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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 12, 2006
Registration No.  333-           
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM  F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
     
Cayman Islands
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or registration)
  None
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
Regatta Office Park
Windward Three, 4th Floor, West Bay Road
P.O. Box 1114
Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands
(345) 945-4277
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
David W. Sasnett
12330 S.W. 53rd Street Suite 712
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33330
(954) 427-6283
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
 
With copies to:
     
Leslie J. Croland, Esq.
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
350 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301-4215
(954) 727-2600
  Justin P. Klein, Esq.
Gerald J. Guarcini, Esq.
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(215) 665-8500
 
     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as reasonably practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
 
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE (1)
                         
                         
                         
            Proposed maximum     Proposed maximum      
Title of each class of     Amount to be     offering price     aggregate offering     Amount of
securities to be registered     registered(1)     per unit(2)     price     registration fee
                         
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.60 per share
    1,725,000     $26.52     $45,747,000     $4,895
                         
                         
 
(1)  Includes 225,000 ordinary shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any.
 
(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant’s ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 5, 2006.
 
     The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 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.
 
 


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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 jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 12, 2006.
PROSPECTUS
1,500,000 Ordinary Shares
(CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD. LOGO)
 
We are offering 1,500,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.60 per share, pursuant to this prospectus.
Our ordinary shares are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “CWCO.” On October 10, 2006, the last reported sale price for our ordinary shares was $26.75 per share.
We have granted the underwriters an option, exercisable within 30 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to 225,000 additional ordinary shares upon the same terms and conditions as the ordinary shares offered by this prospectus to cover over-allotments, if any.
Investing in our ordinary shares involves risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus.
 
                 
    Per Share   Total
         
Public offering price
  $       $    
Underwriting discounts and commissions
  $       $    
Proceeds to Consolidated Water
  $       $    
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, on behalf of the underwriters, expects to deliver the ordinary shares on or about                 , 2006.
Janney Montgomery Scott llc
 
Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.
  Brean Murray, Carret & Co.
  The Seidler Companies Incorporated
The date of this prospectus is                     , 2006.


 

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  EX-1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement
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  EX-4.5 Amendment dated September 27, 2005 to Option Deed
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Myers & Aberga
  EX-23.1 Opinion of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz -- Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
  EX-23.2 Opinion of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz -- Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.
  EX-23.3 Consent of KPMG -- Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
  EX-23.4 Consent of KPMG -- Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
      This summary calls your attention to selected information in this prospectus, but may not contain all the information that is important to you in deciding whether to invest in our ordinary shares. Unless otherwise indicated, all the information contained in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters will not exercise their over-allotment option. For a more complete description of this offering, and to understand this offering more fully, you should read this entire document carefully, including “Risk Factors” and the information incorporated herein by reference as set forth under “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference,” as well as the documents referred to under “Where You Can Find More Information.”
      Unless otherwise indicated, references to “we,” “our,” “ours,” and “us” refer to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise indicated, references to dollar amounts, “$” or “US$” are to United States dollars. References to “CI$” are to Cayman Islands dollars. References to gallons are to United States gallons.
Our Business
      We develop and operate seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems in areas where naturally occurring supplies of potable water are scarce or nonexistent. Through our subsidiaries and affiliate, we operate 13 reverse osmosis desalination plants and provide the following services to our customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands (or BVI) and The Bahamas:
  •  Retail Water Operations. We produce and supply water to end-users, including residential, commercial and government customers in the Cayman Islands and a resort in The Bahamas. In the Cayman Islands, we operate under an exclusive retail license issued by the government to provide water in two of the most populated and rapidly developing areas in the Cayman Islands. In 2005, our retail water operations generated 51% of our consolidated revenues.
 
  •  Bulk Water Operations. We produce and supply water to government-owned distributors in the Cayman Islands, Belize and The Bahamas. In 2005, our bulk water operations generated 45% of our consolidated revenues.
 
  •  Service Operations. We provide engineering and management services for desalination projects, including designing and constructing desalination plants and managing and operating desalination plants owned by other companies. In 2005, our service operations generated 4% of our consolidated revenues.
 
  •  Affiliate Operations. Our affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (or OC-BVI), produces and supplies bulk water to the British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage Department. We account for our interests in OC-BVI using the equity method of accounting and do not consolidate OC-BVI’s operating results in our financial statements.

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      The following table lists the plants under the management of us or our affiliate by location and production capacity as of June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005:
                       
June 30, 2006   December 31, 2005
     
Location   Plants   Capacity(1)   Location   Plants   Capacity(1)
                     
Cayman Islands
  6   5.9   Cayman Islands   6   5.7
The Bahamas(2)
  3   10.0   The Bahamas   2   4.3
British Virgin Islands(3)
  2   1.7   British Virgin Islands(3)   2   1.7
Barbados
  1   1.3   Barbados   1   1.3
Belize
  1
 
  0.5
 
  Belize   1
 
  0.4
 
 
Total
  13   19.4     Total   12   13.4
                     
 
(1)  Millions of gallons of water per day.
 
(2)  Includes our Blue Hills plant, which we substantially completed in July 2006.
 
(3)  Owned and operated by our affiliate, OC-BVI. Does not include OC-BVI’s Bar Bay plant, which is currently under construction and expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2006.
Our Strategy
      Our strategy is to provide water services in areas where the supply of potable water is scarce and we believe the production of potable water by reverse osmosis desalination is, or will be, profitable. We have focused on the Caribbean basin and adjacent areas as our principal market because these areas tend to have (i) little or no naturally occurring fresh water; (ii) limited regulations and taxes allowing for higher returns; (iii) a large proportion of tourist properties, which historically have generated higher volume sales than residential properties; and (iv) growing populations and tourism levels.
      While our business is currently focused primarily within the Caribbean basin and adjacent areas, we believe that our potential market includes any location where there is a demand for, and a limited supply of, potable water. The desalination of seawater is the most widely used process for producing fresh water in areas with an insufficient natural supply. In addition, in many locations, desalination is the only commercially viable means to expand the existing water supply. We believe that our experience in the development and operation of reverse osmosis desalination plants provides us with a competitive advantage to successfully expand our operations.
      Key elements of our strategy include:
  •  Maximizing the benefits of our exclusive retail license on Grand Cayman.
 
  •  Expanding our existing operations in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados and The Bahamas.
 
  •  Penetrating new markets where there is demand for potable water and where we believe production would be profitable.
 
  •  Broadening our existing and future operations into complementary services, such as wastewater management.

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Recent Developments
Tynes Bay, Bermuda Project
      In September 2006, the government of Bermuda accepted our bid to construct and operate a desalination plant at Tynes Bay, Bermuda. The Tynes Bay plant will be constructed by our recently-formed affiliate Consolidated Water (Bermuda) Limited (or CW-Bermuda). The plant is expected to have an initial production capacity of approximately 600,000 gallons of water per day and be expandable to a production capacity of up to 1.2 million gallons per day. We expect CW-Bermuda to enter into a formal contract with the government of Bermuda in the fourth quarter of 2006.
Fixed Rate Bond Financing
      In August 2006, we raised approximately $15.0 million in net proceeds, after deducting the offering discount and before related offering expenses, from the private placement of $15.8 million in principal amount of 5.95% secured bonds. The bonds are repayable in quarterly installments and are secured by substantially all of our assets. The trust deed governing the terms of the bonds contains restrictive covenants with respect to future borrowings and guarantees and capital expenditures and requires us to comply with certain financial covenants.
Blue Hills Plant Construction
      In July 2006, we substantially completed construction of our Blue Hills plant on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas, which is the largest desalination plant we have built or operated to date. The Blue Hills plant more than doubles our production capacity in The Bahamas, providing an additional 7.2 million gallons of potable water per day. With the addition of this plant, we now supply a significant portion of New Providence’s water.
North Sound Plant Expansion
      In July 2006, Water Authority-Cayman, our bulk water customer on Grand Cayman, accepted our proposal to double the production capacity of the North Sound desalination plant to 1.6 million gallons of water per day. The present operating contract for this plant, which expires in November 2009, will be extended by seven years from the date on which we complete the capacity expansion, which we expect will occur during the first quarter of 2007.
Corporate Information
      Our registered office is located at Regatta Office Park, Windward Three, 4th Floor, West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 1114, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands and our telephone number is (345) 945-4277. Our website is located at http://www.cwco.com. Information contained on our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus.

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The Offering
Ordinary shares offered by us 1,500,000 shares
 
Ordinary shares to be outstanding after this offering 14,231,133 shares (1)
 
The NASDAQ Global Select Market symbol CWCO
 
Ordinary shares 52-week price range
(through October 10, 2006)
Low:     $15.12
High:  $31.79
 
Current annualized dividend rate $0.24 per share
 
Use of proceeds We estimate that our net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $37.5 million, or approximately $43.2 million if the underwriters exercise their over- allotment option in full, based on an estimated offering price of $26.75 per share. We intend to use approximately $10.0 million of the net proceeds to repay debt and the remaining proceeds for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. We may also use a portion of the remaining net proceeds for acquisitions and strategic investments, if future opportunities arise.
 
Over-allotment option 225,000 ordinary shares
 
Risk factors Investing in our ordinary shares involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 to read about certain risk factors you should consider before investing in our ordinary shares.
 
(1)  Based on 12,731,133 ordinary shares outstanding as of September 15, 2006.

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Summary Financial Data
      The following table sets forth our summary financial data, which you should read in conjunction with, and which is qualified in its entirety by reference to, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, set forth in our Annual Report on Form  10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and our Quarterly Reports on Form  10-Q for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2006, incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.” The summary financial information set forth below for and as of the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The financial data for and as of the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 has been derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements, which include all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals that we consider necessary for a fair presentation of our results of operations and our financial condition for these periods. Our financial data is prepared pursuant to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of future performance. Also, period-to -period comparisons are significantly affected by our acquisitions. We acquired OC-Cayman, DesalCo, DesalCo (Barbados) and our interest in OC-BVI in February 2003. The operating results of CW-Bahamas were included in our financial statements as of August 2003. The financial data for the year ended December 31, 2004 includes other income of approximately $591,000 related to insurance proceeds received in connection with Hurricane Ivan. Historical per share information set forth below has been retroactively adjusted to reflect our 2-for-1 stock split on August 25, 2005.
                                             
    Six Months    
    Ended June 30,   Year Ended December 31,
         
    2006   2005   2005   2004   2003
                     
    (Unaudited)            
Statement of Income Data:                                        
Revenues:                                        
 
Retail water sales
  $ 9,917,977     $ 6,543,334     $ 13,372,103     $ 12,089,491     $ 10,918,151  
 
Bulk water sales
    8,064,783       5,565,894       11,724,438       10,303,074       7,045,761  
 
Services revenue
    887,779       501,126       1,090,664       888,848       1,090,293  
                               
   
Total revenues
    18,870,539       12,610,354       26,187,205       23,281,413       19,054,205  
Gross profit     9,182,834       5,180,090       10,354,397       9,609,700       7,813,757  
Income from operations     4,960,760       2,246,868       4,209,186       5,062,922       4,038,400  
Net income     5,600,039       2,855,410       5,514,258       6,197,383       4,177,081  
Basic earnings per ordinary share   $ 0.46     $ 0.25     $ 0.47     $ 0.54     $ 0.42  
Diluted earnings per ordinary share   $ 0.44     $ 0.24     $ 0.45     $ 0.53     $ 0.41  
                                         
    As of June 30,   As of December 31,
         
    2006   2005   2005   2004   2003
                     
    (Unaudited)            
Balance Sheet Data:                                        
Current assets   $ 15,609,390     $ 17,373,163     $ 21,176,498     $ 19,208,154     $ 15,337,723  
Total assets     100,627,667       71,679,055       88,365,191       70,825,049       68,562,126  
Long-term debt     17,857,142       11,000,641       19,378,212       12,856,226       16,633,437  
Current portion of long-term debt     3,132,356       3,721,144       3,472,330       3,733,144       3,763,144  
Shareholders’ equity     65,002,830       51,272,833       59,563,079       48,371,894       44,248,527  

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RISK FACTORS
      Investing in our ordinary shares involves risks. Prior to making a decision about investing in our ordinary shares, you should consider carefully the factors discussed below and the information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus. Each of these risks, as well as other risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial, could adversely affect our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition, and cause the value of our ordinary shares to decline, which may result in the loss of all or part of your investment.
Our exclusive license to provide water to retail customers in the Cayman Islands may not be renewed in the future.
      In the Cayman Islands, we provide water to retail customers under a license originally issued to us in December 1979 by the Cayman Islands government that grants us the exclusive right to provide water to retail customers within our licensed service area. Our service area is comprised of an area on Grand Cayman that includes the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas, two of the three most populated areas in the Cayman Islands. For the year ended December 31, 2005, we generated approximately 51% of our consolidated revenue from our retail water operations conducted pursuant to our exclusive license. Our license expires in July 2010. If we are not in default of any terms of the license, we have a right of first refusal to renew the license on terms that are no less favorable than those that the government offers to any third party. If we are unable to renew our license or negotiate a new license on satisfactory terms, we could lose a significant portion of our current revenues and our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be adversely affected.
We rely on fixed-term water supply and/or service agreements with our bulk customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados and The Bahamas, which may not be renewed or may be renewed on terms less favorable to us.
      All of our bulk water supply agreements are for fixed terms ranging from seven to 23 years and with a range of two to 20 years remaining. Upon expiration, these agreements may not be renewed or may be renewed on less favorable terms. In addition, certain of these agreements provide for our customers to acquire or automatically assume ownership of the related plant upon expiration of the contract term. If this occurs, we may no longer generate income from such plant. In instances where we own the plant that produces the water under an agreement that is not renewed or renewed with lower production quantities, we may not be able to find a new customer for the plant’s excess production capacity. If our fixed-term agreements are not renewed or are renewed on less favorable terms, our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be adversely affected.
The water supply agreement between the British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage Department and our affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (or OC-BVI), is on a month-to -month basis and could be cancelled or renegotiated on less favorable terms.
      Since the expiration of the initial term of their bulk water supply agreement in May 1999, OC-BVI has supplied water to the British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage Department under what it considers to be a month-to -month supply arrangement. Under this arrangement, the British Virgin Islands government could cease purchasing water from OC-BVI at any time. OC-BVI has made attempts in the past to negotiate a new water supply agreement, and in August 2006 preliminary discussions began for the renegotiation of this contract. However, this agreement may not be renewed and a new agreement may not be reached. If a new agreement is obtained, it may be on terms less favorable to OC-BVI than the current arrangement. For the year ended December 31, 2005 and the six months ended June 30, 2006, we recognized approximately $1.4 million and $732,000, respectively, in income from our equity investment in the earnings of OC-BVI. For those same periods, we also recognized approximately $680,000 and $667,000, respectively, in revenue from our agreement to provide management services to OC-BVI. As of June 30, 2006, our loans to, and equity investment in, OC-BVI equaled approximately $13.1 million and the recorded value of our management services

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agreement, which is reflected on our balance sheet as an intangible asset, was approximately $856,000. In the event that the British Virgin Islands government ceased purchasing water from OC-BVI, or entered into a new contract with OC-BVI on less favorable terms than the existing supply arrangement, the values of our investment in OC-BVI, loan to OC-BVI and OC-BVI intangible asset would decline, and we could be required to record impairment charges to reduce the carrying values of these assets. Such impairment charges would reduce our earnings and could have a significant adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.
The British Virgin Islands government has asserted a purported right of ownership of OC-BVI’s Baughers Bay plant. If this right is found to be enforceable and is exercised by the government, OC-BVI will lose ownership of the Baughers Bay plant.
      In October 2006, the British Virgin Islands government notified OC-BVI that it was asserting a purported right of ownership of OC-BVI’s desalination plant in Baughers Bay, Tortola pursuant to the terms of a water supply agreement dated May 1990 (or the 1990 Agreement) and invited OC-BVI to submit a proposal for its continued involvement in the production of water at the Baughers Bay plant. While OC-BVI believes that the government’s claim can be resolved to the satisfaction of both parties through the negotiation of a new agreement, we cannot assure you that the government shares this belief or that such a result will occur. For the year ended December 31, 2005 and the six months ended June 30, 2006, we recognized approximately $1.4 million and $732,000, respectively, in income from our equity investment in the earnings of OC-BVI. For those same periods, we also recognized approximately $680,000 and $667,000, respectively, in revenue from our agreement to provide management services to OC-BVI. As of June 30, 2006, our loans to, and equity investment in, OC-BVI equaled approximately $13.1 million and the recorded value of our management services agreement, which is reflected on our balance sheet as an intangible asset, was approximately $856,000. If the government’s right of ownership under the 1990 Agreement is found to be enforceable, OC-BVI may be forced to accept a water supply arrangement with the government on less favorable terms, and if the government exercises its purported right, OC-BVI could lose ownership of the Baughers Bay plant. In either case, the value of our OC-BVI-related assets would decline, and we could be required to record impairment charges to reduce the carrying values of these assets. Such impairment charges would reduce our earnings and could have a significant adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.
We do not have sole control over our affiliate, OC-BVI. A divergence of our interests and the interests of OC-BVI’s other voting shareholder may adversely affect the operations of OC-BVI and in turn decrease the value of our investment in OC-BVI.
      We own 43.5% of the equity and 50% of the voting shares of OC-BVI. We and Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited (or Sage Water), which owns the remaining 50% of the voting shares, are each entitled to appoint three of the six directors of OC-BVI. If there is a tied vote of the directors on any matter, the president of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association, a regional trade association comprised primarily of government representatives, is entitled to appoint a temporary director to cast the deciding vote. As a result, although we provide operating management and engineering services to OC-BVI, we share the overall management of OC-BVI with Sage Water and do not fully control its operations. A divergence of our interests and the interests of Sage Water could adversely affect the operations of OC-BVI and in turn decrease the value of our investment in OC-BVI, in which case we could be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI. Such an impairment charge would reduce our earnings and have a significant adverse impact on our result of operations and financial condition.
The profitability of our plants is dependent upon our ability to accurately estimate the costs of their construction and operation.
      The cost estimates prepared in connection with the construction and operation of our plants are subject to inherent uncertainties. Additionally, the terms of our supply contracts may require us to guarantee the price of desalinated water on a per unit basis, subject to certain annual inflation and

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monthly fuel cost adjustments, and to assume the risk that the costs associated with producing this water may be greater than anticipated. Because we base our contracted price of water in part on our estimation of future construction and operating costs, the profitability of our plants is dependent on our ability to estimate these costs accurately. The cost of materials and services and the cost of the delivery of such services may increase significantly after we submit our bid for a plant, which could cause the gross margin and net return on investment for a plant to be less than we anticipated when the bid was made. The profit margins we initially expect to generate from a plant could be further reduced if future operating costs for that plant exceed our estimates of such costs. These future operating costs could be affected by a variety of factors, including lower than anticipated production efficiencies and hydrological conditions at the plant site that differ materially from those that existed at the time we submitted our bid. Any construction and operating costs for our plants that significantly exceed our initial estimates could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
A significant portion of our consolidated revenues are derived from two customers. A loss of, or a less favorable relationship with either of these customers would adversely affect our results of operations.
      Our top two bulk water customers accounted for approximately 23% and 18% of our consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2005 and approximately 20% and 19% of our consolidated revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2006. If either of these customers terminate or decide not to renew their contracts with us, or renew such contracts on terms that are less favorable to us, our results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.
If OC-BVI does not obtain a customer to purchase water to be produced at its Bar Bay plant currently under construction, it may not be able to recover the cost of its investment in the plant, which could adversely affect its operations and in turn decrease the value of our investment in OC-BVI.
      OC-BVI is constructing a new desalination plant located on Bar Bay, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. The total cost for this plant is approximately $7.0 million. We have agreed to provide up to $3.0 million in loans for the construction of this plant, of which $1.6 million has been provided as of June 30, 2006. OC-BVI is constructing this plant in response to what it believes is an extreme shortage of, and a pressing demand for, potable water on the eastern end of Tortola and anticipates entering into a bulk water supply agreement with the British Virgin Islands government. However, OC-BVI does not presently have any type of agreement or understanding with the British Virgin Islands government, or any other potential customer, for the purchase of the water to be produced by its Bar Bay plant. If such an agreement is not obtained, or is not obtained on sufficiently favorable terms, OC-BVI may not be able to recover the cost of its investment in this plant, in which case we may be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of our loan to OC-BVI and our investment in OC-BVI. Such an impairment charge would reduce our earnings and could have a significant adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.
Our operations are affected by tourism and are subject to seasonal fluctuations which could affect demand for our water and impact our revenues and results of operations.
      Our operations are affected by the levels of tourism and are subject to seasonal variations in our service areas. Demand for our water in the Cayman Islands, Belize and Bimini, The Bahamas is affected by variations in the level of tourism and local weather, primarily rainfall. Tourism in our service areas is affected by the economies of the tourists’ home countries, primarily the United States and Europe, terrorist activity and perceived threats thereof, and increased costs of fuel and airfares. We normally sell slightly more water during the first and second quarters, when the number of tourists is

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greater and local rainfall is less, than in the third and fourth quarters. A downturn in tourism or greater than expected rainfall in the locations we serve could adversely affect our revenues and results of operations.
We may have difficulty accomplishing our growth strategy within and outside of our current operating areas.
      Our expansion both within our current operating areas and into new areas involves significant risks, including, but not limited to, the following:
  •  regulatory risks, including government relations difficulties, local regulations and currency controls;
 
  •  receiving and maintaining necessary permits, licenses and approvals;
 
  •  risks related to operating in foreign countries, including political instability, reliance on local economies, environmental problems, shortages of materials, immigration restrictions and limited skilled labor;
 
  •  risks related to development of new operations, including inaccurate assessment of the demand for water, engineering difficulties and inability to begin operations as scheduled; and
 
  •  risks relating to greater competition in these new territories, including the ability of our competitors to gain or retain market share by reducing prices.
      Even if we successfully expand our operations, we may have difficulty managing our growth. We cannot assure you that any new operations within or outside of our current operating areas will attain or maintain profitability or that the results from these new operations will not negatively affect our overall profitability.
Continued production shortfalls under our Windsor supply contract could result in further rate decreases or cancellation of the contract.
      Our supply contract, through our subsidiary, Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Limited (or CW-Bahamas), with the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas (or the WSC) to supply water from our Windsor plant located on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas expires upon the earlier of either (i) March 2013 or (ii) CW-Bahamas’s supply of 13.1 billion gallons of water to the WSC. Since the plant was commissioned in 1996, fouling of its reverse osmosis membrane elements has occurred several times. From time to time since October 2004, we have been unable to deliver the minimum water volumes required under the contract because of mechanical equipment problems and membrane fouling. As a result, we have been subject to water rate decreases that decreased revenue by approximately $600,000 and $300,000 in 2005 and 2004, respectively. We have implemented an extensive program to test and understand the cause of the membrane fouling and have expanded the production capacity of the Windsor plant in order to replace the production capacity that was lost because of membrane fouling. At present, we believe we have resolved the membrane fouling problem at the Windsor plant. However, membrane fouling may reoccur at the Windsor plant, and if we are unable to meet the production minimums due to this or other operating issues, we could be in technical default of the Windsor supply contract and subject to various adverse consequences, including further water rate decreases or cancellation of the contract by the WSC.
Our operations could be harmed by hurricanes or tropical storms.
      A hurricane or tropical storm could cause major damage to our equipment and properties and the properties of our customers, including the large tourist properties in our areas of operation. For example, in September 2004 Hurricane Ivan caused significant damage to our plants and our customers’ properties, which adversely affected our revenues. Any future damage could cause us to lose use of our equipment and properties and incur additional repair costs. Damage to our customers’ properties and the adverse impact on tourism could result in a decrease in water demand. A hurricane or tropical storm could also disrupt the delivery of equipment and supplies, including electricity,

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necessary to our operations. These and other possible effects of hurricanes or tropical storms could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.
Contamination of our processed water may cause disruption in our services and adversely affect our revenues.
      Our processed water may become contaminated by natural occurrences and by inadvertent or intentional human interference, including acts of terrorism. In the event that a portion of our processed water is contaminated, we may have to interrupt the supply of water until we are able to install treatment equipment or substitute the flow of water from an uncontaminated water production source. In addition, we may incur significant costs in order to treat a contaminated source of plant feed water through expansion of our current treatment facilities, or development of new treatment methods. An inability by us to substitute processed water from an uncontaminated water source or to adequately treat the contaminated plant feed water in a cost-effective manner may have an adverse effect on our revenues and our results of operations.
Potential government decisions, actions and regulations could negatively affect our operations.
      We are subject to the local regulations of the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and The Bahamas, all of which are subject to change. Any government that regulates our operations may issue legislation or adopt new regulations, including but not limited to:
  •  restricting foreign ownership of us;
 
  •  providing for the expropriation of our assets by the government;
 
  •  providing for nationalization of public utilities by the government;
 
  •  providing for different water quality standards;
 
  •  unilaterally changing or renegotiating our licenses and agreements;
 
  •  restricting the transfer of U.S. currency; or
 
  •  causing currency exchange fluctuations/devaluations or making changes in tax laws.
      As new laws and regulations are issued, we may be required to modify our operations and business strategy, which we may be unable to do in a cost-effective manner. Failure by us to comply with applicable regulations could result in the loss of our licenses or authorizations to operate, the assessment of penalties or fines, or otherwise may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
The rates we charge our retail customers in the Cayman Islands are subject to regulation. If we are unable to obtain government approval of our requests for rate increases, or if approved rate increases are untimely or inadequate to cover our projected expenses, our results of operations may be adversely affected.
      Under our exclusive retail license in the Cayman Islands, we must obtain prior approval from the Cayman Islands government to increase our water supply rates, except for inflation-related adjustments. However, the expenses we incur in supplying water under this license may increase due to circumstances that were unforeseen at the time we entered into the license. We may incur additional costs in attempting to obtain government approval of any rate increase, which may be granted on a delayed basis, if at all. Failure to obtain timely and adequate rate increases could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.
We rely on the efforts of key employees. Our failure to retain these employees could adversely effect our results of operations.
      Our success depends upon the abilities of our executive officers. In particular, the loss of the services of Jeffrey Parker, our Chairman of the Board, or Fredrick W. McTaggart, our President and Chief Executive Officer, could be detrimental to our operations and our continued success.

