of an increase of the share capital, the Company’s shareholders shall be entitled to subscribe to the new shares in proportion to their shareholdings unless the General meeting decides otherwise by a special resolution.   

5.         Selskabets anparter

  

5.         The Company’s Shares

  

5.1. Selskabets anpartshavere noteres i

selskabets fortegnelse over anpartshavere.

   5.1. The shareholders of the Company shall be recorded in the Company’s register of shareholders.   

 


6.         Generalforsamlingen, kompetence, sted og indkaldelse

  

6.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Authority, Place and Notice

   LOGO
6.1. Generalforsamlingen har den højeste myndighed i alle selskabets anliggender inden for de i lovgivningen og nærværende vedtægter fastsatte grænser.    6.1. Within the limits set by law and by these Articles of Association the General Meeting of Shareholders has the supreme authority in all matters relating to the Company.   
6.2. Selskabets generalforsamlinger skal afholdes på selskabets hjemsted eller i København. Den ordinære generalforsamling skal afholdes hvert år inden 5 måneder efter regnskabsårets udløb.    6.2. The General Meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Company or in Copenhagen. The ordinary General Meeting shall be held each year not later than 5 months after the end of the accounting year.   
6.3. Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal afholdes, når bestyrelsen eller revisor finder det hensigtsmæssigt. Ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger skal indkaldes inden 14 dage, når det til behandling af et bestemt angivet emne skriftligt forlanges af anpartshavere, der ejer mindst 1/10 af anpartskapitalen.    6.3. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be held when found appropriate by the Board of Directors or by the auditor. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be convened within 14 days after having been requested in writing by shareholders representing at least 10 per cent of the share capital for the purpose of dealing with one or more specific matters.   
6.4. Generalforsamlinger indkaldes af bestyrelsen med mindst 8 dages og højst 4 ugers varsel ved almindeligt brev eller telefax til hver enkelt anpartshaver.    6.4. General Meetings shall be convened by Board of Directors with not less than 8 days’ notice and not more than 4 weeks’ notice by letter or telefax to each individual shareholder.   
6.5. Forslag fra anpartshaverne til behandling på generalforsamlingen må skriftligt være indgivet til bestyrelsen i så god tid, at emnet kan optages på dagsordenen.    6.5. Proposals from the shareholders shall be submitted in writing to the Board of Directors in time to permit such proposals to be included in the agenda of the General Meeting.   

7.         Generalforsamlingen, dagsorden

  

7.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Agenda

  
7.1. Senest 8 dage før generalforsamlingen skal dagsordenen og de fuldstændige forslag, der skal fremlægges for generalforsamlingen, og for den ordinære generalforsamlings vedkommende tillige årsregnskab med revisionspåtegning samt årsberetning og eventuelt koncernregnskab fremlægges på selskabets kontor til eftersyn for anpartshaverne. Det nævnte materiale tilsendes enhver noteret anpartshaver.    7.1. Not later than 8 days before the General Meeting the following shall be made available at the Company’s office for the inspection of the shareholders: The agenda and the complete proposals to be presented to the General Meeting, and in case of the ordinary General Meeting also the annual accounts endorsed by auditor, the annual report and consolidated accounts, if any, for adoption. The said material shall be sent to each registered shareholder.   

 

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7.2. På den ordinære generalforsamling skal dagsordenen være følgende:    7.2. At the ordinary General Meeting the following business shall be transacted:    LOGO
1. Bestyrelsens beretning om selskabets virksomhed i det forløbne år.    1. Report of the Board of Directors on the Company’s activities during the past year.   
2. Fremlæggelse af årsregnskab og eventuelt koncernregnskab med revisionspåtegning til godkendelse samt årsberetning.    2. Presentation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, if any, endorsed by auditor for approval and annual report.   
3. Beslutning om anvendelse af overskud eller dækning af tab i henhold til det godkendte årsregnskab.    3. Decision as to the appropriation of profit or settlement of loss according to the adopted annual accounts.   
4. Valg af bestyrelse.    4. Election of members to the Board of Directors.   
5. Valg af revisor.    5. Election of auditor.   
6. Eventuelle forslag fra bestyrelsen og/eller anpartshaverne.    6. Proposals from the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders, if any.   

8.         Generalforsamlingen, stemmeret

  

8.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Voting Right

  
8.1. Hver anpart på kr. 100 giver én stemme. Hver af anpartshaverne er berettiget til at deltage i generalforsamlingen personligt, sammen med en rådgiver eller ved fuldmægtig, som kan udøve stemmeret på hans vegne mod forevisning af skriftlig og dateret fuldmagt, givet for ikke mere end et år.    8.1. Each share of DKK 100 entitles the holder to one vote. Each shareholder is entitled to attend the General Meeting personally, together with an advisor, or by proxy who may exercise the right to vote on behalf of the shareholder if he can produce a written and dated power of attorney, valid for not more than one year.   

9.         Generalforsamlingen, dirigent, beslutninger og protokol

  

9.         General Meeting of Shareholders, Chairman, Resolutions and Minute-book

  
9.1. Generalforsamlingen vælger ved simpelt flertal en dirigent, der leder forhandlingerne og afgør alle spørgsmål vedrørende sagernes behandling og stemmeafgivning.    9.1. By simple majority of votes the General Meeting elects a chairman of the meeting to direct the discussions and to decide all questions regarding the procedure of the discussions and the voting.   
9.2. På generalforsamlingen træffes alle beslutninger ved simpelt flertal, bortset fra de tilfælde, hvor Anpartsselskabsloven kræver kvalificeret flertal.    9.2. All resolutions at the General Meeting shall be adopted by simple majority of votes unless special majority of votes is required by the Private Companies Act.   

 

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9.3. Over forhandlingerne på generalforsamlingen skal der føres en protokol, der underskrives af dirigenten.    9.3. A brief account of the proceedings at the General Meeting shall be entered into a minute-book and signed by the chairman of the meeting.    LOGO
9.4. Beslutninger kan træffes uden afholdelse af generalforsamling eller uden iagttagelse af reglerne om fremgangsmåden ved afholdelse af generalforsamling, såfremt samtlige anpartshavere er enige herom. Alle beslutninger skal dog indføres i selskabets forhandlingsprotokol.    9.4. Resolutions may be adopted without holding of a General Meeting or without observing the rules of procedure in the holding of a General Meeting, if all shareholders agree hereto. However, all resolutions shall be entered into the Company’s minute-book.   

10.       Bestyrelse og direktion

  

10.       Board of Directors and Management

  
10.1. Selskabet ledes af en bestyrelse på 3-5 medlemmer valgt af generalforsamlingen for tiden indtil næste ordinære generalforsamling.    10.1 The Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors of 3-5 members elected at the General Meeting, the term being the period until the next ordinary General Meeting.   
10.2. Bestyrelsen skal ved en forretningsorden træffe nærmere bestemmelse om udførelse af sit hverv.    10.2. The Board must draw up its own rules of procedure.   
10.3. Bestyrelsen skal ansætte 1-3 direktører til at varetage den daglige ledelse af selskabets virksomhed.    10.3. The Board of Directors shall appoint 1-3 registered managers in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Company.   
10.4. I tilfælde af, at der ansættes flere direktører, ansættes én af dem som administrerende direktør.    10.4. When more than one manager is appointed, one of them shall be the General Manager.   

11.       Tegningsregel

  

11.       Authority to Bind the Company

  
11.1. Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse, af to bestyrelsesmedlemmmer i forening eller af en direktør.    11.1. The company is bound by the joint signature of all members of the Board of Directors or by the joint signature of two members of the Board of Directors or by a Manager.   

12.       Revision

  

12.       Auditing

  
12.1. Selskabets regnskaber revideres af én eller to statsautoriserede eller registrerede revisorer, der vælges af den ordinære generalforsamling for et år ad gangen. Genvalg kan finde sted.    12.1. The auditing of the Company’s accounts shall be carried out by one or two chartered accountant(s) or registered accountant(s) elected by the General Meeting for one year at a time. Re-election may be made.   

