UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K



CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 27, 2019



TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



England and Wales
001-35573
98-1467236
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

263 Tresser Boulevard, Suite 1100
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
25 Bury Street, 3rd Floor
London SW1Y 2AL, England

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(203) 705-3800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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EXPLANATORY NOTE

On March 27, 2019 (the "Effective Date"), Tronox Limited, a public limited company registered under the laws of the State of Western Australia, will complete its re-domicile transaction (the “Re-Domicile Transaction”), effectively changing its jurisdiction of incorporation from Australia to the United Kingdom (the “UK”).  Pursuant to the Re-Domicile Transaction, Tronox Holdings plc, a newly formed public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Tronox Holdings” or the “Company”), will become the publicly-traded parent company of the Tronox group of companies. All conditions precedent to the Re-Domicile Transaction have been satisfied.  Accordingly, the Re-Domicile Transaction will be effected through separate Class A and Class B schemes of arrangement (collectively, the “Schemes of Arrangement”) that will be implemented as of 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on March 27, 2019 (the “Effective Time”).  The Schemes of Arrangement were approved by the Federal Court of Australia and Tronox Limited’s shareholders. Pursuant to the Schemes of Arrangement, at the Effective Time, holders of Tronox Limited Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares (each, a “Tronox Limited Share”) will exchange their shares in Tronox Limited on a one-for-one basis for ordinary shares of Tronox Holdings, par value US$0.01 per share (the “Tronox Holdings Shares”).  Immediately prior to the Re-Domicile Transaction, Tronox Holdings will have no assets or liabilities other than nominal assets or liabilities. Following the implementation of the Schemes of Arrangement, Tronox Holdings will become the successor issuer to Tronox Limited, and Tronox Limited will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tronox Holdings.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of establishing Tronox Holdings as the successor issuer , as of the Effective Time, pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and to disclose certain related matters. Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act , as of the Effective Time, the Tronox Holdings Shares are deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and Tronox Holdings is subject to the periodic and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Tronox Holdings hereby reports this succession in accordance with Rule 12g-3(f) under the Exchange Act.

Item 1.01
Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

(a)

The information set forth in the Explanatory Note above and in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the heading “Plan Amendments” is incorporated herein by reference.

At the Effective Time, (i) each Tronox Limited Share will be exchanged for one Tronox Holdings Share and (ii) Tronox Holdings will assume , and become the plan sponsor of, all employee benefit and compensation plans, arrangements and agreements that were previously sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Tronox Limited (including equity and incentive plans and any awards outstanding thereunder at the Effective Time). At the Effective Time, the Tronox Holdings Shares will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “TROX,” the same symbol under which the Tronox Limited Shares traded prior to the Effective Time. Tronox Holdings Shares have been assigned a new CUSIP Number, which is G9087Q 102.

The issuance of the Tronox Holdings Shares in connection with the Schemes of Arrangement is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

(b)

In connection with the Schemes of Arrangement, on March 22, 2019, Tronox Holdings and Exxaro Resources Limited (“Exxaro”) entered into a new Shareholder’s Deed (the “New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed”) that replaces the previous Shareholder’s Deed, dated June 15, 2012, by and between Tronox Limited, Thomas Casey and Exxaro.

The following is a summary of certain provisions of the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Preemptive Rights. Other than for certain permitted issuances of Tronox Holdings Shares and for so long as Exxaro holds a voting interest in Tronox Holdings of at least 7.5%, the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed grants Exxaro preemptive rights to subscribe for additional Tronox Holdings Shares to maintain their relative voting interest in Tronox Holdings should any additional Tronox Holdings Shares be issued.

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Governance Matters. The New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed also addresses various governance matters. The New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed provides that Exxaro has the right to nominate a certain number of directors to the board of directors of Tronox Holdings (the “Board”) relative to their shareholding and the size of the Board. Pursuant to the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed, in the event that the Board size is between 9 and 12 directors and if: (i) Exxaro’s ownership percentage in Tronox Holdings is above 20% but below 30%, then Exxaro is entitled to nominate two directors to the Board and (ii) Exxaro’s ownership in Tronox Holdings is below 20% but above 10%, then Exxaro is entitled to nominate one director to the Board.

Other Rights.  For as long as the Exxaro’s voting interest is at least 7.5%, Tronox Holdings may not adopt, approve or recommend to its shareholders a dividend reinvestment plan (or any plan with similar effect) without prior written approval from Exxaro. Any proposed candidate to replace Tronox Holding’s chief executive officer requires prior approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) from Exxaro. Pursuant to the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed, subject to certain exceptions, Exarro will have the right to require Tronox Holdings to register under the Securities Act   for public resale some or all of its Tronox Holdings Shares. In addition, subject to the transfer restrictions described above, Exxaro will be granted piggyback rights on any registration by Tronox Holdings, subject to customary restrictions and pro rata reductions in the number of shares to be sold in an offering. Tronox Holdings would be responsible for the expenses of any such registration. Registration of such shares under the Securities Act would, except for shares purchased by affiliates, result in such shares becoming freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act immediately upon the effectiveness of such registration. In addition, under the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed, Exxaro holds certain matching rights (providing that if certain other shareholders are granted more favorable rights, Exxaro will be granted those rights as well) and other rights.

Termination. The New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed will terminate on the earliest of the date on which (i) Tronox Holdings and Exxaro agree in writing to the termination, (ii) the number of voting shares beneficially owned by Exxaro represents less than 5.0% of Tronox Holdings total issued voting shares, and (iii) Exxaro (x) pays the consideration to Tronox Holdings shareholders in respect of a Unilateral Takeover Offer (as defined in the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed) made by it for all of the voting shares in Tronox Holdings or (y) acquires under an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed) voting shares representing at least 50.0% of the voting shares in Tronox Holdings held by non-affiliated shareholders and, in the case of each of (x) and (y), where such transaction has occurred in compliance with the New Exxaro Shareholder’s Deed.

(c)
Depositary Receipt Arrangements

In connection with the Re-Domicile Transaction, Exxaro will receive depositary receipts, each representing one Tronox Holdings Share in consideration for its equity in Tronox Limited, at a ratio of one Tronox Holdings Share for each Tronox Limited Share. The depositary receipts will be issued by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and a nominee for the Depositary (the “Depositary Nominee”) is the registered holder of Tronox Holdings Shares to be issued in exchange for the Tronox Limited Shares.

The depositary receipts arrangement was established because, as a result of restrictions on transfer on the Tronox Limited Shares beneficially held by Exxaro, those shares cannot be issued directly into the clearance system of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) at the time of the Re-Domicile Transaction. The use of the Depositary allows for the shares to be held in the Depositary initially and subsequently transferred into DTC without the application of U.K. stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax, provided certain conditions are met. The depositary receipts will not be registered or listed on any stock exchange, are not currently eligible for deposit and clearing in DTC, and no trading market for them is expected to develop. Instead, subject to compliance with applicable securities laws and contractual restrictions on transfer, Exxaro may request of the Depositary that all or a portion of their depositary receipts be cancelled in order to effectuate a transfer of the Tronox Holdings Shares underlying such depositary receipts to Cede & Co., as nominee/custodian for DTC, which will hold the transferred Tronox Holdings Shares on its customary terms, in order to settle trades of such Tronox Holdings Shares (in the public market or otherwise), or to otherwise hold or transfer such shares through and within the DTC clearance system.

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Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws and contractual restrictions on transfer, Exxaro is generally entitled to the same rights as a direct holder of Tronox Holdings Shares or an investor holding book-entry interests in Tronox Holdings Shares through the DTC clearance system.

The foregoing summary of the depositary receipts arrangement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement for the Provision of Depositary Services and Custody Services, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02
Unregistered Sale of Securities

The information set forth in the Explanatory Note above of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

The issuance of the Tronox Holdings Shares is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act based on the Federal Court of Australia’s approval of the Schemes of Arrangement.

Item 3.03
Material Modification To Rights of Security Holders

The information set forth in Item 1.01, Item 5.03 and Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors, Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Directors and Executive Officers

As of the Effective Date, all of the directors of Tronox Limited, other than Daniel Blue, were appointed as directors of Tronox Holdings.  Mr. Blue’s departure was not in connection with a disagreement relating to the operations, policies or practices of Tronox Holdings.  Accordingly, the directors of Tronox Holdings are: Jeffry Quinn, Ilan Kaufthal, Wayne Hinman, Peter Johnston, Ginger Jones, Sipho Nkosi, Andrew Hines and Mxolisi Mgojo.

As of the Effective Date , the committees of the board of directors of Tronox Holdings were constituted as follows:


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Audit Committee: Andrew Hines (chair), Ginger Jones and Peter Johnston;


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Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee: Wayne Hinman (chair), Ilan Kaufthal, Andrew Hines and Sipho Nkosi; and


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Human Resources and Compensation Committee: Wayne Hinman (chair), Peter Johnston, Ginger Jones and Sipho Nkosi.

Biographical information with respect to such directors can be found in the definitive proxy statement for the 2018 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Tronox Limited filed by Tronox Limited on April 19, 2018 (the “2018 Proxy Statement”) under the heading “Proposal 1—Election of Directors” and is incorporated by reference herein.

In addition, the executive officers of Tronox Holdings are the same as the executive officers of Tronox Limited immediately prior to the Effective Date , as follows: Jeffry Quinn, President and Chief Executive Officer; Timothy Carlson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Jean-Francois Turgeon, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; John Romano, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer; Jeffrey Neuman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; and Robert Loughran, Vice President and Corporate Controller.

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Biographical information with respect to such officers can be found in the 2018 Proxy Statement under the headings “2017 Named Executive Officers” and “Other Executive Officers” and is incorporated by reference herein.

There are no relationships or related transactions between such directors and officers and Tronox Holdings that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Plan Amendments

At the Effective Time, Tronox Holdings will assume the following Tronox Limited employee benefit and compensation plans, including all options and awards issued or granted under such plans (each, an “Assumed Plan” and collectively, the “Assumed Plans”): (i) the Tronox Holdings plc Amended and Restated Management Equity Incentive Plan (the “MEIP”), and (ii) the Tronox Holdings plc Amended and Restated Annual Bonus Incentive Plan (the “Annual Bonus Plan”), each as amended and restated effective as of the Effective Time. At the Effective Time, each outstanding option to acquire Tronox Limited Shares and each other equity-based award issued by Tronox Limited that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time under an Assumed Plan will be converted into an option to acquire or an award covering, as applicable, the same number of Tronox Holdings Shares, which option or award, as applicable, has the same terms and conditions (including the same vesting conditions) as the original option or award (including, in the case of options, the same exercise price).

Each of the Assumed Plans has been amended, effective as of the Effective Time, to provide, among other things, for the appropriate substitution of Tronox Holdings in place of Tronox Limited and to ensure the Assumed Plans are compliant with the laws of England and Wales law in place of Australian law.

The foregoing summary of the amendments to the Assumed Plans does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the MEIP and Annual Bonus Plan, as amended and restated effective as of the Effective Time, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Deeds of Indemnification

In connection with the Re-Domicile Transaction, Tronox Holdings has entered into deeds of indemnification with each of its directors (as identified above) that are effective as of the Effective Date. Pursuant to these agreements, Tronox Holdings agrees to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permissible under English law against liabilities arising out of, or in connection with, the actual or purported exercise of, or failure to exercise, any of his or her powers, duties or responsibilities as a director or officer, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. These agreements do not indemnify directors of Tronox Holdings against any liability attaching to such individuals in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the Company. Tronox Holdings also agrees to use all reasonable endeavors to provide and maintain appropriate directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to the fullest extent permissible under English law (including ensuring that premiums are properly paid) for their benefit for so long as any claims may lawfully be brought against them. A copy of the form of indemnification agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Pursuant to the Schemes of Arrangement, the articles of association of Tronox Holdings (the “New Articles”) will become effective as of the Effective Time. A description of the material terms of the New Articles is set forth in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the heading “Description of Tronox Holdings Shares” and is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing summary of the New Articles does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the New Articles, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 8.01
Other Events.

Successor Issuer

As of the Effective Time and by operation of Rule 12g-3(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, Tronox Holdings is the successor issuer to Tronox Limited and will succeed to the attributes of Tronox Limited as the registrant. As of the Effective Time, the Tronox Holdings Shares are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and Tronox Holdings is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Tronox Holdings hereby reports this succession in accordance with Rule 12g-3(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Description of Tronox Holdings Shares

General

The following information is a summary of the material terms of the Tronox Holdings Shares, nominal value US$0.01 per share, as specified in the New Articles or as stipulated by the UK Companies Act 2006 (the “UK Companies Act”). This summary does not purport to give a complete overview and is quali fied in its entirety by reference to the full text of the New Articles, a copy of each of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1. The summary below also contains certain information regarding the manner in which Tronox Holdings Shares were exchanged and are held.

Pursuant to the Schemes of Arrangement, each Tronox Limited Share (excluding shares held by Tronox Limited) will be exchanged for one Tronox Holdings Share at the Effective Time. All of the Tronox Holdings Shares to be issued as part of the Schemes of Arrangement will be issued fully paid and are not subject to any further calls or assessments by Tronox Holdings.

There are no conversion rights or redemption provisions relating to any Tronox Holdings Shares that will be delivered in connection with the Schemes of Arrangement. Under the laws of England and Wales, persons who are neither residents nor nationals of the UK may freely hold, vote and transfer the Tronox Holdings Shares in the same manner and under the same terms as UK residents or nationals.

Dividends and Distributions

Subject to the UK Companies Act, shareholders may declare dividends by ordinary resolution (but no dividend shall exceed any dividend recommended by the Board).  The Board may also pay dividends to shareholders in accordance with their respective rights and interests in the Company. Dividends may be paid only out of “distributable reserves,” defined as “accumulated, realized profits, so far as not previously utilized by distribution or capitalization, less accumulated, realized losses, so far as not previously written off in a reduction or reorganization of capital.” The Company is not permitted to pay dividends out of share capital, which includes share premiums. Realized reserves are determined by reference to qualifying accounts of the Company meeting certain prescribed contents requirements and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company will not be permitted to make a distribution if, at the time, the amount of its net assets is less than the aggregate of its issued and paid-up share capital and undistributable reserves or to the extent that the distribution will reduce the net assets below such amount. The Company is undertaking a reduction of capital with the aim of ensuring that sufficient distributable reserves will be available to permit dividends, distributions or share repurchases following the Re-Domicile Transaction.

There are no fixed dates on which entitlement to dividends arise on any of the Tronox Holdings Shares.

A general meeting declaring a dividend may, upon the recommendation of the Board, by ordinary resolution direct that it be satisfied wholly or partly by the distribution of assets, including shares or securities in any company.

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The New Articles also permit a scrip dividend scheme under which the Board may allot to holders of Tronox Holdings Shares who have elected to receive them, further Tronox Holdings Shares, credited as fully paid, instead of cash in respect of all or part of a dividend.

Unclaimed dividends and other amounts payable by the Company can be invested or otherwise used by the Board for the benefit of the Company until they are claimed or disposed of in accordance with any applicable law relating to unclaimed monies.

Voting Rights

The New Articles provide that, for so long as any shares are held by a Depositary (as defined in the New Articles), a resolution put to the vote at a general meeting shall be decided on a poll. Subject to the UK Companies Act and to any rights or restrictions as to voting attached to any class of shares, every shareholder present and entitled to vote on the resolution has one vote for every Tronox Holdings Share of which he, she or it is the holder.

In the case of joint holders of a Tronox Holdings Share, the vote of the senior holder (determined by the order of the joint holders’ names on the register) who votes (or any proxy duly appointed by the senior holder) shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders.

Amendment to the Articles of Association

Under the laws of England and Wales, and subject to a quorum being present, the shareholders may amend the articles of association of the Company by special resolution (i.e., a resolution approved by the holders of at least 75% of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding Tronox Holdings Shares that, being entitled to vote, vote on the resolution) at a general meeting.

The full text of the special resolution must be included in the notice of the meeting.

Winding Up

In the event of a voluntary winding up of the Company, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by law, divide among the shareholders the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the members as the liquidator, with the like sanction, will determine. Upon any such winding up, after payment or provision for payment of the Company’s debts and liabilities, the holders of Tronox Holdings Shares (and any other shares in issue at the relevant time which rank equally with such shares) will share equally, on a share for share basis, in the Company’s assets remaining for distribution to the holders of Tronox Holdings Shares.

Pre-emptive Rights and New Issues of Tronox Holdings Shares

Under the laws of England and Wales, the Board is, with certain exceptions, unable to allot and issue securities without being authorized by the shareholders in a general meeting. In addition, the laws of England and Wales require that any issuance of equity securities that are to be paid for wholly in cash must be offered first to the existing holders of equity securities in proportion to the respective nominal amounts (i.e., par values) of their holdings on the same or more favorable terms, unless a special resolution (i.e., a resolution approved by the holders of at least 75% of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding Tronox Holdings Shares that, being entitled to vote, vote on the resolution) excluding this requirement has been passed in a general meeting of shareholders (which authority can be for a maximum of five years, after which a further shareholder approval would be required to renew the exclusion). In this context, equity securities generally means shares other than shares which, with respect to dividends or capital, carry a right to participate only up to a specified amount in a distribution, which, in relation to the Company, will include the Tronox Holdings Shares and all rights to subscribe for or convert securities into such shares.

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The directors of the Company have been authorized by way of a shareholder resolution passed at a general meeting of the Company held on February 25, 2019, for a period of five years, to allot shares in the Company, or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert or exchange any security into shares in the Company, up to an aggregate nominal amount (i.e., par value) of US$5,000,000 and pre-emption rights in respect of such allotments have also been excluded.

The laws of England and Wales also prohibit an English company from issuing shares at a discount to nominal amount (i.e., par value) or for no consideration. If the shares are issued upon the lapse of restrictions or the vesting of any restricted stock award or any other share-based grant underlying any Tronox Holdings Shares, the nominal amount (i.e., par value) of the shares must be paid up in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

Shareholder Rights Plan

Under the New Articles, a shareholder rights plan may be established to prevent an “ownership change” for the purpose of section 382 of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“section 382”).  The purpose of any rights plan will be to preserve the Company’s ability to utilize its net operating loss carry forwards and other tax attributes, which would be substantially limited if the Company experienced an “ownership change” as defined under section 382.  In general, an ownership change would occur under section 382 if the shareholders who are treated as owning 5% or more of Tronox Holdings Shares for the purposes of section 382 collectively increased their aggregate ownership in Tronox Holdings Shares by more than 50% over a rolling three-year period.

Effective from the date that a rights plan is introduced, the Board will grant subscription rights to holders of Tronox Holdings Shares to acquire Tronox Holdings Shares (or shares of any class as specified in the rights plan) such that, if any person or group acquires 4.5% or more of the Tronox Holdings Shares, or if a person or group that owns 4.5% or more of Tronox Holdings Shares acquires additional Tronox Holdings Shares representing 0.5% or more of the issued Tronox Holdings Shares, then, subject to certain exceptions, there would be a triggering event under the rights plan.  The rights would then separate from the Tronox Holdings Shares and would be adjusted to become exercisable so that Tronox Holdings Shares (or shares of any class as specified in the rights plan) could be acquired by all holders of Tronox Holdings Shares (other than the person or group that caused the trigger event).  The shares to be acquired would have a market value equal to twice the exercise price, resulting in significant dilution in the ownership interest of the person or group that caused the trigger event.

If a rights plan is established, the Board will have the discretion to exempt any acquisition of Tronox Holdings Shares from the provisions of the rights plan if it determines that doing so would not jeopardize or endanger the Company’s use of its net operating losses.  The Board will also have the ability to terminate any rights plan prior to a triggering event, including, but not limited to, in connection with a transaction.

Rights issued under a rights plan are expected to expire five years after the date on which any rights plan is established.

As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Board has not adopted such a rights plan.

Disclosure of Interests in Shares

The laws of England and Wales give the Company the power to serve a notice requiring any person whom it knows has, or whom it has reasonable cause to believe has, or within the previous three years has had, any ownership interest in any Tronox Holdings Shares to disclose specified information regarding those shares. Failure to provide the information requested within the prescribed period (or knowingly or recklessly providing false information) after the date the notice is sent can result in criminal or civil sanctions being imposed against the person in default.

Under the New Articles, if any shareholder, or any other person appearing to be interested in Tronox Holdings Shares held by such shareholder, fails to give the Company the information required by the notice, the Board may withdraw voting and certain other rights, and place restrictions on the rights to receive dividends and to transfer such Tronox Holdings Shares.

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Alteration of Share Capital; Repurchase of Tronox Holdings Shares

Subject to the provisions of the UK Companies Act, and without prejudice to any relevant special rights attached to any class of shares, the Company may, from time to time:

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increase its share capital by allotting and issuing new shares in accordance with the New Articles and any relevant shareholder resolution;

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consolidate all or any of its share capital into shares of a larger nominal amount (i.e., par value) than the existing shares;

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subdivide any of its shares into shares of a smaller nominal amount (i.e., par value) than its existing shares; or

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redenominate its share capital or any class of share capital.

The laws of England and Wales prohibit the Company from purchasing its own shares unless such purchase has been approved by its shareholders. Shareholders may approve two different types of such share purchases: “on-market” purchases or “off-market” purchases. “On-market” purchases may be made only on a “recognised investment exchange,” which does not include the NYSE, which is the only exchange on which the Company’s Shares are traded. In order to purchase its own shares, the Company must therefore obtain shareholder approval for “off-market” purchases. This requires that the Company’s shareholders pass an ordinary resolution approving the terms of the contract pursuant to which any purchase is to be made. Such approval may be for a specific purchase or constitute a general authority lasting for up to five years after the date of the resolution, and renewal of such approval for additional five-year terms may be sought more frequently. However, shares may be repurchased only out of distributable reserves or, subject to certain exceptions, the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for that purpose. At a general meeting of the Company held on February 25, 2019, shareholder resolutions were passed authorizing the Company to repurchase Tronox Holdings Shares for a period of five years through (i) an approved form of share repurchase contract, or (ii) an approved form of share repurchase plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act.  At such general meeting, a shareholder resolution was also passed to authorize the Board to exercise the Company’s rights of first refusal to repurchase Tronox Holdings Shares which are proposed to be sold by Exxaro, a substantial shareholder in the Company.

Transfer of Tronox Holdings Shares

The New Articles allow holders of Tronox Holdings Shares to transfer all or any of their Tronox Holdings Shares in the case of Tronox Holdings Shares held in certificated form by instrument of transfer in writing in any usual form or in any other form which is permitted by the UK Companies Act and is approved by the Board. The instrument of transfer must be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and (in the case of a transfer of a share which is not fully paid) by or on behalf of the transferee.

The Board may, in its absolute discretion, refuse to register a transfer of a certificated Tronox Holdings Share to any person if it is not fully paid or is a Tronox Holdings Share on which the Company has a lien. The Board may also refuse to register the transfer of a share in certain other limited circumstances, including if the transfer is not in favor of four or fewer transferees or it is in favor of a minor, bankrupt or person of mental ill health.  If the Board refuses to register the transfer of a share, the instrument of transfer must be returned to the transferee within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company with the notice of refusal and reasons for the refusal.

The Company’s share register is maintained by its transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A.  Registration in this share register is determinative of share ownership. A shareholder who holds Tronox Holdings Shares through the DTC clearance system is not the holder of record of such shares. Instead, the depositary (for example, Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC) or other nominee is the holder of record of such shares.  Accordingly, a transfer of shares from a person who holds such shares through the DTC clearance system to a person who also holds such shares through the DTC clearance system will not be registered in the Company’s official share register, as the depositary or other nominee will remain the record holder of such shares.

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General Meetings and Notices

An annual general meeting will be called by not less than 21 clear days’ notice (i.e., excluding the date of receipt or deemed receipt of the notice and the date of the meeting itself). All other general meetings will be called by not less than 14 clear days’ notice. At least seven clear days’ notice is required for any meeting adjourned for 30 days or more or for an indefinite period.

The notice of a general meeting will be given to the shareholders (other than any who, under the provisions of the New Articles or any restrictions imposed on any shares, are not entitled to receive notice), to the Board, to any beneficial owners nominated in accordance with the New Articles to enjoy information rights under the UK Companies Act, and to the auditors. Under the laws of England and Wales, the Company is required to hold an annual general meeting of shareholders within six months after the day following the end of its fiscal year and, subject to the foregoing, the meeting may be held at a time and place determined by the Board, whether within or outside the UK.

Under the laws of England and Wales, the Company must convene a general meeting once it has received requests to do so from shareholders representing at least 5% of the paid-up share capital of the Company as carries voting rights at general meetings (excluding any paid-up capital held as treasury shares). The Board must call the meeting requested by the shareholders within 21 days after the date on which they became subject to the requirement and the meeting must be held not more than 28 days after the date of the notice convening the meeting.

The necessary quorum for a general meeting is members who together represent at least the majority of the voting rights of all the members entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, at the relevant meeting.

Annual Accounts and Independent Auditor

Under the laws of England and Wales, a “quoted company,” which includes a company whose equity share capital is listed on the NYSE, must deliver to the Registrar of Companies a copy of:

·
the Company’s annual accounts;

·
the directors’ remuneration report;

·
the directors’ report;

·
any separate corporate governance statement;

·
a strategic report; and

·
the auditor’s report on those accounts, the auditable part of the director’ remuneration report, the directors’ report, the strategic report and any separate corporate governance statement.

The annual accounts and reports must be presented to the shareholder at a general meeting (although no vote is required in respect of such documents). Copies of the annual accounts and reports must, unless a shareholder agrees to receive more limited information in accordance with the UK Companies Act, be sent to shareholders and everyone entitled to receive notice of general meetings at least 21 days before the date of the meeting at which copies of the documents are to be presented. The laws of England and Wales allow a company to distribute such documents in electronic form or by means of a website, provided that the company’s articles of association contain provisions to that effect and individual consent (or deemed consent) has been obtained from each shareholder to receive such documents in electronic form or by means of a website. The New Articles provide that such documents may be distributed in electronic form or by means of a website.

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The Company must appoint an independent auditor to make a report on the annual accounts of the Company. The auditor is usually appointed by ordinary resolution at the general meeting of the company at which the company’s annual accounts are   laid. Directors can also appoint auditors at any time before the Company’s first accounts meeting to fill a casual vacancy.

The remuneration of an auditor is fixed by the members of a company by ordinary resolution or in a manner that the members may by ordinary resolution determine.  If the auditor is appointed by the directors (for example, the first auditor of the Company) then the remuneration is fixed by the directors.

Board Composition

Under the New Articles, there is no limit on the size of the Board and there are no residency requirements.

Indemnification of Directors

Under the laws of England and Wales, any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company (to any extent) from any liability that would otherwise attach to him or her in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the Company is void.  Subject to this, the Company is permitted to provide an indemnity to a director in respect of liabilities arising from proceedings, both in respect of legal and financial costs of any adverse judgment, brought by third parties and in respect of liabilities arising from proceedings taken by the Company or any associated companies, but not if the director is unsuccessful in defending the proceedings.  This includes indemnification against any liability incurred in the defense of civil proceedings brought by a regulator, even if judgment is given against the director, provided this does not include any regulatory penalties.  The Company cannot indemnify the director against any liability incurred in defending any criminal proceedings in which he or she is convicted.

The UK Companies Act also permits companies to meet a director’s costs, or lend money to the director for the purpose, when the director is facing any criminal or civil proceeding as a director; or in connection with certain applications the director might make under the UK Companies Act; or when he or she incurs costs in a regulatory investigation or action; or in order to enable the director to avoid incurring such costs. Except in relation to a regulatory investigation or action, this must be on the basis that the director will repay or reimburse the company immediately if the director loses in the criminal or civil proceedings or the application for relief.

Takeover Provisions

The UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Takeover Code”) applies, among other things, to an offer for a public company whose registered office is in the UK (or the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man) and whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated marked in the UK (or on any stock exchange in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man) if the company is considered by the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Takeover Panel”), the regulatory body which issues and administers the Takeover Code, to have its place of central management and control in the UK (or the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man).  This is known as the “residency test”.  Under the Takeover Code, the Takeover Panel will determine whether the Company has its place of central management and control in the UK by looking at various factors, including the structure of the Board, the functions of the directors and where they are resident.

If, at the time of a takeover offer, the Takeover Panel determines that the Company has its place of central management and control in the UK, the Company would be subject to a number of rules and restrictions, including but not limited to the following: (i) the ability of the Company to enter into deal protection arrangements with a bidder would be extremely limited; (ii) the Company might not, without the approval of its shareholders, be able to perform certain actions that could have the effect of frustrating an offer, such as issuing shares or carrying out acquisitions or disposals; and (iii) the Company would be obliged to provide equality of information to all bona fide competing bidders.

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It is intended that all of the Company’s directors will reside outside of the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.  Accordingly, for the purposes of the Takeover Code, the Company is expected to be considered to have its place of central management and control outside the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.  Therefore, the Takeover Code is not expected to apply to the Company.  It is possible that in the future circumstances could change that may cause the Takeover Code to apply to the Company.

Although the Company is not expected to be subject to the Takeover Code, the New Articles incorporate the protections of mandatory offer provisions substantially similar to the Takeover Code.  Except with the prior consent of the Board or the prior approval of independent shareholders, a shareholder, together with persons acting in concert with it, would be at risk of certain sanctions including disenfranchisement (as regards voting and entitlement to dividends) if they acquired an interest in Tronox Holdings Shares carrying 30% or more of the voting rights of the Company without making an offer for all of the other issued Tronox Holdings Shares in cash or accompanied by a cash alternative. These provisions could have the effect of discouraging the acquisition and holding of interests of 30% or more of the voting rights and encouraging those shareholders who may be acting in concert with respect to the acquisition of shares to consult with the Board before effecting any additional purchases.

The mandatory offer provisions in the New Articles only apply while the Takeover Code does not apply to the Company.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits .

No.
 
Description
 
Articles of Association of Tronox Holdings plc.
 
Specimen ordinary share certificate of Tronox Holdings plc.
 
Shareholder’s Deed by and between Tronox Holdings plc and Exxaro Resources Limited, dated March 22, 2019.
 
Tronox Holdings plc Amended and Restated Management Equity Incentive Plan.
 
Tronox Holdings plc Amended and Restated Annual Bonus Incentive Plan.
 
Form of Director Deed of Indemnification.
 
Agreement for the Provision of Depositary Services and Custody Services, dated as of March 14, 2019, in respect of Tronox Holdings plc Depositary Receipts among Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Tronox Holdings plc and Exxaro Resources Limited.
 
List of subsidiaries of Tronox Holdings plc.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
 
     
Date: March 27, 2019
By: /s/ Jeffrey Neuman
 
Name: Jeffrey Neuman
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


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Exhibit 3.1

COMPANY NO. 11653089



THE COMPANIES ACTS

PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES



ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1
1.
Definitions and interpretation
1
2.
Limited liability
4
3.
Model articles excluded
4
4.
Form of resolutions
4
SHARE CAPITAL
4
5.
Rights attached to shares
4
6.
Redeemable shares
4
7.
Redeemable Deferred Shares
4
8.
Rights Plan
6
9.
Payment of commissions
6
10.
Trusts not recognised
7
11.
Variation of rights
7
12.
Matters not constituting a variation of rights
7
CERTIFICATES
7
13.
Right to certificates
7
14.
Execution of certificates
7
15.
Replacement certificates
8
16.
Uncertificated securities
8
LIEN
8
17.
Company’s lien
8
18.
Enforcing lien by sale after notice
9
19.
Manner of sale
9
20.
Application of sale proceeds
9
CALLS ON SHARES
9
21.
Calls
9
22.
Time of call
10
23.
Liability of joint holders
10
24.
Interest
10
25.
Sums due on allotment or by way of instalment treated as calls
10
26.
Power to differentiate
10
27.
Advance payment of calls
10
FORFEITURE OF SHARES
10
28.
Notice if call not paid
10
29.
Forfeiture if notice not complied with
11
30.
Notice of forfeiture
11
31.
Sale of forfeited share
11
32.
Arrears to be paid notwithstanding forfeiture
11
33.
Statutory declaration and validity of sale
12


UNTRACED SHAREHOLDERS
12
34.
Power to sell shares of untraced shareholders
12
35.
Manner of sale and creation of debt in respect of net proceeds
12
TRANSFER OF SHARES
13
36.
Form and execution of transfer
13
37.
Right to refuse registration of shares
13
38.
Other rights to refuse registration
14
39.
Notice of refusal
14
40.
No fee for registration
14
41.
Retention of documents
14
42.
Other Registers
14
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
14
43.
Transmission
14
44.
Election by transmittee
15
45.
Rights in respect of the share
15
ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
15
46.
Alteration of capital
15
PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES
16
47.
Purchase of own shares
16
GENERAL MEETINGS
16
48.
Annual general meetings
16
49.
Convening general meetings
16
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
16
50.
Length of notice period
16
51.
Contents of notices
16
52.
Omission or non-receipt of notice
17
53.
Change of date, time or place of meeting
17
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
17
54.
Quorum
17
55.
Procedure if quorum not present
17
56.
Chairman of general meeting
18
57.
Attendance and speaking at general meetings
18
58.
Meeting at more than one place and/or in a series of rooms
18
59.
Security arrangements
19
60.
Adjournments
19
61.
Notice of adjourned meeting
19
VOTES OF MEMBERS
20
62.
Method of voting
20
63.
Votes of members
20
64.
Votes of joint holders
20


65.
Votes of member suffering incapacity
21
66.
No right to vote where sums overdue on shares
21
67.
Votes on a poll
21
68.
Right to withdraw demand for a poll
21
69.
Procedure on a poll
21
70.
When poll to be taken
21
71.
Continuance of other business after poll ordered
22
72.
Proposal or amendment of resolution
22
73.
Amendment of resolution ruled out of order
22
74.
Objections or errors in voting
22
75.
Suspension of rights for non-disclosure of interest
23
PROXIES
24
76.
Execution of an appointment of proxy
24
77.
Times for deposit of an appointment of proxy
25
78.
Form of appointment of proxy
26
79.
Validity of proxy
26
80.
Corporate representatives
27
DIRECTORS
27
81.
Number of Directors
27
82.
No shareholding qualification for Directors
27
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
27
83.
Ordinary remuneration
27
84.
Additional Remuneration for Extra Services
28
85.
Expenses of Directors
28
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
28
86.
Executive Directors
28
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
28
87.
General powers of the Company vested in the Board
28
DELEGATION OF DIRECTORS’ POWERS
29
88.
Agents
29
89.
Delegation to individual Directors
29
90.
Delegation to committees
29
91.
Power to establish local boards etc
29
SPECIFIC POWERS
30
92.
Provision for employees
30
93.
The Company’s name
30
94.
Borrowing Powers
30
APPOINTMENT, RETIREMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
31
95.
Retirement of Directors
31
96.
Position of Retiring Director
31


97.
Power of the Company to appoint Directors
31
98.
Power of the Board to appoint Directors
33
99.
Company’s power to remove a Director and appoint another in his or her place
33
100.
Vacation of office by Directors
34
DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS
34
101.
Transactions, offices, employment and interests
34
102.
Conflicts of interest requiring Board authorisation
37
DIRECTORS’ GRATUITIES AND PENSIONS
38
103.
Directors’ gratuities and pensions
38
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD
38
104.
Board meetings
38
105.
Notice of Board meetings
39
106.
Voting
39
107.
Quorum
39
108.
Board vacancies below minimum number
40
109.
Appointment of chairman
40
110.
Competence of the Board
40
111.
Participation in meetings by telephone
40
112.
Written resolutions
40
113.
Company books
40
114.
Validity of acts of the Board or a committee
41
ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
41
115.
Appointment, removal and resignation
41
COMPANY SECRETARY
42
116.
Appointment and removal of Company Secretary
42
THE SEAL
42
117.
Use of seal
42
DIVIDENDS
42
118.
Company may declare dividends
42
119.
Board may pay dividends
42
120.
Calculation and currency of dividends
43
121.
Waiver of dividends
43
122.
Non-cash dividends
43
123.
Scrip dividends
43
124.
Enhanced scrip dividends
45
125.
Right to deduct amounts due on shares from dividends
45
126.
No interest on dividends
45
127.
Payment procedure
45
128.
Receipt by joint holders
46
129.
Where payment of dividends need not be made
46


130.
Unclaimed dividends
47
CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS
47
131.
Capitalisation of profits
47
132.
Capitalisation of reserves – Rights Plan
48
AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS
48
133.
Authentication of documents
48
RECORD DATES

49
134.
Power to choose record date
49
ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECORDS
49
135.
Inspection of records
49
136.
Destruction of documents
49
COMMUNICATIONS
50
137.
Form of communications
50
138.
Communication with joint holders
50
139.
Communication with overseas members
50
140.
Communications after transmission
51
141.
When notice deemed served
51
142.
Record date for communications
52
143.
Loss of Entitlement to Receive Communications
52
144.
Notice when post not available
52
WINDING UP
52
145.
Distribution in specie on winding up
52
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
53
146.
Dispute resolution
53
INDEMNITY

53
147.
Indemnity and provision of funds
53
148.
Power to insure
53
EXERCISE OF MEMBERS’ RIGHTS
54
149.
Nomination notices
54
150.
Effect of nomination notices
54
151.
Company to keep records of nominations
55
152.
Mandatory Offer Provisions
55
Appendix – Summary of Example Terms Rights to Acquire Shares of Tronox Holdings PLC
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Company No. 11653089

The Companies Acts

Public Company Limited by Shares

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

of

TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC

(Adopted on 27 March 2019)

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1
In these Articles, the following words and expressions have the meanings indicated below:

these Articles ”:  these articles of association as originally adopted or as altered from time to time;

Acquiring Person ”:  a person or group of Affiliates or Associated Persons and anyone acting in concert with any of them who has, for the purposes of Section 382 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, acquired an interest in shares issued by the Company of 4.5% or more, provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that a Depositary, acting solely in its capacity as Depositary, shall not be considered an Acquiring Person;

acting in concert ” has the meaning given to it in the Takeover Code, provided that no person shall be deemed to be acting in concert with any other person solely as a result of that other person having an interest in shares held by the same Depositary (acting solely in the Depositary’s capacity as such);

Affiliate ” and “ Associated Person ” have the respective meanings given to them under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the United States Securities Act of 1933;

Auditors ”:  the auditors of the Company for the time being or, in the case of joint auditors, any one of them;

beneficial ownership ” or “ beneficially owned ” or any correlative terms have the same meaning as in Regulation 13D under the Exchange Act;

Board ”:  the board of Directors from time to time of the Company or those Directors present at a duly convened meeting of the Directors at which a quorum is present;

clear days ”:  in relation to the period of a notice, that period excluding the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;

Depositary ”:  any depositary, clearing agency, custodian, nominee or similar entity authorised under arrangements entered into by the Company or otherwise approved by the Board that holds legal title to shares for the purposes of facilitating beneficial ownership of such shares (or the transfer thereof) by other persons, and may include a person that holds, or is interested directly or indirectly, including through a nominee, in, shares, or rights or interests in respect thereof, and that issues certificates, instruments, securities or other documents of title, or maintains accounts, evidencing or recording the entitlement of the holders thereof, or account holders, to or to receive such shares, rights or interests and shall include, where so approved by the Board, the trustees (acting in their capacity as such) of any employees’ share scheme established by the Company;

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Director ”:  a director for the time being of the Company;

Exchange Act ”:  the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

Executive Director ”:  a Director who is an employee of the Company or a subsidiary and who acts in an executive capacity for the Company under a contract of service;

holder ”:  in relation to shares, the member whose name is entered in the Register as the holder of the shares (but, to the extent that these Articles would otherwise conflict with the Statutes, not including the Company itself in relation to shares held as treasury shares);

interest in shares ” includes where the context permits “ interests in securities ” as defined in the Takeover Code and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes (without duplication) beneficial ownership, and “ interested in shares ” and “ share interest ” will be construed accordingly;

member ”:  a member of the Company (not including, to the extent that these Articles would otherwise conflict with the Statutes, the Company itself in relation to shares held as treasury shares), including, subject to Section 145 of the Companies Act 2006, any person nominated in accordance with these Articles to enjoy or exercise a member’s rights in relation to the Company;

Nominating Committee ”:  a nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board consisting only of Non-affiliated Directors;

nomination notice ” has the meaning given in Article 149;

Non-affiliated Director ”:  a Director who is (a) not an Executive Director, (b) not and, within three years of any reference date, has not been an employee, consultant or agent (in either case under a material engagement) or greater than 10% shareholder of the Company or of any Affiliate of the Company, (c) not a relative or family member of any person described in (a) or (b), and (d) at the time of determination thereof, deemed to be independent by the Board within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which the shares of the Company are then listed;

NYSE ”:  the New York Stock Exchange;

Office ”:  the registered office of the Company;

paid up ”:  paid up or credited as paid up;

Public Disclosure ”: a disclosure made in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, The Associated Press or a comparable United States based national news service or in a document publicly filed or furnished by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and “ Publicly Disclosed ” shall be construed accordingly);

Register ”:  the register of members of the Company;

Regulations ”:  the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001;

relevant system ”:  the computer-based system, and procedures, which enable title to units of a security to be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument, and which facilitate supplementary and incidental matters in accordance with the Regulations;

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Rights ” has the meaning given to it in Article 8.2;

Rights Plan ” has the meaning given to it in Article 8.1;

Seal ”:  the common seal of the Company or any official seal kept by the Company pursuant to the Statutes;

Secretary ”:  the secretary of the Company or any other person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary and any person appointed to perform the duties of secretary temporarily or in any particular case;

Statutes ”:  every statute (including any statutory instrument, order, regulation or subordinate legislation made under it) concerning companies that are incorporated in England and Wales to the extent that it is for the time being in force or (where the context requires) was in force at a particular time, including the Companies Act 2006 and the Regulations;

system s rules ”:  the rules, regulations, procedures, facilities and requirements of the relevant system concerned;

Takeover Code ”:  the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers as promulgated by the Takeover Panel, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time;

Takeover Panel ”:  the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers or such other authority designated as the supervising authority in the United Kingdom to carry out certain regulatory functions in relation to takeovers;

transfer instruction ”:  a properly authenticated dematerialised instruction on a relevant system in accordance with the Regulations in such form, in such manner and from such person as the Board may determine;

transmittee ”:  a person entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member or of any other event giving rise to its transmission by operation of law;

United Kingdom ”:  Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and

United States ”:  the United States of America.

1.2
In these Articles:


1.2.1
the expressions “debenture” and “debenture holder” include “debenture stock” and “debenture stockholder”.


1.2.2
references to writing include any method of reproducing or representing words, symbols or other information in such form (including in electronic form or by making it available on a website) that it can be read or seen with the naked eye and a copy of it can be retained.


1.2.3
references to the execution of a document (including where execution is implied, such as in the giving of a written consent) include references to its being executed under hand or under seal or by any other method, and, in relation to anything sent or supplied in electronic form, include references to its being executed by such means and incorporating such information as the Board may from time to time stipulate for the purpose of establishing its authenticity and integrity.


1.2.4
unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions that are defined in the Regulations or the Companies Act 2006 bear those meanings (but as if the definitions contemplated their use in these Articles as well as in the relevant legislation), except that the word “ company ” shall include any body corporate.

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1.2.5
except where the contrary is stated or the context otherwise requires, any reference to a statute or statutory provision includes any order, regulation, instrument or other subordinate legislation made under it for the time being in force, and any reference to a statute, statutory provision, order, regulation, instrument or other subordinate legislation includes any amendment, extension, consolidation, re-enactment or replacement of it for the time being in force.


1.2.6
words importing the singular number only include the plural and vice versa. Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter gender. Words importing persons include corporations.


1.2.7
references to a meeting shall not be taken as requiring more than one person to be present if any quorum requirement can be satisfied by one person.


1.2.8
references to any security as being in certificated form or uncertificated form refer, respectively, to that security being a certificated unit of a security or an uncertificated unit of a security for the purposes of the Regulations.


1.2.9
headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of these Articles.

2.
LIMITED LIABILITY

The liability of the members is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares held by them.

3.
MODEL ARTICLES EXCLUDED

None of the relevant model articles (within the meaning of Section 20 of the Companies Act 2006) shall apply as regulations of the Company.

4.
FORM OF RESOLUTIONS

A special resolution shall be effective for any purpose for which an ordinary resolution is expressed to be required under the Statutes or these Articles.

SHARE CAPITAL

5.
RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES

Subject to the Statutes and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing shares, any share may be allotted or issued with nominal value in any currency and with such rights or restrictions as the Board may determine.

6.
REDEEMABLE SHARES

The Company may issue shares which are to be redeemed, or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the holder, and the Board may determine the terms, conditions and manner of redemption of any such shares.

7.
REDEEMABLE DEFERRED SHARES

The rights and restrictions attaching to the Redeemable Deferred Shares are as set out in this Article 7.

7.1
For the purposes of this Article and the rights and restrictions attaching to the Redeemable Deferred Shares:

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Other Shares means any share that is not a Redeemable Deferred Share, and Other Shares shall be construed accordingly;

Redeemable Deferred Shareholders means a person entered in the Register as the holder of a Redeemable Deferred Share from time to time;

Redeemable Deferred Shares means any shares of £1.00 nominal value in the capital of the Company issued with the rights and subject to the restrictions set out in this Article 7; and

Share Capital Requirement means the minimum nominal value of share capital that a public company is required to maintain from time to time pursuant to the Statutes.

7.2
Subject to Article 7.4, the Redeemable Deferred Shareholders shall have no right to receive any dividend or other distribution whether of capital or income.

7.3
The Redeemable Deferred Shares shall confer no right on the Redeemable Deferred Shareholders to receive notice of, or to attend or vote at, any general meeting of the Company, but shall confer on each holder thereof a right to receive notice of and to attend and to vote at any separate class meeting of the holders of Redeemable Deferred Shares.

7.4
Other than a return of capital in connection with the cancellation of the entire nominal value of each Redeemable Deferred Share, on a return of capital in a liquidation, but not otherwise, the Redeemable Deferred Shareholders shall have the right to receive the nominal amount of each such Redeemable Deferred Share held, but only after the holder of each Other Share in the capital of the Company shall have received the amount paid up or credited as paid up on each such Other Share and the Redeemable Deferred Shareholders shall not be entitled to any further participation in the assets or profits of the Company.

7.5
A reduction by the Company of the capital paid up or credited as paid up on the Redeemable Deferred Shares and the cancellation of such Redeemable Deferred Shares will be treated as being in accordance with the rights attaching to the Redeemable Deferred Shares and will not involve a variation of such rights for any purpose, and the Company will be authorised at any time, without obtaining the consent of the Redeemable Deferred Shareholders, to reduce its capital (in accordance with the Statutes).

7.6
The rights, limitations and restrictions attaching to the Redeemable Deferred Shares shall not be, and shall not be deemed to be, varied or abrogated in any way by:


7.6.1
a reduction or cancellation of all or part of the share capital of the Company;


7.6.2
any repurchase by the Company of any of the Other Shares;


7.6.3
the allotment or issue of further shares ranking subsequent to, pari passu with, or in priority to them, or any Redeemable Deferred Shares;


7.6.4
the subdivision, consolidation, conversion or redesignation of any of the Other Shares; or


7.6.5
any alteration or amendment to these Articles or the adoption of new articles of association in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, these Articles.

7.7
Notwithstanding any other provision in these Articles (subject to the Statutes), any Redeemable Deferred Shares shall be redeemed on the next working day following written notice requesting such redemption being given by either the Company or the holder for the time being of the Redeemable Deferred Shares concerned to the other at any time after the earlier of:

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7.7.1
the Company satisfying the Share Capital Requirement by virtue only of the Other Shares that are at that time in issue (i.e. independently of, and without regard to, any Redeemable Deferred Shares); or


7.7.2
the Share Capital Requirement ceasing to apply to the Company.

7.8
On redemption of any Redeemable Deferred Share, the Company shall pay to the holder of such share in full the amount paid up or credited as paid up on such share, and the holder of such share shall be bound to deliver to the Company at its registered office the certificate in respect of such share.

8.
RIGHTS PLAN

8.1
Subject to the Statutes, the Board may exercise any power of the Company to establish a shareholders rights plan (the “ Rights Plan ”), including approving the execution of any document relating to the adoption and/or implementation of the Rights Plan.  The Rights Plan may be in such form as the Board shall in its absolute discretion determine and may in particular (but without restriction or limitation) include such terms as are described in the Summary of Example Terms in the form appearing in the Appendix to these Articles.  The Board may also terminate the Rights Plan at any time including but not limited to in connection with a transaction.

8.2
Subject to the Statutes, the Board may exercise any power of the Company to grant rights (including approving the execution of any documents relating to the grant of rights) to subscribe for shares, in accordance with the Rights Plan (the “ Rights ”).

8.3
The purpose for which the Board shall be entitled to establish the Rights Plan and to grant Rights in accordance therewith, as provided in Articles 8.1 and 8.2, shall be where, in the opinion of the Board, establishment of the Rights Plan would preserve the ability of the Company to use its net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes (“ Tax Benefits ”), which would be substantially limited if the Company experienced an ownership change as defined in Section 382 of the United States Internal Revenue Code (an “ Ownership Change ”).

8.4
Subject to the Statutes, the Board may determine not to redeem the Rights and accordingly exercise any power of the Company to (a) allot shares pursuant to the exercise of the Rights; or (b) exchange or cause to be exchanged all or part of the Rights (in each case, other than Rights held by an Acquiring Person) for ordinary shares and/or another class of shares (an “ Exchange ”) in each case in accordance with the Rights Plan.  The purpose for which the Board shall be entitled not to redeem the Rights, and accordingly to exercise any power of the Company to allot shares or effect an Exchange shall be where, in the opinion of the Board, not to redeem the Rights and accordingly to exercise any power of the Company to allot shares or effect an Exchange would preserve the ability of the Company to use its Tax Benefits, which would be substantially limited if the Company experienced an Ownership Change.

9.
PAYMENT OF COMMISSIONS

The Company may exercise the powers of paying commissions and brokerage conferred or permitted by the Statutes. Subject to the Statutes, any such commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or by the allotment (or an option to call for the allotment) of fully or partly paid shares or partly in one way and partly the other.

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10.
TRUSTS NOT RECOGNISED

Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or recognise (except as otherwise provided by these Articles or by law or under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction) any interest in any share except an absolute right to the whole of the share in the holder.

11.
VARIATION OF RIGHTS

The provisions of the Statutes as to variation of class rights shall apply to the variation or abrogation of the special rights attached to some only of the shares of any class as if each group of shares of the class differently treated formed a separate class.

12.
MATTERS NOT CONSTITUTING A VARIATION OF RIGHTS

12.1
The rights attached to any share or class of shares shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by its terms of issue, be deemed to be varied, abrogated or breached by:


12.1.1
the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with it; or


12.1.2
the purchase or redemption by the Company of any of its own shares (whether of that or any other class) or the sale of any shares (of that class or any other class) held as treasury shares.

CERTIFICATES

13.
RIGHT TO CERTIFICATES

13.1
Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, every person whose name is entered in the Register as a holder of shares in the Company shall be entitled, within the time specified by the Statutes and without payment, to one certificate for all the shares of each class registered in the holder’s name provided that, except insofar as the Board decides otherwise, no such certificate will be issued unless requested by the relevant person. Upon a transfer of part of the shares of any class registered in the holder’s name, every holder shall be entitled without payment to one certificate for the balance in certificated form of the holder’s holding. Upon request and upon payment, for every certificate after the first, of such reasonable sum (if any) as the Board may determine, every holder shall be entitled to receive several certificates for certificated shares of one class registered in the holder’s name (subject to surrender for cancellation of any existing certificate representing such shares). Every holder shall be entitled to receive one certificate in substitution for several certificates for certificated shares of one class registered in the holder’s name upon surrender to the Company of all the share certificates representing such shares.

13.2
Subject as provided in the preceding part of this Article, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate in respect of certificated shares registered in the names of two or more persons and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.

