EXHIBIT 3.23





                          COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 TO 2003




                    UNLIMITED COMPANY HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL



                                   MEMORANDUM

                                      AND

                            ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

                                       OF

                        NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY

      (INCORPORATING ALL AMENDMENTS UP TO AND INCLUDING 30 DECEMBER 2004)




























                          COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 TO 2003


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                    UNLIMITED COMPANY HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL

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                          MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

                                       OF

                        NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY

      (INCORPORATING ALL AMENDMENTS UP TO AND INCLUDING 30 DECEMBER 2004)

                           --------------------------

1.       The name of the Company is "NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY".

2.       The objects for which the Company is established are:-

                  (a)      To carry on the business of a holding company and to
                  acquire by purchase, lease, concessions, grant, licence or
                  otherwise such businesses, options rights, privileges, lands,
                  buildings, leases, underleases, stocks, shares, debentures,
                  debenture stock, bonds, obligations, securities, reversionary
                  interests, annuities, policies of insurance and other property
                  and rights and interest in property as the Company shall deem
                  fit and generally to hold manage, develop, lease, sell or
                  dispose of the same, to enter into, assist or participate in
                  financial, commercial, mercantile, industrial and other
                  transactions, undertakings and business of every description
                  and to coordinate to policy and administration of any
                  companies of which this company is a member or which are in
                  any way connected or controlled by the Company.

         (b)      To import, export, buy, sell, barter, exchange, take on lease,
                  hire or otherwise acquire, alter, treat, process, dispose of,
                  let on lease or hire or otherwise deal in and turn to account
                  as may seem to be desirable, goods, equipment, machinery,
                  plant, merchandise and wares of every and any description.

         (c)      To carry on any other business, which may seem to the Company
                  capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with
                  the above or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the
                  value of or render profitable any of the Company's property or
                  rights.

         (d)      To acquire and undertake the whole or any part of the
                  business, property and liabilities of any person or company
                  carrying on any business which the Company is authorised to
                  carry on or which is capable of being conducted so as to
                  benefit the Company directly or indirectly or which is
                  possessed of property suitable for the purposes of the
                  Company.













         (e)      To borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such
                  manner as the Company shall think fit, and in particular by
                  the issue of debentures or debenture stock, perpetual or
                  otherwise, charged upon all or any of the Company's property,
                  both present and future, including its uncalled capital, and
                  to purchase, redeem or pay off any such securities.

         (f)      To lend and advance money or give credit to any persons, firms
                  or companies and in particular to customers of and others
                  having dealings with the Company upon such terms as may seem
                  expedient and to guarantee, become surety for, support or
                  secure, whether by personal covenant or by mortgaging or
                  charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and
                  assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the
                  Company, or by both such methods, the performance of the
                  obligations of and the repayment or payment of the principal
                  amounts of, and premiums, interest and dividends on any
                  securities of any person, firm or company, including (without
                  prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) security for any
                  debts, obligations or liabilities of any company which is for
                  the time being the holding company or a subsidiary (both as
                  defined by section 155 of the Companies Act, 1963) of the
                  Company or another subsidiary (as defined by the said section)
                  of the Company's holding company or otherwise associated with
                  the Company in business.

         (g)      To develop and turn to account any land acquired by the
                  Company or in which it is interested, and in particular by
                  laying out and preparing the same for building purposes,
                  constructing, altering, pulling down, decorating, maintaining,
                  fitting up and improving buildings, and conveniences, and by
                  planting, paving, draining, farming, cultivating, letting on
                  building lease or building agreement and by advancing money to
                  and entering into contracts and arrangements of all kinds with
                  builders, tenants and others.

         (h)      To construct, maintain and alter any buildings or works
                  necessary or convenient for any of the purposes of the Company
                  or for the benefit of its employees.

         (i)      To sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, mortgage,
                  enfranchise, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal
                  with all or any part of the property and rights of the
                  Company.

         (j)      To adopt such means of making known the products of the
                  Company as may seem expedient, and in particular by
                  advertising in the press, by circulars, by purchase and
                  exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of
                  books and periodicals and by granting prizes, rewards and
                  donations.

         (k)      To take or otherwise acquire and to hold shares and securities
                  of any company and to sell, hold, re-issue with or without
                  guarantee or otherwise deal with same.