 

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13.       Regnskabsar

  

13.       Accounting Year

   LOGO
13.1. Selskabets regnskabsår skal være kalenderåret. Første regnskabsår løber fra den 5. oktober 1998 til den 31. december 1999.    13.1. The accounting year of the Company shall be kalenderåret. The first accounting year runs from 5 October 1998 to 31 December 1999.   
13.2. Årsregnskabet skal givet et retvisende billede af selskabets aktiver og passiver, dets økonomiske stilling samt resultat, jvf. Årsregnskabsloven.    13.2. The annual accounts shall give a true and fair view of company assets and liabilities, of its financial position, and of profit and loss, cf. the Danish Companies Accounts Act.   
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Ovenstående vedtægter er blevet vedtaget på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling den 22. januar 1999. Vedtægterne er ændret på de ekstraordinære generalforsamlinger afholdt den 28. april 2000, 29. juni 2000, 22. december 2000, 21. juni 2001, 31. december 2004, 5. december 2005 og 2. maj 2006.    The above Articles of Association have been adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 22 January 1999. The Articles of Association have been amended at the Extraordinary General Meetings held 28 April 2000, 23 June 2000, 22 December 2000, 21 June 2001, 31 December 2004, 5 December 2005 and 2 May 2006.   

Hans Abildstrøm, attorney

DLA Nordic, Ved Stranden 18, DK-1012 Copenhagen K

 

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EX-3.123 119 dex3123.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING SVERIGE AB. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing Sverige AB.

Exhibit 3.123

English Translation

Bilaga 1 / Appendix 1

Org nr 556570-7030 / Reg No 556570-7030

BOLAGSORDNING

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

§1 Firma (Name of the company)

Bolagets firma är Global Crossing Sverige AB

The corporate name of the company is Global Crossing Sverige AB

 

§2 Verksamhetsföremål (Object of business)

Bolaget skall ha till föremål för sin verksamhet

 

  a att etablera och driva telekommunikationsnätverk och utrustning och att tillhandahålla telekommunikationstjänster i Sverige;

 

  b att förvärva delägande i andra bolag som har samma eller liknande föremål med sin verksamhet, att agera som delägare med obegränsat ansvar och att etablera filialer eller avdelningskontor

samt att bedriva annan därmed förenlig verksamhet.

The object of the company’s business shall be

 

  a to establish and operate a telecommunications network and facilities and to provide telecommunication services in Sweden;

 

  b to acquire a participation in other enterprises with the same or a similar object of business; to act as a partner with unlimited liability; and to establish branch offices

and to carry out other activities compatible therewith.

 

§3 Styrelsens säte (Residence of the board of directors)

Bolagets styrelse skall ha sitt säte i Stockholms kommun.

The board of directors shall have its registered office in the municipality of Stockholm.

 

§4 Aktiekapital (Share capital)

Bolagets aktiekapital skall utgöra lägst etthundratusen (100.000) kronor och högst fyrahundratusen (400.000) kronor.

The share capital of the company shall amount to not less than SEK one hundred thousand (100,000) and not more than SEK four hundred thousand (400,000).

 

§5 Antal aktier (Number of shares)

Antalet aktier skall vara lägst 1.000 och högst 4.000.

The number of shares shall be not less than 1,000 and not more than 4,000.


§6 Styrelsens ledamöter (Board of directors)

Styrelsen skall bestå av minst tre och högst sex ledamöter med högst tre suppleanter. Styrelseledamöter och suppleanter väljs årligen på ordinarie bolagsstämma för tiden intill slutet av nästa ordinarie bolagsstämma.

The board shall consist of no less than three members and no more than six members with no more than three deputy members. Members and deputy members shall be elected annually at the annual shareholders’ meeting for the time until the end of the next annual shareholders’ meeting.

 

§7 Revisor (Auditor)

En revisor (med eller utan revisorssuppleant) eller ett registrerat revisionsbolag skall väljas till bolagets revisor.

One auditor (with or without deputy) or a registered audit company shall be elected as the company’s auditor.

 

§8 Firmateckning (Authority to sign for the company)

Bolagets firma tecknas, förutom av styrelsen, av den eller de inom eller utom styrelsen som styrelsen utser.

In addition to the board any person, within or outside the board, appointed by the board, shall be authorized to sign for the company.

 

§9 Ärenden på årsstämma (Matters at annual shareholders’ meetings)

Följande ärenden skall behandlas på årsstämman.

 

  1. Val av ordförande vid stämman.

 

  2. Upprättande och godkännande av röstlängd.

 

  3. Godkännande av dagordning för stämman.

 

  4. Val av en eller två justerare.

 

  5. Prövning av om stämman blivit behörigen sammankallad.

 

  6. Framläggande av årsredovisningen och revisionsberättelsen samt i förekommande fall koncernredovisningen och koncernrevisionsberättelsen.

 

  7. Beslut

 

  a) om fastställande av resultaträkningen och balansräkningen samt i förekommande fall koncernresultaträkningen och koncernbalansräkningen;

 

  b) om disposition av bolagets vinst eller förlust enligt den fastställda balansräkningen;

 

  c) om ansvarsfrihet åt styrelseledamöterna och verkställande direktören.

 

  8. Fastställande av arvoden åt styrelsen och revisorn.

 

  9. Val av styrelse, samt i förekommande fall, av revisor.

 

  10. Annat ärende som ankommer på stämman enligt aktiebolagslagen (2005:551).

At the annual shareholders’ meeting the following matters shall be dealt with;

 

  1. election of a chairman to conduct the meeting,

 

  2. drawing up and approval of the voting list,

 

  3. approving of the agenda for the meeting,


  4. election of one or two persons to sign the minutes,

 

  5. determination as to whether the meeting has been duly convened,

 

  6. presentation of the annual statement of accounts and the auditor’s report and, when applicable, the group annual statement and the auditor’s group report,

 

  7. decision

 

  a) concerning adoption of the profit and loss statement and the balance sheet and the consolidated profit and loss statement and consolidated balance sheet;

 

  b) concerning appropriation of the company’s profit or loss according to the adopted balance sheet;

 

  c) concerning discharge of the directors and managing director from liability.

 

  8. decision in respect to the fees for the board of directors and for the auditors,

 

  9. election of board members and, where appropriate, of auditor,

 

  10. other matters which according to the Companies Act (2000:551) shall be dealt with at the meeting.

 

§10 Rösträtt (Right to vote)

Vid bolagsstämma må envar röstberättigad rösta för fulla antalet av honom företrädda aktier.

At a shareholders’ meeting anyone having the right to vote may vote for the full number of shares represented by him.

 

§11 Räkenskapsår (Financial year)

Bolagets räkenskapsår sk all omfatta tiden 1 januari – 31 december.

The financial year of the company shall be 1 January – 31 December.

 

§12 Kallelse till bolagsstämma (Summons to shareholders’ meetings)

Kallelse till bolagsstämma skall ske genom brev med posten tidigast sex veckor och senast två veckor före stämman.

Notice convening a shareholders’ meeting shall be issued by mail not earlier than six and not later than two weeks before the meeting.

 

 

Ovanstående bolagsordning antogs vid extra bolagsstämma den 12 maj 2006.

The above articles of association were approved at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on 12 May 2006.

 

EX-3.124 120 dex3124.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GLOBAL CROSSING PEC SWITZERLAND AG. Articles of Incorporation of Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG.

Exhibit 3.124

English Translation

Articles of Incorporation

of

Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG

 

I. CORPORATE NAME, REGISTERED OFFICE, DURATION AND PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION

Article 1

Under the corporate name

Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG

a corporation exists having its registered office in Zurich. The duration of the corporation is unlimited.

Article 2

The purpose of the corporation is the acquisition, holding, installation, operation, administration and maintenance of telecommunications networks such as cable and duct networks and other networks as well as the related infrastructure.

In addition, its purpose is the offering of telecommunications services in Switzerland.

The corporation may open branch offices and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and acquire participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad.

The corporation may acquire, hold and sell real estate.

The corporation may grant loans or other financing to other companies of the Global Crossing group and may furnish any security for the obligations of such other companies, including by the pledge or the fiduciary transfer of ownership of assets of the corporation or by guarantees of any kind.