14.
EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES

Every certificate for share or loan capital or other securities of the Company (other than letters of allotment, scrip certificates or similar documents) shall be issued under the Seal (or in such other manner as the Board, having regard to the terms of issue and the Statutes may authorise) and each share certificate shall specify the shares to which it relates, the distinguishing number (if any) of the shares and the amount paid up on the shares. The Board may determine, either generally or in relation to any particular case, that any signature on any certificate need not be autographic but may be applied by some mechanical or other means, or printed on the certificate, or that certificates need not be signed.

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15.
REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES

If a share certificate for certificated shares is worn out, defaced or damaged then, upon its surrender to the Company, it shall be replaced free of charge. If a share certificate for certificated shares is or is alleged to have been lost or destroyed it may be replaced without fee but on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and to payment of any exceptional out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in investigating such evidence and preparing such indemnity as the Board thinks fit. The Company shall be entitled to treat an application for a replacement certificate made by one of joint holders as being made on behalf of all the holders concerned.

16.
UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES

16.1
Unless otherwise determined by the Board and permitted by the Regulations, the Company shall not issue and no person shall be entitled to receive a certificate in respect of any share or other security issued by the Company for so long as it is in uncertificated form.

16.2
Conversion of securities in certificated form into uncertificated form, and vice versa, may be made in such manner as the Board may, in its absolute discretion, think fit (subject always to the Statutes and the facilities and requirements of the relevant system).

16.3
All registers of holders relating to securities issued by the Company will be maintained as required by the Regulations and by the rules of the relevant system and will distinguish between securities held in uncertificated form and securities held in certificated form. Unless the Board shall otherwise determine, holdings of the same holder or joint holders in certificated form shall be treated as separate from the same person or persons’ holdings in uncertificated form, but a class of securities shall not be treated as two classes by virtue only of the fact that it comprises securities in certificated form and securities in uncertificated form (even if, as a result of any provision of these Articles or the Regulations, securities are treated differently according to whether they are in certificated or uncertificated form).

16.4
No certificate will normally be issued in respect of securities held by a financial institution.

16.5
The provisions of these Articles shall not apply to shares of any class which are in uncertificated form to the extent that such Articles are inconsistent with:


16.5.1
the holding of shares of that class in uncertificated form;


16.5.2
the transfer of title to shares of that class by means of a relevant system; or


16.5.3
any provision of the Regulations

but notwithstanding this the Board may require the Operator of a relevant system to convert any share held in uncertificated form into certificated form in order to enable the Company to deal with the share in accordance with these Articles.

LIEN

17.
COMPANY’S LIEN

17.1
The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all monies (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of that share. The Company’s lien on a share shall extend to any amount payable in respect of it.

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17.2
The Board may at any time resolve that any share shall be wholly or in part exempt from this Article.

18.
ENFORCING LIEN BY SALE AFTER NOTICE

The Company may sell, in such manner as the Board determines, any shares on which the Company has a lien if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable and is not paid within 14 clear days after a notice has been given to the holder of the share or the relevant transmittee, demanding payment and indicating that if the notice is not complied with the shares will be sold.

19.
MANNER OF SALE

19.1
To give effect to a sale, the Board may:


19.1.1
in the case of shares held in certificated form, authorise and instruct some person (which may include the holder of shares concerned) to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares sold; and


19.1.2
in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, subject to the system’s rules, require the Operator of a relevant system to convert any such share into certificated form in order to enable the Company to deal with the share in accordance with this Article, and after such conversion authorise and instruct some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the share (and to take such other steps as may be necessary to give effect to the sale);

in each case to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser and the transfer will be valid even if in respect of any of the shares no certificate accompanies the instrument of transfer. The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money and the transferee’s title to the shares shall not be affected by any irregularity or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the sale.

20.
APPLICATION OF SALE PROCEEDS

The net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in or towards payment of so much of the sum for which the lien exists as is presently payable, and any residue shall (in the case of shares held in certificated form, upon surrender to the Company for cancellation of the certificate for the shares sold and in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, within a reasonable time following receipt by the Company of the net proceeds of sale and subject in each such case to a like lien for any monies not presently payable as existed upon the shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the shares immediately before the sale.

CALLS ON SHARES

21.
CALLS

21.1
Subject to the terms of issue, the Board may from time to time make calls upon the members in respect of any money unpaid on their shares (whether in respect of the nominal amount or by way of premium). Each member shall (subject to receiving at least 14 clear days’ notice specifying when and where payment is to be made) pay to the Company as required by the notice the amount called on the member’s shares. A call may be made payable by instalments. A call may, at any time before receipt by the Company of any sum due under the call, be revoked in whole or in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part, as the Board may determine.

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21.2
A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for all calls made upon the person notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect of which the call was made.

22.
TIME OF CALL

A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed.

23.
LIABILITY OF JOINT HOLDERS

The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect of the share.

24.
INTEREST

If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due and payable shall pay all costs, charges and expenses that the Company may have incurred by reason of such non-payment, together with interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until the day it is paid at the rate fixed by the terms of issue of the share or in the notice of the call or, if no rate is fixed, at the appropriate rate (as defined by Section 609 of the Companies Act 2006) but the Board may waive payment of the interest wholly or in part.

25.
SUMS DUE ON ALLOTMENT OR BY WAY OF INSTALMENT TREATED AS CALLS

An amount payable in respect of a share on allotment or at any fixed date, whether in respect of the nominal amount of the share or by way of premium or as an instalment of a call, shall be deemed to be a call and, if it is not paid these Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

26.
POWER TO DIFFERENTIATE

Subject to the terms of issue, the Board may, on the issue of shares, differentiate between the allottees or holders in the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.

27.
ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CALLS

27.1
The Board may, if it thinks fit, receive from any member willing to advance them all or any part of the monies unpaid and uncalled upon the shares held by the member and may pay interest upon the monies so advanced (to the extent such monies exceed the amount of the calls due and payable upon the shares in respect of which they have been advanced) at such rate (not exceeding 15% per annum unless the Company by ordinary resolution otherwise directs) as the Board may determine.

27.2
A payment in advance of calls shall extinguish, to the extent of it, the liability upon the shares in respect of which it is advanced.

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

28.
NOTICE IF CALL NOT PAID

28.1
If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the Board may at any time serve a notice on the holder requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as remains unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued thereon and any costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify a further day (not being less than 14 clear days from the date of the notice) on or before which, and the place where the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall indicate that if the notice is not complied with the shares in respect of which the call was made or instalment is payable will be liable to be forfeited.

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28.2
The Board may accept the surrender of any share liable to be forfeited and, in such case, references in these Articles to forfeiture shall include surrender.

29.
FORFEITURE IF NOTICE NOT COMPLIED WITH

If any notice served under the immediately preceding Article (Notice if call not paid) is not complied with, any share in respect of which the notice was given may, before payment of all calls or instalments and interest due in respect of it is made, be forfeited by (and with effect from the time of the passing of) a resolution of the Board that such share be forfeited. The forfeiture shall include all dividends declared and other monies payable in respect of the forfeited shares and not paid before the forfeiture.

30.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

When any share has been forfeited, notice of the forfeiture shall be served upon the person who was, before the forfeiture, the holder of the share, but a forfeiture shall not be invalidated by any failure to give such notice. An entry of such notice and an entry of the forfeiture with the date thereof shall forthwith be made in the Register in respect of such share. However, no forfeiture shall be invalidated by any omission to make such entries as aforesaid.

31.
SALE OF FORFEITED SHARE

31.1
Until cancelled in accordance with the Statutes, a forfeited share shall be deemed to be the property of the Company and may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of either to the person who was the holder before the forfeiture or to any other person upon such terms and in such manner as the Board thinks fit. To give effect to a sale or other disposal, the Board may:


31.1.1
in the case of shares held in certificated form, authorise and instruct some person (which may include the holder of shares concerned) to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares; and


31.1.2
in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, subject to the system’s rules, require the Operator of a relevant system to convert any such share into certificated form in order to enable the Company to deal with the share in accordance with this Article, and after such conversion authorise and instruct some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the share (and to take such other steps as may be necessary to give effect to the sale or disposal);

to the designated transferee (and the transfer will be valid even if in respect of any of the shares no certificate accompanies the instrument of transfer). The Company may receive any consideration given for the share on its disposal and may register the transferee as holder of the share. At any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition, the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Board thinks fit.

32.
ARREARS TO BE PAID NOTWITHSTANDING FORFEITURE

32.1
A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a member in respect of the forfeited shares and, in the case of shares held in certificated form, shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the forfeited shares but in all cases shall remain liable to the Company for all monies which at the date of forfeiture were presently payable by the relevant person to the Company in respect of those shares with interest thereon from the date of forfeiture until payment at such rate (not exceeding 15% per annum) as the Board may determine.

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32.2
The Board may waive payment wholly or in part and the Board may enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the shares at the time of forfeiture or for any consideration received on their disposal.

33.
STATUTORY DECLARATION AND VALIDITY OF SALE

A statutory declaration by a Director or the Secretary that a share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share. The declaration shall (subject to the completion of any formalities necessary to effect a transfer) constitute a good title to the share and the person to whom the share is disposed of shall be registered as the holder of the share and shall be discharged from all calls made prior to such disposition and shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration (if any), nor shall the person’s title to the share be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale, re-allotment or other disposal of the share.

UNTRACED SHAREHOLDERS

34.
POWER TO SELL SHARES OF UNTRACED SHAREHOLDERS

34.1
Subject to the Regulations, the Company shall be entitled to sell at the best price reasonably obtainable any shares of a holder or transmittee if in respect of those shares:


34.1.1
no cheque, warrant or other financial instrument or payment sent by the Company in the manner authorised by these Articles has been cashed for a period of at least 12 years (the “ qualifying period ”) and in the qualifying period the Company has paid at least three dividends and no dividend has been claimed;


34.1.2
the Company has at the expiration of the qualifying period given notice of its intention to sell such shares by two advertisements, one in a national newspaper published in the United Kingdom and the other in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the last known address of the holder or the address at which service of notices may be effected in the manner authorised by these Articles is located;


34.1.3
so far as the Board is aware, the Company has not during the qualifying period or the period of three months after the date of such advertisements (or the later of the two dates if they are published on different dates) and prior to the exercise of the power of sale received any communication from the holder or transmittee,

and where this power has arisen and at the time of its exercise that holder or transmittee holds, or is entitled by transmission to hold, any other shares issued in right of the shares to be sold, this power shall be deemed to have arisen also in relation to those other shares.

35.
MANNER OF SALE AND CREATION OF DEBT IN RESPECT OF NET PROCEEDS

35.1
To give effect to any sale pursuant to the immediately preceding Article, the Board may:


35.1.1
in the case of shares held in certificated form, authorise and instruct some person (which may include the holder of shares concerned) to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares; and

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35.1.2
in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, subject to the system’s rules, require the Operator of a relevant system to convert any such share into certificated form in order to enable the Company to deal with the share in accordance with this Article, and after such conversion authorise and instruct some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the share (and to take such other steps as may be necessary to give effect to the sale or disposal);

and such instrument of transfer and the taking of such other steps as may be necessary shall be as effective as if they had been executed by the holder or transmittee of the shares. The transfer will be valid even if in respect of any of the shares no certificate accompanies the instrument of transfer. The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money and his title shall not be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings relating to the sale.

35.2
The net proceeds of sale shall belong to the Company, which shall be indebted to the former holder or transmittee for an amount equal to such proceeds and shall enter the name of such former member or other person in the books of the Company as a creditor for such amount. No trust shall be created in respect of the debt, no interest shall be payable in respect of it and the Company shall not be required to account for any monies earned on the net proceeds, which may be employed in the business of the Company or otherwise invested as the Board thinks fit.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

36.
FORM AND EXECUTION OF TRANSFER

36.1
Subject to such of the restrictions of these Articles as may be applicable, a member may transfer all or any of the member’s shares, in the case of shares held in certificated form, by an instrument of transfer in any usual form or in any other form which the Board may approve or, in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, in accordance with the Regulations and the system’s rules and otherwise in such manner as the Board in its absolute discretion shall determine. An instrument of transfer shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and (unless the share is fully paid) by or on behalf of the transferee. Subject to the Statutes, the transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of it.

36.2
Subject to the Statutes and notwithstanding any other provisions of these Articles, the Board shall have power to implement any arrangements it may think fit to enable:


36.2.1
title to any securities of the Company to be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument in accordance with the Regulations and the facilities and requirements of the relevant system concerned; and


36.2.2
rights attaching to such securities to be exercised notwithstanding that such securities are held in uncertificated form where, in the Board’s opinion, these Articles do not otherwise allow or provide for such exercise.

37.
RIGHT TO REFUSE REGISTRATION OF SHARES

In exceptional circumstances approved by the relevant regulatory authority (if any), the Board may refuse to register a transfer of certificated shares provided that such refusal would not disturb the market in those shares. Subject to the requirements of the relevant listing rules (if applicable), the Board may, in its absolute discretion, refuse to register the transfer of a certificated share that is not fully paid or the transfer of a certificated share on which the Company has a lien.

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38.
OTHER RIGHTS TO REFUSE REGISTRATION

38.1
Subject to the Statutes, the Board may also refuse to register the transfer of a share:


38.1.1
in the case of shares held in certificated form, if it is not lodged, duly stamped (if necessary), at the Office or at such other place as the Board may appoint and accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates (where a certificate has been issued in respect of the shares and these Articles do not provide for such a transfer to be valid without production of the certificate) and/or such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;


38.1.2
if it is not in respect of one class of share only;


38.1.3
if it is not in favour of four or fewer transferees;


38.1.4
if it is in favour of a minor, bankrupt or person of mental ill health;


38.1.5
without prejudice to the foregoing, in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, in any other circumstances permitted by the Regulations and/or the system’s rules; or


38.1.6
where the Board is obliged or entitled to refuse to do so as a result of any failure to comply with a notice under Section 793 of the Companies Act 2006.

39.
NOTICE OF REFUSAL

If the Board refuses to register a transfer it shall, in the case of shares held in certificated form, within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged and, in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, within two months after the date on which the relevant Operator-instruction was received by or on behalf of the Company, send to the transferee notice of the refusal together with its reasons for the refusal.

40.
NO FEE FOR REGISTRATION

No fee shall be charged for the registration of any instrument of transfer or document relating to or affecting the title to any share.

41.
RETENTION OF DOCUMENTS

Any instrument of transfer which is registered may be retained by the Company, but any instrument of transfer which the Board refuses to register shall be returned to the person lodging it when notice of the refusal is given.

42.
OTHER REGISTERS

Subject to the Statutes, the Company may keep an overseas, local or other register in any place, and the Board may make and vary such regulations as it may think fit concerning the keeping of that register.

TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

43.
TRANSMISSION

Where transmission occurs in relation to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member or of any other event giving rise to its transmission by operation of law, the survivor or survivors (in the case of death) where the member was a joint holder, and the transmittee where the member was a sole holder or the only survivor of joint holders, shall be the only person recognised by the Company as having any title to the relevant shares; but nothing contained in this Article shall release the estate of a deceased member from any liability in respect of any share solely or jointly held by the deceased member.

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44.
ELECTION BY TRANSMITTEE

A transmittee may, upon such evidence being produced as the Board may require and subject (where relevant) to the system’s rules, elect either to become the holder of the share or to have some person nominated by the transmittee registered as the transferee. If the transmittee elects to become the holder, the transmittee shall give notice to the Company to that effect. If the transmittee elects to have another person registered, the transmittee shall, subject (where relevant) to the system’s rules, effect or procure a transfer of the share in favour of that person. Subject to the Statutes, all the provisions of these Articles relating to the transfer of shares shall apply to the notice or instrument of transfer as if the death or bankruptcy of the member or other event giving rise to the transmission had not occurred and the notice or instrument of transfer was an instrument of transfer executed by the member.

45.
RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF THE SHARE

A transmittee shall have the same rights to which the transmittee would be entitled if the transmittee were the holder of the share concerned, except that the transmittee shall not be entitled in respect of it to attend or vote at any general meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the Company until the transmittee is registered as the holder of the share. The Board may at any time give notice to the transmittee requiring the transmittee to elect either to become the holder of the share or to transfer the share and, if the notice is not complied with within 60 clear days from the date of the notice, the Board may withhold payment of all dividends and other monies payable in respect of the share until the transmittee complies with the notice.

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

46.
ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

46.1
Where the Company sub-divides its shares, or any of them, into shares of a smaller amount, the resolution may determine that, as between the shares resulting from the sub-division, any of them may have a preference or advantage as compared with others.

46.2
Whenever as a result of a consolidation, division or sub-division of shares any member would become entitled to fractions of a share, the Board may deal with the fractions as it thinks fit and, in particular, may sell the shares representing the fractions to any person (including, subject to the Statutes, the Company) and may distribute the net proceeds of sale in due proportion among those members except for amounts of £5.00 (or its equivalent in US dollars at the relevant time) or less, which shall be retained for the benefit of the Company. To give effect to any such sale, the Board may authorise and instruct a person to take such steps as may be necessary (subject, in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, to the system’s rules) to transfer or deliver the shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. Subject to the Statutes, where a member holds shares in both certificated and uncertificated form, the Board may for these purposes treat them as separate holdings, and may at its discretion arrange for any shares representing fractions to be entered in the Register as held in certificated or uncertificated form in order to facilitate their sale under this Article. The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money and the transferee’s title shall not be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings relating to the sale.

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PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

47.
PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

47.1
Subject to the Statutes and to any rights conferred on the holders of any class of shares, the Company may purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares).

47.2
On a purchase by the Company of its own shares, neither the Company nor the Board shall be required to select the shares to be purchased rateably or in any particular manner as between the holders of shares of the same class or as between them and the holders of shares of any other class or in accordance with the rights as to dividends or capital attached to any class of shares.

GENERAL MEETINGS

48.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS

The Company shall hold annual general meetings in accordance with the requirements of the Statutes. General meetings shall include annual general meetings unless expressly specified to the contrary.

49.
CONVENING GENERAL MEETINGS

The Board may convene a general meeting whenever it thinks fit and shall do so on requisition in accordance with the Statutes. A general meeting may be held anywhere in the world.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

50.
LENGTH OF NOTICE PERIOD

50.1
An annual general meeting shall be convened by at least 21 clear days’ notice. Subject to the Statutes, all other general meetings shall be convened by at least 14 clear days’ notice. Subject to these Articles and to any restrictions imposed on any shares, the notice shall be given to all the members, to all transmittees and to the Directors and Auditors.

50.2
Subject to the provisions of the Statutes, and although called by shorter notice than that specified in Article 50.1, a general meeting is deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed:


50.2.1
in the case of an annual general meeting, by all the members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting; and


50.2.2
in the case of a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting), by a majority in number of the members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority who together hold not less than 95% in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

51.
CONTENTS OF NOTICES

51.1
Every notice calling a general meeting shall specify:


51.1.1
the place, the day and the time of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted;


51.1.2
(if such is the case) that the meeting is an annual general meeting;

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51.1.3
(if such is the case) that the meeting is convened to pass a special resolution; and


51.1.4
with reasonable prominence that a member is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to exercise all or any of the member’s rights to attend, speak and vote at the meeting, that a proxy need not be a member, and the address or addresses where appointments of proxy are to be deposited, delivered or received insofar as any such address is other than the postal address of the Office.

52.
OMISSION OR NON-RECEIPT OF NOTICE

No proceedings at any meeting shall be invalidated by any accidental omission to give notice of the meeting, or to send an instrument of proxy, to any person entitled to receive it or, in the case of notice in electronic form or made available by means of a website, to invite any such person to appoint a proxy, or by reason of any such person not receiving any such notice, instrument or invitation.

53.
CHANGE OF DATE, TIME OR PLACE OF MEETING

If for any reason the Board considers it impractical or undesirable to hold a meeting on the day, at the time or in the place specified in the notice calling the meeting it can change the date, time and place of the meeting (or whichever it requires), and may do so more than once in relation to the same meeting. References in these Articles to the time of the holding of the meeting shall be construed accordingly. The Board will Publicly Disclose (and insofar as it is practicable, announce by advertisement in at least one newspaper with a national circulation in the United Kingdom) the date, time and place of the meeting as changed, but it shall not be necessary to restate the business of the meeting in that announcement.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

54.
QUORUM

No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business, but the absence of a quorum shall not preclude the choice or appointment of a chairman of the meeting.  A quorum shall be the members who together represent at least the majority of the voting rights of all the members entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, at the relevant meeting, provided that, if the Board so determines, the majority shall be calculated only on the basis of votes not already cast in advance in accordance with Article 67.2.

55.
PROCEDURE IF QUORUM NOT PRESENT

55.1
If within five minutes (or such longer time not exceeding one hour as the chairman of the meeting may decide to wait) after the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall (if requisitioned in accordance with the Statutes) be dissolved or (in any other case) stand adjourned to such other day (not being less than ten clear days nor more than 28 days later) and at such time and place as the chairman of the meeting may decide.  If at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within one hour after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the meeting shall be dissolved.

55.2
The Company shall give not less than seven clear days’ notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum.

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56.
CHAIRMAN OF GENERAL MEETING

56.1
The chairman (if any) of the Board or, in his or her absence, the deputy chairman (if any) shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such chairman or deputy chairman, or if at any meeting neither the chairman nor a deputy chairman is present within five minutes after the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act, or if one Director only is present he or she shall preside as chairman, if willing to act. If no Director is present, or if each of the Directors present declines to take the chair, the persons present and entitled to vote shall elect one of their number to be chairman.

56.2
The chairman of the meeting may invite any person to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company whom he or she considers to be equipped by knowledge or experience of the Company’s business to assist in the deliberations of the meeting.

56.3
The decision of the chairman of the meeting as to points of order, matters of procedure or arising incidentally out of the business of a general meeting shall be conclusive, as shall be his or her decision, acting in good faith, on whether a point or matter is of this nature.

57.
ATTENDANCE AND SPEAKING AT GENERAL MEETINGS

57.1
A person is able to exercise the right to speak at a general meeting when that person is in a position to communicate to all those attending the meeting, during the meeting, any information or opinions which that person has on the business of the meeting.

57.2
A person is able to exercise the right to vote at a general meeting when:


57.2.1
that person is able to vote, during the meeting, on resolutions put to the vote at the meeting; and


57.2.2
that person’s vote can be taken into account in determining whether or not such resolutions are passed at the same time as the votes of all the other persons attending the meeting.

57.3
The Directors may make whatever arrangements they consider appropriate to enable those attending a general meeting to exercise their rights to speak or vote at it.

57.4
Each Director shall be entitled to attend and to speak at any general meeting of the Company and at any separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares or debentures in the Company.

58.
MEETING AT MORE THAN ONE PLACE AND/OR IN A SERIES OF ROOMS

58.1
A general meeting or adjourned meeting may be held at more than one place, anywhere in the world. The notice of meeting will specify the place at which the chairman will be present (the “ Principal Place ”) and a letter accompanying the notice will specify any other place(s) at which the meeting will be held simultaneously (but any failure to do this will not invalidate the notice of meeting).

58.2
A general meeting or adjourned meeting will be held in one room or a series of rooms at the place specified in the notice of meeting or any other place at which the meeting is to be held simultaneously.

58.3
If the meeting is held in more than one place and/or in a series of rooms, it will not be validly held unless all persons entitled to attend and speak at the meeting are able:

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58.3.1
if excluded from the Principal Place or the room in which the chairman is present, to attend at one of the other places or rooms; and


58.3.2
to communicate with one another audio-visually throughout the meeting.

58.4
The Board may make such arrangements as it thinks fit for simultaneous attendance and participation at the meeting and may vary any such arrangements or make new arrangements. Arrangements may be notified in advance or at the meeting by whatever means the Board thinks appropriate to the circumstances. Each person entitled to attend the meeting will be bound by the arrangements made by the Board.

58.5
Where a meeting is held in more than one place and/or a series of rooms, then for the purpose of these Articles the meeting shall consist of all those persons entitled to attend and participate in the meeting who attend at any of the places or rooms.

59.
SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

The Board may direct that persons entitled to attend any general meeting should submit to such searches or other security arrangements or restrictions as the Board shall consider appropriate in the circumstances and the Board may in its absolute discretion refuse entry to such general meeting to any person who fails to submit to such searches or otherwise to comply with such security arrangements or restrictions. If any person has gained entry to a general meeting and refuses to comply with any such security arrangements or restrictions or disrupts the proper and orderly conduct of the general meeting, the chairman of the meeting may at any time without the consent of the general meeting require such person to leave or be removed from the meeting.

60.
ADJOURNMENTS

60.1
The chairman of the meeting may at any time without the consent of the meeting adjourn any meeting (whether or not it has commenced or a quorum is present) either indefinitely or to such time and place as he or she may decide if it appears to him or her that:


60.1.1
the persons entitled to attend cannot be conveniently accommodated in the place appointed for the meeting;


60.1.2
the conduct of persons present prevents, or is likely to prevent, the orderly continuation of business; or


60.1.3
an adjournment is otherwise necessary so that the business of the meeting may be properly conducted.

60.2
In addition, the chairman of the meeting may at any time with the consent of any meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the meeting either indefinitely or to such time and place as he or she may decide. When a meeting is adjourned indefinitely the time and place for the adjourned meeting shall be fixed by the Board.

60.3
No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business which might properly have been transacted at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place.

61.
NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETING

61.1
If a meeting is adjourned indefinitely or for 30 days or more or for lack of a quorum, at least seven clear days’ notice specifying the place, the day and the time of the adjourned meeting shall be given, but it shall not be necessary to specify in the notice the nature of the business to be transacted at the adjourned meeting. Otherwise, it shall not be necessary to give notice of an adjourned meeting.

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VOTES OF MEMBERS

62.
METHOD OF VOTING

62.1
For as long as any shares are held by a Depositary, any resolution put to the vote at a general meeting shall be decided on a poll without demand and without a show of hands.

62.2
Otherwise, 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 duly demanded. Subject to the Statutes, a poll may be demanded by:


62.2.1
the chairman of the meeting;


62.2.2
at least five members or proxies entitled to vote on the resolution;


62.2.3
any member or proxy alone or together with one or more others representing in aggregate at least one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to attend and vote on the resolution (excluding any voting rights attached to any shares held as treasury shares); or


62.2.4
any member or proxy alone or together with one or more others holding or having been appointed in respect of shares conferring a right to vote on the resolution, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right (excluding any voting rights attached to any shares held as treasury shares);

and unless a poll is so demanded and the demand is not withdrawn, a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or not carried by a particular majority or lost and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting 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.

63.
VOTES OF MEMBERS

Subject to the Statutes, to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares and to any other provisions of these Articles, on a show of hands every member who is present in person shall have one vote and on a poll every member shall have one vote for every share of which the member is the holder. If the notice of the meeting has specified a time (which is not more than 48 hours, taking no account of any part of a day that is not a working day, before the time fixed for the meeting) by which a person must be entered on the Register in order to have the right to attend and vote at the meeting, no person registered after that time shall be eligible to attend and vote at the meeting by right of that registration, even if present at the meeting. References in these Articles to members present in person shall be construed accordingly.

64.
VOTES OF JOINT HOLDERS

In the case of joint holders of a share who are entitled to vote 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 seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register.

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65.
VOTES OF MEMBER SUFFERING INCAPACITY

A member in respect of whom an order has been made by any competent court or official on the ground that he or she is or may be suffering from mental disorder or is otherwise incapable of managing his or her affairs may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by any person authorised in such circumstances to do so on his or her behalf and that person may vote on a poll by proxy. The vote of such member shall not be valid unless evidence to the satisfaction of the Board of the authority of the person claiming to exercise the right to vote is deposited at the Office, or at such other place as is specified in accordance with these Articles for the deposit of appointments of proxy in hard copy form, not later than the last time at which an appointment of proxy should have been delivered in order to be valid for use at that meeting or on the holding of that poll.

66.
NO RIGHT TO VOTE WHERE SUMS OVERDUE ON SHARES

No member shall, unless the Board otherwise decides, vote at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of holders of any class of shares in the Company, either in person or by proxy, or exercise any other right or privilege as a member in respect of any share in the Company held by the member unless all monies presently payable by the member in respect of that share have been paid.

67.
VOTES ON A POLL

67.1
On a poll, a member entitled to more than one vote on a poll need not, if the member votes, use all the member’s votes or cast all the votes the member uses in the same way.

67.2
A member shall be entitled to cast votes on a poll in advance, including by telephone or other electronic means, if the member complies with such procedures for the purposes of authentication, and the votes are cast within such time as may be fixed in accordance with the Statutes, as the Board may prescribe.

68.
RIGHT TO WITHDRAW DEMAND FOR A POLL

The demand for a poll may, before the earlier of the close of the meeting and the taking of the poll, be withdrawn but only with the consent of the chairman of the meeting and, if a demand is withdrawn, any other persons entitled to demand a poll may do so. If a demand is withdrawn, it shall not be taken to have invalidated the result of a show of hands declared before the demand was made. If a poll is demanded before the declaration of the result of a show of hands and the demand is duly withdrawn, the chairman of the meeting may give whatever directions he or she considers necessary to ensure that the business of the meeting proceeds as it would have if the demand had not been made.

69.
PROCEDURE ON A POLL

A poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman of the meeting directs and he or she may appoint scrutineers (who need not be persons entitled to vote) and fix a time and place for declaring the result of the poll. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was ordered.

70.
WHEN POLL TO BE TAKEN

A poll on the election of a chairman of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll on any other question shall be taken either forthwith or on such date (being not more than 30 days after the poll is ordered) and at such time and place and in such manner or by such means as the chairman of the meeting directs. No notice need be given of a poll not taken immediately if the time and place at which it is to be taken are announced at the meeting at which it is ordered. In any other case, at least seven clear days’ notice shall be given specifying the time and place at which the poll is to be taken. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was ordered.

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71.
CONTINUANCE OF OTHER BUSINESS AFTER POLL ORDERED

The ordering of a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll was ordered.

72.
PROPOSAL OR AMENDMENT OF RESOLUTION

A resolution proposed by the chairman of the meeting does not need to be seconded. In the case of a resolution duly proposed as a special resolution, no amendment to that resolution (other than an amendment to correct an obvious error) may be considered or voted upon. In the case of a resolution duly proposed as an ordinary resolution, no amendment to that resolution (other than an amendment to correct an obvious error) may be considered or voted upon unless at least 48 hours prior to the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which such ordinary resolution is to be proposed notice of the terms of the amendment and of the intention to move the amendment has been lodged in writing in hard copy form at the Office or received in electronic form at the electronic address at which the Company has or is deemed to have agreed to receive it, or the chairman of the meeting in his or her absolute discretion decides in good faith that it may be considered and voted upon.

73.
AMENDMENT OF RESOLUTION RULED OUT OF ORDER

If an amendment is proposed to any resolution under consideration which the chairman of the meeting rules out of order, the proceedings on the substantive resolution shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling.

74.
OBJECTIONS OR ERRORS IN VOTING

74.1
If:


74.1.1
any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter;


74.1.2
any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or


74.1.3
any votes are not counted which ought to have been counted

the objection or error shall not vitiate the decision of the meeting or adjourned meeting on any resolution unless it is raised or pointed out at the meeting or, as the case may be, the adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered or at which the error occurs. Any objection or error shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting and shall only vitiate the decision of the meeting on any resolution if the chairman of the meeting decides that the same may have affected the decision of the meeting. The decision of the chairman of the meeting on such matters shall be conclusive.

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75.
SUSPENSION OF RIGHTS FOR NON-DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST

75.1
If a member, or any other person appearing to be interested in shares held by that member, has been duly given a notice under Section 793 of the Companies Act 2006 (a “ Disclosure Notice ”) and has failed in relation to any shares (the “ default shares ”) to give the Company the information required by such notice within 14 days of the date of such notice, then (unless the Board shall determine otherwise) from the expiry of that period:


75.1.1
the member shall not be entitled in respect of the default shares to be present or to vote (in person, by proxy or, if it is a corporation, by representative) at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares or on any poll; and


75.1.2
where the default shares represent at least 0.25% of the issued shares of the Company or the class in question (in either case, calculated exclusive of shares held as treasury shares):


(a)
any dividend (including shares issued in lieu of dividends) or other monies payable in respect of the default shares shall be withheld by the Company, which shall not have any obligation to pay interest on it; and


(b)
no transfer, other than an excepted transfer, of any shares held by the member shall be registered unless the member is not in default as regards supplying the information required and the transfer is of part only of the member’s holding and when lodged for registration is accompanied by a certificate from the member in a form satisfactory to the Board that after due and careful enquiry the member is satisfied that no person in default as regards supplying such information is interested in any of the shares the subject of the transfer.

75.2
Where, on the basis of information obtained from a member in respect of any share held by the member or from any other person appearing to be interested in such share, the Company gives a Disclosure Notice to any other person, it shall also send a copy of the notice to that member, but any failure to do so, or the non-receipt of the copy by the member, shall not invalidate or otherwise affect the operation of this Article.

75.3
Except to the extent that they are default shares by virtue of Article 75.1, any new shares in the Company issued in right of any default share shall be subject to the same restrictions in this Article as apply to the default share and for as long as they so apply. The Board may make any right to an allotment of the new shares subject to such restrictions when those shares are issued (and may for that purpose require the new shares to be issued and held in certificated form).

75.4
Where any person appearing to be interested in any shares has been served with a Section 793 notice and such shares are held by a Depositary, the provisions of this Article 75 shall be deemed to apply only to those shares held by the Depositary in which such person appears to be interested and not (so far as that person’s apparent interest is concerned) to any other shares held by the Depositary in which such person does not appear to have an interest and references to default shares shall be construed accordingly.

75.5
Where any restrictions imposed under this Article apply in relation to any shares, they shall cease to have effect if and when, and to the extent that, the Board so determines, except that particular shares shall in any event automatically cease to be subject to any such restrictions seven days after the earlier of (a) receipt by the Board of notice that such shares are the subject of an excepted transfer and (b) due compliance, to the satisfaction of the Board, with the relevant Disclosure Notice. If any or all of the restrictions in this Article shall cease to apply to particular shares, any dividends and other monies withheld by reason of a restriction which then ceases to apply shall be paid without interest to the person who would have been entitled to them if that restriction had not applied, or as the person may direct.

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75.6
This Article is in addition to, and shall not in any way prejudice or affect, the statutory rights of the Company arising from any failure by any person to give any information required by a Disclosure Notice within the time specified in it. For the purpose of this Article, a Disclosure Notice may require any information to be given before the expiry of 14 days from the date of the notice.

75.7
In this Article:


75.7.1
an “ excepted transfer ” means:


(a)
a transfer pursuant to acceptance of a takeover bid; or


(b)
a transfer that results from a sale made through the NYSE or any recognised investment exchange (as defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) or any other stock exchange outside the United Kingdom on which shares in the capital of the Company are normally traded; or


(c)
a transfer which is shown to the satisfaction of the Board to be made as a result of a sale of the whole of any interest in the shares to a person who is unconnected with the member and with any other person appearing to be interested in the shares;


75.7.2
a “ person appearing to be interested ” in any shares means any person named in a response to a Disclosure Notice as being so interested or shown in any register kept by the Company under the Companies Act 2006 as so interested or, taking into account any response or failure to respond to such notice or to any other statutory notice or any other relevant information, any person whom the Company has reasonable cause to believe is so interested; and


75.7.3
references to a person having failed to give the Company the information required by a Disclosure Notice, or being in default as regards supplying such information, include (without limitation) (i) references to the person’s having failed or refused to give all or any part of it and (ii) references to the person’s having given information which the person knows to be false in a material particular or the person’s having recklessly given information which is false in a material particular.

75.8
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, no restriction shall apply by virtue of this Article to the extent that applying the restriction would contravene the Regulations, but, subject to the system’s rules, the Board may require the Operator of a relevant system to convert any share held in uncertificated form into certificated form in order to enable the Company to impose restrictions in relation to the share in accordance with this Article.

PROXIES

76.
EXECUTION OF AN APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

76.1
If the appointment of a proxy is:


76.1.1
in hard copy form, it shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of the appointor’s attorney authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign it;

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76.1.2
in electronic form, it shall be executed by or on behalf of the appointor or otherwise authenticated by the appointor in a manner satisfactory to the Board.

76.2
Subject as provided in this Article, in the case of an appointment of proxy purporting to be executed on behalf of a corporation by an officer of that corporation it shall be assumed, unless the contrary is shown, that such officer was duly authorised to do so on behalf of that corporation without further evidence of that authorisation.

76.3
The Board may (but need not) allow proxy appointments to be made in electronic form, and if it does it may make such appointments subject to such stipulations, conditions or restrictions, and require such evidence of valid execution or authentication, as the Board thinks fit.

76.4
A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

77.
TIMES FOR DEPOSIT OF AN APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

77.1
The appointment of a proxy must, by such time as the Board may fix in accordance with the Statutes:


77.1.1
if in hard copy form, be deposited at the Office (or at such other address within the United Kingdom and/or the United States as is specified for the purpose in the notice convening the meeting or in the instrument); or


77.1.2
if in electronic form, be received at such address has been specified for the purpose of receiving documents or information by electronic means:


(a)
in the notice convening the meeting, or


(b)
in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting, or


(c)
in any invitation to appoint a proxy by electronic means issued by the Company in relation to the meeting;

or, where the poll is not taken forthwith but is taken not more than 48 hours after it was ordered, be delivered at the meeting at which the poll was ordered to the chairman of the meeting or to any Director, provided in each case that the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a copy of such authority certified notarially or in some other way approved by the Board, has been received in hard copy form (or, to the extent the Directors think fit, in electronic form) at the Office, or at such other address or place within the United Kingdom and/or the United States as is specified for the purpose in the notice convening the meeting or in the instrument, no later than the latest time for receipt of the appointment of proxy. An appointment of proxy that is not deposited, delivered or received in a manner so permitted shall be invalid.

77.2
Except as provided otherwise in any terms and conditions issued, endorsed or adopted by the Board to facilitate the appointment by members of more than one proxy to exercise all or any of the member’s rights at a meeting, when two or more valid but differing appointments of proxy are deposited, delivered or received in respect of the same share for use at the same meeting, the one which is last deposited, delivered or received (regardless of its date or of the date of execution) shall be treated as replacing the others as regards that share; if the Company is unable to determine which was last deposited, delivered or received, none of them shall be treated as valid in respect of that share. The deposit, delivery or receipt of an appointment of a proxy shall not preclude a member from attending and voting in person at the meeting or poll concerned.

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78.
FORM OF APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

78.1
The appointment of a proxy shall be in any usual form or any other form that the Board may approve and may be on a standing basis without reference to specific meetings. In the case of a proxy appointment relating to shares held by a Depositary, the appointment may take the form of a voter instruction form to be provided to the Company by third parties on behalf of the Depositary. The Board may, if it thinks fit but subject to the Statutes, include with the notice of any meeting forms of appointment of proxy for use at the meeting.

78.2
Appointments of proxies may specify how the proxy appointed under them is to vote (or that the proxy is to abstain from voting) on one or more resolutions, but the Company shall not be obliged to ascertain that any proxy has complied with those or any other instructions given by the appointor and no decision on any resolution shall be vitiated by reason only that any proxy has not done so.

78.3
A member may appoint more than one proxy in relation to a meeting, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by the member. A proxy shall be entitled to appoint another person as proxy in turn in relation to the relevant shares, with all such rights as the proxy has, including the right to appoint a proxy in turn, but so that a proxy appointed by another proxy in this way shall comply with any instructions on voting that were binding on the other proxy. The appointment of a proxy shall be deemed to include all the relevant member’s rights to attend and speak at the meeting and vote in respect of the share or shares concerned (but so that each proxy appointed by that member may vote on a show of hands notwithstanding that the member would only have had one vote if voting in person, and may demand or join in demanding a poll as if the proxy held the share or shares concerned) and, except to the extent that the appointment comprises instructions to vote in a particular way, to permit the proxy to vote or abstain as the proxy thinks fit on any business properly dealt with at the meeting, including a vote on any amendment of a resolution put to the meeting or on any motion to adjourn.

78.4
On a vote on a resolution on a show of hands at a meeting, every proxy present who has been duly appointed by one or more members entitled to vote on the resolution has one vote, except that if the proxy has been duly appointed by more than one member entitled to vote on the resolution and:


78.4.1
has been instructed by one or more of those members to vote for the resolution and by one or more other of those members to vote against it, or


78.4.2
has been instructed to vote the same way (either for or against) on the resolution by all of those members except those who have given the proxy discretion as to how to vote on the resolution

the proxy is entitled to one vote for and one vote against the resolution.

78.5
The appointment shall, unless the contrary is stated in it, be as valid for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates (regardless of any change of date, time or place effected in accordance with these Articles).

79.
VALIDITY OF PROXY

79.1
Subject to the Statutes, a vote given or poll demanded by proxy shall be valid, notwithstanding the previous determination of the proxy’s authority unless notice of such determination was received by the Company at the Office (or at such other place at which the appointment of proxy was duly deposited or, where the appointment of the proxy was in electronic form, at the address at which such appointment was duly received) not later than the last time at which an appointment of proxy should have been deposited, delivered or received in order to be valid for use at the meeting at which the poll was ordered or for use in a poll ordered to be held after the meeting.

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79.2
Unless the form of proxy otherwise provides, or such expiry would otherwise be inconsistent with its terms, a valid appointment of a proxy shall cease to be valid after the expiration of 12 months from the date of its execution except that it will remain valid after that for the purpose of a poll or an adjourned meeting if the meeting at which the poll was ordered or adjournment moved was held within the 12-month period.

80.
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

80.1
A corporation that is a member may, by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise a person or persons to act as its representative or representatives at any meeting of the Company, or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares (a “ representative ”).

80.2
Subject to Article 80.3, a representative is entitled to exercise (on behalf of the corporation) the same powers as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual member.

80.3
Where a corporation authorises more than one representative and more than one representative purports to exercise a power under Article 80.2 in respect of the same shares:


80.3.1
if they purport to exercise the power in the same way as each other, the power is treated as exercised in that way; or


80.3.2
if they do not purport to exercise the power in the same way as each other, the power is treated as not exercised.

80.4
A Director, the secretary or other person authorised for the purpose by the secretary may require a representative to produce a certified copy of the resolution of authorisation before permitting the representative to exercise the representative’s powers.

DIRECTORS

81.
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

Unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution of the Company, the number of Directors shall not be less than two and the maximum number of Directors, if any, shall be established by the Board.

82.
NO SHAREHOLDING QUALIFICATION FOR DIRECTORS

No shareholding qualification for Directors shall be required.

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS

83.
ORDINARY REMUNERATION

83.1
Subject to any contract with the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, the Board or a committee authorised by the Board may determine the remuneration of each Executive Director. That remuneration may consist of salary, bonuses, benefits in kind or any other elements.

83.2
Each of the Directors (other than any Director who for the time being holds an executive office or employment with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company) shall be paid a fee for his or her services at such rate as may from time to time be determined by the Board or by a committee authorised by the Board.

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84.
ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION FOR EXTRA SERVICES

If a Director, at the request of the Board and for the purposes of the Company, performs extra services or makes special exertions (including service on committees and going or living away from the Director’s usual residential address), the Company may pay that Director additional remuneration determined by the Board or by any committee authorised by the Board for doing so. Remuneration under this Article may be either in addition to or in substitution for any remuneration to which that Director is entitled under Article 83.1 or 83.2.

85.
EXPENSES OF DIRECTORS

85.1
The Company may pay a Director (in addition to any remuneration) all reasonable expenses (including travelling and accommodation expenses) properly incurred by the Director:


85.1.1
in attending meetings of the Company, the Board, or a committee of the Board;


85.1.2
on the business of the Company; or


85.1.3
in carrying out duties as a Director.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

86.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

86.1
The Board or any committee authorised by the Board may from time to time appoint one or more of its body to hold any employment or executive office with the Company for such period (subject to the Statutes) and on such other terms as the Board or any committee authorised by the Board may decide and may revoke or terminate any appointment so made.  Any revocation or termination of the appointment shall be without prejudice to any claim for damages that the Director may have against the Company or that the Company may have against the Director for any breach of any contract of service between the Director and the Company. A Director so appointed may be paid such remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) in such manner as the Board or any committee authorised by the Board may decide.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS

87.
GENERAL POWERS OF THE COMPANY VESTED IN THE BOARD

87.1
The business of the Company shall be managed by the Board, which, subject to these Articles and any direction given to the Company by special resolution, may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of these Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given.

87.2
The powers given by this Article shall not be limited by any special power given to the Board by any other Article.

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DELEGATION OF DIRECTORS’ POWERS

88.
AGENTS

88.1
The Board may, by power of attorney or otherwise, appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such terms (including terms as to remuneration) and subject to such conditions as it may decide and may delegate to any person so appointed any of its powers, authorities and discretions (with power to sub-delegate). The Board may remove any person so appointed and may revoke or vary the delegation but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of the revocation or variation shall be affected by it.

88.2
The power to delegate contained in this Article shall be effective in relation to the powers, authorities and discretions of the Board generally and shall not be limited by the fact that in certain Articles, but not in others, express reference is made to particular powers, authorities or discretions being exercised by the Board or by committee authorised by the Board.

89.
DELEGATION TO INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS

89.1
The Board may entrust to and confer upon a Director any of its powers, authorities and discretions (with power to sub-delegate) upon such terms (subject to the Statutes) and subject to such conditions and with such restrictions as it may decide. The Board may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of them but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of the revocation or variation shall be affected by it.

89.2
The power to delegate contained in this Article shall be effective in relation to the powers, authorities and discretions of the Board generally and shall not be limited by the fact that in certain Articles, but not in others, express reference is made to particular powers, authorities or discretions being exercised by the Board or by a committee authorised by the Board.

90.
DELEGATION TO COMMITTEES

90.1
The Board may delegate any of its powers, authorities and discretions (with power to sub-delegate) to any committee consisting of such person or persons as it thinks fit (whether a member or members of its body or not) provided that the majority of the members of the committee are Directors. Subject to any restriction on sub-delegation imposed by the Board, any committee so formed may exercise its power to sub-delegate by sub-delegating to any person or persons (whether or not a member or members of the Board or of the committee). Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Board, the proceedings of any committee consisting of two or more members shall be governed by the provisions in these Articles for regulating proceedings of the Board so far as applicable except that no meeting of that committee shall be quorate for the purpose of exercising any of its powers, authorities or discretions unless a majority of the committee present at the meeting are Directors. A member of a committee shall be paid such remuneration (if any) in such manner as the Board may decide, and, in the case of a Director, either in addition to or in place of his or her ordinary remuneration as a Director.

90.2
The power to delegate contained in this Article shall be effective in relation to the powers, authorities and discretions of the Board generally and shall not be limited by the fact that in certain of these Articles, but not in others, express reference is made to particular powers, authorities or discretions being exercised by the Board or by a committee authorised by the Board.

91.
POWER TO ESTABLISH LOCAL BOARDS ETC

91.1
The Board may:

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91.1.1
establish any divisional, departmental, regional, local or area boards, divisions or managing agencies for introducing, conducting or managing all or any of the business or affairs of the Company, either in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;


91.1.2
make regulations for the proceedings and activities of any such establishment (but so that otherwise its proceedings shall be governed by those of these Articles which regulate proceedings of the Board to the extent that they are capable of applying to it);


91.1.3
appoint any persons (whether Directors or not) as regional directors, local directors, divisional directors, area directors, advisory directors, managers or agents or to serve in any other capacity in connection with any such establishment, and may fix their remuneration;


91.1.4
delegate to any such establishment and to any such appointee (including anyone appointed before this Article was adopted) any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in the Board, with power to sub-delegate;


91.1.5
authorise any such appointees to fill any vacancies in any such establishment and to act notwithstanding vacancies,

provided that any such appointment or delegation shall be made upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board may think fit, and the Board may remove any persons so appointed, and may revoke, suspend or vary any such delegation but this shall not affect the position of any person dealing in good faith who has not had notice that the Board has done so. No such appointee shall be a Director as such or be entitled to be present at any meeting of the Board (except at the request of the Board and, if present at such request, he or she shall not be entitled to vote at that meeting) or have power under the terms of this Article to enter into any contract or transact any business on behalf of the Company except to the extent (if any) specifically authorised by the Board.

SPECIFIC POWERS

92.
PROVISION FOR EMPLOYEES

The Board may exercise any power conferred by the Statutes to make provision for the benefit of persons employed or formerly employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the cessation or the transfer to any person of the whole or part of the undertaking of the Company or that subsidiary.

93.
THE COMPANY’S NAME

Subject to the Statutes, the Board may from time to time change the name of the Company to any name considered by the Board to be advantageous, expedient or otherwise desirable.

94.
BORROWING POWERS

The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money, to guarantee, to indemnify and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present or future) and uncalled capital of the Company and, subject to the Statutes, to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security, for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

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APPOINTMENT, RETIREMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

95.
RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS

Each Director must retire from office at each annual general meeting.  A Director who retires under this Article 95 is, subject to Article 97.2, eligible for re-election.

96.
POSITION OF RETIRING DIRECTOR

Subject to these Articles, the Company at the meeting at which a Director retires may fill the vacated office and, in default, the retiring Director shall, if willing to act, be deemed to have been reappointed unless at the meeting it is resolved not to fill the vacancy or unless a resolution for the reappointment of the Director is put to the meeting and lost. If the Director is not reappointed or deemed to be reappointed, he or she shall retain office until the meeting appoints someone in his or her place or, if it does not do so, until the end of the meeting.

97.
POWER OF THE COMPANY TO APPOINT DIRECTORS

97.1
Subject to these Articles, the Company may by ordinary resolution at an annual general meeting appoint any person who is willing to act to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy on or as an addition to the existing Board. A resolution for the appointment of two or more persons as Directors by a single resolution shall be void unless a resolution that it shall be so proposed has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it.

97.2
Subject to the Statutes, the Company cannot validly elect or re-elect a person as a Director unless:


97.2.1
he or she is proposed or approved by the Nominating Committee; or


97.2.2
he or she is proposed by one or more members or beneficial owners (provided that such members or beneficial owners have held or been owners of at least 5% of the ordinary shares of the Company for at least three years and that none is the person thus proposed) (a “ Conforming Nomination ”), not later than the close of business on the 90th day, nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day, in advance of the anniversary of the previous year’s annual general meeting; provided, however, that (i) in the event that the date of the annual general meeting is more than 30 days preceding the anniversary of the previous year’s annual general meeting or more than 70 days after the anniversary of the previous year’s annual general meeting, a Conforming Nomination must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual general meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual general meeting or the tenth day following the date on which Public Disclosure of the date of such annual general meeting is first made by the Company; and (ii) in relation to the first annual general meeting of the Company occurring after 1 January 2019, references to the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual general meeting shall be to 23 May 2018.

In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of a meeting commence a new notice time period (or extend any notice time period) for the giving of a Conforming Nomination as described above.

97.3
For the purposes of this rule, a Conforming Nomination must include each of the following:


97.3.1
a proposal of the person (the candidate) as Director by a member or beneficial owner setting out:


(a)
the name, business address and residential address of the candidate;

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(b)
the principal occupation or employment of the candidate;


(c)
the number of shares in the Company which are held by and beneficially owned by the candidate (if any); and


(d)
such other information concerning the candidate as would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such candidate as a Director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or that is otherwise required to be disclosed, under the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, regardless of whether the Company is subject to such rules or not;


97.3.2
in respect of the member and the beneficial owner, if any, proposing the candidate, a statement containing:


(a)
the name and address of the member as it appears on the Register, and of the beneficial owner of the relevant shares, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made;


(b)
the class and number of shares in the Company which are held by the member (including any shares beneficially owned) and by the beneficial owner of the relevant shares, if any, on whose behalf the proposal of the candidate  is being made, as at the date of the Conforming Nomination;


(c)
a representation by the member that it will notify the Company in writing of the class and number of shares held by it (including any shares beneficially owned) as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the record date;


(d)
the identity of any control person and any information that would be required in Items 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 13D of the Exchange Act, regardless of whether such Schedule 13D is required to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or not;


(e)
a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to such proposal between or among the proposing member and any Affiliate of the member, and any others (including their names) acting in concert with any of the foregoing, including the candidate, and a representation that the proposing member will notify the Company in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first Publicly Disclosed;


(f)
a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the Conforming Nomination by, or on behalf of, the proposing member or any Affiliate of the member, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in underlying shares of the Company, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of the proposing member or any Affiliate of this member with respect to shares of the Company, and a representation that the proposing member will notify the Company in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first Publicly Disclosed;

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(g)
a representation that the proposing member is a registered holder of shares of the Company entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to support the nomination of the nominee as a Director or is beneficial owner of shares of the Company entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear by proxy at the meeting to support the nomination of the nominee as a Director;


(h)
a representation whether the proposing member or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends:


(i)
to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Company’s issued shares required to approve the proposal; and/or


(ii)
otherwise to solicit proxies from members in support of the proposal;


(i)
any other information relating to such proposing member or beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the election of Directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, whether or not the Company is subject to such rules; and


97.3.3
a consent to act as a Director and to be named in the notice of meeting signed by the candidate.

