EXHIBIT 1.1
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF ISRAEL LIMITED
82 MENACHEM BEGIN ROAD, P.O.B. 20100, TEL AVIV 61200, TEL. 972-3-6272727 FAX.
972-3-6272700
INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BANK
OF ISRAEL
LIMITED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
FEBRUARY 2002
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THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE - COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF THE
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF ISRAEL LIMITED
1. The name of the Company is:-
In English: Industrial Development Bank of Israel Limited.
2. The objects for which the Company is established are:
(a) To establish a financial institution to be instrumental in the
encouragement of, and assistance to, the creation and expansion of
efficient, useful and economically sound industrial enterprises and
other enterprises whatsoever, in Israel.
(b) To grant and provide banking services of any kind or nature whatsoever
and to manage and be engaged in business of Banking Corporation of any
kind or nature whatsoever.
(c) To grant credits of any kind or nature whatsoever, financial and any
other assistance to any person in Israel and outside Israel, in such a
manner and way and on such terms as the Company may deem proper and
fit.
(d) To deal in investment, underwrite, acquire and hold shares, stocks,
debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and securities issued
or made by any Company in Israel or abroad, whether established in
Israel or not and whether carrying on business in Israel or not, by
original subscription, participation in syndicates, tender, purchase,
exchange or otherwise, and to guarantee the subscription thereof and
to exercise and enforce all rights and powers conferred by or
incidental to the ownership thereof; to purchase and otherwise acquire
and hold shares, debentures, obligations, bonds and securities of all
kinds issued, made or confirmed by any Government or authority
whatsoever or any public body, federal, municipal, local or otherwise,
whether in Israel or abroad.
(e) To promote, further and encourage the issue of shares, debentures and
other securities by industrial and other enterprises whatsoever and to
promote and further the investment and participation of capital in
industrial and other enterprises whatsoever either by subscription
for, or purchase of such shares, debentures and other securities or
otherwise.
(f) To promote and assist in the creation, issue, allotment and sale of
debentures, debenture stock, bonds, pledges, obligations, shares,
stock and securities of all kinds, to act as trustees in connection
therewith and to partake in the conversion of business and concerns
into companies.
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(g) To lend moneys and to give credit to any industrial and other
enterprise whatsoever which, in the opinion of the Company, is
economically sound or would be made economically sound through the
provisions of such loans and credit, and on such terms and conditions
as the Company may deem to be sound and to receive from those to whom
the Company shall lend moneys or give credit, or for whom the Company
shall give guarantees, all such securities of all kinds as the Company
may deem fit, including debentures, debenture stock, bonds,
obligations and mortgages on movable and immovable property and other
pledges and charges including floating charges, and to sell ,
transfer, assign, surrender, release or discharge all such securities
on such terms and conditions as the Company may deem fit.
(h) To guarantee loans obtained or to be obtained by any industrial and
other enterprise whatsoever, from any sources whatsoever and in
particular to guarantee the payment of any principal moneys, interest
or other moneys secured by or payable under any debentures, bonds,
debenture stock, mortgages, charges, contracts, obligations and
securities and the payment of dividends on and the repayment of the
capital stock and shares of all kinds and description and generally to
guarantee and insure the fulfillment and performance of contracts and
obligations of any kind or nature by all industrial and other
enterprises whatsoever.
(i) To undertake to acquire from holders or would be holders of cumulative
preference shares and debentures issued or to be issued by industrial
and other enterprises whatsoever and to undertake to pay dividends on
such share in lieu of said industrial and other enterprises.
(j) REPEALED
(k) To borrow and raise moneys and secure the repayment thereof in the
manner and on the terms as the Company may deem advisable, and
particularly by the issue of debentures, debenture stock,
bonds,obligations, mortgages and securities of all kinds and for that
purpose to charge and mortgage the Company's property, in whole or in
part, present and future, movable or immovable, including its uncalled
capital and any specific property and right of the Company.
(l) To issue debentures, debenture stock, pledges, obligations and
securities including charges, floating, specific and others of all
kinds, and on such conditions and upon such terms as will be deemed
expedient, and to secure the same by the Company's property, present
and future, in any way deemed advisable.
(m) To encourage and assist in the establishment, expansion,
rationalization and moderation of industrial and other enterprises
whatsoever, to encourage and assist in intensification of production
processes employed therein and enhancement of quality of goods
manufactured by them.
(n) To grant financial aid and other facilities to industrial and other
enterprises whatsoever with a view to assisting them in expansion of
exports of goods manufactured by them.
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(o) To direct, manage and administer, and to participate in the direction,
management and administration of industrial and other enterprises
whatsoever; to render managerial, technical and administrative advice
and to assist in the obtaining of managerial, technical and
administrative services to industrial and other enterprises
whatsoever.
(p) To participate in the foundation, establishment, administration,
supervision or control of businesses, concerns or ventures of any
industrial and other enterprises whatsoever, and for that purpose to
act as directors and/or sole director and nominate directors, book
keepers, and other experts and agents and to pay them for their work.
(q) To deal in the administration of business and transactions or other
individual ventures, whether commercial or otherwise connected with
business of the Company or relating thereto.
(r) To act as guardians, executors, administrators and representatives of
or on behalf of any person.
(s) To undertake and carry out the business of agents and representatives
and also to receive moneys, securities, properties and goods of all
kinds for the purpose of transfer, keeping or otherwise as this
Company may deem conductive to its main objects, for consideration or
without consideration or otherwise.
(t) To constitute any trusts with a view to the issue of preferred,
deferred or any other special stocks, securities, certificates or
other documents based on or representing any shares, stocks, or other
assets appropriated for the purposes of any such trust, and to settle
and regulate, and, if thought fit, to undertake and execute any such
trusts and to issue, hold or dispose of any such preferred, deferred
or other special stocks, securities, certificates or documents.
(u) To act as trustee by virtue of any deeds constituting or securing any
debentures, debenture stock, obligations or other securities and to
undertake and execute any other trusts, and also to undertake the
office of or exercise the powers of executors, administrators,
receivers, treasures, custodians and trust corporation.
(v) To undertake and execute any trusts, the undertaking whereof may seem
desirable, either gratuitously or otherwise.
(w) To appoint any Company or person as trustees to hold securities on
behalf of and to protect the interests of the Company.
(x) To hold in the names of others any property which the company is
authorized to acquire.
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(y) To form, promote, organize and assist or aid in forming, promoting,
subsidizing, organizing or aiding companies, syndicates or
partnerships of all kinds for the purpose of acquiring and undertaking
any property or liabilities of the Company or advancing directly or
indirectly the main objects thereof, and to take or otherwise acquire,
hold and dispose of shares, debentures and other securities in or of
any such company and to subsidize or otherwise assist such company.
(z) To enter into any partnership or arrangement in the nature of a
partnership, cooperation or union of interests, with any company or
person engaged or interested or about to become engaged or interested
in the carrying on or conduct of any business or enterprise which the
company is authorized to carry on or conduct.
(aa) To amalgamate or merge with any company and to arrange and do all acts
and things (whether by the establishment of companies or in any other
manner) required or conductive to the amalgamation or union of the
activities of any companies, concerns, firms and industries of all
kinds and to establish concerns for the marketing of their products.
Provided that such activities and things fall within the scope of the
main objects of the Company as herein before and hereinafter stated.
(bb) In connection with the main objects of the Company or in relation to
them, to purchase or otherwise acquire and undertake, whether as a
going concern or otherwise, any business of any person or company and
any property, assets, goodwill and liabilities of the proprietors of
that business connected with or incidental to such business.
(cc) In general and without limitation, to purchase, take on lease, hire,
exchange or otherwise acquire movable and immovable property and all
rights and concessions which the Company may deem expedient and
convenient for the purpose of its business and also to sell, mortgage,
give on lease or transfer in any other way such properties and rights.
(dd) To hold land generally, to purchase, take on lease or exchange, to
acquire any interest or right in land, buildings, structures,
plantations of any type or description whatsoever, to erect,
construct, enlarge, alter or demolish any buildings or structures, to
sell, give on lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of any such lands,
buildings, structures and plantations on such terms and conditions as
the company may deem conducive to its main objects.
(ee) To enter into arrangements with the State of Israel or with any other
State or with any government or authority whether supreme, federal,
local or otherwise, which may be conducive to all or any of the
company's main objects and to obtain, for that purpose, from any such
State, government or authority, any concession, grants, rights or
privileges whatsoever.
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(ff) To employ experts and to entrust them with the investigation into, and
examination of, the situation, prospects, value, character and
conditions of industrial and other enterprises whatsoever and of all
businesses auxiliary thereto and with the technical economic guidance
of the Board of Directors of the Company in their decisions regarding
the granting of loans and to enable such experts to render technical
and economic assistance to such industrial and other enterprises
whatsoever among the clientele of the Company, as the Company may from
time to time determine and on such terms and conditions as the Company
may from time to time determine.
(gg) To purchase or otherwise acquire, and to obtain rights of use or
exploitation and to protect, prolong and renew, whether in Israel, or
abroad, all kinds of patents, patent rights, brevets d'invention,
licences, protections and concessions (hereinafter referred to by the
general term "Patent Rights"), which in the opinion of this Company
may appear likely to be conductive to the main objects of the Company
and to also to use patent rights, to work in accordance therewith, to
exploit them and to derive any benefit therefrom, to make all
agreements and do all acts as regarding the use or exploitation or
derivation of any benefit whatsoever, from patent rights, and to sell
or otherwise transfer patent rights, and to grant licences and
privileges in respect of the same.
(hh) To deal in all scientific, technical and other research and
experiments including such research and experiments for the purpose of
the improvement or attempt at improvement of all inventions and patent
rights which the Company shall be entitled to or shall acquire or
desire to acquire.
(ii) To insure the Company, its property and business in whole or in part,
against all damage, loss, risk or liability.
(jj) To provide for the welfare of employees or ex-employees of the Company
and the wives and families or the dependents or connections of such
persons by building or contributing to the building of houses or
dwellings or by grant of money, pensions, allowances, bonus or other
payments or by creating, subscribing or contributing to provident and
other associations, institutions, funds or trusts and by providing or
subscribing or contributing towards places of instruction and
recreation, hospitals and dispensaries, medical and other attendance
and other assistance as the Company shall think fit.
(kk) To establish and promote any Company for the purpose of acquiring all
or any of the property, right and liabilities of the Company or for
any other purpose which may in the opinion of the Company seem
directly or indirectly calculated to further all or any of the main
objects of the Company.
(ll) To distribute any of the property or assets of the Company to its
members in kind or specie but in doing so, no such diminution in value
which may entail reduction of capital of the Company shall be allowed
unless such reduction is authorized in accordance with the law.
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(mm) To cause and procure the registration or recognition of the Company
in, or under the laws of, any country or place in the world,to obtain
and cause the enacting of any law, act, ordinance or administrative or
judicial order or otherwise in Israel or any other country or place in
order to enable the Company to perform its tasks and to take such
steps as may be necessary to give the Company rights and privileges in
any part of the world similar to those held by local companies and
partnerships.
(nn) To do in any country and place in the world all the things which the
Company is entitled - by virtue of law and of this Memorandum of
Association - to do in Israel.
(oo) To do all or any of the above things as are incidental or as may be
thought conducive to the attainment of the objects or any of them
enumerated in the Memorandum in Israel or any other part of the world
either as principals, agents, trustees, contractors or otherwise and
either alone or in conjunction with others.
(pp) To do all or any of the acts set out in the Second Schedule to the
Companies Ordinance; it is hereby declared that any object or power
that may be added to the Second Schedule to the Companies Ordinance by
virtue of any amendment to the Companies Ordinance or otherwise shall
be considered as if expressly added to this Memorandum of Association,
provided however that any object or power that may be eliminated from
the Second Schedule to the Companies Ordinance by virtue of any
amendment to the Companies Ordinance or otherwise shall not be deemed
to be eliminated from this Memorandum of Association and shall
continue to be included in this Memorandum of Association save in so
far as such object or power is prohibited by the law of Israel for the
time being. It is, however, hereby clearly agreed and understood that
the powers conferred by paragraphs (f) and (g) of the Second Schedule
shall not be conferred upon this Company save insofar as they or any
of them are contained, expressly or impliedly in this Clause.
(qq) And it is hereby agreed and declared that in this Memorandum of
Association the following expressions - whether they appear in the
Memorandum of Association itself or in the Second Schedule to the
Companies Ordinance - shall have the following meanings.-
"Person" - includes a company.
"Company" - includes, unless it refers to the Company (in this
Memorandum of Association referred to as "the Company" or "this
Company"), any company, cooperative society, body politic, public or
juristic, partnership or body of persons, whether incorporated or
unincorporated.
"Business of Banking Corporation" - including any business and act
permitted and to be permitted to a Banking Corporation under any law.
"Credit" - as is the meaning in Banking (Licensing) Law, 5741-1981.
"Enterprise" - including any person, firm business, economic unit and
commercial unit whatsoever.