The corporation may engage in any commercial, financial or other activities which are related to the purpose of the corporation.


II. SHARE CAPITAL AND SHAREHOLDERS’ REGISTER

Article 3

The share capital of the corporation amounts to CHF 2,100,000.— (two million one hundred thousand Swiss Francs) and is divided into 2,100 registered shares with a par value of CHF 1,000.— each.

The shares are fully paid-in.

The corporation is entitled to issue share certificates which represent several shares in lieu of certificates for individual shares.

The shareholders’ meeting may, at any time, convert registered shares into bearer shares or bearer shares into registered shares by amending the articles of incorporation.

The ownership or the usufruct of a share title or share certificate and each exercise of shareholders’ rights automatically entails recognition of the version of the articles of incorporation of the corporation then in force.

Article 3a

After its incorporation, the corporation intends to acquire from A. Mangola & Cie, in Liquidation, a private limited partnership, an independent and permanent superficies right on a real estate in the community of Vernier, registered on sheet 2533 of the community of Vernier and encumbering parcel 2445, for a price of not more than CHF 5,000,000 (five million Swiss Francs).

Article 4

The board of directors shall maintain a shareholders’ register in which the names and addresses of the owners and usufructuaries shall be entered. Only those registered in the shareholders’ register shall be recognized as shareholders or usufructuaries towards the corporation. The entry of a shareholder or usufructuary into the shareholders’ register must be confirmed by signature of a member of the board of directors on the share title or share certificate.

 

III. CORPORATE BODIES OF THE CORPORATION

Article 5

The corporate bodies of the corporation are:

 

  A. The shareholders’ meeting

 

  B. The board of directors

 

  C. The auditors


A. The Shareholders’ Meeting

Article 6

The shareholders’ meeting is the supreme corporate body of the corporation.

It has the following non-transferable powers:

 

  1. to adopt and amend the articles of incorporation;

 

  2. to elect and recall the members of the board of directors and the auditors;

 

  3. to approve the annual report and the consolidated accounts;

 

  4. to approve the annual accounts as well as to pass resolutions regarding the allocation of profits as shown on the balance sheet, in particular to determine the dividends;

 

  5. to grant discharge to the members of the board of directors;

 

  6. to pass resolutions regarding issues which are reserved to the shareholders’ meeting by law or by the articles of incorporation.

Article 7

Shareholders’ meetings shall be convened by the board of directors and, if need be, by the auditors.

The ordinary shareholders’ meeting shall be held annually within six months after the close of the business year. The business report and the auditors’ report must be submitted for examination by the shareholders at the registered office of the corporation at least twenty days prior to the date of the ordinary shareholders’ meeting. Each shareholder may request the immediate conveying of these documents. The shareholders shall be advised of these rights in the convening letter.

Extraordinary shareholders’ meetings shall be called as often as necessary, in particular in all cases required by law. Extraordinary shareholders’ meetings shall be convened by the board of directors within twenty days if shareholders representing at least ten percent of the share capital request such meeting in writing, setting forth the items to be discussed and the proposals to be decided upon.

The convening of the shareholders’ meeting shall take place at least twenty days prior to the day of the meeting. The convening letter shall state the agenda as well as the proposals of the board of directors and the shareholders who have requested the shareholders’ meeting or that an item be included on the agenda. The convening shall take place by registered mail to the shareholders to the addresses entered in the shareholders’ register.

 

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The shareholders’ meeting shall be held at the registered office of the corporation or at another place designated by the board of directors.

Article 8

Each share entitles to one vote. Each shareholder may be represented at the shareholders’ meeting by another shareholder or by a third party who need not be a shareholder. The representative must be authorized by a written power of attorney. The board of directors decides on his admission.

Article 9

The shareholders’ meeting shall be chaired by the chairman, or, in his absence, by another member of the board of directors or by another chairman elected for that day by the shareholders’ meeting. The chairman designates the secretary for the minutes.

The board of directors shall take the necessary measures to ascertain the voting rights.

It shall arrange for the taking of minutes. These shall include:

 

  1. the number, type, par value and classes of shares represented by shareholders, corporate bodies, independent proxies of voting rights and proxies for deposited shares;

 

  2. the resolutions and results of elections;

 

  3. the requests for information and the respective replies;

 

  4. the statements for the record made by shareholders.

The shareholders have a right to examine the minutes.

Article 10

The shareholders’ meeting shall pass its resolutions and carry out its elections with an absolute majority of the share votes represented, to the extent that neither the law nor the articles of incorporation provide otherwise.

The powers and organization of the shareholders’ meeting are governed by the articles 698 – 705 of the Code of Obligations.

 

B. The Board of Directors

Article 11

The board of directors consists of one or several members who must be shareholders. It shall, as a rule, be elected by the ordinary shareholders’ meeting in each case for a term of office of one year. The term of office of a member of the board of directors

 

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shall expire upon the day of the next ordinary shareholders’ meeting, subject to prior resignation and removal. Newly-appointed members shall complete the term of office of their predecessors.

The board of directors shall constitute itself. It appoints its chairman and the secretary who may be appointed in each case for taking the minutes of a meeting of the board of directors and need not be a member of the board of directors.

The members of the board of directors and the further managing corporate bodies shall have joint signing authority by two, to the extent that the organizational regulation does not provide otherwise.

If the board of directors has only one member, he shall have sole signing authority.

Article 12

The board of directors is empowered to decide all matters which have not been delegated, by law or by these articles of incorporation, to the shareholders’ meeting or the auditors.

The board of directors has the following non-transferable and irrevocable duties:

 

  1. to ultimately direct the corporation and issue the necessary directives;

 

  2. to determine the organization;

 

  3. to organize the accounting, the financial control as well as the financial planning, insofar as this is necessary to manage the corporation;

 

  4. to appoint and recall the persons entrusted with the management and representation of the corporation;

 

  5. to ultimately supervise the persons entrusted with the management, in particular with respect to compliance with the law, the articles of incorporation, regulations and directives;

 

  6. to prepare the business report as well as the shareholders’ meeting and to implement the latter’s resolutions;

 

  7. to inform the judge in the event of over-indebtedness.

The board of directors may assign the preparation and the implementation of its resolutions or the supervision of business transactions to committees or individual members. It shall provide for adequate reporting to its members.

Article 13

Meetings of the board of directors shall be convened whenever required by the business of the corporation or if one or several members of the board of directors request that a meeting be convened. The resolutions of the board of directors are

 

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adopted by the majority of votes cast. The chairman shall have the casting vote. Resolutions may also be adopted by way of written consent to a proposition unless a member of the board of directors requests oral deliberation. Circular resolutions require the valid approval of the majority of the members of the board of directors.

The board of directors may fully or partially delegate the management to one or several of its members or to third parties in accordance with an organizational regulation. The board of directors may delegate the representation to one or several of its members (delegates) or to third parties (directors). At least one member of the board of directors must be empowered to represent the corporation. The non-transferable and irrevocable duties of the board of directors pursuant to article 716a of the Code of Obligations shall be reserved.

The board of directors shall enact the necessary regulations.

Article 14

The members of the board of directors shall receive an adequate annual compensation for their activity. The members of the board of directors are entitled to reimbursement of their expenses incurred in the interest of the corporation.

 

C. The Auditors

Article 15

The shareholders’ meeting elects one or several auditors as corporate auditors for the duration of one year. Legal entities may also be entrusted with the duties of the auditors.

The auditors must be able to perform their duties towards the corporation to be audited. The auditors must be independent from the board of directors and from a shareholder who has the majority of voting rights. In particular, they may neither be employees of the corporation to be audited nor undertake any duties for it which are not compatible with the auditing mandate.

The auditors shall perform the legally required duties (articles 727 – 731a of the Code of Obligations).

 

IV. ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS

Article 16

The business year ends annually on December 31, for the first time on December 31, 2001.

 

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The business report and the auditors’ report shall be drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Obligations. The business report and the auditors’ report must be submitted for examination by the shareholders at the registered office of the corporation at least twenty days prior to the date of the ordinary shareholders’ meeting.