98.
POWER OF THE BOARD TO APPOINT DIRECTORS

Without prejudice to the power of the Company in general meeting under these Articles to appoint any person to be a Director, and subject to any agreement to which the Company and any shareholder is a party, the Board may appoint a person who is willing to act to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Board. Any Director so appointed shall hold office only until the conclusion of the next following annual general meeting and, if not reappointed at that meeting, shall vacate office at the conclusion of the meeting.

99.
COMPANY’S POWER TO REMOVE A DIRECTOR AND APPOINT ANOTHER IN HIS OR HER PLACE

In addition to any power conferred by the Statutes and subject to any agreement to which the Company and any shareholder is a party, the Company may by an ordinary resolution remove any Director before the expiration of his or her period of office and may, subject to these Articles, by ordinary resolution appoint another person who is willing to act to be a Director in his or her place. Any person so appointed shall be treated, for the purposes of determining the time at which the Director or any other Director is to retire, as if he or she had become a Director on the day on which the person in whose place he or she is appointed was last appointed or reappointed a Director.

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100.
VACATION OF OFFICE BY DIRECTORS

100.1
Without prejudice to the provisions for retirement or otherwise contained in these Articles and subject to any agreement to which the Company and any shareholder is a party, the office of a Director shall be vacated as soon as:


100.1.1
notification is received by the Company from the Director that he or she is resigning from office as Director, and such resignation has taken effect in accordance with its terms;


100.1.2
a bankruptcy order is made against the Director or the Director makes any arrangement or composition with his or her creditors generally in satisfaction of his or her debts;


100.1.3
a registered medical practitioner who is treating the Director gives a written opinion to the Company stating that the Director has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director and may remain so for more than three months or, by reason of his or her mental health, a court makes an order which wholly or partly prevents the Director from personally exercising any powers or rights that he or she would otherwise have;


100.1.4
without the permission of the Board, the Director is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board and the Board resolves that his or her office is vacated;


100.1.5
the Director ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Statutes or is prohibited by law or, if applicable, any rules of the NYSE from being a Director or is removed from office under these Articles; or


100.1.6
his or her contract of service or letter of appointment as a Director expires or is terminated without being renewed within 14 days.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

101.
TRANSACTIONS, OFFICES, EMPLOYMENT AND INTERESTS

101.1
Subject to the Statutes and the terms of any authorisation given under Article 102, a Director notwithstanding his or her office:


101.1.1
may hold any other office or place of profit with the Company (except that of Auditors) in conjunction with the office of Director and may act by himself or herself or through his or her firm in a professional capacity for the Company (otherwise than as Auditors) and in either such case on such terms as to remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) and otherwise as the Board may determine, and any such remuneration shall be either in addition to or in lieu of any remuneration provided for, by or pursuant to any other Article;


101.1.2
may be interested in shares or other securities issued by the Company;


101.1.3
may be a director or other officer of, or employed by, or a party to any contract with, or interested in shares or other securities issued by, any undertaking in the same group as the Company or promoted by the Company or by any such undertaking, or in which the Company or any such undertaking is otherwise interested or as regards which the Company or any such undertaking has any powers of appointment;


101.1.4
shall not, by reason of his or her office, be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or benefit which he or she derives from any such office or employment or from any such contract or from any interest in such undertaking and no such office, employment or contract shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit and nor shall the receipt of such remuneration or benefit constitute a breach of his or her duty under the Companies Act 2006 not to accept benefits from third parties;

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101.1.5
shall not be in breach of his or her duties as a director by reason only of the Director’s excluding himself or herself from the receipt of information, or from participation in decision-making or discussion (whether at meetings of the Directors or otherwise), that will or may relate to any such office, employment, contract or interest; and


101.1.6
shall not be required to disclose to the Company, or use in relation to the Company’s affairs, any confidential information obtained by him or her in connection with any such office, employment, contract or interest if his or her doing so would result in a breach of a duty or an obligation of confidence owed by the Director in that connection

provided that he or she has disclosed to the Board the nature and extent of any material interest of his or hers, but no such disclosure shall be necessary of any office or employment with any subsidiary undertaking of the Company or any interest in a transaction or arrangement that would not be required to be declared by the Director under the Statutes, and a general notice given to the Board that a Director is to be regarded as having an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any transaction or arrangement in which a specified person or class of persons is interested shall be deemed to be a disclosure that the Director has an interest in any such transaction or arrangement of the nature and extent so specified, and for the purposes of this Article an interest of which a Director has no knowledge and of which it is unreasonable to expect him or her to have knowledge shall not be treated as an interest of the Director’s.

101.2
The Board may cause any voting power conferred by the shares in any other company held or owned by the Company or any power of appointment to be exercised in such manner in all respects as it thinks fit, including the exercise of either of such powers in favour of a resolution appointing the Directors, or any of them, to be directors or officers of the other company, or in favour of the payment of remuneration to the directors or officers of the other company.

101.3
Except as otherwise provided by these Articles, a Director shall not vote on, or be counted in the quorum in relation to, any resolution of the Board or of a committee of the Board concerning any matter in which the Director has to his or her knowledge, directly or indirectly, an interest (other than his or her interest in shares or debentures or other securities of, or otherwise in or through, the Company) or duty which (together with any interest of a person connected with the Director) is material and, if the Director shall do so, his or her vote shall not be counted. A Director shall be entitled to vote on and be counted in the quorum in respect of any resolution concerning any of the following matters:


101.3.1
the giving to him or her of any guarantee, security or indemnity in respect of money lent or obligations incurred by him or her or by any other person at the request of or for the benefit of, the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings;


101.3.2
the giving by the Company of any guarantee, security or indemnity to a third party in respect of a debt or obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings for which the Director has assumed responsibility in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly with others under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security;


101.3.3
his or her subscribing or agreeing to subscribe for, or purchasing or agreeing to purchase, any shares, debentures or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings as a holder of securities, or his or her being, or intending to become, a participant in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of an offer of any such shares, debentures, or other securities by the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings for subscription, purchase or exchange;

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101.3.4
any contract concerning any company (not being a company in which the Director owns 1% or more (as defined in this Article)) in which he or she is interested, directly or indirectly, and whether as an officer, member, creditor or otherwise;


101.3.5
any arrangement for the benefit of employees of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings under which the Director benefits in a similar manner as the employees and which does not accord to any Director as such any privilege or advantage not accorded to the employees to whom the arrangement relates;


101.3.6
any contract concerning any insurance which the Company is empowered to purchase or maintain for, or for the benefit of, any Directors or for persons who include Directors; or


101.3.7
any indemnity permitted by these Articles (whether in favour of the Director or others as well) against any costs, charges, expenses, losses and liabilities sustained or incurred by him or her as a director of the Company or of any of its subsidiary undertakings, or any proposal to provide funds to meet any expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the Director in defending himself or herself in any criminal or civil proceeding in connection with any alleged negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him or her in relation to the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings, or any investigation, or action proposed to be taken, by a regulatory authority in that connection, or for the purposes of any application for relief under the Companies Act 2006, or in order to enable the Director to avoid incurring such expenditure.

101.4
A Director shall not vote on, or be counted in the quorum in relation to, any resolution of the Board concerning his or her own appointment, or the settlement or variation of the terms or the termination of his or her own appointment, as the holder of any office or place of profit with the Company or any company in which the Company is interested but, where proposals are under consideration concerning the appointment, or the settlement or variation of the terms or the termination of the appointment, of two or more Directors to offices or places of profit with the Company or any company in which the Company is interested, a separate resolution may be put in relation to each Director and in that case each of the Directors concerned shall be entitled to vote on and be counted in the quorum in relation to each resolution which does not concern either: (a) his or her own appointment or the settlement or variation of the terms or the termination of his or her own appointment; or (b) the appointment of another Director to an office or place of profit with a company in which the Company is interested and in which the Director seeking to vote or be counted in the quorum is interested by virtue of owning of 1% or more (as defined in this Article).

101.5
A company shall be deemed to be a company in which a Director owns 1% or more if and so long as the Director is directly or indirectly the holder of or beneficially interested in 1% or more of any class of the equity share capital of such company or of the voting rights available to members of such company. For this purpose, there shall be disregarded any shares held by a Director as bare or custodian trustee and in which he or she has no beneficial interest, any shares comprised in a trust in which the Director’s interest is in reversion or remainder (if and so long as some other person is entitled to receive the income from such trust) and any shares comprised in an authorised unit trust scheme in which the Director is interested only as a unit holder.

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101.6
Where a company in which a Director owns 1% or more is materially interested in a contract, the Director shall also be deemed to be materially interested in that contract.

101.7
For the purposes of this Article, an interest of a person who is, for any purpose of the Statutes, connected with a Director shall be treated as an interest of the Director.

101.8
References in this Article to a contract include references to any proposed contract and to any transaction or arrangement whether or not constituting a contract.

101.9
If any question shall arise at any meeting of the Board as to the materiality of the interest of a Director (other than the chairman of the meeting) or as to the entitlement of any Director (other than the chairman of the meeting) to vote or be counted in the quorum and the question is not resolved by his or her voluntarily agreeing to abstain from voting or not to be counted in the quorum, the question shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting and the chairman’s ruling in relation to the Director concerned shall be conclusive except in a case where the nature or extent of the Director’s interest (so far as it is known to the Director) has not been fairly disclosed to the Board. If any question shall arise in respect of the chairman of the meeting, the question shall be decided by resolution of the Board (for which purpose the chairman shall be counted in the quorum but shall not vote on the matter) and the resolution shall be conclusive except in a case where the nature or extent of the interest of the chairman of the meeting (so far as it is known to him or her) has not been fairly disclosed to the Board.

101.10
Subject to the Statutes, the Company may by ordinary resolution suspend or relax the provisions of this Article to any extent or ratify any contract not properly authorised by reason of a contravention of this Article.

102.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST REQUIRING BOARD AUTHORISATION

102.1
The Board may, provided the quorum and voting requirements set out below are satisfied, authorise any matter that would otherwise involve a Director breaching his or her duty under Section 175 of the Companies Act 2006 to avoid conflicts of interest.

102.2
Any Director (including the Director concerned) may propose that the Director concerned be authorised in relation to any matter the subject of such a conflict. Such proposal and any authority given by the Board shall be effected in the same way that any other matter may be proposed to and resolved upon by the Board under the provisions of these Articles, except that the Director concerned and any other Director with a similar interest:


102.2.1
shall not count towards the quorum at the meeting at which the conflict is considered;


102.2.2
may, if the other members of the Board so decide, be excluded from any Board meeting while the conflict is under consideration; and


102.2.3
shall not vote on any resolution authorising the conflict except that, if the Director does vote, the resolution will still be valid if it would have been agreed to if his or her vote had not been counted.

102.3
Where the Board gives authority in relation to such a conflict:


102.3.1
the Board may (whether at the time of giving the authority or at any time or times subsequently) impose such terms upon the Director concerned as it may determine, including, without limitation, the exclusion of that Director from the receipt of information, or participation in any decision-making or discussion (whether at meetings of the Board or otherwise) related to the conflict;

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102.3.2
the Director concerned will be obliged to conduct himself or herself in accordance with any terms imposed by the Board from time to time in relation to the conflict but will not be in breach of his or her duties as a Director by reason of his or her doing so;


102.3.3
the authority may provide that, where the Director concerned (otherwise than by virtue of his or her position as a director of the Company) obtains information that is confidential to a third party, the Director will not be obliged to disclose that information to the Company, or to use the information in relation to the Company’s affairs, where to do so would amount to a breach of that confidence;


102.3.4
the authority may also provide that the Director concerned shall not be accountable to the Company for any benefit that he or she receives as a result of the conflict;


102.3.5
the receipt by the Director concerned of any remuneration or benefit as a result of the conflict shall not constitute a breach of the duty under the Companies Act 2006 not to accept benefits from third parties;


102.3.6
the terms of the authority shall be recorded in writing (but the authority shall be effective whether or not the terms are so recorded); and


102.3.7
the Board may withdraw the authority at any time.

DIRECTORS’ GRATUITIES AND PENSIONS

103.
DIRECTORS’ GRATUITIES AND PENSIONS

103.1
The Board or any committee authorised by the Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to provide benefits, whether by the payment of gratuities, pensions, annuities, allowances, bonuses or by insurance or otherwise, for any Director or former Director who holds or who has held but no longer holds any executive office, other office, place of profit or employment with the Company or with any body corporate which is or has been a subsidiary undertaking of the Company or a predecessor in business of the Company or of any such subsidiary undertaking, and for any member of his or her family (including a spouse and a former spouse) or any person who is or was dependent on him or her, and may (as well before as after he or she ceases to hold such office, place of profit or employment) establish, maintain, support, subscribe to and contribute to any scheme, trust or fund for the benefit of all or any such persons and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such benefits. The Board or any committee authorised by the Board may procure any of these matters to be done by the Company either alone or in conjunction with any other person.

103.2
No Director or former Director shall be accountable to the Company or the members for any benefit provided pursuant to this Article and the receipt of any such benefit shall not disqualify any person from being or becoming a Director.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

104.
BOARD MEETINGS

The Board may meet for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings as it thinks fit. A Director or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer may, and the Secretary on the request of a Director or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer shall, convene a meeting of the Board.

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105.
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS

105.1
The Company shall procure that at least four Board meetings are held in each calendar year at regular intervals at the Company’s registered office (or such other venue as may be determined by the Chairman or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, acting reasonably, from time to time) (each such meeting being a “ Quarterly Meeting ”).

105.2
Notice of a Board meeting shall be deemed to be properly given to a Director if it is sent in writing or in electronic form to the Director at his or her last known address or any other address given by the Director to the Company for this purpose (i) in the case of a Quarterly Meeting at least five business days, and (ii) in respect of other Board meetings (excluding a Quarterly Meeting) at least two business days, in advance of the meeting (“ business days ” being days, other than Saturdays or Sundays, on which banks are generally open for non-automated business in London and New York).

105.3
If the Chairman or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, acting reasonably, from time to time determines that a situation has arisen or is reasonably likely to arise that constitutes an “emergency” for the Company, then he or she may call a Board meeting to discuss and consider the passing of resolutions in respect of that emergency on such notice as he or she reasonably determines is appropriate.

105.4
The Company shall send to each Director at the time of providing notice of a Board meeting or, in the case of an “emergency meeting” called in accordance with this Article 105, as soon as reasonably practicable prior to such meeting, an agenda of the business to be transacted at such meeting together with all papers to be presented to the meeting.

105.5
Notice of a Board meeting need not be given to Directors who attend that meeting and waive their entitlement to notice of that meeting at the meeting or Directors who do not attend that meeting and waive their entitlement by giving notice to that effect to the Company not more than seven days after the date on which the meeting is held. Where such a waiver of notice is given by a Director who did not attend that meeting after the meeting has been held, that delayed waiver does not affect the validity of the meeting, or of any business conducted at it.

106.
VOTING

Subject to any agreement to which the Company and any shareholder is a party, questions arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote and the matter shall be deemed decided in the negative.

107.
QUORUM

107.1
Subject to any agreement to which the Company and any shareholder is a party, the quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board may be fixed by the Board and unless so fixed at any other number shall be two provided that, for the purposes of any meeting held pursuant to Article 102 to authorise a Director’s conflict, if there is only one Director besides the Director concerned and Directors with a similar interest, the quorum shall be one.

107.2
Subject to these Articles, any Director who ceases to be a Director at a Board meeting may continue to be present and to act as a Director and be counted in the quorum until the termination of the Board meeting if no other Director objects and if otherwise a quorum of Directors would not be present.

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108.
BOARD VACANCIES BELOW MINIMUM NUMBER

The continuing Directors or a sole continuing Director may act notwithstanding any vacancies on the Board, but, if the number of Directors is less than the minimum number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles, the continuing Directors or Director may act only for the purpose of filling vacancies on the Board or of convening a general meeting of the Company. If there are no Directors or Director able or willing to act, any two members may call a general meeting of the Company for the purpose of appointing Directors.

109.
APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN

The Board may appoint a Director to be the chairman of the Board and may at any time remove him or her from that office. Unless he or she is unwilling to do so, the Director so appointed shall preside at every meeting of the Board at which he or she is present. But if there is no Director holding that office, or if the Director holding it is unwilling to preside or is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the Directors present may appoint one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

110.
COMPETENCE OF THE BOARD

A meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in or exercisable by the Board.

111.
PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE

All or any of the members of the Board or of any committee of the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board or that committee by means of a conference telephone or any communication equipment that allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear and speak to each other. A person so participating shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting and shall be entitled to vote or be counted in a quorum accordingly. Such a meeting shall be deemed to take place where the largest group of those participating is assembled, or, if there is no such group, where the chairman of the meeting is and shall be deemed to be a meeting even if there is only one person physically present where it is deemed to take place.

112.
WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

112.1
A resolution in writing signed by:


112.1.1
all the Directors entitled to receive notice of a meeting of the Board , if that number is sufficient to constitute a quorum; or


112.1.2
by all the members of a committee of the Board

(but excluding any Director whose vote is not to be counted in respect of that particular matter) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Board or that committee duly convened and held and may be contained in one document (or in several documents in all substantial respects in like form) each signed by one or more of the Directors or members of that committee. Any such document may be constituted by letter or (provided it is in writing) in electronic form or otherwise as the Board may from time to time approve.

113.
COMPANY BOOKS

113.1
The Board shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of recording:


113.1.1
all appointments of officers made by the Board;

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113.1.2
all proceedings at meetings of the Company, of the holders of any class of shares in the Company and of the Board and of committees of the Board, including the names of the Directors or members of a committee of the Board present at each such meeting.

113.2
Subject to the Statutes, any such minutes, if purporting to be signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the appointments were made or proceedings held or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting, shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in them without any further proof.

114.
VALIDITY OF ACTS OF THE BOARD OR A COMMITTEE

All acts done by the Board or by a committee of the Board, or by a person acting as a Director or member of a committee of the Board shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director, member of a committee of the Board, or person acting as a Director, or that any of them were disqualified from holding office, or had vacated office, or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if each such person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued to be a Director or member of the committee and had been entitled to vote.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

115.
APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION

115.1
Any Director (other than an alternate Director) may appoint any other Director to be his or her alternate and may revoke any such appointment, in either case by notice in writing delivered to the Secretary or delivered in any other manner (including by electronic means) approved by the Board.

115.2
An alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of the Board or of committees of the Board of which his or her appointor is a member, to attend and vote and be counted in the quorum as a Director at any such meeting at which the appointor is not personally present, and generally, in the absence of his appointor, at the meeting to exercise and discharge all the functions, powers and duties of the appointor as a Director. A Director present at a meeting of the Board or committee of the Board and appointed alternate for another Director shall have an additional vote for each of his or her appointors absent from such meeting (but shall count as one only for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present).

115.3
An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director if he or she resigns (whether as a Director or as an alternate) or if for any reason his or her appointment as an alternate or as a Director is revoked or if his or her appointor ceases to be a Director; but, if a Director retires by rotation or otherwise but is reappointed or deemed to have been reappointed at the meeting at which he or she retires, any appointment of an alternate Director made by the Director which was in force immediately prior to the Director’s retirement shall continue after the Director’s reappointment as if he or she had not retired.

115.4
An alternate Director shall be deemed an officer of the Company and shall be subject to these Articles relating to Directors (except as regards power to appoint an alternate and remuneration) and an alternate Director shall not be deemed the agent of his or her appointor and shall alone be responsible to the Company for his or her acts and defaults. An alternate Director may be interested in and benefit from contracts, arrangements, transactions and other matters or situations and be paid expenses and indemnified, and accept benefits from third parties, to the same extent as if he or she were a Director but, except to the extent that his or her appointor directs the payment to the alternate of part or all of the remuneration which would otherwise be payable to the appointor, he or she shall not be entitled to any remuneration from the Company for acting in that capacity.

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COMPANY SECRETARY

116.
APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF COMPANY SECRETARY

116.1
Subject to the Statutes, the Secretary shall be appointed by the Board at such remuneration and upon such terms as it thinks fit. If thought fit, two or more persons may be appointed as joint Secretaries with the power to act jointly and severally. Any Secretary so appointed may be removed by the Board.

116.2
The Board may from time to time appoint an assistant or deputy secretary who, during such time as there may be no Secretary or no Secretary capable of acting, may act as Secretary and do any act authorised or required by these Articles or by law to be done by the Secretary. The signature of any document as Secretary by such assistant or deputy secretary shall be conclusive evidence (without invalidating that signature for any purpose) that at the time of signature there was no Secretary or no Secretary capable of acting.

THE SEAL

117.
USE OF SEAL

The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Board or of a committee authorised by the Board in that behalf and, unless otherwise decided by the Board or any such committee, any document to which the Seal is applied must also be signed by at least one authorised person in the presence of a witness who attests the signature. For the purposes of this Article, an authorised person is any Director, the Company Secretary or any person authorised by the Board or such committee for the purpose of signing documents to which the Seal is applied.

DIVIDENDS

118.
COMPANY MAY DECLARE DIVIDENDS

Subject to the Statutes, the Company may by ordinary resolution declare dividends in accordance with the respective rights of the members, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Board. Subject to the Statutes, any determination by the Board of the amount of profits at any time available for distribution shall be conclusive.

119.
BOARD MAY PAY DIVIDENDS

Subject to the Statutes, the Board may pay dividends on any class of shares of any amounts and on any dates and for any periods which it determines if the Board is satisfied that they are justified by the financial position of the Company. If the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes, the Board may pay interim dividends on shares which confer deferred or non-preferred rights to dividends as well as on shares which confer preferential or special rights to dividends, but no interim dividend shall be paid on shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential dividend is in arrears. The Board may also pay at intervals settled by it any dividend payable at a fixed date if it appears to the Board that the financial position of the Company justifies the payment. If the Board acts in good faith, it shall not incur any liability to the holders of shares conferring preferred rights for any loss which they may suffer by reason of the lawful payment of an interim dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferred rights.

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120.
CALCULATION AND CURRENCY OF DIVIDENDS

120.1
Except in so far as the rights attaching to any share otherwise provide:


120.1.1
all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the shares on which the dividend is paid, but (for the purposes of this Article only) no amount paid up on a share in advance of calls shall be treated as paid up on the share;


120.1.2
all dividends shall be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amounts paid up on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid; but, if any share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, that share shall rank for dividend accordingly; and


120.1.3
any dividends or other monies payable on or in respect of any share may be declared in any currency or currencies, and paid in the same currency or currencies or in any other currency or currencies, and subject to such charges to cover the costs of conversion, as the Board may determine, using where required such basis of conversion (including the rate and timing of conversion) as the Board decides.

121.
WAIVER OF DIVIDENDS

The waiver in whole or in part of any dividend on any share by any document (whether or not under seal) shall be effective only if such document is signed by the relevant member or transmittee and delivered to the Company and if or to the extent that it is accepted as such or acted upon by the Company.

122.
NON-CASH DIVIDENDS

A general meeting declaring a dividend may, upon the recommendation of the Board, by ordinary resolution direct that it shall be satisfied wholly or partly by the distribution of assets and, in particular, of paid-up shares or debentures of any other company and, where any difficulty arises concerning such distribution, the Board may settle it as the Board thinks expedient and in particular may issue fractional certificates or, subject to the Statutes and, in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, the system’s rules, authorise and instruct any person to sell and transfer any fractions or may ignore fractions altogether, and may fix the value for distribution of any assets and may determine that cash shall be paid to any member upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to secure equality of distribution and may vest any assets to be distributed in trustees as the Board may consider expedient.

123.
SCRIP DIVIDENDS

123.1
Subject to the Statutes, the Board may offer the holders of ordinary shares the right to elect to receive new ordinary shares, credited as fully paid, instead of cash for all or part (as determined by the Board) of any dividend. The following provisions shall apply:


123.1.1
the Board may specify a particular dividend or dividends, or may specify all or any dividends, declared or paid within a specified period;


123.1.2
the basis of allotment to each entitled holder of ordinary shares shall be such number of new ordinary shares credited as fully paid as have a value as nearly as possible equal to (but not greater than) the amount of the dividend (disregarding any tax credit) which the holder has elected to forgo. For this purpose, the “value” of an ordinary share shall be deemed to be whichever is the greater of its nominal value and the average of the middle market quotations for the Company’s ordinary shares on the NYSE on the day on which the shares are first quoted “ex” the relevant dividend and the four subsequent dealing days or in such other manner as may be determined by the Board. A certificate or report by the Auditors as to the amount of the value in respect of any dividend shall be conclusive evidence of that amount;

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123.1.3
no fraction of an ordinary share shall be allotted and if any holder of ordinary shares would otherwise be entitled to fractions of a share, the Board may deal with the fractions as it thinks fit, including (without limitation) determining that the whole or part of the benefit of fractional entitlements will be disregarded or accrue to the Company or that the value of fractional entitlements will be accumulated on behalf of a member (without entitlement to interest) and applied in paying up new shares in connection with a subsequent offer by the Company of the right to receive shares instead of cash in respect of a future dividend;


123.1.4
the Board shall not proceed with any election unless the Company has sufficient reserves or funds which may be capitalised to give effect to the election following the Board’s determination of the basis of allotment;


123.1.5
on or as soon as practicable after announcing that the Board is to recommend or pay any dividend, the Board, if it intends to offer an election for that dividend, shall also announce that intention and, having determined the basis of allotment, shall notify the entitled holders of ordinary shares (other than any in relation to whom an election mandate in accordance with this Article is subsisting) of the right of election offered to them, and shall send with, or following, such notification, forms of election and shall specify the procedure to be followed and place at which, and the latest date and time by which, duly completed forms of election must be received in order to be effective;


123.1.6
the dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been offered) shall not be payable on ordinary shares in respect of which an election has been duly made (the “ elected shares ”) and instead additional ordinary shares shall be allotted to the holders of the elected shares on the basis of allotment so determined. For such purpose, the Board shall capitalise, out of any amount standing to the credit of any reserve or fund (including the profit and loss account), whether or not it is available for distribution, as the Board may determine, a sum equal to the aggregate nominal amount of the additional ordinary shares to be allotted on that basis and apply it in paying up in full the appropriate number of ordinary shares for allotment and distribution to the holders of the elected shares on that basis;


123.1.7
the additional ordinary shares so allotted shall be allotted as of the record date for the dividend for which the right of election has been offered and shall rank pari passu in all respects with the fully paid ordinary shares then in issue except that they will not rank for the dividend or other distribution entitlement in respect of which they have been issued. Unless the Board otherwise determines (and subject always to the Regulations and the system’s rules), the ordinary shares so allotted shall be issued as shares in certificated form (where the ordinary shares in respect of which they have been allotted were in certificated form at the Scrip Record Time) or as shares in uncertificated form (where the ordinary shares in respect of which they have been allotted were in uncertificated form at the Scrip Record Time) provided that if the Company is unable under the system’s rules to issue ordinary shares in uncertificated form to any person, such shares shall be issued as shares in certificated form. For these purposes, the “ Scrip Record Time ” means such time on the record date for determining the entitlements of members to make elections as described in this Article, or on such other date as the Board may in its absolute discretion determine.

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123.2
The Board may establish or vary a procedure for election mandates whereby a holder of ordinary shares may elect concerning future rights of election offered to that holder under this Article until the election mandate is revoked following that procedure.

123.3
The Board may exclude from any offer any holders of ordinary shares if it believes that it is necessary or expedient to do so in relation to any legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or other authority in, any territory or that for any other reason the offer should not be made to them.

124.
ENHANCED SCRIP DIVIDENDS

124.1
Subject to the Statutes and without prejudice to the generality of Article 123, the Board may, in respect of any cash dividend or other distribution (or any part thereof) declared or payable in relation to any financial year or period of the Company, offer to each holder of ordinary shares the right to elect to receive new ordinary shares, credited as fully paid, in respect of the whole or part of the ordinary shares held by them instead of such cash dividend, on any basis but so that the entitlement of each holder of ordinary shares to such new ordinary shares shall be determined by the Board such that the value (determined on the basis decided on by the Board) of the new ordinary shares concerned may exceed the cash amount that such holders of ordinary shares would otherwise have received by way of dividend and, in respect of such offer, that Article shall take effect subject to this Article. Any offer made under this Article shall be an alternative to any offer made under that Article in respect of a particular cash dividend (but shall form part of any plan which is in operation thereunder).

124.2
The Board may exclude from any offer any holders of ordinary shares if it believes that it is necessary or expedient to do so in relation to any legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or other authority in, any territory or that for any other reason the offer should not be made to them.

125.
RIGHT TO DEDUCT AMOUNTS DUE ON SHARES FROM DIVIDENDS

The Board may deduct from any dividend or other monies payable in respect of a share to a member all sums of money (if any) presently payable by the member to the Company on account of calls or otherwise in respect of shares of the Company.

126.
NO INTEREST ON DIVIDENDS

No dividend or other monies payable in respect of a share shall bear interest against the Company unless otherwise provided by the rights attached to the share.

127.
PAYMENT PROCEDURE

127.1
All dividends and interest shall belong and be paid (subject to any lien of the Company) to those entitled members whose names shall be on the Register at the date at which such dividend shall be declared or at the date on which such interest shall be payable respectively, or at such other date as the Company by ordinary resolution or the Board may determine notwithstanding any subsequent transfer or transmission of shares.

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127.2
The Company may pay any dividend, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of shares by direct debit, bank transfer, cheque, dividend warrant, money order or by any other method (including by electronic means) as the Board may consider appropriate.

127.3
Every such cheque, warrant or order shall be made payable to the person to whom it is sent, or to such other person as the holder or the joint holders may in writing direct and may be sent by post or equivalent means of delivery directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the joint holder whose name stands first in the Register, or to such person and to such address as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct.

127.4
Every such payment made by direct debit or bank transfer shall be made to the holder or joint holders or to or through such other person as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct.

127.5
In respect of shares in uncertificated form, where the Company is authorised to do so by or on behalf of the holder or joint holders in such manner as the Board shall from time to time consider sufficient, the Company may pay any such dividend, interest or other monies by means of the relevant system. Every such payment shall be made in such manner as may be consistent with the system’s rules and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may include the sending by the Company or by any person on its behalf of an instruction to the Operator to credit the cash memorandum account of the holder or joint holders or, if permitted by the Company, of such person as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct.

127.6
The Company shall not be responsible for any loss of any such cheque, warrant or order and any payment made in any manner permitted by these Articles shall be at the sole risk of the holder or joint holders. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, if any such cheque, warrant or order has been, or is alleged to have been, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Board may, on request of the person entitled thereto, issue a replacement cheque, warrant or order subject to compliance with such conditions as to evidence and indemnity and the payment of out of pocket expenses of the Company in connection with the request as the Board may think fit.

127.7
The issue of such cheque, warrant or order, the collection of funds from or transfer of funds by a bank in accordance with such direct debit or bank transfer or, in respect of shares in uncertificated form, the making of payment in accordance with the system’s rules, shall be a good discharge to the Company.

128.
RECEIPT BY JOINT HOLDERS

If several persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any one of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other monies payable in respect of the share.

129.
WHERE PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS NEED NOT BE MADE

The Company may cease to send any cheque or warrant through the post or to effect payment by any other means for any dividend or other monies payable in respect of a share which is normally paid in that manner on that share if in respect of at least two consecutive dividends payable on that share payment, through no fault of the Company, has not been effected (or, following one such occasion, reasonable enquiries have failed to establish any new address of the holder) but, subject to these Articles, the Company shall recommence payments in respect of dividends or other monies payable on that share by that means if the holder or transmittee claims the arrears of dividend and does not instruct the Company to pay future dividends in some other way.

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130.
UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS

All dividends, interest or other sums payable unclaimed for one year after having become due for payment may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Board for the benefit of the Company until claimed or disposed of in accordance with any applicable law relating to unclaimed monies. The retention by the Company of, or payment into a separate account of, any unclaimed dividend or other monies payable on or in respect of a share into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect of it.

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS

131.
CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS

131.1
Subject to the Statutes, the Board may resolve to capitalise all or any part of any undivided profits of the Company not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether or not they are available for distribution) or all or any part of any sum standing to the credit of any reserve or fund (whether or not available for distribution).

131.2
Subject as provided below, the Board may appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the members who would have been entitled to it if it were distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions and apply such sum on their behalf either in or towards paying up the amounts, if any, for the time being unpaid on any shares held by them respectively, or (subject to any subsisting special rights previously conferred on any shares or class of shares) in paying up in full shares of any class or debentures of the Company of a nominal amount equal to that sum, and allot the shares or debentures credited as fully paid to those members, or as they may direct, in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other provided that:


131.2.1
the Company shall for the purposes of this Article be deemed to be such a member in relation to any shares held as treasury shares which, if not so held, would have ranked for any such distribution by way of dividend, but only insofar as the appropriated sum is to be applied in paying up in full shares of the Company; and


131.2.2
the share premium account, the capital redemption reserve, and any reserve or fund representing profits which are not available for distribution may only be applied in paying up in full shares of the Company.

131.3
The Board may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the members concerned into an agreement with the Company providing for the allotment to them respectively, credited as fully paid, of any shares or debentures to which they are entitled upon such capitalisation and any matters incidental thereto, any agreement made under such authority being binding on all such members.

131.4
If any difficulty arises concerning any distribution of any capitalised reserve or fund, the Board may subject to the Statutes and, in the case of shares held in uncertificated form, the system’s rules, settle it as the Board considers expedient and in particular may issue fractional certificates, authorise any person to sell and transfer any fractions or resolve that the distribution should be made as nearly as practicable in the correct proportion or may ignore fractions altogether, and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any members in order to adjust the rights of all parties as the Board considers expedient.

131.5
Where, pursuant to an employees’ share scheme, the Company has granted options to subscribe for shares on terms which provide ( inter alia ) for adjustments to the subscription price payable on the exercise of such options or to the number of shares to be allotted upon such exercise in the event of any increase or reduction in, or other reorganisation of, the Company’s issued share capital and an otherwise appropriate adjustment would result in the subscription price for any share being less than its nominal value, then, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes, the Board may, on the exercise of any of the options concerned and payment of the subscription which would have applied had such adjustment been made, capitalise any such profits or other sum as is mentioned in Article 131.1 to the extent necessary to pay up the unpaid balance of the nominal value of the shares which fall to be allotted on the exercise of such options and apply such amount in paying up such balance and allot shares fully paid accordingly. The other provisions of this Article 131 shall apply mutatis mutandis to any such capitalisation except that the authority of an ordinary resolution of the Company shall not be required.

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132.
CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES – RIGHTS PLAN

132.1
This Article (which is without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of Article 131) applies where:


132.1.1
the Board has established a Rights Plan and has granted Rights in accordance therewith as provided in Articles 8.1 and 8.2; and


132.1.2
the Board has exercised any discretion which may be conferred upon it by any Rights Plan so established to exchange or cause to be exchanged all or part of the Rights (other than Rights held by or on behalf of an Acquiring Person, which would have become void) for ordinary shares and/or shares of another class.

132.2
For the purpose of giving effect to any such exchange as is referred to in Article 132.1.2, the Board may:


132.2.1
resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a share premium account, capital redemption reserve or profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution, being an amount equal to the nominal amount of the new ordinary shares and/or the other shares which are to be exchanged for the Rights (other than Rights held by or on behalf of an Acquiring Person); and


132.2.2
apply that sum in paying up in full new ordinary shares and/or shares of another class and allot such ordinary shares and/or such other shares, credited as fully paid, to the holders of Rights (other than an Acquiring Person) in exchange for the Rights (other than Rights held by or on behalf of an Acquiring Person).

132.3
The provisions of Articles 131.3 and 131.4 shall apply (mutatis mutandis) to any resolution of the Board pursuant to Article 132.2 as they apply to any resolution of the Board pursuant to Article 131.

AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

133.
AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

Any Director or the Secretary or any person appointed by the Board for the purpose shall have power to authenticate any documents or other information affecting these Articles and any resolutions passed by the Company or the Board or any committee and any books, records, accounts, documents and other communications relating to the business of the Company and to certify copies or extracts as true copies or extracts. Anything purporting to be a copy of a resolution, or an extract from the minutes of a meeting, of the Company, the Board or any committee which is certified as such in accordance with this Article shall be conclusive evidence in favour of all persons dealing with the Company upon the faith of such copy that such resolution has been duly passed or, as the case may be, that such minute or extract is a true and accurate record of proceedings at a duly constituted meeting.

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RECORD DATES

134.
POWER TO CHOOSE RECORD DATE

Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Company or the Board may fix any date as the record date for any dividend, distribution, allotment or issue and such record date may be on or at any time before or after any date on which the dividend, distribution, allotment or issue is declared, paid or made.

ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECORDS

135.
INSPECTION OF RECORDS

No member in his, her or its capacity as a member shall have any right of inspecting any record, book or document of any description belonging to the Company except as conferred by the Statutes or authorised by the Board or by ordinary resolution of the Company.

136.
DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

136.1
Subject to compliance with the system’s rules, the Company may destroy:


136.1.1
any instrument of transfer of shares and any other document on the basis of which an entry is made in the Register, at any time after the expiration of six years from the date of registration;


136.1.2
any instruction concerning the payment of dividends or other monies in respect of any share or any notification of change of name or address, at any time after the expiration of two years from the date the instruction or notification was recorded; and


136.1.3
any share certificate which has been cancelled, at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of cancellation,

provided that the Company may destroy any such type of document after such shorter period as the Board may determine if a copy of such document is retained electronically or by other similar means and is not destroyed earlier than the original might otherwise have been destroyed in accordance with this Article.

136.2
It shall conclusively be presumed in favour of the Company that every instrument of transfer so destroyed was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered and that every share certificate so destroyed was a valid and effective document duly and properly cancelled and that every other document so destroyed was a valid and effective document in accordance with its particulars recorded in the books or records of the Company provided that:


136.2.1
this Article shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice that its retention was relevant to any claim (regardless of the parties to the claim);


136.2.2
nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as imposing upon the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any such document earlier than the times referred to in this Article or in any case where the conditions of this Article are not fulfilled; and

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136.2.3
references in this Article to the destruction of any document or thing include references to its disposal in any manner.

COMMUNICATIONS

137.
FORM OF COMMUNICATIONS

137.1
Except to the extent that these Articles provide otherwise, and subject to compliance with the Statutes, anything sent or supplied by or to any person, including the Company, under these Articles may be sent or supplied, whether or not because the Statutes require it to be sent or supplied, in any way (including, except in the case of anything supplied to the Company, by making it available on a website) in which documents or information required to be sent or supplied may be sent or supplied by or to that person in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.

137.2
Except insofar as the Statutes require otherwise, the Company shall not be obliged to accept any notice, document or other information sent or supplied to the Company in electronic form unless it satisfies such stipulations, conditions or restrictions (including for the purpose of authentication) as the Board thinks fit, and the Company shall be entitled to require any such notice, document or information to be sent or supplied in hard copy form instead.

137.3
Any notice, document or other communication (including copies of accounts or summary financial statements) to be given to or by any person pursuant to these Articles (other than a notice calling a meeting of Directors) shall be in writing except that, if it is in electronic form, it need not be in writing unless these Articles specifically require it to be.

137.4
Subject to the Statutes, the Board may from time to time issue, endorse or adopt terms and conditions relating to the use of electronic means under these Articles.

137.5
Nothing in these Articles shall prevent the Company from sending or supplying any notice, document or information in hard copy form instead of in electronic form on any occasion.

138.
COMMUNICATION WITH JOINT HOLDERS

In the case of joint holders of a share, all notices, documents or other information shall be given to the joint holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the joint holding and shall be deemed to have been given to all the joint holders. Any agreement by that holder that notices, documents and other information may be sent or supplied in electronic form or by being made available on a website shall be binding on all the joint holders.

139.
COMMUNICATION WITH OVERSEAS MEMBERS

A member whose registered address is not within the United Kingdom or the United States and who notifies the Company of an address within the United Kingdom or the United States at which documents or information may be supplied to the member shall be entitled to have such things supplied to the member at that address, but otherwise no such member shall be entitled to receive any document or information from the Company. Such address may, at the Board’s discretion, be an electronic address but the Board may at any time without prior notice (and whether or not the Company has previously sent or supplied any documents or information in electronic form to that electronic address) refuse to send or supply any documents or information to that electronic address if it believes that its refusal is necessary or expedient in relation to any legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or other authority in, any territory, or that for any other reason it should not send or supply any documents or information to that electronic address.

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140.
COMMUNICATIONS AFTER TRANSMISSION

140.1
Any notice, document or other information sent or supplied to any member pursuant to these Articles shall, notwithstanding that the member is then dead or bankrupt or that any other event giving rise to the transmission of the share by operation of law has occurred and whether or not the Company has notice of the death, bankruptcy or other event, be deemed to have been properly sent or supplied in respect of any share registered in the name of that member as sole or joint holder.

140.2
Unless agreed otherwise with the relevant transmittee, the Company may send or supply any notice, document or other information to a transmittee in any manner in which it might have been sent or supplied to the member from whom the transmittee derives title to the relevant share, and as if the transmittee’s address were the same as the member’s address in the Register or the electronic address (if any) specified by the member; but the Company shall not be entitled to assume that the address or electronic address is correct if sending notice to the transmittee under Section 793 of the Companies Act 2006.

141.
WHEN NOTICE DEEMED SERVED

141.1
Any notice, document or other information:


141.1.1
if sent by the Company by post or other delivery service shall be deemed to have been received on the day (whether or not it is a working day) following the day (whether or not it was a working day) on which it was put in the post or given to the delivery agent and, in proving that it was duly sent, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice, document or information was properly addressed, prepaid and put in the post or duly given to the delivery agent;


141.1.2
if sent by the Company by electronic means in accordance with the Statutes shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and proof that it was sent in accordance with guidance issued by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators shall be conclusive evidence that it was sent;


141.1.3
if made available on a website in accordance with the Statutes shall be deemed to have been received when notification of its availability on the website is deemed to have been received or, if later, when it is first made available on the website;


141.1.4
not sent by post or other delivery service but delivered personally or left by the Company at the address for that member on the Register shall be deemed to have been received on the day (whether or not it was a working day) and at the time it was so left;


141.1.5
sent or delivered by a relevant system shall be deemed to have been received when the Company (or a sponsoring system-participant acting on its behalf) sends the issuer instructions relating to the notice, document or information;


141.1.6
sent or supplied by the Company by any other means agreed by the member concerned shall be deemed to have been received when the Company has duly performed the action it has agreed to take for that purpose; and


141.1.7
to be given by the Company by advertisement shall be deemed to have been received on the day on which the advertisement appears.

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142.
RECORD DATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS

Any notice, document or information may be sent or supplied by the Company by reference to the Register as it stands at any time not more than 21 days before the day it was sent or supplied. No change in the Register after that time shall invalidate the delivery of that notice, document or information, and every transmittee or other person not on the Register in relation to a particular share at that time who derives any title or interest in the share shall be bound by the notice, document or information without the Company being obliged to send or supply it to that person.

143.
LOSS OF ENTITLEMENT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS

143.1
If on two consecutive occasions notices, documents or information have been sent to any member at the registered address or the member’s address (including an electronic address) for the service of notices but, through no fault of the Company, have been undelivered, such member shall not from then on be entitled to receive notices, documents or other information from the Company until the member has notified to the Company in writing a new address within the United Kingdom or the United States to be either the member’s registered address or the member’s address (including an electronic address) for the service of notices.

144.
NOTICE WHEN POST NOT AVAILABLE

144.1
If at any time postal services within the United Kingdom or the United States are suspended or curtailed so that the Company is unable effectively to convene a general meeting or a meeting of the holders of any class of shares in its capital by notice sent through the post, the Board may decide that the only members to whom notice of the meeting must be sent are those to whom notice to convene the meeting can validly be sent by electronic means and those to whom notification as to the availability of the notice of meeting on a website can validly be sent by electronic means. In any such case the Company shall also Publicly Disclose the meeting (and in the United Kingdom advertise the meeting in at least one newspaper with a national circulation). If at least six clear days prior to the meeting the giving of notices by post to addresses throughout the United Kingdom or the United States has, in the Board’s opinion, become practicable, the Company shall send confirmatory copies of the notice by post or such other manner as is permitted under these Articles to the persons entitled to receive them when postal services are running normally.

144.2
At any time that postal services within the United Kingdom or the United States are suspended or curtailed, any other notice or information considered by the Board to be capable of being supplied by advertisement shall be Publicly Disclosed (and in the United Kingdom advertised in at least one newspaper with a national circulation), be deemed to have been notified to all members and transmittees to whom it would otherwise have been supplied in hard copy form.

WINDING UP

145.
DISTRIBUTION IN SPECIE ON WINDING UP

If the Company is wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by law, divide among the members in specie the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and may, for that purpose, value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the members or different classes of members. The liquidator may, with such sanction, vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of members as the liquidator with such sanction determines, but no member shall be compelled to accept any assets upon which there is a liability.

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DISPUTE RESOLUTION

146.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION

146.1
The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any dispute brought by a member in that member’s capacity as such, or related to or connected with any derivative claim in respect of a cause of action vested in the Company or seeking relief on behalf of the Company, against the Company, the Board or any of the Directors, officers, employees or members individually (or any combination of the foregoing persons), arising out of or in connection with these Articles or (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) otherwise.

146.2
Damages alone may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of this Article 146, so that, in the event of a breach or anticipated breach, the remedies of injunction and an order for specific performance would in appropriate circumstances be available.

146.3
The governing law of these Articles is the substantive law of England and Wales and these Articles shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with such law.

146.4
For the purposes of this Article 146:


146.4.1
a “ dispute ” shall mean any dispute, controversy or claim; and


146.4.2
Director ” and “ officer ” shall be read so as to include each and any Director and officer of the Company from time to time in his or her capacity as such or as an employee of the Company and shall include any former Director or officer of the Company.

INDEMNITY

147.
INDEMNITY AND PROVISION OF FUNDS

147.1
Subject to, and to the extent not avoided by, the Statutes but without prejudice to any indemnity to which the person may otherwise be entitled:


147.1.1
any person who is or was at any time a director, secretary or other officer (unless the office is or was as auditor) of the Company or of any of its present or former subsidiary undertakings may be indemnified out of the assets of the Company to whatever extent the Board may determine against any costs, charges, expenses, losses and liabilities sustained or incurred by him or her in the actual or purported execution of his or her duties or in the exercise or purported exercise of his or her powers or otherwise in connection with his or her office, whether or not sustained or incurred in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him or her in relation to the Company or the relevant undertaking; and


147.1.2
the Board shall have power to provide funds to meet any expenditure incurred or to be incurred by any such person in defending himself or herself in any criminal or civil proceeding in connection with any alleged negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him or her in relation to the Company or any such undertaking, or any investigation, or action proposed to be taken, by a regulatory authority in that connection, or for the purposes of any application under the Companies Act 2006, or in order to enable him or her to avoid incurring any such expenditure.

148.
POWER TO INSURE

The Board may purchase and maintain insurance at the expense of the Company for the benefit of any person who is or was at any time a director or other officer (unless the office is or was as auditor) or employee of the Company or of any present or former subsidiary undertaking of the Company or of any body corporate in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect) or who is or was at any time a trustee of any pension fund or employee benefits trust in which any employee of the Company or of any such undertaking or body corporate is or has been interested, indemnifying such person against any liability which may attach to him or her, and any loss or expenditure which he or she may incur, in relation to anything actually or allegedly done or omitted to be done by him or her as a director, officer, employee or trustee, whether or not it involves any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him or her in relation to the Company or the relevant undertaking, body corporate, fund or trust.

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EXERCISE OF MEMBERS’ RIGHTS

149.
NOMINATION NOTICES

149.1
A member may from time to time send the Company notice in writing that another person is entitled to enjoy or exercise all or any specified rights of that member in relation to the Company (a “ nomination notice ”). For the purposes of these Articles, but subject to the provisions of the Statutes, references to any matter to be done by, or in relation to, a person who is a member shall be deemed to include reference to any person for the time being nominated in accordance with this Article (and such references shall, until such nomination ceases to have effect in accordance with this Article, exclude the member who made the nomination).

149.2
The Company may prescribe the form and content of nomination notices. Unless the Company prescribes otherwise, a nomination notice must:


149.2.1
identify the shares held by the member to which the nomination notice relates;


149.2.2
state the name and address of the person nominated;


149.2.3
specify how the Company is to communicate with the person nominated and include any further information which the Company will need in order to use the means of communication specified;


149.2.4
specify the rights the person nominated is to be entitled to enjoy or exercise in relation to the shares to which it relates and state whether the member giving the notice may also continue to exercise or enjoy them;


149.2.5
specify the date from which it is to take effect, if later than the date on which the Company is deemed to receive it in accordance with these Articles; and


149.2.6
be executed by or on behalf of the member and the person nominated.

150.
EFFECT OF NOMINATION NOTICES

150.1
Subject to these Articles, if the Company receives a nomination notice, the Company must give effect to that notice in accordance with its terms.

150.2
Unless a nomination notice specifies when it is to cease to have effect, it will have effect until further notice or until the member concerned ceases to hold the shares to which it relates, and in any event it will cease to have effect when the Company is notified or otherwise becomes aware that the member concerned, or the person nominated, has died or ceased to exist. The fact that a nomination notice has ceased to have effect shall not invalidate anything done (or omitted to be done) by the person nominated at any time prior to the date the nomination notice ceases to have effect in accordance with this Article.

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150.3
If the Company receives a document which purports to be a nomination notice but which does not contain the required information or which is not given in the form prescribed by the Company, the Company:


150.3.1
must not give effect to it; and


150.3.2
must notify the person that it is defective (and in what respect it is defective), and that the Company cannot give effect to it in its present form.

150.4
If more than one person has been nominated pursuant to Article 148 to exercise or enjoy a right in relation to the same shares, the Company shall, in the absence of any relevant limitation in the nomination notice on the rights of the person nominated, accept the instruction or exercise of the relevant right that is first received, to the exclusion of any later instruction or purported exercise by another nominated person in respect of the same right and the same shares.

150.5
For the purposes of Article 97, a person nominated in respect of any shares who duly exercises any right of a member under Article 97.2 or Article 97.3 shall be required to provide not only the information stipulated in such Articles as it relates to the member in respect of the shares but also such further information in respect of the shares as such Articles would have required if they had referred to the person nominated instead of to the member.

151.
COMPANY TO KEEP RECORDS OF NOMINATIONS

151.1
The Company must keep a record of all nomination notices that are in force or have been in force within the preceding 12 months.

151.2
The Company must provide any member, on request, with a copy of its records of nomination notices given in relation to that member.

151.3
The Company must provide any person nominated in a nomination notice with a copy of its records of nomination notices in which that person is nominated.

152.
MANDATORY OFFER PROVISIONS

152.1
Save as otherwise permitted in compliance with any agreement to which the Company and any shareholder is a party, a person (other than a Depositary) must not:


152.1.1
effect or purport to effect a Prohibited Acquisition (as defined in Article 152.10); or


152.1.2
except as a result of a Permitted Acquisition (as defined in Article 152.8):


(a)
whether by a series of transactions over a period of time or not, acquire an interest in shares which (on their own or taken together with shares in which persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the relevant person are interested) carry 30% or more of the voting rights of the Company; or


(b)
whilst the person (alone or together with persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the relevant person) is interested in shares that in aggregate carry not less than 30% but not more than 50% of the voting rights of the Company, acquire, whether singly or with persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the person, an interest in any other shares that (on their own taken or together with any interests in shares held by persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the person) increases the percentage of shares carrying voting rights in which the person is interested;

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(each of (a) and (b), a “ Limit ”).