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"To act" -and "to deal in" - and "to do" - and "to carry on the
business of" - and "to engage in" - include to deal in and to do by
way of promoting, carrying on, holding, operating, assisting,
managing, developing, improving, advancing, producing, renewing,
attending to, leasing, quarrying, mining, exploring, owning, taking on
lease, giving on lease, hiring, letting, purchasing, selling,
exchanging, participation, partitioning, encumbering, accepting
encumbrances, accepting rights or benefits, granting rights or
benefits, trading, importing, exporting, acting as commission agents,
and in any other way whatsoever.
(rr) And it is hereby agreed and declared that, save where otherwise
expressly provided, each of the objects and powers set out in each of
the paragraphs (a) to (m) inclusive of this Clause, expressly or
impliedly is an independent main object and shall in no way be limited
or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any of
the other paragraphs of this Clause or of any paragraph of the Second
Schedule to the companies Ordinance or the name of this company.
3. The liability of the member is limited.
4. The present share capital of the Company is 169,100.- (One Hundred and
Sixty Nine Thousand and One Hundred) New Israeli Shekels divided into:-
16,000 Ordinary "A" shares of 0.10 New Israeli Shekels each
135,399 Ordinary "B" shares of 0.10 New Israeli Shekels each
1 Ordinary "B1" share of 0.10 New Israeli Shekel
1,000,000 8% Cumulative Participating Preferred Ordinary
Shares of 0.001 New Israeli Shekels each.
57,500 3 1/2% Redeemable Cumulative Preference Shares of
0.10 New Israeli Shekels each.
17,000,000 6% Participating Cumulative linked Preference
Shares of 0.00018 New Israeli Shekels each.
1,000,000 6% Participating Cumulative linked Preference
Shares of 0.003 New Israeli Shekels each.
1,740,000 6% Participating Cumulative linked Preference
Shares of 0.003 New Israeli Shekels each.
164,000 7 1/2% Redeemable Cumulative linked Preference
Shares of 0.03 New Israeli Shekels each.
60,000 7 1/2% Redeemable Cumulative linked Preference
Shares of 2.10 New Israeli Shekels each.
50,100 Unclassified Shares of 0.10 New Israeli Shekels each.
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WE, the names of which are hereinafter enumerated, would like to incorporate
into a Company in accordance with this Memorandum of Association and agree to
take up the numbers of shares in the capital of this Company, as set out
opposite our names hereinafter appearing consecutively:-
NUMBER OF SHARES
TAKEN BY EACH
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS. THEIR ADDRESS & DESCRIPTION SUBSCRIBER TYPES OF SHARES
1. The State of Israel, by The Treasury, Jerusalem. 1 Ordinary "A"
Mr. Levy Eshkol Finance Minister
2. Mr. Pinhas Sapir The Ministry of Commerce & 1 Ordinary "A"
Industry, Jerusalem. Minister
Commerce & Industry
3. Bank Leumi LeIsrael B.M. Bank. Yehuda HaLevy St., 1 Ordinary "A"
Tel-Aviv
4. The Workers Bank Limited Bank. Yehuda HaLevy St. 1 Ordinary "A"
Tel-Aviv
5. Israel Discount Bank Limited Bank. Yehuda HaLevy St. 1 Ordinary "A"
Tel- Aviv
6. General Cooperative Association, Company. 1 Ordinary "A"
Jewish Labor 93 Arlosoroff St., Tel Aviv
in Eretz Israel Limited
7. Manufacturers' Association 13 Montefiore St., Tel Aviv 1 Ordinary "A"
DATE: 24.09.1957
WITNESS TO THE SIGNATURES
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THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF ISRAEL LIMITED
PRELIMINARY
1. The Articles contained in Table A of the Third Schedule to the Companies
Ordinance shall not apply to this Company except so far as same are repeated,
contained or made applicable in these Articles.
2. In these Articles the following expressions shall have the respective
meaning set opposite them, unless the context otherwise requires:-
"THE COMPANY" - Means the above named Company.
"THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE" - As amended and to be amended from time to time.*
"THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS" - The Board of Directors for the time being.
"THE OFFICE" - The Registered Office for the time being of the Company.
"THE REGISTER" - The Register of members to be kept pursuant to Section 29 of
the Companies Ordinance, or if the Company keeps Branch
Register(s) - any such Branch Register as the case may be.
"IN WRITING" and "WRITTEN" - Written, printed, typewritten or in any other legible form.
"THE SECRETARY" - Also includes the person duly appointed to perform
temporarily the duties of the secretary.
"SIGNATURE" - The signature of the signatory or his facsimile.
"THE ARTICLES" or "THESE ARTICLES - The Articles of Association of the Company as originally
framed or as amended or will be amended from time to by a
special resolution.
"THE PAID UP CAPITAL" - When relating to shares - the nominal capital paid up,
including the nominal capital credited as paid up.
* The phrases not defined in this Article will bear the same meaning as in the
Companies Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires.
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"ORDINARY PROFITS" - Profits of the Company other than the profits linking fund
and capital linking fund.
"PROFITS LINKING FUND" - Profits linking fund mentioned in Article 147.
"CAPITAL LINKING FUND" - Capital linking fund mentioned in Article 147.
"ORDINARY ASSETS" - The assets of the Company available for distribution among
its members on winding up, other than the capital linking
fund.
"SEAL" OR "THE SEAL OF THE COMPANY" - The seal of the Company or the facsimile thereof.
3. In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
defined in the Memorandum of Association of the Company shall have the meaning
so defined and, subject thereto, the expressions defined in the Companies
Ordinance shall have the meaning so defined, and subject thereto, the
expressions defined in the Interpretation Ordinance shall have the meaning so
defined; and words importing the singular shall include the plural, and vice
versa, and words importing the masculine gender shall include feminine. The
captions in these Articles shall not be taken into account in the construction
thereof.
4. The present share capital of the Company is 169,100.- (One Hundred and
Sixty Nine Thousand and One Hundred) New Israeli Shekels divided into:-
16,000 Ordinary "A" shares of 0.10 New Israeli Shekels each (hereinafter -
Ordinary "A" Shares).
135,399 Ordinary "B" shares of 0.10 New Israeli Shekels each (hereinafter -
Ordinary "B" Shares).
1 Ordinary "B1" share of 0.10 New Israeli Shekel (hereinafter -
Ordinary "Bl" Share).
1,000,000 8% Cumulative Participating Preferred Ordinary Shares of 0.001 New
Israeli Shekels each. (hereinafter - Preferred Ordinary Shares).
57,500 3 1/2% Redeemable Cumulative Preference Shares of 0.10 New Israeli
Shekels each. (hereinafter - Preference "A" Shares).
17,000,000 6% Participating Cumulative linked Preference Shares of 0.00018 New
Israeli Shekels each. (hereinafter - Preference "C" Shares).
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1,000,000 6% Participating Cumulative linked Preference Shares of 0.003 New
Israeli Shekels each. (hereinafter - Preference "CC" Shares).
1,740,000 6% Participating Cumulative linked Preference Shares of 0.003 New
Israeli Shekels each. (hereinafter - Preference "CC1" Shares).
164,000 7 1/2% Redeemable Cumulative linked Preference Shares of 0.03 New
Israeli Shekels each. (hereinafter - Preference "D" Shares).
60,000 7 1/2% Redeemable Cumulative linked Preference Shares of 2.10 New
Israeli Shekels each. (hereinafter - Preference "DD" Shares).
50,100 Unclassified Shares of 0.10 New Israeli Shekels each. (hereinafter -
Unclassified Shares).
5. Ordinary "A" shares and Preferred Ordinary Shares - and only such shares
- -shall confer on the holders thereof the right to receive notices of general
meetings and to participate, attend and vote at the general meetings, but
Ordinary "B" shares, Ordinary "Bl" Share, Preference "A" shares, Preference "C"
shares, Preference "CC" shares, Preference "CC1" shares, Preference "D" shares
and Preference "DD" shares shall not confer on the holders thereof, any of the
rights mentioned above.
6. The profits of the Company which it shall be decided in accordance with
these Articles to distribute from time to time and in respect of any period of
time between the members of the Company shall, subject to the provisions of
Article 130, be applied in the order and degree of priority following:-
(1) FIRST:- In paying a fixed cumulative preferential dividend at the rate
of 3 1/2% per annum on the capital paid up on Preference "A" shares, and at the
rate of 6% per annum (together with the increment emanating from the linking
terms) on the capital paid up on Preference "C" shares and at the rate of 6% per
annum (together with the increment emanating from the linking terms) on the
capital paid up on Preference "CC" shares and at the rate of 6% per annum
(together with the increment emanating from the linking terms)on the capital
paid up on Preference "CC1" shares and at the rate of 7 1/2% per annum (together
with the increment emanating from the linking terms) on the capital paid up on
Preference "D" shares and at the rate of 7-1/2% per annum (together with the
increment emanating from the linking terms) on the capital paid up on Preference
"DD" shares - all pari passu and proportionately to the capital paid up on the
said shares.
The said dividends without the increments emanating from the linking terms,
shall in the first place be paid out of the ordinary profits, and to the extent
that these will not be sufficient, from the profits linking fund. The increments
emanating from the linking terms shall be paid, unless provided otherwise in the
terms of issue of any share, in the first place out of the profits linking fund,
and to the extent that this will not be sufficient, from the ordinary profits.
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(2) SECOND:- In paying a fixed cumulative preferential dividend at the rate
of 8% per annum on the capital paid up on Preferred Ordinary Shares.
The said dividend shall be paid in the first place out of the ordinary profits
and to the extent that this will not be sufficient, from the profits linking
fund;
(3) THIRD:- In setting aside, out of the ordinary profits, sums to the
capital redemption reserve fund or funds for the redemption of redeemable
preference shares in accordance with the provisions of Article 47 of these
Articles;
(4) FOURTH:- In setting aside, out of the ordinary profits, sums to the
reserve fund in accordance with the provisions of Article 128 of these Articles:
(5) FIFTH:- In paying a non-cumulative dividend at the rate of 6% per annum
on the capital paid up on Ordinary "A" Shares;
(6) SIXTH:- In paying a non-cumulative dividend at the rate of 3% per annum
on the capital paid up on Ordinary "B" shares and on the ordinary "Bl" Share.
The dividends mentioned in items (5) and (6) shall be paid out of the ordinary
profits, and to the extent that this will not be sufficient, the Board of
Directors shall be entitled to recommend the payment of the said dividends out
of the profits linking fund.
(7) SEVENTH:- In setting aside additional sums out of the ordinary profits
to the reserve fund in accordance with the provisions of Article 128 of these
Articles, if it shall be so decided;
(8) EIGHTH:- The surplus of the ordinary profits, to the extent that it
shall be decided to be distributed, shall be distributed in the following order
and priority:-
(a) As additional dividend, - in amounts as the Board of Directors will
from time to time in its discretion recommend, - on the paid up capital of
preferred Ordinary shares and on the paid up capital of Preference "C" shares
and on the paid up capital of Preference "CC" shares and on the paid up capital
of Preference "CC1" shares in the proportion of 10 for each agora paid up on
each Preferred Ordinary share, 10 for each agora paid up on each Preference "C"
share, 6 for each agora paid up on each Preference "CC" share and 6 for each
agora paid up on each Preference "CC1" share - all pari passu and
proportionately to the paid up capital on said shares; and thereafter -
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(b) To the extent that it shall be decided to distribute additional
dividend out of the surplus of the ordinary profits after the distribution of
dividend as set out in sub-par. (a) of this Sub Article (8) above, it will be
distributed as additional dividend - in amounts as the Board of Directors will
from time to time in its discretion recommend, - on the paid up capital of
Ordinary "A" shares and on the paid up capital of Preferred ordinary shares and
on the paid up capital of Preference "C" shares and on the paid up capital of
Preference "CC" shares and on the paid up capital of Preference "CC1" shares, in
the proportion of ten for each agora paid up on each Ordinary "A" share, ten for
each agora paid up on each Preferred ordinary share, ten for each agora paid up
on each Preference "C" share, six for each agora paid up on each Preference "CC"
share and six for each agora paid up on each Preference "CC1" share - all pari
passu and proportionately to the paid up capital on said shares.
(9) NINTH:- The surplus of the profits linking fund, and to the extent that
it will be decided to distribute the same, shall be distributed in accordance
with the provisions of Article 149 of the Articles.
The expression "linking terms" in this Article and in the following Article 7,
means - the linking terms laid down in the terms of issue of Preference "C"
shares, preference "CC" shares, Preference "CC1" shares and Preference "DD"
shares, or as amended, if they will be amended.
The expression "linking terms" in this Article and in the following Article 7,
means - with regard to Preference "D" shares, the linking terms laid down in the
terms of issue of the said shares and in respect of which the monies payable
pursuant to such linking terms were paid out of the profits or the funds of the
Company or out of monies which were received by the Company by way of insurance
or indemnity and not out of monies which were paid directly to the holder of the
said shares by a third party.