Article 17

After deduction of the allocations to the legal reserves foreseen by law, the profits as shown on the balance sheet are at the disposal of the shareholders’ meeting. It may allocate the net profits at its absolute discretion in accordance with the provisions of the law.

If the shareholders’ meeting decides the distribution of a dividend, such dividend shall be distributed to the shareholders proportionally to the par value of the shares.

 

V. DISSOLUTION OF THE CORPORATION

Article 18

The dissolution of the corporation shall take place in accordance with the provisions of the law.

In the event of dissolution, the liquidation shall be carried out by the board of directors or a liquidator elected by the shareholders’ meeting.

The liquidation of the corporation shall take place in accordance with article 742 et seq. of the Code of Obligations. The liquidators are authorized to dispose of the assets (including real estate) by way of private sale.

After all debts have been satisfied, the net proceeds shall be distributed among the shareholders in proportion to the amounts paid-in.

 

VI. NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Article 19

The publication instrument of the corporation is the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce. The board of directors may designate further publication instruments. The notices of the corporation to the shareholders shall be mailed to the addresses entered in the shareholders’ register.

Zurich / June 21, 2007

 

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EX-4.23 121 dex423.htm FIRST SUPPLEMENT INDENTURE, DATED 03/11/2010 First Supplement Indenture, dated 03/11/2010

Exhibit 4.23

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of March 11, 2010, among Budget Call Long Distance, Inc., Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc., Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc., Global Crossing Local Services, Inc., Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc. (each, a “Guaranteeing Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Guaranteeing Subsidiaries”), each a subsidiary of Global Crossing Limited, an exempted company with limited liability formed under the laws of Bermuda (the “Company”), the Company and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of September 22, 2009, providing for the issuance of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note Guarantee”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1.      CAPITALIZED TERMS.   Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2.      AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE.   The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 11 thereof.

3.      NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS.   No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Collateral Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

4.      NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN.   THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

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5. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS.

(a)      Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, shall be brought in the courts of the State of New York located in the City of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and any court of appeals with respect to any such court, and, by execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, each of the parties hereto hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The Company and each of the Guarantors hereby further (i) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any claim that any such courts lack personal jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Guarantors, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, the Note Guarantees or any of the Collateral Documents brought in any of the aforementioned courts, that such courts lack personal jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Guarantors, (ii) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any defense of forum non conveniens in any legal action or proceeding with respect to the Indenture or the Notes, the Note Guarantees or any of the Collateral Documents brought in any of the aforementioned courts and (iii) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

(b)      The Company and each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Global Crossing Development Co., 200 Park Avenue, Suite 300, Florham Park, NJ 07932 (the “Process Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or any of the Collateral Documents. The Company and each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries hereby represents and warrants that the Process Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Company and each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Process Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company and each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Company or any of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries, as applicable, in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Company and each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. As an alternative method of service, the Company and each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding by the mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) of copies of such process to the Process Agent or the Company or any of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries, as applicable, at its address specified in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

(c)      Nothing contained in this Section 5 shall affect the right of the Trustee or any Holder to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Company or any of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries in any other jurisdiction.

 

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If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in U.S. dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency at the spot rate of exchange quoted by the Trustee at 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given, for the purchase of U.S. dollars, for delivery two Business Days thereafter.

6.      COUNTERPARTS.   The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

7.      EFFECT OF HEADINGS.   The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

8.      THE TRUSTEE.   The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Company.

[Signatures on following pages]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

BUDGET CALL LONG DISTANCE, INC.
By:   /s/ Mitchell Sussis
  Name:   Mitchell Sussis
  Title:   Vice President and Secretary
GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:   /s/ Mitchell Sussis
  Name:   Mitchell Sussis
  Title:   Vice President and Secretary
GLOBAL CROSSING NORTH AMERICAN NETWORKS, INC.
By:   /s/ Mitchell Sussis
  Name:   Mitchell Sussis
  Title:   Vice President and Secretary
GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES, INC.
By:   /s/ Mitchell Sussis
  Name:   Mitchell Sussis
  Title:   Vice President and Secretary
GLOBAL CROSSING TELEMANAGEMENT, INC.
By:   /s/ Mitchell Sussis
  Name:   Mitchell Sussis
  Title:   Vice President and Secretary
GLOBAL CROSSING LIMITED
By:   /s/ Mitchell Sussis
  Name:   Mitchell Sussis
  Title:   SVP and Secretary

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,

as Trustee

By:   /s/ Jane Schweiger
  Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-12.1 122 dex121.htm STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Exhibit 12.1

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Global Crossing Limited

(Dollars in Millions)

The following table sets forth our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated.

 

     Years Ended December 31,     Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2005     2006     2007     2008     2009     2009
(unaudited)
    2010
(unaudited)
 

Loss before provision for income taxes

   $ (300   $ (261   $ (249   $ (235   $ (140   $ (54   $ (112

Interest expense

     99        110        177        176        160        36        49   

Portion of rent expense representing interest

     49        47        57        66        64        15        17   
                                                        

Income (losses) available for fixed charges

   $ (152   $ (104   $ (15   $ 7      $ 84      $ (3   $ (46
                                                        

Fixed Charges:

              

Interest expense

   $ 99      $ 110      $ 177      $ 176      $ 160      $ 36      $ 49   

Portion of rent expense representing interest

     49        47        57        66        64        15        17   

Preferred stock dividends

     4        3        4        4        4        1        1   
                                                        

Fixed charges

   $ 152      $ 160      $ 238      $ 246      $ 228      $ 52      $ 67   
                                                        

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
                                                        

Deficiency

   $ 304      $ 264      $ 253      $ 239      $ 144      $ 55      $ 113   
                                                        
EX-21 123 dex21.htm SUBSIDIARIES OF GCL Subsidiaries of GCL

Exhibit 21

Global Crossing Subsidiaries

 

Asia:

  

Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited

   Australia

Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited

   Hong Kong

Global Crossing Japan KK

   Japan

Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd.

   Singapore

Bermuda:

  

Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

   Bermuda

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

   Bermuda

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

   Bermuda

Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

   Bermuda

Global Crossing Holdings Limited

   Bermuda

Global Crossing International Networks Ltd.

   Bermuda

Global Crossing International, Ltd.

   Bermuda

Global Crossing Limited

   Bermuda

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

   Bermuda

Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

   Bermuda

PAC Panama Ltd.

   Bermuda

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

   Bermuda

Europe:

  

Fibernet GmbH

   Germany

GC Hungary Holdings Vagyonkezelö Korlátolt Felelösségü Társaság

   Hungary

GC Pan European Crossing France s.a.r.l.

   France

Global Crossing PEC Holdings B.V.

   Netherlands

GC Pan European Crossing Networks B.V.

   Netherlands

Global Crossing PEC Österreich GmbH

   Austria

Global Crossing België b.v.b.a.

   Belgium

Global Crossing Cyprus Holdings Limited

   Cyprus

Global Crossing Ireland Limited

   Ireland

Global Crossing Nederland B.V.

   Netherlands

Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a.

   Belgium

Global Crossing PEC Czech s.r.o.

   Czech Republic

Global Crossing PEC Danmark ApS

   Denmark

Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH

   Germany

Global Crossing PEC Espana S.A.

   Spain

Global Crossing PEC Italia s.r.l.

   Italy

Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg I S.a.r.l.

   Luxembourg

Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg II S.a.r.l.

   Luxembourg

Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V.

   Netherlands

Global Crossing PEC Norge AS

   Norway

Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG

   Switzerland

Global Crossing Services Europe Limited

   Ireland

Global Crossing Services Ireland Limited

   Ireland

Global Crossing Sverige AB

   Sweden

GC IMPSAT Holdings Nederland B.V.

   Netherlands

International Satellite Communication Holding Aktiengesellschaft

   Liechtenstein

North America:

  

ALC Communications Corporation

   Delaware

Ameritel Management, Inc.

   British Columbia


Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

   Delaware

Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

   California

Global Crossing Development Co.

   Delaware

Global Crossing Employee Services Inc.

   Delaware

Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

   Michigan

Global Crossing North America, Inc.

   New York

Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

   Delaware

Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

   Delaware

Global Crossing Telecommunications-Canada, Ltd.

   Canada

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   Michigan

Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC

   Virginia

Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

   Wisconsin

GT Landing II Corp.