         (l)      Generally to purchase, take on lease or in exchange or
                  otherwise acquire any real and personal property and rights or
                  privileges.

         (m)      To apply for, purchase or otherwise acquire any patents,
                  brevets d'invention, licences, trade marks, concessions and
                  the like conferring any exclusive or non-exclusive or limited
                  right to use any secret or other information as to any
                  invention which may seem capable of being used, for any of the
                  purposes of the Company or the acquisition of which may seem
                  calculated either directly or indirectly to benefit the
                  Company and to exercise, develop or grant licences in respect
                  of or otherwise turn to account the property rights or
                  information so acquired.

         (n)      To amalgamate with any other company.














         (o)      To enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing
                  profits, union of interests, co-operating, joint venture,
                  reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person or company
                  carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in
                  any business or transaction which this Company is authorised
                  to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction
                  capable of being conducted so as to directly or indirectly
                  benefit this Company.

         (p)      To enter into any arrangement with any government or
                  authority, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise, that may
                  seem conducive to the Company's objects or any of them and to
                  obtain from any such government or authority any rights,
                  privileges and concessions which the Company may think it
                  desirable to obtain and to carry out, exercise and comply with
                  any such arrangements, rights, privileges and concessions.

         (q)      To establish and maintain or procure the establishment and
                  maintenance of any non-contributory or contributory pension or
                  superannuation funds for the benefit of, and to give or
                  procure the giving of donations, gratuities, pensions,
                  allowances or emoluments to any persons who are or were at any
                  time in the employment or service of the Company or of any
                  company which is a subsidiary of the Company or is allied to
                  or in association with the Company or with any such
                  subsidiary, or who are or were at any time Directors or
                  officers of the Company or of any other such company as
                  aforesaid, or any persons in whose welfare the Company or any
                  such other company as aforesaid is or has been at any time
                  interested and the spouses, widows, widowers, families and
                  dependants of any such persons, and also to establish and
                  subsidise or subscribe to any institutions, associations,
                  clubs or funds calculated to be for the benefit of or to
                  advance the interests and well being of the Company or of any
                  other such company as aforesaid or of any such persons as
                  aforesaid and to make payments for or towards the insurance of
                  any such persons as aforesaid and to subscribe or guarantee
                  money for charitable or benevolent objects or for any
                  exhibition or for any public, general or useful object, and to
                  do any of the matters aforesaid either alone or in conjunction
                  with any such other company as aforesaid.

         (r)      To promote any company or companies for the purpose of
                  acquiring all or any of the property and liabilities of this
                  Company or for any other purpose which may seem directly or
                  indirectly calculated to benefit this Company.

         (s)      To undertake and execute any trusts the undertaking whereof
                  may seem desirable, whether gratuitously or otherwise.

         (t)      To remunerate any person or company for services rendered or
                  to be rendered in placing or assisting to place or
                  guaranteeing the placing of any of the shares in the Company's
                  capital or debentures, debenture stock or other securities of
                  the Company, or in or about the formation or promotion of the
                  Company or the conduct of its business.

         (u)      To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue
                  promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of lading,
                  warrants, debentures, letters of credit and other negotiable
                  or transferable instruments.

         (v)      To sell or dispose of the undertaking of the Company or any
                  part thereof for such consideration as the Company may think
                  fit and, in particular, for shares, debentures, or securities
                  of any other company having objects altogether or in part
                  similar to those of this Company.

         (w)      To obtain any Order or Act of the Oireachtas for enabling the
                  Company to carry any of its objects into effect or for
                  effecting any modification of the Company's constitution or
                  for any other purpose which may seem expedient,














                  and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem
                  calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company's
                  interests.

         (x)      To procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any
                  country or place.

         (y)      To promote freedom of contract and to resist, insure against,
                  counteract and discourage interference therewith, to join any
                  lawful federation, union or association, or do any other
                  lawful act or thing with a view to preventing or resisting
                  directly or indirectly any interruption of or interference
                  with the Company's, or any other, trade or business, or
                  providing or safeguarding against the same or resisting or
                  opposing any strike movement or organisation which may be
                  thought detrimental to the interests of the Company or its
                  employees, and to subscribe to any association or fund for any
                  such purposes.

