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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4U.K.Abolition of share warrants to bearer

PART 1 U.K.Arrangements for conversion and cancellation of existing share warrants

NoticesU.K.

14(1)A notice required by virtue of any provision of this Schedule to be given to the bearer of a share warrant must be—U.K.

(a)published in the Gazette,

(b)communicated to that person in the same way (if any) as the company concerned normally communicates with that person for other purposes relating to the shares specified in the warrant, and

(c)made available in a prominent position on the company's website (if it has one) during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) (and see sub-paragraph (3)).

(2)That period is the period beginning with the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette and ending with—

(a)in the case of a notice required by paragraph 2, the day on which a notice required by paragraph 4 is made available on the company's website;

(b)in the case of a notice required by paragraph 4, the day on which a notice required by paragraph 5(3) is made available on the company's website;

(c)in the case of a notice required by paragraph 5(3), the day on which the court makes a cancellation order or (as the case may be) suspended cancellation order in respect of the share warrant;

(d)in the case of a notice required by virtue of paragraph 6(3)(a), the end of the grace period.

(3)Nothing in this paragraph requires a notice to be made available on the company's website after the day on which the last of the share warrants issued by the company to be surrendered is surrendered.

(4)Sections 1143 to 1148 of the Companies Act 2006 (company communications provisions) apply for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule as they apply for the purposes of the Companies Acts.