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THE COMPANIES ACT, 1994 (ACT XVIII OF 1994) (A PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES) ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF Art Nature Bangladesh Limited PRELIMINARY The Regulations contained in the Schedule-1 of the Companies Act (XVIII Act of 1994) as applicable to Private Limited company, shall apply to this Company with regard to such provisions as are not negative or modified by or as are not contained in the following Articles or any other Articles that may from time to time be framed by the Company in a General Meeting. INTERPRETATION In the construction of these Articles unless inconsistent with the context the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and vice versa and the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings: Article means these Articles of Association, Capital means the share capital for the time being raised, or authorized to be raised, for the purpose of the Company and subject as aforesaid and unless the context otherwise requires words or expressions contained in these articles, shall bear the same meaning as in the Act in force at the date at which these articles become binding on the Company. PRIVATE COMPANY The Company is a private company within the meaning of clause (q) of section 2(1) of the Companies Act 1994 and accordingly: (i) No invitation shall be issued to the public to subscribe for any share or debenture of the Company; (ii) The number of the members of the Company (exclusive of the persons in the employment of the Company) shall be limited to fifty, provided that for the purpose of this provision where two or more persons held one or more shares jointly in the Company, they shall be treated as a single member; and (iii) The right to transfer the shares of the Company shall be restricted in the manner hereinafter provided. SHARE CAPITAL The Authorized Share capital of the Company is Taka 10,00,00,000.00 (Ten Crore Taka) divided into 1,00,00,000 (One Crore) Ordinary Shares of Taka 10/= (Ten) each with the power to increase and reduce the capital and to divide the shares in the capital for the time being into several classes and to attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified, or special rights, privileges or conditions as may be determined upon by or in accordance with the regulations of the Company, and to modify or abrogate any such rights, privileges or conditions in such manner as may for the time being be provided by the regulations of the Company. SHARE CERTIFICATE The certificate of title of shares and duplicate thereof, whenever necessary, shall be issued to the members under the common seal of the Company and shall be signed jointly by the Managing Director and any other Directors as determined by the Board of the Company. Any two or more joint holders of shares for the purpose of these Articles shall be treated as a single member and the certificate in respect of any such shares shall, unless authorized by all the joint holders in writing be delivered to the person first named in the register. If any certificate is worn out, destroyed, defaced or lost, a new certificate may be reissued in lieu thereof on such terms and on such indemnity as the Board of Directors may think fit. TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF SHARES (i). Except as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, no share of the Company nor any interest therein shall be transferred, pledged, hypothecated, sold, assigned, or in any way encumbered by any party, unless such share shall have first been offered in writing for sale to the rest two parties. (ii). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Articles, such share shall have first been offered in writing for sale to the rest of the parties (Shareholders). Within Fourteen (14) days after delivery of such offer of sale, the offeree shall accept or reject such offer in writing. In the event of such offer being rejected, or in the event of no written acceptance or rejection being sent by the offeree, the offer or shall be free to transfer or otherwise dispose of such shares to others within Seven (7) days after the notice of rejection is received or after the expiration of the above Sixty (14) days period. ALTERATION OF CAPITAL The Directors may, with the sanction of the Company, in general meeting increase the share capital by such sum to be divided into shares of such amount, as the resolution shall prescribe. The Company may, by special resolution, reduce its shares capital in any manner and subject to any incident authorized and consent required by law. BORROWING POWERS The Board of Directors may, from time to time, raise or borrow any sum or sums of money for the Company from any person, bank, firms, companies and particularly from any Director and may secure the payment of such money in such manner and upon such terms and conditions in all respects as they think fit and in particular by making, drawing, accepting or endorsing on behalf of the Company any promissory notes or giving or issuing any other security of the Company or by mortgage or by charge or by the perpetual or terminable and with or without a trust deed charged upon all or any part of the property of the Company (both present and future) including its uncalled capital for the time being. GENERAL MEETING There shall be at least one ordinary general meeting to be called the Annual General Meeting every year. It should be held every calendar year as soon as practicable after the annual closing of account of the Company but not later than fifteen months from the date of the last Annual General Meeting of the Company. The first General Meeting shall be held within 18 months from the date of its incorporation. The above meeting shall be called Annual General meeting and all other meetings of the members of the company shall be called Extra-ordinary General Meeting and presided over by the Chairman of the company and in his absence by any of the Directors of the Board as may be decided. PROCEEDING AT GENERAL MEETING 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Subject to the provisions of Section 87(2) of the Companies Act, 1994 related to special resolutions at least twenty-one days’ notice from the date of posting of the notice specifying the place the date and hour of the general meeting shall be given and in the case of special business, the general nature of such business shall be notified