Companies (Jersey) Law 1991
Company Limited by Shares
AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CLARIVATE PLC
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Companies (Jersey) Law 1991
Company Limited by Shares
Amended and Restated
Memorandum of Association
of
Clarivate Plc
- The name of the Company is Clarivate Plc.
- The Company is a public company limited by shares.
- The Company is a no par value company.
- The Company has unrestricted corporate capacity.
- The liability of each member arising from his or her holding of a share is limited to the amount (if any) unpaid on it.
- There is no limit on the number of shares of any class which the Company is authorised to issue.
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CONTENTS | ||
1 | Definitions, interpretation and exclusion of Standard Table | 1 |
Definitions | 1 | |
Interpretation | 3 | |
Exclusion of Standard Table | 4 | |
2 | Shares | 4 |
Power to issue Shares and options, with or without special rights | 4 | |
Power to issue fractions of a Share | 5 | |
Capital contributions without issue of further Shares | 5 | |
Limit on the number of Joint Holders | 5 | |
Treasury Shares | 5 | |
3 | Ordinary Shares | 5 |
4 | Preferred Shares | 5 |
5 | Register of Members and share certificates | 6 |
Issue of share certificates | 6 | |
Renewal of lost or damaged share certificates | 7 | |
Uncertificated shares | 7 | |
6 | Transfer of shares | 8 |
Form of transfer | 8 | |
Power to refuse registration | 8 | |
Notice of refusal to register | 8 | |
Fee, if any, payable for registration | 8 | |
Company may retain instrument of transfer | 8 | |
Transfer to branch register | 9 | |
Holding of Shares through Direct Registration System | 9 | |
7 | Redemption, Purchase and Surrender of Shares, Treasury Shares | 9 |
Power to pay for redemption or purchase in cash or in specie | 10 | |
Effect of redemption or purchase of a Share | 10 | |
8 | Variation of Rights Attaching to Shares | 10 |
9 | Commission on Sale of Shares | 11 |
10 | Non-Recognition of Trusts | 11 |
11 | Transmission of Shares | 11 |
Persons entitled on death of a Member | 11 | |
Registration of transfer of a Share following death or bankruptcy | 11 | |
Indemnity | 11 | |
Rights of person entitled to a Share following death or bankruptcy | 11 | |
12 | Alteration of capital | 12 |
Increasing, consolidating, converting, dividing and cancelling share capital | 12 | |
Reducing share capital | 12 | |
Sale of fractions of Shares | 12 |
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13 | Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date | 12 |
14 | General Meetings | 13 |
Power to call meetings | 13 | |
Annual general meetings | 13 | |
Content of notice | 13 | |
Period of notice | 14 | |
Persons entitled to receive notice | 14 | |
Publication of notice on a website | 14 | |
Time a website notice is deemed to be given | 15 | |
Required duration of publication on a website | 15 | |
Accidental omission to give notice or non-receipt of notice | 15 | |
Notice of other business | 15 | |
15 | Proceedings at meetings of Members | 18 |
Quorum | 18 | |
Use of technology | 18 | |
Lack of quorum | 18 | |
Adjournment | 19 | |
Chairman | 19 | |
Right of a Director or auditor's representative to attend and speak | 19 | |
Method of voting | 19 | |
Taking of a poll | 19 | |
Chairman does not have casting vote | 19 | |
No written resolutions | 20 | |
16 | Voting rights of Members | 20 |
Right to vote | 20 | |
Rights of Joint Holders | 20 | |
Member with mental disorder | 20 | |
Objections to admissibility of votes | 20 | |
Form of proxy | 20 | |
How and when proxy is to be delivered | 21 | |
Voting by proxy | 22 | |
17 | Corporations Acting by Representatives at Meeting | 22 |
18 | Clearing Houses | 22 |
19 | Directors | 22 |
20 | Appointment, disqualification and removal of Directors | 23 |
No age limit | 23 | |
No corporate Directors | 23 | |
Appointment of Directors | 23 | |
Removal of Directors | 23 | |
Filling of vacancies | 23 | |
Resignation of Directors | 23 | |
Corporate governance policies | 23 | |
No shareholding qualification | 23 | |
21 | Directors' Fees and Expenses | 24 |
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22 | Alternate directors | 24 |
23 | Powers and duties of Directors | 25 |
24 | Delegation of powers | 25 |
Power to delegate any of the Directors' powers to a committee | 25 | |
Power to appoint an agent of the Company | 26 | |
Power to appoint an attorney or authorised signatory of the Company | 26 | |
Management | 26 | |
25 | Disqualification of Directors | 27 |
26 | Meetings of Directors | 27 |
Regulation of Directors' meetings | 27 | |
Calling meetings | 27 | |
Use of technology | 28 | |
Quorum | 28 | |
Voting | 28 | |
Validity | 28 | |
27 | Permissible Directors' interests and disclosure | 28 |
28 | Minutes | 29 |
Written resolutions | 29 | |
29 | Record Dates | 30 |
30 | Dividends | 30 |
Payment of dividends by Directors | 30 | |
Apportionment of dividends | 30 | |
Right of set off | 30 | |
Power to pay other than in cash | 30 | |
How payments may be made | 31 | |
Dividends or other monies not to bear interest in absence of special rights | 31 | |
Unclaimed Dividends | 31 | |
31 | Accounts and audits | 32 |
Accounting and other records | 32 | |
No automatic right of inspection | 32 | |
Sending of accounts and reports | 32 | |
Time of receipt if documents are published on a website | 32 | |
Validity despite accidental error in publication on website | 32 | |
When accounts are to be audited | 33 | |
32 | Audit | 33 |
33 | Seal | 33 |
Company seal | 33 | |
Official seal | 33 | |
When and how seal is to be used | 33 | |
If no seal is adopted or used | 33 | |
Power to allow non-manual signatures and facsimile printing of seal | 34 | |
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