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