152.2
Where any person (other than a Depositary) breaches any Limit, except as a result of a Permitted Acquisition, or becomes interested in any shares as a result of a Prohibited Acquisition, that person is in breach of these Articles.

152.3
Where the Board has reason to believe that any Limit is or may be breached or any Prohibited Acquisition has been or may be effected it may require any shareholder or any other person (other than, in each case, a Depositary in its capacity as Depositary) to provide details of: (i) any persons acting in concert with such shareholder or other person; (ii) any interests in shares of such shareholder or other person (or any persons acting in concert with them); and (iii) any other information, as in each case the Board considers appropriate to determine any of the matters under this Article 152.

152.4
Where the Board determines (at any time and without any requirement to have first exercised any of its rights under Article 152.3) that any Limit is breached (and, in the case of a breach of a Limit that is capable of becoming a Permitted Acquisition in accordance with the provisions of Article 152.8.3, at any time that such acquisition has not become a Permitted Acquisition) or any Prohibited Acquisition has been effected (or is purported) by any person (such person, together with any persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the person, being “ Breaching Persons ”), the Board may do all or any of the following:


152.4.1
require any member or person appearing or purporting to be interested in any shares of the Company or any other person (other than, in each case, a Depositary in its capacity as Depositary) to provide such information as the Board considers appropriate to determine any of the matters under this Article 152 (including, without limitation, information regarding (i) any persons acting in concert with such member or other person, and (ii) any interests in shares of such member (or other person or any persons acting in concert with any of them);


152.4.2
have regard to such public filings as it considers appropriate to determine any of the matters under this Article 152;


152.4.3
make such determinations under this Article 152 as it thinks fit, either after calling for submissions from affected members or other persons or without calling for such submissions;


152.4.4
determine that shareholders shall not be entitled in respect of any shares held by or on behalf of the Breaching Persons, or which the Breaching Persons are interested, in breach of this Article 152 (together, “ Relevant Shares ”) to be present or to vote or procure or instruct another person to vote (in each case either in person or by proxy) at a general meeting or at a separate meeting of the holders of a class of shares or on a poll and, without prejudice to the foregoing, determine that any votes purported to be cast in respect of Relevant Shares at a general meeting or at a separate meeting of the holders of a class of shares shall be disregarded;


152.4.5
determine that any dividend or other distribution (or any part of a dividend or other distribution) or other amount payable in respect of the Relevant Shares shall be withheld by the Company, which shall have no obligation to pay interest on it, and that the relevant shareholder shall not be entitled to elect, pursuant to Articles 123 or 124, to receive shares instead of a dividend;

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152.4.6
determine that no transfer of any certificated Relevant Shares (other than any Relevant Shares held by a Depositary in its capacity as Depositary) to or from a Breaching Person shall be registered; and


152.4.7
take such other action as it thinks fit for the purposes of this Article 152, including:


(a)
prescribing rules (not inconsistent with this Article 152);


(b)
setting deadlines for the provision of information;


(c)
drawing adverse inferences where information requested is not provided;


(d)
making determinations or interim determinations;


(e)
appointing an expert to advise the Board on any issues arising from this Article 152, including any questions of interpretation;


(f)
executing documents on behalf of a member;


(g)
converting any Relevant Shares held in uncertificated form into certificated form, or vice versa;


(h)
paying costs and expenses out of proceeds of sale; and


(i)
changing any decision or determination or rule previously made.

152.5
For the purpose of enforcing the sanction in Article 152.4.6, the Board may give notice to the relevant shareholder and/or Breaching Person requiring the shareholder and/or Breaching Person to change the Relevant Shares held in uncertificated form into certificated form by the time stated in the notice. The notice may also state that the shareholder and/or Breaching Person may not change any Relevant Shares held in certificated form to uncertificated form. If the shareholder and/or Breaching Person does not comply with the notice, the Board may require the Operator to convert Relevant Shares held in uncertificated form into certificated form in the name and on behalf of the relevant shareholder and/or Breaching Person in accordance with the Regulations or a Depositary to convert such number of Relevant Shares into certificated form in the name and on behalf of the shareholder and/or Breaching Person in question.

152.6
Where any Relevant Shares are held by a Depositary (in its capacity as Depositary), the provisions of this Article 152 shall be treated as applying only to such Relevant Shares held by a Depositary on behalf of Breaching Persons and not to any other shares held by the relevant Depositary.

152.7
No Depositary shall be in breach of Article 152.1 or Article 152.2 or be a Breaching Person solely as a result of holding any shares (or interests in shares) in its capacity as Depositary provided that any shares held by any such Depositary (or in which such Depositary is interested) may still be Relevant Shares. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, all interests in shares held by or on behalf of persons other than a Depositary with respect to shares (or interests in shares) held by such Depositary shall be taken into account for all purposes of this Article.

152.8
For the purposes of this Article, an acquisition is a “ Permitted Acquisition ” or, in the case of Article 152.8.3, an acquisition will become a Permitted Acquisition upon completion of the making and implementation of a Mandatory Offer in accordance with, and compliance with the other provisions of, Article 152.8.3 if:


152.8.1
the Board consents in advance to the acquisition or the acquisition is pursuant to an offer made by or on behalf of the acquirer that is recommended by the Board; or


152.8.2
the acquisition is made as a result of a voluntary offer made and implemented (save to the extent that the Board determines otherwise):

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(a)
for all of the issued shares (except not necessarily for those already held by the acquirer);


(b)
in cash (or accompanied by a full cash alternative); and


(c)
otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Takeover Code (as if the Takeover Code applied to the Company); or


152.8.3
the acquisition is made pursuant to a single transaction which causes a breach of a Limit (otherwise than as a result of an offer) and provided that:


(a)
no further acquisitions are made by the acquirer (or any persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the acquirer) other than (i) pursuant to a Mandatory Offer made in accordance with Article 152.8.3(b) or (ii) Permitted Acquisitions under Article 152.8.1, 152.8.4 or 152.8.5, provided that no such further acquisition (other than pursuant to a Mandatory Offer made in accordance with Article 152.8.3(b)) shall be or become, in any event, a Permitted Acquisition under this Article 152.8.3; and


(b)
the acquirer makes, within seven days of such breach, and does not subsequently withdraw, an offer which, except to the extent the Board determines otherwise, is made and implemented in accordance with Rule 9 and the other relevant provisions of the Takeover Code (as if it so applied to the Company) (a “ Mandatory Offer ”), and (for the avoidance of doubt) acquisitions pursuant to a Mandatory Offer shall (subject to compliance with the other provisions of this Article 152.8.3) also be Permitted Acquisitions; or


152.8.4
the acquisition was approved previously by an ordinary resolution passed by a general meeting if no votes are cast in favour of the resolution by or, in the case of shares held by a Depositary for the person in question, at the direction of:


(a)
the person proposing to make the acquisition and any persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the person; or


(b)
the persons (if any) from whom the acquirer (together with persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the acquirer) has agreed to acquire shares or interests in shares or has otherwise obtained an irrevocable commitment in relation to the acquisition of shares or interests in shares by the acquirer or any persons determined by the Board to be acting in concert with acquirer; or


152.8.5
there is an increase in the percentage of the voting rights attributable to an interest in shares held by a person determined by the Board to be acting in concert with the acquirer and such an increase would constitute a breach of any Limit where such increase results from the Company redeeming or purchasing its own shares or interests in shares.

152.9
Unless the Board determines otherwise, in the case of a Permitted Acquisition pursuant to Article 152.8.1, 152.8.2 or 152.8.3 above, an offer must also be made in accordance with Rule 14, if applicable, and Rule 15 of the Takeover Code (as if Rules 14 and 15 applied to the Company).

152.10
Unless: (a) the acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition; or (b) the Board determines otherwise, an acquisition of an interest in shares is a “ Prohibited Acquisition ” if Rules 4 (Restrictions on dealings), 5 (Timing restrictions on acquisitions), 6 (Acquisitions resulting in an obligation to offer a minimum level of consideration), 8.1 (Disclosure by an Offeror), 8.4 (Disclosure by Concert Parties) or 11 (Nature of consideration to be offered) of the Takeover Code would in whole or part apply if the Company were subject to the Takeover Code and the acquisition of such interest in shares were made (or, if not yet made, would, if and when made, be) in circumstances involving a breach of, or a failure to comply with, Rules 4, 5, 6, 8.1, 8.4 or 11 of the Takeover Code.

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152.11
The Board has full authority to determine the application of this Article 152 including as to the deemed application of relevant parts of the Takeover Code (as if it applied to the Company). Such authority shall include all discretion vested in the Takeover Panel (as if the Takeover Code applied to the Company). Any resolution or determination of, or decision or exercise of any discretion or power by, the Board acting in good faith and on such grounds as the Board shall consider reasonable shall be conclusive and binding on all persons concerned and shall not be open to challenge, whether as to its validity or otherwise on any ground whatsoever and, in the absence of fraud, the Board shall not owe any duty of care to or have any liability to any person in respect of any cost, loss or expense as a result of any such resolution, determination, decision or exercise of any discretion or power. The Board shall not be required to provide any reasons for any decision, determination, resolution or declaration taken or made in accordance with this Article 152.

152.12
At all times when the Company is in an offer period pursuant to Article 152.8.3, each member (other than a Depositary) shall comply with the disclosure obligations set out in Rule 8 of the Takeover Code as if Rule 8 applied to the Company, provided that members shall make any required disclosures to the Board on a private basis.

152.13
Any one or more of the Directors may act as agent of any shareholder and/or Breaching Person in relation to the execution of documents and other actions to be taken in respect of Relevant Shares as determined by the Board under this Article 152 (including to enforce the sanctions referred to in Article 152.4).

152.14
Where used in this Article, the phrases “ offer ” and “ voting rights ” shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Takeover Code. This Article 152 only applies while the Takeover Code does not apply to the Company.

152.15
This Article 152 only applies whilst the Takeover Code does not apply to the Company.

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APPENDIX – SUMMARY OF EXAMPLE TERMS
RIGHTS TO ACQUIRE SHARES OF TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and every other enactment from time to time in force concerning companies (including any orders, regulations or other subordinate legislation made under the Companies Act 2006 or any such other enactment), so far as they apply to or affect Tronox Holdings PLC (the “ Company ”), the Board may exercise any power of the Company to establish a shareholders’ rights plan (the “ Rights Plan ”).  The Rights Plan may be in such form as the Board shall in its absolute discretion determine and may in particular (but without restriction or limitation) include such terms as are described in this Summary of Example Terms.

Pursuant to the Rights Plan, the Board would declare and issue one right (a “ Right ”) for each outstanding share, nominal value US$0.01 per share, of the Company (an “ Ordinary Share ”).  Each Right would entitle the registered holder either (i) upon payment by such registered holder to the Company of the price per Right specified in the Rights Plan, or (ii) if the Board so determines by the Company capitalising an amount standing to the credit of reserves in accordance with Article 132 of the Articles of Association of the Company (the “ Articles ”) and to apply  such sum in paying the price per Right specified in the Rights Plan, to have delivered to such holder Ordinary Shares or shares of any other class as specified in the Rights Plan (a “ Share ”), subject to adjustment.

Until the Board became aware that there was an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Articles) (the “ Distribution Date ”), each Right would be associated with an individual Ordinary Share and the Rights would be transferred with and only with the Ordinary Shares.  For the avoidance of doubt, in determining whether or not there was an Acquiring Person, (i) a Depositary (as defined in the Articles), acting solely in its capacity as Depositary, would not be considered an Acquiring Person; (ii) no person would be deemed to be acting in concert with any other person solely as a result of that other person having an interest in shares held by the same Depositary (acting solely in the Depositary’s capacity as such); and (iii) no person would be deemed to be affiliated or associated with any other person solely as a result of that other person having an interest in shares held by the same Depositary (acting solely in the Depositary’s capacity as such).  No Acquiring Person qualifying as such before the Rights Plan was established would be treated as an Acquiring Person for the purposes of the Rights Plan so long as the Acquiring Person (or anyone comprised in the Acquiring Person) does not acquire an interest in additional Ordinary Shares representing 0.5% or more of the issued Ordinary Shares at a time when the Acquiring Person (or such other person) still has an interest in Ordinary Shares of 4.5% or more of the issued Ordinary Shares.

The Board may in its absolute discretion exempt (i) any acquisition of an interest in its Ordinary Shares from the Rights Plan if it determines that doing so would not jeopardise or endanger the Tax Benefits (as defined in the Articles); and (ii) any person or group of persons from the penalties imposed by the Rights Plan.

After the Distribution Date, separate certificates evidencing the Rights (the “ Right Certificates ”) would be mailed to (or credited to the account of) holders of the Ordinary Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date.  Such separate Right Certificates alone would then evidence the Rights, and the Rights would then be separately transferable.

The Rights would not be exercisable until the Distribution Date.  The Rights would expire on a date to be specified in the Rights Plan and in any event, unless the Rights were earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company, would automatically cease to exist when the relevant Tax Benefits in respect of which the Rights Plan was established were exhausted or the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Rights Plan, whichever was the earlier.

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After the Distribution Date, each holder of a Right, other than Rights held by or on behalf of any Acquiring Person (which would thereupon become void), would thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise of a Right that number of shares having a market value of two times the exercise price for the Right.

At any time before there was an Acquiring Person for the purposes of the Rights Plan, the Board would have the authority to redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price per Right to be specified in the Rights Plan (the “ Redemption Price ”).

For as long as there was no Acquiring Person for the purposes of the Rights Plan, the Board would have the authority, except with respect to the Redemption Price, to amend the Rights Plan in any manner, subject to applicable law and any restrictions set forth in the Articles.  Once there was such an Acquiring Person, the Board would have the authority, except with respect to the Redemption Price, to amend the Rights Plan in any manner that would not adversely affect the interests of holders of the Rights (other than Rights held by or on behalf of any such Acquiring Person, which would have become void).

Before the exercise of a Right, a Right would not entitle the holder thereof to any rights as a shareholder including, without limitation, the right to vote or receive dividends in respect of such Right.


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Exhibit 4.1

ZQ|CERT#|COY|CLS|RGSTRY|ACCT#|TRANSTYPE|RUN#|TRANS# ORDINARY SHARESNOMINAL VALUE US$0.01 ORDINARY SHARES Certificate Number ZQ00000000 Shares * * 000000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  * * * 000000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  * * * * 000000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  * * * * * 000000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  * * * * * * 000000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH COMPANY NUMBER 11653089 THIS CERTIFIES THAT is the registered holder of ** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Sample **** Mr. Sample **000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares*** *000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares**** 000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****0 00000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****00 0000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000
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*Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000** Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**S SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CITIES DESIGNATED BY THE TRANSFER AGENT, AVAILABLE ONLINE AT www.computershare.com FULLY-PAID ORDINARY SHARES OF Tronox Holdings plc transferable in accordance with, and subject to, the Company’s articles of association on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. This document has been executed by the Company by: DATED DD-MMM-YYYY Chairman COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR, Secretary By AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE


TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC A FULL STATEMENT OF THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL OR OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF EACH CLASS OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF SUCH PREFERENCES AND/OR RIGHTS WILL BE FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY WITHOUT CHARGE TO ANY SHAREHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS UPON APPLICATION TO THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THE FACE HEREOF OR TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. THE TRANSFER OF THESE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE REQUIRES THE COMPLETION OF A SPECIALIZED STOCK TRANSFER FORM AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO UNITED KINGDOM STAMP DUTY OR STAMP DUTY RESERVE TAX. PLEASE CONTACT THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.he IRS requires that the named transfer agent (“we”) report the cost basis of certain shares or units acquired after January 1, 2011. If your shares or units are covered by the legislation, and you requested to sell or transfer the shares or units using a specific cost basis calculation method, then we have processed as you requested. If you did not specify a cost basis calculation method, then we have defaulted to the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Please consult your tax advisor if you need additional information about cost basis. If you do not keep in contact with the issuer or do not have any activity in your account for the time period specified by state law, your property may become subject to state unclaimed property laws and transferred to the appropriate state.




Exhibit 10.1

SHAREHOLDER’S DEED

BY AND BETWEEN

TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC

AND

EXXARO RESOURCES LIMITED

AS OF

MARCH 14, 2019


TABLE OF CONTENTS

   
Page
     
1.
The Company’s Representations and Warranties
1
     
2.
The Shareholder’s Representations and Warranties
2
     
2.A
Condition Precedent 3

   
3.
Covenants and Agreements of the Shareholder
3
     
4.
Preemptive Rights
5
     
5.
[Reserved]
7
     
6.
Flip-in Rights.
7
     
7.
Other Rights.
7
     
8.
Legend on Certificates
7
     
9.
Governance Matters
8
     
10.
Registration Rights
14
     
11.
Termination
21
     
12.
Affiliates
21
     
13.
Specific Performance
22
     
14.
Responsibility for Compliance; Shareholder Capacity
22
     
15.
[Reserved]
22
     
16.
No Circumvention; Cumulative Remedies
22
     
17.
Amendment and Modification
23
     
18.
Notices
23
     
19.
Severability; Waiver.
24
     
20.
Assignment.
24
     
21.
Governing Law.
24
     
22.
Jurisdiction and Venue
24
     
23.
Counterparts.
25
     
24.
Headings; Construction.
25
     
25.
Joint Draft.
26
     
26.
Entire Agreement.
26
     
27.
Third Parties.
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SHAREHOLDER’S DEED

SHAREHOLDER’S DEED (this “ Deed ”), dated as of March 14, 2019, by and between Tronox Holdings plc, an English public limited company (the “ Company ”), and Exxaro Resources Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of South Africa (“ ERL ” or the “ Shareholder ”).

WHEREAS, Tronox Limited, an Australian company (“ Australian Tronox ”), ERL and Thomas Casey entered into the Shareholder’s Deed in order to establish certain rights, restrictions and obligations of the Company and the Shareholder relating to Australian Tronox, dated as of 15 June 2012, as amended (the “ Original Deed ”);

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to acquire the entire issued share capital of Australian Tronox by two schemes of arrangement pursuant to Part 5.1 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the “ Schemes ”).  Upon implementation of the Schemes, Australian Tronox will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“ Implementation ”). The Original Deed will terminate with effect from Implementation in accordance with Section 11(ii) of the Original Deed and, from such date, the governance arrangements between the Company, Australian Tronox and ERL shall be subject to the terms of this Deed, the Exxaro Mineral Sands Transaction Completion Agreement (the “ Completion Agreement ”) entered into by Australian Tronox, Tronox LLC, Tronox UK Holdings Limited,  Tronox Global Holdings Pty Limited, the Company and ERL on 26 November 2018 and the Shareholders’ Agreement in respect of Australian Tronox’s and ERL’s ownership of certain South African companies, dated as of 15 June 2012, as amended (collectively referred to herein as the “ Transaction Agreements ”); and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and in the Completion Agreement and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.            The Company’s Representations and Warranties.

The Company represents and warrants to the Shareholder as follows:

(a)            Good Standing .  The Company is a public company limited by shares incorporated under the English Companies Act 2006 (the “ Companies Act ”) with registered number 11653089, whose registered office is at 3rd Floor 25 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 2AL;
 
(b)            Authority .  Save for any approval or consents required in order for Implementation to occur, the Company has full legal capacity and power to enter into this Deed and carry out the transactions that this Deed contemplates;
 
(c)             Binding Agreement .  This Deed has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the accuracy of the representation and warranty of the Shareholder in Section 2(c), constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (i) such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceedings therefor may be brought; and
 
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(d)            No Conflict .  The execution and delivery of this Deed and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with, result in the breach of any of the terms or conditions of, constitute a default under or violate, accelerate or permit the acceleration of any other similar right of any other party under, the Company’s Articles, any law, rule or regulation or any agreement, lease, mortgage, note, bond, indenture, license or other instrument or undertaking, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its properties may be bound, nor will such execution, delivery and consummation violate any order, writ, injunction or decree of any federal, state, local or foreign court, administrative agency or governmental or regulatory authority or body (each, an “ Authority ”) to which the Company or any of its properties is subject, the effect of any of which, either individually or in the aggregate, would impair in any material respect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder.
 
2.            The Shareholder’s Representations and Warranties.
 
The Shareholder represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
 
(a)             Good Standing . ERL is a company limited by shares organized under the laws of the Republic of South Africa with registered number 2000/011076/06, whose registered office is at Exxaro Corporate Centre, Roger Dyason Road, Pretoria West, Gauteng, 0002;
 
(b)            Authority .  The Shareholder has full legal capacity and power to enter into this Deed and carry out the transactions that this Deed contemplates;
 
(c)            Binding Agreement .  This Deed has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Shareholder, and, assuming the accuracy of the representation and warranty of the Company in Section 1(c), constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Shareholder, enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (i) such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceedings therefor may be brought;
 
(d)            Ownership of Shares .  Immediately following Implementation, (i) except for the Company’s ordinary shares (the “ Shares ”) Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder and the Shareholder’s rights arising under the Transaction Agreements, neither the Shareholder nor any of its Affiliates (for the purposes of this Deed, the term “ Affiliates ” shall be defined as such term is defined on the date hereof under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), provided that for purposes of this Deed the Company, any of its past or present directors, and the Shareholder shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of each other), (1) Beneficially Owns any equity securities of the Company entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company or (2) possesses any rights to acquire any Shares or (3) has any voting power in the Company; and (ii) the Shareholder Beneficially Owns such Shares free and clear of any liens, restrictions on transfer (other than any restrictions under the Securities Act, the applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction and the provisions of this Deed and the other Transaction Agreements), options, warrants, rights, calls, commitments, proxies or other contract rights; and
 
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(e)            No Conflict .  The execution and delivery of this Deed and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with, result in the breach of any of the terms or conditions of, constitute a default under or violate, accelerate or permit the acceleration of any other similar right of any other party under, constitutive documents of the Shareholder, any law, rule or regulation, or any agreement, lease, mortgage, note, bond, indenture, license or other instrument or undertaking, to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder or its properties may be bound, nor will such execution, delivery and consummation violate any order, writ, injunction or decree of any Authority to which the Shareholder or any of its properties is subject, the effect of any of which, either individually or in the aggregate, would impair in any material respect the ability of the Shareholder to perform its obligations hereunder.
 
2.A         Condition Precedent
 
This Deed becomes effective immediately upon the Implementation having occurred.  A written confirmation from the Company to the Shareholder to the effect that the Implementation has occurred shall be a good and sufficient confirmation for the purposes of this Section.
 
3.            Covenants and Agreements of the Shareholder.
 
(a)            [Reserved]
 
(b)            [Reserved]
 
(c)            Restriction on Acquisition of Shares.   The Shareholder will not, and will cause each of its Affiliates not to, acting alone or through participation with a Section 13(d) Group (as defined below), acquire or intend to acquire Beneficial Ownership (as defined below) of any Shares (including through the acquisition of ownership or control of another member of the Company) if, following such acquisition, the Shareholder and its Affiliates will have Beneficial Ownership greater than or equal to 50% of the Shares (the “ Limit ”); unless the Shareholder complies with the following procedures:

(i)      The Shareholder must first bring any proposal to equal or exceed the Limit to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) on a confidential basis and in a form which would not reasonably be expected to require the Company to make a public announcement concerning such proposal.  The proposal must be either for a takeover offer for all of the Shares in the Company (a “ Takeover Offer ”) or for a negotiated transaction with the Company (each an “ Acquisition Proposal ”).  Authority for the review, negotiation and recommendation to the Board and, if applicable, the Company’s shareholders of any such Acquisition Proposal will be delegated to the Special Committee (as defined in Section 9(f) below).

(ii)    The Shareholder and the Special Committee shall negotiate the Acquisition Proposal in good faith for 30 days in order to reach a mutually acceptable arrangement in respect of the Acquisition Proposal that is in the best interest of the Company’s shareholders.

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(iii)     If the Special Committee and the Shareholder cannot reach an agreement on the Acquisition Proposal or if the Special Committee cannot recommend the Acquisition Proposal to the Board or the Company’s shareholders at the end of such 30-day negotiating period, then the Shareholder, either acting alone or through its participation with a Section 13(d) Group, may make a takeover offer to acquire all, but not less than all, of the issued Shares held by Non-affiliated Members (as defined below) (a “ Unilateral Takeover Offer ”); provided that it must be a condition of any such Unilateral Takeover Offer that at the time the Unilateral Takeover Offer becomes unconditional, binding acceptances have been received from at least a majority of the Shares held by Non-affiliated Members and those shareholders have no right to withdraw their acceptances, and such condition may not be waivable by the offeror for the Unilateral Takeover Offer or any other person (the “ Non-waivable Majority of Minority Condition ”).

(iv)     An increase of the voting power of the Shareholder or an Affiliate of the Shareholder which occurs in compliance with this Section 3(c) is exempted from Article 152 of the Company’s Articles.

(v)      For purposes of this Deed, “ Non-affiliated Members ” means those holders of Shares other than Shareholder, its Affiliates and members of its Section 13(d) Group, if any.

(vi)     For purposes of this Deed, a “ Section 13(d) Group ” means any Person acting together with its Affiliates and any other members of a “group,” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) of which it is a part, either through a formal agreement or an informal arrangement.

(vii)   For purposes of this Deed, “ Beneficial Ownership ” shall have the meaning ascribed to the term “beneficial ownership” in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act without regard to the sixty day requirement in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) and, in addition, the term “Beneficial Ownership” shall also include any Shares for which a disclosure obligation exists for the Shares pursuant to Section 13(d)(1)(E) of the Exchange Act in respect of any derivative transaction or derivative securities. The term “ Beneficially Owned ” shall be construed accordingly.

(viii)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, Beneficial Ownership increases that cause the Shareholder to exceed the Limit which result directly from share distributions or share splits made available to holders of Shares generally or a reduction in the Company’s share capital shall not be deemed to have caused the Shareholder or an Affiliate to exceed the Limit if the Shareholder or Affiliate reduces its Beneficial Ownership in the Shares below the Limit within three months of such event; provided , however , that the Shareholder shall not and shall procure that any Affiliate, or anyone holding Shares on their behalf, does not vote any Shares they hold in excess of the Limit during the period its Beneficial Ownership exceeds the Limit.

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(d)            [Reserved]
 
(e)            Restrictions on Participation in Certain  Shares Votes .  Subject to Section 3(g), the Shareholder will not, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, and will cause each of its Affiliates not to, acting alone or as part of a Section 13(d) Group, (i) make, or in any way participate in, any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are defined or used in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act) with respect to any  Shares (including by the execution of actions by written consent) or become a “participant” in any “election contest” (as such terms are defined or used in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act), in each case, with respect to any director that is not nominated by the Shareholder (“ Non-Exxaro Director ”) or position or (ii) seek to advise, encourage or influence (including with respect to the nomination of any nominees) any person or group with respect to the voting of any Shares (including any “withhold the vote” or similar campaign with respect to the Company or the Board) with respect to any Non-Exxaro Director or position, regardless of whether the Company is subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided , however , that the Shareholder shall not be prevented hereunder from being a “participant” in support of the management of the Company, by reason of the membership of the Exxaro Directors on the Board or exercise of the Shareholder’s Beneficial Ownership of the Shares in accordance with this Deed.
 
(f)             Voting at meetings of members.  Subject to Section 3(g) if the Shareholder is eligible or entitled to vote on the removal of a Non-Exxaro Director, the Shareholder undertakes that it will not, and will procure that any person holding the Shares on its behalf will not, exercise its right to vote on a resolution for the removal of a Non-Exxaro Director.
 
(g)             Certain restrictions cease to apply. Sections 3(e) and 3(f) cease to apply to the Shareholder if the Shareholder’s Beneficial Ownership of the Shares exceeds fifty percent as a result of: (i) an Acquisition Proposal on which the Shareholder and Special Committee have reached agreement pursuant to Section 3(c) (provided that in the case of an Acquisition Proposal proceeding by way of negotiated Takeover Offer, the Takeover Offer must have become wholly unconditional) or (ii) a Unilateral Takeover Offer by it in compliance with Section 3(c)(iii) containing a Non-waivable Majority of Minority Condition becoming wholly unconditional
 
4.            Preemptive Rights.
 
(a)            During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date on which the Exxaro Voting Interest (as defined in Section 9(c)(i) below) is less than 7.5%, if the Company issues any additional Shares (an “ Additional Issuance ”), except for issuances pursuant to (i) any option to acquire Shares, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase shares of the Company existing at the date of this Deed, (ii) any benefit plan or other employee or director plan or arrangement or any awards granted thereunder, (iii) an employee share ownership or purchase plan, or (iv) any share split, share distribution or similar distribution made available to holders of Shares generally (including the Shareholder) (each a “ Permitted Issuance ”), then during the 30-day period following the date on which the Company has given the Shareholder written notice of the occurrence of the Additional Issuance, the Shareholder, or any person holding Shares on its behalf, shall be entitled to subscribe for (and the Company must, subject to the Companies Act, issue), at the then Current Market Price (as defined below), up to that number of Shares obtained by calculating, on the third business day (a “ business day ”, for purposes of this Deed, means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday that is not an official public holiday in Johannesburg, New York or London) prior to the closing date of such issue, (1) the product of (A) the quotient of (x) the number of Shares owned by the Shareholder immediately prior to the Additional Issuance divided by (y) the aggregate number of Shares immediately prior to the Additional Issuance and (B) the aggregate number of Shares being issued by the Company in the Additional Issuance and (2) subtracting from such product the number of Shares, if any, issued to (or on behalf of), or purchased by (or on behalf of), the Shareholder in such Additional Issuance and the number of Shares otherwise acquired by (or on behalf of) the Shareholder during the period beginning on the date of the Additional Issuance until the third business day prior to the closing date of such issue.  If there is more than one registered holder of the Exxaro Voting Interest at the date of an Additional Issuance, the entitlement of each Shareholder to subscribe for Shares under Section 4(a) will be apportioned (as nearly as practicable) among the Shareholders in proportion to the number of Shares each Shareholder holds and otherwise in accordance with Section 4(a).
 
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(b)            For purposes hereof, the “ Current Market Price ” on the date of the calculation thereof shall be deemed to be the arithmetic average of the volume weighted average price per Share for each of the 30 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date (x) if the Shares are not listed or admitted for trading on any national, international or foreign securities exchange but trades in the Shares are otherwise quoted or reported by the OTC Bulletin Board service (the “ OTCBB ”) or such other quotation system then in use, as reported by Bloomberg (or in the event such price is not so reported for any such Trading Day for any reason or is manifestly erroneous, as reasonably determined by an Approved Bank), or (y) if the Shares are listed or admitted for trading on any national, international or foreign securities exchange, as reported by such exchange (provided that if the Shares are listed on more than one national, international or foreign securities exchange, then the national, international or foreign securities exchange with the highest average trading volume for the Shares during the 30 Trading Day period shall be used for such purpose; provided   further that in the event such price is not so reported for any such Trading Day for any reason or is manifestly erroneous, as reasonably determined by an Approved Bank); provided , however , that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the applicable Shares is determined during a period following the announcement by the Company of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Shares payable in such Shares or securities convertible into such Shares, or (B) any conversion, subdivision, combination, consolidation, reverse share split or reclassification of such Shares, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such conversion, subdivision, combination, consolidation, reverse stock split or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite 30 Trading Day period, then the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading .
 
(c)            If the Shares are not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by an Approved Bank (as defined below), whose determination shall be conclusive for all purposes. The term “ Trading Day ” shall mean a day on which the OTCBB is open for the transaction of business or, if the Shares are listed or admitted to trading on the applicable national, international or foreign securities exchange, a day on which such national, international or foreign securities exchange is open for transaction of business.  The term “ Approved Bank ” shall mean any of JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Citi, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, or Barclays (or their respective successors).
 
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5.           [Reserved].
 
6.           Flip-in Rights .
 
The Flip-in Rights are now contained in the Completion Agreement.

7.           Other Rights.
 
(a)            Matching Rights .  If any other person who is or becomes a holder of 3% or more of the Shares is granted rights by the Company as a shareholder of the Company (solely in such capacity) that are more favorable to such shareholder than the rights granted to the Shareholder pursuant to this Deed, the Company shall promptly cause this Deed to be amended to cause the corresponding rights to be provided to the Shareholder under this Deed.  In determining whether a holder of the Shares is granted rights more favorable than the rights granted to the Shareholder under this Deed, no account shall be taken of any restrictions or obligations to which the Shareholder is subject under this Deed or to which such holder agrees.
 
(b)             Dividend Reinvestment Plans .  For as long as the Exxaro Voting Interest (as defined below) is at least 7.5%, the Company may not adopt, approve or recommend to the Company’s shareholders a dividend reinvestment plan (or any plan with similar effect) without the Shareholder’s prior written approval.
 
(c)             Persons to be bound by the Agreement . For the avoidance of doubt, the Shareholder shall cause any person who holds legal title to Shares, which are Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder, to comply with the provisions of this Deed and to be bound by all obligations of the Shareholder under this Deed.
 
8.             Legend on Certificates .  The Shareholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that, if any certificates are issued in respect of the Shareholder’s Shares, each certificate shall include the following legend:
 
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD ONLY IF REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR IF AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. THESE SHARES ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF 26 NOVEMBER 2018, BETWEEN TRONOX LIMITED, TRONOX LLC, TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC, TRONOX UK HOLDINGS LIMITED, TRONOX GLOBAL HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED AND EXXARO RESOURCES LIMITED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBRANCE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AND HAS BEEN FILED BY THE COMPANY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
 
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Within one business day after receipt by the Company of a demand by the Shareholder, the Company agrees to remove the legend in connection with Transfers in compliance with applicable law and as permitted in accordance with this Deed.
 
9.            Governance Matters.
 
(a)            [Reserved]
 
(b)            Board Nominations .
 
(i)     The nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board (the “ Nominating Committee ”) shall consist entirely of Non-affiliated Directors (as defined in the Company’s Articles) and shall nominate for election the directors to be elected by shareholders as set forth in Section 9(b)(ii).

(ii)     Subject to applicable law, relevant stock exchange rules and the Company’s corporate governance standards, the Nominating Committee shall nominate as directors to be elected by shareholders the persons identified in a written nomination signed by the Shareholder (such nominated directors the “ Exxaro Directors ”).  Subject to applicable law and to the extent that doing so would not be inconsistent with the directors’ duties, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Board and the Nominating Committee to take all actions necessary (including recommending the election of the Exxaro Directors to the Company’s general meeting) such that the Exxaro Directors designated for nomination in accordance with this Section 9(b) shall be elected as directors.

(c)           Board Representation .
 
(i)      Exxaro Voting Interest ” means, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate number of Shares Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder by (ii) the aggregate number of issued Shares. For as long as the Exxaro Voting Interest is at least ten percent (10%), the number of Exxaro Directors shall be appointed by the Board or elected at a general meeting and maintained in office in accordance with the following chart:

Exxaro
Voting
Interest
Number of Exxaro Directors in Relation to Total Number of Directors:
9 or <
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19+
30% or >
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
20-29.9%
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
10-19.9%
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4

(ii)     If at any time the number of Exxaro Directors in office is less than the appropriate number of Exxaro Directors indicated above, the Shareholder may, by written notice to the Nominating Committee, nominate new Exxaro Director candidates to serve as Exxaro Directors, and the Company shall promptly take, and cause the Nominating Committee to promptly take, all actions necessary or advisable to appoint such nominated candidates as Exxaro Directors to serve until the next election of directors, as provided in the Company’s Articles, and, if required, to call a general meeting at which the election of directors will be considered.

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(iii)    Subject to applicable law, relevant stock exchange rules and the Company’s corporate governance standards, and to the extent that doing so would not be inconsistent with the directors’ duties, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Board and the Nominating Committee not to take any action to remove an Exxaro Director from office and shall promptly notify the Shareholder if any action is taken or proposed to be taken seeking to remove an Exxaro Director from office.

(iv)     When the number of Exxaro Directors:

(1)       is reduced as a result of the Exxaro Voting Interest being below a designated threshold in Section 9(c)(i) on the day that is 120 days prior to the Company’s annual general meeting; or

(2)       is reduced as a result of the Exxaro Voting Interest falling below ten percent (10%) (at any time),

(each, a “ Exxaro Director Triggering Event ”), then the number of Exxaro Directors shall be reduced accordingly and the number of Exxaro Directors necessary to achieve such reduction shall resign from the Board (such resigning Exxaro Director(s) to be selected by the Shareholder within ten (10) days after the occurrence of the Exxaro Director Triggering Event). If the number of Exxaro Directors has not reduced by the tenth day after the date on which the Exxaro Triggering Event occurs, the number of Exxaro Directors shall be reduced automatically to the number set forth in Section 9(c)(i) , with the Exxaro Director(s) whose last name(s) is alphabetically closest to the letters “ZZZZ” being designated the person(s) no longer eligible to serve on the Board and who automatically cease to be a director pursuant to the Company’s Articles.  Such cessation does not prevent the person being eligible for election or appointment as a director in the future.
 
(d)             Voting Agreement .  The Shareholder agrees to procure that all of the Shares which it Beneficially Owns are voted  as necessary to ensure that at each general meeting at which an election of directors is held, (i) the number of Exxaro Directors set forth in Section 9(b)(ii) is elected and the directors nominated by the Shareholder become Exxaro Directors, and (ii) the number of “Shareholder Nominees” (as such term is defined in the separate Shareholders Agreement, to be entered into (the “ Cristal Shareholders Agreement ”), between the Company, Cristal Inorganic Chemicals Netherlands Coöperatief W.A. and The National Titanium Dioxide Company Limited (together, “ Cristal ”) that is set forth in Section 4.4 of the Cristal Shareholders Agreement are elected and such Shareholder Nominees become directors of the Company.  The Shareholder also agrees to procure that all of the Shares which it Beneficially Owns are voted as necessary to ensure that (i) no director elected pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Cristal Shareholders Agreement may be removed from office except as provided in the Cristal Shareholders Agreement; and (ii) any vacancies created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Cristal Shareholders Agreement shall be filled pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.4 of the Cristal Shareholders Agreement. The Shareholder agrees to execute any written consents required to effectuate the obligations of this Section 9(d).  The Shareholder is entering into this voting agreement for Cristal’s benefit in reliance on Cristal’s reciprocal undertaking to the Shareholder under the Cristal Shareholders Agreement.  Nothing in this Section 9(d) shall be construed as an admission that the Shareholder is, for the purposes of sections 13(d) or 13(g) of the Exchange Act, the Beneficial Owner of any Shares that may be Beneficially Owned by Cristal or that the Shareholder has formed a Section 13(d) Group with Cristal. Save in respect of this Section 9(d), this Deed shall not be construed to give any beneficiary of the Cristal Shareholders Agreement any consent or third-party rights under this Deed. Cristal shall have third party rights to enforce this Section 9(d) and no amendment may be made to this Section 9(d) without Cristal’s prior written consent (in addition to the consent required by Section 17).
 
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(e)           Board Committee Representation .  For so long as such membership is permitted by all applicable law and stock exchange listing requirements (as determined in good faith by the Board), the Board will cause the number of Exxaro Directors, if any, to serve as members of the various standing committees of the Board (other than the Nominating Committee and the Special Committee) proportional to their representation on the Board, rounded down to the larger of the nearest whole number and one.
 
(f)             Special Committee . As and when needed in the Board’s discretion, the Board will form a special committee (the “ Special Committee ”) that will be comprised solely of Non-affiliated Directors, whose members are determined in the Board’s discretion to address all issues and matters relating to the transactions and other issues between the Shareholder and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company and its Affiliates, on the other hand, including under this Deed, the other Transaction Agreements, the Company’s Articles, any Acquisition Proposal or any takeover, scheme of arrangement or other change of control transaction proposed by the Shareholder, or any of its Affiliates, in relation to the Company, and under any other agreement or arrangement relating to the business and affairs of the Company involving the Shareholder and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company and its Affiliates, on the other hand.
 
(g)            Quorum Meetings of the Board may be convened by the Chairman of the Board, any director, the CEO or in any other manner allowed by applicable law.  All directors must receive notice of any meeting of the Board in accordance with the Company’s Articles prior to such meeting, unless the notice requirement is waived by the directors.  For as long as the Exxaro Voting Interest is at least ten percent (10%), the Company shall cause the Board not to transact any business unless at least 2/3 of the directors then in office (of whom at least one must be an Exxaro Director (if any are then in office) or a designated alternate) are present at all times for there to be a quorum at any meeting of the Board.  If a Board meeting is adjourned because no Exxaro Director attends, and a quorum is not achieved at the second consecutive attempt to convene the Board meeting due to the failure of any Exxaro Director to attend, then the requirement for an Exxaro Director to constitute a quorum shall not apply with respect to such meeting only, and such meeting shall be deemed a quorate meeting, provided that each director receives notice of the adjourned Board meeting in accordance with the Company’s Articles.
 
(h)             Board Approval Provisions .  The affirmative vote of any majority of directors present and voting at a quorate meeting is necessary to approve any matter properly submitted to the Board, except for the Board’s approval of the following matters (each, an “ Extraordinary Matter ”), each of which requires the affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of the directors then in office to approve such matter:
 
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(i)       the election or early termination of the chairman of the Board;

(ii)      the appointment or termination of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer;

(iii)    the delegation by the Board of any of its powers to a committee of the Board where such delegation authorizes the committee to bind the Company without further Board approval;

(iv)     any proposed amendment to the Company’s Articles (other than technical amendments that do not involve any material change);

(v)      the decision to pay any dividends on the Shares;

(vi)     the decision to adopt a dividend reinvestment plan;

(vii)    the settlement of any material environmental claims in excess of US$50 million;

(viii)  the issue of any Shares or securities convertible or exercisable into Shares other than Permitted Issuances where the amount to be issued when combined with any other Shares or securities convertible or exercisable into Shares in the previous 12 months would exceed 12% of the Company’s then-issued Shares (and for the purposes of this calculation only any securities convertible or exercisable into Shares shall be treated as though such conversion or exercise had occurred);

(ix)    any material acquisition or disposition of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ assets valued at more than US$250 million (on a consolidated basis), or represents more than 20% of the Company’s consolidated total assets, as set out in the most recent consolidated audited accounts;

(x)      the entry by the Company or any of its subsidiaries into any agreement or obligation under which the consideration payable has an aggregate value in excess of US$250 million or representing more than 20% of the Company’s consolidated total long-term liabilities, as set out in the most recent consolidated audited accounts;

(xi)    the Company’s entry into any other business area fundamentally different from its business following consummation of the Schemes or the Company fundamentally changing the scope of any existing business area, including materially diversifying its business into new commodities, engaging in significant operations involving new minerals or materially engaging with other types of natural resources;

(xii)    the sale of all, or substantially all, of the Company’s business or assets, or the issue or  sale of a simple majority (or more) of the Shares to any person other than a related body corporate; and

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(xiii)   the entry into any arrangements concerning, or in any way initiating, a proceeding for voluntary administration, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, merger or consolidation.

(i)        Dividend Policy .  Subject to the Board’s determination that the Company and its subsidiaries have sufficient legal reserves, the parties agree to procure that the amount of the Company’s dividends will be based on, among other things, the Company and its subsidiaries’ results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the Board may deem relevant.  Approval of the exact amount and timing of any dividend declarations and payments requires the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the directors then in office.

(j)           Use of Information .
 
(i)      Subject to the requirements of applicable law, regulation and rules (including the regulations and rules of any applicable stock exchange), the Shareholder shall, and shall cause its representatives, or any person that is the registered holder of the Shares which are Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder, and the Exxaro Directors, to keep confidential all information and documents of the Company and its Affiliates obtained by an Exxaro Director in such Exxaro Director’s capacity as a director unless such information (1) is or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9(j)(i) by the Shareholder, including by way of actions taken by its representatives or such Exxaro Director; (2) was within the possession of the Shareholder or the Exxaro Director prior to it being furnished such information by or on behalf of the Company on a non-confidential basis; provided that the source of such information was not known by the Shareholder, its representatives or the Exxaro Director after due inquiry to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, fiduciary or legal obligation of confidentiality to, the Company with respect to such information; or (3) is or becomes available to the Shareholder or the Exxaro Director on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or any of its representatives; provided that such source was not known to the Shareholder or the Exxaro Director after due inquiry to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, fiduciary or legal obligation of confidentiality to, the Company with respect to such information.  Nothing in this Section 9(j)(i) shall prevent the Exxaro Directors, subject to compliance with applicable fiduciary duties, from sharing information with the Shareholder, which information will continue to be covered by the confidentiality provisions of this Section 9(j)(i).

(ii)     The Shareholder may, at its expense on a business day during normal business hours, with reasonable prior notice to the Company’s management, visit and inspect the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ properties, examine its books of account and records, and discuss with members of management such company’s affairs, finances, and accounts.  The Company shall provide to the Shareholder copies of the Monthly Accounts within 30 days following the end of each calendar month, within 45 days following the end of each fiscal half-year and within 45 days following the end of each fiscal year, such financial information about the Company’s operations as is necessary to permit the Shareholder to prepare the financial disclosures required to satisfy the Shareholder’s disclosure obligations.   For purposes of this Section 9(j)(ii), “ Monthly Accounts ” means, to the extent prepared in the ordinary course of business, the Company’s unaudited, consolidated financial statements, including the balance sheets and statements of income and cash flows, for the relevant monthly period, prepared in accordance with US GAAP or IFRS (as applicable), separately identifying inter-company and related party transactions but not including footnotes.

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(iii)    The Shareholder hereby acknowledges that as a result of its receipt of information regarding the Company and its Affiliates it may be, or be treated as being, in possession of material non-public information (which for the purposes of this Section 9(j)(iii) includes information which could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the price or value of a company’s securities) and it is aware of and agrees to comply with (and it will procure that its Affiliates and representatives comply with) securities laws in the United Kingdom and the United States in relation to that material non-public information.  In addition, the Shareholder acknowledges that other foreign securities laws may prohibit any person who has received from an issuer material, non-public information from purchasing or selling securities of such issuer or from communicating such information to any other person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities.

(k)             Management .  The parties hereto intend for the Company’s management to continue in office.  The Shareholder agrees it will support the appointment of Jeffry N. Quinn as a director and Chairman of the Board. Any proposed candidate to replace the Company’s Chief Executive Officer shall require the Shareholder’s prior approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Company shall notify the Shareholder whenever it seeks candidates to replace the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and the Shareholder shall be entitled to propose candidates for such position, which the Company shall consider in good faith with any other candidates submitted for such position.  The appointment and termination of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and all managing directors of the Company’s primary operating subsidiaries will be subject to approval by a simple majority of the Board.
 
(l)            Exchange Act Reporting; Listing on the Exchange .  The parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Company remains current and timely in its reporting requirements under the Exchange Act and maintains its listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (or other internationally recognized stock exchange agreed to by the Shareholder, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld).
 
(m)          Subsidiary Board Representation .
 
(i)       For as long as the Exxaro Voting Interest is at least twenty percent (20%), the Shareholder may appoint the number of directors to serve on the board of each operating subsidiary of the Company, other than a South African Subsidiary to which the South African Broad Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the Mining Industry promulgated in terms of section 100(2) of the MPRDA, as amended, substituted or re-promulgated from time to time, applies, equal to one-third of all directors, rounded down to the larger of the nearest whole number and one.  The Company shall procure the appointment of the person or persons identified in a written nomination signed by the holders of a majority of the Exxaro Shares as director(s) of such subsidiaries, provided such nominees comply with applicable legal requirements.

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(ii)     The Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that all strategic, financial and operating decisions concerning the Company and its subsidiaries will be made by the Company and that the directors of an operating subsidiary will be deemed to be acting in the best interests of the subsidiary if they act in good faith in the best interests of the Company.

10.            Registration Rights.
 
(a)            Demand Registrations .
 
(i)      Requests for Registration . At any time, the Shareholder may request in writing that the Company effect the registration of all or any part of the Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder and its Affiliates (a “ Registration Request ”). Promptly after its receipt of any Registration Request, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register, in accordance with the provisions of this Deed, all Registrable Securities (as defined below) that have been requested to be registered in the Registration Request. Any registration requested by the Shareholder pursuant to Section 10(a)(i) or 10(a)(iii) is referred to in this Deed as a “ Demand Registration .”  As used herein, the term “ Registrable Securities ” shall mean (1) Shares; (2) any other shares or securities that the Shareholder may be entitled to receive, or will have received pursuant to the Shareholder’s ownership of the Shares; and (3) any shares or securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to the shares referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) by way of conversion or exchange thereof or share distribution or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization, in each case Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder.  As to any particular securities constituting Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when (A) they have been effectively registered for sale under the Securities Act pursuant to a Registration Statement (as defined below) and disposed of in accordance with the Registration Statement; (B) they have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or other exemption from registration under the Securities Act; (C) they have been bought back and cancelled by the Company; or (D) when all remaining Registrable Securities can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without limitation.

(ii)      Limitation on Demand Registrations . At any time, the Shareholder will be entitled to initiate no more than three Demand Registrations (including Short-Form Registrations permitted pursuant to Section 10(a)(iii)). No request for registration will count for the purposes of the limitations in this Section 10(a)(ii) if (1) the Shareholder determines in good faith to withdraw the proposed registration prior to the effectiveness of the prospectus and other documents filed with the Commission to effect a registration under the Securities Act (“ Registration Statement ”) relating to such request due to marketing conditions (but only if the Shareholder reimburses the Company for all fees with respect thereto) or regulatory reasons relating to the Company, (2) the Registration Statement relating to such request is not declared effective within 180 days of the date such Registration Statement is first filed with the Commission (other than solely by reason of matters relating to the Shareholder) and the Shareholder withdraws its Registration Request prior to such Registration Statement being declared effective, (3) prior to the sale of at least 90% of the Registrable Securities included in the applicable registration relating to such request, such registration is adversely affected by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency or court for any reason and the Company fails to have such stop order, injunction or other order of requirement removed, withdrawn or resolved to the Shareholder’s reasonable satisfaction within thirty days of the date of such order, (4) more than 10% of the Registrable Securities requested by the Shareholder to be included in the registration are not so included pursuant to Section 10(a)(vi), or (5) the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement or purchase agreement entered into in connection with the registration relating to such request are not satisfied (other than as a result of a material default or breach thereunder by the Shareholder).

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(iii)    Short-Form Registrations . The Company will, if requested by the Shareholder and the use of such form is then available to the Company, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement with the Commission on Form S-3 (“ Short Form Registration ”) providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415. In no event shall the Company be obligated to effect any shelf registration other than pursuant to a Short-Form Registration.

(iv)    Restrictions on Demand Registrations . To the extent allowed in the Completion Agreement, if the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a registration statement, including a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415, with respect to a Demand Registration would (1) require the Company to make a public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure in the good faith judgment of the Company (A) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement so that such Registration Statement would not be materially misleading, (B) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement and (C) would in the good faith judgment of the Company reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the Company or its business if made at such time, or (2) would in the good faith and judgment of the Board reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the Company or its business or on the Company’s ability to effect a planned or proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, then the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the participants in such registration (each of whom hereby agrees to maintain the confidentiality of all information disclosed to such participants) delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement, provided, that the Company shall not be permitted to do so (x) more than two times during any twelve-month period or (y) for periods exceeding, in the aggregate, 100 days during any twelve-month period. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, such Shareholders agree to suspend, promptly upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of any prospectus relating to such registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. If the Company so postpones the filing of a prospectus or the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, the Shareholder will be entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such registration request will not count for the purposes of the limitation set forth in Section 10(a)(ii).

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(v)     Selection of Underwriters .  If the Shareholder intends that the Registrable Securities covered by its Registration Request shall be distributed by means of an underwritten offering, the Shareholder will so advise the Company as a part of the Registration Request.  In such event, the lead underwriter to administer the offering will be an Approved Bank chosen by the Shareholder.