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7. On a winding up of the company all its assets available for distribution
among its members shall be applied in the order and degree of priority
following:-
(1) FIRST:- In paying arrears of fixed cumulative preferential
dividends cumulated up to the date of commencement of the winding up
(whether such dividend has been declared or not) on the capital paid up on
Preference "A" shares, and in paying arrears of fixed cumulative
preferential dividend (together with the increment emanating from the
linking terms) cumulated up to the date of the commencement of the winding
up (whether such dividend has been declared or not) on the capital paid up
on Preference "C" shares, and in paying arrears of fixed cumulative
preferential dividend (together with the the increment emanating from the
linking terms) cumulated up to the date of the commencement of the winding
up (whether such dividend has been declared or not) on the capital paid up
on Preference "CC" shares, and in paying arrears and fixed cumulative
preferential dividend (together with the increment emanating from the
linking terms) cumulated up to the date of the commencement of the winding
up, (whether such dividend has been declared or not) on the capital paid up
on Preference "CC1" shares and in paying arrears of fixed cumulative
preferential dividend (together with the increment emanating from the
linking terms) cumulated up to the date of the commencement of the winding
up (whether such dividend has been declared or not) on the capital paid up
on Preference "D" shares, and in paying arrears of fixed cumulative
preferential dividend (together with the the increment emanating from the
linking terms) cumulated up to the date of the commencement of the winding
up (whether such dividend has been declared or not) on the capital paid up
on Preference "DD" shares - all pari passu and proportionately to the
capital paid up on such shares.
The arrears of the said dividends without the increments emanating from the
linking terms, shall in the first place be paid out of the ordinary assets,
and to the extent that this will not be sufficient, out of the capital
linking fund. The increments emanating from the linking terms shall be
paid, unless otherwise provided in the terms of issue of any share, in the
first place out of the capital linking fund and to the extent that this
will not be sufficient - out of the ordinary Assets.
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(2) SECOND:- In paying arrears of fixed cumulative preferential
dividend cumulated up to the day of commencement of the winding up (whether
such dividend has been declared or not) on the capital paid up on Preferred
ordinary Shares. The arrears of the said dividends shall in the first place
be paid out of the ordinary assets, and to the extent that these will not
be sufficient, -out of the Capital linking fund.
(3) THIRD:- In repaying the capital paid up on Preference "A" shares,
and in repaying the capital paid up (together with the increment emanating
from the linking terms) on Preference "C" shares, and in repaying the
capital paid up (together with the increment emanating from the linking
terms) on Preference "CC" shares, and in repaying the capital paid up
(together with the increment emanating from the linking terms) on
Preference "CC1" shares and in repaying the capital paid up (together with
the increment emanating from the linking terms) on Preference "D" shares,
and in repaying the capital paid up (together with the increment emanating
from the linking terms) on Preference "DD" shares - all pari passu and
proportionately to the capital paid up from the said shares.
The capital without the increment emanating from the linking terms shall be
repaid in the first place out of the ordinary assets, and to the extent
that this will not be sufficient, out of the capital linking fund. The
increments emanating from the linking terms shall be repaid, unless
otherwise provided in the terms of issue of any share, in the first place
out of the capital linking fund and to the extent that this will not be
sufficient - out of the Ordinary Assets.
(4) FOURTH:- In repaying the capital paid up on Preferred Ordinary
shares. The said capital shall be repaid in the first place out of the
Ordinary Assets, and to the extent that these will not be sufficient - out
of the capital linking fund.
(5) FIFTH:- In repaying the capital paid up on Ordinary "A" Shares,
and in repaying the capital paid up on Ordinary "B" shares and in repaying
the capital paid up on Ordinary "Bl" share - all pari passu and
proportionately to the capital paid up on the said shares. The said capital
shall be repaid in the first place out of the ordinary assets, and to the
extent that these will not be sufficient - out of the capital linking fund.
(6) SIXTH:- The surplus remaining from the differences which the state
will pay to the Company in the event of its winding-up (if paid) resulting
from the increase of the proportion of the increase of the Consumer Price
Index as against the rate of the increase of the representative rate of the
dollar regarding the dollar deposits which the Company has deposited with
the State, according to and as detailed in the exchange of letters between
the Company and the Accountant - General of the Ministry of Finance dated
May 6, 1996, be paid to the holders on holders of the Ordinary "Bl" share.
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(7) SEVENTH:- The surplus of the Ordinary Assets shall be divided
between the holders of Ordinary "A" shares, and the holders of Preferred
Ordinary Shares and the holders of Preference "C" shares and the holders of
Preference "CC" shares and the holders of preference "CC1" shares, in
accordance with the capital paid up thereon and in the proportion of - ten
for every Agora paid up on each Ordinary "A" share, ten for every Agora
paid up on each Preferred Ordinary Share, ten for every Agora paid up on
each Preference "C" share, six for every Agora paid up on each Preference
"CC" Share and six for every Agora paid up on each Preference "CC1" share -
all pari passu and proportionately to the capital paid up on such shares.
(8) EIGHTH:- The surplus of the capital linking fund shall be
distributed between the holders of Ordinary "A" shares, and the holders of
Preferred Ordinary Shares and the holders of Ordinary "B" shares, and the
holders of Ordinary "Bl" share, and the holders of Preferred Ordinary
Shares, and the holders of Preference "A" Shares - all pari passu and in
proportion to the capital paid up on these shares.
The increments emanating from the linking terms in connection with the
repayment of capital shall be deemed to be a premium to which the holders
of Preference "C" shares, the holders of Preference "CC" shares, the
holders of Preference "CC1" shares, and the holders of Preference "D"
shares, and the holders of Preference "DD" Shares, are entitled by virtue
of their being holders of linked shares.
8. If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of
shares, the rights attached to any class, unless otherwise provided by the terms
of issue of the shares of that class, may be modified, abrogated or otherwise
dealt with by the Company, with the consent in writing of the holders of three
fourths of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a Special
Resolution passed at a special general meeting of the holders of the shares of
the class. The provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings and to
the convening thereof and to notices in respect thereof and to resolutions to be
passed thereat shall mutates mutandis apply to every such special general
meeting.
9. Repealed.
10. The amount payable to the Company on application on each share of the
Company shall not be less than 10% (ten percent), unless the Board of Directors
otherwise decide.
11. Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the shares shall be under
the control of the Board of Directors, who may allot them or otherwise dispose
of them to such persons, on such terms and conditions and either at a premium or
at par, or subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, at a discount
and at such times as the Board of Directors may deem fit, and with full power to
give to any person preference to acquire any shares, either at par or at a
premium or, subject as aforesaid, at a discount, during such time and for such
consideration as the Board of Directors may deem fit.
12. The Company may make arrangements, on the allotment of shares, for the
differences between the holders of such shares in the amount of calls to be paid
at the time of payments of such calls.
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13. If by the terms of allotment of any share, the whole or part of the
amount or issue price thereof shall be payable by installments, every such
installment shall, when due, be paid to the Company by the person who for the
time being and from time to time shall be the registered holder of the shares or
his legal personal representative.
14. The joint holders of a share shall be severally and jointly liable for
the payment of all installments and calls to or in respect of such share.
15. The Company may at any time pay a commission to any person for
subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally for
any share, debenture or debenture stock of the Company, or procuring or agreeing
to procure subscriptions whether absolute or conditional, for any share,
debenture, debenture stock of the Company but so that if the commission payable
in respect of shares shall be paid out of the Capital, the statutory conditions
and requirements and the conditions and requirements of the Memorandum and
Articles of Association of the Company shall be observed and complied with. The
amount or rate of the commission shall not exceed 10% (ten percent) of the
shares, debentures or debenture stock in each case subscribed, or to be
subscribed and the commission may be paid or satisfied in cash or in shares,
debentures or debenture stock of the Company, as the case may be.
16. Save as in these Articles otherwise provided the Company shall be
entitled to treat the registered holder of any share as the absolute owner
thereof, and shall not, except as otherwise ordered by a Court of competent
jurisdiction or as by law required, be bound to recognize any equitable or other
claim to, or interest in, any such share on the part of any other person.
CERTIFICATES
17. The Certificate of Title shall be sealed with the Seal of the Company
or the facsimile thereof and shall bear the signature of two Directors or of one
Director and the Secretary or any other person appointed for that purpose by the
Board of Directors.
18. If any certificate be worn out or defaced, then upon production thereof
to the Board of Directors they may order the same to be canceled and may issue a
new certificate in lieu thereof, and if any certificate be lost or destroyed
then upon proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors and on
such indemnity as the Board of Directors may deem fit being given, a new
certificate in lieu thereof shall be given to the party entitled to such lost or
torn certificate. The sum of One New Shekel shall be paid to the Company for
every certificate given under this Article.
19. The certificate of shares registered in the names of two or more
persons shall be delivered to the person first named on the register of members.
CALLS
20. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, make such calls as they
think fit upon the members in respect of all moneys unpaid on the shares held by
each of the members and not by the conditions of allotment thereof made payable
at fixed times, and each member shall pay the amount of every call so made on
him to the persons and at the times and places appointed by the Directors.
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21. A month's notice of any call shall be given specifying the time and
place of payment, and to whom such call shall be paid, provided that before the
time for payment of such call the Board of Directors may, by notice in writing
to the members, revoke the same or extend the time for payment thereof.
22. If by the terms of issue of any share or otherwise, any amount is made
payable at any fixed time or by installments at fixed times, every such amount
or installment shall be payable as if it were a call made by the Board of
Directors and of which due notice had been given and furthermore all the
provisions herein contained in respect of such calls shall relate to such amount
or installment accordingly.
23. If the sum in respect of any call or installment be not paid on or
before the day appointed for payment thereof, the holder for the time being of
the share in respect of which the call shall have been made or the installment
shall be due, shall pay interest for the same at the rate of 11% (eleven
percent) per annum from the day appointed for the payment thereof to the time of
the actual payment. but the Board of Directors may dispense with payment of the
interest in whole or in part.
24. The Board of Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any member
willing to advance the same, the sums outstanding upon all or any of the shares
held by him beyond the sums actually called for; and upon the amounts so paid in
advance, or any part thereof the Board of Directors may pay interest to such
member (up to the date the amount would become payable, if it were not paid in
advance) at such rate as the Board of Directors and the members paying in
advance may agree upon (provided that the rate shall not, without the consent of
the Company in general meeting, exceed eight percent).
FORFEITURE AND LIEN
25. If any member fails to pay any call or installment on or before the day
appointed for the payment of the same, the Board of Directors may at any time
thereafter, during such time as the call or installment remains unpaid, serve a
notice on such member requiring him to pay the same together with any interest
that may have accrued, and all expenses that may have been incurred or
undertaken by the Company by reason of such non-payment. In the event of the
member failing to pay the amount due by the date fixed in such notice (which
shall be at least one month), the shares in respect of which such notice shall
have been given shall be forfeited by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
The provisions of this clause shall apply subject to the conditions made (if
made expressly and in writing) at the time of the allotment of any share.
26. A certificate in writing signed by two Directors stating that the call
in respect of a share was made, and that the forfeiture of the share was made by
a Resolution of the Board of Directors, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact
stated therein as against all persons entitled to such share.
27. Any share so forfeited shall be the property of the Company and the
Board of Directors may sell, deliver, re-allot or generally dispose of the same
to any person whoever, including the original holder thereof and upon such terms
and conditions and in such a manner as they may deem fit.
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28. The Company may receive the consideration, given for the share on any
sale, delivery, re-allotment or other disposition thereof and the person to whom
such share is sold, re-allotted or disposed of, may be registered as the holder
of the share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the
consideration, nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity
or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale,
re-allotment or other disposal of the share.
29. The Board of Directors may at any time before any share so forfeited
shall have been sold, delivered, re-allotted or generally disposed of, annul the
forfeiture thereof upon such terms and conditions as they think fit.
30. Any member whose shares shall have been forfeited, shall
notwithstanding be liable to pay, and shall forthwith pay to the Company all
calls, installments, interest and expenses owing upon or in respect of such
shares at the time of forfeiture until the payment together with the interest
thereon, at the rate of eleven percent per annum and furthermore the Board of
Directors may enforce the payment by the members of such moneys or any part
thereof if they think fit, but shall not be under any obligation so to do.
31. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien upon all the shares
registered in the name of each member and upon the proceeds of sale thereof, for
his debts, liabilities and engagements solely or jointly with any person, to or
with the Company, whether the period for the payment, fulfillment or discharge
thereof shall have actually arrived or not, and no equitable interest in any
share shall be created except upon the footing and conditions that Article 16
hereof is to have full effect; such lien shall extend to all dividends from time
to time declared in respect of such shares unless otherwise agreed by the Board
of Directors. The registration by the Company of a transfer of share shall not
operate as a waiver by the Company of its lien on such share and the dividends
in respect thereof. The Board of Directors may at any time declare any share to
be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article.
32, The Board of Directors may for the purpose of enforcing such lien, sell
the shares subject thereto in such manner as they may deem fit, but no sale
shall be made until notice in writing of the intention to sell shall have been
served on such member or his executors or administrators, and default shall have
been made by him or them of the payment, discharge or fulfillment of such debts,
liabilities or engagements for 7 days after such notice.