         (z)      To redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire on such terms and in
                  such manner as the Company may think fit any shares in the
                  Company's capital.

         (aa)     To do all or any of the above things in any part of the world
                  as principals, agents, contractors, trustees, or otherwise and
                  by or through trustees, agents or otherwise and either alone
                  or in conjunction with others.

         (bb)     To distribute among the Members in specie any property of the
                  Company, or any proceeds of sale or disposal of any property
                  of the Company, but so that no distribution amounting to a
                  reduction of capital be made except with the sanction (if any)
                  for the time being required by law.

         (cc)     To do all such other things as may be deemed incidental or
                  conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of
                  them.

It is hereby expressly declared that:

the word "company" in this clause (except where it refers to this Company) shall
be deemed to include any partnership or other body of persons, whether
incorporated or not incorporated and whether domiciled in the Republic of
Ireland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, or elsewhere; and

each sub-clause of this clause shall be construed independently of the other
sub-clauses hereof and none of the objects mentioned in any sub-clause shall be
deemed to be merely subsidiary to the objects mentioned in any other sub-clause
or be in any way limited or restricted by reference to, or inference from, the
terms of any other sub-clause.












WE, the several persons whose names, addresses and descriptions are subscribed,
wish to be formed into a Company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association
and we agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the Company set out
opposite our respective names.



<Table>
<Caption>
NAMES, ADDRESSES AND DESCRIPTIONS            NUMBER OF SHARES TAKEN
OF SUBSCRIBERS                               BY EACH SUBSCRIBER
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Pemcorp Nominees Limited                               1
Seventh Floor
Hume House
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4

Limited Company


Humecorp Nominees Limited                              1
Seventh Floor,
Hume House
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4

Limited Company
                                                    ----
                                                       2
                                                    ====
Dated
</Table>


Witness to the above signatures:

Ms. Mary O'Neill
Dollard House
Wellington Quay
Dublin 2












                          COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 to 2003

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                   AN UNLIMITED COMPANY HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL

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                           ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

                                       of

                        NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY

      (Incorporating all amendments up to and including 30 December, 2004)

                           -----------------------

                                   PRELIMINARY


1.       TABLE A: The regulations in Part II of Table A in the First Schedule to
         the Act (as amended by the Acts) will (with the exception of
         regulations 40 to 46 inclusive of Part I of that Table) apply to the
         company subject to the alterations herein contained and will, so far as
         not inconsistent with these presents, bind the company and the
         shareholders.


2.       NUMBER OF MEMBERS: The number of members with which the company
         proposes to be registered is five but the directors may from time to
         time, subject to regulation 2 of Part II of Table A, register an
         increase of members.

3.       DEFINITIONS: In these articles, unless the context otherwise requires:

        "the 1983 Act" means the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983;

        "the 1990 Act" means the Companies Act, 1990;

        "the Acts" means the Companies Acts, 1963 to 2003;

        "the Auditors" means the auditors or auditor for the time being of
        the company;

        "Ireland" means Ireland excluding Northern Ireland and all references in
        Table A to "the State" will be construed as meaning references to
        Ireland; and

        "Table A" means Table A in the First Schedule to the Act.

4.      INTERPRETATION:

         4.1      All references in Table A to the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1983
                  will be construed as references to the Acts.

         4.2      Unless the contrary is clearly stated, reference to any
                  section of any of the Acts is to such section as same may be
                  amended, extended or re-enacted














                  (whether before or after the date hereof) from time to time.

         4.3      Reference to any legislation or document includes that
                  legislation or document as amended or supplemented from time
                  to time.

         4.4      Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the
                  singular include the plural and vice versa, words importing
                  the masculine include the feminine, and words importing
                  persons include corporations.

         4.5      Headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect
                  the construction of these articles.


                                  SHARE CAPITAL


5.       CAPITAL STRUCTURE: The capital of the company is E356,367,000 divided
         into 1,000,000,000 Ordinary shares of E0.35637 each.


6.       ALTERATIONS TO CAPITAL: The company may by Special Resolution:

         6.1      increase its share capital by such sum to be divided into
                  shares of such amount as the resolution may prescribe;

         6.2      consolidate its shares into shares of a larger amount than its
                  existing shares;

         6.3      sub-divide its shares into shares of a smaller amount than its
                  existing shares;

         6.4      cancel any shares which at the date of the passing of the
                  resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any
                  person; or

         6.5      reduce its share capital in any way, whether by purchase,
                  redemption or otherwise.