   Delaware

Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

   Delaware

Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

   Delaware

International Optical Network, L.L.C.

   Delaware

Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

   Delaware

South America, Mexico & Caribbean:

  

Corlew Investment S.A.

   Uruguay

Deason Investment S.A.

   Uruguay

GC SAC Argentina S.R.L.

   Argentina

G.C. St. Croix Company, Inc.

   U.S. Virgin Islands

Global Crossing Argentina S.A.

   Argentina

Global Crossing Chile S.A.

   Chile

Global Crossing Colombia S.A.

   Colombia

Global Crossing Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda.

   Brazil

Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A.

   Ecuador

Global Crossing Costa Rica S.R.L.

   Costa Rica

Global Crossing Landing Mexicana S. de R.L.

   Mexico

Global Crossing Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V.

   Mexico

Global Crossing Mexicana II, S. De R.L. de C.V.

   Mexico

Global Crossing Panama, Inc.

   Panama

Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R. L. de C. V.

   Mexico

Global Crossing Venezuela S.A.

   Venezuela

Impsat Participacoes E Comercial Ltda.

   Brazil

Global Crossing Peru S.A.

   Peru

SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.

   Brazil

SAC Brasil S.A.

   Brazil

SAC Panama, S.A.

   Panama

SAC Peru S.R.L.

   Peru

Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.

   Peru

United Kingdom:

  

Fibernet Group Limited

   England

Fibernet Holdings Limited

   England

Fibernet Limited

   England

Fibernet UK Limited

   England

GC Impsat Holdings I Plc

   England

GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

   England

GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

   England
EX-23.1 124 dex231.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Global Crossing Limited for the registration of $750,000,000 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 23, 2010, (except for Note 26, as to which the date is June 17, 2010), with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Global Crossing Limited included in the current report (Form 8-K) dated June 17, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and our report dated February 23, 2010, with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Global Crossing Limited, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Iselin, New Jersey

June 18, 2010

EX-25 125 dex25.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF THE TRUSTEE ON FORM T-1 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE AC Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Ac

Exhibit 25

File No.                                

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Federal Charter   52-1877389
(State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

Harborplace Tower, Suite 2620

111 S. Calvert Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

(410) 468-4325

(Address of principal executive offices)

Michael A. DiGregorio

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Wilmington Trust Company

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001

(302) 651-8793

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

Global Crossing Limited1

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   98-0407042
(State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

 

Wessex House

45 Reid Street

Hamilton HM12, Bermuda

  N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015

 

1 See Table 1 – Table of Co-Registrants

 

 

 


Exhibit 25

 

(Title of the indenture securities)

TABLE 1

TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Co-Registrant

as Specified in its Charter

  

Address, including zip code, and telephone

number, including area code, of

Co-Registrant’s principal executive offices

  

State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization

   I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

Global Crossing Holdings Limited

   (1)    Bermuda    98-0407045

Atlantic Crossing Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    98-0167636

Global Crossing Asia Holdings Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    *

Global Crossing Australia Holdings Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    *

Global Crossing Network Center Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    *

Global Crossing International, Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    98-0193017

Old GMS Holdings Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    *

South American Crossing Holdings Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    *

Global Crossing International Networks Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    *

GC Crystal Holdings Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    *

PAC Panama Ltd.

   (1)    Bermuda    *

Global Crossing Telecommunications–Canada, Ltd.

   (2)    Canada (Federal)    *

Ameritel Management, Inc.

   (3)    British Columbia    *

Global Crossing Hong Kong Limited

   (4)    Hong Kong Special Administrative Region    *

Fibernet Holdings Limited

   (5)    England and Wales    *

Global Crossing (Bidco) Limited

   (5)    England and Wales    *

Global Crossing Europe Limited

   (5)    England and Wales    *

Global Crossing Financial Markets Limited

   (5)    England and Wales    *

Pan American Crossing UK Ltd.

   (5)    England and Wales    *

GC Impsat Holdings I Plc.

   (5)    England and Wales    98-0643145

GC Impsat Holdings II Limited

   (5)    England and Wales    *

GC Impsat Holdings III Limited

   (5)    England and Wales    *

GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited

   (5)    England and Wales    *

Racal Telecommunications, Inc.

   (6)    Delaware    65-0782799

International Optical Network, L.L.C.

   (6)    Delaware    13-3979526

Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc.

   (6)    California    77-0228804

Global Crossing North America, Inc.

   (6)    New York    16-0613330

Global Crossing Development Co.

   (6)    Delaware    95-4670902

Global Crossing Employee Services Inc.

   (6)    Delaware    94-3328185

Global Crossing Local Services, Inc.

   (6)    Michigan    38-3273802

Global Crossing North American Holdings, Inc.

   (6)    Delaware    52-2288471

Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.

   (6)    Delaware    16-1194420

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

   (6)    Michigan    36-3098226

ALC Communications Corporation

   (6)    Delaware    38-2643582

Budget Call Long Distance, Inc.

   (6)    Delaware    47-0755311

GT Landing II Corp.

   (6)    Delaware    02-0555657

Global Crossing Telemanagement, Inc.

   (6)    Wisconsin    39-1423549

Global Crossing Telemanagement VA, LLC

   (6)    Virginia    16-1543620

Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc.

   (7)    Delaware    52-1910372

Global Crossing Americas Solutions, Inc.

   (8)    Delaware    65-0600569

Global Crossing Australia Pty Limited

   (9)    Australia    *

Global Crossing Japan KK

   (10)    Japan    *

Global Crossing Singapore Pte. Ltd.

   (11)    Singapore    *

SAC Brasil Holding Ltda.

   (12)    Brazil    *

SAC Brasil S.A.

   (12)    Brazil    *

Impsat Participacoes e Comercial Ltda.

   (13)    Brazil    *

Global Crossing Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda.

   (13)    Brazil    *

Global Crossing Chile S.A.

   (14)    Chile    *

Global Crossing Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V.

   (15)    Mexico    *

Global Crossing Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V.

   (15)    Mexico    *

Global Crossing Mexicana, II S. de R.L. de C.V.

   (15)    Mexico    *


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SAC Panama S.A.    (16)    Panama    *
Global Crossing Panama Inc.    (17)    Panama    *
Telecom Infrastructure Hardware S.R.L.    (18)    Peru    *
Global Crossing Peru S.A.    (19)    Peru    *
GC St. Croix Company, Inc.    (20)    U.S. Virgin Islands    66-0575696
Global Crossing Costa Rica, SRL    (21)    Costa Rica    *
Global Crossing Comunicaciones Ecuador S.A.    (22)    Ecuador    *
Global Crossing Venezuela S.A.    (23)    Venezuela    *
Fibernet GmbH    (24)    Germany    *
Global Crossing PEC Deutschland GmbH    (24)    Germany    *
Global Crossing Ireland Limited    (25)    Ireland    *
Global Crossing Services Europe Limited    (25)    Ireland    *
Global Crossing Services Ireland Limited    (25)    Ireland    *
Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg I s.à.r.l.    (26)    Luxembourg    *
Global Crossing PEC Luxembourg II s.à.r.l.    (26)    Luxembourg    *
Global Crossing PEC España S.A.    (27)    Spain    *
GC IMPSAT Holdings Nederland B.V.    (28)    The Netherlands    *
Global Crossing PEC Holdings B.V.    (29)    The Netherlands    *
GC Pan European Crossing Networks B.V.    (29)    The Netherlands    *
Global Crossing PEC Nederland B.V.    (29)    The Netherlands    *
Global Crossing Nederland B.V.    (29)    The Netherlands    *
Global Crossing Belgie b.v.b.a.    (30)    Belgium    *
Global Crossing PEC Belgium b.v.b.a.    (30)    Belgium    *
Global Crossing Cyprus Holdings Limited    (31)    Cyprus    *
Global Crossing PEC Danmark A.p.S.    (32)    Denmark    *
Global Crossing Sverige AB    (33)    Sweden    *
Global Crossing PEC Switzerland AG    (34)    Switzerland    *

 