(vi)    Priority on Demand Registrations . If the managing underwriter advises the Company that in its reasonable opinion the number of Registrable Securities (and any other securities requested to be included in such offering) exceeds the number of securities that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in such offering only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (1) first, Registrable Securities of the Shareholder and (2) second, any other securities of the Company that have been requested to be so included.

(b)            Piggyback Registrations .
 
(i)      Right to Piggyback . At any time, whenever the Company proposes to register any of its securities (other than a registration statement to be filed on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or any similar form from time to time or registration of shares of securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof to be offered to directors, members of management, employees, consultants, lenders or vendors of the Company or in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, each a “ Special Registration ”) and other than a registration pursuant to Section 10(a), and the registration form to be filed may be used for the registration or qualification for distribution of Registrable Securities, the Company will give prompt written notice (and in any event no later than fifteen business days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement with respect to such registration) to the Shareholder of its intention to effect such a registration and, subject to Section 10(b)(iii), will include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request from the Shareholder for inclusion therein within five business days after the date of the Company’s notice (a “ Piggyback Registration ”). The Company may terminate or withdraw any registration under this Section 10(b) prior to the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not the Shareholder has elected to include its Registrable Securities in such registration, and the Company will have no liability to the Shareholder in connection with such termination or withdrawal.

(ii)    Underwritten Registration . If the registration referred to in Section 10(b)(i) is proposed to be underwritten, the Company will so advise the Shareholder as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 10(b)(i). In such event, the right of the Shareholder to registration pursuant to this Section 10(b) will be conditioned upon Shareholder’s (together with the Company) entry into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company.

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(iii)    Priority on Primary Registrations . If a Piggyback Registration relates to an underwritten offering, and the managing underwriters advise the Company that in their reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in such registration or prospectus only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (1) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, and (2) other securities of the Company that have been requested to be so included pro rata on the basis of the number of securities requested to be registered by the Shareholder or any other holder of securities.

(c)            Registration Procedures . Subject to Section 10(a)(iv), whenever the Shareholder requests that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to Sections 10(a) or 10(b) of this Deed, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and pursuant thereto. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to:
 
(i)      prepare and file within 60 days of a request, with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities, cooperate in all required filings with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and thereafter use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable; provided that before filing a Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will, in the case of a Demand Registration, furnish to counsel to the Shareholder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to review and comment by such counsel, and the Company will make such reasonable changes to the Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto (including changes to, or the filing of amendments reflecting such changes to, documents incorporated by reference) as may be reasonably requested by the Shareholder subject to the Company’s obligations with respect to such Registration Statement;

(ii)     prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for a period of either (1) not less than (A) three months, (B) if such Registration Statement relates to an underwritten offering, such longer period as a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer or (C) one year in the case of shelf registration statements (or in each case such shorter period ending on the date that the securities covered by such shelf registration statement cease to constitute Registrable Securities) or (2) such shorter period as will terminate when all of the securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement (but in any event not before the expiration of any longer period required under the Securities Act), and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

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(iii)    furnish to Shareholder such number of copies, without charge, of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, including each preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, any other prospectus (which for purposes of this Deed shall also include any prospectus filed under Rule 424, Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as such term is defined under Rule 433 promulgated under the Securities Act), all exhibits and other documents filed therewith and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request including in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Shareholder;

(iv)     register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Shareholder reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary to enable the Shareholder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by the Shareholder (provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subsection, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);

(v)     notify the Shareholder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the discovery of the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and, as soon as reasonably practicable, prepare and furnish to the Shareholder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;

(vi)     notify the Shareholder (1) when such Registration Statement or the prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (2) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or to amend or to supplement such prospectus or for additional information, and (3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes;

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(vii)    cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(viii)   provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(ix)     enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements and, lock-up agreements in customary form, and including provisions with respect to indemnification and contribution in customary form) and take all such other customary actions as the Shareholder or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including making members of senior management of the Company available to participate in “road show” and other customary marketing activities to the extent not unreasonably interfering with the business of the Company);

(x)     make available for inspection by the Shareholder and counsel to the Shareholder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Shareholder or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and documents relating to the business of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by the Shareholder, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such Registration Statement, provided that it shall be a condition to such inspection and receipt of such information that the inspecting person (1) enter into a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and (2) agree to minimize the disruption to the Company’s business in connection with the foregoing;

(xi)     in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or ceasing trading of any securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction, use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(xii)    obtain one or more comfort letters, addressed to the underwriters, if any, dated the effective date of such Registration Statement and the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement for such offering, signed by the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as such underwriters shall reasonably request; and

(xiii)  provide customary legal opinions of the Company’s counsel, addressed to the underwriters, if any, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, with respect to the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (including the preliminary prospectus) and such other documents relating thereto as the underwriter shall reasonably request in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions of such nature.

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(d)             Furnishing of Information .  As a condition to registering Registrable Securities, the Company may require the Shareholder to furnish the Company with such information regarding the Shareholder and pertinent to the disclosure requirements relating to the registration and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.
 
(e)             Registration Expenses .  Except as otherwise provided in this Deed, all expenses incidental to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Deed, including all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws and printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants of the Company and other persons retained by the Company (collectively, “ Registration Expenses ”), will be borne by the Company. All underwriting discounts, selling commissions and transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities of the Shareholder or its Affiliates hereunder and any other expenses required by law to be paid by a selling security holder will be borne by the Shareholder.
 
(f)             Holdback .  In consideration for the Company agreeing to its obligations under this Deed, the Shareholder agrees in connection with any registration of Shares (whether or not the Shareholder is participating in such registration) upon the request of the Company and the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of Shares, not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration) any public sale or distribution or other Transfer of Registrable Securities, including, but not limited to, any sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A, without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, during the Holdback Period (as defined below).  For purposes of this Deed, “ Holdback Period ” means, with respect to any registered offering covered by this Deed, (i) 180 days, subject to customary “booster shot” provisions, after and during the ten days before, the effective date of the related Registration Statement or, in the case of a takedown from a shelf registration statement, 90 days after the date of the prospectus supplement filed with the Commission in connection with such takedown and during such prior period (not to exceed ten days) as the Company has given reasonable written notice to the Shareholder or (ii) such shorter period as the Company, the Shareholder and the underwriter of such offering, if any, shall agree.
 
(g)            Registration in Foreign Jurisdictions .  If the Company does not list its Shares in the United States and instead lists its Shares in a jurisdiction other than the United States, then the Company and the Shareholder shall negotiate in good faith to enter into such amendments to this Deed as are necessary to ensure, that the Shareholder retains registration rights substantially similar to those granted under this Deed, as and to the extent permissible under the laws of such other jurisdiction.
 
(h)             Rule 144 Reporting .  With a view to making available to the Shareholder the benefits of certain Commission rules and regulations that may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration after such time as a public market exists for the Registrable Securities, the Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to take the following actions:
 
(i)       make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the date that the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

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(ii)      file with the Commission, in a timely manner, all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and

(iii)    furnish to the Shareholder forthwith upon request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, and of the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements) and such other reports and documents as the Shareholder may reasonably request in connection with availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing it to sell any Registrable Securities without registration.

11.            Termination .
 
(a)            This Deed shall take effect on the date hereof and, subject to Section 11(b), remain in effect until the earliest of:
 
(i)       the date on which the Company and the Shareholder agree in writing to the termination of this Deed;

(ii)      the date on which the number of Shares Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder (or Shareholders in aggregate, if there is more than one Shareholder at the relevant time) represent less than 5% of the Company’s total issued Shares; and

(iii)     the date on which:

(1)       the Shareholder pays the consideration in respect of a Unilateral Takeover Offer made by it in compliance with Section 3(c) containing a Non-waivable Majority of Minority Condition which has become wholly unconditional; or

(2)      an Acquisition Proposal made by the Shareholder in compliance with Section 3(c) and approved by the Special Committee under which the Shareholder acquires Shares representing at least 50% of the Shares held by Non-affiliated Members completes.

(b)            Following a termination of this Deed, Sections 11 ( Termination ) to 27 ( Third Parties ) inclusive shall survive termination.  In addition, if this Deed terminates pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii), 9(c)(iv) ( Board representation ) also shall survive termination, and if this Deed terminates pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), Section 4 ( Preemptive Rights ), Section 9(l) ( Maintenance of listing ) and 10 ( Registration Rights ) also shall survive termination.
 
12.            Affiliates .  A person or entity who at any time may be an Affiliate of the Shareholder shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Shareholder for purposes of this Deed while such person is an Affiliate of the Shareholder regardless of whether such person was such an Affiliate on the date hereof.
 
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13.            Specific Performance .  Each of the parties hereto recognizes and acknowledges that this Deed is an integral part of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Agreements, that the Company would not have entered into the Transaction Agreements unless this Deed was executed and that a breach by the Company of any covenants or agreements contained in this Deed will cause the Shareholder to sustain injury for which it would not have an adequate remedy at law for money damages, and a breach by the Shareholder of any covenants or agreements contained in this Deed will cause the Company to sustain injury for which it would not have an adequate remedy at law for money damages. Therefore each of the parties hereto agrees that in the event of any such breach by the Company or the Shareholder, the aggrieved party shall be entitled to the remedy of specific performance of such covenants and agreements and preliminary and permanent injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity, and the parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.
 
Further, subject to applicable law, relevant stock exchange rules and the Company’s corporate governance standards and to the extent that doing so would not be inconsistent with the directors’ duties, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to ensure that the rights granted in Section 9 are effective and that Shareholder enjoys the benefits of this Deed, including, without limitation, the Company’s undertaking to use its best efforts to cause the nomination and election of the Exxaro Directors as provided herein, which efforts will include, if necessary, seeking specific performance or other equitable relief in respect of Cristal’s obligations to vote any Shares which it Beneficially Owns in favor of the election of the Exxaro Directors, as is required by Section 4.3(b) of the Cristal Shareholders Agreement. Neither the Company, nor the Shareholder will, by any voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be performed hereunder by the Company or the Shareholder (as the case may be), but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all of the provisions of this Deed and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or reasonably requested by the Shareholder or the Company (as the case may be) in order to protect its rights against impairment.
 
14.            Responsibility for Compliance; Shareholder Capacity . The Shareholder shall be responsible for ensuring that its Affiliates, representatives and any person who is the registered holder of the Shares which are Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder adhere to the terms of this Deed applicable to such persons as if such persons were original parties hereto, shall be responsible for any breach of this Deed by its Affiliates, representatives and any person who is the registered holder of the Shares which are Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder, and shall take all reasonable measures to avoid any breach of this Deed by its Affiliates, representatives or any person who is the registered holder of the Shares which are Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder; provided, however, that any representative or Affiliate of the Shareholder serving as a director of the Company shall in no way be bound by the Shareholder’s obligations under this Deed in such person’s capacity as a director of the Company. The foregoing obligation shall not limit the remedies available to the Company for any breach of this Deed by any person
 
15.          [Reserved]
 
16.            No Circumvention; Cumulative Remedies .  The Shareholder agrees not to, directly or indirectly, take any actions, act in concert with any person who takes an action, or cause or allow any of its Affiliates, representatives or any person who is the registered holder of the Shares which are Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder to take any actions (including the failure to take a reasonable action) such that the resulting effect is to undermine in any material respect the effectiveness of any of the provisions of this Deed or any of the Transaction Agreements.  The rights, powers, privileges and remedies conferred upon the Company and Shareholder in this Deed are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided by law.
 
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17.            Amendment and Modification .  This Deed may be amended, modified and supplemented only by written agreement of the Shareholder and the Company.
 
18.            Notices .  All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by e-mail, telecopy or facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, (b) on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (c) on the tenth business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.  All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:
 
(a)            If to the Shareholder, to:
 
Exxaro Resources Limited
Roger Dyason Road
Pretoria West, 0183
South Africa
Attention: Riaan Koppeschaar
Facsimile: +27 12 307 4145
E-mail: riaan.koppeschaar@exxaro.com
 
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
 
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP
107 Cheapside
London EC2V 6DN
United Kingdom
Attention: Nell Scott
Facsimile: +44 20 7862 4800
E-mail: nscott@orrick.com
 
or to such other person or address as the Shareholder shall furnish to the Company;
 
(b)            If to the Company, to:
 
Tronox Holdings plc
263 Tresser Boulevard, Suite 1100
Stamford, CT 06901Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: +1 203-705-3703
E-mail: jeffrey.neuman@tronox.com
 
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
 
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street
London EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Attention:            Gary Green
Facsimile: +44 20 7367 2000
E-mail: gary.green@cms-cmno.com
 
or to such other person or address as the Company shall furnish to the Shareholder in writing.
 
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For the purposes of this Section 18, a business day is a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in London, Johannesburg or New York.
 
19.            Severability; Waiver The provisions of this Deed shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Deed, or the application thereof to any person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision; and (b) the remainder of this Deed and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.  The express or implied waiver by any party to this Deed of any of its rights or remedies arising under this Deed or by law shall not constitute a continuing waiver of the right or remedy waived or a waiver of any other right or remedy.
 
20.            Assignment .
 
(a)            This Deed and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, but except as otherwise expressly provided for or permitted herein neither this Deed nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties.
 
21.            Governing Law .  This Deed, and all claims, disputes, controversies or causes of action (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Deed or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Deed (including any claim, dispute, controversy or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Deed or as an inducement to enter into this Deed), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction to apply.
 
22.            Jurisdiction and Venue
 
(a)            Any and all disputes, controversies and claims between or among the parties and arising under, relating to or in connection with this Deed, in any manner whatsoever, whether in contract, in tort, or otherwise, and including any dispute or controversy regarding the negotiation, execution, existence, validity, enforceability, performance or breach of this Deed (each, a “ Dispute ”), shall be brought exclusively in the courts of England and Wales (the “ English Court ”).
 
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(b)            The Shareholder irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, located on the date hereof at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX , as its true and lawful agent and attorney to accept and acknowledge service of any or all process against it in any action, suit or proceeding permitted by this Section 22, with the same effect as if such party were a resident of England, and had been lawfully served with such process in such jurisdiction, and waives all claims of error by reason of such service; provided that the party effecting such service shall also deliver a copy thereof on the date of such service to the other parties by facsimile or electronic mail in accordance with Section 18.  Each party will enter into such agreements with such agent as may be necessary to constitute and continue the appointment of such agent hereunder.  In the event that any such agent and attorney resigns or otherwise becomes incapable of acting, the affected party will appoint a successor agent and attorney in England reasonably satisfactory to the other parties, with like powers.
 
(c)            Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice in England in connection with any Dispute.
 
(d)            Each party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit or proceeding brought in the English Court, and any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in the English Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
 
(e)          Each party hereby represents and acknowledges that it is acting solely in its commercial capacity in executing and delivering this Deed and in performing its obligations hereunder, and each party hereby irrevocably waives, with respect to all disputes, claims, controversies and all other matters of any nature whatsoever that may arise under or in connection with this Deed and any other document or instrument contemplated hereby, all immunity it may otherwise have as a sovereign, quasi-sovereign or state-owned entity (or similar entity) from any and all proceedings (whether legal, equitable, arbitral, administrative or otherwise), attachment of assets, and enforceability of judicial or arbitration awards. Counterparts .  This Deed may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
24.            Headings; Construction .  The headings of the Sections of this Deed are inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part hereof or affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Deed.  References in this Deed to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular include references to the plural and vice versa.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including”, when used in this Deed shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  For purposes of this Deed, “person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity, group (as such term is used in Section 13 of the Exchange Act) or organization, including a governmental entity, and any permitted successors and assigns of such person.
 
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25.            Joint Draft .  Each of the parties hereto participated in the drafting and negotiation of this Deed.  If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Deed must be construed as if it is drafted by each of the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of authorship of any of the provisions of this Deed.
 
26.            Entire Agreement .  This Deed, the Company’s Articles and the other Transaction Agreements (other than the Original Deed) will set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein, and supersede all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of any party hereto.
 
27.            Third Parties .  Except as specifically set forth or referred to herein, nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give to any person or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors or assigns, any rights or remedies pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
 
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The parties hereto have caused this Deed to be duly executed as a deed, all as of the day and year first above written.
 
EXECUTED as a DEED by
 
)
 
EXARRO RESOURCES LIMITED
 
)
 
on being signed by:
 
)
/s/ P. A. Koppeschaar
P. A. Koppeschaar
 
)
 
in the presence of:
 
)
 

Signature of witness:
/s/ S. S. Kotzé
   
Name of witness:
S. S. Kotzé

[Signature page to the Tronox Holdings SHA]


EXECUTED as a DEED by TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC :
 
     
/s/ Timothy C. Carlson
 
/s/ Steven Kaye
Signature of director
 
Signature of director
     
Timothy C. Carlson
 
Steven Kaye
Name
 
Name


[Signature page to the Tronox Holdings SHA]


Exhibit 10.2

TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
 
ARTICLE I
PURPOSE
 
1.1 Establishment . Tronox Holdings plc (the successor to Tronox Limited), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “ Company ”), established an equity incentive plan known as the “Tronox Limited Management Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “ Original Plan ”). The Original Plan was amended and restated by the Company’s Board effective March 27, 2019 (the “ Effective Date ”) and became known as the “Tronox Holdings plc Amended and Restated Management Equity Incentive Plan” (the “ Plan ”).
 
1.2 Purpose of the Plan . The Plan is intended to further the growth and profitability of the Company by increasing incentives and encouraging Share ownership on the part of the Employees, Members of the Board, and Independent Contractors of  the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Plan is intended to permit the grant of Awards that constitute Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Share Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Share, Restricted Share Units, Performance Awards and Other Share-Based Awards, cash payments and such other forms as the Committee in its discretion deems appropriate, including any combination of the above.
 
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
 
The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
 
Affiliate ” means (i) any person or entity that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by the Company and/or (ii) to the extent provided by the Committee, any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any person or entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.
 
Award ” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Share Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Share, Restricted Share Units, Performance Awards and Other Share-Based Awards, cash payments and such other forms as the Committee in its discretion deems appropriate.
 
“Award Agreement ” means the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to an Award.
 
 “ Base Price ” means the price at which a SAR may be exercised with respect to a Share.
 
Board ” means the Company’s Board of Directors, as constituted from time to time.

Cause ” means with respect to a Participant’s Termination from and after the date hereof, the following (unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise): (a) in the case where there is no employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the determination (or where there is such an agreement but it does not define “cause” (or words of like import)), termination due to: (i) the Participant’s material breach of any written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and such Participant or the commission by a Participant of any indictable offense which carries a maximum penalty of imprisonment; (ii) perpetration by a Participant of an illegal act, or fraud which could cause demonstrable economic injury to the Company; (iii) continuing failure by the Participant to perform the Participant’s duties in any material respect, provided that the Participant is given notice and an opportunity to effectuate a cure as determined by the Committee; or (iv) a Participant’s willful misconduct with regard to the Company that could have a material adverse effect on the Company; or (b) in the case where there is an employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the determination that defines “cause” (or words of like import), “cause” as defined under such agreement; provided, however, that with regard to any agreement under which the definition of “cause” only applies on occurrence of a change in control, such definition of “cause” shall not apply until a change in control actually takes place and then only with regard to a termination thereafter. With respect to a Participant’s Termination of Directorship, “cause” means an act or failure to act that constitutes cause for removal of a director under applicable law.
 
Change in Control ” means the occurrence, after the Effective Date, of any one or more of the following events; provided that, with respect to any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, an event shall not be treated as a Change in Control hereunder unless such event also constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code:
 

(a)    any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of common Shares of the Company), becoming the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;
 
(b)    any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company, any company owned, directly or indirectly, or by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of common Shares of the Company), becoming the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) in one or a series of related transactions during any twelve (12)-month period, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;
 
(c)    during any one-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director whose initial appointment occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of such number of directors as required by the Company’s Articles of Association, each of whom were either directors at the beginning of the one year period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;
 
(d)    a merger, consolidation, scheme of arrangement, share issue or other similar transaction of the Company or a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other company, other than a merger, consolidation, scheme of arrangement, share issue or other similar transaction which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company (including any successor to the Company or the ultimate parent company of the Company); provided , however, that a merger, consolidation, scheme of arrangement, share issue or other similar transaction effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person (other than those covered by the exceptions in subparagraphs (b) and (c)) acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities shall not constitute a Change in Control; or
 
(e)    the consummation of a sale or disposition of assets of the Company and/or its direct and indirect subsidiaries having a value constituting at least forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) immediately prior to such transaction, other than the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a person or persons who beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company at the time of the sale.
 
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (US), as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation or other guidance promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.
 
Committee ” means at least one committee, as described in Article III, appointed by the Board from time to time to administer the Plan and to perform the functions set forth herein; provided that if no such committee exists, the “Committee” means the Board.
 
 “ Disability ” means with respect to a Participant’s Termination from and after the date hereof, the following (unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise): (a) in the case where there is no employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the grant of the Award (or where there is such an agreement but it does not define “disability” (or words of like import)), termination due to: (i) a permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code; or (b) in the case where there is an employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the grant of the Award that defines “disability” (or words of like import), “disability” as defined under such agreement; provided that with respect to Incentive Stock Options “disability” shall mean a permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code and; provided further, that for Awards that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, Disability shall mean that a Participant is disabled under Section 409A(a)(2)(C)(i) or (ii) of the Code. A Disability shall only be deemed to occur at the time of the determination by the Committee of the Disability.
 
Eligible Individual ” means any of the following individuals who is designated by the Committee in its discretion as eligible to receive Awards subject to the conditions set forth herein: (a) any Member of the Board, officer or Employee of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company, (b) any individual to whom the Company, or a Subsidiary of the Company, has extended a formal offer of employment, so long as the grant of any Award shall not become effective until the individual commences employment or (c) any Independent Contractor or advisor of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate.
 
Employee ” means an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Committee may grant Awards to an individual who has been extended an offer of employment by the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate; provided that any such Award shall be subject to forfeiture if such individual does not commence employment by a date established by the Committee.
 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (US), as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Exchange Act or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation or interpretation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.
 
Exercise Price ” means the price at which a Share subject to an Option may be purchased upon the exercise of the Option.
 
Fair Market Value ” means, except as otherwise specified in a particular Award Agreement, (a) while the Shares are readily traded on an established national or regional securities exchange, the closing transaction price of such a Share as reported by the principal exchange on which such Shares are traded on the date as of which such value is being determined or, if there was no reported transaction for such date, the opening transaction price as reported by the exchange for the first trading date following the date by which such value is being determined on the next preceding date for which a transaction was reported, (b) if the Shares are not readily traded on an established national or regional securities exchange, the value as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, on a good faith basis, taking into account the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
 
Good Reason ” means with respect to a Participant’s Termination, the following (unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise): (i) the assignment of duties materially inconsistent with the Participant’s position, authority, duties or responsibilities, or a material diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, (ii) a reduction of the Participant’s aggregate annual compensation opportunity (i.e., base salary and annual bonus and incentive compensation target opportunity), and such reduction is not related to a reduction in either individual or corporate performance, (iii) a change of more than 50 miles in the Participant’s principal place of employment, or (iv) any other action or inaction that constitutes a material breach of the Plan.

 “ Grant Date ” means the date that the Award is granted.
 
Immediate Family ” means the Participant’s children, stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, stepparents, grandparents, spouse, siblings (including half-brothers and half-sisters), in-laws (including all such relationships arising because of legal adoption) and any other person required under applicable law to be accorded a status identical to any of the foregoing.
 
Incentive Stock Option ” means an Option that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and is intended by the Committee to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
 
Independent Contractor ” means an independent contractor or consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Committee may grant Awards to an individual who has been extended an offer to become an independent contractor or consultant by the Company or a Subsidiary; provided that any such Award shall be subject to forfeiture if such individual does not commence his or her duties by a date established by the Committee.
 
Member of the Board ” means an individual who is a member of the Board or of the board of directors of a Subsidiary or Affiliate.
 
Non-Employee Director ” means a director or a member of the Board of the Company or any Affiliate who is not an active employee of the Company or any Affiliate.
 
Non-Qualified Share Option ” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
 
Option ” means an option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to Article VI.
 
Other Share-Based Award ” means an Award under Article X of this Plan that is valued in whole or in part by reference to, or is payable in or otherwise based on, Shares including, without limitation, an Award valued by reference to an Affiliate.
 
Participant ” means an Employee, Independent Contractor, or Member of the Board with respect to whom an Award has been granted and remains outstanding.
 
Performance Award ” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article IX hereof contingent upon achieving certain Performance Goals.
 
Performance Goals ” means goals established by the Committee as contingencies for Awards to vest and/or become exercisable or distributable.
 
Performance Period ” means the designated period during which the Performance Goals must be satisfied with respect to the Award to which the Performance Goals relate.
 

Period of Restriction ” means the period during which Awards are subject to forfeiture and/or restrictions on transferability.

 “ Restricted Share ” means a Share Award granted pursuant to Article VII under which the Shares are subject to forfeiture upon such terms and conditions as specified in the relevant Award Agreement.
 
Restricted Share Unit ” or “ RSU ” means a Share Award granted pursuant to Article VII subject to a period or periods of time after which the Participant will receive Shares (which may be settled in cash at the Company’s discretion) if the conditions contained in such Share Award have been met.
 
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 (US), as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
 
Share ” means the Company’s ordinary shares, or any security issued by the Company or any successor in exchange or in substitution therefore.
 
Share Appreciation Right ” or “ SAR ” means an Award granted pursuant to Article VIII, granted alone or in tandem with a related Option which is designated by the Committee as a SAR.
 
Share Award ” means an Award of Restricted Shares or an RSU pursuant to Article VII.
 
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the limited liability company, partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person or one or more Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, person or persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such person or persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing director or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity.
 
Ten Percent Holder ” means an Employee (together with persons whose Share ownership is attributed to the Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) who, at the time an Option is granted, owns shares representing more than ten percent of the voting power of all classes of securities of the Company.
 
Termination ” means a Termination of Consultancy, Termination of Directorship or Termination of Employment, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Awards that are subject to Section 409A of the Code and that are settled or distributed upon a “Termination,” the foregoing definition shall only apply to the extent the applicable event would also constitute a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A.

 “ Termination of Consultancy ” means: (a) that the Independent Contractor is no longer acting as a consultant to the Company or an Affiliate; or (b) when an entity which is retaining a Participant as an Independent Contractor ceases to be an Affiliate unless the Participant otherwise is, or thereupon becomes, an Independent Contractor to the Company or another Affiliate at the time the entity ceases to be an Affiliate. In the event that an Independent Contractor becomes an Eligible Employee or a Non-Employee Director upon the termination of his or her consultancy, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, no Termination of Consultancy shall be deemed to occur until such time as such Independent Contractor is no longer an Independent Contractor, an Eligible Employee or a Non-Employee Director.
 
Termination of Directorship ” means that the Non-Employee Director has ceased to be a director of the Company; except that if a Non-Employee Director becomes an Eligible Employee or a Consultant upon the termination of his or her directorship, his or her ceasing to be a director of the Company shall not be treated as a Termination of Directorship unless and until the Participant has a Termination of Employment or Termination of Consultancy, as the case may be.
 
Termination of Employment ” means: (a) a termination of employment (for reasons other than a military or personal leave of absence granted by the Company) of a Participant from the Company and its Affiliates; or (b) when an entity which is employing a Participant ceases to be an Affiliate, unless the Participant otherwise is, or thereupon becomes, employed by the Company or another Affiliate at the time the entity ceases to be an Affiliate. In the event that an Eligible Employee becomes an independent director upon the termination of his or her employment, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, no Termination of Employment shall be deemed to occur until such time as such Eligible Employee is no longer an Eligible Employee or an independent director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may otherwise define Termination of Employment in the Award Agreement, provided that any such change to the definition of the term “Termination of Employment” does not subject the applicable Award to adverse consequences under Section 409A of the Code.
 

Transfer ” means: (a) when used as a noun, any direct or indirect transfer, sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance or other disposition (including the issuance of equity in a Person), whether for value or no value and whether voluntary or involuntary (including by operation of law), and (b) when used as a verb, to directly or indirectly transfer, sell, assign, pledge, encumber, charge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (including the issuance of equity in a Person) whether for value or for no value and whether voluntarily or involuntarily (including by operation of law). “Transferred” and “Transferable” shall have a correlative meaning. A Share is “delivered” by the Company to a person if:

 
(a)
the Company issues the Share to the person (or a nominee of the person); or

 
(b)
the Company causes the Share to be transferred to the person (or a nominee of the person).

ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION
 
3.1 The Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall consist of three (3) or more Members of the Board (as appointed by the Board) and may consist of the entire Board. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board.
 
3.2 Authority and Action of the Committee . It shall be the duty of the Committee to administer the Plan in accordance with the Plan’s provisions. The Committee shall have all powers and discretions necessary or appropriate to administer the Plan and to control its operation, including, but not limited to, the full and final authority in its discretion to (a) determine which Eligible Individuals shall be eligible to receive Awards and to grant Awards, (b) prescribe the form, amount, timing and other terms and conditions of each Award, (c) interpret the Plan and the Award Agreements (and any other instrument relating to the Plan), (d) adopt such procedures as it deems necessary or appropriate to permit participation in the Plan by Eligible Individuals, (e) adopt such rules as it deems necessary or appropriate for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan, (f) interpret, amend or revoke any such procedures or rules, (g) correct any defect(s) or omission(s), or reconcile any inconsistency(ies), in the Plan and/or any Award Agreement, (h) accelerate the vesting of any Award, (i) subject to Sections 6.4 and 8.4, extend the period during which an Option or SAR may be exercisable, and (j) make all other decisions and determinations that may be required pursuant to the Plan and/or any Award Agreement or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan.
 
The acts of the Committee shall be acts approved in writing by all of the members of the Committee or approved by resolution of the Committee. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Subject to applicable law, each member of the Committee is entitled to rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any Employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, the Company’s independent certified public accountants or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan.
 
The Company shall effect the granting of Awards under the Plan, in accordance with the determinations made by the Committee, by execution of written agreements and/or other instruments in such form as is approved by the Committee.
 
3.3 Delegation by the Committee .
 
3.3.1 The Committee, in its sole discretion and on such terms and conditions as it may provide, may delegate all or any part of its authority and powers under the Plan to one or more Members of the Board of the Company and/or officers of the Company except for grants of Awards to persons (a) who are Non-Employee Directors or otherwise are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (b) who are, or who are reasonably expected to be, ‘covered employees’ for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code; provided , however , that the Committee may not delegate its authority or power if prohibited by applicable law or the rules and regulations of the principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed.
 
3.3.2 The Committee may, in its sole discretion, employ such legal counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for the administration of this Plan and, subject to applicable law, may rely upon any opinion received from any such counsel or consultant and any computation received from any such consultant or agent. Expenses incurred by the Committee or the Board in the engagement of any such counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid by the Company.
 
3.4  Indemnification . Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee, or of the Board and any person designated pursuant to Section 3.3.1, shall to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles of Association of the Company be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from (a) any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any good faith action taken or good faith failure to act under the Plan or any Award Agreement, and (b) from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon the person otherwise to be indemnified under this Section 3.4 determines that the acts or omissions or determinations of such person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission. This section 3.4 does not create any right of indemnification or exclude any liability to the extent such indemnification or exclusion is prohibited by law or by the Company’s Articles of Association. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Articles of Association (or other organizational document) of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or under any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
 

3.5 Decisions Binding . All determinations, decisions and interpretations of the Committee, the Board, and any delegate of the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.
 
ARTICLE IV
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1 Number of Shares .  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, the maximum number of Shares which may be the subject of Awards (inclusive of unissued Shares to which outstanding Incentive Stock Options relate) granted under the Plan shall be 20,781,225 Shares in total (the “ Share Reserve ”).  Shares required to be delivered under the Plan may be newly issued Shares or previously issued Shares which the Company has caused to be acquired by or for the benefit of Participants (as the Committee decides from time to time). To the extent permitted by applicable law or exchange rules, Shares issued in assumption of, or in substitution for, any outstanding awards of any entity acquired in any form or combination by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate shall not reduce the Shares available to be issued or transferred for grants of Awards under this Section 4.1.  The maximum number of Shares to which Incentive Stock Options relate shall be equal to the Share Reserve.  The maximum number of Shares subject to a Performance Award (which includes Options for this purpose) that may be granted to any one person in any one fiscal year is that number of Shares equal to $6,000,000 as determined on the grant date and the maximum amount that can be earned in respect of a performance award denomination in cash or value other than shares on an annualized basis is $7,500,000.
 
4.2 Lapsed Awards .  To the extent that Shares subject to an outstanding Award have ceased to be deliverable to a Participant by reason of (i) expiration, cancellation, forfeiture or other termination of such Award, or (ii) the settlement of all or a portion of such Award in cash, then such Shares which have ceased to be deliverable by the Company shall not be counted toward the Share Reserve and shall again be available under this Plan; provided , however , that Shares surrendered in payment of the exercise price of an Option, Shares withheld or surrendered for payment of taxes with respect to any Award, and Shares repurchased by the Company on the open market with the proceeds of the exercise price of Options, shall be counted toward the Share Reserve and not be available for re-issuance under the Plan.  If SARs are exercised and settled in Shares, the full number of Shares subject to the SARs shall be considered issued under the Plan, without regard to the number of Shares issued upon settlement of the SARs.
 
4.3 Changes in Capital Structure . Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, in the event that any special dividend or other special distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), Share bonus issue, recapitalization, subdivision, consolidation, reorganization, merger, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, change of control or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or other corporate transaction or event (each a “ Corporate Event ”) affects the Shares (including, without limitation, a transaction under which a person (either alone or together with associates) acquires control of the Company), subject to applicable law the Board or the Committee shall make any adjustments in such manner as it, in good faith, deems equitable or appropriate, in (i) the number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property) which may be delivered in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan (including, without limitation, adjusting any or all of the limitations under this Article IV), (ii) the number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, and (iii) the Exercise Price or Base Price with respect to any Award, or make provision for an immediate cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award in consideration for the cancellation of such Award (based on the spread).
 
4.3.1 If the Company enters into or is involved in any Corporate Event, subject to applicable law, the Board or the Committee shall, prior to such Corporate Event and upon such Corporate Event, take such action as it, in good faith, deems to be equitable or appropriate, which may (but need not) include replacing Awards with substitute awards in respect of the Shares, cash, other securities or other property of the surviving corporation, acquirer, ultimate parent company of the Company or any affiliate of the foregoing on such terms and conditions, as to the number of Shares, pricing and otherwise, to substantially preserve the value, rights and benefits of any affected Awards granted hereunder as of the date of the consummation of the Corporate Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, if a Change in Control occurs, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cancel each Participant’s Awards immediately prior to such Change in Control and to pay to each affected Participant in connection with the cancellation of such Participant’s Awards, an amount that the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to be the equivalent value of such Award (e.g., in the case of an Option or SAR, the amount of the spread), it being understood that the equivalent value of an Option or SAR with an exercise price greater than or equal to the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares shall be zero.


4.3.2 Upon receipt by any affected Participant of any such substitute awards (or payment) as a result of any such Corporate Event, such Participant’s affected Awards for which such substitute awards (or payment) were received shall be thereupon cancelled without the need for obtaining the consent of any such affected Participant. Any actions or determinations of the Committee under this Section 4.3 need not be uniform as to all outstanding Awards, nor treat all Participants identically.
 
4.3.3 Nothing in this Section 4.3 requires the Board or the Committee to do or procure anything which is not within its power or control to do or procure or which would involve the Board or Committee (or any member thereof) breaching a duty owed to the Company.
 
4.4 Minimum Purchase Price . Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, any Shares which are delivered under this Plan, must not be delivered for consideration that is less than as permitted under applicable law.
 
ARTICLE V
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDS
 
5.1 Awards Under the Plan . Awards under the Plan may be in the form of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Share Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Share, Restricted Share Units, Performance Awards and Other Share-Based Awards, cash payments and such other forms as the Committee in its discretion deems appropriate, including any combination of the above. No fractional Shares shall be issued under the Plan nor shall any right be exercised under the Plan with respect to a fractional Share. If (but for this Section) a Participant would become entitled to be delivered a number of Shares that is not a whole number, the number of Shares to which the Participant is entitled to be delivered shall not include the fraction.
 
5.2 General Eligibility . All Eligible Individuals are eligible to be granted Awards, subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. Eligibility for the grant of Awards and actual participation in this Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
 
5.3  Incentive Stock Options . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, only Employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its parent (if any) are eligible to be granted Incentive Stock Options under this Plan. Eligibility for the grant of an Incentive Stock Option and actual participation in this Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
 
5.4  Participation . No person shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under this Plan, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award. The Committee’s determination under the Plan (including, without limitation, determination of the eligible Employees who shall be granted Awards, the form, amount and timing of such Awards, the terms and provisions of Awards and the Award Agreements and the establishment of Performance Goals) need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among eligible Employees who receive or are eligible to receive Awards under the Plan, whether or not such eligible Employees are similarly situated.
 
5.5 Conditions and Restrictions on Shares . Each Participant to whom an Award is made under the Plan shall (i) enter into an Award Agreement with the Company that shall contain such provisions consistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be approved by the Committee and (ii) to the extent the Award is made at a time prior to the date Shares are listed for trading on an established securities exchange, enter into a “Stockholder’s Agreement” that is substantially similar in all material respect to any stockholder’s agreement entered into by any other employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Award of any equity-based compensation. Each Award made hereunder shall be subject to the requirement that if at any time the Company determines that the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares subject to such Award upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the exercise or settlement of such Award or the delivery of Shares thereunder, such Award shall not be exercised or settled and such Shares shall not be delivered unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action shall have been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Company may require that certificates evidencing Shares delivered pursuant to any Award made hereunder bear a legend indicating that the sale, transfer or other disposition thereof by the holder is prohibited except in compliance with the Securities Act. Finally, no Shares shall be delivered under the Plan, unless the delivery of those Shares shall comply with all relevant regulations and any registration, approval or action thereunder and the person to whom they are to be delivered has agreed to become a member of the Company and be bound by its Articles of Association.
 
5.6 Clawback/Forfeiture . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, an Award Agreement may provide that the Committee may in its sole discretion cancel such Award, in whole or in part, if the Participant, without the consent of the Company, while employed by or providing services to the Company or any Affiliate or after termination of such employment or service, violates a non-competition, non-solicitation or non-disclosure covenant or agreement or otherwise engages in activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the interest of the Company or any Affiliate, including fraud or conduct contributing to any financial restatements or irregularities, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may also provide in an Award Agreement that if the Participant engages in any activity referred to in the preceding sentence, the Participant will forfeit any gain realized on the vesting or exercise of such Award, and must repay the gain to the Company. In the case of an Award of Restricted Shares that is cancelled pursuant to this Section 5.6, the Committee may determine that the Restricted Shares are forfeited, in which case the provisions of Section 7.4 shall apply in respect of such forfeited Shares. Furthermore, to the extent required by applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and the rules and regulations of the principal U.S. national securities exchange in which the Shares are listed, or if so required pursuant to a written policy adopted by the Company, and in accordance with the Company’s incentive clawback policy, originally adopted January 25, 2013 as in effect from time to time, Awards are and shall continue to be subject to clawback, forfeiture or similar requirements.
 

5.7 Restrictions on Transfer . It shall be a condition of every Award that no Participant shall offer (or permit or cause to be offered) any Shares that are delivered to him or her pursuant to the Award for sale within 12 months of their issue, unless the Award Agreement provides otherwise
 
ARTICLE VI
SHARE OPTIONS
 
6.1 Grant of Options . Subject to the provisions of the Plan, Options may be granted to Participants at such times, and subject to such terms and conditions, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. An Award of Options may include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Share Options, or a combination thereof; provided , however, that an Incentive Stock

Option may only be granted to an Employee of the Company or a Subsidiary and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted more than ten years after the earlier of (i) the Effective Date or (ii) the date this Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders.
 
6.2 Award Agreement . Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Exercise Price, the expiration date of the Option, the number of Shares to which the Option pertains, any conditions to the exercise of all or a portion of the Option, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine. The Award Agreement pertaining to an Option shall designate such Option as an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Share Option. Notwithstanding any such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant Date) of Shares with respect to which Options designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under this Plan or any other plan of the Company, or any parent or subsidiary as defined in Section 424 of the Code) exceeds $100,000, such Options shall constitute Non-Qualified Share Options. For purposes of the preceding sentence, Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they are granted.
 
6.3 Exercise Price . Subject to the other provisions of this Section, the Exercise Price with respect to Shares subject to an Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant, provided ; however ; that the Exercise Price of an Option shall not be less than 100% (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Holder, 110%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.
 
6.4 Expiration Dates . Each Option shall terminate not later than the expiration date specified in the Award Agreement pertaining to such Option; provided , however , that the expiration date with respect to an Option shall not be later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of its Grant Date and the expiration date with respect to an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Holder shall not be later than the fifth (5th) anniversary of its Grant Date.
 
6.5 Exercisability of Options . Subject to Section 6.4, Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such times, and shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. The exercise of an Option is contingent upon payment by the optionee of the amount sufficient to pay all taxes required to be withheld by any governmental agency. Such payment may be in any form approved by the Committee.
 
6.6 Method of Exercise . Options shall be exercised in whole or in part by the Participant’s delivery of a written notice of exercise to the General Counsel or Secretary of the Company (or his or her designee) setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment of the Exercise Price with respect to each such Share and an amount sufficient to pay all taxes required to be withheld by any governmental agency. The Exercise Price shall be payable to the Company in full in cash or its equivalent and no Shares resulting from the exercise of an Option shall be issued until full payment therefore has been made. The Committee, in its sole discretion, also may permit exercise by any other means which the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to both provide legal consideration for the Shares, and to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan (including, without limitation, a cashless exercise whereby the Company does not deliver that number of Shares with a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Options being exercised). As soon as practicable after receipt of a written notification of exercise and full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised, the Company shall deliver to the Participant Share certificates (or the equivalent if such Shares are held in book entry form) for such Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised.
 
6.7 Restrictions on Share Transferability . Incentive Stock Options are not transferable, except by will or the laws of descent. The Committee may impose such additional restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option as it may deem advisable, including, but not limited to, restrictions related to applicable federal securities laws, the requirements of any national securities exchange or system upon which Shares are then listed or traded, or any blue sky or state securities laws.
 

6.8 RESERVED
 
6.9 RESERVED
 
6.10 Incentive Stock Options . Should any Option granted under this Plan be designated an “Incentive Stock Option,” but fail, for any reason, to meet the requirements of the Code for such a designation, then such Option shall be deemed to be a Non-Qualified Share Option and shall be valid as such according to its terms.
 
6.11 Prohibition on Repricing .  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, other than as may be permitted pursuant to Section 4.3, the Committee shall not without the approval of the Company’s shareholders (a) lower the Exercise Price of an Option after it is granted, (b) cancel an Option when the Exercise Price exceeds the Fair Market Value of one Share in exchange for cash or another Award (other than in connection with a Change in Control), or (c) take any other action with respect to an Option that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed.
 
ARTICLE VII
SHARE AWARDS
 
7.1 Grant of Share Awards . Subject to the provisions of the Plan, Share Awards may be granted to such Participants at such times, and subject to such terms and conditions, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Share Awards may be issued either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan.
 
7.2 Share Award Agreement . Each Share Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of Shares granted, the price, if any, to be paid for the Shares and the Period of Restriction applicable to a Restricted Share Award or RSU Award and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine including, without limitation, that an RSU Award may be settled in cash or a combination of cash and Shares.

7.3 Acceptance . Awards of Restricted Shares must be accepted within a period of thirty (30) days (or such other period as the Committee may specify) after the grant date, by executing a Restricted Share Award Agreement and by paying whatever price (if any) the Committee has designated thereunder.
 
7.4 Transferability/Share Certificates/Forfeiture .
 
7.4.1 Restricted Shares may not be sold, Transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated during the Period of Restriction. During the Period of Restriction, a Restricted Share Award may bear a legend as described in Section 7.5.2. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, Restricted Shares shall be delivered to and held by the relevant Participant for the applicable Period of Restriction and such Participant shall be and remain the beneficial owner of each such Restricted Share.
 
7.4.2 The Committee may impose such requirements and implement such arrangements as it considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of securing compliance by the Participant with the terms of an Award of Restricted Shares and the Plan (including this Section 7.4). Such requirements and arrangements may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant deliver to the Company (or its nominee) any Share certificate relating to the Restricted Shares and a blank transfer of the Restricted Shares duly executed by the Participant (as transferor).
 
7.4.3 In the event that an Award of Restricted Shares is forfeited in whole or part, the Company shall be entitled, at its election at any time thereafter, to do any of the following:
 
(a) to require the Participant to transfer the forfeited Shares to any person nominated by the Company including, without limitation:
 
(i) an Eligible Individual for or in connection with an Award made to such Eligible Individual; or
 
(ii) a broker instructed to sell the Shares on a securities exchange at the then prevailing market price for Shares (or any other price acceptable to the Committee);
 
(b) to require the Participant to sell the forfeited Shares (or cause them to be sold):
 
(i) to any person nominated by the Company at such price and on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Committee decides; or
 
(ii) on any securities exchange at the then prevailing market price for Shares (or any other price acceptable to the Committee);
 

(c) (subject to applicable law) to buy-back the forfeited Shares from the Participant for a total purchase price of $1.00 (that is, $1.00 for all the forfeited Shares of the Participant irrespective of the number of Shares that are bought back from the Participant).

7.4.4 The Participant must do any act that Company may reasonably require to give effect to an election made by the Company under Section 7.4.3. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the acts may include sign or give any direction, instruction, share transfer or other document to any person.
 
7.4.5 Where the Company requires the Participant to transfer the Shares or to sell the Shares (or cause them to be sold) under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of Section 7.4.3, the Participant shall be obliged to pay to the Company an amount equal to the consideration (if any) received upon such transfer or sale (or, in the case of non-cash consideration, the value of such consideration as reasonably determined by the Company) immediately upon receipt of the consideration. Without limiting Section 7.4.4, the Company may require the Participant to direct that the transferee or purchaser pay or deliver any consideration to which the Participant is entitled under the transfer or sale to the Company (or as the Company directs). If any consideration is received by the Company (in any capacity) upon a transfer or sale of forfeited Shares of a Participant, the Company shall be entitled to retain that consideration for its own benefit and shall not be required to account to the Participant for it.
 
7.4.6 The Company is authorized under the Plan by each Participant to do, and to appoint any person who is a director, secretary, general counsel or employee of the Company to do, for and on behalf of and in the name of any Participant to whom an Award of Restricted Shares is made, any act which the Committee considers that the Participant is required to do under the Plan (including, without limitation, under Section 7.4.3 or Section 7.4.4) or the terms of an Award of Restricted Shares. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the acts may include sign or give any direction, instruction, share transfer or other document to any person for and on behalf of and in the name of the Participant. A Participant may not revoke this authority.
 
7.5  Other Restrictions . The Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose such other restrictions on Shares subject to an Award of Restricted Shares as it may deem advisable or appropriate.
 
7.5.1 General Restrictions . The Committee may set restrictions based upon applicable federal or state securities laws, , or any other basis determined by the Committee in its discretion.
 
7.5.2 Legend on Certificates . The Committee, in its sole discretion, may legend the certificates representing Restricted Shares during the Period of Restriction to give appropriate notice of such restrictions. For example, the Committee may determine that some or all certificates representing Restricted Shares shall bear the following legend: “The sale or other transfer of the shares of Shares represented by this certificate, whether voluntary, involuntary, or by operation of law, is subject to certain restrictions on transfer as set forth in the Tronox Holdings plc Amended and Restated  Management Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”), and in a Restricted Share Award Agreement (as defined by the Plan). A copy of the Plan and such Restricted Share Award Agreement may be obtained from the General Counsel or Secretary of Tronox Holdings plc.”
 
7.5.3 Removal of Restrictions . Upon the termination or expiry of the Period of Restriction applicable to Restricted Shares, subject to the Company’s right to require payment of any taxes, the Shares shall cease to be liable to be forfeited by the Participant and the restrictions in Section 7.4 shall cease to apply (“ Released Shares ”). Upon delivery to the Company of any Share certificate relating to Released Shares bearing a legend as referred to in Section 7.5.2, the Company shall cancel such certificate and deliver to the Participant a new certificate for the Released Shares that does not bear such a legend (unless no such certificate is required to be delivered under applicable law).
 
7.5.4 Voting Rights . During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Restricted Shares may exercise full voting rights attaching to the Shares, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement. However, if an award of Restricted Shares is forfeited, the Participant must not cast a vote attaching to any of the forfeited Shares (or appoint a proxy or attorney to do so).
 
7.5.5 Dividends and Other Distributions . Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement:
 
(a) a Participant shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid on Restricted Shares held by him or her provided , that any such dividends or other distributions shall be subject to the same vesting requirements as the underlying Share Awards and shall be accumulated and paid only at the time the Share Award becomes vested. In the case of a distribution paid other than in cash, the relevant amount shall be the value of the property distributed as at the date of the distribution, as determined by the Committee;
 
 (b) in the case of an Share Award of RSUs, if and when the RSUs vest and cease to be liable to be forfeited, the Company shall make a Dividend Equivalent Payment to the Participant. For this purpose, a “Dividend Equivalent Payment” is an amount equal to the amount of cash dividends and other distributions that would have been paid to the Participant during the period commencing on the date of grant of the Share Award and ending on the date that is one business day before the date on which Participant is delivered the Shares pursuant to the RSU Award or the RSU Award is settled in cash (as the case may be) as if, for each RSU that has vested, a Share had been delivered to the Participant on the date of grant instead of an RSU; and
 

(c) for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to contrary, cash dividends, stock and any other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend, Dividend Equivalent Payment or otherwise with respect to any Award that vests based on achievement of performance goals shall either (i) not be paid or credited or (ii) be accumulated, subject to restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Award with respect to which such cash, stock or other property has been distributed and shall be paid at the time such restrictions and risk of forfeiture lapse.
 
7.5.6 Consolidations/Subdivisions/Bonus Issues . For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the Committee determining otherwise pursuant to Section 4.3 and to the terms of any Award Agreement, if there is a consolidation of Shares or a subdivision of Shares, or a pro rata bonus issue of Shares or other securities by the Company, the Restricted Shares of each Participant shall as from the effective date of such consolidation, subdivision or bonus issue be:
 
(a) in the case of a consolidation or subdivision, the smaller or greater number of Shares (as the case may be) resulting from the consolidation or subdivision of the Restricted Shares of the Participant held immediately before the effective date of the consolidation or subdivision; and

(b) in the case of a pro rata bonus issue, the Shares comprising the Restricted Shares of the Participant and the bonus Shares or other securities issued to the Participant in relation to the Restricted Shares of the Participant held immediately before the record date for the pro rata bonus issue.
 
ARTICLE VIII
SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS
 
8.1  Grant of SARs . Subject to the provisions of the Plan, SARs may be granted to such Participants at such times, and subject to such terms and conditions, as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
 
8.2  Base Price and Other Terms . The Committee, subject to the provisions of the Plan, shall have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of SARs granted under the Plan. Without limiting the foregoing, the Base Price with respect to Shares subject to a tandem SAR shall be the same as the Exercise Price with respect to the Shares subject to the related Option. The Base Price with respect to Shares subject to a non-tandem SAR shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant, provided that the Base Price of a non-tandem SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.
 
8.3  SAR Agreement . Each SAR grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Base Price, the term of the SAR, the conditions of exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine.
 
8.4  Expiration Dates . Each SAR shall terminate no later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of its Grant Date; provided , however , that the expiration date with respect to a tandem SAR shall not be later than the expiration date of the related Option.
 
8.5  Exercisability .
 
8.5.1 Method of Exercise . Unless otherwise specified in the Award Agreement pertaining to a SAR, a SAR may be exercised (a) by the Participant’s delivery of a written notice of exercise to the General Counsel or Secretary of the Company (or his or her designee) setting forth the number of whole SARs which are being exercised, (b) in the case of a tandem SAR, by surrendering to the Company any Options which are cancelled by reason of the exercise of such SAR, and (c) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably request.
 