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Messrs. Parker and McTaggart have employment agreements expiring on December 31, 2009. Each year, the term of these agreements may be extended for an additional year. However, we cannot guarantee that Messrs. Parker or McTaggart will continue to work for us during the term of their agreements or will enter into any extensions thereof.
We are exposed to credit risk through our relationships with several customers and our affiliate.
      We are subject to credit risk posed by possible defaults in payment by our bulk water customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and The Bahamas and by possible defaults in payment of loan receivables by OC-BVI and Water Authority-Cayman. Adverse economic conditions affecting, or financial difficulties of, those parties could impair their ability to pay us or cause them to delay payment. We depend on these parties to pay us on a timely basis. Our outstanding accounts receivable are not covered by collateral or credit insurance. Any delay or default in payment could adversely affect our cash flows, financial condition and results of operations.
We are exposed to interest rate risk in several countries.
      As of June 30, 2006, we had outstanding debt of $16.6 million bearing interest at various floating lending rates such as LIBOR, Cayman Island’s Prime Rate or The Bahamas Prime Lending Rate. We currently do not use interest rate swap contracts or other derivative investments designed to hedge our exposure to interest rate increases. An increase in the interest rates of our floating rate loans would cause an increase in our interest expense and could adversely affect our results of operations.
We are exposed to the risk of variations in currency exchange rates.
      Although we report our results in United States dollars, the majority of our revenue is earned in other currencies. All of the currencies in our operating areas have been fixed to the United States dollar for over 20 years and we do not employ a hedging strategy against exchange rate risk associated with our reporting in United States dollars. If any of these fixed exchange rates becomes a floating exchange rate our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.
You will incur immediate and substantial dilution of the book value of your investment in our ordinary shares.
      The per share offering price is substantially more than the per share book value of our ordinary shares. As a result, purchasers of ordinary shares in this offering would experience immediate and substantial dilution of $19.92 per ordinary share in book value from the assumed offering price of $26.75 per ordinary share.
Future sales of our ordinary shares may depress the market price of our ordinary shares.
      If we or our existing shareholders sell substantial amounts of ordinary shares or if it is perceived that such sales could occur, the market price of our ordinary shares could decline. In addition, if these sales were to occur, we may find it difficult to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem desirable.
We may not pay dividends in the future. If dividends are paid, they may be in lesser amounts than past dividends.
      Our shareholders may receive dividends out of legally available funds if, and when, they are declared by our Board of Directors. We have paid dividends in the past, but may cease to do so at any time. Under the agreements governing certain of our outstanding debt obligations, we may only pay dividends from “cash flows,” defined under the applicable agreement as consolidated net income plus non-cash charges less capital expenditures and scheduled debt repayment, calculated annually on a fiscal year basis. We may incur increased capital requirements or additional indebtedness in the future that may restrict our ability to declare and pay dividends. We may also be restricted from paying dividends in the future due to restrictions imposed by applicable corporate laws, our financial condition and results of operations, covenants contained in our financing agreements, management’s assessment of future capital needs and other factors considered by our Board of Directors. There can be no

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assurance that we will continue to pay dividends in the future or, if dividends are paid, that they will be in amounts similar to past dividends.
We have not identified specific uses for a substantial portion of the net proceeds from this offering. We have broad discretion in applying these proceeds and may apply them in less than optimal ways or in ways with which you may not agree.
      Other than approximately $10.0 million that we will use to repay outstanding debt, we have not identified specific uses for the net proceeds from this offering. Accordingly, we will have significant flexibility in determining how to spend these proceeds. Although we are not currently engaged in any active discussions with respect to any acquisitions, we may seek to acquire, invest in or establish joint ventures with respect to businesses, products, services or technologies that complement or expand our existing business, and a portion of the net proceeds may be used for such acquisitions, investments or joint ventures. See “Use of Proceeds.” If management fails to use the proceeds effectively, our business and operating results could suffer.
Service of process and enforcement of legal proceedings commenced against us in the United States may be difficult to obtain.
      We are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a substantial portion of our assets are located outside of the United States. In addition, 12 out of 16 of our directors and officers reside outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us and such other persons, or to enforce judgments obtained against such persons in United States courts, and bring any action, including actions predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the United States securities laws. In addition, it may be difficult for investors to enforce, in original actions brought in courts or jurisdictions located outside of the United States, rights predicated upon the United States securities laws.
      Based on the advice of our Cayman Islands legal counsel, Myers and Alberga, we believe there is no reciprocal statutory enforcement of foreign judgments between the United States and the Cayman Islands, and that foreign judgments originating from the United States are not directly enforceable in the Cayman Islands. A prevailing party in a United States proceeding against us or our officers or directors would have to initiate a new proceeding in the Cayman Islands using the United States judgment as evidence of the party’s claim. A prevailing party could rely on the summary judgment procedures available in the Cayman Islands, subject to available defenses in the Cayman Islands courts, including, but not limited to, the lack of competent jurisdiction in the United States courts, lack of due service of process in the United States proceeding and the possibility that enforcement or recognition of the United States judgment would be contrary to the public policy of the Cayman Islands.
      Depending on the nature of damages awarded, civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or the Securities Act), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or the Exchange Act), for original actions instituted outside the Cayman Islands may or may not be enforceable. For example, a United States judgment awarding remedies unobtainable in any legal action in the courts of the Cayman Islands, such as treble damages, would likely not be enforceable under any circumstances.
Low trading volume of our stock may limit your ability to sell your shares at or above the price you pay for them.
      During the six months ended June 30, 2006, the average daily trading volume of our ordinary shares was approximately 74,000 shares, a much lower trading volume than the stock of many other companies listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. A public trading market having the desired characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends on the presence in the market of willing buyers and sellers of our ordinary shares at any given time. This presence in turn depends on the individual decisions of investors and general economic and market conditions over which we have no control. As a consequence of the limited volume of trading in our ordinary shares, you may have difficulty selling a large number of our ordinary shares in the manner or at the price that might be

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attainable if our ordinary shares were more actively traded. In addition, as a result of our low trading volume, the market price of our ordinary shares may not accurately reflect their value.
Competition may threaten the sustainability and growth of our current operations and impede the expansion of our operations into new areas.
      We face competition in our areas of operation in renewing our present supply contracts and in our efforts to expand our current operations within those areas. We also face competition in attempting to expand our operations to new areas. We often compete with larger companies, including units of General Electric Company and Veolia Environnement. Some of our current and potential competitors have technical and financial resources and marketing and service organizations that are significantly greater than ours. Moreover, our competitors may forecast the course of market developments more accurately and could in the future develop new technologies that compete with our services. Additional competitors with significant market presence and financial resources may enter those markets, thereby further intensifying competition. These competitors may be able to reduce our market share by adopting more aggressive pricing policies than we can adopt or by developing technology and services that gain wider market acceptance than our technology and/or services. If we do not compete successfully, we may be unable to maintain or increase our operations and our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.
We are subject to anti-takeover measures that may discourage, delay or prevent changes of control of Consolidated Water.
      Classified Board of Directors. We have a classified Board that consists of three groups of directors. Only one group of directors is elected each year. Our classified Board may increase the length of time necessary for an acquiror to change the composition of a majority of directors in order to gain control of our Board.
      Option Deed. Our Board of Directors has adopted an Option Deed that is intended to improve the bargaining position of our Board of Directors in the event of an unsolicited offer to acquire our outstanding stock. Under the terms of the Option Deed, a stock purchase right is attached to each of our current or future outstanding ordinary shares, including each ordinary share being offered pursuant to this prospectus, issued prior to the time the purchase rights become exercisable, are redeemed or expire. The purchase rights will become exercisable only if an individual or group has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, or announced a tender or exchange offer that if consummated would result in such individual or group acquiring beneficial ownership of 20% or more of our outstanding ordinary shares. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the rights will entitle every holder of our ordinary shares, other than the acquiror, to purchase our shares or shares of our successor on terms that would likely be economically dilutive to the acquiror. Under certain circumstances, instead of ordinary shares, our Board of Directors may issue cash or debt securities. Our Board of Directors, however, has the power to amend the Option Deed so that it does not apply to a particular acquisition proposal or to redeem the rights for a nominal value before they become exercisable. These features will likely encourage an acquiror to negotiate with our Board of Directors before commencing a tender offer or to condition a tender offer on our Board of Directors taking action to prevent the purchase rights from becoming exercisable. The Option Deed expires in July 2007.
      As a result of these anti-takeover measures, we could deter efforts to make changes to, or exercise control over, current management. In addition, our shareholders may not have an opportunity to sell their ordinary shares to a potential acquiror at the acquiror’s offering price, which is typically at a premium to market price.
Restrictive covenants in our credit facilities and trust deeds could adversely affect our business by limiting our flexibility; our failure to comply with these covenants could cause foreclosure on our assets.
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or trustee, to take various actions, including incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, guaranteeing indebtedness, engaging in various types of transactions, including mergers and sales of assets, and paying dividends and making distributions or other restricted payments. These covenants could place us at a disadvantage compared to some of our competitors which may not be required to operate under these or similar restrictions. Further, these covenants could have an adverse effect on our business by limiting our ability to take advantage of financing, acquisition or investment opportunities. A material breach of any of these covenants would constitute a default under our credit facilities or trust deeds. In the event of default, the lender or trustee may accelerate repayment of our outstanding indebtedness. If we are unable to repay the amounts accelerated, the lender or trustee has the right to foreclose on substantially all of our assets, which we have pledged to secure that indebtedness. Foreclosure upon our assets would have a significant adverse affect on our results of operations, financial condition and our ability to continue operations.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
      This prospectus and the filings incorporated into this prospectus by reference contain forward-looking statements. All statements included or incorporated by reference into this prospectus or made by our management, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by our use of words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “continue,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “opportunity,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts” or “will,” the negative of these words or words of similar meaning. Similarly, statements that describe our future plans, strategies, intentions, expectations, objectives, goals or prospects are also forward-looking statements.
      These statements are based on our beliefs and assumptions, which in turn are based on currently available information. Our beliefs and assumptions could prove incorrect. Actual results or outcomes could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf as a result of several factors, including those set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6. In addition, new risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise or how they may affect us.
      You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we have no duty to, and do not intend to, update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, in this prospectus, except as may be required by law.

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USE OF PROCEEDS
      We estimate that our net proceeds from the sale of ordinary shares in this offering will be approximately $37.5 million (or approximately $43.2 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full), based on an estimated public offering price of $26.75 per share, which was the last reported price of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 10, 2006, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
      We intend to use approximately $10.0 million of the net proceeds from this offering to repay a portion of the indebtedness outstanding under our term loan with Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd., which matures in February 2010. Our term loan with Scotiabank bears interest at an annual adjusted floating rate of LIBOR plus 1.5% to 3.0%, depending on the ratio of our consolidated debt to our consolidated earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation. As of June 30, 2006, the applicable annual interest rate on the term loan was 6.92%.
      We intend to use the remaining portion of the net proceeds of this offering to fund capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes. We may also use a portion of the remaining net proceeds for acquisitions and/or strategic investments, if future opportunities arise. Our management will have broad discretion in the allocation of this remaining portion of the net proceeds of this offering. The amounts actually expended and the timing of such expenditures will depend on a number of factors, including our realization of the different elements of our growth strategy, the amount of cash generated by our operations and the availability and attractiveness of potential acquisitions or strategic investments. Pending these uses, we intend to invest the remaining portion of the net proceeds of this offering in short-term, interest-bearing securities.

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PRICE HISTORY OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES AND DIVIDENDS
      The tables below set forth the high and low sales prices for our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, and prior to August 2006, on the NASDAQ Global Market (formerly the Nasdaq National Market). The tables also set forth the dividends paid per ordinary and redeemable preference share for the periods indicated. The amounts shown have been adjusted to reflect our 2-for-1 stock split effective August 25, 2005.
                         
Year   High   Low   Dividend
             
2001
    $6.000       $3.438     $ 0.2000  
2002
    7.725       5.385       0.2100  
2003
    10.850       6.750       0.2100  
2004
    15.500       8.710       0.2300  
2005
    22.475       13.650       0.2375  
                         
Quarter            
             
2004
                       
First Quarter
  $ 10.600       $8.710     $ 0.0575  
Second Quarter
    15.000       9.300       0.0575  
Third Quarter
    13.665       9.880       0.0575  
Fourth Quarter
    15.500       10.700       0.0575  
2005
                       
First Quarter
  $ 17.435     $ 13.650     $ 0.0575  
Second Quarter
    20.305       15.970       0.0600  
Third Quarter
    22.475       17.695       0.0600  
Fourth Quarter
    20.920       15.120       0.0600  
2006
                       
First Quarter
  $ 28.900     $ 19.750     $ 0.0600  
Second Quarter
    31.790       22.430       0.0600  
Third Quarter
    28.480       20.770       0.0600  
                         
Month            
             
April 2006
  $ 27.750     $ 22.520          
May 2006
    31.790       26.500          
June 2006
    30.480       22.430          
July 2006
    26.050       20.770          
August 2006
    28.480       22.900          
September 2006
    28.280       24.000          
      On October 10, 2006, the closing sales price of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market was $26.75 per share.

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CAPITALIZATION
      The following table shows our capitalization as of June 30, 2006:
  •  on an actual basis; and
 
  •  on an “as adjusted” basis giving effect to (i) our sale in August 2006 of approximately $15.8 million of 5.95% secured bonds resulting in our receipt of approximately $15.0 million in net proceeds of which approximately $4.0 million was used to repay debt outstanding under a short-term line of credit, and (ii) our receipt of the estimated $37.5 million in net proceeds from this offering at an assumed public offering price of $26.75 per share (the last reported sale price of our ordinary shares on October 10, 2006) and the application of those net proceeds as set forth under “Use of Proceeds.”
      This information should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our consolidated financial statements and related notes set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form  10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
                                   
    As of June 30, 2006
     
        % of       % of
    Actual   Capitalization   As Adjusted   Capitalization
                 
    (Unaudited)
Shareholders’ equity(1)
  $ 65,002,830       78.4 %   $ 102,509,680       81.8 %
Long-term debt(2)
    17,857,142       21.6 %     22,857,142       18.2 %
                         
 
Total capitalization
  $ 82,859,972       100.0 %   $ 125,366,822       100.0 %
                         
 
(1)  Includes (i) ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.60 per share: 19,800,000 shares authorized; 12,388,433 ordinary shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2006, actual; and 13,888,433 ordinary shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2006, as adjusted (there were no Class B ordinary shares outstanding at June 30, 2006, actual or as adjusted); and (ii) Redeemable Preference Shares, par value $0.60 per share: 200,000 shares authorized and 27,516 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2006, actual and as adjusted.
 
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DILUTION
      Our net tangible book value at June 30, 2006 was $57.4 million, or $4.63 per ordinary share. Net tangible book value per share represents the amount of total tangible assets (excluding goodwill and other intangible assets) less total liabilities, divided by the number of our ordinary shares outstanding. After giving effect to the sale of the 1,500,000 ordinary shares offered by us at the assumed public offering price of $26.75 per share (the last reported sale price of our ordinary shares on October 10, 2006) less estimated offering expenses, including underwriting discounts and commissions, our pro forma net tangible book value as of June 30, 2006 would have been approximately $94.9 million, or $6.83 per share. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $2.20 per share to existing shareholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $19.92 per share to new investors purchasing our ordinary shares in this offering. The following table illustrates this dilution:
                 
Assumed public offering price per ordinary share
          $ 26.75  
Net tangible book value per ordinary share as of June 30, 2006
  $ 4.63          
Increase in net tangible book value per ordinary share attributable to this offering
    2.20          
Pro forma net tangible book value per ordinary share as of June 30, 2006 after giving effect to this offering
            6.83  
Dilution in net tangible book value per ordinary share to new investors in this offering
            19.92  
      The following tables show a comparison between the effective cash cost of ordinary shares, including ordinary shares underlying currently exercisable options, acquired by our directors and officers during the last five years and the public offering price of the ordinary shares in this offering:
                                           
    Shares Acquired   Total Consideration    
            Average Price
    Number   Percentage   Amount   Percentage   per Share
                     
New investors in this offering
    1,500,000         %   $ 40,125,000         %   $ 26.75  
Directors and officers
      (1)       %               %   $    
                               
 
Total
            100 %   $         100 %        
                               
 
(1)  Assumes the exercise of options to acquire an aggregate of                           ordinary shares by our directors and officers.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE REGULATIONS AND TAXATION
Foreign Exchange Regulations
      We are not subject to any governmental laws, decrees or regulations in the Cayman Islands which restrict the export or import of capital, or that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our securities. The Cayman Islands does not impose any limitations on the right of non-resident owners to hold or vote the ordinary shares. There are no exchange control restrictions in the Cayman Islands.
Cayman Islands Taxation
      The Cayman Islands presently impose no taxes on our profit, income, distribution, capital gains or appreciations and no taxes are currently imposed in the Cayman Islands on profit, income, capital gains or appreciations of the holders of our securities or in the nature of estate duty, inheritance or capital transfer tax. There is now a tax information exchange agreement which allows under certain conditions the exchange of tax information between the United States and the Cayman Islands.
      A major source of revenue to the Cayman Islands government is a stamp tax of 7.5% or 9.0%, depending on location, on the transfer of ownership of land in the Cayman Islands. To prevent stamp tax avoidance by transfer of ownership of the shares of a company which owns lands in the Cayman Islands (as opposed to transfer of the land itself), a company which owns land or an interest in land in the Cayman Islands is taxed based on the value of its land or interest in land attributable to each share transferred. Prior to our ordinary shares becoming quoted in the United States, we paid this tax on private share transfers. We have never paid the tax on transfers of our publicly-traded shares. Since 1994, we requested that the Cayman Islands government exempt us from the share transfer tax. Other local companies whose businesses are not primarily related to the ownership of land and whose shares are publicly-traded have either received an exemption from the tax or have not been pursued by government for payment of the tax. In April 2003, we received notice that the Cayman Islands government had granted an exemption from taxation for all transfer of our shares after that date. We believe it is unlikely that the government will seek to collect this tax on transfers of our publicly-traded shares made during the period from 1994 through April 2003.
United States Taxation
      This summary is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax considerations relevant to an investment in our ordinary shares. Investors should seek advice from their own independent tax advisors concerning the United States federal, state and local, as well as foreign, income and other tax consequences to them, in light of their particular circumstances, of acquiring, owning and disposing of our ordinary shares. This summary assumes that we are not currently a Passive Foreign Investment Company (or PFIC) nor will we be a PFIC while you own our ordinary shares.
      The following discussion summarizes the material United States federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to you if you invest in our ordinary shares and are a “U.S. Holder.” You will be a U.S. Holder if you are:
  •  an individual that is a citizen or resident of the United States, including an alien individual who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States or meets the “substantial presence” test under Section 7701(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or the Code);
 
  •  a corporation or other entity taxable as a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or a political subdivision thereof;
 
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  •  a trust, if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons can control all substantial trust decisions or, if the trust was in existence on September 20, 1996, and it has elected to continue to be treated as a United States person; or
 
  •  any holder whose income or gain in respect to its investment is effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States.
      The following discussion is a summary of the material United States federal income tax consequences relevant to the purchase, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares, but is not a complete analysis of all potential tax consequences thereof. The discussion is based upon the Code, United States Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, Internal Revenue Service (or IRS) rulings and pronouncements and judicial decisions now in effect, all of which are subject to change at any time. Any such changes may be applied retroactively in a manner that could adversely affect a holder of our ordinary shares.
      The summary provides only a preview of the consequences to U.S. Holders that hold our ordinary shares as capital assets. It does not address considerations that may be relevant to investors subject to special tax rules, including, but not limited to, banks, thrifts, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, insurance companies, dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities or commodities that elect mark-to -market treatment, persons that hold our ordinary shares as a position in a “straddle,” conversion transaction or other integrated transaction, tax-exempt organizations, persons whose “functional currency” is not the United States dollar, or persons that hold, directly or constructively, 10.0% or more of our voting shares. The Code imposes reporting requirements on U.S. Holders that own, directly or constructively, more than 5.0% of our ordinary shares. Such U.S. Holders should contact their independent tax advisors to ensure compliance with this requirement, and any other reporting obligations imposed by the Code.
      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 purchase, ownership or disposition of our ordinary shares or that any such position would not be sustained. If a partnership or other entity taxable as a partnership holds our ordinary shares, the tax treatment of its partners will generally depend on the status of the partners and the activities of the partnership.
      Upon a sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of ordinary shares, you generally will recognize gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the amount of cash and fair market value of any property you receive and (ii) your adjusted income tax basis in the ordinary shares that you dispose of. Such gain or loss will generally be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the ordinary shares for more than one year. Through December 31, 2010, long-term capital gains realized by non-corporate taxpayers are generally taxed at 15.0% or lower rate. Short-term capital gains are generally taxed at the same rates as ordinary income. Capital losses realized by a U.S. Holder from the disposition of capital assets (including our ordinary shares) during any taxable year are, with minor exceptions, deductible only to the extent of the capital gains realized in that taxable year or certain permitted carryover years. Any gain derived by a U.S. Holder from a taxable disposition of our shares generally will be treated as U.S. source income to U.S. Holders.
      Because our ordinary shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, we are treated as a “qualified foreign corporation” with respect to dividends paid on our ordinary shares. Any dividends (i.e. distributions out of current or accumulated earnings and profits) received by a non-corporate U.S. Holder are subject to a reduced rate of tax (15% or less) applicable to “qualified dividends” through December 31, 2010 and will be treated as foreign source income. Because we are a foreign corporation, dividends received on our ordinary shares will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction available to domestic corporations. Distributions that are not from earnings and profits will

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be treated as a return of capital to the extent of (and in reduction of) a shareholder’s tax basis for the shares; any excess will be treated as gain from the sale of shares.
      You may be subject to backup withholding at a rate of 28% with respect to dividends paid on ordinary shares or the proceeds of a sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of ordinary shares, unless you: (i) are a corporation or come within another exempt category, and when required, you demonstrate this fact, or (ii) provide a correct taxpayer identification number, certify that you are not subject to backup withholding and otherwise comply with applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations.
      Any amount withheld under these rules will be creditable against your U.S. federal income tax liability. You should consult your tax advisor regarding your qualifications for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining such an exemption, if applicable, or for obtaining credit for any back up withholding tax.
Non-U.S.  Holders
      A “Non-U.S.  Holder” generally is any holder (other than a partnership) who is not a U.S. Holder. Dividends received on our ordinary shares and gain recognized from a taxable disposition of our ordinary shares by a Non-U.S.  Holder generally will not be subject to United States federal income or withholding taxes, unless (i) such income is effectively connected with the conduct by such Non-U.S.  Holder of a trade or business in the United States; or (ii) in the case of any gain realized by an individual Non-U.S.  Holder, the holder was present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year in which such taxable disposition occurred.
      The above summary is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all the United States federal income tax consequences relating to the ownership of our redeemable shares.
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Registered Office
      We have been assigned registration number C/0250 by the registrar of companies in the Cayman Islands. The registered office is located at Regatta Office Park, Windward Three, 4th Floor, West Bay Road, P.O. Box 1114, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands. The telephone number at that location is (345) 945-4277.
Object and Purpose
      Paragraphs 3 and 4 of our Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association (or Memorandum of Association) provide that our object and purpose is to perform all functions permitted under the Companies Law (2004 Revision). Without limiting paragraphs 3 and 4, paragraph 5 of the Memorandum of Association provides that our objects and powers shall include:
  •  To supply water for domestic and all other purposes in the Cayman Islands and to construct the necessary works for such supply;
 
  •  To purchase, take on lease, hire or otherwise acquire waterworks or the right to supply and work water undertakings;
 
  •  To fit out, maintain and work with any form of mechanical steam or electric or other power the necessary works for the supply of water including the construction and fitting out of pumping stations, reservoirs, desalinators, reverse osmosis equipment, pipe lines and all other works necessary or reasonably required for the supply of water for the purposes aforesaid;
 
