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(11)

Any provision of the Statutes and any provision of these articles, having effect in relation

to communications with members has a corresponding effect (subject to any necessary

adaptations) in relation to communications with the nominated person.

(12)

A failure to give effect to the rights conferred by the nomination does not affect the validity

of anything done by or on behalf of the Company.

(13)

For the purposes of this article,

information rights

means:

(a)

the right to receive a copy of all communications that the Company sends to its

members generally or to any class of its members that includes the member

making the nomination;

(b)

the right to receive one copy of the Company's last annual accounts, the last

directors' remuneration report, the last directors' report and the auditor's report on

those accounts (including the report on the directors' remuneration report and on

the directors' report); and

(c)

the right to receive one copy of any document or information, in hard copy form,

which has been provided to the members, by the Company, by means of electronic

communication.

130.

Record date for communications

(1)

For the purposes of giving notices of meetings, or of sending or supplying other documents

or other information, whether under the Statutes, any other applicable law or regulation, a

provision in these articles or any other instrument, the Company may determine that

persons entitled to receive such notices, documents or other information are those persons

entered on the register at the close of business on a day determined by it.

(2)

The day determined by the Company under paragraph (1) above may not be more than 21

days before the day that the notice of the meeting, document or other information is

given.

131.

Communication to person entitled by transmission

Where a person is entitled by transmission to a share, any notice or other communication

shall be given to him, as if he were the holder of that share and his address noted in the

register were his registered address. In any other case, any notice or other

communication given 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 given in respect of any share registered in the name of that member as sole or

joint holder.

UNTRACED MEMBERS

132.

Sale of shares of untraced members

(1)

The Company may sell, in such manner as the board may decide and at the best price it

considers to be reasonably obtainable at that time, any share of a member, or any share

to which a person is entitled by transmission if:

(a)

during a period of 12 years at least three cash dividends or other distributions

have become payable in respect of the share to be sold and have been sent by the

Company in accordance with these articles;

(b)

during that period of 12 years no cash dividend or distribution payable in respect of

the share has been claimed, no cheque, warrant, order or other payment for a