33. The net proceeds of the sale of any such share after payment of the
costs of such sale shall be applied in or towards the satisfaction of the debts,
liabilities or engagements of such member and the residue (if any) paid to him,
his executors, administrators or assigns.
TRANSFER OF SHARES
34. (a) The Company shall keep a register of members and a register to be
called "Register of Transfers" in which shall be recorded in detail
and with clarity the particulars of transfer of each share.
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(b) Subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, the Company
shall be entitled to keep a branch register or branch registers in any
country in the world for its members who are not residents of Israel.
35. No transfer of shares shall be registered unless an instrument of
transfer in the usual common form has been delivered to the Company. Shares of
different classes shall not be comprised in the same instrument of transfer. The
instrument of transfer of any share shall be signed by or on behalf of both the
transferor and the transferee. However, the Board of Directors may decide at
their discretion that in the case of the transfer of fully paid up shares the
instrument of transfer shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor alone.
The Board of Directors may also decide at their discretion that the signatures
on an instrument of transfer need not be witnessed. The transferor shall be
deemed to remain the holder of such share until the name of the transferee is
entered in the register in respect thereof. With regards to shares registered in
a Branch Register, the instrument of transfer may be in such form and may be
signed in such manner as may be allowed or accepted by law or custom prevailing
in the country where the Branch Register is kept, and inter alia, the instrument
of transfer may be by way of endorsement signed by the transferor only on the
Certificate of Title regarding the transferred shares or including them.
36. Every instrument of transfer shall be delivered for registration at the
registered office of the Company, or at the office where a Branch Register of
the Company is kept (or as the case may be), or at any other place as the Board
of Directors shall from time to time determine, accompanied by a Certificate of
the shares to be transferred and such other evidence as the Company may require
to prove the title of the transferor or the right of the transferee to accept
the transfer of the shares as aforesaid.
37. No Ordinary "A" Shares shall be transferred to any person, whether or
not he is a member of the Company, unless the Board of Directors have previously
resolved to consent to the transfer - and, furthermore, the Board of Directors
shall not be bound to give any reason for their refusal or failure so to
resolve. Furthermore, the Board of Directors may decline to register or
acknowledge the transfer of any other share upon which the Company has a lien or
whilst any member executing the transfer is either alone or jointly with others
indebted to the Company on any account whatsoever or whilst any of the shares
desired to be transferred or any of them were not fully paid-up or unless the
transferee is approved by the Board of Directors and such refusal shall not be
affected by the fact that the proposed transferee is already a member in the
Company.
38. The executors or administrators or heirs of a deceased member (not
being one of the several joint holders of the share)shall be the only persons
recognized by the Company as having any right whatsoever in respect of the
shares registered in the name of such deceased member and in the case of the
death of any one or more of the joint holders of any registered share, the
survivor shall be the only person recognized by the Company as having any title
to, or right in such share.
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39. Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or
bankruptcy of a member upon such evidence being produced, as may from time to
time be required by the Board of Directors, of grant of probate or Letters of
Administration or Declaration of Succession or Order or certificate in
accordance with the laws of Bankruptcy or other evidence that sustains the
character in respect of which he proposes to act under this Article or which
signifies his title, shall be entitled with the consent of the Board of
Directors (which they shall be under no obligation to give) to be registered as
a member in respect of such share, or may, subject to the Articles as to
transfer herein contained, make such transfer of the share as the deceased when
alive or bankrupt prior to his bankruptcy could have made.
40. A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or
bankruptcy of the holder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other
advantages to which he would become entitled if he were the registered holder of
the share, except that he shall not, before being registered as a member in
respect of the share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right,
conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company.
SHARE WARRANTEES TO BEARER
41. The following Articles marked 42 to 46 both inclusive, shall apply only
if the Company be authorised as long as such authorization be required by Law,
by the competent authority to issue bearer shares.
42. The Company may issue share warrants to bearer and, accordingly, the
Board of Directors may in its discretion issue share warrants, to bearer, sealed
by the Common Seal of the Company and duly stamped. The Board of Directors may
do so with respect to any share which is fully paid up, on application in
writing signed by the person registered as holder of the share and authenticated
by such evidence, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time
require, as to the identity of the person signing the request and on receiving
the certificate, if any, of the share, and pay the amount of stamp duty on the
warrant, and such fee as the Board of Directors may from time to time require.
It shall be stated in the share warrant to bearer that the bearer of the warrant
is entitled to the shares therein specified. Provision may be made by coupons or
otherwise for the payment of dividends or other monies in respect of the shares
included in the warrant.
43. A share warrant to bearer shall entitle the holder thereof to the
shares included therein. Such shares shall be transferable by way of the
delivery of the share warrant to bearer and the provisions of the articles of
the Company with respect to transfer and transmission of shares shall not apply
in respect of the shares included in the share warrant. The holder of a share
warrant to bearer shall, on surrender of the warrant to the Company for
cancellation, and on payment of such sum as the Board of Directors may from time
to time prescribe, be entitled to have his name entered as a member in the
register of members in respect of the shares included in the warrant which was
surrendered as aforesaid.
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44. The holder of a share warrant to bearer may whenever he wishes to
deposit the warrant at the office, and so long as the warrant remains so
deposited, the depositor shall have the same right of signing a requisition for
calling a meeting of the Company and of attending and voting and exercising the
other privileges of a member at any meeting held after the expiration of two
clear days from the time of deposit, as if his name were inserted in the
register of members as the holder of the shares included in the deposited
warrant, provided that the shares be of a class conferring the above rights on
the registered holder thereof. One person only shall be recognized as depositor
of a certain share warrant to bearer. The Company shall, on two days' written
and prior notice, return the deposited share warrant to bearer to the depositor.
45. Subject as herein otherwise expressly provided, no person shall, as
holder of a share warrant to bearer, sign a requisition for calling a meeting of
the Company, or attend, or vote or exercise any other right of a member at
General meetings of the Company, or be entitled to receive any notices from the
Company, but the holder of a share warrant to bearer shall be entitled in all
other respects to the same privileges and advantages as if he were named in the
register of members as the holder of the shares included in the warrant and
shall be a member of the Company.
46. The Board of Directors may from time to time make rules as to the terms
on which, if they shall think fit, a new share warrant to bearer or coupon may
be issued in case of defacement, loss or destruction of the original share
warrant to bearer or coupons.
REDEEMABLE PREFERENCE SHARES
47. (a) Subject to the provisions of Sec. 38 of the Companies ordinance, the
Company shall be entitled to issue preference shares which are
redeemable, or at the option of the Company are liable to be redeemed
on such terms and in such manner as shall be determined by the
Company. The Company shall likewise be entitled to link the said
shares or any of them to any particular rate of exchange or to any
other index or value.
(b) The Company shall be entitled to resolve upon the establishment of a
redemption capital fund or funds for the redemption of redeemable
preference shares or any of them, and subject to the provisions of
Articles 6 and 149 of the Articles, to determine from time to time the
sums to be set aside to such fund or funds and the source out of which
such sums are to be set aside.
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INCREASE, REDUCTION AND ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
48. The Company may from time to time by Special Resolution, whether all
the authorized shares for the time being have been issued or not, and whether
calls have been made in respect of the full payment of all the shares issued for
the time being or not, increase the capital thereof by the creation of new
shares and such inclusive increase shall be by such amount and divided into
shares of such denominations as the General Meeting resolving the creation
thereof shall in there resolution direct; subject to all the rights attached for
the time being to shares of any special class and without prejudicing such
rights, there may be attached to shares of such increased capital, such rights
or special privileges as the General Meeting resolving the creation thereof
shall direct or, failing such direction, as the Board of Directors shall by
resolution determine, and in particular, there may be issued shares with
preferential rights, deferred rights or limited rights in respect of dividend,
repayment of capital or participation in surplus assets or otherwise, and with
special rights or without any voting right, and any preference shares may be
issued by resolution of the Board of Directors which are, or at the option of
the Company are liable to be redeemed provided that the Company may not issue
additional preference shares (whether cumulative or not, whether linked or not,
whether participating or not, whether redeemable or not) which in order of
priority in respect of payment of dividend, linking terms, repayment of capital
and premium shall stand before Preference "A" Shares, Preference "C" Shares,
Preference "CC" Shares, Preference "CC1" Shares, Preference "D" Shares and
Preference "DD" Shares, and further provided that the Company shall be entitled
to issue additional Preference Shares as aforesaid, which shall be pari passu
with Preference "A" Shares, Preference "C" Shares, Preference "CC" Shares,
Preference "CC1" Shares, Preference "D" Shares and Preference "DD" Shares, in
every respect or in respect of payment of dividend, linking terms and repayment
of capital or premiums.
49. Except so far as otherwise provided by the Special Resolution creating
the increase of share capital, the new shares shall be subject to the same
provisions applying to the shares of the original capital with reference to
payment, calls, forfeiture and lien, transfer and transmission and otherwise.
50. The Company may, by Special Resolution:-
(a) Consolidate and divide its share capital or any part thereof,
into shares of larger amount than the consolidated shares;
(b) By sub-division of its existing shares, or any of them, divide
the whole, or part of its share capital into shares of smaller
amount than is fixed by the Memorandum of Association, subject
nevertheless, to the provisions of Paragraph (d) of subsection 1
of Section 43 of the Companies Ordinance;
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(c) 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;
(d) Reduce the share capital of the Company in strict compliance with
the provisions existing at the time by virtue of the law in
respect of the manner of reduction and the terms connected
therewith.
BORROWING POWERS
51. The Board of Directors may from time to time at its discretion borrow
monies in any amount and secure the payment of monies in any amount for the
purposes of the Company and its objects as the Board of Directors may deem fit.
52. The Board of Directors may raise or secure the repayment of such sum or
sums in such manner and upon such conditions as they think fit, and in
particular by the issue of bonds, debentures or debenture stock, or any
mortgage, charge, or other security on the property of the Company in whole or
in part (both present and future) including its uncalled capital for the time
being.
53. All bonds, debentures, debenture stock, obligations or other securities
shall be issued upon such conditions and in such manner and form as the Board of
Directors will deem fit.
53A. Repealed
54. (a) Debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations or other securities
may be issued to be assignable free from any equities between the
Company and the person to whom the same were issued.
(b) Debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations and other securities
may be created to be assignable free from any equities between the
Company and the person to whom the same were issued.
55. If the uncalled capital of the Company in whole or in part is charged
or is included in a charge by way of any mortgage, bond, debenture, debenture
stock, obligation or other security, the Board of Directors may authorize the
person in whose favor such mortgage, bond, debenture, debenture stock,
obligation or other security as aforesaid is executed or any person in trust for
him to make calls on the member in respect of such uncalled capital and the
provisions herein before contained with regard to calls shall mutatis mutandis
apply to calls made under such authority and such authority may be made
exerciseable either conditionally or unconditionally and either presently or
contingently and either to the exclusion of the power of the Board of Directors
or otherwise. Simultaneously, with the grant or authority under this Article it
may be provided that the authority is assignable to another if it be so
expressly stated.
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56. If any of the Directors or officers of the Company or any other person
shall become personally liable for the payment of any sum for which the Company
is primarily liable, the Board of Directors may execute or cause to be executed
any mortgage, charge or other security over or affecting the whole or any part
of the assets of the Company by way of indemnity to secure such Director or
officer of the Company or such other person aforesaid from any loss which may be
caused to him in respect of his personal liability as aforesaid.
57. The Company shall keep a proper register in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Ordinance of all mortgages, debentures and charges
affecting the property of the Company.
STATUTORY MEETING AND GENERAL MEETINGS
58. The Statutory Meeting of the Company shall be held at such place and
time (not less than one month nor more than three months from the date at which
the Company becomes entitled to commence business) as the Board of Directors may
determine and in connection therewith the Board of Directors shall comply with
the provisions of Section 62 of the Companies Ordinance.
59. General Meeting of the Company shall be held once at least in every
solar year at such times not being more than fifteen months after the holding of
the last preceding General Meeting and at such places as may be determined by
the Board of Directors. Such General Meetings shall be called Ordinary General
meetings and any other general meeting of the Company, other than the Statutory
Meeting, shall be called Extraordinary General Meeting.
60. The Board of Directors may call an Extraordinary General Meeting
whenever they think fit.
61. (1) The Board of Directors shall forthwith proceed to convene an
Extraordinary General Meeting on the requisition in writing delivered
to the Office by members, if the requisition was signed by a member or
members being holders on the date of the deposit of the requisition of
not less than one-tenth of such paid capital of the Company conferring
on the date of the deposit of the requisition voting right at General
Meetings of the Company.
(2) The requisition must state the object of the Extraordinary General
Meeting and may consist of several documents in like form, each signed
by one or more requisitionists.
(3) If 21 days have elapsed since the deposit of the requisition (and if
the requisition was deposited in several documents, then, since the
Deposit of the document which completed the required minimum) and the
Board of Directors do not proceed to call an Extraordinary General
Meeting, then the requisitionists or some of them representing the
majority of the voting rights of all requisitionists may themselves
call an Extraordinary General Meeting provided that an Extraordinary
General Meeting which was thus called should not be held after the
expiration of three months from the deposit of the requisition or the
minimum requisition at the office as aforesaid.