  •  To acquire, manufacture, repair and maintain all machines, machinery pipes, utensils, apparatus and materials required for the supply aforesaid;
 
  •  To make from time to time such applications to the Cayman Islands government or other authority as may be thought necessary or desirable for powers to construct maintain and work our business or to acquire or lease land, buildings, easements, water rights, water and other works and any extensions thereof and to execute any works in connection therewith;
 
  •  To purchase, take upon, lease or otherwise acquire or build upon or improve any lands or building or any estates or interest therein and any licenses, rights, easements or privileges which may be considered necessary or expedient for the purposes of our business and to do any such things notwithstanding that in any case, the whole of the land may not be required for such purposes;
 
  •  To manufacture, buy, sell, let upon hire, with or without an option of purchase, all pipes, taps, valve engines, tools, machines and other chattels and things used or which may at any time hereafter be used in the establishment, maintenance, equipping or working of the aforesaid;
 
  •  To sell, grant, let, exchange or otherwise dispose of absolutely or conditionally or for any limited estate or interest, all or any part or section of, the undertaking worked by us or any of them or any or any part of the property or properties, rights or powers thereof or any licenses, rights or privileges in over or in relation to any such property or any part thereof;
 
  •  To purchase or otherwise acquire any lands and buildings, and to utilize the same for the treatment, re-use and disposal of sewage, and to construct, erect and lay down any buildings, engines, pumps, sewers, tanks, drains, culverts, channels, sewage or other works or things that may be necessary or convenient for any of our objects;
 
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  •  To engage in or carry on any other lawful trade, business or enterprise which may at any time appear to our directors capable of being conveniently carried on in conjunction with any of the aforementioned businesses or activities or which may appear to our directors likely to be profitable to us.
Directors
      Article 26.05 of our Amended and Restated Articles of Association (or Articles of Association) provides that a director may vote in respect of any contract, arrangement or other matter notwithstanding such director’s interest provided that the nature of his or her interest shall have been disclosed to the directors prior to the resolution. Article 25.01 provides that remuneration of the directors shall be in such amount or at such rate as the directors may from time determine. Article 30.01 provides that the directors may exercise all our powers that are not required by the Companies Law of the Articles of Association to be exercised by our shareholders. In particular, Article 30.03 provides that the directors may exercise all our powers to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof by way of fixed charge, floating charge or other form of encumbrance, and to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of ours or any third party. Article 24.02 provides that our directors are not required to own our shares in order to act as our directors unless prescribed by special resolution. See — “Certain Provisions of the Articles of Association Having the Effect of Delaying, Deferring or Preventing a Change in Control.”
Rights of Shareholders
      Article 4.02 of our Articles of Association provides that unless otherwise provided in the terms of issue of a class of stock, the rights attached to any class of shares may not be changed unless approved by the holders of such class of shares by special resolution.
Annual General Meetings; Extraordinary General Meetings
      Under Article 16 and Article 18, of our Articles of Association, we shall hold an annual general meeting on a date determined by our Board of Directors upon at least five days notice unless all of the shareholders waive the notice requirements. Article 17.01 of our Articles of Association provides that an extraordinary general meeting may be called by our Board of Directors or by the directors upon the request of the holders of 51% of shares that have the right to vote at a general meeting. If the directors do not call an extraordinary general meeting within 21 days of such request, the shareholders requesting such meeting may call an extraordinary general meeting so long as the meeting takes place within 90 days of the original request by the shareholders. Under Article 18.01, five days notice must be given prior to an extraordinary general meeting unless at least 75% of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting agree to call the meeting on shorter notice (but not shorter than two days).
Certain Provisions of the Articles of Association Having the Effect of Delaying, Deferring or Preventing a Change in Control
      Our Articles of Association provide for our Board of Directors to be divided into three groups of directors serving staggered three-year terms. As a result, approximately one-third of the Board of Directors will be elected each year. A director may be removed prior to expiration of his or her term by a special resolution of the shareholders. Our Articles of Association define “special resolution” as a resolution passed at a shareholder meeting of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given by a majority of three-quarters of the votes cast, or a resolution passed as such without a shareholder meeting by a unanimous vote of all shareholders of record. Vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled either by the directors or the shareholders. Our classified Board of Directors could have the effect of increasing the length of time necessary to change the composition of a majority of the Board of Directors.

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
      Under our Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association we are authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 19,655,000 ordinary shares, par value CI$0.50 (approximately US$0.60) per share, 145,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value CI$0.50 (approximately US$0.60) per share and 200,000 redeemable preference shares, par value CI$0.50 (approximately US$0.60) per share. The following is a summary of the material terms and provisions of our capital stock and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of our Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association. For the complete terms of our capital stock, please refer to our Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, which are exhibits to this Registration Statement. As of September 15, 2006, there were 12,731,133 ordinary shares outstanding, 24,971 redeemable preference shares outstanding, and no Class B ordinary shares outstanding.
Ordinary Shares
      Holders of ordinary shares may cast one vote for each share held of record at all shareholder meetings. All voting is non-cumulative. Holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares present and voting at an annual meeting at which a quorum is present are able to elect all of our directors. Holders of ordinary shares do not have preemptive rights or rights to convert their ordinary shares into any other securities. All of the outstanding ordinary shares are fully paid and non-assessable.
      Holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive ratably dividends, if any, distributed out of our accumulated profits. Subject to the preferential rights of holders of the redeemable preference shares, upon liquidation, all holders of ordinary shares are entitled to participate pro rata in our assets which are available for distribution.
Redeemable Preference Shares
      Holders of redeemable preference shares may cast one vote for each share held of record at all shareholder meetings. All voting is on a non-cumulative basis. Upon the event of our liquidation, the redeemable preference shares rank in preference to the ordinary shares with respect to the repayment of the par value of redeemable preference shares plus any premium paid or credited on the purchase of the shares. Under our employee share incentive plan, we may redeem any redeemable preference shares issued to an employee under certain circumstances. The ordinary shares and the redeemable preference shares rank equally in all other respects.
Class B Ordinary Shares
      Holders of Class B ordinary shares are entitled to the same dividends paid on ordinary shares and redeemable preference shares, and we cannot pay a dividend on the ordinary shares without paying the same dividend on the Class B ordinary shares, and vice versa. We cannot redeem the Class B ordinary shares, and the holders of the Class B ordinary shares are not entitled to any repayments of capital upon our dissolution.
      If we enter into a transaction in which ordinary shares are exchanged for securities or other consideration of another company, then the Class B ordinary shares will also be exchanged pursuant to a formula. The Class B ordinary shares and the ordinary shares rank equally in all other respects.
Option Deed
      In 1997, our Board of Directors approved our adoption of an option deed, which is similar to a “poison pill.” We entered into an option deed, as amended, with American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as option agent, granting to each holder of an ordinary and redeemable preference share an option to purchase one one-hundredth of a Class B ordinary share at an exercise price of $50.00, subject to adjustment. If a takeover attempt occurs, each shareholder would be able to exercise the

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option and receive ordinary shares with a value equal to twice the exercise price of the option. Under circumstances described in the option deed, instead of receiving ordinary shares, we may issue to each shareholder cash or other equity or debt securities of us, or the equity securities of the acquiring company, as the case may be, with a value equal to twice the exercise price of the option.
      Takeover events that would trigger the options include a person or group becoming the owner of 20% or more of our outstanding ordinary shares or the commencement of, or announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or exchange offer, which upon completion would result in the beneficial ownership by a person or group of 20% or more of the outstanding ordinary shares. Accordingly, exercise of the options may cause substantial dilution to a person who attempts to acquire us.
      The options are attached to each ordinary share and redeemable preference share, including any shares offered by this prospectus, and presently have no monetary value. The options will not trade separately from our shares unless and until they become exercisable. The options, which expire on July 31, 2007, may be redeemed, at the option of our Board of Directors, at a price of CI$.01 per option at any time until ten business days following the date that a group or person acquires ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding ordinary shares.
      The option deed may delay or prevent a change in control or takeover of Consolidated Water. The option deed is designed to enhance our Board of Directors’ ability to protect shareholder interests and ensure that shareholders receive fair and equal treatment upon any proposed takeover by deterring coercive takeover tactics, including the accumulation of shares in the open market or through private transactions, and preventing an acquirer from gaining control of us without offering a fair and adequate price and terms to all of our shareholders as determined by our Board of Directors.
      The full terms and conditions of the options are contained in an option deed between us and our option agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, and are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”
Transfer Agent
      The transfer agent for our ordinary shares is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New York, New York.
Listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
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UNDERWRITING
      We are offering the ordinary shares described in this prospectus by means of an underwritten public offering. We have entered into a firm commitment underwriting agreement with the underwriters named below. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, 1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, is the lead underwriter for the offering. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters, and the underwriters have agreed to purchase, the aggregate number of our ordinary shares set forth opposite their respective names below at the public offering price less the underwriting discount on the cover page of this prospectus.
           
Underwriters   Number of Shares
     
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
       
Boenning & Scattergood, Inc. 
       
Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC
       
The Seidler Companies Incorporated
       
       
 
Total
    1,500,000  
       
      The underwriting agreement is subject to a number of terms and conditions and may be terminated by the underwriters in the event of a material adverse change in economic, political or financial conditions. The obligations of the underwriters also may be terminated upon the occurrence of other events specified in the underwriting agreement. The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters must buy all of the ordinary shares if they buy any of them. The underwriters will sell the shares to the public when and if the underwriters buy the shares from us.
      The underwriters initially will offer the ordinary shares to the public at the price specified on the cover page of this prospectus. The underwriters may allow a concession of not more than $                       per share to selected dealers. The underwriters may allow, and selected dealers may re-allow, a concession not in excess of $                       per share to brokers and dealers. If all of the ordinary shares are not sold at the public offering price, the underwriters may change the public offering price and the other selling terms. The ordinary shares are offered subject to a number of conditions, including:
  •  the registration statement, of which the prospectus is a part, has been declared effective;
 
  •  the representations and warranties made by us to the underwriters are true;
 
  •  there is no material adverse change in our business;
 
  •  we deliver customary closing documents to the underwriters;
 
  •  receipt and acceptance of the ordinary shares by the underwriters; and
 
  •  the underwriters’ right to reject orders in whole or in part.
Over-Allotment Option
      We have granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to buy up to 225,000 additional ordinary shares at the price specified on the cover page of this prospectus less underwriting discounts and commissions. These additional ordinary shares may only be used to cover sales of shares by the underwriters that exceed the total number of ordinary shares described above. The underwriters may exercise this option at any time within 30 days after the date of this prospectus. If purchased, the additional ordinary shares will be sold by the underwriters on the same terms as those on which the other ordinary shares are sold. We will pay the expenses associated with the exercise of this option.

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Discounts and Commissions
      The following table shows the per share and total underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid to the underwriters by us. These discounts and commissions represent                       % of the total amount of the offering. These amounts are shown assuming no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional ordinary shares.
                                 
    Per Share   Total
         
    Without Over-   With Over-   Without Over-   With Over-
    Allotment   Allotment   Allotment   Allotment
                 
Underwriter discounts and commissions
to be paid by us
  $       $       $       $    
Stabilization
      In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in activities that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our ordinary shares, including:
  •  stabilizing transactions;
 
  •  short sales;
 
  •  syndicate covering transactions;
 
  •  purchases to cover positions created by short sales; and
 
  •  penalty bids.
      Stabilizing transactions consist of bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our ordinary shares while this offering is in progress. Stabilizing transactions may include making short sales of our ordinary shares, which involves the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of ordinary shares than they are required to purchase in this offering, and purchasing ordinary shares from us or on the open market to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales may be “covered” shorts, which are short positions in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ over-allotment option referred to above, or may be “naked” shorts, which are short positions in excess of that amount. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of our ordinary shares in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions.
      The underwriters may close out any covered short position either by exercising their over-allotment option, in whole or in part, or by purchasing shares of our ordinary shares in the open market. In making this determination, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of our ordinary shares available for purchase in the open market compared to the price at which the underwriters may purchase ordinary shares through the over-allotment option.
      A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of ordinary shares in the open market that could adversely affect investors who purchased ordinary shares in this offering. To the extent that the underwriters create a naked short position, they will purchase ordinary shares in the open market to cover the position.
      The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the ordinary shares originally sold by that syndicate member are purchased in a stabilizing transaction or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. The imposition of a penalty bid may have an effect on the price of the ordinary shares to the extent that it may discourage resales of the ordinary shares.
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activities, the price of ordinary shares may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If the underwriters commence the activities, they may discontinue them at any time.
Lock-up Agreements
      Consolidated Water and our executive officers and directors have entered into lock-up agreements with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, on behalf of the underwriters. Under our agreement with the underwriters, subject to certain exceptions, we may not issue any new ordinary shares other than ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of options issued under our equity incentive plans or upon exercise or conversion of currently outstanding exercisable or convertible securities.
      Under agreements with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, on behalf of the underwriters, our executive officers and directors may not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, pledge, contract to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of, enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of or engage in any short selling of any ordinary shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for ordinary shares, or publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, without the prior written consent of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC for a period of 90 days from the effective date of the registration statement of which the prospectus forms a part. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, in its sole discretion, may release the securities subject to the lock-up agreements, in whole or in part, at any time with or without notice. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC has advised us that when determining whether to release such securities from the lock-up agreements, it will consider, among other factors, the holder’s reasons for requesting the release, the number of securities for which the release is being requested and market conditions at the time of the request for such release. In addition, during this 90-day period we also have agreed not to file any registration statement for, and each of our officers and shareholders has agreed not to exercise any demand, mandatory, piggyback, optional or any other registration rights with respect to, the registration of any ordinary shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for ordinary shares without the prior written consent of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, other than a registration statement on Form  S-8 to register ordinary shares, options to purchase ordinary shares and ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of options pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in this prospectus.
      Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we issue an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to us occurs during the last 17 days of this 90-day period or prior to the expiration of this 90-day period or we announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of this 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by lock-up agreements shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of such earnings release or the occurrence of such material news or material event.
Indemnification
      We will indemnify the underwriters against some liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. If we are unable to provide this indemnification, we will contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.
Other
      Certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various brokerage and banking services for our executive officers and directors, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

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OFFERING EXPENSES
      The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by us in connection with the offering of the ordinary shares pursuant to this prospectus. All amounts are estimates, except for the SEC registration fee.
           
SEC registration fee
  $ 4,895  
NASD filing fee
    4,500  
Printing expenses
    100,000  
Accounting fees and expenses
    100,000  
Legal fees and expenses
    300,000  
Transfer agent fees and expenses
    3,500  
NASDAQ listing fees
    45,000  
Premiums paid to insure directors and officers in connection with this offering
    50,000  
Miscellaneous
    3,605  
       
 
Total
  $ 611,500  
       
LEGAL MATTERS
      The validity of the issuance of the ordinary shares offered hereby will be passed upon by our Cayman Islands counsel, Myers and Alberga, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Certain legal matters with respect to U.S. law will be passed upon by our United States counsel, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is acting as counsel to the underwriters in connection with this offering.
EXPERTS
      Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2005 and for the year then ended, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, incorporated by reference into this prospectus, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, Las Olas Centre, 450 E. Las Olas Blvd, Suite 950, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, given as the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
      The consolidated financial statements of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and for the years then ended, have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
      The KPMG audit report, dated April 15, 2005, on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, expresses an opinion that Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, because of the effect of a material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states: (i) the Company failed to properly track fixed assets and accumulated depreciation, including work-in -progress accounts, (ii) the Company does not have sufficient personnel resources with appropriate accounting expertise, (iii) the Company did not properly track inventory and management did not sufficiently review the physical count worksheets to the final inventory lists, (iv) the Company did not sufficiently review the inter-company eliminations and (v) the Company did not sufficiently document the system access controls around its financial management information system.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
      We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form  F-3 under the Securities Act, with respect to the ordinary shares offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which is part of that registration statement, omits certain information, exhibits, schedules and undertakings set forth in the registration statement which you should refer to for further information.
      We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. As a foreign private issuer, we are required to file with the SEC reports on Form  40-F, Form  20-F and Form  6-K. However, we instead voluntarily file reports on Form  10-K, Form  10-Q and Form  8-K, which we believe provide more detailed and timely information.
      The registration statement on Form  F-3, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, and reports and other information filed by us with the SEC may be inspected without charge and copied at prescribed rates at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such material are also available by mail at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. The public may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information. Our filings with the SEC are also available to the public on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. We maintain a website at http://www.cwco.com. Our website is not part of this prospectus.
      As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements to shareholders. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the “short-swing profits” reporting and liability provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act and related Exchange Act rules.

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
      The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. The reports and information we incorporate by reference and file after the date of this prospectus, will update, supplement and supersede the information in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and our Annual Reports on Form  10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form  10-Q and Current Reports on Form  8-K subsequently filed with the SEC after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement and after the date of the prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering; provided, however, that we are not incorporating any information furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form  8-K.
  •  Our Annual Report on Form  10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed on March 16, 2006;
 
  •  Our Quarterly Reports on Form  10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006 and the second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, filed on May 10, 2006 and August 9, 2006, respectively;
 
  •  Our Current Reports on Form  8-K filed on March 21, 2006, May 15, 2006, May 26, 2006, August 9, 2006, August 14, 2006, October 2, 2006 and October 6, 2006; and
 
  •  Our Registration Statement on Form  20-F filed on April 24, 1995.
      You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
Frederick W. McTaggart
President and Chief Executive Officer
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
Regatta Office Park, Windward Three, 4th Floor, West Bay Road
P.O. Box 1114
Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands
Tel: (345) 945-4277

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________________________________________________________________________________
 
     We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson or other person to give any information or represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus does not offer to sell any shares in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful. The information in this prospectus is current as of the date shown on the cover page.
 
 
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(CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD. LOGO)
1,500,000 Ordinary Shares
 
PROSPECTUS
 
Janney Montgomery Scott llc
 
Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.
Brean Murray, Carret & Co.
The Seidler Companies Incorporated
The date of this prospectus is                     , 2006.
 
 


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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 8.      Indemnification of Directors and Officers
      Under Article 40 of our Articles of Association and indemnification agreements, we have indemnified our directors and officers from and against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses incurred in connection with their service as a director or officer. We have not indemnified our officers or directors for actions, proceedings, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses incurred by these officers or directors as a result of their willful neglect or default of their obligations to us.
      The Underwriting Agreement with our underwriters provides that the underwriters are obligated, under certain circumstances to indemnify our directors, officers and controlling persons against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
      In addition, we carry directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.
Item 9.      Exhibits
         
Exhibit   Description
     
  1.1     Form of Underwriting Agreement
  4.1     Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., dated August 17, 2005
  4.2     Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., dated May 10, 2006
  4.3     Option Deed, dated August 6, 1997, between Cayman Water Company Limited (a predecessor to the Company) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated herein by reference to the exhibit filed on our Form 6-K, dated August 7, 1997, Commission File No. 0-25248)
  4.4     Deed of Amendment of Option Deed, dated August 8, 2005
  4.5     Second Deed of Amendment of Option Deed, dated September 27, 2005
  5.1     Opinion of Myers and Alberga
  23.1     Consent of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP — Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
  23.2     Consent of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP — Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.
  23.3     Consent of KPMG — Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
  23.4     Consent of KPMG — Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.
  23.5     Consent of Myers and Alberga (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1     Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)

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Item 10.      Undertakings
      A. 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.
      B. 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 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In that 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 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
      C. The registrant hereby undertakes that:
  (1)  For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
 
  (2)  For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.

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SIGNATURES
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form  F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, on October 12, 2006.
  CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
  By:  /s/ Frederick W. McTaggart
 
 
  Frederick W. McTaggart
  Director, Chief Executive Officer and
President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
      Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Frederick W. McTaggart and David W. Sasnett, and each of them individually, his true and lawful attorney-in -fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933) to the Registration Statement on Form  F-3, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in -fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 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 attorney-in -fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
      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 October 12, 2006.
         
Signature   Title
     
 
/s/ Frederick W. McTaggart
 
Frederick W. McTaggart
  Director, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)
 
/s/ David W. Sasnett
 
David W. Sasnett
  Director, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
/s/ Jeffrey M. Parker
 
Jeffrey M. Parker
  Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors
 
/s/ William T. Andrews
 
William T. Andrews
  Director
 
/s/ Brian E. Butler
 
Brian E. Butler
  Director
 
/s/ Steven A. Carr
 
Steven A. Carr
  Director
 
/s/ Carson K. Ebanks
 
Carson K. Ebanks
  Director

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Signature   Title
     
 
/s/ Richard L. Finlay
 
Richard L. Finlay
  Director
 
/s/ Clarence B. Flowers, Jr.
 
Clarence B. Flowers, Jr.
  Director
 
/s/ Wilmer Pergande
 
Wilmer Pergande
  Director
 
/s/ Leonard J. Sokolow
 
Leonard J. Sokolow
  Director
 
/s/ Raymond Whittaker
 
Raymond Whittaker
  Director
 
By:   /s/ David W. Sasnett
 
David W. Sasnett
  Authorized U.S. Representative

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit   Description
     
  1.1     Form of Underwriting Agreement
  4.1     Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., dated August 17, 2005
  4.2     Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., dated May 10, 2006
  4.3     Option Deed, dated August 6, 1997, between Cayman Water Company Limited (a predecessor to the Company) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated herein by reference to the exhibit filed on our Form 6-K, dated August 7, 1997, Commission File No. 0-25248)
  4.4     Deed of Amendment of Option Deed, dated August 8, 2005
  4.5     Second Deed of Amendment of Option Deed, dated September 27, 2005
  5.1     Opinion of Myers and Alberga
  23.1     Consent of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP — Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
  23.2     Consent of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP — Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.
  23.3     Consent of KPMG — Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
  23.4     Consent of KPMG — Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.
  23.5     Consent of Myers and Alberga (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1     Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)

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Exhibit 1.1
1,500,000 SHARES
CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
ORDINARY SHARES
 
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October __, 2006
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC
BOENNING & SCATTERGOOD, INC.
BREAN MURRAY, CARRET & CO., LLC
THE SEIDLER COMPANIES INCORPORATED
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters Named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
1801 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation (“CWCO”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Boenning & Scattergood, Inc., Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC, and The Seidler Companies Incorporated are serving as Representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 1,500,000 Ordinary Shares, par value CI$1.00 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of CWCO. The Ordinary Shares to be sold to the Underwriters by CWCO are referred to herein as the “Firm Shares.” The respective amounts of the Firm Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto. The Firm Shares shall be offered to the public at a public offering price of $_____________ per Firm Share (the “Offering Price”).
     In order to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares, the Underwriters may, at the Underwriters’ election and subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, purchase ratably in proportion to the amounts set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I

 


 

hereto, for the Underwriters’ own accounts up to 225,000 additional shares of Ordinary Shares from CWCO. Such 225,000 additional shares of Ordinary Shares are referred to herein as the “Optional Shares.” If any Optional Shares are purchased, the Optional Shares shall be purchased for offering to the public at the Offering Price and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares are referred to collectively herein as the “Shares.”
     CWCO and the Underwriters, intending to be legally bound, hereby confirm their agreement as follows:
      1.  Representations and Warranties of CWCO . CWCO represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
          (a) CWCO has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulation thereunder (the “Regulations”) a registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-_________), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. The term “Registration Statement” as used herein means the registration statement (including all exhibits and information incorporated by reference therein) as amended at the time it becomes effective or, if the registration statement became effective prior to the execution of this Agreement, as supplemented or amended prior to the execution of this Agreement and includes information (if any) contained in the Prospectus (as defined below). If it is contemplated, at the time this Agreement is executed, that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement will be filed and must be declared effective before the offering of the Shares may commence, the term “Registration Statement” as used herein shall mean the Registration Statement as amended by such post-effective amendment. If CWCO has filed or files on or after the date of this Agreement a registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The term “Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement or filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Regulations. The term “Statutory Prospectus” shall mean any Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, relating to the Shares that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Initial Sale Time (as defined herein), including any document incorporated by reference therein. The term “Prospectus” shall mean the final prospectus relating to the Shares that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Effective Date”) or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required, shall mean the form of final prospectus relating to the Shares included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date. The term “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 433 of the Regulations relating to the Shares, in the form filed or required to be filed with the SEC or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in CWCO’s record pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the Regulations. The term “Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Statutory Prospectus, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, identified in Schedule II hereto and ( iii) any other free writing prospectus defined in Rule 405 of the Regulations that is required to be filed by CWCO with the SEC or retained by CWCO under Rule 433 of the Regulations and that all parties hereto expressly agree to treat as part of the Disclosure Package (the “Other Free Writing Prospectus”). For purposes of this Agreement, the “Initial Sale Time” shall mean 5:00

