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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.

132.

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

133.

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

dividend or distribution has been cashed, no dividend or distribution sent by means

of a funds transfer system has been paid and no communication has been received

by the Company from the member or the person entitled by transmission to the

share;

(c)

on or after the expiry of that period of 12 years the Company has published

advertisements both in a national newspaper and in a newspaper circulating in the

area in which the last known address of the member or person entitled by

transmission to the share or the address at which notices may be given in

accordance with these articles is located, in each case giving notice of its intention

to sell the share; and

(d)

during the period of three months following the publication of those

advertisements and after that period until the exercise of the power to sell the

share, the Company has not received any communication from the member or the

person entitled by transmission to the share.

(2)

The Company's power of sale shall extend to any further share which, on or before the

date of publication of the first of any advertisement pursuant to subparagraph (1)(c)

above, is issued in right of a share to which paragraph (1) applies (or in right of any share

to which this paragraph applies) if the conditions set out in subparagraphs (1)(b) to (d)

are satisfied in relation to the further share (but as if the references to a period of 12 years

were references to a period beginning on the date of allotment of the further share and

ending on the date of publication of the first of the advertisements referred to above).

(3)

To give effect to any sale, the board may authorise some person to transfer the share to,

or as directed by, the purchaser, who shall not be bound to see to the application of the