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(4) Any Extraordinary General Meeting called under this Article by the
requisitionists shall be called in the same manner as nearly as
possible as that in which Meetings are to be called by the Board of
Directors.
(5) Any reasonable expense incurred by the requisitionists by reason of
the failure of the Board of Directors duly to convene an Extraordinary
General Meeting, shall be repaid to the requisitionists by the Company
and any sum so repaid should be deducted by the Company from any sums
due to or become due from the Company by way of fees or other
remunerations for their services to such of the Directors who failed
to call the Extraordinary General Meeting.
62. Seven days' prior notice at least of every General Meeting , Ordinary,
Extraordinary (other than a meeting for the passing of a Special Resolution) and
by whomsoever called, specifying the date, hour and place of the meeting and,
subject to the provisions of Article 170 hereof, a statement of the business to
be transacted at the meeting and in case it is proposed to pass an Extraordinary
Resolution, the intention to propose a resolution as an Extraordinary
Resolution, shall be given to the persons entitled under, and in the manner
provided by, the Companies Ordinance and these presents.
63. Prior notice of twenty one days at least shall be given to all members
entitled thereto in accordance with the Companies Ordinance and these Articles
in respect of any Ordinary or Extraordinary General Meeting whenever it is
proposed to pass thereat a Special Resolution and whoever calls the Meeting and
in the notice it shall be specified the designated date, hour and place of the
Meeting, and subject to the provisions of Article 170 hereof the matters to be
discussed at the Meeting and the intention to pass the resolution as a Special
Resolution shall also be stated in the notice.
64. The accidental omission to give notice to or the non-receipt thereof by
any Member shall not invalidate any resolution passed at any such General
Meeting.
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
65. Two members present at a General Meeting, in person or represented by
Attorney or by Proxy, and holding between themselves a number of Ordinary "A"
shares entitling them to one third of the total number of votes of the Company,
shall be a quorum, and no business shall be transacted at any Meeting unless a
quorum be present at the commencement of the business.
66. No business shall be discussed at any General meeting whilst the Chair
is vacant, except the election of a Chairman.
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67. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall take the Chair at every
General Meeting. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors or if at any
General Meeting he shall not be present within 15 minutes after the time
appointed for holding such Meeting or is unable to participate due to illness or
any other cause, or is unwilling to act as Chairman of the Meeting, the
Directors present at the Meeting may choose one of their number to act as
Chairman of the Meeting and if no more than one Director shall be present at the
Meeting or if they fail to do so, the members present, or represented by
attorney or by proxy shall choose the only Director present or one of the
Directors present to be the Chairman of the Meeting, and if no Director is
present or willing to take the Chair, the members present in person or
represented by attorney or by proxy, shall choose one of those present, whether
as a member or as a proxy, to be the Chairman of the Meeting.
68. If within half an hour after the time appointed for the holding of a
General Meeting, a quorum be not present, the Meeting if convened on the
requisition of members shall be dissolved and in every other case shall stand
adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such
other day, time and place as the Board of Directors may fix by notice to the
shareholders entitled to notice of General Meetings, and if at such adjourned
meeting a quorum be not present, members present at the Meeting, in person or by
proxy and entitled to be present thereat, shall be a quorum and may transact the
business for which the Meeting was called.
69. The Chairman with the consent of the Meeting may adjourn any Meeting
from time to time and from place to place.
70. Except as provided by the Companies ordinance in the case of the
Statutory Meeting, no business shall be transacted at any adjourned Meeting
other than business which might have been transacted at the Original Meeting.
71. In any General Meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting,
shall be decided upon by a poll only. A declaration by the Chairman that a
resolution has been carried unanimously or by a particular majority, or lost,
and an entry to that effect in the book of minutes of General Meetings of the
Company, shall be conclusive evidence of this fact without further proof of the
number of proportion of the votes recorded in favor of or against that
resolution.
72. Any vote shall be taken in such a manner, time and place as the
Chairman of the meeting will direct but it is permissible to carry out the
voting immediately or after an interval or adjournment.
73. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the meeting at
which the voting takes place, shall be entitled to a casting vote in addition to
his own vote or votes to which he may be entitled as a member in the Company or
as an attorney or as a proxy of a member.
74. Any voting demanded for the election of the Chairman of the meeting or
any question of adjournment shall be immediately taken at the meeting without
adjournment.
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75. The demand of a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a Meeting for
the transaction of any business in the agenda other than the question on which a
poll was demanded.
76. Any resolution of the Company in General Meeting shall be deemed duly
passed if it be passed by a simple majority of vote, unless a different majority
is required by law or these Articles.
VOTES OF MEMBERS
77. Upon a voting, every member entitled to vote and present in person or
represented by attorney or by proxy, shall have 1,000 (one thousand) votes for
every Ordinary "A" Share held by him, and 1 (one) vote for every Preferred
ordinary Share held by him.
78. Members entitled to vote may do so either personally or by proxy, or,
if the member is a company (as defined in the Memorandum of Association of this
Company) by a duly authorized representative (hereinafter referred to as an
"attorney"). The instrument appointing a proxy shall be made in writing under
the hands of the appointor or of a person duly authorized by him in writing for
that purpose. If the member is a company (defined as aforesaid) the instrument
appointing its attorney shall be made in writing and be executed in accordance
with the Memorandum and Articles of the appointing Company.
79. Any person (as defined in the Memorandum of Association of this
Company) whether he be a member of the Company or not, shall be able to act as
an attorney or proxy.
80. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and in the usual
common form or in any other form approved or accepted by the Board of Directors.
81. (a) No person shall act as a proxy unless the instrument authorizing him
be deposited in the Office, and if appointed by an agent, the Power of
Attorney or other authorization, or notarially certified copies of the
instrument approving the agent, and this at least 48 hours before the
time appointed for the holding of the meeting at which the proxy is to
vote and if no deposit shall be made as aforesaid the appointment
shall not be treated as valid.
(b) An attorney shall not be entitled to vote unless the Power of Attorney
or other instrument authorizing him or notarially certified copies
thereof have been registered in the books of the Company and this at
least 48 hours before the time fixed for the convening of the meeting
at which the attorney is to vote or if the same have been deposited at
the Office at least 48 hours before the time fixed for holding of the
meeting as aforesaid.
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(c) Notwithstanding that the Power of Attorney or the other authorization
has been registered in the books of the Company, the Company shall be
entitled, by written notice to a member or attorney sent at least 7
days prior to the date at which a General Meeting is to be held, to
demand the submission at the Office of the original Power of Attorney
or authorization, and if a notice be sent as aforesaid and the
original Power of Attorney or authorization be not deposited at least
48 hours before the time for the meeting, the attorney shall not be
entitled to vote at such meeting.
82. If an instrument of appointment is confined to the object of appointing
an attorney or a proxy for voting at Meetings of the Company it shall remain
permanently or for such time as the Board of Directors may determine, in the
custody of the Company and if embracing other objects, a copy thereof, examined
with the original, shall be delivered to the Company to remain in the custody of
the Company.
83. A vote, if given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of
appointment of attorney or proxy, shall be valid notwithstanding the previous
death of the principal, or revocation of the appointment, or transfer of the
share in respect of which the vote is given, provided no intimation in writing
of the death, revocation or transfer shall have been received at the office or
by the Chairman of the meeting before the vote is given.
84. A member of unsound mind may vote by his curator committee, curator or
any other person acting as a curator committee or curator.
85. In the case of joint holders of a share, the vote of the senior who
tenders the vote, whether in person or by attorney or by proxy, shall be
accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other holders. For this purpose
seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the
register of members.
DIRECTORS
86. The number of Directors shall not be less than 7 and shall not be more
than 15. The Directors of the Company for the time being shall constitute the
Board of Directors of the Company.
87. The appointment of Directors of the Company and their removal from
office shall be effected from time to time by the holders of the Ordinary "A"
Shares (subject to that stated in Article 89A below with regard to the
appointment of the additional Director) and shall be carried out in the manner
specified below:
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(a) Each member holding himself 1015 (one thousand and fifteen) or more of
Ordinary "A" Shares shall be entitled to appoint one Director for each
1015 (one thousand and fifteen) of the Ordinary "A" Shares held by him
as at the date of the appointment. Furthermore, any group of members
whose Ordinary "A" Shares total 1015 (one thousand and fifteen) or
more ordinary "A" Shares shall be entitled to appoint one Director for
each 1015 (one thousand and fifteen) of the Ordinary "A" shares held
together by it, as at the date of the appointment. A Director who is
appointed by virtue of this Article by the State of Israel shall be
called in these Articles "the Governmental Director".
(b) Appointment of Directors shall be effected by a deed of appointment
signed by the appointor or the appointors, as the case may be, and
countersigned by the Appointee which signature shall indicate his
consent to serve as a Director in the Company.
(c) Appointment of Directors shall be valid from the date of the delivery
of the deed of appointment duly signed as aforesaid, to the office, or
from a later date in the event that this shall so be stipulated in the
deed of appointment.
(d) The appointor or appointors of a Director may at any time remove him
from his office by way of a document in writing, signed by the
appointor or appointors, as the case may be.
(e) The removal of a Director from his office shall have effect as from
the date of the delivery to the Office of the deed of removal from
office or on a later date in the event that this shall be so specified
in such document.
(f) The deed of appointment or deed of removal shall be in the form which
shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
88. (1) In the event that the appointor of a Director shall have ceased to
hold Ordinary "A": Shares in the Company or the number of Ordinary "A"
Shares held by him shall be less than the minimum of 1015 (one
thousand and fifteen) Ordinary "A" Shares, the Director who shall have
been appointed by him shall cease immediately to serve as a Director.
(2) A Director who shall have been appointed by a group of members shall
not cease to hold such office for the reason that one or more of the
members of the group shall have ceased to hold Ordinary "A" Shares of
the Company, but the Director shall continue to hold his office for so
long as the total amount of the Ordinary "A" Shares held by the
remainder of the members of the group shall not fall below 1015 (one
thousand and fifteen) Ordinary "A" Shares.
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89. If the appointor or the appointors shall have appointed - by virtue of
the number of the Ordinary "A" Shares held by him or by them - more than one
Director and the number of Ordinary "A" Shares which he or they hold shall not
fall below the minimum of 1015 (One thousand and fifteen) Ordinary "A" Shares
for each one of the Directors who shall have been appointed by him or by them,
then the number of the Directors who shall have been appointed by him or by them
shall be automatically reduced in such manner that the appointor or the
appointors shall be represented by such number of the Directors as he or they
is/are entitled, in accordance with the proportion of one Director for each 1015
(One thousand and fifteen) Ordinary "A" Shares held by him or by them. The
Director who shall last have been appointed shall be the first for retirement,
and if more than one Director shall have been appointed on the same day, the
younger of them shall resign first. However, if more than one Director shall
have been appointed by one deed of appointment, the Director whose name is
mentioned last in the deed of appointment, shall be the first to retire from
office as Director.
89A. The Board of Directors shall be entitled from time to time to appoint
one additional Director to the Company (in these Articles - the Additional
Director) for a fixed period or without limitation of time, and to remove him at
any time from this office. When the additional director shall have been
appointed by the Board of Directors as aforesaid, he shall serve as Chairman of
the Board of Directors throughout the entire period during which he shall serve
as an Additional Director of the Company in accordance with these Articles. That
stated in this Article is in addition to that stated in Articles 87, 88 and 89
of these Articles above.
For avoidance of any doubt, it is hereby emphasized that the Additional Director
is a Director in the Company for all effects and purposes and all that stated in
these Articles with regard to a Director shall also apply with regard to the
Additional Director.
90. Repealed.
91. Repealed.
92. Repealed.
93. An instrument in writing under the hand of the Minister of Commerce and
Industry, certifying that any person was appointed by the State of Israel as a
Director of the Company or was removed from office shall be conclusive evidence
of the validity of appointment and consent of the Directors to accept the
appointment or removal, as the case may be. In order to remove any doubt the
provisions of this Article are in augmentation but not in derogation of the
provisions of Article 87, Article 88 and Article 89.
94. Repealed.
95. Repealed.
96. No Director shall be required to hold any shares in the Company.
97. A retired Director shall be eligible for reappointment as Director.
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98. No Director shall be disqualified by his office from holding any office
or place of profit in the Company or in any Company which is a shareholder or
otherwise interested in this Company or in any other Company in which this
Company shall be a shareholder or otherwise interested, nor shall a Director be
disqualified by his office from contracting with this Company in the name and on
behalf of any other Company or in his own name and behalf as vendor, purchaser
or otherwise, and the holding by a Director of his office or the fiduciary
relations created thereby shall not in itself be a reason to avoid any contract
or arrangement made by the Company or in its name in which the Director is
interested in any way. Furthermore, a Director shall not be obligated, for these
reasons only, to account to the Company for any profits arising from such office
or such profits or arising through any such contract or arrangement.
The nature of the Director's interest must be disclosed by him at the
meeting of the Directors at which the contract or arrangement is first taken
into consideration of his interest then existing, or in any other case at the
first meeting of the Board of Directors after the acquisition of his interest.