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p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on the date of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Other Free Writing Prospectus or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the SEC pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).
          (b) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and the SEC has not issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, nor has the SEC instituted or, to the knowledge of CWCO, threatened to institute proceedings with respect to such an order. For purposes of this Agreement, “to the knowledge of CWCO,” means the actual knowledge of CWCO and/or any executive officer or director of CWCO, and an individual shall be deemed to have “knowledge” of a particular fact, circumstance or other matter if: (i) such person is actually aware of such fact or matter or (ii) an individual could have obtained such fact, circumstance or other matter through a due inquiry concerning the truth or existence of such fact, circumstance or other matter. No stop order suspending the sale of the Shares in any jurisdiction designated by the Representatives as provided for in Section 5(f) hereof has been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of CWCO, threatened. CWCO has complied in all material respects with all requests of the SEC, or requests of which CWCO has been advised of any state or foreign securities commission in a state or foreign jurisdiction designated by the Representatives as provided for in Section 5(f) hereof, for additional information to be included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
          (c) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Act and the Regulations, (iii) the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus do not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to omissions from or statements in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to CWCO by any Underwriter specifically for use therein, and (iv) the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that CWCO believes to be reliable and accurate. With respect to the exception set forth at sub-clause (iii) above, CWCO acknowledges that the only information furnished by any Underwriter for use in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus is the information as set forth in Section 13 of this Agreement.
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pursuant to EDGAR (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the Act), was identical to the copy thereof delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares. The Disclosure Package, at the Initial Sale Time, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to omissions from or statements in the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to CWCO by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter for use in the Disclosure Package is the information as set forth in Section 13 of this Agreement.
          (e) CWCO (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other than the documents listed on Schedule II hereto. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Act and has been filed in accordance with the Act (to the extent required thereby). Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date of which CWCO notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, (i) CWCO has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) CWCO has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing sentences do not apply to omissions from or statements in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to CWCO by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is the information as set forth in Section 13 of this Agreement.
          (f) CWCO has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the last Option Closing Date and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares, other than the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
          (g) Any documents incorporated by reference into the Prospectus pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Act, at the time they were filed with the SEC, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) and with the rules and regulations promulgated under or pursuant to the Exchange Act, and did not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a

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material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading.
          (h) CWCO is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. Cayman Water Company Limited (“Cayman Water”) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. Consolidated Water (Belize) Limited, a corporation incorporated in Belize (“Belize Water”), is a wholly owned subsidiary of CWCO. Belize Water is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Belize, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. DesalCo Limited (“DesalCo”) is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited (“OCC”) is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OCBVI”) is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. (“DesalCo Barbados”) is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Barbados, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Limited (“CWBL”) is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of The Bahamas, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Aquilex, Inc. (“Aquilex”) is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida, and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its current business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. CWCO, Cayman Water, Belize Water, DesalCo, OCC, OCBVI, DesalCo Barbados, CWBL, and Aquilex are duly qualified to do business, and are in good standing, in all jurisdictions in which such qualification is required, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the general affairs, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, business or prospects (collectively, the “Business Conditions”) of CWCO, Cayman Water, Belize Water, DesalCo, OCC, OCBVI, DesalCo Barbados, CWBL, and Aquilex. Cayman Water, Belize Water, DesalCo, OCC, OCBVI, DesalCo Barbados, CWBL, and Aquilex are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred

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to as the “CWCO Subsidiaries” and CWCO and the CWCO Subsidiaries are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “CWCO Group.”
          (i) [Neither CWCO nor the CWCO Subsidiaries owns any stock or other interest whatsoever, whether equity or debt, in any corporation, partnership or other entity other than (i) CWCO’s ownership of the CWCO Subsidiaries; and (ii) DesalCo’s ownership of DesalCo Barbados.]
          (j) The currently outstanding shares of CWCO’s capital stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and none of such outstanding shares of CWCO’s capital stock has been issued in violation of any preemptive rights of any security holder of CWCO. The holders of the outstanding shares of CWCO’s capital stock are not subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders. All previous offers and sales of the outstanding shares of CWCO’s capital stock made by or on behalf of CWCO, whether described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or otherwise, were made in conformity with applicable federal, state and foreign securities laws. The authorized capital stock of CWCO, including, without limitation, the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the Shares being issued pursuant hereto, and the outstanding options to purchase Ordinary Shares conform in all material respects with the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and such descriptions conform in all material respects with the instruments defining the same.
          (k) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the CWCO Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and none of the outstanding shares of the CWCO Subsidiaries’ capital stock has been issued in violation of any preemptive rights of any security holder of any of the CWCO Subsidiaries. All shares of the CWCO Subsidiaries, owned by CWCO, are owned by CWCO free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and security interests, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus; and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in any of the CWCO Subsidiaries or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock of, or other ownership interests in any of the CWCO Subsidiaries are outstanding, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
          (l) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of CWCO, threatened to which any member of the CWCO Group is a party or to which any of the properties of any member of the CWCO Group is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and are not so described, and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents concerning the CWCO Group that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
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accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to applicability of general principles of equity and except, as to this Agreement, as rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by federal and state securities laws or principles of public policy.
          (n) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (i) conflict with any term or provision of any member of the CWCO Group’s respective governing instruments; (ii) result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the termination or modification of, result in the creation or imposition of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties of the CWCO Group or require any payment by the CWCO Group or impose any liability on the CWCO Group pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, commitment or other agreement or instrument to which any member of the CWCO Group is a party or by which any of their respective properties are bound or affected other than this Agreement, except where such breach, default, modification, termination, lien, security interest, charge, encumbrance, payment or liability could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, taken as a whole; (iii) assuming compliance with the rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) applicable to the offer and sale of the Shares, violate any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any government or governmental agency, instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the CWCO Group or any of their respective properties or businesses, except where such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, taken as a whole; or (iv) result in a breach, termination or lapse of any member of the CWCO Group’s corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
          (o) At the date or dates indicated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, CWCO had the duly authorized and outstanding capitalization set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” and will have, as of the issuance of the Firm Shares on the Closing Date (as defined below), the as adjusted capitalization set forth therein as of the date indicated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. On the Effective Date, the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date (as defined below), there will be no options or warrants or other outstanding rights to purchase, agreements or obligations to issue or agreements or other rights to convert or exchange any obligation or security into, capital stock of CWCO, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock of CWCO, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the grant of options after the date of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under option plans of CWCO. The information in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, insofar as it relates to all outstanding options and other rights to acquire securities of CWCO as of the dates referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, is true and correct in all material respects.

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          (p) When the Shares have been duly delivered against payment therefor as contemplated by this Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders. The certificates representing the Shares are in proper legal form under, and conform in all respects to the requirements of, the laws of the Cayman Islands. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, nor the offering or sale of Shares as contemplated by this Agreement, gives any security holder of CWCO any rights for or relating to the registration of any Ordinary Shares or any other capital stock of CWCO or any rights to convert or have redeemed or otherwise receive anything of value with respect to any other security of CWCO.
          (q) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, license or permit of, or filing or registration with, any court, government, governmental agency, instrumentality or other regulatory body or official is required for the valid and legal execution, delivery and performance by CWCO of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except (i) such as may be required for the registration of the Shares under the Act, the Exchange Act, and for compliance with the applicable state securities laws or the Bylaws, rules and other pronouncements of the NASD and (ii) as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
          (r) The Ordinary Shares (including the Shares) are registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. The issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares are included for quotation on The Nasdaq Global Select Market. Neither CWCO nor, to the knowledge of CWCO, any other person has taken any action designed to cause, or likely to result in, the termination of the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act. CWCO has not received any notification that the SEC or The Nasdaq Global Select Market is contemplating terminating such registration or quotation.
          (s) The statements in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, insofar as they are descriptions of or references to contracts, agreements or other documents, are accurate in all material respects and present or summarize fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be disclosed under the Act or the Regulations, and there are no contracts, agreements or other documents, instruments or transactions of any character required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that have not been so described, referred to or filed, as required.
          (t) Each contract or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which each member of the CWCO Group is a party or by which any of their respective properties or businesses is bound or affected and which is material to the conduct of the CWCO Group’s business has been (i) duly and validly executed by the respective member of the CWCO Group and, (ii) to the knowledge of CWCO, by the other parties thereto. Each such contract or other instrument is in full force and effect and is enforceable in all material respects against the parties thereto in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to applicability of general principles of equity, and no member of the

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CWCO Group is, and to the knowledge of CWCO, no other party thereto is, in default thereunder, except where such default would not have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, and no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any such contract or other instrument. All necessary consents under such contracts or other instruments to the disclosure in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus with respect thereto have been obtained.
          (u) The consolidated financial statements of CWCO (including the notes thereto) filed as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of CWCO as of the respective dates thereof, and the results of operations and cash flows of CWCO for the periods indicated therein, all in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The supporting notes included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus fairly state in all material respects the information required to be stated therein in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole. The financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the captions “Prospectus Summary — Summary Financial Data,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Capitalization,” “Dilution” and “Selected Consolidated Financial Data,” presents fairly the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. The unaudited pro forma adjustments to financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of that information to reflect the sale by CWCO of the Shares offered thereby at an assumed offering or actual price set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and the application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom.
          (v) The consolidated financial statements of OCBVI (including the notes thereto) filed as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of OCBVI as of the respective dates thereof, and the results of operations and cash flows of OCBVI for the periods indicated therein, all in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The supporting notes included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus fairly state in all material respects the information required to be stated therein in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
          (w) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, there has not been (i) any material adverse change (including, whether or not insured against, any material loss or damage to any material assets), or development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group; (ii) any material adverse change, loss, reduction, termination or non-renewal of any material contract to which a member of the CWCO Group is a party; (iii) any transaction entered into by a member of the CWCO Group not in the ordinary course of its business that is material to the CWCO Group; (iv) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by CWCO on its capital stock; (v) any liabilities or obligations, direct or indirect, incurred by any member of the

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CWCO Group that are material to the CWCO Group other than the issuance of shares pursuant to the exercise of options or the grant of options under CWCO’s stock option plans; (vi) any change in the capitalization of any member of the CWCO Group; or (vii) any change in the indebtedness of any member of the CWCO Group that is material to the CWCO Group. The members of the CWCO Group have no contingent liabilities or obligations that are material to the CWCO Group that are not expressly disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
          (x) CWCO has not distributed, and will not distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except for the letter agreement dated September 8, 2006 between CWCO and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and this Agreement, neither CWCO nor any of its officers, directors or affiliates has (i) taken, nor shall CWCO or such persons take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Ordinary Shares, or (ii) since the filing of the Registration Statement (A) sold, bid for, purchased or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Shares or (B) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of CWCO.
          (y) Each member of the CWCO Group has filed with the appropriate federal, state and local governmental agencies, and all foreign countries and political subdivisions thereof, all material tax returns that are required to be filed or have duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof and have paid all taxes shown on such returns or otherwise due and all material assessments received by them to the extent that the same have become due. Each member of the CWCO Group has not executed or filed with any taxing authority, foreign or domestic, any agreement extending the period for assessment or collection of any income or other tax and none of them is a party to any pending action or proceeding by any foreign or domestic governmental agency for the assessment or collection of taxes, and no claims for assessment or collection of taxes have been asserted against any member of the CWCO Group that might materially adversely affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group.
          (z) To the knowledge of CWCO, (i) Rachlin, Cohen & Holtz (“Rachlin”), which has given its report on certain financial statements included, or incorporated by reference, as part of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, is a firm of independent certified public accountants as required by the Act and the Regulations with respect to CWCO, and (ii) KPMG Cayman Islands (“KPMG”), which has given its report on certain financial statements included, or incorporated by reference as part of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, is a firm of independent certified public accountants as required by the Act and the Regulations with respect to CWCO.
          (aa) No member of the CWCO Group is in violation of, or in default under, any of the terms or provisions of (i) its governing instruments and (ii) except where any such default would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, (A) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its assets or properties is bound or affected, (B) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree

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of any government or governmental agency, instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties or business, or (C) any license, permit, certification, registration, approval, consent or franchise.
          (bb) Except as expressly disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there are no claims, actions, suits, protests, proceedings, arbitrations, investigations or inquiries pending before, or, to the knowledge of CWCO, threatened or contemplated by, any governmental agency, instrumentality, court or tribunal, domestic or foreign, or before any private arbitration tribunal to which any member of the CWCO Group is or may be made a party that could reasonably be expected to affect the validity of any of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, or that, if determined adversely to any member of the CWCO Group would, in any case or in the aggregate, result in any material adverse change in the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, nor, to the knowledge of CWCO, is there any reasonable basis for any such claim, action, suit, protest, proceeding, arbitration, investigation or inquiry. There are no outstanding orders, judgments or decrees of any court, governmental agency, instrumentality or other tribunal enjoining any member of the CWCO Group from, or requiring any member of the CWCO Group to take or refrain from taking, any action, or to which any member of the CWCO Group or their properties, assets or businesses are bound or subject, except for such orders, judgments or decrees which would not have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group.
          (cc) Each member of the CWCO Group owns, or possesses adequate rights to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark registrations, applications for trademark registration, trade names, service marks, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including any unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential technology, information, systems, design methodologies and devices or procedures developed or derived from or for each member of the CWCO Groups’s business), trade secrets, confidential information, processes and formulations and other proprietary information necessary for, used in, or proposed to be used in, the conduct of the business of the CWCO Group as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”), except where the failure to own or possess or otherwise be able to acquire such Intellectual Property would not have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group. To the knowledge of CWCO, no member of the CWCO Group has infringed, is infringing or has received any notice of conflict with, the asserted rights of others with respect to the Intellectual Property that, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could materially adversely affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, and CWCO knows of no reasonable basis therefor. To the knowledge of CWCO, no other parties have infringed upon or are in conflict with any Intellectual Property. No member of the CWCO Group is a party to, or bound by, any agreement pursuant to which royalties, honorariums or fees are payable by any member of the CWCO Group to any person by reason of the ownership or use of any Intellectual Property.
          (dd) Each member of the CWCO Group has good and marketable title to all property described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as being owned by it, free and clear of all liens, security interests, charges or encumbrances and the like, except such as are expressly described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or such as do not materially adversely affect the Business

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Conditions or the conduct of the business of the CWCO Group, as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Each member of the CWCO Group has insured its property against loss or damage by fire, hurricane or other casualty, in amounts reasonably believed by CWCO to be adequate, and maintains insurance against such other risks as management of CWCO deems appropriate. All real and personal property leased by each member of the CWCO Group, as described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, is held by the respective member of the CWCO Group under valid and enforceable leases, except where the invalidity or unenforceability of any lease would not have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group. The executive offices and facilities of the CWCO Group (the “Premises”), and all operations presently or formerly conducted thereon by the CWCO Group or any predecessors thereof, are now and, since the CWCO Group began to use such Premises, always have been and, to the knowledge of CWCO prior to when the CWCO Group began to use such Premises, always had been, in compliance with all statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, standards and requirements of common law applicable to the areas in which the CWCO Group provide service concerning or relating to industrial hygiene and the protection of health and the environment (collectively, the “Environmental Laws”), except to the extent that any failure in such compliance would not materially adversely affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group. To the knowledge of CWCO, the facilities of the CWCO Group produce water of sufficient quality and quantity to supply the current and planned customers and service areas of the CWCO Group, and are not subject to any restriction on water processing under any law, regulation, rule, order or permit, except as expressly described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and such as do not materially adversely affect the Business Conditions or the conduct of the business of the CWCO Group. To the knowledge of CWCO, there are no conditions on, about, beneath or arising from the Premises, in close proximity to the Premises or at any other location that might give rise to liability or the imposition of a statutory lien under any of the Environmental Laws, or affect the quality of the water processed by the CWCO Group, and that would materially adversely affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Except as expressly disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or which will not materially adversely affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group (i) no member of the CWCO Group has received notice or has knowledge of any claim, demand, investigation, regulatory action, suit or other action instituted or threatened against the CWCO Group or any portion of the Premises or any parcel in close proximity to the Premises relating to any of the Environmental Laws and (ii) no member of the CWCO Group has received any notice of material violation, citation, complaint, order, directive, request for information or response thereto, notice letter, demand letter or compliance schedule to or from any governmental or regulatory agency arising out of or in connection with “hazardous substances” (as defined by applicable Environmental Laws) on, about, beneath, arising from or generated at the Premises, near the Premises or at any other location.
          (ee) Each member of the CWCO Group maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the

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recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
          (ff) CWCO is in compliance with all currently effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder that are applicable, or will be applicable as of the Closing Date, to CWCO.
          (gg) Each member of the CWCO Group and their respective affiliates (the “Employers”) have established, maintain, contribute to, are required to contribute to, are a party to, or are bound by contractual commitments with respect to, certain pension, retirement, or profit-sharing plans, deferred compensation, bonus, or other incentive plans, or medical, vision, dental, or other health and welfare benefit plans, or life insurance or disability plans, or any other employee benefit plans, programs, arrangements, agreements, or understandings (the “Plans”).
          With respect to each of the Plans:
               (i) The terms of each of the Plans are in writing, and each of the Plans has been maintained and administered in accordance with its terms and any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
               (ii) Each of the Plans has been maintained and administered in compliance with all regulations, rules, standards and requirements of the common law and the laws concerning the establishment, funding, taxation and administration of such Plans of the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados and the British Virgin Islands, including without limitation any such laws governing the conduct of the trustees, fiduciaries or administrators of such Plans (collectively, the “Employee Benefits Laws”) except to the extent any failure in such compliance would not adversely affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group. None of the Plans are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended (“ERISA”).
               (iii) None of the Plans is a defined benefit pension plan, under which the Employer is obligated to fund, or contribute to the funding of, the payment of a defined retirement benefit based on an employee’s accumulated compensation, service or other factors.
               (iv) None of the Plans provides retiree life or retiree health insurance, except as may be required by applicable Employee Benefits laws.
               (v) There are no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) pending or, to the knowledge of CWCO, threatened, and to CWCO’s best knowledge, there are no facts which could give rise to any such actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) related to the Plans.
               (vi) All contributions and/or insurance premiums required to be paid as of the Closing Date by the Employers with respect to such Plans have been paid.
               (vii) The Employers have made all disclosures to participants and governmental authorities, including tax filings as applicable, with respect to such Plans as may be required by applicable Employee Benefits law.

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          (hh) No labor dispute exists with the Employer’s employees, and to the knowledge of CWCO, no such labor dispute is threatened. CWCO has no knowledge of any existing or threatened labor disturbance by the employees of any of the principal suppliers, contractors or customers of the CWCO Group that would materially adversely affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group. None of the Employer’s employees is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and no union organizing activity exists with respect to any of such employees.
          (ii) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between any member of the CWCO Group and/or any person that would give rise to a valid claim against any member of the CWCO Group and/or any of the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or in any contracts, agreements, understandings, payments, arrangements or issuances with respect to the CWCO Group or, to the knowledge of the CWCO Group, any of its officers, directors, stockholders, employees or affiliates that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation as determined by the NASD.
          (jj) CWCO is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefor described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package or the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. None of the CWCO Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
          (kk) The Company is not a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) as defined in Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code and based on current operating plans and financial projections the Company is not likely to become a PFIC as a result of the offer and sale of the Shares or otherwise.
          (ll) Each member of the CWCO Group has received all permits, licenses, franchises, authorizations, registrations, qualifications and approvals (collectively, “Permits”) of governmental or regulatory authorities as may be required of them to own their properties and conduct their businesses in the manner described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Prospectus, except to the extent that failure to receive such Permits would not have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group; and each member of the CWCO Group has fulfilled and performed all of their material obligations with respect to such Permits, and no event has occurred which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow revocation or termination thereof or result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit, subject in each case to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, such Permits contain no restrictions that materially affect the ability of any member of the CWCO Group to conduct their businesses.

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          (mm) No statement, representation, warranty or covenant made by CWCO in this Agreement or in any certificate or document required by this Agreement to be delivered to the Representatives is, or as of the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date will be, inaccurate, untrue or incorrect in any material respect. No transaction has occurred or is proposed between or among CWCO and any of its officers, directors or shareholders or any affiliate of the foregoing, or any affiliate of the foregoing that is required to be described in and is not described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
          (nn) No member of the CWCO Group or any officer, director, employee, partner, agent or other person acting on behalf of any member of the CWCO Group has, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any money, property or similar benefit or consideration to any customer or supplier (including any employee or agent of any customer or supplier) or official or employee of any agency or instrumentality of any government (foreign or domestic) or political party or candidate for office (foreign or domestic) or any other person who was, is or in the future may be in a position to affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, or any actual or proposed business transaction of any member of the CWCO Group, as the case may be that (i) could subject any member of the CWCO Group to any liability (including, but not limited to, the payment of monetary damages) or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental action or proceeding that would have a material adverse effect on the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, or (ii) with respect to any member of the CWCO Group or any officer or director thereof, violates any law, rule or regulation to which any member of the CWCO Group is subject.
          (oo) CWCO’s board of directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose composition satisfies the requirements of the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations of the SEC adopted thereunder and Rules 4200 and 4350 of the NASD that are applicable as of the Closing Date. CWCO’s audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations of the SEC adopted thereunder and Rules 4200 and 4350 of the NASD that are applicable as of the Closing Date.
          (pp) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes hereof), CWCO was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Act), without taking account of any determination by the SEC pursuant to Rule 405 of the Act that it is not necessary that CWCO be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
          (qq) No statement, representation, warranty or covenant made by CWCO in this Agreement or in any certificate or document required by this Agreement to be delivered to the Representatives is, or as of the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date will be, inaccurate, untrue or incorrect in any material respect. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any member of the CWCO Group, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of any member of the CWCO Group, on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and which is not so described. There are no outstanding loans, advances or guarantees of indebtedness by any member of the CWCO Group to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of any member of the CWCO Group or any of their respective immediate family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

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          (rr) The Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed. No authorization, approval, consent, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental or regulatory authority, other than such as has been obtained, is required under the securities laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Shares are offered outside the United States. Neither CWCO nor, to the knowledge of CWCO, any other person associated with or acting on behalf of CWCO, including without limitation any director, officer, agent or employee of CWCO, has offered or caused the Underwriters to offer any of the Shares to any person with the specific intent to unlawfully influence a customer, supplier or other business associate of CWCO to alter the customer’s, supplier’s or other such person’s level or type of business with CWCO or a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about CWCO or its products.
          (ss) Any certificate signed by any officer of any member of the CWCO Group in such capacity and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the applicable member of the CWCO Group to the several Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
      2.  Purchase and Sale of Firm Shares . On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, CWCO shall sell the Firm Shares to the several Underwriters at the Offering Price less the Underwriting Discounts and Commissions shown on the cover page of the Prospectus, and the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, shall purchase from CWCO on a firm commitment basis, at the Offering Price less the Underwriting Discounts and Commissions shown on the cover page of the Prospectus, the respective amounts of the Firm Shares set forth opposite their names on Schedule I hereto. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 12 hereof, the agreement of each Underwriter is to purchase only that number of Shares specified with respect to that Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. The Underwriters shall offer the Shares to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
      3.  Payment and Delivery . The Firm Shares shall be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global securities (the “Global Securities”) in book-entry form in such denominations and registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least 48 hours’ prior notice to CWCO, and shall be delivered by or on behalf of CWCO to the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such accounts as CWCO shall designate in writing (with all costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with such settlement in immediately available funds, including, but not limited to, interest or cost of funds and expenses, to be borne by CWCO). The closing of the sale and purchase of the Firm Shares shall be held at the offices of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, 1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery will be made at 10:00 a.m., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania time, on the third business day after the date of this Agreement, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than seven business days thereafter as shall be designated in writing by the

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Representatives. Such time and date are referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” CWCO shall make the Global Securities representing the Firm Shares available for examination by the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters at the Philadelphia correspondent office of CWCO’s transfer agent not less than one full business day prior to the Closing Date.
     4. Option to Purchase Optional Shares .
          (a) For the purposes of covering any over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus, subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the several Underwriters are hereby granted an option by CWCO to purchase all or any part of the Optional Shares (the “Over-allotment Option”). The purchase price to be paid for the Optional Shares shall be the Offering Price less the Underwriting Discounts and Commissions shown on the cover page of the Prospectus. The Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the Representatives on behalf of the several Underwriters as to all or any part of the Optional Shares at any time and from time to time within 30 days after the date of the Prospectus. No Underwriter shall be under any obligation to purchase any Optional Shares prior to an exercise of the Over-allotment Option.
          (b) The Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the Representatives on behalf of the several Underwriters by giving notice to CWCO by a letter sent by facsimile (such notice to be effective when received), addressed as provided in Section 14 hereof, setting forth the number of Optional Shares to be purchased, the date and time for delivery of and payment for the Optional Shares and stating that the Optional Shares referred to therein are to be used for the purpose of covering over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares. If such notice is given at least two full business days prior to the Closing Date, the date set forth therein for such delivery and payment shall be not earlier than the Closing Date. If such notice is given after two full business days prior to the Closing Date, the date set forth therein for such delivery and payment shall be a date selected by the Representatives not later than five full business days after the exercise of the Over-allotment Option. The date and time set forth in such a notice is referred to herein as an “Option Closing Date,” and a closing held pursuant to such a notice is referred to herein as an “Option Closing.” Upon each exercise of the Over-allotment Option, and on the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the several Underwriters shall become severally, but not jointly, obligated to purchase from CWCO the number of Optional Shares specified in each notice of exercise of the Over-allotment Option (allocated among them in accordance with Section 4(c) hereof).
          (c) The number of Optional Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to each exercise of the Over-allotment Option shall be the number that bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Optional Shares being purchased through such Over-allotment Option exercise as the number of Firm Shares opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of all Firm Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of Optional Shares purchased and sold pursuant to each exercise of the Over-allotment Option shall be subject to such adjustment as the Representatives may approve to eliminate fractional shares and subject to the provisions for the allocation of Optional Shares purchased for the purpose of covering over-allotments set forth in the agreement entered into by and among the Underwriters in connection herewith (the “Agreement Among Underwriters”).