8.5.2 Tandem SARs . Tandem SARs (i.e., SARs issued in tandem with Options) shall be exercisable only at such time or times and to the extent that the Options to which they relate shall be exercisable in accordance with the provisions of Article VI. The related Options which have been surrendered by the exercise of a tandem SAR, in whole or in part, shall no longer be exercisable to the extent the related tandem SARs have been exercised.
 
8.5.3 Discretionary Limitations . If the Committee provides, in its discretion, that any such right is exercisable subject to certain limitations (including, without limitation, that it is exercisable only in installments or within certain time periods), the Committee may waive such limitations on the exercisability at any time at or after grant in whole or in part (including, without limitation, waiver of the installment exercise provisions or acceleration of the time at which such right may be exercised), based on such factors, if any, as the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion.
 
8.6 Payment . Except as otherwise provided in the relevant Award Agreement, upon exercise of a SAR, the Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying: (i) the amount by which the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise exceeds the Base Price specified in the Award Agreement pertaining to such SAR by (ii) the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.
 

8.7 Payment Upon Exercise of SAR . Payment to a Participant upon the exercise of the SAR shall be made, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, either (a) in cash, (b) in newly issued Shares with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of the payment or (c) in a combination thereof, as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
 
8.8 Prohibition on Repricing .  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, other than as may be permitted pursuant to Section 4.3, the Committee shall not without the approval of the Company’s shareholders (a) lower the Base Price of an SAR after it is granted, (b) cancel a SAR when the Base Price exceeds the Fair Market Value of one Share in exchange for cash or another Award (other than in connection with a Change in Control) or (c) take any other action with respect to an SAR that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed.
 
ARTICLE IX
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
 
9.1 General . The Committee may grant a Performance Award to a Participant, payable in any form described in Section 5.1, upon the attainment of specific Performance Goals. If the Performance Award is payable in Restricted Shares, with the provisions of Article VII shall apply in respect of the Restricted Shares. If the Performance Award is payable in cash, it may be paid upon attainment of the relevant Performance Goals either in cash or in Restricted Shares (based on the then current Fair Market Value of such Shares) to be held in accordance with Article VII, as determined by the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion. If it is a condition of the Performance Award payable in Restricted Shares that the Restricted Shares shall be forfeited if a Performance Goal is not attained, the provisions of Section 7.4 shall apply in respect of such forfeited Shares and Section 7.5.5 shall apply in respect of forfeited dividends and other distributions. Each Performance Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form that is not inconsistent with the Plan and that the Committee may from time to time approve. Performance Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem desirable, which additional terms and conditions shall be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
 
9.2 Performance Goals . Subject to applicable law, the Committee shall have the authority to grant Awards under this Plan that are contingent upon the achievement of Performance Goals. Such Performance Goals are to be specified in the relevant Award Agreement and may be based on such factors including, but not limited to: (a) revenue, (b) earnings per Share (basic and diluted), (c) net income per Share, (d) Share price, (e) pre-tax profits, (f) net earnings, (g) net income, (h) operating income, (i) cash flow (including, without limitation, operating cash flow, free cash flow, discounted cash flow, return on investment and cash flow in excess of cost of capital), (j) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, (k) earnings before interest and taxes, (l) sales, (m) total stockholder return relative to assets, (n) total stockholder return relative to peers, (o) financial returns (including, without limitation, return on assets, return on net assets, return on equity and return on investment), (p) cost reduction targets, (q) customer satisfaction, (r) customer growth, (s) employee satisfaction, (t) gross margin, (u) revenue growth, (v) market share, (w) book value per share, (x) expenses and expense ratio management, (y) system-wide sales or system-wide sales growth, (z) traffic or customer counts, (aa) new product sales, (bb) any combination of the foregoing or (cc) such other criteria as the Committee may determine. Performance Goals may be in respect of the performance of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any combination thereof on either a consolidated, business unit or divisional level. Performance Goals may be absolute or relative (to prior performance of the Company or to the performance of one or more other entities or external indices) and may be expressed in terms of a progression within a specified range. Multiple Performance Goals may be established and may have the same or different weighting.
 
9.3 Additional Criteria . The foregoing criteria shall have any reasonable definitions that the Committee may specify, which may include or exclude any or all of the following items, as the Committee may specify: extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items; effects of accounting changes; effects of currency fluctuations; effects of financing activities (e.g., effect on earnings per share of issuing convertible debt securities); expenses for restructuring, productivity initiatives or new business initiatives; non-operating items; acquisition expenses; and effects of divestitures. Any such performance criterion or combination of such criteria may apply to the Participant’s award opportunity in its entirety or to any designated portion or portions of the award opportunity, as the Committee may specify.
 
9.4 Adjustment to Performance Goals . At any time prior to payment of an Award, the Committee may adjust previously established Performance Goals and other terms and conditions of the Award to reflect major unforeseen events, including, without limitation, changes in laws, regulations or accounting policies or procedures, mergers, acquisitions or divestitures or extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items.
 
9.5 Value, Form and Payment of Performance Award . The Committee will establish the value or range of value of the Performance Award, the form in which the Award will be paid, and the date(s) and timing of payment of the Award. The Participant will be entitled to receive the Performance Award only upon the attainment of the Performance Goals and such other criteria as may be prescribed by the Committee during the Performance Period.
 

ARTICLE X
OTHER SHARE-BASED AWARDS
 
10.1  Grant . Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may grant Other Share-Based Awards that are payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to Shares, including, but not limited to, Shares issued to a Participant purely as a bonus and not subject to any restrictions or conditions, Shares issued to a Participant in payment of the amounts due under an incentive or performance plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary, performance units, dividend equivalent units, Share equivalent units, and deferred Share units. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Eligible Individuals to defer all or a portion of their cash compensation in the form of Other Share-Based Awards granted under this Plan, subject to the terms and conditions of any deferred compensation arrangement established by the Company, which shall be intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code. Other Share-Based Awards may be granted either alone or in addition to or in tandem with other Awards granted under the Plan.
 
10.2  Non-Transferability . Subject to the applicable provisions of the Award agreement and this Plan, Shares subject to Awards made under this Article X may not be Transferred prior to the date on which the Shares are issued, or, if later, the date on which any applicable restriction, performance or deferral period lapses.
 
10.3 Dividends . Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of Award, subject to the provisions of the Award Agreement and this Plan, the recipient of an Award under this Article X shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Award; provided , that any such dividends or other distributions will be subject to the same vesting requirements as the underlying Award and shall be paid at the time the Award becomes vested. If any dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, such Shares shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Award with respect to which they were paid and, if such Shares are forfeited under the Award, the provisions of Section 7.4 shall apply in respect of such forfeited Shares and Section 7.5.5 shall apply in respect of any forfeited dividends and other distributions (as if the Shares were forfeited Restricted Shares).
 
10.4  Vesting . Any Award under this Article X and any Shares covered by any such Award shall vest or be forfeited to the extent so provided in the Award Agreement, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. Unless expressly provided otherwise in an Award Agreement, in the event that a written employment agreement between the Company and a Participant provides for a vesting schedule that is more favorable than the vesting schedule provided in the form of Award agreement, the vesting schedule in such employment agreement shall govern, provided that such agreement is in effect on the date of grant and applicable to the specific Award. Where any Shares covered by an Award under this Article X are forfeited by a Participant, the provisions of Section 7.4 shall apply in respect of such forfeited Shares and Section 7.5.5 shall apply in respect of any forfeited dividends and other distributions (as if the Shares were forfeited Restricted Shares).
 
10.5  Price . Subject to applicable law, (a) Shares issued on a bonus basis under this Article X may be issued for no cash consideration; and (b) Shares purchased pursuant to a purchase right awarded under this Article X shall be priced, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
 
10.6  Payment . The form of payment for the Other Share-Based Award shall be specified in the Award Agreement.
 
ARTICLE XI
PARTICIPANT TERMINATION
 
11.1  Rules Applicable to Options and SARs. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement:

11.1.1 Termination by Reason of Death or Disability . If a Participant’s Termination is by reason of death or Disability, all Options or SARs that are held by such Participant that are vested and exercisable at the time of the Participant’s Termination may be exercised by the Participant (or, in the case of death, by the legal representative of the Participant’s estate) at any time within a one-year period from the date of such Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated term of such Options or SARs.
 
11.1.2 Termination Without Cause . If a Participant’s Termination is by the Company without Cause, all Options or SARs that are held by such Participant that are vested and exercisable at the time of the Participant’s Termination may be exercised by the Participant at any time within a period of ninety (90) days from the date of such Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated term of such Options or SARs.
 
11.1.3 Termination by the Participant . If a Participant terminates his or her service with the Company for any reason, all Options or SARs that are held by such Participant that are vested and exercisable at the time of the Participant’s Termination may be exercised by the Participant at any time within a period of ninety (90) days from the date of such Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated terms of such Options or SARs.
 
11.1.4 Termination for Cause . If a Participant’s Termination is for Cause all Options or SARs, whether vested or unvested, that are held by such Participant shall thereupon terminate and expire as of the date of such Termination.
 
11.1.5 Unvested Options and SARs . Except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, Options or SARs that are not vested as of the date of a Participant’s Termination for any reason shall terminate and expire as of the date of such Termination.
 

11.2  Rules Applicable to Share Awards, Performance Awards and Other Share-Based Awards . Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, upon a Participant’s Termination for any reason: (i) during the relevant Period of Restriction, all Share Awards still subject to restriction shall be forfeited; and (ii) any unvested Performance Award or Other Share-Based Awards shall be forfeited. If a Participant forfeits Shares held by him or her, the provisions of Section 7.4 shall apply in respect of such forfeited Shares and Section 7.5.5 shall apply in respect of any forfeited dividends and other distributions (as if the Shares were forfeited Restricted Shares).
 
11.3  Statutory limitations . Without limiting the generality of Section 14.11, if (but for this Section, the Participant (or legal personal representative or other person) would be entitled to receive a payment or other benefit under this Plan or an Award Agreement in connection with the Participant’s termination of service and payment of such amount or the giving of such benefit would result in the Company, a Subsidiary, then despite any other provision in this Plan or the applicable Award Agreement, the Participant shall be entitled to receive only the maximum amount that may lawfully be paid to the Participant, or the benefit to the extent that it may be lawfully given, in connection with the Participant’s termination of service.

ARTICLE XII
CHANGE IN CONTROL

12.1 Treatment of Awards in connection with a Change in Control . Unless provided otherwise by the Committee (as constituted prior to a Change in Control) in an Award Agreement or otherwise, or as provided in an employment agreement or similar agreement between the Company or any Subsidiary and the Participant, in the event of a Change in Control:

12.1.1. Any Options and Share Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred shall be assumed by the successor (or its parent company) or cancelled in exchange for substitute options or share appreciation rights issued by the successor (or its parent company) in a manner consistent with the requirements of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D) (or any successor regulation) in the case of a Non-Qualified Share Option, and Treas. Reg. §1.424-1(a) (or any successor regulation) in the case of an Incentive Stock Option and, if, during the 24-month period following the Change in Control date, the Participant’s employment is terminated by such successor (or an affiliate) without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason, such Awards, to the extent then outstanding, shall fully vest and become exercisable. To the extent Options and Share Appreciation Rights that are outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control are not assumed or substituted, the Award shall, as determined by the Committee, (A) immediately become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant, or (B) be cancelled in exchange for cash and/or other substitute consideration (if any) with respect to each Share subject to the Award as of the Change in Control date equal in value to the excess (if any) of (I) the per-Share value, as determined by the Committee in its discretion, of the property (including cash) received by the Company’s shareholders as a result of the transaction over (II) if applicable, the per-Share Exercise Price or Base Price of the applicable Award. If the value of the property (including cash) received by the holder of a Share as a result of the transaction does not exceed the per-Share Exercise Price or Base Price of the Award, the Award may be cancelled without providing any cash or other consideration to the Participant with respect to such Award.

12.1.2  Any Performance Awards outstanding as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred shall be converted into, as applicable, time-based restricted stock of the successor (or its parent company) or time-based restricted stock units based on stock of the successor (or its parent company) and, if, during the 24-month period following the Change in Control date, the Participant’s employment is terminated by such successor (or an affiliate) without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason, such Awards, to the extent then outstanding, shall fully vest. With respect to Performance Awards that are outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control and are not converted to a time-based Award, any deferral or other restriction shall lapse and such Performance Awards shall be settled in cash as promptly as is practicable (unless otherwise required by Section 409A of the Code and the applicable terms of the Performance Awards). In either case, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, the value of the Performance Awards as of the date of the Change in Control shall be determined assuming target performance has been achieved, except that the value shall be determined based on actual performance as of such date if (A) more than half of the performance period has elapsed as of such date and (B) actual performance is determinable as of such date.

12.1.3 Any other Share Awards and cash Awards outstanding as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred shall be assumed by the successor (or its parent company) or cancelled in exchange for comparable awards issued by the successor (or its parent company), and, if, during the 24-month period following the Change in Control date, the Participant’s employment is terminated by such successor (or an affiliate) without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason, such Awards, to the extent then outstanding, shall fully vest. With respect to such Awards that are outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control and are not assumed or substituted, any deferral or other restriction shall lapse and such Awards shall be settled in cash as promptly as is practicable (unless otherwise required by Section 409A of the Code and the applicable terms of the Awards).

12.1.4  For an Award to be validly assumed or substituted by a successor for purpose of this Section 12, it must (A) provide such Participant with rights and entitlements substantially equivalent to or better than the rights, terms and conditions applicable under such Award, including, but not limited to, an identical or better exercise or vesting schedules; (B) have substantially equivalent value to such Award (determined at the time of the Change in Control); and (C) be based on stock that is listed and traded on an established U.S. securities market or an established securities market outside the United Stated upon which the Participants could readily trade the stock without administrative burdens or complexities.
 

ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND DURATION
 
13.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination . The Board, in its sole discretion, may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason, subject to any requirement of shareholder approval required by applicable law, rule or regulation, including, without limitation, Section 422 of the Code, and the rules of the applicable securities exchange; provided , however , unless prohibited by applicable law, the Board may amend the Plan and any Award Agreement without shareholder approval as necessary to avoid the imposition of any taxes under Section 409A of the Code. Subject to the preceding sentence, the amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall not, without the consent of the Participant, materially adversely alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Award theretofore granted to such Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, but shall not be required to, amend or modify any Award to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of taxes under Section 409A of the Code. The Company intends to administer the Plan and all Awards granted thereunder in a manner that complies with Code Section 409A, however, the Company shall not be responsible for any additional tax imposed pursuant to Code Section 409A, nor will the Company indemnify or otherwise reimburse Participant for any liability incurred as a result of Code Section 409A. No Award may be granted during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan.
 
13.2 Duration of the Plan . The Plan shall, subject to Section 13.1, terminate ten (10) years after the date that the Plan is approved by a resolution passed at a general meeting of the Company, unless earlier terminated by the Board and no further Awards shall be granted under the Plan. The termination of the Plan shall not affect any Awards granted prior to the termination of the Plan.
 
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
 
14.1  No Effect on Employment or Service . Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Participant’s employment or service at any time, for any reason and with or without cause.

14.2  Unfunded Status . The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing set forth herein shall give any Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole and absolute discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Shares or payments in lieu of or with respect to Awards hereunder; provided , however , that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded status of the Plan.
 
14.3 Successors . All obligations of the Company under the Plan, with respect to Awards granted hereunder, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.
 
14.4  Beneficiary Designations . Subject to the restrictions in Section 14.5 below, a Participant under the Plan may name a beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom any vested but unpaid Award shall be paid in the event of the Participant’s death. For purposes of this Section, a beneficiary may include a designated trust having as its primary beneficiary a family member of a Participant. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the Participant and shall be effective only if given in a form and manner acceptable to the Committee. In the absence of any such designation or such designation being effective under applicable law, any vested benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate and, subject to the terms of the Plan and of the applicable Award Agreement, any unexercised vested Award may be exercised by the administrator or executor of the Participant’s estate.
 
14.5  Nontransferability of Awards . No Award granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will, by the laws of descent and distribution; provided , however , that except as provided by in the relevant Award Agreement or as prohibited by applicable law, a Participant may (with the prior approval of the Committee) transfer, without consideration, an Award other than an Incentive Stock Option to one or more members of his or her Immediate Family, to a trust established for the exclusive benefit of one or more members of his or her Immediate Family, to a partnership in which all the partners are members of his or her Immediate Family, or to a limited liability company in which all the members are members of his or her Immediate Family; provided , further, that any such Immediate Family, and any such trust, partnership and limited liability company, shall agree to be and shall be bound by the terms of the Plan, and by the terms and provisions of the applicable Award Agreement and any other agreements covering the transferred Awards. All rights with respect to an Award granted to a Participant shall be available during his or her lifetime only to the Participant and may be exercised only by the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative.
 

14.6  No Rights as Shareholder . Except to the limited extent provided in Sections 7.5.4 and 7.5.5 or as otherwise provided under applicable law, no Participant (nor any beneficiary) shall have any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company with respect to any Shares issuable pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof), unless and until the Shares that are the subject of the Award have actually been delivered to the Participant and certificates representing such Shares, if any, or in the event the Shares are non-certificate, such other method of recording beneficial ownership, shall have been issued, recorded on the records of the Company or its transfer agents or registrars, and delivered to the Participant (or beneficiary).
 
14.7  Withholding . Subject to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement or any other agreement addressing the withholding obligations of the Company or the Participant in connection with the issuance or settlement of an Award granted hereunder, as a condition to the settlement of any Award hereunder, a Participant shall be required to pay in cash, or to make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company (including, without limitation, if permitted by the Committee, authorizing withholding from payroll, reducing the number of Shares otherwise deliverable, delivering Shares already owned and any other amounts payable to the Participant), an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state, local and foreign taxes of any kind (including, but not limited to, the Participant’s FICA and SDI obligations) which the Company, in its sole discretion, deems necessary to comply with the Code and/or any other applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation (except as required under applicable law) to deliver Shares to the Participant or to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such Shares. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or other written agreement with a Participant, the Committee, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of the tax withholding obligations in connection with an Award by (a) paying cash, (b) not delivering Shares to which the Participant would otherwise be entitled to be delivered, or (c) any combination of the foregoing.
 
14.8  No Corporate Action Restriction . The existence of the Plan, any Award Agreement and/or the Awards granted hereunder shall not limit, affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Board or the shareholders of the Company to make or authorize (a) any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s capital structure or business, (b) any merger, consolidation or change in the ownership of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, (c) any issue of bonds, debentures, capital, preferred or prior preference stocks ahead of or affecting the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s capital Shares or the rights thereof, (d) any dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, (e) any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s assets or business, or (f) any other corporate act or proceeding by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. No Participant, beneficiary or any other person shall have any claim against any Member of the Board or the Committee, the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or any employees, officers, shareholders or agents of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, as a result of any such action.
 
14.9 Gender and Number . Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.
 
14.10 Severability . In the event any provision of the Plan or of any Award Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan or the Award Agreement, and the Plan and/or the Award Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

14.11 Requirements of Law . The granting of Awards and the delivery of Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. Nothing under the Plan or an Award Agreement shall require the Company, a Subsidiary or any other person to do any act or thing or refrain from doing any act or thing if to do or not do that act or thing (as the case may be) would contravene applicable law.
 
14.12 Governing Law . The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto to the extent not otherwise governed by the Code or the securities laws of the United States, shall be governed by the law of the State of New York and construed accordingly.
 
14.13 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . Any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Plan or any Award Agreement, or any judgment entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in respect of any thereof, shall be resolved only in the courts of the State of New York in New York County or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the appellate courts having jurisdiction of appeals in such courts. In that context, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and each Participant shall irrevocably and unconditionally (a) submit in any proceeding relating to this Plan or any Award Agreement, or for the recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof (a “ Proceeding ”), to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in New York County, the court of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts having jurisdiction of appeals from any of the foregoing, and agree that all claims in respect of any such Proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court, (b) consent that any such Proceeding may and shall be brought in such courts and waives any objection that the Company and each Participant may now or thereafter have to the venue or jurisdiction of any such Proceeding in any such court or that such Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agree not to plead or claim the same, (c) waive all right to trial by jury in any Proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Plan or any Award Agreement, (d) agree that service of process in any such Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy of such process by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such party, in the case of a Participant, at the Participant’s address shown in the books and records of the Company or, in the case of the Company, at the Company’s registered office, attention General Counsel and Secretary, and (e) agree that nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by the laws of the State of New York.
 

14.14 Notices. Any notice which may be required or permitted under this Plan shall be in writing, and shall be delivered in person or via facsimile transmission, overnight courier service or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, properly addressed as follows:
 
14.14.1 If such notice is to the Company, to the attention of the General Counsel or Secretary of the Company or at such other address as the Company, by notice to the Participant, shall designate in writing from time to time.
 
14.14.2 If such notice is to the Participant, at his/her address as shown on the Company’s records, or at such other address as the Participant, by notice to the Company, shall designate in writing from time to time.

14.15 Captions . Captions are provided herein for convenience only, and shall not serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
 
14.16 Payments to Minors . Any benefit payable to or for the benefit of a minor, an incompetent person or other person incapable of receipt thereof shall be deemed paid when paid to such person’s guardian or to the party providing or reasonably appearing to provide for the care of such person, and such payment shall fully discharge the Committee, the Board, the Company, its Affiliates and their employees, agents and representatives with respect thereto.
 
14.17 Section 409A of the Code . The Plan is intended to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. To the extent that any Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, it shall be paid in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code, including proposed, temporary or final regulations or any other guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service with respect thereto. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any provision in the Plan that is inconsistent with Section 409A of the Code shall be deemed to be amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and to the extent such provision cannot be amended to comply therewith, such provision shall be null and void. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Award that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Code Section 409A is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Committee or the Company and, in the event that any amount or benefit under the Plan becomes subject to penalties under Section 409A, responsibility for payment of such penalties shall rest solely with the affected Participant(s) and not with the Company.
 
14.18 Other Benefits . No Award granted or paid out under this Plan shall be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits under any retirement plan of the Company or its Affiliates nor affect any benefits under any other benefit plan now or subsequently in effect under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to the level of compensation.
 
14.19 Costs . The Company shall bear all expenses associated with administering this Plan, including expenses of issuing Shares pursuant to any Awards hereunder.
 
14.20 Award Agreement . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, to the extent the provisions of any Award Agreement are inconsistent with terms of the Plan and such inconsistency is a result of compliance with laws of the jurisdiction in which the Participant is resident or is related to taxation of such Award in such jurisdiction, the relevant provisions of the particular Award Agreement shall govern.




Exhibit 10.3

TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC AMENDED AND RESTATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS PLAN

1. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Tronox Holdings plc Annual Performance Bonus Plan is to attract, retain and motivate employees by providing bonus awards to designated Participants.

2. DEFINITIONS. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words that follow shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ Award ” shall mean a bonus award under the Plan.

(b) “ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(c) “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.

(d) “ Committee ” shall mean the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board that is appointed by the Board to administer the Plan. If no such committee has been appointed, the Board shall be the Committee.

(e) “ Common Stock ” means the ordinary shares of the Company.

(f) “ Company ” shall mean Tronox Holdings plc and any successor by merger, consolidation or otherwise.

(g) “ Participant ” shall mean an employee of the Company or any subsidiary selected, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, to receive an Award in accordance with the Plan.

(h) “ Performance Goal ” shall mean such performance objective or objectives applicable for Participants to receive payment of an Award under the Plan as selected by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided that with respect to Awards that are intended to be Section 162(m) Awards, such performance objective or objectives shall be selected by the Committee in its sole discretion from one of the performance goals set forth on Schedule A hereto.

(i) “ Performance Period ” shall mean each fiscal year of the Company or such other period (as specified by the Committee) over which performance is to be measured.

(j) “ Plan ” shall mean the Tronox Holdings plc Annual Performance Bonus Plan.

(k) “ Section 162(m) ” shall mean Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor section) and the Treasury regulations and other official guidance promulgated thereunder.

(l) “ Section 162(m) Award ” shall mean any Award under the Plan that is intended to qualify for the “performance-based compensation” exception under Section 162(m).

(m) “ Section 409A ” shall mean Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury regulations and other official guidance promulgated thereunder.

3. ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE PLAN.

(a) GENERAL. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have the exclusive authority and responsibility to make all determinations and take all other actions necessary or desirable for the Plan’s administration, including, without limitation, the power to: (i) select Participants; (ii) determine the amount of Awards granted to Participants under the Plan; (iii) determine the conditions and restrictions, if any, subject to which the payment of Awards will be made; (iv) certify that the conditions and restrictions applicable to the payment of any Award have been met; (v) interpret the Plan; and (vi) adopt, amend, or rescind such rules and regulations, and correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the

manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to carry out its responsibilities under the Plan. All decisions of the Committee on any question concerning the selection of Participants and the interpretation and administration of the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties. The Committee may rely on information, and consider recommendations provided by the Board or the executive officers of the Company.

(b) PLAN EXPENSES. The expenses of the Plan shall be borne by the Company.


(c) UNFUNDED ARRANGEMENT. The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or make any other segregation of assets to assume the payment of any Award under the Plan. The Plan shall be “unfunded” for all purposes and Awards hereunder shall be paid out of the general assets of the Company as and when the Awards are payable under the Plan. All Participants shall be solely unsecured general creditors of the Company. If the Company decides in its sole discretion to establish any advance accrued reserve on its books against the future expense of the Awards payable hereunder, or if the Company decides in its sole discretion to fund a trust from which Plan benefits may be paid from time to time, such reserve or trust shall not under any circumstance be deemed to be an asset of the Plan.

(d) DELEGATION. The Committee may, in its discretion, delegate its authority and responsibility under the Plan unless prohibited by applicable law.

(e) ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS. The Committee shall maintain such accounts and records regarding the fiscal and other transactions of the Plan and such other data as may be required to carry out its functions under the Plan and to comply with all applicable laws.

(f) RETENTION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE. The Committee may employ such legal counsel, accountants and other persons as may be required in carrying out its duties in connection with the Plan.

(g) INDEMNIFICATION. In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as members of the Board, the members of the Committee and the Board shall be indemnified by the Company against all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which they or any of them may be party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any right granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof ( provided that such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding; provided that any such Board or Committee member shall be entitled to the indemnification rights set forth in this Section 3(g) only if such member has acted in good faith and in a manner that such member reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful; and provided , further , that upon the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, a Board or Committee member shall give the Company written notice thereof and an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such Board or Committee member undertakes to handle and defend it on such Board or Committee member’s own behalf.

4. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to those employees of the Company or its subsidiaries selected by the Committee from time to time in its sole discretion, and no person shall be entitled to any Award for a Performance Period unless the individual is designated as a Participant for the Performance Period. The Committee may add to or delete individuals from the list of designated Participants at any time and from time to time, in its sole discretion. No Participant who is granted an Award under the Plan shall have any right to a grant of future Awards under the Plan. By accepting any payment under the Plan, each Participant and each person claiming under or through such Participant shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated such person’s acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Company or the Committee. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, determinations made by the Committee under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made selectively among eligible employees under the Plan, whether or not such employees are similarly situated.

5. GRANT OF AWARDS; PAYMENT OF AWARDS.

(a) AWARDS. The Committee shall establish the terms and conditions applicable to any Award granted under the Plan and a Participant shall be eligible to receive an Award under the Plan in accordance with such terms and conditions. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may grant Awards subject to any or all of the following: (i) attainment of time-based vesting conditions; (ii) attainment of any Performance Goal established by the Committee with respect to any Performance Period; or (iii) the Committee’s evaluation of a Participant’s individual performance for the Company and/or its subsidiaries. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend or modify the terms and conditions applicable to an Award ( provided that the consent of an affected Participant shall be required prior to any amendment or modification that adversely affects a Participant’s outstanding Awards) and may elect to pay all or any portion of an Award to a Participant regardless of whether any Award is payable in accordance with the terms and conditions originally established by the Committee, subject to the limitations of Section 6 hereof.


(b) TIME OF PAYMENT. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Awards shall be paid in the calendar year following the year to which such Award relates at such time or times as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may defer payment of all or any portion of any Awards with such conditions as the Committee may determine and may permit a Participant electively to defer receipt of all or a portion of an Award, in each case, taking into account the requirements of Section 409A.

(c) FORM OF PAYMENT. In the sole discretion of the Committee, Awards may be paid in whole or in part in cash, Common Stock or other property, provided that any Common Stock to be awarded as part of an Award hereunder shall be issued pursuant to the terms and conditions of any shareholder-approved equity plan of the Company (if any) as in effect from time to time. To the extent that there is no shareholder-approved equity plan of the Company with an available share reserve to cover the issuance of Common Stock in connection with the payment of any Award hereunder, the full amount of the Award shall be paid in cash.

(d) IMPACT OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, the right to any payment in respect of an Award hereunder shall be subject to the Participant’s continued employment with the Company or its subsidiaries on the applicable date of payment of the Award.

6. SECTION 162(m) COMPLIANCE . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 6 shall apply to the extent that an Award under the Plan is intended to be a Section 162(m) Award.

(a) GRANT TIMING . For purposes of any Award payable hereunder that is intended to be a Section 162(m) Award, the Committee shall make such determinations with respect to such Award and shall establish the objective performance criteria and the individual target Award (if any) applicable to each Participant or class of Participants in writing within ninety (90) days after the beginning of the applicable Performance Period (or such other time period as is required under Section 162(m)) and while the outcome of the Performance Goals is substantially uncertain. The applicable performance criteria shall be based on one or more of the Performance Goals set forth in Schedule A hereto.

(b) OBJECTIVE CRITERIA . Subject to the limitations of the Plan, the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, have authority to determine the eligible Participants to whom, and the time or times at which, Section 162(m) Awards shall be made, the vesting and payment provisions applicable to such Awards, and all other terms and conditions of such Awards. As and to the extent required by Section 162(m), the terms of an Award that is a Section 162(M) Award must state, in terms of an objective formula or standard, the method of computing the amount of compensation payable under the Award, and must preclude discretion to increase the amount of compensation payable under the terms of the Award (but may allow the Committee discretion to decrease the amount of compensation payable).

(c) OTHER TERMS . For each Participant, the Committee may specify a target Award. The individual target Award may be expressed, at the Committee’s discretion, as a fixed dollar amount, a percentage of base salary, or an amount determined pursuant to an objective formula or standard. Establishment of an individual target Award for a Participant for a Performance Period shall not imply or require that the same level individual target Award (if any such Award is established by the Committee for the relevant Participant) be set for any subsequent Performance Period. At the time the Performance Goals are established, the Committee shall prescribe a formula to determine the percentages (which may be greater than 100%) of the individual target Award, which may be payable based upon the degree of attainment of the Performance Goals during the Performance Period.

(d) MEASUREMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT . The measurements used in Performance Goals set under the Plan shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, except, to the extent that any objective Performance Goals are used, if any measurements require deviation from generally accepted accounting principles, such deviation shall be at the discretion of the Committee at the time the Performance Goals are set or at such later time to the extent permitted under Section 162(m).


(e) COMMITTEE CERTIFICATION . At the expiration of the applicable Performance Period, the Committee shall determine and certify in writing the extent to which the Performance Goals established pursuant to this Section 6 have been achieved and the percentage of the Participant’s individual target Award that has been vested and earned. Following the Committee’s determination and certification in accordance with the foregoing, the Section 162(m) Award shall become vested and payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

(f) MAXIMUM AWARD . The maximum value of any payment under any Section 162(m) Award to any Participant in the Plan with respect to any twelve (12)-month period shall be $5,000,000.

7. NON-ASSIGNABILITY. No Award or payment thereof nor any right or benefit under the Plan shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge, encumber and to the extent permitted by applicable law, charge, garnish, execute upon or levy upon the same shall be void and shall not be recognized or given effect by the Company.

8. SUCCESSORS. For purposes of the Plan, the Company shall include any and all successors or assignees, whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company and such successors and assignees shall perform the Company’s obligations under the Plan, in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession or assignment had taken place. In the event that the surviving corporation in any transaction to which the Company is a party is a subsidiary of another corporation, the ultimate parent corporation of such surviving corporation shall cause the surviving corporation to perform the obligations of the Company under the Plan in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform such obligations if no such succession or assignment had taken place. In such event, the term “ Company ,” as used in the Plan, shall mean the Company, as hereinbefore defined, and any successor or assignee (including the ultimate parent corporation) to the business or assets thereof which by reason hereof becomes bound by the terms and provisions of the Plan.

9. NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT. Nothing in the Plan or in any notice of an Award shall confer upon any person the right to continue in the employment of the Company or one of its subsidiaries or affect the right of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate the employment of any Participant at any time or for any reason (or no reason).

10. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION. The Board reserves the right, subject to shareholder approval to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or exchange listing rules, to amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that no amendment, suspension or termination may adversely affect the rights of any

Participant with regard to any outstanding Award. In no event may any such amendment, suspension or termination result in an increase in the amount of compensation payable pursuant to any Award under the Plan or the failure of any such Award to qualify for the “performance-based compensation” exception under Section 162(m) to the extent applicable.

11. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN. The Board approved the Plan effective as of March 27, 2019, subject to shareholder approval for purposes of Awards intended to be Section 162(m) Awards. No Award under the Plan that is intended to be a Section 162(m) Award shall be granted on or after the fifth anniversary of the shareholder approval of the Plan unless the Performance Goals are re-approved (or other designated Performance Goals are approved) by the shareholders no later than the first shareholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which shareholders approve the Performance Goals.

12. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained in the Plan shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of the Plan and the Plan shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions had never been contained therein.


13. WITHHOLDING. The Company shall have the right to make such provisions as it deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy any obligations it may have under applicable law to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of the payment of Awards under the Plan.

14. GOVERNING LAW. The Plan and any amendments hereto shall be construed, administered, and governed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the law that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflict of laws).

15. COMPANY RECOUPMENT OF AWARDS. All Awards shall be subject to any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of “incentive-based compensation” under Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (as determined by the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission).

16. SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE. The Plan is intended to either comply with, or be exempt from, the requirements of Section 409A. To the extent that the Plan is not exempt from the requirements of Section 409A, the Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Accordingly, the Company reserves the right to amend the provisions of the Plan at any time and in any manner without the consent of Participants solely to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and to avoid the imposition of the additional tax, interest or income inclusion under Section 409A on any payment to be made hereunder while preserving, to the maximum extent possible, the intended economic result of the Award of any affected Participant. In no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any additional tax, interest, income inclusion or other penalty that may be imposed on a Participant by Section 409A or for damages for failing to comply with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan, to the extent that the payment of an Award is to be made as a result of a Participant’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) and such Participant is a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A) of the Company at the time of such “separation from service,” the payment of the Award shall be delayed for the first six (6) months following such “separation from service” (or, if earlier, the date of such Participant’s death) and shall instead be paid in the manner set forth for the applicable Award upon expiration of such delay period.

17. TITLES AND HEADINGS. The headings and titles used in the Plan are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of the Plan.


SCHEDULE A

PERFORMANCE GOALS

To the extent permitted under Section 162(m), performance goals established for purposes of Awards intended to be Section 162(m) Awards, shall be based on the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase or decrease (as applicable) in one or more of the following performance goals (“ Performance Goals ”):


earnings per share;


operating income;


gross income;


net income (before or after taxes);


cash flow;


gross profit;


gross profit return on investment;


gross margin return on investment;


gross margin;


operating margin;


working capital;


earnings before interest and taxes;


earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization;


return on equity;


return on assets;


return on capital;


return on invested capital;


return on capital employed;


net revenues;


gross revenues;


revenue growth;


annual recurring revenues;


recurring revenues;


service revenues;


license revenues;


sales or market share;


total shareholder return;


economic value added;



specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of increase in all or a portion of the Company’s bank debt or other long-term or short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations of the Company, which may be calculated net of cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Committee in its sole discretion;


the fair market value of the a share of Common Stock;


the growth in the value of an investment in the Common Stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends; or,


reduction in operating expenses.

To the extent permitted under Section 162(m), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, also exclude, or adjust to reflect, the impact of an event or occurrence that the Committee determines should be appropriately excluded or adjusted, including:


(a)
restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items or events, and other unusual or non-recurring charges as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Form 10-K for the applicable year;


(b)
an event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within reasonable control of the Company’s management; or,


(c)
a change in tax law or accounting standards required by generally accepted accounting principles.

Performance Goals may also be based upon individual participant performance goals, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

In addition, such Performance Goals may be based upon the attainment of specified levels of Company (or subsidiary, division, other operational unit or administrative department of the Company) performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance of other corporations. To the extent permitted under Section 162(m), but only to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) (including, without limitation, compliance with any requirements for shareholder approval), the Committee may also:


(a)
designate additional business criteria on which the performance goals may be based; or,


(b)
adjust, modify or amend the aforementioned business criteria.




Exhibit 10.4
 
DATED
MARCH 2019



FORM OF DEED OF INDEMNITY
 

Between
 
TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC

and
 
[DIRECTOR]


CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London EC4N 6AF
T +44 20 7367 3000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
1.
Interpretation
1
2.
Indemnity
2
3.
Conduct of claims
4
4.
Company’s liability and Director’s remedies
5
5.
Confidentiality
5
6.
Notices
5
7.
General
6


THIS DEED OF INDEMNITY is made the      day of March 2019
 
BETWEEN:
 
(1)
TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC , registered in England and Wales (registered number 11653089), whose registered office is at 3 rd Floor, 25 Bury Street, London SW1Y 2AL (the “ Company ”); and
 
(2)
DIRECTOR of [RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS] (the “ Director ”).
 
RECITALS:
 
(A)
The Director is a director of the Company at the date of this Deed.
 
(B)
Pursuant to article 147 of the Company’s articles of association, and subject to the Companies Act 2006, the Company is permitted to indemnify any of its directors against certain liabilities.
 
(C)
The Company has agreed to provide an indemnity to the Director on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Deed.
 
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows:
 
1.
INTERPRETATION
 
1.1
In this Deed the expressions below have the meanings shown next to them:
 
Application ” means an application made under sections 661(3), 661(4) or 1157 of the Companies Act 2006;
 
Associated Company ” means in relation to the Company, any associated company (within the meaning of section 256 of the Companies Act 2006 but in addition as if the section defining subsidiary provided that its members are deemed to include any other body corporate whose rights in relation to it are held on behalf of that other body corporate or by way of security by another person but are treated for the purposes of that section as held by that other body corporate) from time to time;
 
Claim ” means a claim by the Director under the indemnity contained in clause 2.1;
 
Connected Person ” has the meaning given to it in section 252 of the Companies Act 2006;
 
D&O Insurance ” means any directors and officers insurance policy;
 
Liabilities ” means all losses, damages, liabilities, settlements, costs and expenses, including legal and other professional fees and any amount paid by the Director to any person in good faith, having reasonably determined such payment to be due to that person (whether it is or not), and any value added tax payable in relation to any such item; and
 
Third Party Claim ” means any formal investigation against or implicating a Director; any claim made or proceeding commenced against a Director; or any Application made by a Director.
 
1.2
In this Deed:
 

1.2.1
the headings and sub-headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Deed;
 

1.2.2
unless the context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and references to any gender shall include all other genders. References to any person (which for the purposes of this Deed shall include natural persons and bodies corporate) shall include the person’s successors including, in the case of the Director, his executors or administrators;
 
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1.2.3
other ”,   include ” and “ including ” do not connote limitation in any way;
 

1.2.4
references to clauses are to the clauses of this Deed (unless otherwise specified);
 

1.2.5
references to any statute, statutory provision or other legislation include a reference to that statute, statutory provision or legislation as amended, extended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced from time to time (whether before or after the date of this Deed) and include any order, regulation, instrument or other subordinate legislation made under the relevant statute, statutory provision or legislation; and
 

1.2.6
any reference to “ writing ” or “ written ” includes faxes and any legible reproduction of words delivered in permanent and tangible form (but, subject to clause 6.1, does not include e-mail).
 
2.
INDEMNITY
 
2.1
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and this Deed, the Company shall indemnify the Director to the fullest extent permissible by law against all Liabilities which the Director may incur arising out of or in connection with any Third Party Claim   for any actual or alleged negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, in relation to the Company or any Associated Company.
 
2.2
The indemnity contained in clause 2.1 shall not apply to any liability incurred by the Director:
 

2.2.1
to pay a fine imposed in criminal proceedings or a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising);
 

2.2.2
in defending any criminal proceedings in which he is convicted of a criminal offence; or
 

2.2.3
in relation to a body corporate that is or was an Associated Company to the extent that the act or omission giving rise to the liability was carried out at a time when that body corporate was not yet or had ceased to be an Associated Company.
 
2.3
The indemnity contained in clause 2.1 shall not apply to any liability incurred by the Director:
 

2.3.1
to the Company or to any Associated Company;
 

2.3.2
in defending any civil proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Company or an Associated Company in which judgment is given against him;
 

2.3.3
in connection with any Application in which the court refuses to grant him relief; or
 

2.3.4
in connection with any proceedings for disqualification of the Director in which the Director is disqualified or in relation to which the Director gives a disqualification undertaking,
 
except to the extent that the indemnity relates to an Associated Company that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme (as defined in section 235 of the Companies Act 2006) and to liabilities incurred in connection with that company’s activities as trustee of the scheme.
 
2.4
References in clauses 2.2 and 2.3 to a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief are to the final decision in the proceedings, as defined in section 234 or (where relevant) section 235 of the Companies Act 2006.
 
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2.5
Furthermore, the indemnity in clause 2.1 shall not apply:
 

2.5.1
to the extent that it is not permitted by, or consistent with, law or statute from time to time in force, or the rules and regulations of any regulatory body;
 

2.5.2
where there has been fraud or wilful default by the Director; nor
 

2.5.3
where the Director or a person connected with the Director has improperly derived a personal benefit or profit, whether directly or indirectly, from the matter in respect of which a liability arises.
 
2.6
The Company shall not be liable for any Claim to the extent that the Director has already recovered any amount in respect of the Liabilities concerned from a third party, whether by payment, credit, discount, relief, pursuant to a claim under insurance (including such D&O Insurance as may be in force from time to time in relation to the Company and/or any Associated Company), under any other indemnity or otherwise, and where the Director makes any such recovery after the Company has made any payment to him in respect of the Claim he shall promptly pay the Company an amount equal to so much of the amount recovered as does not exceed the total amount paid by the Company in respect of the Claim (as reduced by the total amount, if any, previously paid to the Company pursuant to this clause in respect of the Claim).
 
2.7
The Company and the Director acknowledge and agree that the Director may have already suffered or incurred Liabilities arising out of or in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by the Director in relation to the Company or any Associated Company.  The Director warrants that he is not aware of any existing Liabilities and that he is not aware of any circumstances that may give rise to any Liabilities.
 
2.8
The Company undertakes and agrees to provide and maintain in force D&O Insurance for the benefit of the Director providing a level of cover in respect of its scope and amount that its insurance broker advises is reasonable. The Director agrees to comply at all times with his obligations under and in respect of the D&O Insurance, including obligations of disclosure and in respect of statements made in connection with the obtaining of D&O Insurance, and with the terms and conditions of such D&O Insurance as may be in force from time to time, including compliance with conditions relating to the notification and conduct of claims and incurring of legal costs. The Company shall not be liable for any Claim to the extent that the Director’s failure so to comply directly or indirectly results, or may result, in indemnity for that Director being declined under such D&O Insurance.
 
2.9
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Deed, all payments to be made under this Deed shall be made in full without any set-off or counterclaim and free from any deduction or withholding except as may be required by law (in which event such deduction or withholding shall not exceed the minimum amount required by law and the Company will simultaneously pay to the Director whatever additional amount is required for the net amount received to equal what would have been received if no such deduction or withholding had been required).
 
2.10
If the Company makes any payment under this Deed, subject to the terms of any D&O Insurance in force at the relevant time, it shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to any right the Director may have for recovery of the amounts so paid from any third party. The Director agrees to execute all documents required and do all other acts necessary to effect the foregoing provisions and permit the Company to enforce the rights so subrogated.
 
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2.11
The indemnity contained in clause 2.1 is without prejudice to any other indemnity or compensation to which the Director may otherwise be entitled from the Company or any Associated Company.
 
2.12
Except in the case of the Director’s disqualification, or dismissal for gross misconduct,   the Director’s rights and obligations under this Deed shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding his ceasing, for any reason, to be a director of the Company for a period of six years from the date on which he ceased to be a Director.
 
3.
CONDUCT OF CLAIMS
 
3.1
The Company shall advance costs and expenses to the Director on an as incurred basis prior to the adjudication of any Third Party Claim that is the subject of a Claim under this Deed.
 
3.2
Except to the extent that it would be inconsistent with the Director’s due compliance with clause 2.8, the Director shall be obliged to take reasonable action to mitigate any Liabilities which he may suffer or incur in consequence of any matter giving rise to a Claim, including taking all reasonable steps to make recovery (including by payment, credit, discount, relief or otherwise) from any third party (including any in respect of whom there may be a right of recovery which is referable to the matter giving rise to the Claim).
 
3.3
Except to the extent that it would be inconsistent with the Director’s due compliance with clause 2.8, the Company shall (if it so requires) be allowed to have the conduct of any negotiations, proceedings or appeals incidental to any matter which may give rise to a Claim provided that the Company shall not admit liability in respect of or compromise or settle any such matter without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Director making the Claim. . Accordingly the Director shall:
 

3.3.1
give to the Company by written notice details immediately on becoming aware of them of any circumstances which will or may give rise to a Claim, and consult with the Company in respect of, and keep the Company fully and promptly informed of all material developments relating to, such circumstances and the Claim;
 

3.3.2
at all reasonable times allow the Company and its agents to inspect and take copies of all necessary books, correspondence and records of the Director (subject always to keeping them confidential except to the extent that their disclosure is necessary in connection with the proper exercise of the Company’s rights under this clause); and
 

3.3.3
use professional advisers nominated by the Company and, if so requested by the Company, take all reasonable steps or proceedings as the Company may consider necessary in order to mitigate, avoid, resist, appeal, dispute, contest, remedy, compromise or defend any of the relevant Liabilities, but not without the Company’s prior written consent admit liability in respect of, compromise or settle any such Liabilities.
 
3.4
The provisions of clause 3.3 shall:
 

3.4.1
not apply to any matter arising out of or in connection with any dispute between the Director and the Company (or any Associated Company); and
 

3.4.2
cease to apply with immediate effect to any matter arising out of or in connection with any dispute between the Director and a third party if the Company (or any Associated Company) becomes aware that it has or may have a related dispute with the Director.
 
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3.5
If the Director fails to comply with his obligations under clauses 3.2 and 3.3 in any material respect then the Director’s right under clause 2 to be indemnified in respect of the relevant Claim shall be limited to the amount to which he would have been entitled in the absence of such failure.
 
3.6
Nothing in this Deed shall prevent the Director from exercising his right to resign as a director of the Company.
 
4.
COMPANY’S LIABILITY AND DIRECTOR’S REMEDIES
 
4.1
If the Company denies it is liable to the Director in respect of any Claim under this Deed it will advance payment of all costs and expenses and legal and professional fees on a current basis as they are incurred by the Director.  In the event it is determined that the Company is not liable to the Director for such amounts then the Director shall immediately repay them to the Company,
 
4.2
The Director agrees that he will not, except as required by law, take any steps or legal proceedings for the winding-up, dissolution, administration or re-organisation of, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, administrator or similar officer to, the Company for the purpose of obtaining payment of any amounts payable to him under this Deed by the Company.
 
5.
CONFIDENTIALITY
 
5.1
The Director and the Company shall keep confidential the existence and terms of this Deed and all information received or obtained as a result of entering into or performing obligations under, or supplied by or on behalf of any person in the negotiations leading to, this Deed and shall use such information solely for the purpose of performing his or its obligations under this Deed.
 
5.2
The prohibition in clause 5.1 shall not apply to the extent that:
 

5.2.1
disclosure is required in order to comply with any applicable requirement of law (in particular, sections 236 to 238 of the Companies Act 2006), the Securities and Exchange Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or of any person who has regulatory authority which has the force of law; or
 

5.2.2
disclosure is to be made to a director or a potential new director of the Company who wishes to enter into a similar deed of indemnity to this Deed; or
 

5.2.3
disclosure is to be made to the Director’s professional advisers, the Company’s insurance brokers (current or prospective), the Company’s insurers (current or prospective) or the professional advisers of the Company’s insurers.
 
6.
NOTICES
 
6.1
Any notice required to be given under this Agreement may, by prior agreement between the Director and the Company, be given by e-mail.  In the absence of such agreement, any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and be delivered by hand or sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery (or airmail if overseas) or by commercial courier, to the other Party.
 
6.2
Notices shall be sent to the address of the relevant person set out in this Deed (provided that either party may, by written notice to the other, substitute another address for the service of notices on him or it under this Deed).
 
6.3
Any notice is served and is deemed to have been duly received:
 

6.3.1
if delivered by hand, on the date and at the time when left at the address referred to above and addressed as referred to above;
 
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6.3.2
if sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery and addressed as referred to above, on the second business day after posting;
 

6.3.3
if sent by airmail, six days after posting; or
 

6.3.4
if delivered by commercial courier and addressed as referred to above, on the date and at the time when the courier’s delivery receipt is signed.
 
7.
GENERAL
 
7.1
The Director irrevocably appoints the Company as his attorney on behalf of and in the name of the Director (or in the attorney’s own name), but at the cost of the Company, to execute any document and do anything that the Director is obliged to do under this Deed or that the attorney reasonably considers to be necessary or desirable in exercise of any of the powers and authorities given to it under this Deed.
 
7.2
On the expiry of all relevant limitation periods for bringing a claim against the Director in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by the Director, the Company’s obligations under this Deed in respect of the Director shall cease (except to the extent that any such claim has been made within the relevant limitation period and is otherwise valid).
 
7.3
Any waiver of any right, power or remedy under this Deed must be in writing and may be given subject to any conditions thought fit by the Company. No waiver will take effect if the person seeking the waiver has failed to disclose every material fact or circumstance which (so far as the person seeking the waiver is aware) has a bearing on its subject matter. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any waiver shall be effective only in the instance and only for the purpose for which it is given.
 
7.4
No variation to this Deed shall be of any effect unless it is agreed in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Company and the Director.
 
7.5
Each of the provisions of this Deed is severable. If any such provision is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction that shall not affect or impair the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of the other provisions of this Deed, or of that or any provision of this Deed in any other jurisdiction.
 
7.6
This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties on different counterparts. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Deed but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Deed.
 
7.7
To the extent that any provision of this Deed is a provision referred to in section 232(2) of the Companies Act 2006, nothing contained in this Deed shall operate to prevent such provision from being a qualifying third party indemnity provision for the purposes of section 234 of the Companies Act 2006 and a qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision for the purposes of section 235 of the Companies Act 2006.
 
7.8
Neither the Company nor the Director may assign, transfer, charge or deal in any way with the benefit of, or any of its rights under or interest in, this Deed without the prior written consent of, in the case of the Company, the Director or, in the case of the Director, the Company.
 
7.9
Nothing in this Deed is intended to confer on any person any right to enforce any term of this Deed which that person would not have had but for the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
 
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7.10
This Deed, and any non-contractual rights or obligations arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the Company and the Director irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with this Deed or its subject matter or formation.
 
IN WITNESS of which the parties have executed and delivered this Deed on the day and year first above written.
 