(1) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Wessex House, 1st floor, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda, telephone (441) 296-8600.
(2) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Commerce Court West, 199 Bay Street, Suite 2800, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5L 1A9, telephone (416) 863-2400.
(3) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 595 Burrard Street, Three Bentall Centre, Suite 2600, P.O. Box 49314, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V7X 1L3, telephone (604) 631-3300.
(4) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 601 Prince’s Bldg., Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong, telephone (852) 3512-5838.
(5) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 1 London Bridge, London SE1 9BG, United Kingdom, telephone (44) 845-000-1000.
(6) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 225 Kenneth Drive, Rochester, New York 14623-4277, telephone (585) 255-1100.
(7) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane 150, Piso 8, C1107BCA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, telephone (5411) 5170-0000.
(8) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 701 Waterford Way, Suite 390, Miami, FL 33126, telephone (305) 808-5934.
(9) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Suite 21A, Level 4, 33 MacMahon St., Hurtsville, NSW 2220, Australia, telephone (61 2) 9225-5306.
(10) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Pier West Square, 11-8, Tskuda 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, telephone (81 3) 5645-8089.
(11) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 80 Raffles Place, #33-00, UOB Plaza 048624, Singapore, telephone (65) 6225-2626.
(12) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Av. Pedro II 329 Sao Cristovao Rio de Janeiro, rio 20941-070 Brazil, telephone (55 21) 3957-2100.
(13) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 666 Eid Mansur Av., Parque Sao George, City of Cotia, Sao Paulo, Brazil, telephone (55 11) 3957-2200.
(14) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Av Kennedy 5732, 802 Torre Poniente Las Condes, Santiago, Chile, telephone (56 2) 422-5900.
(15) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Lago Zurich 96 Col. Granada Miguel Hidalgo Mexico D.F. Mexico, telephone (52 55) 2581-6270.
(16) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Avenida Arnulfo Arias Madrid a un costado de Cable & Wireless, Balboa, Ancon Panama, telephone (507) 314-0324.
(17) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Avenida Arnulfo Arias y Calle Remon Levy Balboa, Edificio No. 851 Panama City, Panama, telephone (507) 324-0324.
(18) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Carretera Panamericana Sur Km 20.4 Villa del Salvador, Lima, Peru, telephone (51 5) 295-7400.


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(19) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Av. Manuel Olguin 359 Urb., Santiago de Sucro, Lima Peru, telephone (51 1) 705-5700.
(20) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 14A Norre Gade St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, telephone (305) 808-6007.
(21) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Sabana Norte, Edificio Torre La Sabana, Piso Siete, San Jose, Costa Rica, telephone 305-808-6007.
(22) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Calle Juan Diaz N37-111, Urbanizacion Iñaquito Alto, Quito, Ecuador, telephone (593 2) 226-4101.
(23) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Calle 7, Zona 1, Manzana B-2, Sector Sur—Edificio—Edificio Impsat, La Urbina, Caracas, Venezuela, telephone (58 212) 243-5044.
(24) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Kleyerstrasse, 82 D-60326, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, telephone (49 69) 71373-400.
(25) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Fourth Floor, The Sweepstakes Centre, No. 3, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland, telephone (353 1) 618-8787.
(26) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is 208 Val des Bons Malades, L-2121 Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, telephone (352) 262-0451.
(27) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is O´Donnell street, 10, 4º Derecha, 28009 Madrid, Spain, telephone (34 91) 369-14-14.
(28) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Prins Bernhardplein 200, 1097 JB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, telephone (31 35) 655-6575.
(29) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Gooimeer 3-15, 1411 DC Naarden, The Netherlands, telephone (31 35) 655-6575.
(30) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Kouterveldstraat 15, B-1831 Diegem, Belgium, telephone (32 2) 275-51-11.
(31)

The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Diagorou, 2 Era House 11th Floor, P.C. 1097 Nicosia, Cyprus, telephone (357 22) 817830.

(32) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Gladsaxe Ringvej 11, 2860 Søborg, Denmark, telephone (45) 4346-3333.
(33) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Mejerivagen 6, Stockholm 11743, Sweden, telephone (46 8) 503-20-502.
(34) The address of the principal executive offices of the registrant is Rautistrasse 77, CH-8048 Zurich, Switzerland, telephone (41 44) 497- 1900.

 

* The registrant currently does not have an I.R.S. employer identification number.


Exhibit 25

 

Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Office of Thrift Supervision

1475 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation:

Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and upon information

furnished by the obligor, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.

 

Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. List below are all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification.

 

  1. A copy of the Federal Stock Savings Bank Charter for Wilmington Trust FSB, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1.

 

  2. The authority of Wilmington Trust FSB to commence business was granted under the Federal Stock Savings Bank Charter for Wilmington Trust FSB, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1.

 

  3. The authorization to exercise corporate trust powers was granted under the Federal Stock Savings Bank charter, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1.

 

  4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of Trustee, as now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of form T-1.

 

  5. Not applicable.

 

  6. The consent of Trustee as required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 of Form T-1.

 

  7. Current Report of the Condition of Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.


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  8. Not applicable.

 

  9. Not applicable.


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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust FSB, a federal savings bank, organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota on the 16th day of June, 2010.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
By:  

/s/ Jane Schweiger

Name:   Jane Schweiger
Title:   Vice President


Exhibit 25

 

EXHIBIT 1

Charter No. 6012

FEDERAL STOCK SAVINGS BANK CHARTER

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

As existing on June 10, 1994.


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FEDERAL STOCK SAVINGS BANK CHARTER

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

SECTION 1. Corporate Title. The full corporate title of the savings bank is Wilmington Trust FSB.

SECTION 2. Office. The home office shall be located in Salisbury, Maryland.

SECTION 3. Duration. The duration of the savings bank is perpetual.

SECTION 4. Purpose and Powers. The purpose of the savings bank is to pursue any or all of the lawful objectives of a Federal savings bank chartered under Section 5 of the Home Owners’ Loan Act and to exercise all of the express, implied, and incidental powers conferred thereby and by all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, subject to the Constitution and laws of the United States as they are now in effect, or as they may hereafter be amended, and subject to all lawful and applicable rules, regulations, and orders of the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”).

SECTION 5. Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of the capital stock which the savings bank has the authority to issue is 10,000,000, all of which shall be common stock of par value of $1.00 per share. The shares may be issued from time to time as authorized by the Board of Directors without the approval of its shareholders, except as otherwise provided in this Section 5 or to the extent that such approval is required by governing law, rule, or regulation. The consideration for the issuance of the shares shall be paid in full before their issuance and shall not be less than the par value. Neither promissory notes nor future services shall constitute payment or part payment for the issuance of shares of the savings bank. The consideration for the shares shall be cash, tangible or intangible property (to the extent direct investment in such property would be permitted to the savings bank), labor, or services actually performed for the savings bank, or any combination of the foregoing. In the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the value of such property, labor, or services, as determined by the Board of Directors of the savings bank, shall be conclusive. Upon payment of such consideration, such shares shall be deemed to be fully paid and nonassessable. In the case of a stock dividend, that part of the surplus of the savings bank which is transferred to stated capital upon the issuance of shares of as a share dividend shall be deemed to be the consideration for their issuance.

Except for shares issuable in connection with the conversion of the savings bank from the mutual to stock form of capitalization, no shares of common stock (including shares issuable upon conversion, exchange, or exercise of other securities) shall be issued, directly or indirectly, to officers, directors, or controlling persons of the savings bank other than as part of a general public offering or as qualifying shares to a director, unless the issuance or the plan under which they would be issued has been approved by a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast as a legal meeting.


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The holders of the common stock shall exclusively possess all voting power. Each holder of shares of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by such holder, except as to the cumulation of votes for the election of directors. Subject to any provision for a liquidation account, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the savings bank, the holders of the common stock shall be entitled, after payment or provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of the savings bank, to receive the remaining assets of the savings bank available for distribution, in cash or in kind. Each share of common stock shall have the same relative rights as and be identical in all respects with all the other shares of common stock.

SECTION 6. Preemptive Rights. Holders of the capital stock of the savings bank shall not be entitled to preemptive rights with respect to any shares of the savings bank which may be issued.