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          (d) The Optional Shares shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in book-entry form in such denominations and registered in the name of the nominee of DTC or in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least 48 hours’ prior notice to CWCO, and shall be delivered by or on behalf of CWCO to the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such accounts as CWCO shall designate in writing (with all costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with such settlement in immediately available funds, including, but not limited to, interest or cost of funds and expenses, to be borne by CWCO). The closing of the sale and purchase of the Optional Shares shall be held at the offices of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, 1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery will be made at 10:00 a.m., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania time, on the Option Closing Date. CWCO shall make the Global Securities representing the Optional Shares available for examination by the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters at the Philadelphia correspondent office of CWCO’s transfer agent not less than one full business day prior to the Option Closing Date.
      5.  Certain Covenants and Agreements of CWCO . CWCO covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
          (a) If Rule 430A of the Regulations is employed, CWCO will timely file the Prospectus pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 424(b) of the Regulations and will advise the Representatives of the time and manner of such filing.
          (b) CWCO will not file with the SEC the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package, and will not use, authorize, refer to or file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, unless the Representatives has received a reasonable period of time to review any such proposed amendment, supplement or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and consented thereto, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and, as to amendments, will use its reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to the Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as possible. Upon reasonable request of the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters, CWCO will promptly prepare and file with the SEC, in accordance with the Regulations of the SEC, any amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package that may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the Shares by the several Underwriters and will use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to the Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as possible. If required, CWCO will file any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package with the SEC in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 under the Act. CWCO will advise the Representatives, promptly after receiving notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof has been filed or declared effective or the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed and will provide evidence to the Representatives of each filing or effectiveness.
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with the SEC under Rule 462(c) under the Act or otherwise, (ii) when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is filed, (iii) of the receipt of any comments from the SEC concerning the Registration Statement, (iv) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, or when any supplement to the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package or any amended Prospectus or Disclosure Package has been filed, (v) of any request of the SEC for amendment or supplementation of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for additional information, (vi) during the period when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act and Regulations (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), of the happening of any event as a result of which any Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (vii) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, of the need to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act, (viii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, and (ix) of the suspension of the approval of the Shares for quotation on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or the qualification of any of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction in which the Underwriters intend to make such offers or sales, or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes known to CWCO. CWCO will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or of any order preventing or suspending such use, and if any such order is issued, to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof.
          (d) CWCO has delivered to the Representatives, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives have reasonably requested. CWCO will deliver to the Representatives, without charge, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and any supplements and amendments thereto, from time to time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as supplemented or amended) as the Representatives may reasonably request. CWCO hereby consents to the use of such copies of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus for purposes permitted by the Act, the Regulations and the securities laws of the states or foreign jurisdictions in which the Shares are offered by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and during the Prospectus Delivery Period. CWCO has furnished or will furnish to the Representatives at least one original signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of all amendments and supplements thereto, whether filed before or after the Effective Date, at least one copy of all exhibits filed therewith and of all consents and certificates of experts, and will deliver to the Representatives such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement, including financial statements and exhibits, and all amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request.
          (e) CWCO will comply with the Act, the Regulations, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC adopted thereunder so as to permit the continuation of sales of and dealings in the Shares for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares as contemplated hereby.
          (f) CWCO will furnish such information and pay such filing fees and other expenses as may be required, including its counsel’s reasonable legal fees and otherwise cooperate in the registration or qualification of the Shares, or exemption therefrom, for offering

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and sale by the several Underwriters and by dealers under the securities laws of such jurisdictions in which the Representatives determine to offer the Shares, after consultation with CWCO, and will file such consents to service of process or other documents necessary or appropriate in order to effect such registration or qualification; provided, however, that no such qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, solely as a result thereof, CWCO would be subject to taxation or qualification as a foreign corporation doing business in such jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. CWCO will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements and reports as are or may be required to continue such qualification in effect for so long a period as is required under the laws of such jurisdictions for such offering and sale. CWCO will furnish such information and pay such filing fees and other expenses as may be required, and otherwise cooperate in the inclusion of the Shares for quotation on The Nasdaq Global Select Market. CWCO will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements and reports as are or may be required to continue such qualification in effect for a period of three years from the Effective Date.
          (g) Subject to Section 5(b) hereof, in case of any event (occurring at any time within the Prospectus Delivery Period), as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would contain, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Regulations or any applicable securities laws, CWCO promptly will prepare and file with the SEC, and any applicable state and foreign securities commission, an amendment, supplement or document that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and will furnish to the several Underwriters such number of copies of such amendments, supplements or documents (in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters) as the Representatives may reasonably request. For purposes of this Section 5(g), CWCO will provide such information to the Representatives, the Underwriters’ counsel and counsel to CWCO as shall be necessary to enable such persons to consult with CWCO with respect to the need to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to file any document, and shall furnish to the Representatives and the Underwriters’ counsel such further information as each may from time to time reasonably request.
          (h) CWCO agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Act) required to be filed by CWCO with the SEC or retained by CWCO under Rule 433 of the Act; provided that the prior written consent of the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” CWCO agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the SEC, legending and record keeping.

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          (i) CWCO will make generally available to its security holders not later than 45 days after the end of the fiscal quarter first occurring after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, an earnings statement of CWCO (which need not be audited unless required by the Act or the Regulations) that shall comply with Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 thereunder and cover a period of at least 12 consecutive months.
          (j) Prior to the Closing Date, CWCO will issue no press release or other communications directly or indirectly and hold no press conference with respect to CWCO or the CWCO Group, the Business Conditions of any of them, or the offering of the Shares without the prior written consent of the Representatives unless in the judgment of CWCO and its counsel, and after notification to the Representatives such press release or communication is required by law.
          (k) For a period of three years from the Effective Date, CWCO will deliver to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the Underwriters: ((i) a copy of each report or document, including, without limitation, reports on Forms 6-K, 8-K, 20-F, 10-K and 10-Q (or such similar forms as may be designated by the SEC), registration statements and any exhibits thereto, filed or furnished to the SEC or any securities exchange or the NASD, promptly after the date each such report or document is so filed or furnished; (ii) as soon as practicable, copies of any reports or communications (financial or other) of CWCO mailed to its security holders; and (iii) every material press release in respect of CWCO or its affairs that is released or prepared by CWCO.
          (l) During the course of the distribution of the Shares, CWCO and its Subsidiaries will not and CWCO shall cause its officers and directors not to, (i) take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that could reasonably be expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock or ((ii) sell, bid for, purchase or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Shares.
          (m) CWCO has caused each person listed on Schedule III hereto to execute an agreement (a “Lock-up Agreement”) in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and the Underwriters’ counsel CWCO has delivered such agreements to the Representatives prior to the date of this Agreement. Appropriate stop transfer instructions will be issued by CWCO to the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares and a copy of such instructions will be delivered to the Representatives.
          (n) During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 90th day following the date of the Prospectus, CWCO will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of), or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Act in respect of, any shares of Ordinary Shares, options or warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Shares); provided, however,

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that CWCO may (i) issue Ordinary Shares or options to purchase Ordinary Shares upon exercise of options, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus, (ii) in connection with a strategic partnership, joint venture, collaboration, lending or other similar arrangement, or (iii) in connection with the acquisition or license by CWCO of any business, products or technologies; provided, further, that the shares issuable under clauses (ii) and (iii) shall not exceed, in the aggregate during such 90-day period, five percent (5%) of CWCO’s outstanding capital stock measured as of the Closing Date, including the Shares to be issued and sold hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period CWCO issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to CWCO occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, CWCO announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. CWCO will provide the Representatives with prior notice of any announcement described in clause (y) of the preceding sentence that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the research published or distributed on CWCO is compliant under Rule 139 of the Act and CWCO’s securities are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.
          (o) For a period of three years from the Effective Date, CWCO will use all reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Ordinary Shares (including, without limitation, the Shares) on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or on a national securities exchange.
          (p) CWCO shall, at its sole cost and expense, supply and deliver to the Representatives and the Underwriters’ counsel, within a reasonable period from the Closing Date, transaction binders in such number and in such form and content as the Representatives reasonably request.
          (q) CWCO will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares to be sold by it hereunder substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the Prospectus.
      6.  Certain Covenants and Agreement of Underwriters . The Underwriters agree that, unless the Representatives obtain the prior written consent of CWCO, they will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Act) required to be filed by CWCO with the SEC or retained by CWCO under Rule 433 of the Act; provided that the prior written consent of CWCO shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by CWCO is hereinafter deemed to be a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
      7.  Payment of Fees and Expenses .
          (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated and regardless of the reason this Agreement is terminated, CWCO will pay or cause to be paid, and bear or cause to be borne, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of CWCO under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees and

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expenses of the accountants and counsel for CWCO incurred in the preparation of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto (including financial statements and exhibits), the Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Prospectuses and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) printing and mailing expenses associated with the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, the Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, the Underwriters’ Questionnaire, the power of attorney executed by each of the Underwriters and the Selected Dealer Agreement and related documents; (iii) the fees, expenses and other costs of, or incident to, securing any review or approvals by or from the NASD, including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Underwriters’ counsel, provided that the aggregate fees and expenses for Underwriters’ counsel under this clause (iii) shall not exceed $50,000; (iv) the filing fees of the SEC; (v) the cost of furnishing to the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Prospectuses and Prospectuses as herein provided; (vi) CWCO’s travel expenses in connection with meetings with the brokerage community and institutional investors; (vii) the costs and expenses associated with settlement in same day funds (including, but not limited to, interest or cost of funds expenses), if desired by CWCO; (viii) any fees or costs payable to The Nasdaq Global Select Market as a result of the offering; (ix) the cost of preparing, issuing and delivery to the Underwriters of any certificates evidencing the Shares; (x) the costs and charges of any transfer agent; (xi) the reasonable costs of advertising the offering; (xii) all taxes, if any, on the issuance, delivery and transfer of the Shares sold by CWCO; and (xiii) all other costs and expenses reasonably incident to the performance of CWCO’s obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 7(a); provided, however, that the Underwriters shall be responsible for their out-of-pocket expenses, including those associated with meetings with the brokerage community and institutional investors, other than CWCO’s travel expenses, and the fees and expenses of their counsel for other than with respect to NASD matters.
          (b) CWCO shall pay as due any state or foreign registration, qualification and filing fees and any accountable out-of-pocket disbursements in connection with such registration, qualification or filing in the states and foreign jurisdictions in which the Representatives determine to offer or sell the Shares.
      8.  Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Firm Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and to purchase and pay for any Optional Shares as to which it exercises its right to purchase under Section 4 on an Option Closing Date, is subject at the date hereof, the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date to the continuing accuracy and fulfillment of the representations and warranties of CWCO, to the performance by CWCO of its covenants and obligations hereunder, and to the following additional conditions:
          (a) If required by the Regulations, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Regulations within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the Regulations, or CWCO shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430A, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective. CWCO shall have filed any material required to be filed by CWCO with the SEC in the manner and within the time period required by Rule

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433 of the Regulations, including the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Other Free Writing Prospectus.
     (b) If CWCO elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), CWCO shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the SEC in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and CWCO shall at the time of filing either pay to the SEC the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act.
     (c) On or prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, no stop order or other order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (including any document incorporated by reference therein), the 462(b) Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the sale of any of the Shares shall have been issued under the Act or any state or foreign securities law, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or shall be pending or, to the Representatives’ knowledge or the knowledge of CWCO, shall be contemplated by the SEC or by any authority in any jurisdiction designated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof. Any request on the part of the SEC or any state or foreign securities authority for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel for the Underwriters.
     (d) All corporate proceedings and other matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Shares and the form of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriters. CWCO shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may have reasonably requested to enable them to pass upon such matters. The Representatives shall have received from the Underwriters’ counsel, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP an opinion, dated as of the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representatives as representatives of the several Underwriters, which opinion shall be satisfactory in all respects to the Representatives.
     (e) The Representatives shall have received a copy of an executed Lock-up Agreement from each of the persons listed on Schedule II hereto.
     (f) On the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, there shall have been delivered to the Representatives signed opinions of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, United States. securities law counsel to CWCO, Myers & Alberga, Cayman Islands counsel to CWCO, ___, Belize counsel to CWCO, ___, British Virgin Islands counsel to CWCO, ___, The Bahamas counsel to CWCO and ___, Barbados counsel to CWCO, dated as of each such date and addressed to the Representatives as representatives of the several Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto or to such effect as is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
     (g) At the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date: (i) the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto and the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain all statements that are

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required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act and the Regulations and in all material respects shall conform to the requirements of the Act and the Regulations, and neither the Registration Statement nor any post-effective amendment thereto nor the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto and the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, except as otherwise stated therein, there shall have been no material adverse change in the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group from that set forth therein, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; (iii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, there shall have been no event or transaction, contract or agreement entered into by any member of the CWCO Group other than in the ordinary course of business, that has not been, but would be required to be, set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus; (iv) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, there shall have been no material adverse change, loss, reduction, termination or non-renewal of any contract to which any member of the CWCO Group is a party, that has not been, but would be required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus; and (v) no action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity shall be pending or threatened against any member of the CWCO Group that would be required to be set forth in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, other than as set forth therein, and except as set forth in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus no proceedings shall be pending or threatened against or directly affecting any member of the CWCO Group before or by any federal, state or other commission, board or administrative agency wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would materially adversely affect the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group.
     (h) The Representatives shall have received at the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date certificates of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of CWCO dated as of the date of the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representatives, as representatives of the several Underwriters, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of CWCO in this Agreement are true and correct, as if made at and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and that CWCO has complied with all the agreements, fulfilled all the covenants and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed, fulfilled or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and (ii) the signers of the certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the conditions set forth in Section 8 hereof have been satisfied.
     (i) At the time this Agreement is executed and at the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date the Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof, addressed to the Representatives, individually and as representatives of the several Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives in all respects (including,

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without limitation, the non-material nature of the changes or decreases, if any, referred to in clause (iii) below) from Rachlin and KPMG:
               (i) confirming they are independent certified public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Regulations and stating that the section of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Experts” is correct insofar as it relates to them;
               (ii) stating that, in their opinion, the consolidated financial statements, schedules and notes of CWCO audited by them and included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Regulations;
               (iii) stating that, on the basis of specified procedures, which included a reading of the latest available unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of CWCO (with an indication of the date of the latest available unaudited interim financial statements), a reading of the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders and the Boards of Directors of each member of the CWCO Group and the Audit and Executive and Compensation Committees of such Boards and inquiries to certain officers and other employees of CWCO responsible for operational, financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures and inquiries, nothing has come to their attention that would cause them to believe that at a specified date not more than five business days prior to the date of such letter, there was any: (A) change in the capital stock other than (1) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of currently outstanding options and warrants as described in Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (2) the grant of options to purchase Ordinary Shares under CWCO’s currently outstanding stock options plans and the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise thereof, and (3) the issuance of redeemable preferred stock under CWCO’s Employee Share Incentive Plan, (B) increase in long-term debt of CWCO, which is currently $___or (C) any decrease in consolidated net current assets or shareholders equity of CWCO as compared with the amounts shown in the December 31, 2005 audited balance sheets of CWCO included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or that for the periods from December 31, 2005 to the date of the latest available unaudited financial statements of CWCO, if any, and to a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of the letter, there were any decreases, as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year, in operating income or total or per share amounts of net income, except in all instances for changes, decreases or increases that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus disclose have occurred or may occur and except for such other changes, decreases or increases which the Underwriters shall in their sole discretion accept;
               (iv) stating that they have compared specific dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such dollar amounts), numbers of shares and other numerical data and financial information included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that have been reasonably specified by the Representatives prior to the date of this Agreement (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other information is derived from the general accounting records subject to the internal controls of CWCO’s accounting systems, or has been derived directly from such accounting records by analysis or comparison or has been derived from other records

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and analyses maintained or prepared by CWCO) with the results obtained from the application of readings, inquiries and other appropriate procedures set forth in the letter, and found them to be in agreement; and
               (v) stating that, on the basis of specified procedures, which included (A) a reading of the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2005 and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2005, included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (B) inquiry of management of each member of the CWCO Group who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters; (C) proving the arithmetic accuracy of the application of the pro forma adjustments to the historical amounts in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements, that nothing came to their attention as a result of the above procedures, however, that caused them to believe that the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X and that the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements.
          All financial statements and schedules included in material incorporated by reference into the Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Registration Statement for purposes of this subsection.
          (j) All corporate and other proceedings and other matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement and the form of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and all other legal matters related to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel to the Underwriters. CWCO shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they shall have reasonably requested to enable them to pass upon such matters.
          (k) The Shares shall have been included for quotation on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.
          (l) There shall have been duly tendered to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, certificates representing all of the Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters on the Closing Date or Option Closing date, as the case may be.
          (m) The NASD shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
          (n) At the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, the Representatives shall have been furnished such additional documents, information and certificates as they shall have reasonably requested.
          All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents shall be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and the Underwriters’ counsel. CWCO shall furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as they shall

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reasonably request. If any condition to the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder to be fulfilled prior to or at the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, is not fulfilled, the Representatives may on behalf of the several Underwriters, terminate this Agreement with respect to the Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as applicable, or, if they so elect, waive any such conditions which have not been fulfilled or extend the time for their fulfillment. Any such termination shall be without liability of the Underwriters to CWCO, except that Section 7 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
      9.  Indemnification and Contribution .
          (a) CWCO shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls each Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever or in connection with any investigation or inquiry of, or action or proceeding that may be brought against, the respective indemnified parties, arising out of or based upon or caused by any breach of CWCO’s representations and warranties made in this Agreement or any untrue statements or alleged untrue statements of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any application or other document filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify all or any part of the Shares under the securities laws thereof or filed with the SEC or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (in this Section 9 collectively called “application”), or the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the foregoing a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity shall not apply in respect of any statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to CWCO by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any application or in any communication to the SEC, as the case may be; and further provided, however, that the indemnification contained in this Section 9(a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or to the benefit of any person controlling such Underwriter) on account of any such loss, claim, liability or expense arising from the sale of the Shares by such Underwriter to any person if a copy of the Prospectus shall not have been delivered or sent to such person within the time required by the Act and the regulations thereunder, and the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of a material fact contained in such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus, provided that CWCO has delivered the Prospectus to the several Underwriters in requisite quantity on a timely basis to permit such delivery or sending. The obligations of CWCO under this Section 9(a) will be in addition to any liability CWCO may otherwise have.
          (b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless CWCO, each of the directors of CWCO, each of the officers of CWCO who shall have signed the Registration Statement, and each other person, if any, who controls CWCO within the meaning of the Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnities from CWCO to the several Underwriters, but only with respect to any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense resulting from statements or omissions, or alleged statements or omissions, if any, made in any

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Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any application or in any communication to the SEC in reliance upon, and in conformity with written information furnished to CWCO by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereof or any application or in any communication to the SEC, as the case may be. The obligations of each Underwriter under this Section 9(b) will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.
          (c) If any action, inquiry, investigation or proceeding is brought against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to Section 9(a) or (b) hereof, such person (hereinafter called the “indemnified party”) shall, promptly after notification of, or receipt of service of process for, such action, inquiry, investigation or proceeding, notify in writing the party or parties against whom indemnification is to be sought (hereinafter called the “indemnifying party”) of the institution of such action, inquiry, investigation or proceeding. The indemnifying party, upon the request of the indemnified party, shall assume the defense of such action, inquiry, investigation or proceeding, including, without limitation, the employment of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party) and payment of expenses. No indemnification provided for in Section 9 shall be available to any indemnified party who shall fail to give such notice if the indemnifying party does not have knowledge of such action, inquiry, investigation or proceeding to the extent that such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party otherwise than under Section 9. Such indemnified party shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party in connection with the defense of such action or if the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or if such indemnified party or parties shall have been advised by counsel that there may be a conflict between the positions of the indemnifying party or parties and of the indemnified party or parties or that there may be legal defenses available to such indemnified party or parties different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party or parties, in any of which events the indemnified party or parties shall be entitled to select counsel to conduct the defense to the extent determined by such counsel to be necessary to protect the interests of the indemnified party or parties, and the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party. The indemnifying party shall be responsible for the fees and disbursements of only one such counsel so engaged by the indemnified party or parties. Expenses covered by the indemnification in Section 9, as the case may be, shall be paid by the indemnifying party as they are incurred by the indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9 or Section 10 to the contrary, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of a claim effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

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          (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 9(a) or (b) hereof in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions, inquiries, investigations or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, except by reason of the failure to give notice as required in Section 9(c) hereof (provided that the indemnifying party does not have knowledge of the action, inquiry, investigation or proceeding and to the extent such party has been materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice), then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses or actions, inquiries, investigations or proceedings in respect thereof, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by CWCO on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of CWCO on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims or expenses (or actions, inquiries, investigations or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by CWCO on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by CWCO bears to the total underwriting discount and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by CWCO on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other hand and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
          CWCO and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions to this Section 9(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 9(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions, inquiries, investigations or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 9(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9(d), (i) the provisions of the Agreement Among Underwriters shall govern contribution among Underwriters, (ii) no Underwriter (except as provided in the Agreement Among Underwriters) shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter, and (iii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 9(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their individual underwriting obligations and not joint.
      10.  Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery . Except as the context otherwise requires, all representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement

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shall be deemed to be representations, warranties and agreements at the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date. All such representations, warranties and agreements of the Underwriters and CWCO, including, without limitation, the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 9 hereof and the agreements contained in Sections 5, 7, 11, and 12 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person, and shall survive delivery of the Shares and termination of this Agreement, whether before or after the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date.
      11.  Effective Date of This Agreement and Termination Hereof .
          (a) This Agreement shall become effective at 10:00 a.m., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania time, on the first business day following the Effective Date or at the time of the public offering by the Underwriters of the Shares, whichever is earlier, except that the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10 and 11 hereof shall be effective upon execution hereof. The time of the public offering, for the purpose of this Section 11, shall mean the time when any of the Shares are first released by the Underwriters for offering by dealers. The Representatives and CWCO may prevent the provisions of this Agreement (other than those contained in Sections 7, 9, 10 and 11) hereof from becoming effective without liability of any party to any other party, except as noted below, by giving the notice indicated in Section 11(c) hereof before the time the other provisions of this Agreement become effective.
          (b) The Representatives shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date as provided in Sections 8 and 12 hereof or if any of the following have occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the Business Conditions of the CWCO Group, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, that would, in the Representatives’ opinion, make the offering or delivery of the Shares impracticable; (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis or change in economic, political or financial market conditions if the effect on the financial markets of the United States of such outbreak, calamity, crisis or change would, in the Representatives’ reasonable opinion, make the offering or delivery of the Shares impracticable; (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading generally in securities on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or any setting of minimum prices for trading or the promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority that in the Representatives’ reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects trading on such exchange or the over-the-counter market; (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in the Representatives’ reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects or will materially or adversely affect the business or operations of the CWCO Group; (v) declaration of a banking moratorium by the United States, New York or Pennsylvania authorities; (vi) the taking of any action by any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs that in the Representatives’ reasonable opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or (vii) trading in any securities of CWCO shall have been suspended or halted by The Nasdaq Global Select Market or the SEC.