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Executed as a deed by
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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
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on being signed by:
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  )
Director

 
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in the presence of:
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Signature of witness:

 
Name:
 
Address:
 
Occupation:
 

Signed as a deed by
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DIRECTOR NAME
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in the presence of:
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Signature of witness:

 
Name:
 
Address:
 
Occupation:
 


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Exhibit 10.5

AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 14, 2019


COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
 
TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
 
AND

EXXARO RESOURCES LIMITED
 

 
AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF DEPOSITARY SERVICES AND CUSTODY SERVICES IN RESPECT OF TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
 


CONTENTS
 
Section
 
Page
     
1.
Definitions and Interpretation
3
2.
Appointment and Term
9
3.
The Services
9
4.
Duties of the Client and the Depositary: Representations and Warranties
11
5.
Taxes
18
6.
Fees and Expenses Payable by the Client
22
7.
Form, Issue and Transfer of Depositary Receipts
22
8.
Deposited Property; Representations and Warranties
25
9.
Withdrawal of Deposited Property
31
10.
Compulsory Withdrawal
34
11.
Fees and Expenses Payable by the Holder
35
12.
Instructions
37
13.
Indemnification by the Client
38
14.
[Intentionally Omitted]
41
15.
Limitation of Liability
41
16.
Custodian; Agents of the Depositary
49
17.
Resignation of the Depositary
50
18.
Termination
51
19.
Consequences of Termination
53
20.
Amendment
54
21.
Further Acknowledgments
55
22.
Disclosure of Ownership
55
23.
Agreement Not Exclusive
57
24.
Notices
57
25.
Copies of Deposit Agreement
58
26.
Force Majeure
58
27.
Assignment
58
28.
No Partnership
59

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29.
No Waiver
59
30.
Invalidity and Severability
59
31.
Variation
59
32.
Entire Agreement
59
33.
No Third Party Beneficiaries
60
34.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction
60
35.
Counterparts
61

Schedule
   
     
SCHEDULE 1
THE DEPOSITARY SERVICES
47
SCHEDULE 2
THE CUSTODY SERVICES
48
SCHEDULE 3
THE FEES
49
SCHEDULE 4
FORM OF CERTIFICATE
50
SCHEDULE 5
SECURITY TRANSFER FORM
63
SCHEDULE 6
POWER OF ATTORNEY
64

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THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT IS MADE ON MARCH 14, 2019
 
BETWEEN
 
(1)
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a national association organized under the laws of the United States and whose registered office is at 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021 ( Computershare or the Depositary );
 
(2)
Tronox Holdings plc, a company incorporated in England and Wales and whose registered office is  3rd Floor 25 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 2AL (the Client ); and
 
(3)
Exxaro Resources Limited, a public company with limited liability incorporated in the Republic of South Africa and whose registered office is at Roger Dyason Road, Pretoria West, 0183 South Africa ( Exxaro ).
 
WHEREAS
 
(A)
Computershare, in its capacity as Depositary, has on the request of the Client, determined to constitute and issue from time to time, the Depositary Receipts pursuant to the terms of this Deposit Agreement;
 
(B)
Computershare or an affiliate thereof is acting as transfer agent and exchange agent and in connection with the issuance and listing of the Client’s ordinary shares;
 
(C)
The Parties have agreed that Computershare shall, on the request of the Client, provide the Client with services as Depositary on the terms set out in this Deposit Agreement; and
 
(D)
Computershare has entered into a Custody Agreement pursuant to which it has appointed the Custodian to act as custodian for Deposited Property on the terms set out in this Deposit Agreement.
 
IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
 
1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
 

1.1
In this Deposit Agreement, the following words and phrases shall bear the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise:
 
Affiliate: has the meaning set out in Rule 405 under the Securities Act;

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Agent: means any agent appointed by the Depositary in accordance with this Deposit Agreement ;
 
Applicable Legislation : means any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation of any applicable jurisdiction and/or governmental authority;
 
Articles of Association : means the articles of association of the Client;
 
Australian Reliance Letter: has the meaning set out in Section 4.9(a) of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Business Day : means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) on which Computershare is open for general non-automated business;
 
Certificate : means each certificate issued in accordance herewith and substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 4 hereto. Certificates may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such other legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary in respect of its obligations hereunder, or as may be required by the Depositary or the Client to comply with any Applicable Legislation or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Certificates are subject by reason of the date or manner of issuance of the underlying Deposited Securities or otherwise;
 
Closing Date: has the meaning set out in Section 4.9(a) of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Company Securities : means the Ordinary Shares issued by the Client in accordance with its Articles of Association and recorded on the Share Register;
 
Commencement Date : means the date of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Custodian : means GTU Ops Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware with an address at 250 Royall Street, Canton, Massachusetts, acting in its capacity as custodian and nominee in relation to the Deposited Securities, and/or such other party or parties that may be appointed as Custodian in accordance with this Deposit Agreement;
 
Custody Services : means the safe custody services provided by the Custodian as set out in Schedule 2;
 
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Deposit Agreement: means this Deposit Agreement, including all Exhibits and Schedules hereto;
 
Depositary : means Computershare, acting in its capacity as depositary in relation to the Depositary Services;
 
Depositary Receipts : means the depositary receipts issued by the Depositary in respect of the Company Securities deposited with the Custodian;
 
Depositary Receipt Register : means the register of Depositary Receipts maintained by the Depositary constituting the record of holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts;
 
Depositary Services : means the services to be rendered by the Depositary as more fully described in Schedule 1;
 
Deposited Property : means the Deposited Securities and all and any rights and other securities, property and cash from time to time held by or for the Custodian or the Depositary and attributable to the Deposited Securities;
 
Deposited Securities : means Company Securities deposited with the Depositary from time to time for the account or benefit of Exxaro and registered in the name of the Custodian on behalf of the Depositary in the Share Register which are to be held under the terms of this Deposit Agreement and in respect of which Depositary Receipts representing the Company Securities shall be issued pursuant to the terms of this Deposit Agreement;
 
DTC : means The Depository Trust Company;
 
Effective Date: has the meaning set out in Section 2.3 of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Excluded Taxes : means (a) Taxes based on any Indemnified Party’s net income or gross
revenues and (b) payroll taxes and/or payroll-related taxes in respect of any Indemnified
Party or the personnel of any Indemnified Party;
Fees : means the fees from time to time payable by the Client to Computershare under this Deposit Agreement (including reasonable disbursements and out of pocket expenses) as set out in Schedule 3 to this Deposit Agreement;
 
Finance Act : means the UK Finance Act 1986 (as amended);
 
Flip-in Shares : has the meaning set out in Section 4.9(c) of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Flip-in Transaction : has the meaning set out in Section 4.9(c) of this Deposit Agreement;
 
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HMRC : means HM Revenue and Customs;
 
Holder : means Exxaro in its capacity as the entity recorded in the Depositary Receipt Register as the registered holder of a Depositary Receipt and, where the context admits, shall include Exxaro in its capacity as a former Holder, and the personal representatives or successors in title of Exxaro;
 
Legal Opinions : means, collectively, the US Legal Opinion, the UK Legal Opinion and the Tax Opinion;
 
Loss and Losses : means any liability, damages, loss, costs, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, claims, charges, payments, expenses, costs, claims, penalties, fines or expenses of any kind; and any fees, taxes (including Transaction Taxes), duties or charges, including any interest and/or penalties on any of the foregoing;
 
Parties : means collectively the Client, Exxaro and Computershare;
 
Proceedings : means any proceeding, suit or action of any kind and in any jurisdiction arising out of or in connection with this Deposit Agreement or its subject matter;
 
Recipient : has the meaning set out in Section 7.5(a) of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Securities Act : means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
 
Services : means collectively the Depositary Services, the Custody Services and any other services to be provided by or on behalf of Computershare under the terms of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Share Register : means the register of holders of the Company Securities to be maintained by Computershare, in its capacity as the Client’s transfer agent under a separate agreement between Computershare and the Client;
 
Share Registrar : means the person (if any) who is appointed to maintain the Share Register and notified to the Depositary by the Client;
 
Scheme of Arrangement : has the meaning set out in Section 4.2 of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Scheme of Arrangement Shares : has the meaning set out in Section 4.2 of this Deposit Agreement;
 
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Security Transfer Form : means a stock transfer form in the form attached as Schedule 5 to this Deposit Agreement;
 
Successor Depositary : has the meaning set out in Section 17.3 of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Taxes or Tax : means all taxes and other governmental charges, including without limitation stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax, Transaction Taxes, and withholding, value-added, sales, business or other similar taxes and charges, and interest and penalties thereon, but not including any liability for Excluded Taxes;
 
Tax Opinion : has the meaning set out in Section 5.2(b) of this Deposit Agreement.
 
Transfer Restrictions : means any transfer restriction pertaining to the Company Securities or related Depositary Receipts created by the U.S. securities laws, or imposed by the Client, the Articles of Association and/or any third party on a Holder restricting sales and other dispositions of such Company Securities or related Depositary Receipts by that Holder;
 
Transaction Taxes : has the meaning set out in Section 5 .7 of this Deposit Agreement;
 
Term : means the period of time during which this Deposit Agreement is in effect as the same is more particularly described in Section 2.3 of this Deposit Agreement;
 
U.K. : means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
 
UK Legal Opinion: has the meaning set out in Section 4.9(a) of this Deposit Agreement;
 
U.S. : means the United States of America; and
 
US Legal Opinion: has the meaning set out in Section 4.9(a) of this Deposit Agreement.
 

1.2
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to any Applicable Legislation, statute, statutory provision, rule, regulation or any requirement shall be construed as including references to any modification, consolidation or re-enactment of the provision in question for the time being in force.
 

1.3
Unless otherwise stated, a reference to a Section, sub-section, Exhibit or Schedule (including part of a Schedule) is a reference to a section, sub-section, or schedule (or any part) to this Deposit Agreement.  The Schedules form part of this Deposit Agreement and shall have the same force and effect as if expressly set out in the body of this Deposit Agreement.
 
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1.4
Section headings are for ease of reference only and do not affect the construction of this Deposit Agreement.
 

1.5
Except where the context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular include the plural and vice versa   and words importing a gender shall include any gender.
 

1.6
References to a “person” shall be construed so as to include any individual, firm, company, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association or joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity (whether or not any of the foregoing has a separate legal personality).
 

1.7
In construing this Deposit Agreement, general words shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things or by particular examples intended to be embraced by the general words.
 

1.8
Any provision to the effect that the Depositary shall not be liable in respect of a particular matter shall be construed to mean that the Depositary shall not have any liability which the Depositary might, in the absence of such a provision, incur, whether the Depositary could incur such a liability: (A) under the terms of this Deposit Agreement (where such terms are express or implied by statue, law or otherwise; (B) in tort; or (C) in any other way, but subject in each case to any limitations set forth in such provision.
 

1.9
Where the Custodian holds or will hold Company Securities on behalf of the Depositary for the account of the Holder, references to Company Securities being held by, transferred to or transferred by the Depositary include a reference to Company Securities being held by, transferred to or transferred by the Custodian.
 
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2.
APPOINTMENT AND TERM
 

2.1
The Client appoints Computershare to act on its behalf as Depositary and Computershare shall appoint the Custodian to act as custodian, in each case, with respect to Deposited Securities and other Deposited Property and with effect from the Effective Date.
 

2.2
The Client appoints Computershare to act on its behalf as registrar in respect of the Depositary Receipts with effect from the Effective Date.
 

2.3
The appointment of Computershare under Sections 2.1 and 2.2 shall not be effective until such date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which Computershare shall have received an executed copy of each Legal Opinion and the Australian Reliance Letter, each of which shall conform to the requirements set out in this Deposit Agreement.  Prior to the Effective Date, Computershare shall have no obligation whatsoever to accept any deposits of Company Securities or to issue any Depositary Receipts, and shall not otherwise have any obligations or duties hereunder. The appointment of Computershare shall continue from the Effective Date until the termination of this Deposit Agreement under Section 18 hereof or Computershare’s resignation pursuant to Section 17 hereof.
 
3.
THE SERVICES
 

3.1
Computershare shall have no liabilities, duties or obligations to the Client or the Holder except to provide the Services (other than the Custody Services, which shall be provided by the Custodian)   to the extent they are specifically set forth herein and in accordance with the requirements from time to time under Applicable Legislation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Computershare shall have no liabilities, duties or obligations, including without limitation fiduciary duties, solely by virtue of, or in a material respect due to, holding the Deposited Securities (or the Deposited Securities being held on its behalf) or the transfer of the Deposited Securities pursuant to the Holder’s or the Client’s instructions, except for the liabilities, duties and obligations expressly owed to the Holder pursuant to the provisions hereof or under Applicable Legislation.
 
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3.2
Computershare shall not be required to carry out any act under this Deposit Agreement, including without limitation the acceptance of Company Securities for Deposit hereunder, which Computershare considers falls into one or more of the following:
 

(a)
in the judgment of its legal counsel (whether internal or external), will, or would reasonably be expected to, be contrary to or breach (i) any Applicable Legislation or (ii) any requirement of any government or governmental authority, body or agency or any regulatory authority, or (iii) any provision of this Deposit Agreement; or
 

(b)
would reasonably be expected to cause it to suffer or incur any financial liability or any financial obligation of any kind or cause it to be liable to any person (including any liability for Taxes), except for (i) any financial liability or financial obligation (other than a liability or obligation relating to UK stamp duty or UK stamp duty reserve tax) in respect of which the Client provides written confirmation that Computershare is fully indemnified under this Deposit Agreement, and for which the Client provides a bond or advances the requisite amounts should Computershare so request, (ii) expenses for which Computershare is entitled to reimbursement from the Client or the Holder under this Deposit Agreement and for which Computershare is reasonably comfortable that such reimbursement will be timely made to it, (iii) general overhead expenses including salaries, and (iv) any liability for UK stamp duty or UK stamp duty reserve tax arising in connection with a deposit of Company Securities with the Depositary occurring subsequent to the date hereof, in respect of which (a) Computershare has received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Computershare of payment of such stamp duty and/or stamp duty reserve tax in full by the Client or (b) the Client has provided cleared funds to Computershare in the full amount of such stamp duty and/or stamp duty reserve tax, and Computershare has paid the applicable tax to HMRC without unreasonable delay and has received confirmation that such payment has been received, provided that in either such case under this clause (iv) Computershare shall have the right, prior to carrying out the relevant act under this Deposit Agreement, to receive a written opinion from the Client’s UK tax advisers  confirming the calculation of the amount of UK stamp duty and/or UK stamp duty reserve tax payable in connection with such act; or
 

(c)
in the reasonable judgment of its legal counsel (whether internal or external), will or will likely require it to have or obtain a legal status, or to obtain any license, permit, authorization, consent, approval or other permission, in any case other than any legal status or licenses, permits, authorizations, consents, approvals or other permissions that Computershare was legally required to have under Applicable Legislation as of the date of this Deposit Agreement; or
 
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(d)
in the reasonable judgement of its legal counsel (whether internal or external), will or will likely require it to comply with any other Applicable Legislation, compliance with which Computershare considers, acting reasonably, is unduly onerous for it; or
 

(e)
which would have a material adverse impact on Computershare including a material adverse impact on its business.
 
In any such case Computershare may take such actions, or refrain from taking such actions, as it reasonably believes may be necessary to avoid any of the consequences under clauses (a) through (e) above, as applicable.
 
4.
DUTIES OF THE CLIENT AND THE DEPOSITARY; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 

4.1
The Client shall:
 

(a)
provide all information, data and documentation reasonably required by Computershare or its agents to properly carry out the Services, including (to the extent available to the Client) information which concerns or relates to Computershare’s obligations under this Deposit Agreement;
 

(b)
ensure that all information, data and documentation provided by it to Computershare or its agents is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading;
 

(c)
promptly provide any other information and assistance reasonably requested by Computershare in connection with this Deposit Agreement; and
 

(d)
to the extent that (i) the Client has been advised by qualified UK legal counsel, or has reason to believe, that a clearance application to HMRC would be beneficial in respect of any transaction(s) to be entered pursuant to this Deposit Agreement involving Company Securities or Depositary Receipts or (ii) Computershare reasonably believes that a clearance application to HMRC would be beneficial in respect of any such transaction(s), other than those transactions in respect of which clearance was sought in the Clearance Applications (as defined in Section 5.2(a)(i) below), then in any such case the Client shall promptly file appropriate clearance notifications and/or applications with HMRC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Deposit Agreement, and (except in the case of the Clearance Applications) provide drafts thereof to the Depositary and the Custodian with sufficient time for them to review such notifications and/or applications prior to any filings being made.
 
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4.2
If the Client issues additional Company Securities, rights to subscribe for Company Securities, securities convertible into or exchangeable for Company Securities or rights to subscribe for any such securities, the Client shall, if reasonably requested by Computershare, provide to Computershare, in a reasonable time and at the Client’s own cost, a legal opinion or legal opinions provided by legal advisers reasonably acceptable to Computershare and addressed to Computershare or in respect of which Computershare may rely in relation to securities laws, tax laws and/or other Applicable Legislation, and dealing with such other reasonable issues as may be reasonably requested by Computershare, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Computershare in relation to the provision of the Services, or shall reimburse Computershare’s properly incurred attorneys’ fees and costs in respect of obtaining such legal opinions. The scope of such requested legal opinions shall be communicated to the Client in writing by Computershare.  For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not apply to the issue of Company Securities by the Client upon the occurrence of the exchanging by way of an Australian court approved scheme of Tronox Limited shares of the Holder for new Company Securities (such transaction being the “ Scheme of Arrangement ” and the Company Securities to be issued in such transaction being the “ Scheme of Arrangement Shares ”), as such Scheme of Arrangement Shares are to be covered in the US Legal Opinion and the UK Legal Opinion.
 

4.3
Computershare shall not be required to transfer Deposited Securities except to (i) any replacement depositary appointed by the Client, (ii) any Holder surrendering Depositary Receipts for cancellation or (iii) Cede & Co. (for deposits into DTC),  in each case subject to compliance with the terms of this Deposit Agreement, and provided that no such transfer shall be made unless and until any Transfer Restrictions  shall have lapsed or otherwise will not be breached, and until all transfer requirements of Computershare have been satisfied and all required documentation has been furnished, provided that in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) the Deposited Securities may remain subject to restrictions under U.S. securities laws following the transfer thereof.
 
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4.4
The Client warrants to Computershare that a Security Transfer Form transferring Deposited Securities to the Custodian when duly executed, meeting Computershare’s standard requirements, and delivered to the Custodian or lodged with the Client’s transfer agent for registration will constitute legal, valid and binding and enforceable dispositions and obligations of each respective transferor in accordance with its terms and where relevant the Articles of Association.
 

4.5
With the exception of those transactions involving the Depositary described in this Deposit Agreement:
 

(a)
the Client shall give Computershare as much advance notice as reasonably practicable of any corporate action or changes to its business or capital structure during the term of this Deposit Agreement which relates to or could have a material effect on the Deposited Securities or the provision of the Services, including but not limited to the declaration or payment of dividends, any merger, reorganisation, rights issue, takeover, creation of different or additional share classes or share exchange; and
 

(b)
Computershare’s obligations to process any corporate action shall be subject to a separate agreement upon terms and conditions mutually agreeable to the parties and may require the delivery of certain legal opinions addressed to Computershare, or in respect of which Computershare may rely, in forms reasonably satisfactory to Computershare and, with respect to services to be provided by Computershare that are not specifically covered in this Deposit Agreement, the agreement by the Client and Computershare as to the services to be provided by Computershare in respect of the corporate action, the terms of the provision of such services and the relevant fees, and dealing with such other reasonable issues as may be requested by Computershare; and
 

(c)
Computershare shall not be required to convert cash dividends paid on Deposited Securities into a currency other than the currency in which such dividends are paid, unless otherwise mutually agreed by Computershare and the Client.
 
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4.6
The Client represents and warrants to Computershare that at such times as provided below:
 

(a)
each Deposited Security is:
 

(i)
at the date of issue and/or delivery to the Custodian, and at any such time prior to the cancellation of the Depositary Receipts as the Client may instruct Computershare to transfer the Deposited Security to any replacement depositary, under its terms and conditions,  freely transferable, other than in respect of transfer restrictions imposed by the U.S. securities laws and any transfer restrictions created by the Holder without participation of the Client, and, in particular (but without limitation) is transferable to any such entity without restriction between the Client and the Holder, free from any equity, set-off or counter-claim between the Client and the Holder ;
 

  (ii)
at the date of deposit by the Client with the Custodian, duly authorized, validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, free of any pre-emptive or similar rights, free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, security interest, charge, mortgage or adverse claim, identical in all respects to each other Deposited Security of the same class;
 

(iii)
at the date of deposit, either (x) duly registered under each of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) pursuant to effective registration statements filed under each such Act, or (y) exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and


(iv)
at the date of deposit, in compliance with all applicable state securities laws, and all appropriate state securities law filings with respect to such Deposited Security have been made or a valid exemption from such filing requirements is applicable.


(b)
each Depositary Receipt is at any such time as the Client may instruct Computershare to transfer the Deposited Property underlying the Depositary Receipts to a replacement depositary nominated by the Client, under its terms and conditions, freely transferable, other than in respect of any restrictions on account of Exxaro’s status as an ”affiliate” of the Client for purposes of Rule 144(c), (e), (f) and (h) under the Securities Act and transfer restrictions created by the Holder without participation of the Client and, in particular (but without limitation) is transferable to any such entity without restriction between the Client and the Holder, free from any equity, set-off or counter-claim between the Client and the Holder;
 
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(c)
The Client will promptly notify Computershare in the event any of the representations or warranties in this Section 4.6 should become incorrect.
 
 
4.7
The Holder represents and warrants to Computershare at such times as provided below:
 
(a)  at the date of issue and/or delivery of any Deposited Security to the Custodian, such Deposited Security is, under its terms and conditions and any contractual or other provisions to which it is subject, freely transferable, other than in respect of transfer restrictions imposed by the U.S. securities laws and, in particular (but without limitation) is free from any equity, set-off or counter-claim between the Client and the Holder;
 
(b)  at any such time as the Holder may instruct Computershare to transfer any Deposited Security to DTC’s nominee (Cede & Co.) on cancellation of the Depositary Receipts, such Deposited Securities are, under their terms and conditions, and any contractual or other provisions to which it is subject, freely transferable, other than in respect of any restrictions on account of Exxaro’s status as an ”affiliate” of the Client for purposes of Rule 144(c), (e), (f) and (h) under the Securities Act, which restrictions will be fully complied with by the Holder, and, in particular (but without limitation) is transferable to DTC’s nominee without restriction, free from any equity, set-off or counter-claim between the Client and  the Holder;
 
(c)  The Holder will promptly notify Computershare in the event any of the representations or warranties in this Section 4.7 should become inaccurate.
 

4.8
The Client undertakes to the Depositary for the duration of this Deposit Agreement that the Depositary Receipts shall not, in consequence of the Client issuing Deposited Securities or Computershare holding the Deposited Property or issuing the Depositary Receipts, or for any other reason, be subject to any registration requirements under U.S. (Federal or State) securities laws;
 
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4.9
(a)  On or prior to the closing date of the Scheme of Arrangement (the “ Closing Date ”), United States legal counsel to the Client shall deliver a legal opinion to the Depositary in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositary, dealing with such issues as may be requested by the Depositary (the “ US Legal Opinion ”), and English legal counsel to the Client reasonably acceptable to the Depositary shall deliver a legal opinion to the Depositary substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ UK Legal Opinion ”). In addition, on or prior to the Closing Date the Depositary shall have received a letter from Australian counsel to the Client, in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositary (the “ Australian Reliance Letter ”), confirming that the Depositary and the Custodian are entitled to rely upon the legal opinion or opinions issued by such Australian counsel relating to the Scheme of Arrangement and Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act (which  opinion of Australian counsel will be referenced in the US Legal Opinion).
 
(b)  Without limitation to the generality of Section 4.2,  from time to time after the Effective Date, in the event the Client or any “affiliate” of the Client as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act proposes to deposit any Company Securities under this Deposit Agreement, the Client shall, at the Client’s own cost, provide a legal opinion or legal opinions from legal advisers reasonably acceptable to Computershare, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Computershare and addressed to Computershare or in respect of which Computershare may rely, stating that that the issuance of Company Securities to be deposited hereunder, the deposit of such Company Securities with the Depositary and the issuance of the Depositary Receipts representing such Company Securities do not require registration under the Securities Act or are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act, and dealing with such other reasonable issues as may be requested by Computershare.
 
(c)  In furtherance of Section 4.9(b), on or prior to the closing date for the exercise of certain flip-in rights agreed between the Client, certain affiliates of the Client and Exxaro in an agreement dated November 26, 2018 (such transaction being the “ Flip-in Transaction ” and the Company Securities to be issued in such transaction being the “ Flip-in Shares ”), United States legal counsel to the Client shall deliver a legal opinion reasonably acceptable to the Depositary relating to the Flip-in Shares, which opinion shall be substantially identical to those portions of the US Legal Opinion which pertain to the Scheme of Arrangement Shares, and English legal counsel to the Client shall deliver a legal opinion reasonably acceptable to the Depositary relating to the Flip-in Shares, which opinion shall be substantially identical to those portions of the UK Legal Opinion which pertain to the Scheme of Arrangement Shares. Prior to its receipt of such opinions, the Depositary shall have no obligation whatsoever to accept any deposits of Flip-in Shares or to issue any Depositary Receipts representing the Flip-in Shares.
 
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  4.10
Computershare represents and warrants to the Client and the Holder that:
 


(a)          as of the date hereof, Computershare is not a company incorporated under the law of an EU member state and is a person resident only in the United States whose business is or includes issuing “depositary receipts” for “relevant securities” (within the meaning of section 69 of the Finance Act) and “depositary receipts” for “chargeable securities” (within the meaning of sections 94 and 99 of the Finance Act) for the purposes of sections 67(6), 93(2) and 97B of the Finance Act, and Computershare undertakes to the Client that it shall so remain for the duration of the Deposit Agreement, other than as a result of changes in Applicable Law; and
 
 

(b)            as of the date hereof the Custodian is not a company incorporated under the law of an EU member state and the Custodian’s business is exclusively that of holding “relevant securities” (as defined in section 69(3) of the Finance Act) and “chargeable securities” (as defined in section 99 of the Finance Act) (i) as nominee or agent for a person whose business is or includes issuing depositary receipts for the purposes of sections 67(6), 72A(2)(a), 93(3) and 97B(2)(a) of the Finance Act, and (ii) for the purposes of such part of the business of the person referred to in (i) as consists of issuing “depositary receipts” for “relevant securities” and for “chargeable securities” for the purposes of sections 67(6), 72A(2)(a), 93(2) and 97B(2)(a) of the Finance Act, and Computershare undertakes to the Client that it will procure that the Custodian shall so remain for the duration of this Deposit Agreement, other than as a result of changes in Applicable Law.
 

4.11
Prior to the Effective Date, Computershare shall deliver to the Client and Exxaro a writing signed by Computershare and the Custodian, pursuant to which: (A) the Custodian acknowledges that (i) the Deposited Securities are not intended to, and shall not as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Deposit Agreement, constitute assets of the Custodian, (ii) the Custodian has no beneficial ownership interest in the Deposited Securities, and (iii) the Custodian is not permitted to take any action with respect to the Deposited Securities except pursuant to the terms of the custody agreement between the Custodian and the Depositary (the “Custody Agreement”), and/or pursuant to instructions issued to the Custodian by the Depositary in accordance with such Custody Agreement; and (B) Computershare will procure that the Custodian shall (i) not grant any encumbrance, charge or similar rights in the Deposited Property in favor of any of its shareholders or creditors, except to such extent required by law, (ii) not take or permit any action that may result in the transfer of the Deposited Property in any manner, directly or indirectly, except as instructed by Computershare, (iii) hold the Deposited Securities as nominee for Computershare in an account which will consist solely of Company Securities represented by depositary receipts, and identify in its books that the Deposited Property is held for the account and to the order of Computershare; and (iv) comply in all material respects with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to its exercise of any of its rights and obligations under the Custody Agreement.
 
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5.
TAXES
 

5.1
The Parties consider that neither UK stamp duty reserve tax nor UK stamp duty should apply under the Finance Act to (A) the issue of Depositary Receipts in relation to the issuance Scheme of Arrangement Shares to the Custodian as nominee for the Depositary, insofar as such issuances form part of an arrangement to issue chargeable securities to a depositary receipt system or (B) a cancellation of such Depositary Receipts and the transfer of the Scheme of Arrangement Shares or the Flip-in Shares by the Custodian to the nominee for DTC, insofar as this constitutes a transfer of chargeable securities from a depositary receipt system to a clearance service in accordance with the requirements of section 97B (and not within section 97C) of the Finance Act.
 

5.2
The Client represents and warrants to Computershare that, as of the Commencement Date:
 

(a)
prior to the date of this Deposit Agreement
 

(i)
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (the “ Legal Adviser ”) has submitted clearance applications to HMRC dated 25 January, 14 February and 1 March 2019 (together, the “ Clearance Applications ”) (complete copies of which Clearance Applications have been provided to Computershare),
 

(ii)
The Legal Adviser on behalf of the Client has received responses from HMRC to the Clearance Application dated 25 January 2019 in a form consistent with the terms of that Clearance Application which confirms that none of the transactions involving Computershare or the Custodian in respect of which clearance was sought in that Clearance Application, if implemented as described in that Clearance Application, give rise to UK stamp duty and/or UK stamp duty reserve tax, and that such responses have not been amended or revoked;
 
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(b)
on or prior to the Closing Date, the Legal Adviser, on behalf of the Client shall deliver a legal opinion to the Client, which shall be co-addressed to the Depositary or on which the Depositary can rely, and which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Tax Opinion ”); in the event that any material changes are made to the Tax Opinion as a result of the Scheme of Arrangement occurring after the effective date of Brexit, or for any other reason, such changes must be acceptable to the Depositary in its sole discretion, and if the Depositary deems such revised opinion not to be acceptable, this Deposit Agreement shall not become effective and the Depositary shall have no obligation whatsoever to accept any deposits of Company Securities or to issue any Depositary Receipts, and shall not otherwise have any obligations or duties hereunder.
 

(c)
on or prior to the closing date for the Flip-in Transaction, the Legal Adviser shall deliver a legal opinion reasonably acceptable to the Depositary, which opinion (the “ Subsequent Tax Opinion ”) shall be substantially identical to the Tax Opinion attached hereto as Exhibit B, except that the Subsequent Tax Opinion shall pertain to the Flip-in Shares instead of the Scheme of Arrangement Shares; prior to its receipt of the Subsequent Tax Opinion, the Depositary shall have no obligation whatsoever to accept any deposits of Flip-in Shares or to issue any Depositary Receipts representing the Flip-in Shares; and
 

(d)
that in connection with any additional deposits of Company Securities made by the Client or the Holder after the Effective Date or in connection with any other transactions involving Company Securities or Depositary Receipts contemplated by this Deposit Agreement, except for those transactions in respect of which clearance was obtained in the Clearance Application, prior to the effective date of such deposit, the Legal Advisers or other qualified UK legal counsel will confirm to the Client whether (to the extent that a clearance application to HMRC has not already been made) any clearance application to HMRC would be beneficial in respect thereof and, if reasonably requested by Computershare, provide a legal opinion as to whether such deposit or other transaction would give rise to UK stamp duty and/or UK stamp duty reserve tax payable by either the Depositary or the Custodian. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not apply to matters covered by the Tax Opinion or the Subsequent Tax Opinion.
 
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5.3
The Client undertakes to Computershare to notify Computershare promptly in writing if at any time any of the representations or warranties set out in Section 5.2 become incorrect.  In the event that Section 5.2 becomes incorrect, Computershare reserves the right to immediately terminate this Deposit Agreement.
 

5.4
In the event that any charge to UK stamp duty or UK stamp duty reserve tax is payable by Computershare in connection with the deposit of any Company Securities, the issuance of Depositary Receipts or any other transactions contemplated by this Deposit Agreement or pursuant to any instruction given to Computershare, Computershare shall not be required to accept such deposit of Company Securities, to issue Depositary Receipts, enter into such transaction or execute such instruction, in each case unless and until the Client shall have first either furnished evidence of payment of any and all UK stamp duty reserve tax and/or UK stamp duty owing in connection therewith (in a form acceptable to Computershare) or Computershare has been funded in full by the Client with cleared funds in the amount of such UK stamp duty reserve tax or UK stamp duty.  Section 5.6 and Sections 6.2 to 6.4 (with the exception of the last sentence of Section 6.3) apply to this Section 5.4 and ‘Fees’ should be read to include the payment of stamp duty reserve tax or stamp duty as described herein. In the absence of (i) evidence satisfactory to Computershare of payment of such UK stamp duty and/or UK stamp duty reserve tax in full by the Client or (ii) receipt of cleared funds from or on behalf of the Client as provided above, Computershare reserves the right to take any reasonable action, or reasonably omit to take any action, in each case, where such action or omission would result in Computershare avoiding any liability for UK stamp duty reserve tax or UK stamp duty. If Computershare is refunded or otherwise receives back any UK stamp duty or UK stamp duty reserve tax which was previously paid or funded on its behalf by the Client, Computershare may use such amount to discharge any outstanding Liability and shall refund the balance to the Client.
 
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5.5
In addition to any rights and remedies to which Computershare is entitled under Section 5.4, to the extent that Computershare (or its nominee) is accountable for and/or primarily liable and is required to pay for UK stamp duty reserve tax (or UK stamp duty) pursuant to the Finance Act (or otherwise under other UK enactments or regulations), in respect of any chargeable securities transferred or issued to Computershare by or on behalf of the Holder, the Holder agrees  to pay, before such transfer or issuance, to Computershare in cleared funds, or to HMRC on behalf of Computershare, an amount equal to the stamp duty reserve tax (or stamp duty) for which Computershare is liable in respect of such transfer or issuance.
 

5.6
In addition to the foregoing, all fees and other sums payable by the Client under this Deposit Agreement are exclusive of all Taxes, and the Client shall, in addition to any Fees, pay any Taxes due thereon (taking into account any credit, relief or exemption actually received by Computershare) so that the net amount received by Computershare is not less than the amount which Computershare would have received had no such Taxes been due, and shall promptly deliver to Computershare all official receipts evidencing payment of such Taxes.
 

5.7
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Client is responsible for all taxes, levies, duties, and assessments levied on the services provided under this Deposit Agreement (other than Excluded Taxes) (collectively, “ Transaction Taxes ”). Computershare shall be responsible for collecting and remitting Transaction Taxes in all jurisdictions in which Computershare is registered to collect such Transaction Taxes.  Computershare shall invoice Client for such Transaction Taxes that it is obligated to collect upon the furnishing of services hereunder.  Computershare shall timely remit to the appropriate governmental authorities all such Transaction Taxes that Computershare collects from Client.  To the extent that Client provides Computershare with valid exemption certificates, direct pay permits, or other documentation that exempts Computershare from collecting Transaction Taxes from Client, invoices issued for services provided after Computershare’s receipt of such certificates, permits, or other documentation will not reflect exempted Transaction Taxes.  Computershare shall be solely responsible for the payment of all personal property taxes, franchise taxes, corporate excise or privilege taxes, property or license taxes and Excluded Taxes in each case arising from or in connection with the services provided herein.
 
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6.
FEES AND EXPENSES PAYABLE BY THE CLIENT
 

6.1
The Client shall pay Computershare the Fees in respect of the Services provided by Computershare in accordance with this Section 6 and Schedule 3.
 

6.2
Interest is payable on the balance of any overdue invoice, not otherwise disputed in good faith, at an annual rate equal to 6%.  Interest shall be calculated daily, on the outstanding balance, until receipt by Computershare of the Client’s payment in cleared funds.
 

6.3
Notwithstanding the right to charge interest under Section 6.2, if the Client fails to (i) pay the Fees not otherwise disputed in good faith within 90 days of the date of Computershare’s invoice or (ii) timely pay the undisputed portions of two consecutive invoices, such failure shall constitute a material breach of this Deposit Agreement by Client. Notwithstanding any terms to the contrary elsewhere in this Deposit Agreement, Computershare may immediately terminate this Deposit Agreement for such material breach by providing written notice of such termination to the Client, and Computershare shall not be obligated to provide Client with 30 days to cure such breach. Computershare shall notify Exxaro within a reasonable period of the Client’s failure to pay any Fees hereunder. Computershare acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Client to make a payment of Fees may be cured by payment by the Holder on behalf of the Client and, if payment in full is received on or prior to such 90th day and is expressly identified by the Holder as a payment made on behalf of the Client, the Client’s failure to have timely paid such Fees shall not give rise to a material breach hereunder.
 

6.4
Failure to make payment in accordance with Section 6.1 constitutes a breach of contract and notwithstanding any rights which Computershare may have under Sections 6.2 and 6.3, all other rights or remedies (either contractual or otherwise as may arise by common law or statute) of Computershare are reserved.
 
7.
FORM, ISSUE AND TRANSFER OF DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
 

7.1
The Depositary shall only issue and transfer Depositary Receipts as contemplated by this Deposit Agreement.  The Client and each Holder hereby agrees that it shall provide to the Depositary within a reasonable period prior to requesting the Depositary to issue or transfer Depositary Receipts with the information that the Depositary reasonably requires to allow the Depositary to comply with Applicable Legislation.

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7.2
Company Securities shall be deposited hereunder by the issuance or transfer of such Company Securities to the Custodian on behalf of the Depositary.  Upon such deposit, subject to the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall issue to the Holder such number of Depositary Receipts that represent the number of Company Securities so deposited. Depositary Receipts shall be issued in certificated form. The Depositary confirms that the Deposited Securities are not intended to, and shall not, constitute assets of the Depositary, the Custodian or their nominees. Beneficial ownership in the Deposited Securities is intended to be, and shall at all times during the term of this Deposit Agreement continue to be, vested solely in the Holder of the Depositary Receipts representing such Deposited Securities.
 

  7.3
The Depositary shall maintain, at an office which may, but need not be, the Depositary’s registered office, a separate register in respect of the Depositary Receipts for the registration, registration of transfer, combination and split-up of Depositary Receipts, and facilities for the delivery and receipt of Depositary Receipts. Each such register shall at reasonable times be open for inspection by the Holder for a purpose  related to the interest of the business of the Client or this Deposit Agreement. The Depositary may close any such register at any time or from time to time(a) in the ordinary course of business, (b) in order to comply with Applicable Legislation, or (c) when deemed reasonably necessary or advisable by it in connection with the performance of Services, or any of them.
 

7.4
Title to a Depositary Receipt shall be evidenced by entry on the Depositary Receipt Register. The Depositary, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, may treat the person in whose name a Depositary Receipt is registered on the Depositary Receipt Register as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and neither the Depositary nor the Client will have any obligation or be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to any holder of a Depositary Receipt, unless such holder is the Holder thereof.
 

7.5
[Intentionally Omitted]

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7.6
The Depositary shall be entitled to refuse to accept for transfer any Depositary Receipts or suspend the registration of transfer of Depositary Receipts if:
 

(a)
it reasonably believes that transfer would result in violation of Applicable Legislation; or
 

 (b)
if any presentation of a transfer fails to meet applicable transfer requirements or is otherwise inconsistent with industry standards.
 

7.7
The Depositary shall not be bound to enquire whether any transactions in Depositary Receipts are in progress, or in the process of being transferred, before deciding to suspend the registration of transfer of Depositary Receipts in accordance with Section 7.6 and shall incur no liability to the Client, any Holder or potential Holder or Recipient by reason of such suspension.
 

7.8
Neither the Client nor the Depositary shall arrange for Depositary Receipts to be admitted to any stock exchange or quoted or permitted to be dealt in or on any other market.
 

7.9
Depositary Receipts have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other securities legislation of any jurisdiction and may not be offered, sold, pledged, or otherwise distributed or transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Depositary shall be under no obligation to arrange for any registration or similar requirement under the Securities Act or any other securities legislation or Applicable Legislation of any jurisdiction. The Client shall provide to the Depositary in writing the legend(s) to be affixed to the Depositary Receipts and notated in the Depositary Receipt Register, which legends shall (i) be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary and (ii) contain the specific circumstances under which the Depositary Receipts may be transferred. In the event that any Deposited Company Securities contain a stock legend describing the conditions of any Transfer Restrictions, the Client and the Depositary shall ensure that the Depositary Receipts representing such Deposited Property and the Depositary Receipt Register shall contain a stock legend or notation replicating the conditions of the relevant Transfer Restrictions. The Depositary Receipts shall not be eligible for inclusion in any book-entry settlement system, including, without limitation, DTC.

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7.10
Depositary Receipts may be cancelled by the Depositary pursuant to Sections 9 and 10 and, so far as the Depositary considers appropriate, in the circumstances contemplated in Sections 11.1, 15.12 and 15.14.
 

7.11
The Holder will implement reasonable controls and procedures to avoid the loss, theft and/or destruction of Certificates issued to it.  If a Certificate issued to a Holder is:
 

(a)
damaged or defaced; or
 

(b)
reported to be lost, stolen or destroyed,
 
that Holder is entitled to be issued with a replacement certificate by the Depositary, provided the Depositary has no notice that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, if the Holder:
 

(x)
returns the certificate which is to be replaced to the Depositary if it is damaged or defaced; and
 

(y)
in the case of the loss, theft or destruction of a Certificate, provides an open penalty surety bond meeting the Depositary’s requirements or other indemnity acceptable to the Depositary in its discretion, which may be an indemnity from either the Holder or the Client as determined by the Depositary in its discretion.
 
8.
DEPOSITED PROPERTY; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 

8.1
Each person depositing Company Securities and to whom Depositary Receipts are to be issued pursuant to this Deposit Agreement and each Holder shall be bound and required to give such warranties and certifications to the Depositary as the Depositary may reasonably require.  Each person depositing Company Securities and to whom Depositary Receipts are to be issued pursuant to this Deposit Agreement and each Holder shall be taken to warrant that   Company Securities which are transferred or issued to the Custodian with respect to which Depositary Receipts are to be issued or are so issued are legally obtained by the person depositing such Company Securities and the person to whom Depositary Receipts are to be issued, such person is duly authorized to deposit such Company Securities under this Deposit Agreement and has effected a legal, valid and binding disposition of such Company Securities to the Depositary or the Custodian, such Company Securities are being transferred or, as the case may be, issued free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, security interests, adverse claims or other third party interests, that such transfers or, as the case may be, such issues of Company Securities to the Custodian are not in contravention of any contractual obligation binding on such person or the person making the transfer or of any applicable law or regulation or order binding on or affecting such person or the person making the transfer, and that the deposit of such Company Securities is not required to be registered under the Securities Act.   The Depositary shall be entitled to refuse to accept Company Securities for deposit hereunder (i) whenever it is notified in writing by the Client that the Client has restricted the transfer thereof to comply with ownership restrictions under Applicable Legislation; (ii) if it reasonably believes that any relevant transfer is invalid or ineffective to pass title in Company Securities under any Applicable   Legislation; (iii) if the Depositary is notified by or on behalf of the Client that such deposit or the issue of Depositary Receipts pursuant to this Deposit Agreement would or might result in the contravention of any Applicable Legislation; or (iv) such deposit fails to comply with any applicable requirements of this Deposit Agreement or with such requirements as the Depositary may establish consistent with this Deposit Agreement.

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8.2
In acting hereunder the Depositary shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly undertaken by it in this Deposit Agreement and does not assume any relationship of trust for or with the Holders or any other person.
 

8.3
Subject to the Depositary’s receipt of any legal opinions requested in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Deposit Agreement and such other arrangements and agreements as the Depositary may reasonably require, the Depositary shall to the extent practicable, pass on, or exercise on behalf of, and shall instruct the Custodian to the extent practicable, to pass on to, or exercise on behalf of, the relevant Holder(s) all rights and entitlements which it or the Custodian receives in respect of Deposited Securities in accordance with this Deposit Agreement, subject to the following:
 

(a)
Any such rights or entitlements to cash distributions will, to the extent permissible and practicable, be distributed to the Holder  subject to appropriate adjustments for taxes withheld and deduction of the Depositary’s and/or its agents’ out-of-pocket expenses, including fees payable to any third party. The Depositary will use reasonable efforts to coordinate with the Holder regarding the Holder’s submission of documentation for the purpose of claiming any available exemptions from withholding or reductions in the rate of withholding. Any cash distributions will be distributed to Holder in the currency in which such distributions are paid. Any such rights or entitlements to information, to make choices and elections, and to attend and vote at meetings of shareholders shall, subject to the other provisions of this Deposit Agreement, be passed on to the Holder without unreasonable delay upon being received by the Custodian in the form in which they are received by the Custodian together with such amendments and such additional documentation as are received by the Custodian and such additional documentation as the Depositary may deem necessary to effect such passing on.
 
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(b)
Any such rights or entitlements to scrip dividends, to bonus issues or arising from capital reorganizations shall be passed on to the relevant Holder(s):
 

(i)
by means of the consolidation, sub-division, cancellation and/or issue of Depositary Receipts to reflect the consolidation, sub-division and/or cancellation of the underlying Deposited Securities or the issue of additional Depositary Receipts to the relevant Holder(s) to reflect the issue of additional Company Securities to the Custodian; and
 

(ii)
in either case promptly following such consolidation, sub-division and/or cancellation or issue of such Company Securities as the case may be.
 

(c)
If arrangements are made which allow the Holder to take up any rights in Company Securities requiring further payment from the Holder, the Holder must, if it wishes the Depositary to exercise such rights on its behalf, provide the Depositary with cleared funds before the relevant payment date or such other due date that the Depositary may notify the Holder in respect of such rights.
 

(d)
The Depositary will not exercise choices, elections or voting rights or otherwise exercise discretion in connection with any distributions or corporate actions in the absence of express instructions from the relevant Holder.
 
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(e)
Unless the Depositary notifies the Holder otherwise, any instructions to vote (together with any funds required to be paid in carrying out any such action) must reach the Depositary (in writing) at least five Business Days before the meeting in question or as otherwise advised to the Holder by the Depositary in writing.
 

(f)
The Depositary may in such circumstances as it considers appropriate, including without limitation in connection with the operation of arrangements for enabling the Holder to exercise or direct the exercise of voting rights attaching to Company Securities, and/or to receive information from or relating to the Client provide to the Client or any agent of the Client details of the identity of the Holder and the number or amount of Depositary Receipts held by the Holder on any relevant date.
 

(g)
The Depositary shall re-allocate any Company Securities or distributions which are allocated to the Custodian and which arise automatically out of any right or entitlement to Deposited Securities to the Holder provided that the Depositary shall not be required to account for any fractions of shares or fractions of one cent arising from such re-allocation.
 

(h)
Any other rights or entitlements shall be passed on to the Holder in such manner and by such means as the Depositary shall in its reasonable discretion determine.
 

(i)
The Depositary shall, at the Client’s expense, cause any notices, materials, documents or information received from the Client specifically for distribution to the Holder to be passed to the Holder in a commercially reasonable time.
 
   Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Depositary determines, after notification to and consultation with the Client and Exxaro, that it is not reasonably practicable to pass on any distribution to the Holder, the Depositary may (i) sell any securities or other property received in connection with such distribution and pass on the net proceeds of such sales to the Holder or (ii) make such distribution as it so deems practicable, including the distribution of  securities or property (or appropriate documents evidencing the right to receive foreign currency, securities or property) or the retention thereof as Deposited Securities with respect to the Holder’s Depositary Receipts (without liability for interest thereon or the investment thereof).
 
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8.4
The Depositary will not be bound by or compelled to recognize or take notice of, nor to see to the carrying out of, any express, implied or constructive trust or other interest in respect of the Deposited Property, or any mortgage, charge, pledge or other claim in favor of any other person in the Deposited Property even if the Depositary has actual or constructive notice of such trust, interest or claim.  The receipt by a Holder (or by a Holder’s personal representatives or nominated transferee in accordance with Section 9) of Depositary Receipts will free the Depositary from responsibility to any such other person in respect of any such interest.  The Depositary may ignore any notice it receives of the right, title, interest or claim of any other person to an interest in the Deposited Property, except where the interest is conferred by operation of law.
 

8.5
If any governmental or administrative authorisation, consent, registration or permit or any report to any governmental or administrative authority is required in order for the Depositary to receive Company Securities to be deposited hereunder and/or for Depositary Receipts representing the same to be issued pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, or in order for Company Securities or other securities or property to be distributed or to be subscribed or acquired in accordance with the provisions prescribed in or pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, subject to the prior consent of the Depositary (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) the Client shall apply at its own cost for such authorisation, consent, registration, or permit or file such report within the time required.  The Depositary may apply reasonable conditions to the provision of its consent.  The Depositary shall not be bound to issue or transfer Depositary Receipts or distribute, subscribe or acquire Company Securities or other property with respect to which such authorisation, consent, registration, permit or such report shall not have been obtained or filed, as the case may be, and shall have no duties to obtain any such authorisation, consent, registration or permit or to file any such report except in circumstances where the same may only be obtained or filed by the Depositary and only without unreasonable burden or expense.
 


8.6            Voting; Holder Consents and Proxies

(a)             The Depositary on behalf of the Custodian, subject to and in accordance with the Articles of Association, hereby appoints Exxaro (or its nominee) as its attorney (by means of the power of attorney attached as Schedule 6) in respect of the Deposited Securities represented by the Depositary Receipt(s) held by Exxaro on the record date fixed by the Client in respect of any meeting, to attend, vote and speak at any meeting (or any adjournment thereof) at which holders of Deposited Securities are entitled to vote. Each such power of attorney shall be non-transferable and non-assignable, and no such grant of power of attorney shall confer any right to appoint substitute attorneys thereunder. Exxaro shall, for the avoidance of doubt, only be entitled to exercise the power of attorney in respect of each whole (and not fractional) Deposited Security represented by the Depositary Receipts held by Exxaro on the applicable record date. The Depositary shall cause the Custodian, from time to time to execute (in a commercially reasonable time following request by, and at the expense of, the Client) such confirmations and documentation of such grant of power of attorney as may be reasonably required to give effect to the same under the Articles of Association and Applicable Legislation.
 
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(b)             The Client represents and warrants that any power of attorney granted pursuant to this Section 8.6 will not result in a violation of the laws, rules, or regulations or England and Wales or the Client’s constitutional documents, and each such power of attorney will be given effect under the laws, rules and regulations of England and Wales.
 
(c)              Subject to the next sentence, as soon as practicable after receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of Deposited Securities are entitled to vote, or of a solicitation of consents or proxies from holders of Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall fix a record date for the Depositary Receipts (the “ Record Date ”), which shall be as near as practicable to the record date fixed by the Client) in respect of such meeting or solicitation. Either the Client or the Depositary, if requested by the Client in writing in a timely manner (the Depositary having no obligation to take any further action if the request shall not have been received by the Depositary at least five (5) days’ prior to the date of such vote or meeting), shall distribute to Exxaro by email, or such other means and manner as may be mutually agreed between the Depositary and the Client, at the Client’s expense and provided no legal prohibitions exist, such information as is contained in such notice of meeting or in the solicitation materials.

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(f)              Neither the Depositary nor the Custodian shall exercise any discretion as to voting and neither the Depositary nor the Custodian shall vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote the Company Securities or other Deposited Securities represented by Depositary Receipts.

8.7            Notwithstanding anything in this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, Exxaro undertakes, covenants and agrees with the Depositary that: (A) Exxaro shall not deposit any Company Securities under this Deposit Agreement, and shall not cause or permit any other person or entity to deposit any Company Securities on Exxaro’s behalf, unless (i) the Company Securities being deposited have resulted from an original issuance of such securities by the Client directly to, or for the account or benefit of, Exxaro, and (ii) such Company Securities are deposited concurrently with the issuance thereof, which deposit shall be made by the Client on behalf of Exxaro; and (B) the Depositary Receipts are non-transferable and Exxaro shall not   be permitted to, and agrees that it shall not attempt to, offer, sell, distribute, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any Depositary Receipts or any interest therein to any person; any purported transaction made in contravention of this clause (B) shall be null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
 


9.            WITHDRAWAL OF DEPOSITED PROPERTY
 

9.1
The Holder may request withdrawal of, and the Depositary shall thereupon relinquish, the Deposited Property attributable to any Depositary Receipts upon receipt by the Depositary of the relevant Certificate(s), at the specified address of the Depositary or as otherwise notified in advance to the Holder, accompanied by:
 

(a)
a duly executed and completed Depositary Receipt Withdrawal and Transfer Form with a Medallion Signature Guarantee (in a form approved by the Depositary) instructing the Depositary to cause the Deposited Property being withdrawn to be delivered to the Holder at (or, to the extent in book-entry form, from) the specified address of the Custodian, or (at the request, risk and expense of the Holder and only if permitted by Applicable Legislation from time to time) at the specified office of the Depositary or to the Client or Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, in each case as designated in the Depositary Receipt Withdrawal and Transfer Form or as otherwise notified in advance to the Holder;
 
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(b)
the payment of such fees, taxes, duties, charges and expenses as may be required under this Deposit Agreement;
 

(c)
a legal opinion by U.S. legal advisers reasonably acceptable to Computershare to the effect that such Depositary Receipts and the Company Securities represented thereby may be transferred, offered and sold pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act or without registration under the Securities Act, and dealing with such other reasonable issues as may be requested by Computershare; and
 

(d)
such proof, certificates and representations and warranties as to matters of fact, including, without limitation, as to such person’s identity and such further documents and information as the Depositary may deem reasonably necessary, appropriate or otherwise desirable for the administration or implementation of this Deposit Agreement in accordance with Applicable   Legislation.
 