SECTION 7. Directors. The savings bank shall be under the direction of a Board of Directors. The authorized number of directors, as stated in the savings bank’s bylaws, shall not be fewer than five nor more than fifteen except when a greater number is approved by the OTS.

SECTION 8. Amendment of Charter. Except as provided in Section 5, no amendment, addition, alteration, change, or repeal of this charter shall be made, unless such is first proposed by the Board of Directors of the savings bank, then preliminarily approved by the OTS, which preliminary approval may be granted by the OTS pursuant to regulations specifying preapproved charter amendments, and thereafter approved by the shareholders by a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast at a legal. Any amendment, addition, alteration, change, or repeal so acted upon shall be effective upon filing with the OTS in accordance with regulatory procedures or on such other date as the OTS may specify in its preliminary approval.


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EXHIBIT 4

BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

As Amended April 28, 2008

ARTICLE I — HOME OFFICES

The home office of this savings bank shall be at 111 South Calvert Street, Suite 2620, Baltimore, Maryland.

ARTICLE II — SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. Place of Meetings. All annual and special meetings of shareholders shall be held at the home office of the savings bank or at such other place in or outside the State in which the principal place of business of the savings bank is located as the board of directors may determine.

SECTION 2. Annual Meeting. A meeting of the shareholders of the savings bank for the election of directors and for the transaction of any other business of the savings bank shall be held annually within 120 days after the end of the savings bank’s fiscal year or at such other date and time within at such 120-day period as the board of directors may determine.

SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by the regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”), may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, one of the presidents or a majority of the board of directors, and shall be called by the chairman of the board, one of the presidents, or the secretary upon the written request of the holders of not less than one-tenth of all of the outstanding capital stock of the savings bank entitled to vote at the meeting. Such written request shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the home office of the savings bank addressed to the chairman of the board, one of the presidents, or the secretary.

SECTION 4. Conduct of Meetings. The board of directors shall designate, when present, either the chairman of the board or one of the presidents to preside at such meetings.

SECTION 5. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose(s) for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not fewer than 20 nor more than 50 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the chairman of the board, one of the presidents, the secretary or the directors calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the mail, addressed to the shareholder at the address as it appears on the stock transfer books or records of the savings bank as of the record date prescribed in Section 6 of this Article II with postage prepaid. When any shareholders’ meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the


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case of an original meeting. It shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time or place of any meeting adjourned for less than 30 days or of the business to be transacted at the meeting, other than an announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.

SECTION 6. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the board of directors shall fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date in any case shall be not more than 60 days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not fewer than 10 days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment.

SECTION 7. Voting Lists. At least 20 days before each meeting of the shareholders, the officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the savings bank shall make a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address and the number of shares held by each. This list of shareholders shall be kept on file at the home office of the savings bank and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours for a period of 20 days prior to such meeting. Such list also shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder during the entire time of the meeting. The original stock transfer book shall constitute prima facie evidence of the shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

In lieu of making the shareholder list available for inspection by shareholders as provided in the preceding paragraph, the board of directors may elect to follow the procedures prescribed in §552.6(d) of the OTS’s regulations as now or hereafter in effect.

SECTION 8. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the savings bank entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to constitute less than a quorum.

SECTION 9. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Proxies solicited on behalf of the management shall be voted as directed by the shareholder or, in the absence of such direction, as determined by a majority of the board of directors. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months from the date of its execution except for a proxy coupled with an interest.

SECTION 10. Voting of Shares in the Name of Two or More Persons. When


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ownership stands in the name of two or more persons, in the absence of written directions to the savings bank to the contrary, at any meeting of the shareholders of the savings bank any one or more of such shareholders may cast, in person or by proxy, all votes to which such ownership is entitled. In the event an attempt is made to cast conflicting votes, in person or by proxy, by the several persons in whose names shares of stock stand, the vote or votes to which those persons are entitled shall be cast as directed by a majority of those holding such and present in person or by proxy at such meeting, but no votes shall be cast for such stock if a majority cannot agree.

SECTION 11. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by any officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine. Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer into his name if authority to do so is contained in an appropriate order of the court or other public authority by which such receiver was appointed.

A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

Neither treasury shares of its own stock held by the savings bank nor shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation are held by the savings bank, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting.

SECTION 12. Cumulative Voting. Every shareholder entitled to vote at an election for directors shall have the right to vote, in person by proxy, the number of shares owned by the shareholder for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder has a right to vote, or to cumulate the votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors to be elected multiplied by the number of shares shall equal or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

SECTION 13. Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the board of directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office as inspectors of election to act at such meeting or any adjournment. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three. Any such appointment shall not be altered at the meeting. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the board or one of the presidents may, or on the request of not fewer than 10 percent of the votes represented at the meeting shall, make such appointment at the meeting. If appointed at the meeting, the majority of the votes present shall determine whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed. In case any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the board of directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the chairman of the board or one of the presidents.


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Unless otherwise prescribed by regulations of the OTS, the duties of such inspectors shall include: determining the number of shares and the voting power of each share, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receiving votes, ballots or consents; hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the rights to vote; counting and tabulating all votes or consents; determining the result; and such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders.

SECTION 14. Director Elections. The board of directors may nominate candidates for election as directors. Ballots bearing the names of all persons nominated by the board of directors and by shareholders shall be provided for use at the annual meeting. However, if the board of directors shall fail or refuse to act at least 20 days prior to the annual meeting, nominations for directors may be made at the annual meeting by any shareholder entitled to vote and shall be voted upon.

SECTION 15. New Business. Any new business to be taken up at the annual meeting shall be stated in writing and filed with the secretary of the savings bank at least five days before the annual meeting, and all business so stated, proposed and filed shall be considered at the annual meeting; but no other proposal shall be acted upon at the annual meeting. Any shareholder may make any other proposal at the annual meeting and the same may be discussed and considered, but unless stated in writing and filed with the secretary at least five days before the meeting, such proposal shall be laid over for action at an adjourned, special or annual meeting of the shareholders taking place 30 days or more thereafter. This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, directors, and committees; but in connection with such reports, no new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated and filed as herein provided.

SECTION 16. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be given by all shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter.

ARTICLE III — BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of this savings bank shall be under the direction of its board of directors. The board of directors shall annually elect a chairman of the board and one or more presidents and shall designate, when present, either the chairman of the board, one of the presidents, an executive vice president, a senior vice president, or a vice president to preside at its meetings.

SECTION 2. Number and Term. The board of directors shall consist of six members. The directors shall be elected annually, and shall serve for the ensuing year and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.


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SECTION 3. Regular and Special Meetings. Regular and special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, one of the presidents or one-third of the directors. The persons authorized to call meetings of the board of directors may fix any place as the place for holding that meeting.

Members of the board of directors may participate in regular or special meetings by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation shall constitute presence in person and, if the board of directors so determines, shall constitute attendance for purpose of entitlement to compensation pursuant to Section 11 of this Article.

SECTION 4. Qualification. Each director shall at all times be the beneficial owner of not less than 100 shares of capital stock of the savings bank unless the savings bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company.

SECTION 5. Notice. Written notice of any special meeting shall be given to each director at least two days prior thereto when delivered personally or by telegram or at least five days prior thereto when delivered by mail at the address at which the director is most likely to be reached. Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the mail so addressed, with postage prepaid if mailed or when delivered to the telegraph company if sent by telegram. Any director may waive notice of any meeting by a writing filed with the secretary. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the board of directors need to be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

SECTION 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors; but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time. Notice of any adjourned meeting shall be given in the same manner as prescribed by Section 5 of this Article III.

SECTION 7. Manner of Acting. The act of a majority of the directors present at a duly convened meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless a greater number is prescribed by the regulations of the OTS or these bylaws.

SECTION 8. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all of the directors.

SECTION 9. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by sending a written notice of such resignation to the home office of the savings bank addressed to the chairman of the board or one of the presidents. Unless otherwise specified, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt by the chairman of the board or one of the presidents. More than three consecutive absences from regular meetings of the board of directors, unless excused by resolution of the board of directors, shall automatically constitute a resignation, effective when such resignation is accepted by the board of directors.