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          (c) If the Representatives elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 11, the Representatives shall notify CWCO hereof promptly by telephone or facsimile, confirmed by letter.
      12.  Default by an Underwriter .
          (a) If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligation to purchase Firm Shares or Optional Shares hereunder, and if the Firm Shares or Optional Shares with respect to which such default relates do not exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, that all Underwriters have agreed to purchase on the relevant Closing Date or Option Closing Date, then the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to CWCO for the purchase of such Firm Shares by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the relevant Closing Date or Option Closing Date, such Firm Shares or Optional Shares to which the default relates shall be purchased severally by the non-defaulting Underwriters in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder.
          (b) If such default relates to more than 10% of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for another party or parties (including a non-defaulting Underwriter) to purchase such Firm Shares or Optional Shares to which such default relates, on the terms contained herein. In the event that the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares to which a default relates as provided in this Section 12, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives or by CWCO without liability on the part of the non-defaulting several Underwriters (except as provided in Section 9 hereof) or CWCO (except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof); provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Shares after the Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Shares or any Optional Shares purchased prior to such termination. Nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the other several Underwriters and to CWCO for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
          (c) If the Firm Shares or Optional Shares to which the default relates are to be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties, the Representatives or CWCO shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for a reasonable period but not in any event exceeding seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and CWCO agrees to file promptly any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus that in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters may thereby be made necessary. The terms “Underwriters” and “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 12 with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Firm Shares and/or Optional Shares.
      13.  Information Furnished by Underwriters . The statement set forth on the third paragraph from the bottom of the cover page of the Prospectus regarding the terms of the Offering by the Underwriters, the identity of the Underwriters set forth in the first paragraph under the heading “Underwriting,” the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fifth

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paragraph under the heading “Underwriting,” and the paragraphs under the subheading “Stabilization” regarding stabilization, passive market making, syndicate covering transactions, penalty bids and discretionary authority under the heading “Underwriting” constitute the only written information furnished by reference or on behalf of any Underwriter referred to in Sections 1(c), 1(d), 1(e) and 9 hereof.
      14.  Notice . All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and, if sent to any Underwriter, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to such Underwriter, c/o Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, 1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, Attention: Mr. William L. Rulon-Miller, facsimile number (215) 665-6197, c/o Boenning & Scattergood, Inc., 4 Tower Bridge, 200 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 300, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428, Attention: James Adducci, facsimile number (610) 832-5301, c/o Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC, 570 Lexington Avenue, 11 th Floor, New York, New York 10022, Attention: John Fletcher, facsimile number (212) 702-6548, c/o The Seidler Companies Incorporated, 5515 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90071, Attention: Brian Wood, facsimile number (213) 688-8896, with a copy to Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, 1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, Attention: Justin P. Klein, Esquire, facsimile number (215) 864-9166; if sent to CWCO, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., Trafalgar Place, West Bay Road, P.O. Box 1114GT, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, B.W.I., Attention: Jeffrey M. Parker, facsimile number (345) 949-2957, with a copy to Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, 350 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1150, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301-4215, Attention: Leslie J. Croland, P.A., facsimile number (954) 727-2601.
      15.  Parties . This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the several Underwriters, CWCO, and the controlling persons, directors and officers thereof, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The terms “successors” and “assigns” shall not include any purchaser of the Shares merely because of such purchase.
      16.  Definition of Business Day . For purposes of this Agreement, “business day” means any day on which The Nasdaq Global Select Market is opened for trading.
      17.  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by means of facsimile signature pages), and all such counterparts will constitute one and the same instrument. This agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this agreement, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party, the other party shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to the other party. No party shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

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      18.  Construction . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania applicable to agreements made and performed entirely within such Commonwealth.
      19.  Partial Unenforceability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
      20.  Consent to Jurisdiction . Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) must be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America or the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in each case located in the City and County of Philadelphia (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by certified mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
      21.  Entire Agreement . Other than Sections _____ and _____ of the letter agreement dated September 8, 2006 between CWCO and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (as amended), this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof.
      22.  Amendments . This Agreement may only be amended or modified in writing, signed by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.
      23.  Sophisticated Parties; No Fiduciary Relationship . Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification and contribution provisions of Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Section 9 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate CWCO, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Act and the Exchange Act. CWCO acknowledges and agrees that in connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by this Agreement, CWCO, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, have an arms-length business relationship that creates no fiduciary duty on the part of any Underwriter and each expressly disclaims any fiduciary relationship.

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     If the foregoing correctly sets forth your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to CWCO the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,


CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
 
 
  By:      
    Frederick W. McTaggart   
    President and Chief Executive Officer   

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
     
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC,
  BREAN MURRAY, CARRET & CO., LLC,
As Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule I
  As Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule I
 
   
By: JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC
  By: BREAN MURRAY, CARRET & CO., LLC
 
   
By:
  By:
 
   
Name:
  Name:
Title:
  Title:
 
   
BOENNING & SCATTERGOOD, INC.,
  THE SEIDLER COMPANIES INCORPORATED,
As Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule I
  As Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule I
 
   
By: BOENNING & SCATTERGOOD, INC.
  By: THE SEIDLER COMPANIES
INCORPORATED
 
   
By:
  By:
 
   
Name:
  Name:
Title:
  Title:

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SCHEDULE I
Schedule of Underwriters
         
    Number of Firm Shares  
Underwriter   to be Purchased  
 
       
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
    [_________]  
 
       
Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.
    [_________]  
 
       
Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC
    [_________]  
 
       
The Seidler Companies Incorporated
    [_________]  
 
       
Total
    [1,500,000]  

 


 

SCHEDULE II
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

 


 

SCHEDULE III
Persons Who Are to Deliver Lock-Up Agreements
     Lock-Up Agreements are to be delivered by the following persons and entities immediately prior to the time the SEC declares the Registration Statement effective:
        Jeffrey M. Parker
Frederick W. McTaggart
David W. Sasnett
Ramjeet Jerrybandan
Gregory S. McTaggart
Robert B. Morrison
Gerard J. Pereira
William T. Andrews
Brian E. Butler
Steven A. Carr
Carson K. Ebanks
Richard L. Finlay
Clarence B. Flowers, Jr.
Wilmer Pergande
Leonard Sokolow
Raymond Whittaker

 


 

EXHIBIT A
Matters to be Covered in the Opinions of
Counsels for the CWCO Group
     1. CWCO has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     2. Each CWCO Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its current business. The outstanding shares of capital stock of each CWCO Subsidiary owned by CWCO, directly or indirectly, have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by CWCO, either directly or indirectly, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and security interests. To the best knowledge of such counsel, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase any shares of capital stock of CWCO are outstanding.
     3. CWCO has authorized and outstanding capital stock as set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the authorized Ordinary Shares have been duly authorized. The outstanding shares of Ordinary Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Ordinary Shares conform as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Certificates for the Ordinary Shares to be sold by CWCO pursuant to this Agreement (the “Shares”) are in due and proper form and the have been duly authorized and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when issued and paid for as contemplated by this Agreement; and no preemptive rights of stockholders, by operation of law, or to the knowledge of such counsel, by contract exists with respect to any of the Shares or the issue and sale thereof.
     4. Based on the oral advice of a member of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC, the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and no stop order proceedings with respect thereto have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of such counsel, threatened under the Act.
     5. The Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto and each document incorporated by reference therein, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except that such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial statements and notes thereto, schedules and other financial and statistical information included or incorporated by reference therein).
     6. The statements under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, insofar as such statements

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constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or matters of law, are accurate and fairly present the information called for with respect to such documents and matters.
     7. Such counsel does not know of any contracts or documents required to be filed as exhibits to, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed, incorporated by reference or described as required, and such required contracts and documents as are summarized in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are fairly summarized in all material respects.
     8. There are no material legal proceedings pending or to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened against any member of the CWCO Group, except as set forth in the Prospectus.
     9. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by CWCO, and, assuming due execution by the Representatives of the Underwriters, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of CWCO, enforceable against CWCO, in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and moratorium laws and other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles and except as the enforceability of rights to indemnity and contribution under this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated does not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the respective governing documents of each member of the CWCO Group, or to such counsel’s knowledge, any agreement or instrument to which any member of the CWCO Group is a party or by which any of them may be bound that is material to the CWCO Group, taken as a whole.
     10. No approval, consent, order or authorization by any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (other than as may be required by the NASD or by state securities and Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel need express no opinion).
     11. Neither CWCO nor any of its subsidiaries is an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
     12. In addition to the matters set forth above, although such counsel has not undertaken, except as otherwise indicated in this opinion, to determine independently, and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, such counsel has participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including review and discussion of the contents thereof, and nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that would cause such counsel to have reason to believe that (a) the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto on the date it became effective, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary

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to make the statements therein not misleading, (b) the Prospectus on the Effective Date, on the date it was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (c) the Disclosure Package at the Initial Sale Time and on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except that with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (c) above such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements and notes thereto, financial schedules and financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
     The foregoing opinion may be limited to the laws of the United States, the laws of the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados and The Bahamas. Such counsel may rely as to questions of fact upon the representations of CWCO set forth in this Agreement and upon certificates of officers of CWCO and of government officials, all of which certificates must be satisfactory in form and scope to counsel for the Underwriters.

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Exhibit 4.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
(Amended and restated August 17, 2005)
1.   The name of the Company is Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
 
2.   The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., 4 th Floor, Windward Three, Regatta Office Park, West Bay Road, P. O. Box 1114, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies.
 
3.   Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted.
 
4.   Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by Section 26(2) of The Companies Law (1998 Revision).
 
5.   Without limiting the generality of paragraphs 3 and 4, the objects and powers of the Company shall include but not be limited to the following:
  (i)   To supply water for domestic and all other purposes in the Cayman Islands and to construct the necessary works for such supply.
 
  (ii)   To purchase take on lease hire or otherwise acquire waterworks or the right to supply and work water undertakings.
 
  (iii)   To fit out maintain and work with any form of mechanical steam or electric or other power the necessary works for the supply of water including the construction and fitting out of pumping stations reservoirs desalinators reverse osmosis equipment pipe lines and all other works necessary or reasonably required for the supply of water for the purposes aforesaid.
 
  (iv)   To acquire manufacture repair maintain all machines machinery pipes utensils — apparatus: and materials required for the supply aforesaid.
 
  (v)   To make from time to time such applications to the Cayman Islands Government or other authority as may be thought necessary or desirable for powers to construct maintain and work the business of the Company or to acquire or lease land buildings easements water rights water and other

 


 

      works and any extensions thereof and to execute any works in connection therewith.
      To purchase take upon lease or otherwise acquire or build upon or improve any lands or buildings or any estates or interest therein and any licenses rights easements or privileges which may be considered necessary or expedient for the purposes of the business of the Company and to do any such things notwithstanding that in any case the whole of the land may not be required for such purposes.
 
  (vii)   To manufacture buy sell let upon hire with or without an option of purchase, all pipes taps valves engines tools machines and other chattels and things used or which may at any time hereafter be used in the establishment maintenance equipping or working of the aforesaid.
 
  (viii)   To sell grant let exchange or otherwise dispose of absolutely or conditionally or for any limited estate or interest all or any part or section of the undertaking worked by the Company or any of them or any or any part of the property or properties rights or powers thereof or any licenses rights or privileges in over or in relation to any such property or any part thereof.
 
  (ix)   To purchase or otherwise acquire any lands and buildings, and to utilise the same for the treatment re-use and disposal of sewage, and to construct erect and lay down any buildings engines pumps sewers tanks drains culverts channels sewage or other works or things that may be necessary or convenient for any of the objects of the Company.
 
  (x)   To manufacture purchase sell deal in or otherwise dispose of chemical vegetable and other manures and other substances materials and things that may be conveniently dealt with in connection with sewage works.
 
  (xi)   To engage in or carry on any other lawful trade, business or enterprise which may at any time appear to the Directors or the Company capable of being conveniently carried on in conjunction with any of the aforementioned businesses or activities or which may appear to the Directors or the Company likely to be profitable to the Company.
  And it is hereby declared that the intention is that each of the objects specified in each clause of this paragraph shall, except where otherwise expressed in such clause, be an independent main object and be in no way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause or the name of the Company.
 
6.   Nothing in this Memorandum shall permit the Company to carry on a business for which a license is required under the laws of the Cayman Islands unless duly licensed.
 
7.   The liability of each member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such member’s shares.

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8.   The share capital of the Company is CI$10,000,000.00 divided into 19,800,000 ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of CI$0.50 each and 200,000 redeemable preference shares of a nominal or par value of CI$0.50 each.
 
9.(a)   The Ordinary Shares and the Redeemable Preference Shares shall rank pari passu for all purposes except as follows:-
  (i)   Any Redeemable Shares in issue and outstanding shall subject to the terms of issue, be redeemable at any time at the option of the Company by written notice to the address of the holder shown in the Register of Members;
 
  (ii)   The price per Redeemable Preference Share payable upon redemption shall, subject to the terms of issue, be a sum equal to the par value and premium paid or credited as paid up on the Redeemable Preference Share at the time of issue thereof, plus such additional premium, if any, as the Directors may deem fair and reasonable, provided that the redemption payment shall not exceed the amount payable on a winding up;
 
  (iii)   Redemption of a Redeemable Preference Share shall take place with effect from such date as may be specified by the Directors;
 
  (iv)   On or before the date of redemption the certificate representing the Redeemable Preference Shares being redeemed shall be submitted for cancellation but submission of such certificate shall not be a condition of redemption unless the Directors so decide;
 
  (v)   Where a certificate representing both Redeemable Preference Shares to be redeemed and Redeemable Preference Shares not to be redeemed is submitted to the Company, it shall issue a new certificate for the balance of the Redeemable Preference Shares not being redeemed;
 
  (vi)   In a winding up, the surplus assets if any available for distribution to Members shall be applied first in paying to the holders of the Redeemable Preference Shares a sum equal to the par value and premium paid up or credited as paid up thereon at the time of issue. Secondly in paying to the holders of the Ordinary Shares a sum equal to the par value and premium paid up or credited as paid up thereon at the time of issue and thirdly to the holders of the Ordinary Shares and Redeemable Preference Shares according to the number of shares held;
 
  (vii)   The Ordinary Shares and the Redeemable Preference Shares shall rank equally for voting and dividend purposes.
  (b)   The Directors may allot issue grant options over or otherwise dispose of shares of the Company to such persons at such times and on such terms as they think proper.

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We, the undersigned, are desirous of being formed into a Company pursuant to this Memorandum of Association and the Companies Law, and we hereby agree to take the numbers of shares set opposite our respective names below.
Dated this 29 th day of August, 1973.
 
     
SIGNATURE, NAME, OCCUPATION,
AND ADDRESS OF SUBSCRIBER
  NUMBER OF SHARES
TAKEN BY SUBSCRIBER
 
         
Signed
  1  
 
       
_____________________________________________
       
John Cohien, Solicitor
       
P.O. Box 309, Grand Cayman
       
 
       
Signed _______________________________________
  1  
Douglas Calder, Solicitor Grand Cayman
       
 
       
Signed
       
Angela Crichton, Solicitor P.O.
       
Box 381, Grand Cayman
       
 
       
(Signed) _____________________________________
  1  
M. Boyle
       
Witness to the above signatures
       
I, Lee Alfonso Ebanks, Registrar of Companies in and for the Cayman Islands, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that this is a true copy of the Memorandum of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
Dated this 29 th day of August, 1973.

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Exhibit 4.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
(as Amended by Special Resolution May 10, 2006)
1.   TABLE A
 
1.01   The regulations in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies Law (1998 Revision) do not apply to this company.
 
2.   INTERPRETATION
 
2.01   In these Articles where the context permits:
 
    “Articles” means these Articles of Association as altered from time to time;
 
    “Auditors” means the auditors for the time being of the Company;
 
    “circular resolution” means a resolution passed in accordance with these Articles without a meeting;
 
    “class meeting” means a separate meeting of the holders of a class of shares;
 
    “clear days” in relation to notice of a meeting means days falling after the day on which notice is given or deemed to be given and before the day of the meeting;
 
    “Company” means the above-named company;
 
    “Directors” means the directors, or the sole director, for the time being of the Company;
 
    “holder” in relation to a share of the Company means the member or members for the time being registered in the Register as the holder of the share;
 
    “month” means calendar month;
 
    “ordinary resolution” means a resolution passed at a general meeting (or, if so specified, a class meeting) of the Company by a simple majority of the votes cast, or a circular resolution;
 
    “paid-up” means paid-up or credited as paid-up;
 
    “Register” means the register of members of the Company;
 
    “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company;
 
    “Seal” means the common seal or any official or duplicate seal of the Company,
 
    “Secretary” means the secretary or assistant secretary for the time being of the Company,

 


 

    “share” includes a fraction of a share;
 
    “special resolution” means a resolution passed as such at a general meeting (or, if so specified, a class meeting) of the Company by a majority of three-quarters of the votes cast, as provided in the Statute, or a circular resolution;
 
    “Statute” means the Companies Law (1998 Revision) of the Cayman Islands and every modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;
 
    “written” and “in writing” import all methods of representing, reproducing or communicating words or numerals in permanent visible form, including printing, lithography, photography, telecopying and telexing;
 
    “year” means calendar year.
 
2.02   In these Articles where the context permits:
  (a)   Words importing the singular number-include the plural and vice versa;
 
  (b)   Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender and vice versa;
 
  (c)   Words importing persons include companies or associations or bodies of persons, corporate or unincorporate;
 
  (d)   The word “may” is permissive; the word “shall” is imperative;
 
  (e)   A reference to a statutory provision shall be deemed to include any amendment or re-enactment thereof.
2.03   Subject as aforesaid, words defined or used in the Statute have the same meaning in these Articles.
 
2.04   The headings in these Articles are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of these Articles.
 
3.   PRELIMINARY
 
3.01   The Company may commence business immediately upon registration pursuant to the Statute.
 
3.02   The Company may ratify any contract or other transaction entered into in its name or on its behalf prior to registration.
 
3.03   The preliminary expenses of incorporating the Company shall be paid by the Company, including any expenses concerned with the issue of shares by the Company or with any contract or transaction ratified pursuant to the foregoing Sub-Article. The preliminary expenses may be charged to income or capital or amortised over any period as the

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    Directors think fit.
 
4.   CLASSIFICATION OF SHARES
 
4.01   Subject to the Memorandum of Association and subject to any directions of the Company in general meeting, the unissued shares of the Company may from time to time be divided or sub-divided into such classes, or re-classified, and be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights, privileges, restrictions or obligations, whether in regard to dividend, voting, transfer, forced sale, conversion, winding-up entitlement or otherwise as the Directors think fit. This Sub-Article is without prejudice to other provisions of these Articles restricting the variation of rights attached to shares already in issue.
 
4.02   The rights attached to any class of shares may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class), whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied or abrogated with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a class meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class shall, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed not to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking equally with them.
 
5.   ISSUE OF SHARES
 
5.01   Subject to any directions of the Company in general meeting and subject to any special rights of shares already issued, all shares in the Company for the time being unissued shall be under the control of the Directors who may issue and dispose of the same (including the issue or grant of options, warrants and other rights, renounceable or otherwise, in respect of shares) at such times, to such persons, on such terms and in such manner as they think fit, provided that no share shall be issued at a discount except in accordance with the Statute.
 
5.02   Save as expressly provided by its terms of issue, no share shall confer on the holder any pre-emptive or other right in respect of any further shares that may be issued.
 
5.03   Fractions of a share may be issued if the Directors think fit. The holder of a whole share (or a fraction of a share), if fully paid-up, may divide it into fractions for the purpose of a transfer, redemption or other disposition, provided that, without the prior approval of the Directors, the holder may only create a fraction which can be expressed as a whole number of hundredths of a whole share. Subject to the terms of issue of the fraction, or of the whole share from which it was derived, a fraction of a share shall carry the corresponding fraction of all the attributes of a whole share.
 
5.04   Subject to the Statute, shares need not have distinguishing numbers.
 
5.05   The Directors may pay or authorise payment of a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any shares in the Company, or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolute or conditional) for any shares in the Company, but a

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    commission exceeding ten percent of the price at which the shares are issued, or to be issued, shall not be paid without the sanction of an ordinary resolution.
 
6.   REGISTER OF MEMBERS AND RECORD DATES
 
6.01   The Register shall be kept in accordance with the Statute.
 
6.02   The Company may keep one or more duplicates of the Register in such place or places as the Directors think fit but in the event of a discrepancy the main Register shall prevail.
 
6.03   The Company shall not be bound to register more than four persons as the joint holders of any share.
 
6.04   Except as otherwise expressly provided by these Articles or as required by law or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, no person shall be entitled to recognition by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by, or be compelled in any way to recognise, (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any other right in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety of the share in the holder. If, notwithstanding this Article, notice of any trust is at the holder’s request entered in the Register or on a share certificate in respect of a share, then, except as aforesaid:
  (a)   such notice shall be deemed to be solely for the holder’s convenience;
 
  (b)   the Company shall not be required in any way to recognise any beneficiary, or the beneficiary, of the trust as having an interest in the share or shares concerned;
 
  (c)   the Company shall not be concerned with the trust in any way, as to the identity or powers of the trustees, the validity, purposes or terms of the trust, the question of whether anything done in relation to the shares may amount to a breach of trust or otherwise; and
 
  (d)   the holder shall keep the Company fully indemnified against any liability or expense which may be incurred or suffered as a direct or indirect consequence of the Company entering notice of the trust in the Register or on a share certificate and continuing to recognise the holder as having an absolute right to the entirety of the share or shares concerned.
6.05 (i) To determine Members entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting or any adjournment of it, or to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to determine Members for any other purpose, the Directors may close the Register for a stated period not exceeding in any case fourteen (14) consecutive days. If the Register is closed to determine the members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting, then it must be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately before that meeting, and the first day of the closure will be the record date.
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      any determination of members, the date in any case to be not more than ninety (90) days before the date on which the particular action, requiring the determination of members, is to be taken.
 
  (iii)   If the Directors do not close the Registrar or fix any record date for determining the members entitled to receive notice of or to vote at any meeting or to receive a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or, in the case only of an interim dividend or distribution declared or effected by the Directors, the date on which the resolution declaring the dividend or effecting the distribution is passed will be record date for determining the members. When a determination of persons entitled to vote at any meeting has been made under this Article, that determination will apply to any adjournment of it.
7.   SHARE CERTIFICATES
 
7.01   Share certificates shall be in such form as the Directors determine provided that a share certificate shall specify the name of the holder and the number and class of shares to which it relates and the amount paid up thereon. Share certificates may not be issued in bearer form.
 
7.02   Share certificates shall be issued under the Seal affixed in accordance with these Articles provided that the Directors may authorise share certificates to be issued with the Seal or the authorised signature(s) affixed or represented by printing or other mechanical process.
 
7.03   Every person whose name is entered as a member in the Register shall be entitled on request to one certificate for all his shares of each class or, upon payment of a fee not exceeding ten Cayman Islands dollars per additional certificate, to several certificates, each representing a part of his holding. A member whose holding of shares has been reduced by transfer, redemption or otherwise shall be entitled on request to a certificate for the balance.
 
7.04   In the case of joint holders the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one share certificate; and delivery of the certificate to one of the holders shall be sufficient delivery to all the holders.
 
7.05   A member wishing to exercise his rights, if any, to transfer or redeem shares in accordance with these Articles may do so only upon surrendering to the Company the share certificate(s), if any, representing such shares.
 
7.06   If a share certificate is damaged or defaced or alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, a new certificate representing the same shares may be issued to the holder upon request subject to delivery up of the old certificate or, if alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, compliance with such conditions as to evidence and indemnity and the payment of expenses of the Company in connection with the request (including the investigation of evidence) as the Directors think fit.

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8.   TRANSFER OF SHARES
 
8.01   Transfers of shares shall be in writing in any usual or common form in use in the Cayman Islands or in any other form approved by the Directors.
 
8.02   A share transfer shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor and, in the case of partly paid shares, by the transferee also.
 
8.03   The transferor of a share shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered into the Register in respect thereof
 
8.04   In the case of a transfer of shares issued subject to special restrictions or requirements as to transfer the Directors may, as a condition of approval or registration, require the transferor to reimburse the Company for all expenses incurred in connection with the transfer.
 
8.05   The registration of transfers shall be suspended during any period in which the Register is closed in accordance with these Articles.
 
9.   TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
 
9.01   Following 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 the shares previously held by the deceased, but nothing in this Article shall release the estate of the deceased from any liability in respect of shares which had been held by him, whether solely or jointly.
 
9.02   A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the holder or otherwise by operation of law may upon producing such evidence of his title as the Directors may require, elect either to be registered himself as the holder of the share or to make such transfer of the share as the holder could have made. An election pursuant to this Sub-Article to be registered as holder shall be made in writing signed by or on behalf of the person making the election.
 
9.03   A person entitled to make an election pursuant to the foregoing Sub-Article shall, pending election, have the right to receive (and to give a good discharge for) all monies payable in respect of the share, the same right (if any) as the holder to call for the redemption of the share, and the same right as the holder to enter into an agreement for the purchase of the share by the Company, but such person shall not be entitled to receive notice of, or attend or vote at, general meetings or class meetings of the Company nor, save as aforesaid, to any of the rights or privileges of a member; and the Directors may at any time give him notice requiring election pursuant to the foregoing Sub-Article and, if there is no election within ninety days of the notice, the Directors may thereafter withhold all monies payable in respect of the share until such time as the election is made.

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10.   REDEMPTION OF SHARES
 
10.01   Subject to the Statute, the Company is hereby authorised to issue shares which are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the holder; but, save for shares declared to be redeemable by the Memorandum of Association, the Directors shall not issue redeemable shares without the sanction of an ordinary resolution.
 
10.02   The Company is hereby authorised to make payments in respect of the redemption of its shares out of capital or out of any other account or fund which can be authorised for this purpose in accordance with the Statute.
 
10.03   Unless fixed by the ordinary resolution sanctioning its issue the redemption price of a redeemable share, or the method of calculation thereof, shall be fixed by the Directors at or before the time of issue;
 
10.04   Unless otherwise provided or directed by the ordinary resolution sanctioning the issue of the shares concerned:
  (a)   every share certificate representing a redeemable share shall indicate that the share is redeemable;
 
  (b)   in the case of shares redeemable at the option of the holder a redemption notice from the holder may not be revoked without the agreement of the Directors;
 
  (c)   at the time or in the circumstances specified for redemption the redeemed shares shall be cancelled and shall cease to confer on the holder any right or privilege, without prejudice to the right to receive the redemption price, which price shall become payable so soon as it can with due dispatch be calculated, but subject to surrender of the relevant share certificate for cancellation (and reissue in respect of any balance);
 
  (d)   the redemption price may be paid in any manner authorised by these Articles for the payment of dividends;
 
  (e)   a delay in payment of the redemption price shall not affect the redemption but, in the case of a delay of more than thirty days, interest shall be paid for the period from the due date until actual payment at a rate which the Directors, after due enquiry, estimate to be representative of the rates being offered by class A banks in the Cayman Islands for thirty day deposits in the same currency;
 
  (f)   the Directors may exercise as they think fit the powers conferred on the Company by Section 37(5) of the Statute (payment out of capital) but only if and to the extent that the redemption could not otherwise be made (or not without making a fresh issue of shares for this purpose);
 
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      that may arise concerning the manner in which the redemption of the shares shall or maybe effected.
10.05   No share may be redeemed unless it is fully paid-up.
 
