THE COMPANIES (GUERNSEY) LAW, 2008, AS AMENDED

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

of

PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS, LTD.

(as adopted by a Special Resolution of the Voting Shares and Ordinary Resolution of the Public Shares passed on 3 May 2023)

Registered on February 2, 2012 with registration number 54602

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THE COMPANIES (GUERNSEY) LAW, 2008, AS AMENDED

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

of

PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS, LTD.

Table of Contents

1.

STANDARD ARTICLES

1

2.

INTERPRETATION

1

3.

AMENDMENTS

14

4.

SHARE CAPITAL

14

5.

ISSUE OF SHARES

20

6.

PRE-EMPTION ON ALLOTMENT AND ISSUE OF SHARES

20

7.

REPURCHASE OF SHARES

23

8.

COMMISSIONS

23

9.

KEY MAN EVENT

24

10.

COMPULSORY REDEMPTIONS BY THE COMPANY

24

11.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

25

12.

SUSPENSION OF DETERMINATIONS OF NET ASSET VALUE

27

13.

VARIATION OF CLASS RIGHTS

27

14.

CLASS MEETINGS

29

15.

TRUSTS

29

16.

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS IN PUBLIC SHARES BY MEMBERS

29

17.

CERTIFICATES

30

18.

LIEN

30

19.

CALLS ON SHARES

31

20.

FORFEITURE AND SURRENDER OF SHARES

32

21.

PROHIBITED US PERSONS

33

22.

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

34

23.

TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

34

24.

EXCESS SHARES AND EXCESS PLAN SHARES

39

25.

UNTRACED SHAREHOLDERS

46

26.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

47

27.

GENERAL MEETINGS

48

28.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

49

29.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

50

30.

VOTES OF MEMBERS

51

31.

PROXIES

53

32.

WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

54

33.

NUMBER, APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

54

34.

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS

55

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35.

INDEMNITIES

56

36.

INSURANCE

57

37.

REGISTERS OF DIRECTORS

57

38.

BORROWING POWERS OF THE BOARD

57

39.

OTHER POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD

57

40.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

59

41.

DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

62

42.

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

63

43.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

64

44.

AGENT AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

64

45.

SECRETARY AND RESIDENT AGENT

65

46.

THE SEAL

65

47.

COMMON SIGNATURE

65

48.

AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

65

49.

DIVIDENDS

66

50.

INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS

67

51.

RESERVES

68

52.

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS

68

53.

ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS

69

54.

AUDITORS

71

55.

NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

72

56.

WINDING UP

73

57.

DISCLOSURE OF THIRD PARTY BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN SHARES

74

58.

DURATION

76

59.

DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

77

60.

MEMBER SPECIFIC COSTS

77

61.

JURISDICTION

77

62.

SEVERABILITY

77

63.

RESOLVING AMBIGUITY

78

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THE COMPANIES (GUERNSEY) LAW, 2008, AS AMENDED

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

of

PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS, LTD.

  1. STANDARD ARTICLES
    The standard articles of incorporation prescribed pursuant to Section 16(2) of the Law shall be excluded in their entirety.
  2. INTERPRETATION

2.1 In these Articles the following words shall bear the following meanings if not inconsistent with the subject or context:

Words

Meanings

£

the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Accounting Date

subject to the Law, the last day of December of

each year, or such other date as the Board at any

time determines.

Accounts

either (a) individual accounts prepared in

accordance with Section 243 of the Law or (b)

consolidated accounts prepared in accordance

with Section 244 of the Law.

Adverse Consequences

the treatment of the Company as a "controlled

foreign corporation" under Section 957 of the US

Internal Revenue Code.

Affiliate

with respect to any specified person:

(a) any person that directly or indirectly controls,

is directly or indirectly controlled by or is

directly or indirectly under common control

with such specified person;

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(b) any person that serves as a director or officer (or in any similar capacity) of such specified

person; and

(c) any person with respect to which such

specified person serves as a general partner or

trustee (or in any similar

(d) capacity),

and the term Affiliated shall have a correlative

meaning.

For the purposes of this definition, control

(including controlling, controlled by and under

common control with) means the direct or

indirect power to direct or cause the direction of

the management and policies of a person, whether

through the ownership of voting securities, by

contract or otherwise.

Articles

the articles of incorporation of the Company,

as amended from time to time.

Beneficiary

with respect to any Trust, the charitable

organisation that is specified in the trust

instrument for that Trust or is named as

beneficiary of that Trust in accordance with the

provisions of such trust instrument, provided that

no Beneficiary shall be a US Person or a Plan or

be Constructively Owned by any US Person.

Board

the Directors at any time acting as the board of

directors of the Company in accordance with these

Articles or the Law, or, as the case may be, the

Directors assembled as a committee established in

accordance with Article 39.3.

Business Day

any weekday, except Saturday and Sunday, on

which banks in New York and the city or cities in

which any stock exchange on which the Public

Shares are traded is or are, as the case may be,

located are open for normal banking business or as

is otherwise specified by the Board.

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