Exhibit 25

 

SECTION 10. Vacancies. Any vacancy on the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors although less than a quorum of the board of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected to serve until the next election of directors by the shareholders. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors for may be filled by election by the board of directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

SECTION 11. Compensation. Directors, as such, may receive a stated salary for their services. By resolution of the board of directors, a reasonable fixed sum, and reasonable expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance, whether in person or by telephone, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of directors.

Members of either standing or special committees may be allowed such compensation for attendance, whether in person or by telephone, at committee meetings as the Board of directors may determine from time to time.

SECTION 12. Presumption of Assent. A director of the savings bank who is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any savings bank matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent or abstention shall be entered into the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file a written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the savings bank within five days after the date a copy of the minutes of the meeting is received. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

SECTION 13. Removal of Directors. At a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, any director may be removed for cause by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. If less than the entire board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against the removal would be sufficient to elect a director if then cumulatively voted at an election of the class of directors of which such director is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the charter or supplemental sections thereto, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect to the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

ARTICLE IV — EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. Appointment. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board, may designate an executive committee. The designation of any committee pursuant to this Article IV and the delegation of authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any director, of any responsibility imposed by law or regulation.


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SECTION 2. Authority. The executive committee, when the board of directors is not in session, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the board of directors except to the extent, if any, that such authority shall be limited by the resolution appointing the executive committee; and except also that the executive committee shall not have the authority of the board of directors with reference to: the declaration of dividends; the amendment of the charter or bylaws of the savings bank, or recommending to the stockholders a plan of merger, consolidation or conversion; the sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the savings bank otherwise than in the usual and regular course of its business; a voluntary dissolution of the savings bank; a revocation of any of the foregoing; or the approval of a transaction in which any member of the executive committee, directly or indirectly, has any material beneficial interest.

SECTION 3. Tenure. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this Article IV, each member of the executive committee shall hold office until the next regular annual meeting of the board of directors following his or her designation and until a successor is designated as a member of the executive committee.

SECTION 4. Meetings. Regular meetings of the executive committee may be held without notice at such times and places as the executive committee may fix from time to time by resolution. Special meetings of the executive committee may be called by any member thereof upon not less than one day’s notice stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting, which notice may be written or oral. Any member of the executive committee may waive notice of any meeting and no notice of any meeting need be given to any member thereof who attends in person. The notice of a meeting of the executive committee need not state the business proposed to be transacted at the meeting.

SECTION 5. Quorum. A majority of the members of the executive committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting thereof, and action of the Executive committee must be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

SECTION 6. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the executive committee at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the members of the executive committee.

SECTION 7. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the executive committee may be filled by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors.

SECTION 8. Resignations and Removal. Any member of the executive committee may be removed at any time with or without cause by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors. Any member of the executive committee may resign from the executive committee at any time by giving written notice to the one of the presidents or secretary of the savings bank. Unless otherwise specified, such resignation shall take effect upon its receipt; the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.


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SECTION 9. Procedure. The executive committee shall elect a presiding officer from its members and may fix its own rules of procedure which shall not be inconsistent with these bylaws. It shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board of directors for its information at the meeting held next after the proceedings shall have occurred

SECTION 10. Other Committees. The board of directors may by resolution establish an audit, loan or other committee composed of directors as they may determine to be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business of the savings bank and may prescribe the duties, constitution, and procedures thereof.

ARTICLE V — OFFICERS

SECTION 1. Positions. The officers of this savings bank shall be one or more presidents, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. The board of directors may also designate the chairman of the board as an officer. One of the presidents shall be the chief executive officer, unless the board of directors designates the chairman of the board as chief executive officer. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person and a vice president may also be either the secretary or the treasurer. The board of directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice president or senior vice president. The board of directors also may elect or authorize the appointment of such other officers as the business of this savings bank may require. The officers shall have such authority and perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time authorize or determine. In the absence of action by the board of directors, the officers shall have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices.

SECTION 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of this savings bank shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the board of directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers is not held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as possible. Each officer shall hold office until a successor has been duly elected and qualified or until the officer’s death, resignation, or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Election or appointment of an officer, employee, or agent shall not of itself create contractual rights. The board of directors may authorize the savings bank to enter into an employment contract with any officer in accordance with regulations of the OTS; but no such contract shall impair the right of the board of directors to remove any officer at any time in accordance with Section 3 of this Article V.

SECTION 3. Removal. Any officer may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the savings bank would be served thereby, but such removal, other than for cause, shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed.

SECTION 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or otherwise may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

SECTION 5. Remuneration. The remuneration of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors.


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ARTICLE VI — CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

SECTION 1. Contracts. To the extent permitted by regulations of the OTS, and except as otherwise prescribed by these bylaws with respect to certificates for shares, the board of directors may authorize any officer, employee or agent of the savings bank to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the savings bank. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the savings bank and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by the board of directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the savings bank shall be signed by one or more officers, employees or agents of the savings bank in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors.

SECTION 4. Deposits. All funds of the savings bank not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the savings bank in any duly authorized depositories as the board of directors may select.

ARTICLE VII — CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

SECTION 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of capital stock of the savings bank shall be in such form as shall be determined by the board of directors and approved by the OTS. Such certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer or by any other officer of the savings bank authorized by the board of directors, attested by the secretary or an assistant secretary, and sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of such officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is manually signed on behalf of a transfer agent or a registrar other than the savings bank itself or one of its employees. Each certificate for shares of capital stock shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares are issued, the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the savings bank. All certificates surrendered to the savings bank for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares has been surrendered and canceled, except that in the case of a lost or destroyed certificate, a new certificate may be issued upon such terms and indemnity to the savings bank as the board of directors may prescribe.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the capital stock of the savings bank shall be made only on its stock transfer books. Authority for such transfer shall be given only by the holder of record or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of such authority, or by his attorney authorized by a duly executed power of attorney and filed with the savings bank. Such transfer shall be made only on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares of capital stock stand on the books of the savings bank shall be deemed by the savings bank to be the owner for all purposes.


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ARTICLE VIII — FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of this savings bank shall end on the 31st day of December of each year.

ARTICLE IX — DIVIDENDS

Subject to the terms of the savings bank’s charter and the regulations and orders of the OTS, the board of directors may, from time to time, declare, and the savings bank may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of capital stock.

ARTICLE X — CORPORATE SEAL

The board of directors shall approve a savings bank seal which shall be two concentric circles between which shall be the name of the savings bank. The year of incorporation or an emblem may appear in the center.

ARTICLE XI — AMENDMENTS

These bylaws may be amended in a manner consistent with regulations of the OTS at any time by a majority of the full board of directors or by a majority vote of the votes cast by the stockholders of the savings bank at any legal meeting.


Exhibit 25

 

EXHIBIT 6

Section 321(b) Consent

Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust FSB hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor.

 

    WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
Dated: June 16, 2010   By:  

/s/ Jane Schweiger

  Name:   Jane Schweiger
  Title:   Vice President


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EXHIBIT 7

This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks with state publication requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication requirements.

R E P O R T  O F  C O N D I T I O N

 

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB   of     BALTIMORE  
Name of Bank   City  

in the State of Maryland , at the close of business on March 31, 2010:

 

ASSETS

   Thousands
of Dollars
 

Cash, Deposits & Investment Securities:

   615,457   

Mortgage back Securities:

   1,408   

Mortgage Loans:

   568,617   

Non-Mortgage Loans:

   545,323   

Repossessed Assets:

   1,496   

Federal Home Loan Bank Stock:

   6,236   

Office Premises and Equipment:

   16,794   

Other Assets:

   168,858   

Total Assets:

   1,924,189   

LIABILITIES

   Thousands
of Dollars
 

Deposits

   1,321,181   

Escrows

   695   

Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase

   192,577   

Other Liabilities:

   146,658   

Total Liabilities

   1,661,111   

EQUITY CAPITAL

   Thousands
of Dollars
 

Common Stock

   274,001   

Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Certain Securities

   48   

Retained Earnings

   (10,971

Other Components of Equity Capital

   0   

Total Equity Capital

   263,078   

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   1,924,189   
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