11.   PURCHASE OF SHARES BY THE COMPANY
 
11.01   Subject to the Statute, and with the sanction of an ordinary resolution authorising the manner and terms of purchase, the Directors may on behalf of the Company purchase any share of the Company (including a redeemable share) by agreement with the holder or pursuant to the terms of issue of the share, and may make payments in respect of such purchase out of capital or out of any other account or fund which can be authorised for this purpose in accordance with the Statute.
 
11.02   Shares purchased by the Company shall be noted in the Company’s register as cancelled and shall cease to confer any right or privilege on the seller.
 
11.03   No share may be purchased by the Company unless it is fully-paid-up.
 
12.   CALLS ON SHARES AND FORFEITURE
 
12.01   If a share has been issued partly paid (or nil paid), then, subject to the terms of issue, the Directors may from time to time make calls upon the holder in respect of the monies unpaid on the share, whether in respect of the nominal value or the premium (if any), and, subject as aforesaid:
  (a)   the holder shall be given written notice of the call;
 
  (b)   the date for payment of the call shall be not less than thirty days after the date of the notice of call;
 
  (c)   payment of the call shall be made at the Registered Office or such other place as shall be specified in the notice of call;
 
  (d)   a call may be made payable by instalments;
 
  (e)   a call maybe revoked or postponed;
 
  (f)   the Directors may differentiate between holders of different shares as to the time or amount of calls;
 
  (g)   if full payment pursuant to a call is not made on or before the due date, interest may in the Directors’ discretion be charged at a rate not exceeding ten percent per annum;
 
  (h)   if payment pursuant to a call is not made on or before the due date, the Directors may, in addition to interest under the foregoing paragraph, require the holder to

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      indemnify the Company for any expenses incurred by reason of non-payment, including expenses incurred in enforcing the Company’s rights under these Articles;
  (i)   the joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable for all calls (and interest and other monies due in respect of calls) on the share;
 
  (j)   a holder may not require the Company to make a call on his shares or, in the absence of a call, pay up any amount unpaid on his shares, but the Directors may accept advances from the holder to be applied against future calls on such terms as to interest and repayment as the Directors may determine.
12.02   Any sum which by the terms of issue of a share becomes payable upon issue or at any fixed date, whether in respect of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, shall for the purposes of these Articles be deemed to have been duly called and to be immediately payable and, in the event of non-payment, all the provisions of these Articles as to the payment of interest, forfeiture or otherwise shall apply as if such sum had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
 
12.03   If full payment pursuant to a call is not made on or before the due date, the Directors may at any time thereafter give the holder a forfeiture notice stating the amount which remains unpaid (including any accrued interest and expenses owed to the Company by reason of non-payment) and appointing the day, not less than fourteen days after the date of the forfeiture notice, on which the shares shall be forfeited unless payment of the stated amount has by then been paid in full. If the stated amount has not by then been paid in full the shares shall be forfeited accordingly.
 
12.04   In the event of forfeiture the holder shall cease to be a member in respect of the forfeited shares and shall cease to have any right, title or interest in or to the shares but shall remain liable for all amounts due before forfeiture; and the Company may enforce such liability without making any allowance for the value of the shares at the time of forfeiture.
 
12.05   A forfeited share shall become the property of the Company and may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of for the benefit of the Company to such person or persons, upon such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit. Without limiting the foregoing generality, the Directors may determine whether and to what extent the share shall be treated as paid-up by payments made, or credited as made, thereon prior to forfeiture.
 
12.06   At any time before the sale, re-allotment or other disposal of a forfeited share the Directors may cancel the forfeiture on such terms as they think fit.
 
12.07   A note in the Register or a certificate under the hand of the Secretary that a share has been forfeited at a stated time shall be conclusive evidence of those facts in favour of any person to whom the share is sold, re-allotted or disposed of, and his title to the share shall not be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the

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    forfeiture, sale, re-allotment or disposal.
 
13.   LIEN ON SHARES
 
13.01   The Company shall have a first and paramount lien and charge on all shares, whether or not fully paid-up, for all the debts and obligations of the holder (or, in the case of joint holders, of any one or more of the joint holders) but the Directors may at any time waive the lien generally or as regards any particular debt or obligation or category of debts or obligations.
 
13.02   The registration of a transfer of shares shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon in respect of the debts or obligations of the transferor.
 
13.03   The Company’s lien on a share shall extend to all dividends and other monies and benefits payable in respect of the share.
 
13.04   The Company may sell any share on which the Company has a lien if an amount secured by the lien is presently payable but not until the expiration of fourteen days after written notice to the holder stating and demanding payment of the said amount and stating the Directors’ intention of effecting a sale.
 
13.05   A sale by the Company pursuant to the foregoing Sub-Article shall be effected in such manner as the Directors think fit; and the Directors may authorise some person to do and execute such transfers and other documents and things on behalf of the holder as may appear to the Directors necessary or desirable for the purpose of carrying out the sale and entering the purchaser or purchasers in the Register.
 
13.06   The proceeds of a sale by the Company pursuant to this Article shall be applied in payment of the amount secured by the lien which is presently payable and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the person who was the holder of the shares before the sale unless there are debts or obligations of that person, not presently payable, which were secured by the lien on the shares, in which case the Company shall have the same lien and charge on the said balance of the proceeds of sale as it had on the shares.
 
14.   ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
 
14.01   Subject to the Statute, the Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution alter the conditions of its Memorandum of Association to increase its share capital by new shares of such amount as it thinks expedient. All new shares shall be subject to the provisions of these Articles concerning calls, forfeiture, lien, transfer, transmission, disposal by the Directors and otherwise as the original shares.
 
14.02   Subject to the Statute, the Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution alter the conditions of its Memorandum of Association to:
  (a)   consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares;

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  (b)   subdivide its shares or any of them into shares of an amount smaller than that fixed by the Memorandum of Association; or
 
  (c)   cancel 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 share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled or, in the case of shares without par value, diminish the number of shares into which its capital is divided.
14.03   Subject to the Statute, the Company may from time to time by special resolution reduce its share capital in any way or alter any conditions of its Memorandum of Association relating to share capital.
 
15.   ALTERATION OF REGISTERED OFFICE, NAME AND OBJECTS
 
15.01   Subject to the Statute, the Company may by resolution of its Directors change the location of its Registered Office.
 
15.02   Subject to the Statute, the Company may from time to time by special resolution change its name or alter its objects or make any other alteration to its Memorandum of Association for which provision has not been made elsewhere in these Articles.
 
16.   GENERAL MEETINGS
16.01 (a) The Company shall in each year hold a general meeting as its Annual General Meeting. The time and place of Annual General Meetings shall be determined by the Directors and, if no other time and place is prescribed by them, it shall be held at the registered office on the second Wednesday in December of each year at ten o’clock in the morning.
  (b)   At these meetings the Directors shall be elected as provided for in these Articles, the annual report of the Directors shall be presented and the general business of the Company transacted.
16.02   General meetings other than Annual General Meetings shall be called Extraordinary General Meetings. The Directors may call or authorise the calling of an Extraordinary General Meeting whenever they think fit.
 
17.   REQUISITION OF GENERAL MEETINGS
 
17.01   The Directors shall call an Extraordinary General Meeting on the requisition of members holding at the date of the requisition not less than fifty-one per cent of the issued shares of the Company for the time being carrying the right to vote at general meetings of the Company. To be effective the requisition shall state the objects of the meeting, shall be in writing, signed by the requisitionists, and shall be deposited at the Registered Office. The requisition may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.
 
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    proceed to call an Extraordinary General Meeting, the requisitionists may themselves convene an Extraordinary General Meeting; but any meeting so called shall not be held more than ninety days after the requisition. An Extraordinary General Meeting called by requisitionists shall be called in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as that in which general meetings are to be called by the Directors.
18.   NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
 
18.01   At least five clear days notice in writing shall be given of a general meeting to all members entitled as at the record date for the notice provided that:
  (a)   an Extraordinary General Meeting may be called by shorter notice (but not shorter than two clear days) if so agreed by a member or members (or their proxies or representatives) holding in the aggregate, as at the record date for the meeting, shares conferring the right to cast seventy-five percent of the votes that could be cast on a poll if all members so entitled attended the meeting;
 
  (b)   an Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting may be held without notice and without observing any of the requirements or provisions of these Articles concerning general meetings if so agreed by all the members (or their proxies or representatives) entitled as at the date of the meeting to attend and vote at general meetings;
    and agreement for the purposes of the foregoing paragraphs (a) or (b) may be reached before, during or within thirty days after the meeting concerned.
 
18.02   The notice of a general meeting shall specify:
  (a)   the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and, if different, the record date for determining members entitled to attend and vote; and
 
  (b)   the general nature of any special business to be conducted at the meeting; and for this purpose all business shall be deemed special which is transacted at an Extraordinary General Meeting, and also all business that is transacted at an Annual General Meeting with the exception of the consideration and approval of the report of the Directors, the financial statements of the Company and the report of the Auditors (if any), the election or re-election of the Directors and the election or re-election of the Auditors and approval of their remuneration.
18.03   The Directors and the Auditors, if any, shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend and speak at, any general meeting of the Company.
 
18.04   The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of notice by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at any general meeting.

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19.   PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
 
19.01   No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business; a quorum shall be such members present in person or by proxy as represent one-third of the issued shares of the Company carrying the right to vote at the meeting calculated in accordance with Article 6.05.
 
19.02   If within half an hour from the time appointed for a meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of members, shall be dissolved and 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 other time or such other place as the Directors may determine and, if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, the member or members present shall be a quorum.
 
19.03   The chairman, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company; or, if there is no such chairman or if he shall not be present at the time appointed for the meeting, or if he is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman of the meeting; or, if no Directors are present at the time appointed for the meeting or no Director is willing to act as chairman, then the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
 
19.04   The chairman may, with the consent of any general meeting duly constituted, 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 it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned general meeting.
 
19.05   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 a poll is demanded by the chairman or any member entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy. Unless a poll is so demanded, 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 lost, and an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Company shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.
 
19.06   If any votes are counted which ought not to have been counted, or which might have been rejected, the error shall not vitiate the resolution unless pointed out at the same meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, and not in that case unless in the opinion of the chairman (whose decision shall be final and conclusive) it is of sufficient magnitude to vitiate the resolution.
 
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    voting papers, may appoint scrutineers and, subject to the next Sub-Article, may adjourn the meeting to some other time or place for the purpose of conducting the poll or declaring its result. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.
19.08   A poll demanded on the election of a chairman and a poll demanded on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. In any other case the poll shall be taken not more than thirty days after the date of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the poll was demanded.
 
19.09   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.
 
19.10   The demand for a poll may be withdrawn at any time before the taking of the poll, but in that case the chairman or any other member entitled to vote may then demand a poll.
 
19.11   In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands 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 be entitled to a second or casting vote.
 
20.   VOTES OF MEMBERS
 
20.01   Subject to any special rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any shares or any class of shares, every member as at the record date who is present in person or by proxy shall have:
  (a)   on a show of hands one vote; and
 
  (b)   on a poll one vote for each whole share (and a corresponding fraction of a vote for every fraction of a share) registered in his name in the Register as at the record date, provided that a partly paid share shall confer a fraction of a vote according to the proportion borne by the amount paid-up on the share to the total issue price (including share premium, if any).
20.02   In the case of joint holders 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 of the holders stand in the Register.
 
20.03   A member shall not be entitled to attend or vote at general meetings if and as long as any call or other sum in respect of shares is presently payable by him.
 
20.04   Subject to production of such evidence as the Directors may require, a member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere having jurisdiction in lunacy may vote on a show of hands or on a poll by his committee, receiver, curator bonis, guardian or other person appointed by the court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis, guardian or other person may vote by proxy.

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20.05   No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered or at any adjournment thereof, and every vote not disallowed at such general meeting or adjournment shall be valid for all purposes. Any such objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting whose decision shall be final and conclusive.
 
20.06   On a poll a member entitled to more than one vote need not, if he votes, use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.
 
20.07   A corporation, whether formed in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere, which is a member may authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any general meeting of the Company and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same voting and other powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual member of the Company. A corporation whose representative is present at a meeting shall itself be deemed to be present in person at the meeting and shall be counted towards the quorum. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as preventing a corporation from appointing a proxy.
 
21.   PROXIES
 
21.01   The appointment of a proxy shall be by written instrument under the hand of the appointor or his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under the corporation’s seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised.
 
21.02   A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
 
21.03   The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or otherwise acceptable to the chairman of the meeting for which the instrument is first presented.
 
21.04   The instrument appointing a proxy may contain restrictions or directions as to the manner in which, or the matters upon which, the proxy may vote, but subject thereto the proxy may vote on any matter in such manner as the proxy thinks fit and may exercise the same powers as his appointor could exercise if present, including the power to demand a poll.
 
21.05   The instrument appointing a proxy may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or particular meetings or to be effective generally until revoked. An appointment for a particular meeting or meetings shall be presumed, in the absence of clear provision to the contrary, to extend to any adjournment of such meeting or meetings.
 
21.06   The instrument appointing a proxy (and any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such authority) shall be deposited at the Registered Office or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice of meeting; and such deposit shall be made no later than the time for holding the meeting, provided that the Directors may in giving notice of the meeting stipulate that instruments

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    of proxy shall be deposited up to twenty-four hours before the time for holding the meeting. Such deposit may be made by telecopier transmission, but may be disallowed at or before the meeting by the Directors or the chairman of the meeting if in his or their opinion there are material doubts as to authenticity or content. The chairman of the meeting may at his discretion direct that the deposit of an instrument of proxy (or other requisite document) shall be deemed to have been duly made, if satisfied that the instrument of proxy duly signed (or other requisite document) is in the course of transmission to the Company.
 
21.07   A proxy shall have no powers, as such, at any meeting at which his appointor is present in person or, being a corporation, by a duly authorised representative. If two or more proxies are present at a meeting and in accordance with their terms of appointment seek to vote on the same matter in respect of the same shares, the chairman shall in his absolute discretion decide which vote to accept and which vote or votes to disallow, or he may disallow all such votes.
 
21.08   The Directors may at the expense of the Company send to the members instruments of proxy (with or without prepaid postage for their return) for use at any general meeting, either in blank or (but only if such instruments are sent to all members entitled to attend and vote) nominating one or more Directors or other persons.
 
21.09   All resolutions passed at a general meeting shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of a proxy or that the appointment had been revoked or otherwise terminated prior to the meeting, be as valid as if every such proxy had been and remained duly appointed.
 
22.   CIRCULAR RESOLUTIONS OF THE MEMBERS
 
22.01   A resolution in writing, in one or more counterparts, signed by all the members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations, by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly called and held, and shall satisfy any requirement of these Articles for a resolution to be passed by the Company in general meeting.
 
23.   CLASS MEETINGS
 
23.01   All the provisions of these Articles regulating Extraordinary General Meetings (as to call, requisition, notice, proceedings, votes, proxies, circular resolutions and otherwise) apply equally to class meetings save only that references to members shall be construed as references to members holding shares of the relevant class.
 
24.   APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS
 
24.01  (a)  There shall be a Board of Directors consisting of not less than one or more than fifteen persons (exclusive of Alternate Directors) PROVIDED HOWEVER that the Company may from time to time by special resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors.

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  (b)   The Board of Directors shall be divided into three groups designated Group I, Group II and Group III (which at all times shall be as nearly equal in number as possible);
 
  (c)   The initial classification of the Directors into Group I, Group II and Group III shall be for the Directors in their absolute discretion;
 
  (d)   The initial term of office of the Group III Directors shall expire at the 1999 Annual General Meeting; the initial term of office of the Group II Directors shall expire at the 2000 Annual General Meeting; the initial term of office of the Group I Directors shall expire at the 2001 Annual General Meeting;
 
  (e)   Subject to initial classification and term of office as prescribed in this Article, at each Annual General Meeting Directors elected to succeed Directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding Annual General Meeting after their election.
24.02   There shall be no shareholding qualification for Directors unless prescribed by special resolution.
 
24.03   The first Directors shall be appointed in writing by the subscribers of the Memorandum of Association or a majority of them.
 
24.04   The Directors may 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, subject to any upper limit on the number of Directors prescribed pursuant to this Article and subject to his designation as a Group I, Group II or Group III Director.
 
24.05   The Company may by special resolutions remove any Director before the expiration of his term of office and may by ordinary resolution appoint another person in his stead; the person so appointed shall be subject to retirement at the same time as if he had become a Director on the day on which the Director in whose place he is appointed was last elected a Director.
 
24.06   Without prejudice to other provisions of these Articles for the retirement or removal of Directors, the office of a Director shall be vacated:
  (a)   if he resigns as Director by notice to the Company in writing signed by him;
 
  (b)   if he dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or
 
  (c)   if he becomes of unsound mind or an order for his detention is made under the Mental Health Law or any analogous law of a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands.

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25.   REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
 
25.01   The remuneration of the Directors shall be in such amount or at such rate, and upon such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine. Special remuneration may be agreed with or given to any Director who has undertaken, or is required to undertake, any special work, service or mission beyond the ordinary routine work of a Director.
 
25.02   An Alternate Director shall not be remunerated as such by the Company provided that he may, if the Directors think fit, be remunerated for any special work, service or mission beyond the ordinary routine work of a Director or Alternate Director.
 
26.   TRANSACTIONS WITH DIRECTORS
 
26.01   A Director may hold any other executive or non-executive office or place of profit in or under the Company, other than the office of Auditor, on such terms as to tenure, remuneration, indemnity and otherwise as the Directors may determine.
 
26.02   A Director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company and shall be entitled to the same remuneration, indemnity and other privileges as if he were not a Director.
 
26.03   A Director may be a member or director or hold any other executive or non-executive office or place of profit in or under any company or association promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested or associated, and may exercise and enjoy the rights, privileges and benefits of any such position without being accountable in any way to the Company.
 
26.04   No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director by, or be prevented by such office from, contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract (or any other contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which a Director shall be in any way interested) be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement; but the nature of his interest shall be disclosed by him at the meeting of the Directors at which the question of entering into the contract or arrangement is first taken into consideration or, if the Director was not at that time interested in the proposed contract or arrangement, then at the next meeting of the Directors held after he becomes so interested.
 
26.05   A Director may vote in respect of any contract, arrangement or other matter which may be proposed, notwithstanding that he has an interest therein provided that the nature of his interest shall have been disclosed to the Directors prior to the Directors’ resolution.
 
26.06   For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that a Director shall be regarded as having an interest in any matter in which he has a duty conflicting with his duty to the Company, and also in any proposal to ratify a contract or transaction entered into by him in the name or on behalf of the Company prior to its registration.

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26.07   A general notice that a Director is a shareholder, director or officer of, or otherwise interested in, a specified company or association and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such company or association shall be a sufficient disclosure for the purposes of this Article and thereafter it shall not be necessary to give any further notice relating to a particular transaction with that company or association.
 
26.08   The Company may from time to time by special resolution impose and vary rules more or less restrictive of Directors having conflicting interests.
 
26.09   The provisions of this Article concerning Directors apply equally to Alternate Directors. For the purposes of this Article an interest of a Director shall be deemed to be an interest of his Alternate Director, and vice versa.
 
27.   ALTERNATE DIRECTORS AND PROXIES
 
27.01   A Director may at any time appoint any person (including another Director) to be his Alternate Director and may at any time terminate such appointment. An appointment and a termination of appointment shall be by notice in writing signed by the Director and deposited at the Registered Office or delivered at a meeting of the Directors.
 
27.02   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 for any reason to be a Director.
 
27.03   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 his appointor is not personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director; and for the purposes of the proceedings at such meeting these Articles shall apply as if he (instead of his appointor) were a Director, save that he may not himself appoint an Alternate Director or a proxy.
 
27.04   If an Alternate Director is himself a Director or attends a meeting of the Directors as the Alternate Director of more than one Director, his voting rights shall be cumulative.
 
27.05   Unless the Directors determine otherwise, an Alternate Director may also represent his appointor at meetings of any committee of the Directors on which his appointor serves; and the provisions of this Article shall apply equally to such committee meetings as to meetings of the Directors.
 
27.06   If so authorised by express provision in his notice of appointment, an Alternate Director may join in a circular resolution of the Directors adopted pursuant to these Articles and his signature of such resolution shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor.
 
27.07   Save as provided in these Articles an Alternate Director shall not, as such, have any power to act as a Director or to represent his appointor and shall not be deemed to be a Director for the purposes of these Articles.

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27.08   A Director who is not present at a meeting of the Directors, and whose Alternate Director (if any) is not present at the meeting, may be represented at the meeting by a proxy duly appointed, in which event the presence and vote of the proxy shall be deemed to be that of the Director. All the provisions of these Articles regulating the appointment of proxies by members shall apply equally to the appointment of proxies by Directors.
 
28.   PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
 
28.01   A meeting of the Directors for the time being at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all or any of the powers and discretion by or under these Articles for the time being vested in or exercisable by the Directors generally.
 
28.02   Except as otherwise provided by these Articles, the Directors shall meet together for the dispatch of business, convening, adjourning and otherwise regulating their meetings as they think fit.
 
28.03   A Director may, and on the request of a Director the Secretary shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Directors. Notice thereof shall be given to each Director and Alternate Director in writing or by telephone or orally. Not less than five clear days notice shall be given save that all the Directors (or their Alternate Directors) may waive notice of the meeting at, before or after the meeting is held.
 
28.04   A meeting of the Directors may be held, and any Director may participate in a meeting, by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting are capable of hearing each other; and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
 
28.05   The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors and, unless so fixed at any other number, shall be at least half the number of persons comprising the Board of Directors.
 
28.06   For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that an Alternate Director shall not be entitled to attend or vote at a meeting of the Directors or be counted towards the quorum if his appointor be present; and the proxy of a Director shall not be so entitled or counted if either the appointing Director or his Alternate Director be present.
 
28.07   The Directors may at any time elect a chairman and, if they think fit, a deputy chairman and may determine the period for which they respectively are to hold office. Subject to any such determination, the Directors may at any time remove a chairman or deputy chairman from office. A chairman or deputy chairman shall automatically cease to hold office if for any reason he ceases to hold office as a Director.
 
28.08   Questions arising at a meeting of the Directors shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

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28.09   The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but, if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the minimum number of Directors or as the necessary quorum for meetings of Directors, the continuing Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to the requisite number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.
 
28.10   All resolutions passed and other acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director, Alternate Director or proxy, or that they or any of them were disqualified or had otherwise ceased to hold office, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and qualified and continued to hold the office or position of Director, Alternate Director or proxy, as the case may be. This Article shall apply equally to a case in which there was no appointment as to the case in which there was a defective appointment.
 
28.11   A Director who is present at a meeting of the Directors at which action on any matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or he shall file his written dissent with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall send his written dissent to the Registered Office immediately after the meeting, provided that this right of dissent shall not apply in the case of a Director who voted in favour of the action.
 
28.12   A resolution in writing, in one or more counterparts, signed by all the Directors shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors duly called and held.
 
29.   MINUTES AND REGISTERS
 
29.01   In accordance with the Statute the Directors shall cause minutes to be kept of all resolutions and proceedings of members, whether at general meetings, class meetings or otherwise, and of Directors or managers (if any), or committees of Directors (if any), whether at meetings or otherwise. Such minutes shall be kept in writing at the Registered Office or at such other location as the Directors may determine.
 
29.02   The minutes of a meeting, whether of the members or the Directors or a committee of the Directors, when signed by the person acting as the chairman of the meeting or by the person acting as the chairman of the next following meeting, shall until the contrary be proved be accepted as conclusive evidence of the matters stated in the minutes.
 
29.03   The Directors shall cause to be kept at the Registered Office the register of Directors and officers and the register of mortgages and charges required by the Statute. Alternate Directors shall be entered in the register of Directors and officers.

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30.   POWERS OF DIRECTORS
 
30.01   The business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Statute or these Articles required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting, subject nevertheless to any regulations, not inconsistent with the Statute or these Articles, prescribed by the Company in general meeting. No such regulations made by the Company in general meeting may invalidate any prior act of the Directors. This Sub-Article is without prejudice to the provisions of these Articles permitting delegation by the Directors.
 