to the members, which may, with the written consent of all the members, may be called by shorter notice and in such manner as the members think fit. Meeting of Directors may be held at any place and time deemed convenient to them to take place with a short notice. The Directors may use electronic means of communication (Online meeting/Video Conference) to conduct General Meetings, including providing notice, sending proxy forms, and allowing electronic voting. The Directors may in need, hold it's meeting through video conference using the online platform. QUORUM (AGM) At least 2 (Two) members either physically or by proxy present will form the quorum for transacting any business at any General Meeting. QUORUM (Board Meeting) At least 2 (Two) members of the Board have to present in person and be qualified to vote shall form a Quorum in any ordinary or extraordinary general meeting. No business shall be transacted or discussed at any general meeting unless the requisite quorum is present at the commencement of the meeting. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside over every general meeting. In absence of the Chairman, any Director elected by the Board shall preside over the meeting. VOTE OF MEMBERS Any matter which requires a general resolution of shareholders meeting under the Act shall be validly passed at any Shareholders’ Meeting where the resolution has been approved by the majority of the votes of the Shareholders present at the Shareholders’ Meeting personally or through their respective proxies or authorized representatives. Any matter which requires a special resolution of shareholders meeting under the Act shall be validly passed at any Shareholders’ Meeting where the resolution has been approved by three-fourths or more of the votes of the Shareholders present at the Shareholders’ Meeting. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, any resolution at Shareholder’s Meeting shall be made by poll based on the voting right attached to the Shares, not by showing of hands. On a show of hands every member present in person and entitled to vote shall have one vote and upon a poll every member present in person or by proxy or power of attorney shall have one vote in respect of every share hold by him. On a poll, vote may be given either personally or by a proxy or under a power of attorney or by a person appointed under Section 86 of the Companies Act, 1994 A proxy must be a Company. No member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless all calls or other sums presently payable by him to the Company in respect of the share held by him has been paid. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointer or of his attorney duly authorized in writing or if such appointer is a corporation under its common seal of the hand of its attorney. A proxy who is appointed for a specified meeting only shall be appointed for a specified meeting only shall be called a special proxy. Any other proxy shall be called General proxy. No person shall be appointed as special proxy who is not a member of the company and qualification to vote. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the instrument or transfer of the share in respect of which the vote is given provided no intimation in writing of the death, insanity revocation or transfer of the share have been received at the office before the meeting. Provided nevertheless that the Chairman of any meeting shall be entitled to require such evidence as he may in his discretion think fit of the due execution of an instrument of proxy and that the same has not been revoked. Every instrument appointing a special proxy shall, as nearly as circumstances will admit, be in the form or to the effect following and shall be retained by the company. PROXY FORM I,___________________________________________ of _____________________________________ __________________________________________ being a member of Art Nature Bangladesh Limited _____________________________________________ hereby appoint __________________________ of __________________________________________________ or failing him ____________________ _____________________________________________ of ____________________________________ __________ or failing him ____________________________________________ of _______________ _________________________________________________________________________________ as my proxy/Attorney in my absence to attend and vote for me, and on my behalf at the (ordinary or extra ordinary as the case may be) General Meeting of the company to be held on the ______________________________________________________________________________ day of ________________________________________________________ and at any adjournment thereof. As witness my hand this day of / _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ signed by the said ________________________________________________________________________ in presence of ________________________________________________________________ provided always that an Instrument appointment proxy may be in the form set out in regulation 68 of the Table A. Any person entitled under the transmission clause to the transfer of any share, may vote at any general meeting in the same manner as if he were the registered holder of such share provided that 72 hours at least before the time of holding the meeting or adjourned meeting as the case may be at which he proposes to vote he shall satisfy the Directors of his rights as transferee to such shares unless the Board of Directors or the Managing Director shall have previously admitted his right to vote as such meeting in respect thereof. DIRECTORS Unless otherwise determined by the Company in General Meeting the number of Directors shall not be less than 02 (Two) and not more than 50 (Fifty). The directors shall be appointed by the members of the General Meeting of Section 91(1)b of the Companies Act, 1994. The following persons shall be the first Directors of the Company unless any one of them voluntarily resigns the said office or otherwise removed them from under the provisions of Section 108(1) of the Companies Act, 1994. Mr. Mr. QUALIFICATION SHARES The qualification of a Director shall be holding in his/ her own name at least 100 (One Hundred) shares of the nominal value of Tk. 10/-. In case of the Nominee Director or Representative Director Qualification is not required. POWER OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any other person to