9.2
Upon the production of such documentation and the making of such payments in accordance with Section 9.1, the Depositary will cancel such Depositary Receipts and direct the Custodian to (i) deliver the relevant Deposited Property at or from the applicable location under Section 9.1(a), to the person(s) designated in the accompanying Depositary Receipt Withdrawal and Transfer Form, and (ii) provide evidence of such cancellation and delivery.
 

9.3
In respect of such transfer of Deposited Property:
 

(a)
the Depositary shall be entitled to deliver to the transferee (the “ Transferee ”), in lieu of the relevant Deposited Securities to which he is entitled, any securities into which such Deposited Securities have been converted, sub-divided or consolidated, any securities which are substituted by the Client for such Deposited Securities or any proceeds and/or securities received or issued in lieu of such Deposited Securities as a result of any corporate event or transaction of or affecting the Client; and
 

(b)
without prejudice to the generality of Section 9.3(a), where the Depositary has at the direction of the Holder assented Deposited Securities to a third party pursuant to a tender offer, exchange offer or other transaction, the Depositary shall deliver to the Transferee in question the proceeds and/or securities received in respect of the assented Deposited Securities underlying the Depositary Receipts being withdrawn, in lieu of such Deposited Securities;

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in each case as soon as practicable following receipt if the same have not been received by the effective date of the transfer.
 

9.4
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 9, the Depositary shall not be required to make arrangements for the transfer of Company Securities during any period when the Share Register or the Depositary Receipt Register is closed, provided that if any such closure is in effect at the time the Holder submits a request for withdrawal of Deposited Securities, the Depositary will promptly notify the Holder of such closure, and shall execute the transfer request without unreasonable delay after the Depositary Receipt Register re-opens or the Depositary receives notification that the Share Register has re-opened (as the case may be).
 

9.5
Deposited Property shall be delivered by the Depositary to any person only under the circumstances expressly contemplated in this Deposit Agreement, and the   Depositary shall not be liable to a Holder or a Transferee if, under the terms hereof, any Deposited Property is not or cannot be delivered to or to the order of a Transferee.
 

9.6
The Client shall be liable for any costs (which shall include, but shall not be limited to, notary fees) incurred in carrying out a transfer of Depositary Receipts and the Client agrees to indemnify the Depositary for any such costs incurred and the Depositary shall not be obliged to effect any transfer unless it has been provided in cleared funds for such costs to its reasonable satisfaction.
 

9.7
The Depositary shall only be obliged to deliver Company Securities or other Deposited Property to the extent Company Securities or such other Deposited Property are then held by the Custodian or the Depositary or by their respective agents under this Deposit Agreement.

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9.8
Notwithstanding the withdrawal of Deposited Securities under this Section 9, income distributions attributable thereto shall be governed by Section 8.
 

9.9
All Certificates surrendered to the Depositary shall be cancelled by the Depositary. The Depositary is authorized to destroy Certificates so cancelled in accordance with its customary practices or Applicable Legislation.
 
10.
COMPULSORY WITHDRAWAL
 

10.1
If it shall come to the notice of the Depositary, or if the Depositary shall have reason to believe, that any Depositary Receipts:
 

(a)
are owned directly or beneficially by any person in circumstances which, in the reasonable opinion of the Depositary, might result in the Depositary or the Custodian suffering any material losses (including tax losses) for which it is not indemnified under this Deposit Agreement, or pecuniary, fiscal or material regulatory disadvantage or any other material burden or disadvantage which it might not otherwise have suffered;
 

(b)
are owned directly or beneficially by, or otherwise for the benefit of, any person in breach of any Applicable Legislation or so as to result in ownership of any Company Securities exceeding any limit under, or otherwise infringing, the Articles of Association of or law applicable to the Client or the terms of issue of Company Securities;
 

(c)
are owned directly or beneficially by, or otherwise for the benefit of, any person who fails to furnish to the Depositary such proof certificates and representations and warranties as to matters of fact, including, without limitation, as to his identity, as the Depositary may reasonably require for the administration or implementation of this Deposit Agreement in accordance with Applicable Legislation;
 

(d)
are held by a Holder who has failed to duly and punctually perform any material obligation to the Depositary or a Custodian imposed upon him by virtue of this Deposit Agreement or any other agreement  to which such Holder and the Depositary are parties or any instrument by which such Holder is bound with respect to Depositary Receipts; or
 
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(e)
are held on behalf of the Holder representing Company Securities of such value as to require the Depositary or Custodian, under Applicable Legislation, to make a mandatory offer for other Company Securities,
 
then the Holder shall be deemed, at the election of the Depositary to have requested the cancellation of his Depositary Receipts(s) and the withdrawal of the Deposited Securities represented by his Depositary Receipts(s).
 

10.2
If any regulatory authority refuses to approve the holding by the Depositary or the Custodian of Company Securities at or above a certain level, and requires the Depositary or Custodian to divest itself of some or all of Company Securities held by it, then:
 

(a)
the Depositary will consult with the Client as to what action it proposes to take; and
 

(b)
the Holder will be deemed to have requested the cancellation of its Depositary Receipts and the withdrawal of Company Securities represented by those Depositary Receipts in excess of that level.
 

10.3
On the Holder being deemed at the election of the Depositary, to have requested the withdrawal of the Deposited Securities represented by his Depositary Receipts pursuant to Section 10.2, the Depositary shall make such arrangements to the extent practicable and permitted by Applicable Legislation for the delivery of the Deposited Property represented by the Holder’s Depositary Receipts to the Holder as the Depositary shall think fit.  Without limitation, the Depositary may:
 

(a)
arrange for such Depositary Receipts to be cancelled and for the Deposited Property represented thereby to be transferred to such Holder; or
 

(b)
if transfer to the Holder in accordance with (a) above is not reasonably practicable, in its absolute discretion, liquidate all or part of the Deposited Property and deliver the net proceeds in respect thereof to the Holder.
 
11
FEES AND EXPENSES PAYABLE BY THE HOLDER

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11.1
if any fees of any third party, or any costs, taxes, duties or charges shall become payable by or on behalf of the Custodian or the Depositary with respect to any Depositary Receipts or any part of the Deposited Property, including without limitation the issuance, holding, or transfer thereof, or any income, distribution or capital or other payment arising from any of the foregoing or any proceeds of the sale thereof, without prejudice of the terms of this Deposit Agreement such fees, taxes, duties or charges shall be paid by the Holder or the Client to the Depositary.  The Depositary may refuse to effect any registration of Depositary Receipts or any withdrawal of the underlying Deposited Securities until such payment is made.  The Depositary may also deduct from any income, distributions or capital or other payment on or in respect of, or arising from, Deposited Securities, or may sell by public or private sale for the account of the Holder thereof all or any part of such Deposited Property,   provided that (i) in the event that any tax or other governmental charge or foreign currency conversion fee is applicable to a cash distribution on the Deposited Securities, the Depositary may deduct the amount thereof from such distribution if the Holder or the Client has failed to pay such amount within ten (10) Business Days after the Depositary provides reasonable notice to the Holder and the Client of its intent to make such deduction, and (ii) in the case of any other fees, costs, taxes, duties or charges, the Depositary may deduct the amount thereof or sell Deposited Property if the Holder or the Client has failed to pay such amount within twenty (20) Business Days after the Depositary provides reasonable notice to the Holder and the Client of its intent to make such deduction or sale, and in any such case the Depositary may apply such deduction or the proceeds of any such sale in payment of such tax, other governmental charge, foreign currency conversion fee or other fee, cost, tax, duty or charge.  Each of the Holder and the Client shall remain liable for any deficiency.  Upon any such sale, the Depositary shall, if appropriate, reduce the number of Depositary Receipts evidenced by any Certificate held by the Holder to reflect any such sale and shall distribute the net proceeds of any such sale or the balance of any such property after deduction of such tax or other governmental charge to the Holder. If any governmental, regulatory or court consent needs to be obtained prior to the delivery of the Deposited Property or the net proceeds thereof to the Holder, the Depositary will cooperate with Exxaro and the Client the Depositary need not obtain any such consent and shall make such arrangements with respect to the Deposited Property or the net proceeds thereof as it shall see fit, provided that the Depositary will provide provide reasonable cooperation to the Client and/or Exxaro, without risk, liability or expense on the part of the Depositary, to the extent the Client and/or Exxaro seek to obtain any such consent.
 
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12.
INSTRUCTIONS
 

12.1
The Client and the Holder acknowledge and agree that Computershare shall be entitled without further verification to accept, execute, rely upon or otherwise act upon instructions or information received from the Client or the Holder (or any person who Computershare reasonably believes is acting on behalf of or is otherwise authorized by the Client or the Holder), including any instructions delivered by email or other electronic means, notwithstanding that it may afterwards be discovered that any such instruction or information:
 

(a)
was not genuine or was not correct or was forged, not authentic or untrue;
 

(b)
was not sent with the authority of any person on whose behalf it was expressed to have been sent;
 

(c)
was not initiated by the relevant person entitled to give it; or
 

(d)
was in any other way not given in compliance with the requirements of Applicable Legislation.
 

(a)
The Client and each Holder acknowledge and agree that Computershare will not be required to take any further steps to verify the validity of any instruction or other document or the execution of any document received from or on behalf of the Client or a Holder (whether by comparison of signatures or seals or by requiring certification or otherwise).  Nothing in this section or elsewhere in this Deposit Agreement shall be construed as requiring Computershare to take any action on an oral instruction, which it determines (in its absolute discretion), should be given in writing.
 

12.2
The Holder shall give instructions to the Depositary in the manner described in this Deposit Agreement and to the coordinates set out in Section 24 hereof, and the Depositary will not be required to specifically acknowledge such instructions; provided, however, that if the Depositary is unable to process any such instructions it will provide a notice of deficiency and the reason(s) therefor to the party which issued the instructions.
 
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13.
INDEMNIFICATION BY THE CLIENT
 

13.1
Client shall indemnify and hold Computershare and its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates harmless from and against, and none of them shall be responsible for, any and all Losses arising out of or attributable to:
 

(a)
the performance by Computershare, the Custodian or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) of any obligations under, or any omission by any of them to act in connection with, this Deposit Agreement or this appointment, including without limitation (i) any act relating to Deposited Property held for the account of, or Depositary Receipts held by, the Holder, and (ii) any Loss arising out of or attributable to a breach by the Holder or the Client of any of the representations or warranties made or deemed to be made by it in connection with its deposit of Company Securities hereunder, together with the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any Loss or enforcing this Deposit Agreement, except for any liability of Computershare as set forth in Section 15.2 below;
 

(b)
any liability of Computershare to pay UK stamp duty reserve tax or UK stamp duty (including any interest and/or penalties thereon) resulting from or arising in respect of or otherwise in connection with: (i) the issue by Computershare of Depositary Receipts in respect of Deposited Securities, (ii) the transfer or issue of Company Securities to Computershare or its nominee, (iii) any transactions entered into by the Client affecting the Deposited Securities following such issue under, or in connection with, this Deposit Agreement, (iv) the transfer of Depositary Receipts by the Holder or (v) the cancellation of Depositary Receipts and the transfer by Computershare of Deposited Securities to Cede & Co. as nominee for DTC  or other clearance service under, or in connection with, this Deposit Agreement; provided that the indemnity in this Section 13.1(b) shall not apply to the extent any liability arises as a result of unreasonable delay or default on the part of Computershare or the Custodian  in paying to HMRC any funds received from the Client or the Holder for the purpose of paying any UK stamp duty or UK stamp duty reserve tax; provided , further , that no such delay or default shall be deemed to occur as a result of a failure to pay any such tax by the due date on which the tax is payable to HMRC to the extent Computershare has not received cleared funds from the Client or Holder (as the case may be) in the full amount of such stamp duty and/or stamp duty reserve tax no later than the fifth Business Day prior to the applicable due date;
 
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(c)
any Loss arising out of or attributable to acts performed or omitted by the Client or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates in connection with this Deposit Agreement or the breach hereof;
 

(d)
any liability or expense which may arise out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum), preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) or other offering document relating to the offer or sale of Depositary Receipts, except to the extent any such liability or expense arises out of (i) information relating to the Depositary or its agents (other than the Client), as applicable, furnished in writing by the Depositary and not changed or altered by the Client expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents or (ii) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading; and
 

(e)
all costs and expenses reasonably incurred or paid by Computershare in connection with any matter for which a claim may be made by Computershare under this section which results in any indemnification being paid to an Indemnified Person.
 

13.2
Amounts which are required to be paid by the Client to Computershare:
 

(a)
in respect of Section 13.1(b), shall be paid in cleared funds on or before the date which is the later of (i) five Business Days after written demand is received by the Client from Computershare and (ii) the fifth Business Day prior to the date on which the tax in question is payable to HMRC; or
 

(b)
in respect of Section 13.1 (a) and Sections 13.1 (c) to (e) (inclusive), shall be paid on demand save that where a good faith dispute arises in relation to the amount due, the amount in dispute need not be paid until resolution of such dispute.
 

13.3
The indemnity in Section 13.1 shall not include:
 
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(a)  any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax payable as a consequence of the representations, warranties and undertakings in Section 4.10 being breached, or as a consequence of any of the matters represented and warranted in Section 4.10 not being correct on the date of this Deposit Agreement or ceasing to be correct after the date of this Deposit Agreement other than as a result of changes in Applicable Legislation, in each case in relation to the Depositary or Custodian; or
 


(b)  Excluded Taxes.
 

13.4
The Client shall ensure, to the extent within its control, that neither the Client nor any relevant member of the Client’s group holding the Depositary Receipts will under any circumstance make any claim, bring any action or commence any legal proceedings against Computershare under, or in connection with, this Deposit Agreement if or to the extent that any such claim, action or proceedings could not be brought subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 15.2 and 13.5 of this Deposit Agreement;
 

13.5
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Computershare shall on no account be liable to the Client in respect of any claim under this Deposit Agreement, unless written notice of the claim has been given to Computershare by or on behalf of the Client (as the case may be) on or before the date which is twelve months after the date on which the Client became aware of the specific act, fact, circumstance or event which gave rise to the claim, or if earlier, the date on which it ought reasonably (having regard to all the circumstances) to have become so aware. The Client acknowledges and agrees that Computershare will be materially prejudiced by any failure by the Client to provide notice on a timely basis in accordance with this Section 13.5.
 

13.6
If any action or claim is brought against any party entitled to indemnification hereunder (the “ Indemnified Party ”) in respect of which such Indemnified Party seeks an indemnity from the Client under this Section 13 (the Client being the “ Indemnifying Party ”) under the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of such action or claim ( provided that the failure to make such notification shall not affect such Indemnified Party’s rights to indemnification except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure) and the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume the defense of such action or claim.  All costs, charges, reasonable fees and expenses in respect of such action or claim (whether or not the Indemnifying Party assumes control of the defense) shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party and, to the extent incurred by the Indemnified Party, shall be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party on demand.
 
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13.7
If a payment is made by the Client to an Indemnified Party (i) in respect of stamp duty and/or stamp duty reserve tax, or (ii) pursuant to Section 5.6 in respect of Taxes due on fees or other sums paid by the Client or (iii) pursuant to Section 5.7 in respect of Transaction Taxes, or (iv) pursuant to Section 13.1 in respect of any Taxes of the type described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 13.7, and in any such case the Indemnified Party subsequently obtains a total or partial refund of the relevant Taxes from a Tax Authority, the Indemnified Party shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, give notice of this fact to the Client and reimburse to the Client the amount of the refund actually received by the Indemnified Party from the Tax Authority, after deduction of all fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with obtaining such refund; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 13.7 shall cause any Indemnified Party to be subject to any obligation whatsoever to apply for or otherwise seek or obtain a refund of any Taxes; provided, further, that if an Indemnified Party elects to apply for or otherwise seek such a refund, it shall first be entitled to indemnification to its reasonable satisfaction by the Client for any costs, liabilities and expenses.
 

13.8
The obligations set forth in this Section 13 shall survive the termination of this Deposit Agreement and the succession or substitution of any indemnified person.
 
14.
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
 
15.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
 

15.1
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit Agreement or the Depositary Receipts to the contrary, neither the Depositary, the Custodian, nor any of their respective agents shall be liable to the Client, the Holder or beneficial owners of interests in Depositary Receipts for any incidental, indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses) of any nature whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, in each case of any form incurred by any person or entity, whether or not foreseeable and regardless of the type of action in which such a claim may be brought, even if apprised of the possibility of such damages.
 
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  15.2
In addition to the limitation of liability set out in Section 1.8, the Depositary shall not incur any liability to the Client, the Holder, or any other person for any Losses suffered or incurred by the Client, the Holder or other person arising out of or in connection with the performance or non-performance of the Depositary’s obligations or duties arising under any provisions of this Deposit Agreement, or otherwise, except to the extent that such Losses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have directly resulted from the Depositary’s negligence, willful misconduct or fraud, in which case the combined maximum liability of the Depositary to the Holder and the Client, shall not exceed the amounts paid hereunder by Client to Computershare as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses, during the thirty six (36) months immediately preceding the event, act or omission for which recovery from Computershare is being sought.  Except to the extent expressly provided in the preceding sentence, (i) each of the Client and the Holder releases the Depositary from any and all liability in connection with or arising out of this Deposit Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) the Client and the Holder agree that they will not under any circumstance make any claim, bring any action or commence any legal proceedings against the Depositary under, or in connection with, this Deposit Agreement. The Depositary shall not incur any liability as a result of any act or omission to act on the part of any Custodian unless the Custodian has committed negligence, fraud or willful misconduct in the provision of custodian services to the Depositary. 
 
  15.3
Subject to the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary and its agents shall not incur any liability to the Client, any Holder or to any other person if, by reason of:
 

(a)
any provision of any present or future law, rule, regulation, fiat, order or decree of the United States, the United Kingdom or any other country or jurisdiction or of any governmental or regulatory authority or any securities exchange or market or automated quotation system, or by reason of the interpretation thereof by a governmental or regulatory authority or any securities exchange or market or automated quotation system;
 

(b)
the Articles of Association or the provisions of or governing the Company Securities;
 
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(c)
any act or omission of the Client in contravention of this Deposit Agreement;
 

(d)
any computer failure or breakdown outside the direct and immediate control of the Depositary; or
 

(e)
any act of God, war, terrorism, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, work stoppage, strike, lockout, riot, civil unrest, revolutions, rebellions, explosions, epidemics, governmental regulations, communication line failures, power failure, earthquake or other disaster or any circumstance beyond the direct and immediate control of the Depositary,
 
the performance by the Depositary or any other person of any act or thing which is required or permitted or contemplated to be done or performed by or pursuant to this Deposit Agreement shall be prevented or delayed, or would cause any of them to be subject to any civil or criminal penalty, or would be required to be effected in some manner or to an extent which is different in any respect from that provided for or contemplated by this Deposit Agreement.
 
  15.4
If and to the extent that by virtue of laws of any jurisdiction outside England and Wales, or the application or operation of those laws in any particular event or circumstance, or by virtue of the provisions of the Articles of Association or the application or operation of those provisions in any particular event or circumstance, the Depositary or the Custodian does not acquire unconditional and absolute title or right to any Deposited Property, or acquires a title or right to any Deposited Property which is in any manner encumbered or defective or liable to be displaced or avoided, or where as a result of an event or circumstance beyond the Depositary’s reasonable control the Deposited Property is reduced or depleted or the Depositary does not hold sufficient Company Securities to cover Depositary Receipts in issue, neither the Depositary nor the Custodian shall be in any way liable to the Client or to any Holder or any other person by reason thereof; but in any such case the Depositary shall be entitled to take or cause to be taken such action as shall in its opinion be reasonable or appropriate, including without limitation the cancellation without compensation of Depositary Receipts of any Holder(s) determined by the Depositary whether or not such Holder(s) are in any way responsible for the relevant event or circumstance, provided that the Depositary shall promptly notify the Holder following any such cancellation; and each Holder agrees that, by acquiring and holding Depositary Receipts representing Company Securities by means of the arrangements contemplated by this Deposit Agreement, such Holder accepts the risk that by virtue of such laws or terms and conditions, or the application or operation thereof or any such event or circumstance the interest in any relevant Deposited Property may not be entire, complete and unimpeachable.
 
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15.5
If the Depositary becomes entitled to take or cause to be taken action in accordance with Section 15.4 above, it will in its sole discretion consider whether it may directly or indirectly transfer or make available to any Holder adversely affected, in whole or in part, the benefit of any rights, claims or other assets which may be available to the Depositary and which pertain to the matter(s) giving rise to the relevant event or circumstance.
 

15.6
The Depositary may rely on, and shall not be liable for any Loss suffered by any Holder or any other person by reason of its having accepted (or the Custodian or the Client or its agents having accepted) as valid and having relied upon any written notice, request, direction, transfer, certificate for Company Securities (or other securities), electronic communication or any other document or any translation thereof or communication reasonably believed by it in good faith to be genuine notwithstanding that the same shall have been forged or shall not be genuine or accurate or shall not have been duly authorized or delivered.
 

15.7
The Depositary may act, or take no action, on the advice or opinion of, or in reliance upon, any advice, opinion, certificate or information obtained from, the Client or any reputable lawyer, valuer, accountant, banker, broker, information provider, settlement system operator, registrar or other expert whether obtained by the Client, the Depositary or otherwise, or any person presenting Company Securities for deposit, the Holder, or any other person, believed by the Depositary in good faith to be competent to give such advice, opinion, certificate or information, and shall not except where any such person is a member of the same group of companies as the Depositary be responsible or liable to any Holder or any other person for any Losses occasioned by so acting or refraining from acting or relying on information from persons depositing Company Securities or otherwise entitled to the issue of Depositary Receipts.  Any such advice, opinion, certificate or information may be sent or obtained by letter, telex, facsimile transmission, e-mail, or other electronic communication and the Depositary shall not be liable for acting on any such advice, opinion, certificate or information notwithstanding that the same shall have been forged or shall not be genuine or accurate.
 
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15.8
The Depositary may call for and shall be permitted to accept as sufficient evidence of any fact or matter or the expediency of any transaction or thing a certificate, letter or other written communication, purporting to be signed on behalf of the Client by a director of the Client or by a person duly authorized in writing by a director of the Client or such other certificate from any such person as is specified in Section 15.7 above which the Depositary reasonably considers appropriate and the Depositary shall not be bound in any such case to call for further evidence or be responsible to any Holder or any other person for any Loss or Liability that may be occasioned by the Depositary acting on such certificate, except to the extent that the Depositary commits willful misconduct or fraud in carrying out such actions.
 

15.9
The Depositary shall not be required or obliged to monitor, supervise or enforce the observance and performance by the Client of any of its obligations, including, without limitation, those arising under or in connection with Applicable Legislation, or any contract or instrument to which the Client is a party or by which it or any of its assets is bound.  The Depositary makes no representation or recommendation to any person regarding the financial condition of the Client or the advisability of acquiring Depositary Receipts or Company Securities or other property or as to the type or character or suitability thereof and takes no responsibility for the operations of the Client or the effect thereof on the value of the relevant Company Securities or Depositary Receipts or any rights derived therefrom.
 
  15.10
The Depositary and the Custodian may engage or be interested in any financial or other business transactions with the Client or any other member of any group of which the Client is a member or in relation to the Deposited Property (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the conversion of any part of the Deposited Property from one currency to another), may at any time acquire, hold, be interested in or deal with Company Securities and/or Depositary Receipts for their own account or for the account of any other person and shall be entitled to charge and be paid all usual fees, commissions and other charges for business transacted and acts done by them otherwise than in the capacity of Depositary or Custodian (as the case may be) in relation to matters arising under this Deposit Agreement (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, charges on the conversion of any part of the Deposited Property from one currency to another and on any sales of property) without accounting to the Holder or any other person for any profit arising therefrom.
 
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15.11
The Depositary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect any sale of securities or other property or transferable right and any conversion of currency as is referred to or contemplated by this Deposit Agreement in accordance with its normal practices and procedures and subject to the terms of this Deposit Agreement but shall have no liability with respect to the financial or other terms of such sale or conversion,   the timing thereof, or any delay in action or omission to act, or for any error or delay in action, omission to act, default or negligence on the part of the party retained in connection with any such sale or conversion, or if the effecting of such sale or conversion shall not be reasonably practicable.
 

15.12
The Depositary shall have no responsibility whatsoever to any Holder or any other person as regards any deficiency which might arise because the Depositary is subject to or accountable for any tax in respect of any or any part of the Deposited Property or any income, distribution or capital or other payment arising therefrom or any proceeds of sale thereof.
 

15.13
Without prejudice to any other powers which the Depositary may have hereunder, the Depositary shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with or give any undertakings required by law to any relevant taxation authority concerning the taxation status of the transactions effected pursuant to this Deposit Agreement and to do all such things as may be reasonably required under the terms of any such agreement or undertakings. After entering into any such agreement or undertaking, the Depositary will, to the extent it is not prohibited from doing so under Applicable Legislation or the terms of such agreement or undertaking, provide a copy thereof to the Client in connection with any claim for indemnification brought against the Client under this Deposit Agreement.
 

15.14
No provision of this Deposit Agreement shall require the Depositary to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder, except to the extent a liability arises directly from the Depositary’s negligence, willful misconduct or fraud.  If, notwithstanding this provision, the Depositary reasonably does so, it shall be entitled to make such deductions from the Deposited Property or any income, distribution or capital arising therefrom or to sell all or any of the Deposited Property and make such deductions from the proceeds of sale thereof as may be required to account for any loss, expenditure or liability suffered by the Depositary in respect thereof,   provided that the Holder or the Client has failed to reimburse the Depositary for such loss, expenditure or liability within the applicable period specified in Section 11.1 of this Deposit Agreement.
 
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15.15
All communications, notices, certificates, documents of title and remittances to be delivered by or sent to or from the Holder or its agents will be delivered to or sent to or from them at their own risk.
 

15.16
The Depositary and its agents shall incur no liability (a) by reason of any exercise or failure to exercise any discretion given it in this Deposit Agreement; or (b) for the acts or omissions made by, or the insolvency of, any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system. The Depositary shall be under no obligation to inform the Holder or any other holders of an interest in any Depositary Receipts about the requirements of Applicable Legislation or any changes therein or thereto. The Depositary and its agents will not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities unless such failure arises from the Depositary’s criminal fraud, negligence or willful misconduct, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or for the effect of any such vote. The Depositary may rely upon instructions from the Client or its counsel in respect of any approval or license required for any currency conversion, transfer or distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary and its agents may fully respond to any and all demands or requests for information maintained by or on its behalf in connection with this Deposit Agreement, the Holder, any Depositary Receipt or Depositary Receipts or otherwise related hereto or thereto to the extent such information is requested or required by or pursuant to any lawful authority, including without limitation Applicable Legislation, administrative or judicial process, banking, securities or other regulators.  The Depositary shall not incur any liability for any tax consequences that may be incurred by the Holder on account of its ownership of the Depositary Receipts. The Depositary shall not incur any liability for the content of any information submitted to it by or on behalf of the Client for distribution to the Holder or for any inaccuracy of any translation thereof, for the content of any information from the Client and (to the extent the Client has appointed one) the Share Registrar relating to cash distributions, corporate actions, forthcoming meetings of the holders of those securities and other matters having a bearing on the rights of persons holding Depositary Receipts representing Company Securities, or for the time at which any such information is available or the timing of the delivery of such information to the Depositary, the Custodian or its nominee. The Depositary shall not incur any liability for any investment risk associated with acquiring an interest in the Deposited Securities, for the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities, for the credit-worthiness of any third party, for allowing any rights to lapse upon the terms of this Deposit Agreement, or for the failure or timeliness of any notice from the Client.  The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary.
 
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15.17
Subject to the prior written approval of the Client, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, the Depositary may consult with foreign counsel, at the Client’s expense, to resolve any foreign law issues that may arise as a result of the Client, any Holder or any other party being subject to the laws or regulations of any foreign jurisdiction; provided that if the Client does not grant such approval, the Depositary will not be liable to the Client, the Holder or any other person by reason of the applicability or effect of any such foreign laws or regulations to any party.
 

15.18
The Depositary, Custodian or any affiliated companies or associates of each may act as agent for, provide banking, depository, custodian and other services to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, others (including without limitation issuers of securities, money market instruments or other property purchased for and on behalf of the Depositary) to the same extent as if the Depositary and/or Custodian were not a party to these arrangements.  Nothing in this Deposit Agreement shall be deemed to restrict the right of the Depositary, the Custodian or the affiliated companies or associates of each to perform such services for any other person or entity; the performance of such services for others and the receipt of any fees, or other compensation in relation to such service, business or activity will not be deemed to violate the terms of this Deposit Agreement or give rise to any duty or obligation not specifically undertaken by the Depositary or Custodian under this Deposit Agreement;
 

15.19
The Depositary shall not be under any duty to bring legal proceedings against the Client on behalf of a Holder, and shall have no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any other action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or the Depositary Receipts; and if the Depositary agrees to so act, it shall do so only if fully indemnified by the Holder or the Client.
 
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16.
CUSTODIAN; AGENTS OF THE DEPOSITARY
 

16.1
The Depositary shall appoint the Custodian for the purpose of providing the Custody Services on the Effective Date. The Custodian shall be an Affiliate of the Depositary and shall be subject at all times and in all respects to the direction of the Depositary and shall be responsible solely to it. The Depositary reserves the right to replace or remove the Custodian and to appoint additional custodians upon reasonable advance notice to the Client and Exxaro, provided that any additional or replacement custodian shall deliver the confirmation set out in Section 4.10 to the Client and Exxaro prior to the effective date of such custodian’s appointment; provided, further, that the appointment of an additional or replacement custodian shall require the prior written approval of Exxaro and the Client, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by Exxaro or the Client.
 

16.2
All funds received by Depositary hereunder on behalf of Holders or the Client (“ Funds ”) may be held by the Depositary or one or more agents of the Depositary (which agents may be affiliates of the Depositary, including the Custodian) for the benefit of the Holders or the Client (as applicable) and deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by the Depositary or the Custodian in its name, which account(s) may be unsegregated.  Until paid or distributed pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may hold or invest the Funds through such accounts in: (a) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America; (b) commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“ S&P ”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s ”), respectively; (c) AAA rated money market funds that comply with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940; or (d) demand deposit accounts, short term certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or bankers’ acceptances, of commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion or with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moody’s (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.). The Depositary, the Custodian and their respective agents shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit or investment made by the Depositary or its agent(s) in accordance with this paragraph, including any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party.  The Depositary or its agent(s) may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits or investments, all of which shall be solely for the account of the Depositary.  Neither the Depositary, the Custodian nor any other agent of the Depositary shall be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to Client, any Holder or any other party. The Depositary and the Custodian may, directly or through one or more agents, hold Holders’ money entitlements in bank accounts, pursuant to this Section 16.2, on a pooled basis pending distribution and the relevant bank may be entitled to combine funds held in a bank account with any other account of the Depositary or the Custodian or their respective agents.

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  16.3
The Depositary may perform its obligations under this Deposit Agreement through any agent appointed by it and, provided the Depositary has acted in good faith in the appointment or continued use of such agent, it shall not incur any liability as a result of any act or omission to act on the part of any agent unless such liability is caused by or results from the agent’s willful misconduct, fraud or negligence in the provision of services to the Depositary.
 
17.
RESIGNATION OF THE DEPOSITARY
 

17.1
The Client may remove the Depositary at any time on 60 days’ prior written notice.
 
 

17.2
The Depositary may resign as Depositary:
 

(a)
by giving at least 120 days’ prior notice in writing to that effect to the Holders and the Client; or
 

(b)
on the termination of this Deposit Agreement.
 
  17.3
  Upon the Client’s delivery of a notice of removal pursuant to Section 17.1, or upon the Depositary’s delivery of a notice of resignation pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) of Section 17.2, the Client shall promptly appoint a successor depositary (the “ Successor Depositary ”).  In the event of a resignation of the Depositary, the Depositary undertakes to provide reasonable cooperation and assistance to the Client in connection with the Client’s efforts to appoint a Successor Depositary whose business is or includes issuing “depositary receipts” for “relevant securities” (within the meaning of section 69 of the Finance Act) and “depositary receipts” for “chargeable securities” (within the meaning of sections 94 and 99 of the Finance Act) for the purposes of sections 67(6), 93(2) and 97B of the Finance Act, which undertaking will have effect following the giving of notice of resignation. The resignation of the Depositary under sub-paragraph (a) of Section 17.2 shall take effect on the date specified in such notice or, if sooner, upon the appointment of a Successor Depositary. The resignation of the Depositary under sub-paragraph (b) of Section 17.2 shall take effect on the effective date of the termination of this Deposit Agreement.  Upon any appointment and acceptance of a Successor Depositary, notice thereof shall be given by or for the Client to the Holders as soon as reasonably practicable.

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17.4
Upon the resignation or removal of the Depositary (referred to as the “ Retiring Depositary ”) and against payment of all sums due to the Retiring Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, the Retiring Depositary shall deliver to the Successor Depositary, sufficient information and records to enable the Successor Depositary efficiently to perform its obligations under this Deposit Agreement and shall transfer to the Successor Depositary or to a custodian all Deposited Property held by the Retiring Depositary hereunder.  Upon the date when such resignation takes effect, any Custodian appointed by the Retiring Depositary shall be instructed by the Retiring Depositary to transfer to the Successor Depositary or to a custodian appointed by the Successor Depositary the Deposited Property held by it pursuant to this Deposit Agreement.
 
18.
TERMINATION
 

18.1
This Deposit Agreement may be terminated:
 

(a)
by either the Client and the Holder (acting jointly) on the one hand, by notice in writing to Computershare or Computershare, on the other hand, by notice in writing to the Client and the Holder if, (i) in respect of a termination by Computershare, the Client, and (ii) in respect of a termination by the Client and the Holder, Computershare:
 

(i)
shall be in material breach of any term of this Deposit Agreement and shall not have remedied such breach (if capable of being remedied) within sixty (60) days of receiving notice of such breach and a request for such remedy;
 

(ii)
goes into insolvency or liquidation (not being a members’ voluntary winding up) or administration or a receiver is appointed over any part of its undertaking or assets provided that any arrangement, appointment or order in relation to such insolvency or liquidation, administration or receivership is not stayed, revoked, withdrawn or rescinded (as the case may be), within the period of 30 days, immediately following the first day of such insolvency or liquidation; or
 
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(iii)
shall cease to have the appropriate authorizations, which permit it lawfully to perform its obligations envisaged by this Deposit Agreement at any time.
 

(b)
by Computershare: (i) at any time in which it ceases to act as transfer agent for the Company Securities; or (ii) if the Client undertakes a corporate action relating to or affecting the share capital of the Client and relating to the Deposited Securities and provides notice of the corporate action to Computershare in accordance with Section 4.5(a) of this Deposit Agreement and Computershare, acting reasonably, considers that (x) such corporate action will, or is likely to, materially adversely affect its legal, tax or regulatory position or (y) one or more of the conditions set by Computershare pursuant to Section 4.5(b) hereof has not been met; or (iii) immediately, in Computershare’s sole and absolute discretion, if Computershare shall not have received on or prior to the Closing Date an executed copy of each Legal Opinion and the Australian Reliance Letter, each of which shall conform to the requirements set out in this Deposit Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event this Deposit Agreement is terminated by Computershare pursuant to clause (iii) of this Section 18.1(b), this Deposit Agreement will be deemed null and void ab initio , and no party hereto will have acquired any rights or incurred any duties or obligations hereunder,
 

(c)
by either the Client or Computershare by notice in writing to the other party if there shall be no Depositary Receipts outstanding.
 

18.2
In addition, Computershare may terminate this Deposit Agreement by giving 120 days’ prior notice to that effect to the Client and the Holder.
 

18.3
Any termination of this Deposit Agreement shall be without prejudice to any other rights or remedies a party may be entitled to under this Deposit Agreement or at law and shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of any of the Parties nor the coming into or continuance in force of any provision which is expressly or by implication intended to come into or continue in force on or after such termination.
 
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18.4
All provisions regarding indemnification, taxes, warranty, liability and limits thereon, the scope of the Depositary’s duties and/or obligations and limitations thereon, compensation and expenses, confidentiality and protection of proprietary rights and trade secrets, termination of this Deposit Agreement and the consequences thereof, and governing law and submission to jurisdiction, shall survive the termination or expiration of this Deposit Agreement.
 
19.
CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION
 

19.1
Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement if any amount is payable by the Client to Computershare, the Client shall pay such amount in accordance with the terms of this Deposit Agreement.
 

19.2
If any Depositary Receipts remain outstanding after the date of termination of this Deposit Agreement or of the Depositary Receipts or any series thereof, the Depositary shall as soon as reasonably practicable:
 

(a)
deliver the Deposited Property then held by it under this Deposit Agreement in respect of the Depositary Receipts (or the applicable series of Depositary Receipts) to the Holder, subject to the Holder’s surrender of its Depositary Receipts for cancellation and compliance with the requirements of this Deposit Agreement; or at its discretion
 

(b)
after one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of termination of this Deposit Agreement, if delivery to the Holder in accordance with (a) above is not reasonably practicable sell all or part of the Deposited Property; and
 

(c)
after the date of termination, the Depositary shall not pass on dividends or distributions or take any other action in respect of such Deposited Property, except that it shall hold the net proceeds of any such sale, after deducting any sums then due to the Depositary (excluding any sums owed by the Client), together with any other cash then held by it under this Deposit Agreement, without liability for interest, for the pro rata benefit of Holders who have not theretofore surrendered their Depositary Receipts. After any sale in accordance with this Section 19.2, the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement and the Depositary Receipts, except its obligation to account to the Holders for such net proceeds and other cash comprising the Deposited Property without interest. For the avoidance of doubt, any obligations of the Client or a Holder to make payments to the Depositary shall survive any termination of this Deposit Agreement or the Depositary Receipts.
 
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19.3
Upon the later of (i) the termination of this Deposit Agreement or (ii) the date of the resignation of Computershare as depositary pursuant to Section 17, Computershare shall, at the cost of the Client, deliver to the Client (or as it may reasonably direct), all documents, papers and other records relating to the Depositary Receipt Register in its possession which are the property of the Client but, for the avoidance of doubt, Computershare shall be entitled to retain copies for the purposes of compliance with applicable regulatory reporting requirements and internal recordkeeping procedures.
 

19.4
Subject to Section 19.5, should this Deposit Agreement be terminated for any reason where the Client has nominated any Successor Depositary to hold the Deposited Securities, Computershare shall, on the request of the Client, resign in favor of such Successor Depositary in accordance with the terms of this Deposit Agreement within 21 days of the termination of this Deposit Agreement.
 

19.5
Other than arising from Computershare’s negligence, wilful misconduct or fraud, the Client shall, within 30 days’ of termination or resignation, pay to Computershare, Computershare’s reasonable costs and expenses, including but not limited to reasonable legal fees, properly incurred as a result of any action taken by Computershare under Section 19.1 or 19.4, or as a consequence of such action.
 
20
AMENDMENT
 

20.1
All and any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended or supplemented by written agreement of the Depositary, the Client and Exxaro.
 
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20.2
Notwithstanding Section 20.1, (i) any amendment or supplement which pertains to the indemnification by the Client pursuant to Section 13 or the Fees, or which provides for additional obligations to be performed or undertaken by the Client, shall become effective without the consent of the Holder upon the mutual agreement of the Depositary and the Client and delivery of a notice of such amendment to the Holder and (ii)   in circumstances where an amendment or supplement is required for compliance with any Applicable Legislation, the Depositary may amend or supplement this Deposit Agreement as necessary to ensure compliance with such Applicable Legislation.  Such amendment or supplement to this Deposit Agreement pursuant to clause (ii) shall not require the consent of the Client or the Holder and may become effective before a notice of such amendment or supplement is given to the Client and the Holder or within any other period of time as required for compliance, provided that notice shall be given by or for the Depositary to the Client and the Holder as soon as practicable after the Depositary is made aware that such amendment or supplement is required.
 

20.3
The Depositary shall not be obliged to have regard to the consequences for the Holders of any proposed amendment or supplement to this Deposit Agreement or the exercise of any power conferred on the Depositary by this Deposit Agreement except to the extent expressly provided in this Deposit Agreement.
 
21
FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 
The Holders shall be required and be bound to acknowledge and agree with the Depositary that the Holder shall not cause or endeavor to cause the Depositary, the Custodian or its nominee to make or assert any right or claim whatsoever against the Client or its officers;
 
22
DISCLOSURE OF OWNERSHIP
 

22.1
The Depositary may from time to time require from the Holder, including in its capacity as a former or prospective Holder:
 

(a)
information as to the capacity in which such Holder owns or owned Depositary Receipts and regarding the identity of any other persons then or previously interested in such Depositary Receipts and the nature of such interests; and
 
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(b)
evidence or declaration of nationality or residence of the legal or beneficial owner(s) of Depositary Receipts registered or to be registered in its name and such information as is required for the transfer of the relevant Company Securities to the Holder,
 
and such other information as may be reasonably necessary or desirable for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement to which the Holder is party or by which the Holder is bound. The Holder agrees to provide any such information requested by the Client or the Depositary and consents to the disclosure of such information by the Depositary or Custodian to the extent the Depositary or Custodian, acting reasonably, considers it necessary to comply with their respective legal or regulatory obligations.
 

22.2
To the extent that provisions of or governing any Company Securities, the Articles of Association or Applicable Legislation may require the disclosure to the Client of, or limitations in relation to, beneficial or other ownership of Company Securities or other securities, the Holders of Depositary Receipts shall comply with the Client’s instructions in respect of such disclosure or limitation, as may be forwarded to them from time to time. Holders shall comply with all such disclosure requirements of the Client from time to time and hereby authorize the Depositary to make any such required disclosures although the Depositary is not under any obligation to make any such required disclosures on behalf of the Holders.
 

22.3
The Depositary and the Custodian may disclose information concerning the Holders, the Client, Company Securities and (if different) the Deposited Property, to its affiliated companies and associates and to sub-custodians and other third party providers of services as may be necessary in connection with its performance of the arrangements described in this Deposit Agreement (including, without limitation, the respective lawyers and accountants for the Depositary and the Custodian).
 

22.4
Nothing in this Deposit Agreement shall require the Depositary or the Custodian to disclose sensitive information to a Holder, and neither the Depositary nor the Custodian shall be liable to any Holder in respect of Losses incurred in connection with any failure to disclose sensitive information. For the purpose of this Section 22.4, sensitive information shall mean any information:
 
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(A)
that the Depositary or the Custodian receives from the Client (or any person acting on the Client’s behalf) under any obligation of confidence; or
 

(B)
the disclosure of which in the Depositary’s or the Custodian’s reasonable opinion might amount to a breach of Applicable Legislation or the rules of any market on which Company Securities are listed or traded.
 
23.
AGREEMENT NOT EXCLUSIVE
 
Computershare may act as depositary, custodian or registrar for any other party on such terms as it sees fit and shall not be under any duty to disclose to the Client any matter of which it may become aware in the performance of such duties or of which it may become aware in any capacity other than in providing the Services under this Deposit Agreement.
 
24.
NOTICES
 
Any notice or communication by Computershare or Client to the other pursuant to this Deposit Agreement is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or sent by overnight delivery service or first class mail, postage prepaid, or by e-mail or other electronic communication (such contact details to be agreed by the party to be notified) when received in a legible form, to the other’s address:
 

If to Client:
   
 
Tronox Holdings Plc
 
3rd Floor, 25 Bury Street,
 
London, SW1Y 2AL
 
Attn: General Counsel


If to Computershare:
   
 
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
 
250 Royall Street
 
Canton, MA  02021
 
Attn:  General Counsel
 
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If to Exxaro:
 
Exxaro Resources Limited
 
Roger Dyason Road
 
Pretoria West, 0183, South Africa
 
Attn:  Riaan Koppeschaar
 
Any alteration in the details of a party entitled to receive notice hereunder shall, to have effect, be notified to the other parties in accordance with this Section.
 
25.
COPIES OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
 

A Holder shall be entitled to one copy of this Deposit Agreement upon payment of a reasonable copying charge upon written request made to the Depositary.
 
26.
FORCE MAJEURE
 

26.1
Neither the Depositary, the Client nor Exxaro shall be responsible to the other or to the Holders for delays or failure to perform any of its obligations under the terms of this Deposit Agreement resulting from acts beyond the reasonable control of such party.  Such acts shall include, but not be limited to, acts of God, terrorism, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, work stoppage, strikes, lockout, riots, acts of war, civil unrest, revolutions, rebellions, explosions, epidemics, governmental regulations, communication line failures, power failure, earthquakes or other disasters, or any failure or breakdown of any computer facilities.
 
27.
ASSIGNMENT
 

27.1
Computershare may not assign this Deposit Agreement or any rights, benefits or, subject to the Depositary’s rights to appoint agents hereunder, obligations under the terms of this Deposit Agreement without the prior written consent of the Client or Exxaro.
 

27.2
Neither the Client nor Exxaro may assign this Deposit Agreement or any rights, benefits or obligations under the terms of this Deposit Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto.
 
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28.
NO PARTNERSHIP
 
Nothing contained in this Deposit Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a partnership between Computershare and any other party, and Computershare shall not be, or construed to be, the agent of any other party for any purpose or to have any authority to bind or incur any liability on behalf of any other party, save as otherwise expressly provided in this Deposit Agreement.
 
29.
NO WAIVER
 
The waiver by any party of a breach or default of any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement by any other party shall not be construed as a waiver of any succeeding breach of the same or other provisions nor shall any delay or omission on the part of any party to avail itself of any right, power or privilege that it has or may have under this Deposit Agreement operate as a waiver of any breach or default by any other party.
 
30.
INVALIDITY AND SEVERABILITY
 
If any provision of this Deposit Agreement or any part of any such provision is held to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, such provision or part (as the case may be) shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, unlawfulness or unenforceability and shall not prejudice or affect the remainder of such provision or any other provision of this Deposit Agreement.
 
31.
VARIATION
 
Except as provided in Section 20, variation to, or modification, amendment or abrogation of this Deposit Agreement shall not be of any effect unless it is in writing and signed by the Parties.
 
32.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
 
This Deposit Agreement constitutes the whole and only agreement between the Parties relating to the Services and save to the extent repeated in this Deposit Agreement, and the other agreements and documents referred to in this Deposit Agreement, supersedes and extinguishes any prior drafts, agreements, undertakings, representations, warranties and arrangements of any nature whatsoever and all other terms, conditions, indemnities and warranties, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise, and all representations (save in respect of fraudulent misrepresentations) whether made orally or in writing are excluded.
 
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33.
NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
 
THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF COMPUTERSHARE, THE CLIENT, THE HOLDERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS HEREUNDER, AND SHALL NOT GIVE ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT, REMEDY OR CLAIM WHATSOEVER TO ANY OTHER PERSON, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 13.1 AND 14.1 AND EXCEPT FOR PROVISIONS HEREOF THAT EXPRESSLY PROVIDE A RIGHT OR BENEFIT TO THE CUSTODIAN. IF A BENEFIT IS CONFERRED ON ANY THIRD PARTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION, THE PARTIES MAY RESCIND OR VARY ANY TERM OF THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE THIRD PARTY AT ALL TIMES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONSENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY BE REQUIRED FOR ANY AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND/OR CHANGE TO THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT.
 
34.
GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION
 

34.1
This Deposit Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.  The Parties and all Holders irrevocably (a) submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in New York City or the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Deposit Agreement, (b) waive, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so (but without waiving any rights the parties may have under the Securities Act), any defense based on inconvenient forum, improper venue or lack of jurisdiction to the maintenance of any such legal suit, action or proceeding, and (c) waive all right to trial by jury in any legal suit, action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of this Deposit Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Client also irrevocably agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding against Computershare brought by the Client, arising out of or based upon this Deposit Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may only be instituted in a   New York State court sitting in New York County or the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any judgment may be enforced in any competent court in the United Kingdom or the United States.
 
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34.2
For the benefit of the Depositary, each Holder irrevocably agrees by holding a Depositary Receipt or an interest therein, that any legal suit, action or proceeding against or involving Computershare, arising out of or based upon this Deposit Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may only be instituted in a New York State court sitting in New York County or the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and by holding a Depositary Receipt or an interest therein each irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.
 

34.3
The submission to the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Section 34.2 shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the rights of the Depositary to take Proceedings against any Holder in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other jurisdictions, whether concurrently or not.
 
35.
COUNTERPARTS
 
This Deposit Agreement may be executed by the Parties on separate counterparts; each of which shall constitute an original, but both counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A signature to this Deposit Agreement executed and/or transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Deposit Agreement is executed as of the date indicated above.

Executed for and on behalf of
/s/ Dennis V. Moccia
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
 
 
Name: Dennis V. Moccia
 
Title: Manager, Contract Administration

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Executed for and on behalf of
/s/ Steven Kaye
TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC

 
 
Name: Steven Kaye
 
Title: Director
   
Executed for and on behalf of
/s/ P. A. Koppeschaar
EXXARO RESOURCES LIMITED

 
 
Name: P. A. Koppeschaar
 
Title: Finance Director


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Exhibit 99.1

LIST OF TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC SUBSIDIARIES

Subsidiary
 
Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
     
U.S. Subsidiaries:
   
     
Tronox  Blocked Borrower LLC
 
Delaware
     
Tronox Finance LLC
 
Delaware
     
Tronox Incorporated
 
Delaware
     
Tronox LLC
 
Delaware
     
Tronox Pigments LLC
 
Delaware
     
Tronox US Holdings Inc.
 
Delaware
     
Non-U.S. Subsidiaries:
   
     
Ti0 2 Corporation Pty Ltd
 
Australia
     
Tific Pty Ltd
 
Australia
     
Tronox Australia Holdings Pty Limited
 
Australia
     
Tronox Australia Pigments Holdings Pty Limited
 
Australia
     
Tronox Australia Pty Ltd
 
Australia
     
Tronox Finance plc
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox Global Holdings Pty Limited
 
Australia
     
Tronox GmbH
 
Germany
     
Tronox Holdings Cooperatief U.A.
 
The Netherlands
     
Tronox Holdings Europe C.V.
 
The Netherlands
     
Tronox Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd.
 
Australia
     
Tronox International Finance LLP
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox International Holdings GmbH
 
Switzerland
     
Tronox Investment Holdings Limited
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox KZN Sands (Pty) Ltd
 
South Africa
     
Tronox Limited
  Australia
     
Tronox Management Pty Ltd.
  Australia


Tronox Mineral Sales Pty Ltd
 
Australia
     
Tronox Mineral Sands (Pty) Ltd
 
South Africa
     
Tronox Pigments Australia Holdings Pty Limited
 
Australia
     
Tronox Pigments Australia Pty Limited
 
Australia
     
Tronox Pigments (Holland) B.V.
 
The Netherlands
     
Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) B.V.
 
The Netherlands
     
Tronox Pigments GmbH
 
Germany
     
Tronox Pigments Pty Limited
 
Australia
     
Tronox Pigments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
 
Singapore
     
Tronox Sands Holdings Pty Limited
 
Australia
     
Tronox Sands Investment Funding Limited
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox Sands UK Holdings Limited
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox Sands LLP
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox UK Finance Limited
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox UK Holdings Limited
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox UK Limited
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox UK Merger Company Limited
 
United Kingdom
     
Tronox Western Australia Pty Ltd
 
Australia
     
Tronox Worldwide Pty Limited
 
Australia
     
Yalgoo Minerals Pty. Ltd.
 
Australia