30.02   Notwithstanding that the Statute or the Memorandum of Association may permit the Company to pursue objects or exercise powers which are charitable or benevolent or otherwise independent of the financial interests of the Company itself, the Directors shall not without the sanction of a special resolution pursue any such objects or exercise any such powers, provided that:
  (a)   this Sub-Article does not apply to the declaration or payment of dividends, the redemption or purchase of shares or the conferring of other benefits upon members in accordance with these Articles;
 
  (b)   The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay or procure the payment of gratuities, pensions and other benefits to persons who are or were officers or employees of the Company or any associated company, or widows or other dependants of such persons, whether or not the Company has any legal obligation to do so;
 
  (c)   The Directors may establish, maintain and fund a scholarship programme for the education and advancement of persons meeting such qualifications as the Directors may determine;
 
  (d)   this Sub-Article does not apply to an action which, though it may in itself be gratuitous, is considered by the Directors to be in the financial interests of the Company;
 
  (e)   if there is any reasonable doubt as to whether an action is prohibited by this Sub-Article, the Directors’ decision, if made in good faith, shall be conclusive.
30.03   The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof by way of fixed charge, floating charge or other form of encumbrance, 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. In the case of a charge over the uncalled capital of the Company or any part of it, the Directors may delegate to the charge holder (or any person acting as his trustee or appointed by him) the power to make calls on members in respect of such uncalled capital and to sue in the name of the Company or otherwise for the recovery of monies becoming due in respect of calls and to give valid receipts for such monies; and such powers shall be assignable if expressed to be so.

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30.04   All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine.
 
31.   SECRETARY
 
31.01   The Secretary shall, and one or more assistant secretaries may, be appointed by the Directors for such terms, at such remuneration and upon such conditions as the Directors think fit. Notwithstanding the terms or conditions of appointment, the Secretary and any assistant secretary may at any time be removed from office by the Directors.
 
31.02   Subject to any contrary term or condition of his appointment, an assistant secretary may exercise or perform any task or power conferred upon the Secretary by the Statute, by these Articles or by resolution of the Directors, but shall comply with any proper direction which may be given by the Secretary.
 
31.03   A provision of the Statute or of these Articles requiring or authorising anything 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 place of the Secretary.
 
32.   COMMITTEES, OFFICERS, ATTORNEYS AND MANAGERS
 
32.01   The Directors may delegate any of their powers and discretion to committees consisting of such of their number as the Directors think fit and may at any time revoke any such delegation or discharge any such committee either wholly or in part. Every committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers and discretions delegated to it conform to any regulations that may from time to time be imposed upon it by the Directors. All acts done by any such committee in conformity with such regulations and in fulfillment of the purposes for which it is appointed, but not otherwise, shall have the like force and effect as if done by the Directors. Subject to any regulations made by the Directors for this purpose, the meetings and proceedings of such committees shall be governed by the provisions of these Articles concerning the meetings and proceedings of the Directors, including provisions for circular resolutions.
 
32.02   The Directors may on behalf of the Company appoint from their own number or otherwise such officers to perform such duties, to exercise such powers and discretions and upon such terms as the Directors think fit.
 
32.03   The Directors may on behalf of the Company by power of attorney under the Seal appoint any person or 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 and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors) and for such period and subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit; and any such attorney, if so authorised, may execute deeds and instruments on behalf of the Company

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    under his own hand and seal which shall bind the Company and have the same effect as if under the Seal of the Company.
 
32.04   The Directors may on behalf of the Company appoint such managers, custodians and agents with such duties, powers, and discretions and upon such terms as the Directors think fit.
 
32.05   Any delegation by the Directors pursuant to this Article may be on terms permitting sub-delegation.
 
33.   SEAL
 
33.01   The Seal 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, until otherwise determined by the Directors, the Seal shall be affixed in the presence of a Director or the Secretary or an assistant secretary or some other person authorised for this purpose by the Directors or the committee of Directors.
 
33.02   Notwithstanding the foregoing Sub-Article the Seal may without further authority be affixed by way of authentication to any document required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, and may be so affixed by any Director, Secretary or assistant secretary of the Company or any other person or institution having authority to file the document as aforesaid.
 
33.03   The Company may have one or more duplicate Seals, as permitted by the Statute; and, if the Directors think fit, a duplicate Seal may bear on its face the name of the country, territory, district or place where it is to be used.
 
34.   DIVIDENDS AND RESERVES
 
34.01   Subject to these Articles and subject to any direction of the Company in general meeting, the Directors may on behalf of the Company declare and pay dividends (including interim dividends) at such times and in such amounts as they think fit. For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that, subject as aforesaid, the Directors may, if it appears to them fair and equitable to do so, fix as the record date for a dividend a date prior to the declaration of the dividend.
 
34.02   Dividends may be declared and paid out of the profits of the Company, realised or unrealised, or from any reserve set aside from profits which the Directors determine is no longer needed, or not in the same amount. With the sanction of an ordinary resolution dividends may also be declared and paid out of share premium account or any other fund or account which can be authorised for this purpose in accordance with the Statute.
 
34.03   The Directors may before declaring a dividend set aside such sums as they think fit as a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose. Pending application, such sums may be employed in the business of the Company or invested, and need not be kept separate from

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    other assets of the Company. The Directors may also, without placing the same to reserve, carry forward any profit which they decide not to distribute.
 
34.04   Subject to these Articles and subject to any special dividend rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any shares or class of shares, if a dividend is declared:
  (a)   every share shall confer on the holder as at the record date the right to participate in the dividend;
 
  (b)   the dividend shall be declared and paid according to the amounts (other than share premium) paid up on shares as at the record date or, if the Company is an exempted company and its shares have no par value, then on an equal per share basis;
34.05   The Directors may deduct from any dividend all sums of money presently payable by the holder to the Company, whether in respect of shares or otherwise; and the Directors may retain any dividend on shares over which the Company has a lien for any obligation presently due.
 
34.06   Any dividend or other monies payable in respect of shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, the holder who is first named in the Register in respect of the shares; but this Sub-Article is without prejudice to any other method of payment which the Directors may think appropriate and, in the case of joint holders, payment to any one or more of them shall be a good discharge to the Company.
 
34.07   No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.
 
34.08   With the sanction of an ordinary resolution of the Company (or, as regards a dividend payable in respect of a class of shares, an ordinary resolution passed at a class meeting), the Directors may determine that a dividend shall be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets (which may consist of the shares or securities of any other company) and may settle all questions concerning such distribution. Without limiting the foregoing generality the Directors may fix the value of such specific assets, may determine that cash payments shall be made to some members in lieu of specific assets and may vest any such specific assets in trustees on such terms as the Directors think fit.
 
34.09   With the sanction of an ordinary resolution of the Company (or, as regards a dividend payable in respect of a class of shares, an ordinary resolution passed at a class-meeting), the Directors may determine that:
  (a)   the persons entitled to participate in the dividend shall have a right of election to accept shares of the Company credited as fully paid in satisfaction of all or (if the Directors so specify or permit) part of their dividend entitlement; or
 
  (b)   a dividend shall be satisfied in whole or specified part by an issue of shares of the

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      Company credited as fully paid up, subject to a right of election on the part of persons entitled to participate in the dividend to receive their dividend entitlement wholly or (if the Directors so permit) partly in cash;
  and in either event the Directors may determine all questions that arise concerning the right of election, notification thereof to members, the basis and terms of issue of shares of the Company and otherwise.
34.10  (a) The Directors shall have the power to cease sending dividend warrants, if such warrants have been returned undelivered or left uncashed, provided that such power shall not be exercised until either such warrants have been so returned or left uncashed on two consecutive occasions or, following one such occasion, reasonable enquiries have failed to establish any new address of the holder;
  (b)   Any dividend that has remained unclaimed for twelve years from the date when it became due for payment shall, if the Directors so resolve, be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company;
 
      The Directors shall have the power to sell the shares (which shall include the power for the Company to purchase such shares) of any holder who is untraceable, provided that such power shall not be exercisable unless:
  (i)   during a period of not less than 12 years three dividends in respect of the shares in question have become payable and no dividend during that period has been claimed; and
 
  (ii)   on or after the expiry of such period the Company has given notice by such method as the Directors shall deem fit of its intention to sell the shares within the time frame stated therein, and no response is received, save that the Directors in their absolute discretion may dispense with such notice,
    and, in the event of such a sale, the Directors shall authorise any one or more Directors or Officers of the Company to sign the transfer on behalf of any such untraceable holder notwithstanding it being unaccompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates and shall cause the name of name of the purchaser(s) of such share to be entered in the Register. The net proceeds of sale of any shares shall be held upon trust by the Company, or by such successor trustee as shall be appointed by the Directors, for the holder or his estate upon such terms, including the remuneration of any such trustee, as the Directors, or a liquidator if one is appointed, shall deem fit.
 
35.   SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT
 
35.01   Subject to any direction from the Company in general meeting, the Directors may on behalf of the Company exercise all the powers and options conferred on the Company by the Statute in regard to the Company’s share premium account, save that unless expressly

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    authorised by other provisions of these Articles the sanction of an ordinary resolution shall be required for any application of the share premium account in paying dividends to members.
 
36.   CAPITALISATION ISSUES
 
36.01   With the sanction of an ordinary resolution of the Company the Directors may on behalf of the Company appropriate any sum standing to the credit of the share premium account or capital redemption reserve or any sum of profits available for dividend purposes (or credited to any reserve set aside from profits which the Directors determine is no longer needed, or not in the same amount) to members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst them if distributed by way of dividend, and to apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued shares to be issued to the members in the said proportions. The Directors may determine all questions that arise concerning a capitalisation issue including the basis and terms of issue.
 
37.   BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
 
37.01   The Directors shall cause proper books of account to be kept with respect to:
  (a)   all sums of money received or expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place;
 
  (b)   all sales and purchases of goods by the Company;
 
  (c)   the assets and liabilities of the Company;
    and proper books of account shall not be deemed to be kept with respect to the matters aforesaid if there are not kept such books as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions. Such books shall be kept at such place or places as the Directors determine.
 
37.02   The Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent 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 not being Directors; and no member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting.
 
37.03   Subject to any waiver by the Company in general meeting of the requirements of this Sub-Article, the Directors shall lay before the Company in general meeting, or circulate to members, financial statements in respect of each financial year of the Company, consisting of:
  (a)   a profit and loss account giving a true and fair view of the profit or loss of the Company for the financial year; and

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  (b)   a balance sheet giving a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year;
    together with a report of the Directors reviewing the business of the Company during the financial year. The financial statements and the Directors’ report, together with the auditor’s report, if any, shall be laid before the Company in general meeting, or circulated to members, no later than 180 days after the end of the financial year.
 
37.04   The financial year of the Company shall run from the anniversary of the Company’s registration (or, in the case of the first financial year, the date of registration) to the day preceding the next such anniversary but, subject to any direction of the Company in general meeting, the Directors may from time to time prescribe some other period to be the financial year, provided that the Directors may not without the sanction of an ordinary resolution prescribe or allow any financial year longer than eighteen months.
 
38.   AUDIT
 
38.01   The Audit Committee, if any, of the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the sole authority to appoint or replace the Company’s Auditors. The Audit Committee shall be directly responsible for the compensation and oversight of the work of the Auditors for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work. The Auditors shall report directly to the Audit Committee. If there is no Audit Committee at any time, its duties under this Article shall be performed by the Board. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as making it obligatory to appoint Auditors.
 
38.02   The Auditors shall make a report to the members on the accounts examined by them and on every set of financial statements laid before the Company in general meeting, or circulated to members, pursuant to this Article during the Auditors’ tenure of office.
 
38.03   The Auditors shall have right of access at all times to the Company’s books, accounts and vouchers and shall be entitled to require from the Company’s Directors and officers such information and explanations as the Auditors think necessary for the performance of the Auditors’ duties; and, if the Auditors fail to obtain all the information and explanations which, to the best of their knowledge and belief, are necessary for the purposes of their audit, they shall state that fact in their report to the members.
 
38.04   The Auditors shall be entitled to attend any general meeting at which any financial statements which have been examined or reported on by them are to be laid before the Company and to make any statement or explanation they may desire with respect to the financial statements.
 
39.   WINDING-UP
 
39.01   In the winding-up of the Company, subject to any special rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any shares or any class of shares, the assets available for

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    distribution amongst the members as such shall be distributed according to the amounts (other than share premium) paid up on shares held by them.
 
39.02   In the winding-up of the Company the Liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution, determine that any winding-up distribution shall be made in whole or part by the distribution of specific assets.
 
40.   INDEMNITY
 
40.01   The Directors and officers of the Company and any trustee for the time being acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company and every former director, officer, or trustee and their respective heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives (each of such persons being referred to in this Article as “indemnified party”) shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company from and against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them shall or may incur or sustain by reason of any act done or omitted in or about the execution of their duties in their respective offices or trusts, except any which an indemnified party shall incur or sustain by or through his own willful neglect or default; no indemnified party shall be answerable for the acts, omissions, neglects or defaults of any other Director, officer, or trustee, or for joining in any receipt for the sake of conformity, or for the solvency or honesty of any banker or other persons with whom any moneys or effects belonging to the Company may be lodged or deposited for safe custody, or for any insufficiency of any security upon which any monies of the Company may be invested, or for any other loss or damage due to any such cause as aforesaid or which may happen in or about the execution of his office or trust unless the same shall happen through the willful neglect or default of such indemnified party.
 
41.   NOTICES
 
41.01   Save as otherwise expressly provided in these Articles, notices by the Company pursuant to these Articles shall be in writing and may be given personally or by sending the notice by post, telex, telecopy or any other method of written communication; and, subject as aforesaid:
  (a)   when sent by post the notice shall be deemed given sixty hours (or one hundred and twenty hours, if overseas) after posting the notice, postage pre-paid, properly addressed (by airmail, if overseas);
 
  (b)   a notice sent by telex or telecopy shall be deemed given immediately upon dispatch properly addressed; and
 
  (c)   in any other case (other than delivery in person) the notice shall be deemed given at such time as the Directors estimate the notice should reach the addressee in the ordinary course.
41.02   A notice to a member may be addressed to him at his address shown in the Register. In

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    the case of joint holders of a share, notice may be given to the holder first named in the Register in respect of the share, but notice to any of the joint holders shall be deemed notice to all.
 
41.03   Notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons whom the Company has been advised are entitled to a share or shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member or otherwise by operation of law, addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death, bankruptcy or other event had not occurred.
 
42.   ALTERATION OF ARTICLES
 
42.01   Subject to the Statute, the Company may from time to time by special resolution alter or amend these Articles in whole or in part.

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Exhibit 4.4
DEED OF AMENDMENT OF OPTION DEED
THIS DEED is made the 8 th day of August, 2005
BETWEEN:   CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD. (formerly CAYMAN WATER COMPANY LIMITED), a Cayman Islands company having its registered office at Regatta Office Park, Windward Three, Fourth Floor, P.O. Box 1114 GT, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (the “Company”)
AND:   AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY of 40 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, United States of America (the “Option Agent”)
RECITALS :-
(1)   By an Option Deed dated as of August 6, 1997 (the “Option Deed”) the Directors of the Company granted to the holders of its Ordinary and Redeemable Preference Shares at any time before the Distribution Date options to subscribe for one one-hundredth of a Class B Share for each Ordinary or Redeemable Preference Share held (as that number may afterwards be adjusted pursuant to Section 11(b) of the Option Deed) on the terms set out in the Option Deed;
 
(2)   Under Section 26 of the Option Deed the Company and the Option Agent are empowered on the Company’s direction to amend the Option Deed before the Distribution Date without the approval of the holders of the certificates representing Ordinary Shares and Redeemable Performance Shares; and
 
(3)   The Distribution Date has not yet occurred.
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows:
1.   For the purposes of this Deed:-
  (i)   capitalized words not otherwise defined in it have the meanings assigned to them in the Option Deed; and
 
  (ii)   references to Sections and paragraphs are references to Sections and paragraphs of the Option Deed;
2.   The Company and the Option Agent AMEND the Option Deed as follows:-
  (i)   by deleting the expression “US$37.50” where it appears in:
  a.   Section 7, paragraph (b); and
 
  b.   Exhibit B; and
 
  c.   the first paragraph of Exhibit C
      and substituting therefor in each case the expression “US$100.00”; and

 


 

  (ii)   by deleting the sixth paragraph of Exhibit C and substituting therefor the following:-
 
      “For example, at an exercise price of US$100.00 per Option, each Option not owned by an Acquiring Person (or by certain related parties) following an event set out in the preceding paragraph would entitle its holder to purchase US$100.00 worth of Ordinary Shares (or other consideration, as noted above) for US$100.00. Assuming that the Ordinary Shares had a per share value of US$100.00 at such time, the holder of each valid Option would be entitled to purchase 10 Ordinary Shares for US$100.00.”
3.   In all other respects the Company and the Option Agent confirm the Option Deed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Deed to be duly executed and delivered as such as of the day and year first above written.
                     
EXECUTED as a deed and delivered on     )     CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.    
behalf of CONSOLIDATED WATER CO.
    )              
LTD. by Raymond Whittaker, Director in the
    )              
presence of:-
    )              
Brent Santha, Company Secretary
    )              

   /s/ Brent Santha
 
Witness
    )
)
)
    Per     /s/ Raymond Whittaker
 
Director
    
 
                   
EXECUTED as a deed and delivered on     )     AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &    
behalf of AMERICAN STOCK     )     TRUST COMPANY    
TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY by
    )              
Herbert J. Lemmer, Vice-President in the
    )              
presence of:-
    )              
 
    )              
 
    )
)
    Per     /s/ Herbert Lemmer
 
Vice-President
   
 
Witness
    )              

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Exhibit 4.5
SECOND DEED OF AMENDMENT OF OPTION DEED
THIS DEED is made the 27th day of September, 2005.
BETWEEN:   CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD. (formerly CAYMAN WATER COMPANY LIMITED), a Cayman Islands company having its registered office at Regatta Office Park, Windward Three, Fourth Floor, P.O. Box 1114 GT, Grand Cayman B.W.I. (the “Company”)
AND:   AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY of 40 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, United States of America (the “Option Agent”)
RECITALS :-
(1)   By an Option Deed dated as of August 6, 1997 (the “Option Deed”) the Directors of the Company granted to the holders of its Ordinary and Redeemable Preference Shares at any time before the Distribution Date options to subscribe for one one-hundredth of a Class B Share for each Ordinary or Redeemable Preference Share held (as that number may afterwards be adjusted pursuant to Section 11(b) of the Option Deed) on the terms set out in the Option Deed;
 
(2)   By a Deed of Amendment of Option Deed dated the 8 th day of August 2005 (“the First Amendment Deed”), the Company and the Option Agent amended the Option Deed as stated therein;
 
(3)   On 17th August 2005, the Company’s Memorandum of Association was altered by subdividing all its Ordinary and Redeemable Preference Shares, issued and unissued, and including the Class B Shares, from a par value of CI$1.00 to a par value of CI$0.50 each;
 
(4)   The Company wishes to further amend the Option Deed to reflect the subdivision of its shares, to correct a clerical error in paragraph 2(ii) of the First Amendment Deed and to restate the amendments made by the First Amendment Deed and this Deed into this Deed;
 
(5)   Under Section 26 of the Option Deed the Company and the Option Agent are empowered on the Company’s direction to amend the Option Deed before the Distribution Date without the approval of the holders of the certificates representing Ordinary Shares and Redeemable Performance Shares; and
 
(6)   The Distribution Date has not yet occurred.
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows:
1.   For the purposes of this Deed:-
  (i)   capitalized words not otherwise defined in it have the meanings assigned to them in the Option Deed; and

 


 

  (ii)   references to Sections and paragraphs are references to Sections and paragraphs of the Option Deed;
2.   The Company and the Option Agent REVERSE the amendments made by the First Amendment Deed and now RE-AMEND the Option Deed as follows: -
  (i)   by deleting the expression “US$37.50” where it appears in:
  a.   Section 7, paragraph (b); and
 
  b.   Exhibit B; and
 
  c.   the first paragraph of Exhibit C
      and substituting therefor in each case the expression “US$50.00”;
 
  (ii)   by deleting the expression “CI$1.00” wherever it appears and substituting the expression “CI$0.50”; and
 
  (iii)   by deleting the sixth paragraph of Exhibit C and substituting therefor the following:-
 
      “For example, at an exercise price of US$50.00 per Option, each Option not owned by an Acquiring Person (or by certain related parties) following an event set out in the preceding paragraph would entitle its holder to purchase US$100.00 worth of Ordinary Shares (or other consideration, as noted above) for US$50.00. Assuming that the Ordinary Shares had a per share value of US$20.00 at such time, the holder of each valid Option would be entitled to purchase 5 Ordinary Shares for US$50.00.”
3.   In all other respects the Company and the Option Agent confirm the Option Deed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Deed to be duly executed and delivered as such as of the clay and year first above written.
                     
EXECUTED as a deed and delivered on     )     CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.    
behalf of CONSOLIDATED WATER CO.
    )              
LTD. by Frederick McTaggart, Director
    )              
in the presence of:-
    )              
Brent Santha
    )              
 
    )              

   /s/ Brent Santha
 
Witness
    )
)
)
    Per       /s/ Frederick McTaggart
 
Director
    

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EXECUTED as a deed and delivered on     )     AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &    
behalf of AMERICAN STOCK     )     TRUST COMPANY    
TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY by
    )              
                                          , Vice-President in
    )              
the presence of:-
    )              
 
    )              
 
    )
)
    Per      /s/ Herbert J. Lemmer
 
Vice-President
   
 
Witness
    )              

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Exhibit 5.1
Myers & Alberga
Attorneys-at-Law
Harbour Place, 2nd Floor, North Wing
103 South Church Street
P.O. Box 472
Grand Cayman KY1-1106
Cayman Islands B.W.I.
October 12, 2006
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
P.O. Box 1114
Grand Cayman, KY1-1102
Cayman Islands, B.W.I.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are furnishing this opinion in connection with the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”) of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), to be filed on or about the date of this opinion with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the proposed issue and sale by the Company of 1,725,000 ordinary shares of the Company (the “Shares”), of which 225,000 ordinary shares may be sold pursuant to an over-allotment option granted by the Company to the underwriters of the offering. We understand that the Shares are to be offered and sold in the manner described in the prospectus included in, and forming part of, the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”).
We have acted as Cayman Islands counsel to the Company in connection with the proposed offering of the Shares. In rendering this opinion, we have examined the following documents and instruments:
  (1)   the Registration Statement (not including the exhibits filed or to be filed therewith);
 
  (2)   the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association;
 
  (3)   the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association; and
 
  (4)   the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and its committees in connection with the authorization, issue and sale of the Shares.
We have also consulted with officers and directors of the Company and have obtained such representations with respect to matters of fact as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of rendering this opinion. We have not necessarily independently verified those factual

 


 

statements, or the veracity of those representations, but we have no reason to doubt their truth or accuracy.
Based on the foregoing it is our opinion that when the Commission has declared the Registration Statement to be effective, the provisions of all applicable United States Federal and State laws have been complied with, and the Shares are issued and sold in accordance with the terms disclosed in the Prospectus against full payment therefor, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The above opinions are specifically limited to the currently applicable substantive laws of the Cayman Islands as those laws relate to these opinions. We are admitted to practise law in the Cayman Islands and have neither been admitted to, nor purport to be experts on the laws of, any other jurisdiction relevant to the Company’s proposed offering. This opinion is issued on the basis that it will be construed in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Cayman Islands.
We hereby consent to (i) the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (ii) the reference to this firm under “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus and (iii) the description of our opinions as set forth in the Prospectus under “Risk Factors — Service of Process and Enforcement of Legal Proceedings Against Us in the United States May Be Difficult to Obtain.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. This opinion is issued for the benefit of the Company in connection with the Registration Statement and may only be relied upon by the Company and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the United States federal securities laws.
Very Truly Yours,
MYERS & ALBERGA
Per: /s/ Darryl Myers     
       Darryl Myers

 

 

Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-3 of our reports dated March 8, 2006 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. as of December 31, 2005 and for the year then ended and relating to managements’ assessment of internal controls and the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005. We also consent to all references to our firm appearing in such Registration Statement.
/s/ Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
October 12, 2006

 

Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-3 of our report dated March 8, 2006 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. as of December 31, 2005 and for the year then ended.
/s/ Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
October 12, 2006

 

Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form F-3 of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. of our reports dated April 15, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, for the years then ended, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, which reports appear in the December 31, 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
Our report dated April 15, 2005, on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, expresses our opinion that Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 because of the effect of a material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states:
As of December 31, 2004, the Company’s management, including the Certifying Officers, has concluded that the Company had the following control deficiencies that when combined resulted in a material weakness:
  i.   The Company failed to properly track fixed assets and accumulated depreciation, including work-in-progress accounts.
 
  ii.   The Company does not have sufficient personnel resources with appropriate accounting expertise.
 
  iii.   The Company did not properly track inventory and management did not sufficiently review the physical count worksheets to the final inventory lists.
 
  iv.   The Company did not sufficiently review the inter-company eliminations.
 
  v.   The Company did not sufficiently document the system access controls around its financial management information system.
/s/ KPMG
George Town, Cayman Islands
October 12, 2006

 

Exhibit 23.4
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. of our report dated April 15, 2005 with respect to the balance sheets of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, for the years then ended, which reports are incorporated by reference in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
/s/ KPMG
George Town, Cayman Islands
October 12, 2006