be a Director of the Company either to fill up a casual vacancy to the Board by co-option so that the total number of Directors shall not at any time exceed the maximum number of Directors fixed by the Company. The management of the business of the Company shall be in the hands of the Board of Directors who may pay such expenses of any preliminary and incidental to the promotion, establishment and registration of the Company and do such acts as may be exercised and done by the Company as are not forbidden by the state or by this Articles required to be exercised or done by the Company in general meeting, subject nevertheless, to any regulation to be inconsistent with the aforesaid regulations or provisions as may be prescribed by the Company in General Meetings, which shall be valid and effectual. ALTERNATE DIRECTOR The Board of Directors may appoint an Alternate Director to act for Director (hereinafter called “the Original Director”) during his absence for a period of not less than three months from the state in which the meetings of the Board are ordinarily held. An Alternate Director appointed under this Article shall not hold office as such for a period longer than that permissible to the Original Director and shall vacate office if and when the Original Director returns to that state, if the terms of office of the Original Director is determined before he so returns to that state, any provisions in the Act or in these Articles for the automatic reappointment of retiring Directors in default of another appointment shall apply to the Original Directors and not to the Alternate Directors. MANAGING DIRECTOR Mr. …………….. shall be the first Managing Director of the Company for a period of 05 (Five) years from the date of Incorporation of the Company. He shall perform such functions and exercise such powers as may be decided by the Board of Directors. The Managing Director shall be a member of the Board but not be subject to retirement by rotation. Retirement of the Managing Director shall be as per the Act. The Board of Directors may remove the Managing Director if needed in the interest of the Company by passing a resolution. POWER OF MANAGING DIRECTOR Subject to the provision of the Act the day-to-day operations, Management, and Administration of the Company shall be in the hands of the Managing Director in accordance with the terms of their respective contracts or in such other manner and to such extent as the Directors may from time to time decide. CHAIRMAN Mr. ………………… shall be the first Chairman of the company and he shall remain and hold the office for the period as decided by the Board of Directors or as he may voluntarily resign from the post. In case of vacancy the directors may appoint a new chairman amongst themselves in a meeting and resolution taken by the Board of Directors. Remuneration and other facilities of the chairman shall also be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. BANK ACCOUNT The Company shall open Bank Account with any schedule Commercial Bank/Foreign Bank or Financial Institutions and shall be operated as per the decision by the Board of Directors of the company from time to time. ADVISOR The Board of Directors may from time to time appoint any suitable and acceptable person(s) as Advisor of the Company and fix up their remuneration. NOTICE When a notice is sent by registered post, service of the notice shall deem to be effectual by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing the notice and unless the contrary is proved to have effect at the time which the letter would deliver by post and Regulation no 113 to 117 of the schedule shall apply. Notice sent by e-mail or any other electronic way to such registered address also counts as properly service of notice as required by the act. DIVIDEND AND RESERVE The Company at its General Meeting may declare dividends, but no dividend shall be credited as Paid Up on their respective shares or the members in the capital of the Company at the date to declaration of the dividend after the creation of reserve as they think it. No dividend shall be payable except out of the profits of the Company of the year or any other undistributed profits and no dividend shall carry interest as against the company. The Board of Directors shall have absolute discretion as to the employment of the reserves created out of the net profit of the company and in declaring fully paid Bonus Shares out of profits. The Board of Directors may from time to time pay to the members such interim dividends as appear to the directors justified by the profits of the Company. SECRECY The Chairman, Managing Director, Director, Advisor, Manager, Secretary, Auditors, Accountants, Officers, Agents or other person employed in the business of the company shall have to observe strict secrecy respecting all matters which may come to his knowledge in the discharge of the duties when required to do so by resolution of the company or by court of law or where the person connected is required to do so in order to comply with any provision of the law or in these presents. ARBITRATION If and whenever any difference shall raise between the Company and any of the members of their representative touching the construction of any of the Article herein contained or any Act. matter or thing made, done or omitted in regard to the rights and liabilities arising hereunder or arising out of the regulation existing between the parties by reasons of these presents or of the statutes or any of them, such difference shall be forthwith referred to two Arbitrators, one to be appointed by each party and difference to an Umpire to be chosen by the Arbitrators before entering on the consideration in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 2001. WINDING UP If the Company is wounded up the surplus assets (subject to any rights attached to any special classes of shares forming part of the capital for the time being) of the Company be applied first in the repayment of capital paid up on the ordinary shares and the excess (if any) shall be distributed among the members in proportion to the number of shares held by them respectively. The Director, the Secretaries, the Auditors and other Officers or Servants for the time being in relation to any of the affairs of the company be indemnified out of the assets of the Company from and against all or any act done or omitted in or about the bonafide execution of their duty. 🗸 __________________ Managing Director Dated: