Exhibit 3.15.1
FORM NO. 2
BERMUDA
THE COMPANIES ACT 1981
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
(Section 7(1) and (2))
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Seaspan Management Services Limited
(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”)
1. | The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them. |
2. | We, the undersigned, namely, |
NAME | ADDRESS | BERMUDIAN STATUS (Yes/No) | NATIONALITY | NUMBER OF SHARES SUBSCRIBED | ||||
N.G. Trollope | Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda | Yes | British | One | ||||
D.H. Malcolm | ” | Yes | British | One | ||||
A.R. Guilfoyle | ” | No | British | One |
do hereby respectively agree to take such number of shares of the Company as may be allotted to us respectively by the provisional directors of the Company, not exceeding the number of shares for which we have respectively subscribed, and to satisfy such calls as may be made by the directors, provisional directors or promoters of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to us respectively.
3. | The Company is to be anexemptedCompany as defined by the Companies Act 1981. |
4. | The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding in all, including the following parcels:- |
N/A
5. | The authorised share capital of the Company isUS$12,000divided into shares ofUS$1.00each. The minimum subscribed share capital of the Company isUS$12,000.00. |
6. | The objects for which the Company is formed and incorporated are - |
(1) | to act and to perform all the functions of a holding company in all its branches and toco-ordinate the policy and administration of any subsidiary company or companies wherever incorporated or carrying on business or of any group of companies of which the Company or any subsidiary company is a member or which are in any manner controlled directly or indirectly by the Company; |
(2) | to act as an investment company and for that purpose to acquire and hold upon any terms and, either in the name of the Company or that of any nominee, shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, annuities, notes, mortgages, bonds, obligations and securities, foreign exchange, foreign currency deposits and commodities, issued or guaranteed by any company wherever incorporated or carrying on business, or by any government, sovereign, ruler, commissioners, public body or authority, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise, by original subscription, tender, purchase, exchange, underwriting, participation in syndicates or in any other manner and whether or not fully paid up, and to make payments thereon as called up or in advance of calls or otherwise and to subscribe for the same, whether conditionally or absolutely, and to hold the same with a view to investment, but with the power to vary any investments, and to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or incident to the ownership thereof, and to invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required upon such securities and in such manner as may be from time to time determined; |
(3) | To advise and act as consultants and managers of all kinds to international shipping companies and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to provide investment and financial advice, consultation and management services to international shipping companies and such other companies as the board of directors may from time to time determine; |
(4) | To acquire by purchase or otherwise, buy, own, hold, create, market, design, assemble, manufacture, repair, lease, hire, let, sell, dispose of (with or without consideration or benefit), maintain, improve, develop, manage, invent, build, construct, operate, package and otherwise trade, invest or deal in and with products, financial instruments, goods, and real and personal property of all kinds whatsoever and wheresoever situated, and enter into arrangements for or with respect to any of the foregoing; |
(5) | To perform, provide, procure, market and deal in services and undertakings of all kinds; |
(6) | To enter into any guarantee, contract of indemnity or suretyship and to assure, support or secure with or without consideration or benefit the performance of any obligations of any person or persons and to guarantee the fidelity of individuals filling or about to fill situations of trust or confidence; |
(7) | To own, manage, operate, act as agents with respect to, build, repair, acquire, own, sell, charter, or deal in ships and aircraft; |
(8) | To lend to or deposit with any person funds, property or assets and to provide collateral or credit enhancement for loans, leasing or other forms of financing, with or without consideration or benefit; |
(9) | To create, enter into, undertake, procure, arrange for, acquire by purchase or otherwise, buy, own, hold, sell or otherwise dispose of (with or without consideration or benefit), trade, invest and or otherwise deal in, whether on a speculative basis or otherwise, all and or any kind of (including without limitation all and or any combinations of and all and or any rights or interests under) instrument, agreement, contract, covenant and undertaking, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, derivative instrument, agreement or contract, option, swap option contract, bond, warrant, debenture, equity, forward exchange contract, forward rate contract, future, hedge, security, note, certificate of deposit, unit, guarantee and or financial instrument; and |
(10) | To carry on any trade or business which can, in the opinion of the board of directors, be advantageously carried on by the Company. |
7. | Powers of the Company |
1. | The Company shall, pursuant to Section 42 of the Companies Act 1981, have the power to issue preference shares which are, at the option of the holder, liable to be redeemed. |
2. | The Company shall, pursuant to Section 42A of the Companies Act 1981, have the power to purchase its own shares. |
Signed by each subscriber in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof
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(Subscribers) | (Witnesses) |
SUBSCRIBED this21stday ofJuly, 2005.