A general notice that the Director is a member in any specific firm or
company, and is to be regarded as interested in all transactions with that firm
or company, shall be a sufficient disclosure under these Articles, as regards
such Director and the said transactions.
The Board of Directors shall be deemed to have full notice that any
Government Director as well as any other Director who is a Government Officer is
to be regarded as interested in all transactions between this Company and the
Government.
99. A Director shall notwithstanding his interest be counted in a quorum of
a meeting of the Board of Directors and shall be entitled to participate in the
discussion thereat on every question which may be considered and voted upon
thereat, but he shall not be entitled to vote on any question in which he is
interested.
100. (1) The office of a Director shall ipso facto be vacated in the following
events:-
(a) Upon his death;
(b) If he becomes bankrupt or suspend payment or compound with his
creditors;
(c) If he becomes of unsound mind or is mentally ill;
(d) If by notice in writing delivered to the Company he resigns his
office;
(2) The office of a Director shall be vacated if:-
(a) He has been a Director of, or directly connected with the
management of any bank which has been wound up by a court and the
director has not obtained within one month of the date of
incorporation of this Company or of the date of the winding-up
order by Court, whichever be the later, from the Minister of
Finance an express authorisation to act as a Director of this
Company ; OR
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(b) He has been convicted by a competent court of a felony or has
been sentenced by a competent court to a term of imprisonment for
an offence involving moral turpitude and has not, within three
months of the conviction or sentence received a full pardon for
the felony that he was convicted of or of the offence for which
he was sentenced as aforesaid.
(c) He has failed to make disclosure to the Board of Directors in
contravention of Article 98 hereof.
(d) The above provisions of this Article are in addition to and not
derogating from the provisions of Articles 87(d), 88, 89 and 89A.
hereof.
101. The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the
Board of Directors and shall continue to constitute the Board of Directors.
102. Repealed.
103. (1) The Company is entitled to pay remuneration to Directors. Directors'
remuneration will be determined from time to time by a Committee of
the Board of Directors, the majority of which will comprise Directors
who are not employees of the Company. A Director who is in office for
only part of a year, will be entitled to a proportionate part of such
remuneration.
(2) A Director who is a Government employee, will not receive any
remuneration, unless permitted by the Government. Nothing shall
preclude the Company from paying the Government the remuneration that
such Director would have been entitled to receive, would he not be a
Government employee.
104. (1) The Board of Directors may allow and pay to any Director who is not a
resident of the place where a meeting is held and who shall come
specially to such place for the purpose of attending a meeting, such
sum as the Board of Directors may consider fair compensation for
traveling expenses.
(2) A Director who is a Government Officer shall not receive any
compensation under this Article unless it be authorized by the
Government, but nothing shall preclude the Company from paying to the
Government such compensation as the Director would have received were
he not a Government Officer.
105. (1) If any Director - being willing - shall be called upon to perform
extra services or to make any special exertions in going out of
residing at a particular place or otherwise for any of the purposes of
the Company, the Company may remunerate such Director by a fixed sum
as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
(2) A Director who is a Government Officer shall not receive any
compensation under this Article unless it be authorized by the
Government, but nothing shall preclude the Company from paying to the
Government such compensation as the Director would have received were
he not a Government officer.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
106. The Board of Directors may meet together for the despatch of business,
adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit.
107. One third of the number of Directors for the time being in office
shall constitute the quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors. If after
half an hour of the time fixed for the holding of the meeting of the Board of
Directors a quorum shall not be present the meeting shall be adjourned to the
same day in the following week at the same time and place, and if at the
adjourned meeting the quorum shall not be present, the meeting shall be
adjourned again to the same day in the following week, at the same time and
place and if at the twice adjourned meeting the quorum shall not be present then
two Directors will constitute a quorum.
At any adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors only such matters for
which the original meeting was called may be dealt with.
108. A meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present shall
be competent to exercise all or any of the authorities, powers and discretions
by or under the Articles of the Company for the time being vested in or
exercisable by the Board of Directors generally.
109. The Chairman may at any time and the Secretary shall upon the request
of a Director convene a meeting of the Board of Directors.
110. A three days' notice at least of meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be given to all the Directors and the Managing Director who are at the
time in Israel.
111. The accidental omission to give notice of any such meeting of the
Board of Directors to a Director or to the Managing Director shall not
invalidate any resolution passed at any such meeting.
112. In the event that an Additional Director shall not have been appointed
for the Company as mentioned in Article 89A. above, the Board of Directors shall
be entitled to elect from time to time one of its members to be Chairman of the
Board of Directors, and to determine the period of time during which he shall
hold such office. The Board of Directors shall be entitled to elect from time to
time from amongst its members, a Vice Chairman or Vice Chairmen to the Board of
Directors, and to determine the period of time during which any such Vice
Chairman shall hold such office. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall
sit as Chairman at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which he shall be
present, although in the event that he shall be absent from any meeting of the
Board of Directors, then in such event the Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors shall sit as Chairman of such meeting in the event that at such time
there shall only be one Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, and if at such
time there shall be a number of Vice Chairmen, who are present shall elect one
of such Vice Chairman to sit as Chairman of such meeting, and in event that at
such meeting of the Board of Directors there shall not be present a single one
of the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or in any event that none of
these Vice Chairmen shall wish to sit as Chairman of such meeting, the Directors
who are present shall choose one of the remainder of the Directors to sit as
chairman of such meeting.
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113. Subject to the provisions of Article 114 hereunder, questions arising
at any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be decided by a majority of
votes, and in case of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the meeting shall
have an additional casting vote.
114. (1) A resolution of the Board of Directors shall be deemed as having been
passed by a special majority in the event that a majority of the Board
of Directors who hold office for the time being shall have voted in
favor thereof, and such majority shall include at least one half of
the number of the Governmental Directors.
(2) A special majority shall be required for the purpose of the passing of
resolutions by the Board of Directors in the matters specified below,
that is to say:-
(a) To elect in accordance with Article 112 above, the Chairman of
the Board of Directors and a Vice Chairman or Vice Chairmen of
the Board of Directors and to determine the period of office of
each one of them in such a position.
(b) To appoint in accordance with Article 89A. above, an Additional
Director for the Company and to remove him from such office.
(c) To appoint, in accordance with Article 122 below, a Managing
Director for the Company to remove him from such office.
115. The Board of Directors may by resolution delegate any of their powers
except power to resolve upon any of the matters enumerated in Article 114
hereof, to committees, consisting of such Director or Directors and or of such
other persons as they think fit. Any committee so formed shall, in the exercise
of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may from time to time
be imposed upon it by the the Board of Directors. Any delegation under this
Article may be subject to such conditions and limitations as may be imposed by
the Board of Directors as it shall think fit. The Board of Directors may from
time to time limit or revoke such delegation. The Board of Directors may also
confer upon any committee as aforesaid the power to delegate as the committee
may deem fit, in whole or in part, to another person or persons, all or any of
the powers, authorities, licences and discretions for the time being given to
the said committee.
116. A resolution in writing of the Board of Directors, signed by all the
Directors who serve for the time being in their offices, or a resolution which
all the Directors who serve for the time being in their offices shall have
agreed upon in writing or by way of telegram shall, subject to the provisions of
the Companies Ordinance be lawful and valid as a resolution lawfully passed at a
meeting of the Board of Directors, convened and held in accordance with the
provisions of these Articles.
117. A resolution in writing of any Committee appointed under Article 115
hereof (hereinafter - "the Committee"), signed by all the members of the
committee for the time being in office or a resolution that all the members of
the committee for the time being in office have agreed upon in writing, or by
cable, shall, subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance be valid and
obligatory as if such a resolution was duly adopted at a Meeting of the
committee duly convened and held.
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118. Any act done or to be done at any Meeting of the Board of Directors or
at any Meeting of a Committee appointed under Article 115 hereof or by any
person acting as a Director, shall, notwithstanding that it shall be discovered
after the implementation of such an act that there was any defect in the
appointment of any of the Directors or of any of the other persons acting as
aforesaid, or that any of them was disqualified from acting as such, be valid,
obligatory, and effective as if all such directors and other persons had been
duly appointed, and as if none of them was disqualified to act in such a
position.
POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
119. The business of the Company shall be managed by the Board of Directors
who may pay all expenses incidental to the formation and causing the
registration of the Company and they may exercise all such powers and do all
such acts and things as the Company by its Memorandum of Association or
otherwise is authorized to exercise and do which are not by these Articles or by
law directed or required to be exercised or done by the Company in General
Meeting, but subject nevertheless to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance
and of the Memorandum of Association and these Articles and to any regulations
not being inconsistent with the Memorandum of Association and these Articles
from time to time made by the Company in General Meeting, provided that no such
regulation shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been
valid if such regulation had not been made.
120. Without prejudice to the general Powers conferred by Article 119
hereof and the other powers conferred by these Articles and so as not in any way
to limit or restrict any or all of the said powers, it is hereby expressly
declared that the Board of Directors shall have the following powers:
(a) To appoint any person or persons, whether incorporated or not to
accept and hold in trust for the Company any property belonging to the
Company or in which it is interested, or for any other purposes and to
execute and do all such acts, deeds and things as may be requisite in
relation to any such trust and to provide for the remuneration of such
trustee or trustees.
(b) To institute any legal proceedings in the name of the Company or
concerning it or its affair or in the name of its employees, to
conduct, to abandon and to compound such proceedings and to defend the
Company in any legal proceedings against it, concerning it or
affecting it or against its employees and to compound and postpone
payment of any debt due to the Company or due by it from its due date
and to postpone the time for fulfillment of any claims or demands by
or against the Company.
(c) To refer any claim or demand by or against the Company to arbitration.
(d) To determine from time to time who shall be entitled to sign on the
Company's behalf (even those who are not members of the Board of
Directors) Bonds, Debentures, Debenture Stock, obligations, trust
deeds, cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, acceptances,
endorsements, dividend warrants, receipts, releases, contracts and
other documents whatsoever.
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(e) To appoint and, at their discretion, to remove or to suspend a Deputy
General Manager, Assistant General Manager, or Assistant General
Managers, Assistant Manager, or Assistant Managers, General Secretary,
Secretaries, Clerks, Employees and Agents, for permanent, temporary or
special services as the Board of Directors from time to time deems
fit, and to determine their powers and duties and fix their salaries
and remuneration and require from them securities in such instances
and in such amounts as the Board of Directors may deem fit.
(f) The Board of Directors may from time to time and at any time to
establish any local Board for the Management of any of the affairs of
the Company and any specified locality in Israel; or elsewhere and to
appoint any persons to be members of any local Boards and to fix their
remuneration. And from time to time and at any time to delegate to any
person so appointed any of the powers, authorities and discretions for
the time being vested in the Board of Directors other than their power
to make call or to decide on any matter specified in Article 114
hereof, and to authorize the members for the time being of any such
Local Board, or any of them, to fill any vacancies therein and to act
notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation may
be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board of
Directors may think fit, and the Board of Directors may at any time
remove any person so appointed, and may annul or vary any such
delegation. Any such delegates may be authorized by the Board of
Directors to subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities and
discretions for the time being vested in them.
(g) The Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time appoint
any person to be the attorney of the Company for such purposes, with
such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested
in or exercisable by the Board of Directors under these Articles,
excluding those specified under Article 114 hereof) and for such
period and subject to such conditions as the Board of Directors may
from time to time think fit. Without prejudice to the generality of
the aforesaid, any such appointment (if the Board of Directors think
fit) may be made in favor of the members or any of the members of any
local board established as aforesaid or in favor of any Company or the
members, Directors, nominees or Manager of any Company or firm or in
favor of any one appointed by any Company or firm or otherwise in
favor of any fluctuating body of persons whether nominated directly or
indirectly by the Board of Directors. Any such appointment as
aforesaid, may contain such instructions and powers as the Board of
Directors may think fit for the protection and convenience of persons
dealing with such attorney, and the Board of Directors may give to
such attorney the power to delegate all or any of the powers,
authorities and discretions vested in him.
(h) The Board of Directors shall be entitled to appoint on behalf of the
Company, any advocate in Israel and abroad, to represent the Company
before all Courts, judicial bodies, quasi judicial bodies,
governmental, municipal and other bodies in Israel and abroad and to
confer upon such advocate such powers as may be deemed expedient,
including the power to delegate his powers to another or others, in
whole or in part.
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(i) The Board of Directors may generally delegate subject to the
provisions of the Companies Ordinance and these Articles the powers,
authorities and the rights of discretions vested in the Board of
Directors to any person, firm ,company or fluctuating body of persons
as aforesaid, save those specified in Article 114 hereof.
121. (1) The Board of Directors shall establish and maintain a staff of
engineers, economists and other specialists to provide the Board of
Directors with expert guidance in general and in particular with
guidance upon the state of affairs of industrial enterprises having
dealings with the Company whether as principal, agent or otherwise.