7.       REDEMPTION OF SHARES: Without prejudice to the generality of article
         6.5, the company will be at liberty at any time to give notice in
         writing to any holder of any shares of its desire to redeem the same or
         any of them for a consideration equivalent in value to the par value of
         the shares or such greater value as may be agreed between the company
         and such holders. The company may at its option satisfy the
         consideration for such shares by a transfer in specie to the holder of
         such shares of property or assets of the company. Upon the satisfaction
         of the consideration for such shares the holder's name shall be removed
         from the register as holder of the shares specified in the notice.


8.       DIRECTORS' AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES: The directors are generally and
         unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the company to
         allot relevant securities (as defined for the purposes of section 20 of
         the 1983 Act) up to an amount equal to the authorised but as yet
         unissued share capital of the company, and such authority will expire
         five years from the date of adoption of these Articles save that the
         company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would
         or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry
         and the directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such
         offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not
         expired. Section 23(1) of the 1983 Act is hereby excluded in its
         application in relation to all allotments by the company of equity
         securities as defined for the purposes of that section.



8A.      LIEN: The Company's first and paramount lien on every share (not being
         a fully paid share) for all moneys (whether immediately payable or not)
         called or payable at a








         fixed time in respect of that share and the extension of that lien to
         all dividends payable thereon shall not apply where any such shares
         have been mortgaged or charged by way of security in which event such
         lien shall rank behind any such security and Regulation 11 of Part 1 of
         Table A shall be modified accordingly.


9.       FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: The company may give any form of financial
         assistance which is permitted by the Acts for the purpose of or in
         connection with a purchase or subscription made or to be made by any
         person of or for any shares in the company or in the company's holding
         company and regulation 10 of Part I of Table A will be modified
         accordingly.

                               TRANSFER OF SHARES

10.      In regulation 24 of Part I of Table A the words "in the State" will be
         deleted.

10A.     Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles (and, in
         particular, Regulation 3 of part II of Table A in the First Schedule to
         the Companies Act, 1963 ("REGULATION 3 OF PART II")), the Directors
         shall promptly register any transfer of shares and may not suspend
         registration thereof where such transfer:-

         (i)      is to the bank or institution to which such shares have been
                  charged by way of security, whether as agent and trustee for a
                  group of banks or institutions or otherwise, or to any nominee
                  or any transferee of such a bank or institution (a "SECURED
                  INSTITUTION"); or

         (ii)     is delivered to the Company for registration by a Secured
                  Institution or its nominee in order to register the Secured
                  Institution as legal owner of the shares; or

         (iii)    is executed by a Secured Institution or its nominee pursuant
                  to the power of sale or other power under such security,

         and furthermore, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
         these Articles or in any agreement or arrangement applicable to any
         shares in the Company, no transferor or proposed transferor of any such
         shares to a Secured Institution or its nominee and no Secured
         Institution or its nominee (each a "RELEVANT PERSON"), shall be subject
         to, or obliged to comply with, any rights of pre-emption contained in
         these Articles or any such agreement or arrangement nor shall any
         Relevant Person be otherwise required to offer the shares which are or
         are to be the subject of any transfer as aforesaid to the shareholders
         for the time being of the Company or any of them, and no such
         shareholder shall have any right under the Articles or otherwise
         howsoever to require such shares to be transferred to them whether for
         consideration or not. No resolution shall be proposed or passed the
         effect of which would be to delete or amend this regulation unless not
         less than 45 days' written notice thereof shall have been given to any
         such Secured Institution by the Company and Regulation 3 of Part II
         shall be modified accordingly.


                                GENERAL MEETINGS


11.      GENERAL MEETINGS: General meetings shall be held in Germany. Regulation
         47 of Part I of Table A will not apply and regulation 50 will be
         construed as if the words "within the State" were deleted therefrom.


12.      AUDITORS' REQUISITION: An extraordinary general meeting shall be
         convened upon the requisition of the Auditors under the circumstances
         described in section 186 of













         the 1990 Act, as well as upon the requisition described in regulation
         50 of Part I of Table A.


