| undertaking or subsidiary undertaking of the company, or any subsidiary undertaking of any parent undertaking of the company, or any body corporate in which any such parent undertaking or subsidiary undertakin g is interested and: unless the directors decide otherwise shall not, by reason of his office, be accountable to the company for any remun eration or other benefit which he derives from any such office or employment or from any such transaction or arrangement or from any interest in any such body corporate and no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit; shall not infringe his duty to avoid a situation in which he has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the company as a result of holding any such office or employment with or being a party to any such transaction or arrangem ent or otherwise being interested in any such body corporate; shall not be required to disclose to the company, or use in performing his duties as a director of the company, any informati on relating to any such office or employment if to make such a disclosure or use would result in a breach of a duty or obligation of confidence owed by him in relation to or in connection with that office, employment, transaction , arrangem ent or interest; and may absent himself from discussions, whether in meetings of the directors or otherwise, and exclude himself from the receipt or use of information, which will or may relate to that office, employment , transaction, arrangement or interest. The directors may authorise (subject to such terms and conditions, if any, as they may think fit to impose from time to time, and subject always to their right to vary or terminate such authorisation), to the fullest extent permitted by law: any matter which would otherwise result in a director infringing hi s duty to avoid a situation in which he has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the company and which may reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict of interest (including a conflict of interest and duty or conflict of duties); and a director to accept or continu e in any office, employment or position in addition to his office as a director of the compan y (not being an office, employment or position which the director is authorised to hold pursuant to article 18(1)(b) and/or article 18(1)(c)) and may authorise the manner in which a conflict of interest arising out of such matter, office, employment or position may be dealt with , either before or at the time that such a conflict of interest arises. Any authorisation pursu ant to article I 8(2) is effective only if: the matt er in question was proposed in writin g for consideration at a directors' meeting, in accordance with normal procedur es or in such other manner as the directors may approve ; |