AFRICAN DAWN ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders continued “inter-related” will herein have the meaning attributed to it in section 2 of the Companies Act) to the Company, on the terms and conditions and for amounts that the Board may determine, provided that the aforementioned approval shall be valid until the date of the next annual general meeting of the Company.” The reason for and effect of special resolution number 3 is to grant the directors of the Company the authority, until the next annual general meeting of the Company, to provide direct or indirect financial assistance to any company or corporation which is related or inter-related to the Company. This means that the Company is, inter alia, authorised to grant loans to its subsidiaries and to guarantee the debt of its subsidiaries. 2.4 SPECIAL RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 – FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SHARES IN THE COMPANY OR A RELATED OR INTER-RELATED COMPANY “Resolved, in terms of section 44(3)(a)(ii) of the Companies Act, as a general approval, that the Board be and is hereby authorised to approve that the Company provides any direct or indirect financial assistance (“financial assistance” will herein have the meaning attributed to it in sections 44(1) and 44(2) of the Companies Act) that the Board may deem fit to any person, including any company or corporation that is related or inter-related to the Company (“related” and “inter-related” will herein have the meaning attributed to it in section 2 of the Companies Act) and/ or to any financier who provides funding by subscribing for preference shares or other securities in the Company or any company or corporation that is related or inter-related to the Company, on the terms and conditions and for amounts that the Board may determine for the purpose of, or in connection with the subscription of any option, or any shares or other securities, issued or to be issued by the Company or a related or inter-related company or corporation, or for the purchase of any shares or securities of the Company or a related or inter-related company or corporation, provided that the aforementioned approval shall be valid until the date of the next annual general meeting of the Company.” The reason for and effect of special resolution number 4 is to grant the directors the authority, until the next annual general meeting of the Company, to provide financial assistance to any person, including any company or corporation which is related or inter-related to the Company and/or to any financier for the purpose of or in connection with the subscription or purchase of options, shares or other securities in the Company or any related or inter-related company or corporation. This means that the Company is authorised, inter alia, to grant loans to any person or its subsidiaries and to guarantee and furnish security for the debt of any person or its subsidiaries where any such financial assistance is directly or indirectly related to a party subscribing for options, shares or securities in the Company or its subsidiaries. A typical example of where the Company may rely on this authority is where a subsidiary raised funds by way of issuing preference shares and the third-party funder requires the Company to furnish security, by way of a guarantee or otherwise, for the obligations of its subsidiary to the third-party funder arising from the issue of the preference shares. The Company has no immediate plans to use this authority and is simply obtaining same in the interests of prudence and good corporate governance should the unforeseen need arise to use the authority. In terms of and pursuant to the provisions of sections 44 and 45 of the Companies Act, the directors of the Company confirm that the Board will satisfy itself, after considering all reasonably foreseeable financial circumstances of the Company, that immediately after providing any financial assistance as contemplated in special resolutions numbers 3 and 4 above: • the assets of the Company (fairly valued) will equal or exceed the liabilities of the Company (fairly valued) (taking into consideration the reasonably foreseeable contingent assets and liabilities of the Company); • the Company will be able to pay its debts as they become due in the ordinary course of business for a period of 12 months; • the terms under which any financial assistance is proposed to be provided, will be fair and reasonable to the Company; and • all relevant conditions and restrictions (if any) relating to the granting of financial assistance by the Company as contained in the Company’s 100 memorandum of incorporation have been met. 3. OTHER BUSINESS To transact such other business as may be transacted at an annual general meeting or raised by shareholders with or without advance notice to the Company. INFORMATION RELATING TO THE SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS 1. The directors of the Company or its subsidiaries will only utilise the general authority to repurchase shares of the Company as set out in special resolution number 2 to the extent that the directors, after considering the maximum number of shares to be purchased, are of the opinion that the position of the Group would not be compromised as to the following: • the Group’s ability in the ordinary course of business to pay its debts for a period of 12 months after the date of the Annual General Meeting and for a period of 12 months after the repurchase; • the consolidated assets of the Group will at the time of the Annual General Meeting and at the time of making such determination be in excess of the consolidated liabilities of the Group. The assets and liabilities should be recognised and measured in accordance with the accounting policies used in the latest audited annual financial statements of the Group; • the ordinary capital and reserves of the Group after the repurchase will remain adequate for the purpose of the business of the Group for a period of 12 months after the Annual General Meeting and after the date of the share repurchase; and the working capital available to the Group after the repurchase will be sufficient for the Group’s requirements for a period of 12 months after the date of the notice of Annual General Meeting.
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