(2) The Board of Directors shall be entitled to divulge to anyone to whom
the Company is an agent, and to the Ministry of Trade and Industry,
all or any of the information which may accumulate in the hands of the
Company as a result of, or in connection with any enquiry, examination
or query which may be effected by members of the said staff.
(3) The Board of Directors may make arrangements for members of the said
staff to render advice to the clientele of the Company.
122. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint a Managing
Director of the Company either for a fixed term or without any limitation as to
the period for which he is to hold such office, and may remove him from office
and appoint another in his place for a fixed term or without limitation as to
the period. The Managing Director shall participate in the Meetings of the Board
of Directors without voting rights, unless the Managing Director shall have the
right to vote by virtue of his being a Director of the Company.
123. The Board of Directors may from time to time entrust to and confer
upon any Managing Director for the time being, such of the powers (except the
power to make calls or to resolve upon any of the matters enumerated in Article
114 hereof) exercisable by the Board of Directors as they may think fit. The
Board of Directors may confer such powers for such times and to be exercised for
such objects and purposes and upon such terms and conditions and with such
restrictions, as they think fit, and they may confer such powers whether
collaterally with, or in substitution for, or for the exclusion of, any of the
powers of the Board of Directors in that behalf; and they may from time to time
revoke or vary all or any of such powers conferred by this Article.
124. Repealed.
MINUTES
125. The Board of Directors shall cause Minutes to be duly entered into
books provided for the purpose of:-
(a) All appointments of officers;
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(b) The names of the Directors present at every meeting of the Board of
Directors and names of Directors and other persons being members of
any Committee of Directors who are present at any meeting of such
Committees of Directors.
(c) All orders issued by the Board of Directors.
(d) Statements as to the manner in which any meeting, whether General
Meeting or Meeting of the Board of Directors or otherwise was convened
and as to the presentation at any such meeting of the evidence
therefor.
(e) All resolutions and proceedings of general meetings and of meetings of
the Board of Directors.
All Minutes of any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any Committee of the
Company, if purporting to be signed by the Chairman of such meeting or by the
Chairman of the next succeeding meeting shall be receivable as prima facie
evidence of the matter stated in such Minutes. The Minute Books of the general
meetings shall be kept at the office and be available for gratuitous inspection
by the members during two hours of every day.
THE SEAL
126. The Board of Directors shall provide the Company with a Seal for the
purposes of the Company and shall have the power from time to time to destroy
the Seal and substitute a new Seal in lieu thereof. The Board of Directors shall
provide for the safe custody of the Seal. The Seal shall not be used except in
the presence of two Directors or in the presence of one Director and the
Secretary, or in the presence of one Director and any other person appointed by
the Board of Directors for that purpose, who shall sign every instrument to
which the Seal is affixed.
127. The Company may have for use in any territory, district or place
outside Israel, a stamp which shall be a facsimile of the Official Seal of the
Company, with the addition on its face of every territory, district or place
where it is to be used. The Company may exercise the powers conferred by Section
84 of the Companies Ordinance and such powers as well as the powers under this
Article shall accordingly be vested in the Board of Directors.
RESERVE FUND, DIVIDENDS AND CAPITALIZATION
128. (1) (a) After the Board of Directors shall have set aside out of the
ordinary profits the sums required for payment of arrears of any
fixed cumulative preferential dividend on Preference shares on
Preferred Ordinary shares as specified in Article 130, and the
sums required for the payment of any current fixed preferential
dividend, as specified in items (1) and (2) of Article 6, and the
sums which it will decide to set aside to the redemption fund or
funds for the redemption of the Redeemable Preference shares in
accordance with the provisions of Article 47, the Board of
Directors shall set aside such sums as it will deem fit as a
reserve fund for the purposes specified in sub-article (2) of
this Article, but so that the sums which will be set aside to the
reserve fund shall not exceed 10% of the said profits.
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(b) After the Board of Directors shall have set aside out of the
ordinary profits the sums required for the payment specified in
items (5) and (6) of Article 6 above, it shall be entitled to set
aside out of the said profits to the said reserve fund additional
sums as it shall deem fit.
(2) The reserve fund shall be kept by the Company to meet expenses and
contingencies of any kind and nature whatsoever, or for repairing and
maintaining any of the buildings, apparatus, machinery or undertakings
connected with the business of the Company or for meeting the loss due
to amortization or any other depreciation or diminution in the value
of any of the property of the Company or for the preparation of
sources of meeting losses or extraordinary expenses, or for the
enlargement or development of the business of the Company or for any
other purpose for which the monies of the Company may be used,
including the redemption of preference shares by transfer to a capital
fund for the redemption of preference shares.
(3) Until the Board of Directors shall employ for the said purpose any sum
set aside as aforesaid as a reserve fund, the Board of Directors may
invest the same in such manner and on such securities (other than
acquiring shares of the Company itself) as they may think fit, and the
Board of Directors may also employ the properties constituting the
reserve fund in the business of the Company and for the purpose
thereof and that without being bound to keep the same separate from
the other assets of the Company.
129. Repealed.
130. The Board of Directors shall submit to every ordinary general meeting
a statement of the ordinary profits and of the profits linking fund for the
period covered by the profit and loss account which will be laid before such
meeting (hereinafter called "the period"). If the said statement will show that
the Company has sufficient profits, the Board of Directors shall be bound to
recommend to the meeting to declare a payment of the dividends in accordance
with item (1) and (2) of Article 6, and subject to the provisions of the other
items of Article 6 and provisions of Article 128 and 149 shall be entitled to
recommend the declaration of any other dividend payable on the shares in the
share capital of the Company, provided that if arrears of any fixed preferential
dividend, on preference shares or on Preferred Ordinary Shares, up to the period
shall have cumulated the Board of Directors shall be bound - notwithstanding
anything herein before contained - to recommend to the meeting to declare in the
first place payment of the said arrears.
131. The declaration of the Board of Directors regarding the amount of the
ordinary profits and regarding the profits linking fund shall be conclusive
evidence thereof.
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132. The Company shall at every ordinary general meeting declare the
payment of any arrears of fixed cumulative preferential dividend cumulated up to
the commencement of the period covered by the profit and loss account laid
before such meetings, and the payment of any current fixed preferential dividend
on the Preference shares and the Preferred Ordinary shares - all in accordance
with the recommendation of the Board of Directors and shall be entitled -
subject to the provisions of Articles 6, 128 and 149 - to declare the payment of
any other dividend on the shares in the share capital of the Company, either in
accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors or a smaller
dividend. An ordinary general meeting shall not declare any dividend unless it
has been recommended by the Board of Directors and shall not declare any
dividend at a rate exceeding that recommended by the Board of Directors.
133. No dividend shall be payable except out of the profits of the company
and no dividends shall carry interest against the Company.
134. The Board of Directors may from time to time pay on the Preference
Shares issued by it and on the Preferred Ordinary Shares, an interim dividend to
the extent as in the judgment of the Board of Directors, the position of the
Company justified.
135. Where capital is paid up in advance of calls upon the footing that the
same shall carry interest, such capital shall not whilst carrying interest,
confer a right to participate in profits.
136. The Board of Directors shall be entitled in the case of a member who
owes money to the Company, whether in respect of any share which he holds in the
Company or otherwise, and whether alone or together with others, and if the date
of payment of such monies shall have fallen due, to deduct the same from the
dividend due to such member of from any interest payable to him, or from any
repayment of capital or from any premium or any increment emanating from the
linking terms or from other monies which will be due to him from the Company in
respect of his shares.
137. A transfer of any share shall not pass the right to any dividend
declared thereon, unless the transfer was registered.
138. Subject to the provisions of these Articles as to the fund and as to
the rights of the different classes of shares, the profits of the Company shall
be divisible among the members of the Company in proportion to the amount of
capital paid up by them on the nominal amount of the shares of the Company held
by each member at the date of the declaration of the dividends, provided that
any amount paid on a share during the period in respect of which the dividends
have been declared, shall entitle the holder of such share only to a
proportionate amount of the dividend having regard to the date of the payment of
the said amount of capital, provided that if under the terms of issue of any
share such share is stipulated to be entitled to dividend as from a certain
date, then such share shall entitle the holder thereof to a dividend
accordingly.
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139. Unless otherwise directed, any dividend may be paid by cheque or
warrant sent through the post to the registered address of the member or person
entitled to receive it or in case of joint holders to that one of them first
named in the register in respect of the joint holding every such cheque shall be
made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. The Company shall
not be liable or responsible for any cheque or warrant lost in transmission or
for any dividend lost to the member or person entitled thereto by the forged
endorsement of any cheque or warrant or the fraudulent or improper recovery
thereof by any means.
140. Any one of several persons who are registered as the joint holders of
any share may give effectual receipts for all dividends and payments on account
of dividends in respect of such share.
141. All dividends unclaimed for one year after having been declared may be
invested or otherwise made use of by the Board of Directors for the benefit of
the Company, until claimed.
142. Every General Meeting declaring a dividend may resolve that such
dividend be paid wholly or in part by the distribution of specific assets of the
company, including fully paid up shares, debentures or debenture stock of the
Company, or shares, debentures or debenture stock of any other Company or in any
other way whatsoever.
143. Every General Meeting of the Company shall be entitled to resolve at
any time that any sum not required for the payment of arrears of any fixed
cumulative preferential dividend and which is not required for the payment of
any current fixed preferential dividend on Preference shares or Preferred
Ordinary Shares and which:-
(a) is credited at such time to:-
(1) the reserve fund specified in Article 128 of these Articles which, in
the opinion of the Board of Directors is not required for the purposes
of sub-article (2) of the said Article;
(2) any other reserve fund, except the capital redemption fund or funds
for the redemption of the redeemable preference shares, and except the
capital linking fund;
(b) Constitutes undistributed ordinary profits remaining in the hands of the
Company:-
shall be capitalized and such sum shall be free for distribution and shall be
distributed as capital in such manner as the resolution will direct among such
shareholders as would have been entitled to such sum had the same been
distributed to them by way of dividend and in the proportion as they would have
been entitled to such dividend, and such resolution shall be effective.
The general meeting may also resolve to apply the sum capitalized as aforesaid
on behalf of the said shareholders in whole or in part, in payment at par, at a
discount or at a premium, as shall be determined by resolution, for unissued
shares, unissued debentures or debenture stock of the Company which will be
distributed among the said shareholder or in payment on account of uncalled
obligations of any shares, debentures or debenture stock and the distribution or
payment as aforesaid shall be accepted by the above shareholders as full
satisfaction and payment of their rights in the sum capitalized as aforesaid.
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144. For the purpose of giving effect to any resolution under the two
preceding Articles, the Board of Directors may in its absolute discretion settle
any difficulty which may arise (if at all) with regard to the distribution and
inter alia the Board of Directors may issue fractional certificates, to fix the
value for distribution of any specific assets, and to determine that such
payment shall be made to any member upon the footing of the value as fixed or
that fractions of less than New Shekel may be disregarded in order to adjust the
rights of all parties and the Board of Directors may vest any such monies or
specific assets in absolute trusteeship to trustees for the persons entitled to
the dividends or capitalized assets, as may seem expedient to the Board of
Directors. Where requisite, a proper contract shall be filed in accordance with
Section 93 of the Companies Ordinance and the Board of Directors may appoint any
person to sign such contract on behalf of the persons entitled to the dividend
or capitalized assets, and such appointment shall be effective.
CURRENCY LINKING AND LINKED FUNDS
145. In these Articles:
"Dollars" - mean Dollars of the United States of America and include equivalent thereof in
currency of the United States;
"New Shekel" - including the equivalents thereof in currency of the State of Israel.
and "Agora"
"The Rate of - at any time means the official rate of exchange prevailing in Israel at that
Exchange" time and, if there be at any time more than one official rate of exchange, then
the highest official rate of exchange prevailing at that time.
"Linking terms" - except for the linking terms applying to Preference "C" shares, Preference "CC"
shares, Preference "CC1", Preference "D" shares, and Preference "DD" - mean
terms in any agreement, under which one of the parties undertake to pay the
other in accordance to the rate of exchange scale or in accordance with any
other scale an addition in New Shekels by reason of the devaluation of New
Shekel.
146. If on the date of actual payment effected by a member to the Company
or its liquidator in respect of a call on a share or of contribution in winding
up, the rate of exchange of Israel currency, as compared with the Dollar, shall
be higher than the rate of exchange of Israel currency, as compared with the
dollar, as existed at the time of the allotment of such share, such payment
shall be increased so as to make good for the devaluation of the New Shekel.
147. (1) The Company shall maintain two funds, one of which shall be called
"the profits linking fund" and the other "capital linking fund".
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(2) The Company shall credit the profits linking fund with all sums which
the Company will receive by way of accretion to interest or profits on
any transaction, and shall debit the said fund with all sums which the
Company will pay as increment to interest or other profits on any
transactions whatsoever by virtue of the linking terms of such
transaction. The Company shall also debit the profits linking fund
with such part of the aggregate income tax and companies profits tax
paid or to be paid by the Compnay and which in the opinion of the
Board of Directors should be borne by this fund.