                         PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS


13.      PROXIES: In regulation 70 of Part I of Table A the words "not less than
         48 hours before the time for holding" and "not less than 48 hours
         before the time appointed for" will be deleted and there shall be
         substituted therefor the words "before the commencement of" on both
         occasions and the words "within the State" will be deleted.

14.      POLL: A poll may be demanded at any general meeting by any member
         present in person or by proxy who is entitled to vote thereat and
         regulation 59 of Part I of Table A will be modified accordingly.



                        RESOLUTIONS IN WRITING BY MEMBERS


15.      A resolution in writing made pursuant to regulation 6 of Part II of
         Table A may consist of one document or two or more documents to the
         same effect each signed by one or more members.


                                    DIRECTORS


16.      NO SHARE QUALIFICATION: A director or alternate director will not be
         required to hold any shares in the company by way of qualification, and
         regulation 77 of Part I of Table A will not apply.


17.      DIRECTORS RESIDENCY: At all times a majority of the directors must be
         composed of individuals who are ordinarily resident in Germany.


18.      DIRECTORS' RIGHT TO ATTEND MEETINGS: A director who is not a member of
         the company will nevertheless be entitled to receive notice of, attend
         and speak at any general meeting or separate meeting of the holders of
         any class of shares, and regulation 136 of Part I of Table A will be
         modified accordingly.


                         POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS


19.      POWERS TO BORROW AND GRANT SECURITY: The directors may exercise all the
         powers of the company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its
         undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof and,
         subject to section 20 of the 1983 Act, to issue debentures, debenture
         stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any
         debt, liability or obligation of the company or of any third party.
         Regulation 79 of Part I of Table A will not apply.


20.      INTERESTS IN CONTRACTS: The obligations of a director to disclose the
         nature of his interest in any contract or proposed contract with the
         company will apply equally to any shadow director who shall declare his
         interest in the manner prescribed by













         section 27(3) of the 1990 Act.


21.      DIRECTORS' CONTRACTS: No contract will be entered into by the company
         for the employment of, or the provision of services by, a director or a
         director of a holding company of the company containing a term to which
         section 28 of the 1990 Act applies without obtaining the approval
         provided for in that section, and regulation 85 of Part I of Table A
         will be modified accordingly.


                          DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS


22.      The office of director will be ipso facto vacated if the director:

         22.1     becomes prohibited from being a director of the company by
                  reason of any declaration or order made under section 150 or
                  160 of the 1990 Act; or

         22.2     is removed from office by notice in writing served upon him
                  signed by all his co-directors;

         as well as under the circumstances described in regulation 91 of Part I
         of Table A. In regulation 91(b) of Part I of Table A the words "the
         State" will be deleted and there shall be substituted therefor the word
         "Germany".


                            ROTATION AND RE-ELECTION


23.      The directors will not retire at the first annual general meeting or by
         rotation, or require to be re-elected in general meeting following
         appointment by the directors. Regulations 92 to 100 inclusive of Part I
         of Table A will be modified accordingly.


                            PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS


24.      COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS: The meetings and proceedings of any committee
         formed by the directors will be governed by the provisions of these
         articles regulating the meetings and proceedings of directors so far as
         the same are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations
         imposed on such committee by the directors.


25.      ALTERNATE DIRECTORS: Any director may from time to time appoint any
         person to be his alternate who is ordinarily resident in the same
         country as the appointing director. The appointee, while he holds
         office as an alternate, will be entitled to notice of meetings of the
         directors and to attend and vote thereat as a director, but will not be
         entitled to be remunerated otherwise than out of the fees of the
         director appointing him. Any appointment under this article shall be
         effected by notice in writing given by the appointer to the secretary.
         Any appointment so made may be revoked at any time by the appointer by
         notice in writing given by the appointer to the secretary, and an
         alternate's appointment will ipso facto come to an end if for any
         reason the director appointing him ceases to be a director.


26.      An alternate may exercise all the powers, rights, duties and
         authorities of the director appointing him (other than the right to
         appoint an alternate hereunder).








27.      A person may act as an alternate for more than one director and while
         he is so acting will be entitled to a separate vote for each director
         he is representing and, if he is himself a director, his vote or votes
         as an alternate will be in addition to his own vote. An alternate will
         be counted for the purpose of reckoning whether a quorum is present at
         any meeting attended by him at which he is entitled to vote, but where
         he is himself a director or is the alternate of more than one director
         he will only be counted once for such purpose.


28.      Regulation 9 of Part II of Table A will not apply.


29.      DIRECTORS MEETINGS: All meetings of the directors or committees of
         directors shall be held in Germany. Any meetings of the directors or
         committees of directors held outside Germany shall be invalid.


30.      RESOLUTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES AT ELECTRONIC MEETINGS:

         30.1     All or any of the directors, or of the members of a Committee,
                  can take part in a meeting of the directors, or of a Committee
                  as the case may be, by the use of conference telephone,
                  video-conferencing or other telecommunications equipment
                  designed to allow all persons participating to hear each other
                  speak (an "Electronic Meeting") provided that the director so
                  participating is not physically present in Ireland at the time
                  of such participation in the Electronic Meeting.

         30.2     A person taking part in this way will be counted as being
                  present at the meeting, and an Electronic Meeting will be
                  considered to be a meeting of directors, or of a Committee as
                  the case may be, for the purpose of passing resolutions but
                  not for doing any other act or thing which, under specific
                  requirements of the Acts, must be done at a meeting of
                  directors.

         30.3     The provisions of these regulations, in so far as they relate
                  to the summoning of meetings of directors or of Committees,
                  the appointment and powers of a chairman, the transaction of
                  business, alternates, quorum, voting, adjournment and the
                  keeping of minutes, will apply to an Electronic Meeting as if
                  it were a meeting of directors, or of a Committee as the case
                  may be, at which all those taking part were in the physical
                  presence of each other.


31.      RESOLUTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES IN WRITING: A resolution in
         writing signed by each director (or his alternate) will be as valid as
         if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors duly convened and
         held. A resolution in writing signed by each member of a Committee (or,
         in the case of a director, his alternate) will be as valid as if it had
         been passed at a meeting of that Committee duly convened and held. Such
         a resolution may consist of one document or two or more documents to
         the same effect each signed by one or more of the signatories.


                               EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS


32.      The directors may from time to time appoint one or more of themselves
         to be managing director or any other category of executive director for
         such period and on such terms as to remuneration or otherwise as they
         think fit, and, subject to the terms of any agreement entered into in
         any particular case, may revoke such appointment. Regulations 110 and
         111 of Part I of Table A will not apply and regulation 112 will apply
         to all executive directors as it applies to a managing director.













                                    THE SEAL


33.      An alternate who is not also a director will be entitled to sign or
         countersign an instrument to which the seal is affixed as if he were
         the director who appointed him, and regulation 115 of Part I of Table A
         will be modified accordingly. The Company may exercise all powers
         conferred by Section 41 of the Companies Act, 1963 with regard to
         having an official seal for use abroad and such powers shall be vest in
         the directors.



                                    ACCOUNTS


34.      The company will comply with the provisions of the Acts and all other
         relevant legislation with regard to accounts, and regulations 125 to
         129 of Part I of Table A will be modified accordingly.


                            CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS


35.      The reference in regulation 130 to section 64 of the Act will be
         construed as a reference to section 207 of the 1990 Act.


                                    AUDITORS


36.      The auditors will be appointed and removed and their rights and duties
         regulated in accordance with the Acts. The auditors will be entitled to
         attend any general meeting and to receive all notices of, and other
         communications relating to, any general meeting which any member is
         entitled to receive, and to be heard on any part of the business which
         concerns them as auditors. Regulation 132 of Part I of Table A will not
         apply.



                                    INDEMNITY


37.      Subject to the acts, every director, managing director, agent, auditor,
         secretary and other officer for the time being of the company shall be
         indemnified out of the assets of the company against any liability
         incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or
         criminal, in relation to his acts while acting in such office, in which
         judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in
         connection with any application under section 391 of the Act in which
         relief is granted to him by the court. Regulation 138 of Part I of
         Table A will not apply.
















                NAMES, ADDRESSES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBSCRIBERS


Pemcorp Nominees Limited
Seventh Floor
Hume House
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4

Limited Company


Humecorp Nominees Limited
Seventh Floor,
Hume House
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4

Limited Company




Dated this


Witness to the above signatures:

Ms. Mary O'Neill
Dollard House
Wellington Quay
Dublin 2