(3) The Company shall credit the capital linking fund with all sums which
it will receive from any member in accordance with Article 146 above,
and also with all sums which the Company will receive as accretion to
capital on any transaction whatsoever, by virtue of the linking terms
of such transaction,and shall debit the capital linking fund with all
sums which the Company will pay as increment to capital on any
transaction whatsoever by virtue of the linking terms of such
transaction.
The Company shall also debit the capital linking fund with such part
of the aggregate income tax and companies profits tax, if any, paid or
to be paid by the Company and which in the opinion of the Board of
Directors should be borne by this fund.
148. Until the Board of Directors shall apply the balances standing to the
credit of the capital linking fund or the profits linking fund, as the case may
be, the Board shall be entitled to invest the sums constituting the said
balances in whole or in part, in such manner and on such securities as it will
deem fit and/or to apply the same as it will deem necessary, and the Company
shall not be under any duty to keep the said balances or the assets in which the
same shall be invested separately from other assets of the Company.
149. (a) The Board of Directors shall be entitled to recommend the use of the
surplus of the profits linking fund mentioned in Item (9) of Article
6, as follows:
(1)FIRST: In setting aside sums as it will deem fit to the capital
fund or funds for the redemption of redeemable preference
shares in accordance with provisions of Article 47.
(2)SECOND:In setting aside sums as it will deem fit to the reserve
fund in accordance with the provisions of Article 128.
(3)THIRD: In setting aside sums as it will deem fit to any other
reserve fund of the Company then existing.
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(4)FOURTH:In distributing the residue of the surplus or any part
thereof between the holders of Ordinary "A" Shares, the
holders of Ordinary "B" Shares , the holders of Preferred
Ordinary Shares, and the holders of Preference "A" Shares,
all pari passu and proportionately to the capital paid up on
the said shares, such distribution to be as compensation for
the depreciation in value of the New Shekel.
(b) On the day of commencement of winding up the profits linking fund
shall be transferred together with all assets thereof to the capital
linking fund, and from such day onwards this fund shall cease to exist
and all sums which should have been credited or debited thereto shall
be credited or debited to the capital linking fund.
150. Repealed.
ACCOUNTS
151. The Board of Directors shall cause true accounts to be kept on the
sums of money received by the Company, and expended by it, and the matters in
respect which such receipt and expenditure takes place and of all purchases and
sales of immovables and movables and of the assets, rights and liabilities of
the Company. The books of account shall be kept at the registered office of the
Company or at such other place or places as the Board of Directors may think
fit.
152. At the Ordinary General Meeting in every year, the Board of Directors
shall lay before the Company a profit and loss account and a balance sheet
containing a summary of the assets and liabilities of the Company in accordance
with Section 106 of the Companies Ordinance.
153. Every such account and balance sheet shall be accompanied by a report
of the Board of Directors as to the state and condition of the Company and by a
statement under Articles 128 and 149 thereof, as the case may be. The report
shall be signed by two Directors and countersigned by the Secretary, if any, of
the Company.
154. The Board of Directors shall from time to time decide in which manner
and to what extent and at what time and place and on what terms and regulations
the books, the accounts or documents of the Company shall be open to inspection
by members who are not directors and a member who is not a director shall not
have the right to inspect any book, account or document of the Company unless he
is given such right by law or he has been authorized thereto by the Board of
Directors or by the Company in General Meeting.
AUDITS
155. Once at least in every year the accounts of the Company shall be
examined and the correctness of the Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet
ascertained by an auditor.
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156. The Company shall at or before the Statutory Meeting and subsequently
at each Ordinary General Meeting appoint an auditor to hold office until the
next Ordinary General Meeting. In case the Company in General Meeting wishes to
appoint another auditor or other auditors in lieu of the retiring auditor or
auditors, the new appointment or appointments shall be made in accordance with
the provisions of Section 106 of the Companies Ordinance.
157. Every auditor of the Company shall have a right or access at all times
to the books and accounts and documents of the Company and shall be entitled to
require from the Directors and Officers of the Company such information and
explanation as any be necessary for the performance of the duties of the
auditor.
158. The Auditor shall lay before the Company a report on the accounts
examined by him and on every balance sheet laid before the Company in General
Meeting during his tenure of office.
159. The Auditor of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of and
to attend any General Meeting of the Company at which any accounts which have
been examined or reported on by him are to be laid before the Company and may
make any statement or explanation he desires with respect to the accounts.
160. Every account when audited and approved by a General Meeting shall be
final and conclusive except as regards any error discovered therein within three
months after the approval thereof. Whenever any such error is discovered within
that period the account shall forthwith be corrected and hence forth shall be
final and conclusive.
161. A notice may be served by the Company upon any member either
personally or by sending it through the post, or by airmail, if the notice,
envelope or the wrapper containing the notice bears the registered address of
such member.
162. A member whose address, whether in Israel or abroad, is registered in
the Register of Members, or a holder of a share warrant who will comply with the
requirements of these Articles and will from time to time notify the Company of
an address in Israel or abroad, for the service of notices upon him, shall be
entitled to receive in accordance with these regulations, but except for the
aforesaid, no member whose address is not registered in the Register of Members
shall be entitled to receive any notice from the Company.
163. The Board of Directors shall be entitled from time to time to require
any holder of a share warrant who notifies or has notified his address in
accordance with Article 162, to submit his share warrant and satisfy the Board
of Directors that he is or remains the holder of the share warrant in respect of
which he notifies or has notified the address.
164. All notices shall, with respect to any share held jointly by a number
of persons, be given to whoever of such persons is named first in the register
and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the holders of such
shares.
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165. Any notice sent by post to an address in Israel shall be deemed to
have been served on the day following that on which the letter, envelope, or
wrapper containing the same is posted, and in providing such service, it shall
be sufficient to prove that the letter, envelope or the wrapper containing the
notice was properly addressed and put into a post office. A certificate in
writing signed by any Managing Director, secretary or other officer of the
Company that the letter, envelope or wrapper containing the notice was so
addressed and posted shall be conclusive thereof.
166. Any notice sent by post to an address out of Israel or by airmail
shall be deemed to have been served in the ordinary course of post or airmail,
as the case may be, and in proving such service, it shall be sufficient to prove
that the letter, envelope, or wrapper containing the notice was properly
addressed and put into a post office and in case of notice sent by airmail that
the letter, envelope, or wrapper was marked "airmail" either in Hebrew or in a
foreign language. A certificate in writing signed by any Managing Director,
secretary or other officer of the Company that the letter, envelope or wrapper
containing the notice was so addressed and posted and that it was marked
"airmail" shall be conclusive evidence thereof.
167. Every person, who, by operation of law, transfer or by other means
whatsoever, shall become entitled to any share, shall be bound by every notice
in respect of such share which previously to his name and address being entered
on the register shall be duly given to the person from whom he derives his title
to such share.
168. Any notice or document sent by post or by airmail to, or left at the
registered address of any member, in pursuance to these Articles,
notwithstanding such member be then deceased and whether or not the Company have
notice of his decease, shall be deemed to have been duly served in respect of
any registered shares, until some other person be registered in his stead as the
holder or joint holder thereof, and such service shall for all purposes of these
present be deemed sufficient service of such notice or document on his personal
representatives and all persons, if any, jointly interested with him in any such
shares.
169. Any failure in giving notice to a member or non-receipt of notice by a
member shall not affect the validity of any resolution passed at a Meeting, if
failure to give notice was a result of inadvertence.
170. It shall not be necessary to set out in a notice of a General Meeting
of the Company the text of the resolution (whether Ordinary, Extraordinary or
Special) to be considered in that Meeting and it shall be sufficient if the
notice state in the most general terms the nature of the question to be
considered. Furthermore, it shall be sufficient to state in any notice of a
General Meeting -instead of stating in general terms the nature of the questions
as aforesaid that a Resolution will be put forward for consideration and voting
at the Meeting and that the text of the Resolution may be inspected, provided
that the notice indicates the place or places in Israel and the time or times
fixed for inspection of the text of the Resolution.
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WAIVER
171. It shall be lawful for every shareholder or director of the Company to
waive the right to notice, or the right to notice of any specific time, or to
agree that a General Meeting be held even though shorter notice of the Meeting
than the prescribed time for the notice under the law of these Articles has been
given, subject always to any provision of the law prohibiting such waiver or
agreement.
If all the members entitled to attend and vote at General Meetings so
agree, a resolution may be proposed and passed, whether as an Ordinary
Resolution, Extraordinary Resolution or Special Resolution, at a General
Meeting, notice of which was shorter than prescribed by or under the Companies
Ordinance or these Articles.
WINDING UP
172. The winding up of the Company shall not be resolved upon unless by a
Special Resolution.
173. Repealed.
174. If the Company shall be wound up, whether voluntarily or otherwise,
the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution, divide amongst
the members in specie or kind, any part of the assets of the Company and may
with the like sanction, vest any part of the assets of the Company in Trustees
upon such trusts for the benefit of the members or any of them, as the
Liquidator with the like sanction shall think fit.
INDEMNITY
175. Subject to the provisions of Section 77 of the Companies Ordinance,
the Company will indemnify every Director or Officer (whether General Manager,
Secretary, Officer or other employee of the Company) for all costs, losses and
expenses expended or which apply to him by reason of any contract, deed or act
done by him as such Director or Officer or in fulfillment of his duties in said
capacity and the Directors will be obligated to pay to such Director or Officer
as aforesaid said costs, losses and expenses.
Subject to the aforesaid in this article, the Company will indemnify every
Director or Officer of the Company for any obligation imposed on him, for any
defense in legal negotiation, civil or criminal, in which a judgment was given
in his favour or in which he was declared innocent or regarding any application
under section 78 of the Companies Ordinance in which a remedy was given to him
by the court.
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176. In Sections 177 until 179 hereinafter:
"Officer" meaning as defined in the Companies Law 5759-1999.
"Act" meaning whether by action or omission.
EXEMPTION FROM RESPONSIBILITY
177. The company may exempt, in advance, an officer of the company from all
or some of his responsibility for damage due to his violation of the obligation
of caution toward it, provided that the granting of the exemption as stated is
also ratified by the General Meeting of the company by a resolution passed by a
majority of at least 75% of the votes of those present who are eligible to vote
and voted.
INSURANCE
178. The company may enter into a contract for the insurance of an
officer's responsibility, for all or some of the liability that will be imposed
on him in consequence of an act which he performed by virtue of being its
officer, in each of the following:
(1) violation of the obligation of caution towards the company or towards
another person;
(2) breach of trust against the company, provided that the officer acted
in good faith and he had reasonable grounds to assume that the act
would not cause harm to the company;
(3) a monetary obligation that will be imposed on him to the benefit of
another person.
INDEMNIFICATION
179. a. The Company may give an undertaking in advance to indemnify an Officer
in the Company, on condition however that the undertaking shall be
limited to categories of events which in the opinion of the Board of
Directors could be foreseen at the time of the granting of the
undertaking, and in an amount which the Board of Directors fixed as
reasonable under the circumstances (hereinafter: "undertaking to
indemnify") AND SUBJECT ALSO THAT THE UNDERTAKING TO INDEMNIFY BE
RATIFIED ALSO BY THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY.
b. Whether or not an undertaking to indemnify was granted, the Company
may indemnify an Officer retroactively .
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c. The Company may indemnify an Officer - within the framework of clauses
a. and b. aforesaid- for a liability or expense described in
sub-clauses (1) and (2) hereinafter- imposed upon him in consequence
of an act which he performed by virtue of his being an Officer of the
Company:
(1) A monetary liability imposed upon the Officer in favor of another
person pursuant to a judgment, including a judgment by way of
compromise or by an arbitrator's decision which was approved by a
Court.
(2) Reasonable litigation expenses, including lawyers' fees, incurred
by the Officer or which were charged to him by the Court, in a
legal proceeding instituted against him by the Company or in its
name or by any other person, or in a criminal prosecution in
which he was acquitted or in a criminal prosecution in which he
was convicted of a crime which does not require proof of criminal
intent.
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NAME OF THE SUBSCRIBERS ADDRESSES AND DESCRIPTIONS
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1. The State of Israel. By Mr. Levy Eshkol, the Treasury, Jerusalem.
2. Mr. Pinkas Sapir. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Jerusalem.
3. Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M. Bank - Yehuda Halevy St., Tel-Aviv.
4. The Workers Bank Ltd. Bank - Montefiore St., Tel - Aviv.
5. Israel Discount Bank Ltd. Bank - Yehuda Halevy St., Tel - Aviv.
6. General Cooperative Association Company - 93 Arlosoroff St., Tel - Aviv.
7. Manufacturers' Association. 13 Montefiore St., Tel - Aviv.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the company on the following dates:-
17.09.58 11.04.65 31.12.01
14.05.59 03.03.66
23.07.59 08.08.68
06.08.59 05.08.71
04.01.60 18.11.71
04.02.60 29.07.73
16.06.60 23.04.79
18.08.60 11.04.83
03.08.61 27.03.86
15.02.62 26.01.87
26.07.62 03.09.89
04.10.62 04.06.90
25.07.63 26.08.91
25.03.64 19.05.96
10.09.64 26.05.96
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