# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001707925
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-055949
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-055949.hdr.sgml**: 20230301

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-055949

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 22

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230301

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Changes in Control of Registrant

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230301

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230301

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** LINDE PLC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001707925
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** L2
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-38730
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23692677

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** FORGE, 43 CHURCH STREET WEST
- **CITY:** WOKING SURREY
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** GU216HT
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 00441483242200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** FORGE, 43 CHURCH STREET WEST
- **CITY:** WOKING SURREY
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** GU216HT

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ZAMALIGHT PLC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20170622

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** PRAXAIR
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20170614

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ZAMALIGHT PLC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20170530

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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### FORM 8-K

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#### CURRENT REPORT

#### PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

#### OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

#### DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2023

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## Linde plc

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Ireland** | **001-38730** | **98-1448883** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction**<br> **of incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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| **10 Riverview Dr.**<br> **Danbury, Connecticut**<br> **United States 06810** | **Forge**<br> **43 Church Street West**<br> **Woking, Surrey GU21 6HT**<br> **United Kingdom** |

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#### (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

#### +44 1483 242200

#### (Registrant's telephone numbers, including area code)

#### (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br> **Symbol** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which registered** |
| Ordinary shares (€0.001 nominal value per share) | LIN | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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#### EXPLANATORY NOTE
On March 1, 2023, Linde plc (formerly known as Rounderway plc), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 606357 (the "Company"), as the successor to Linde plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 602527 (the "Predecessor"), completed a reorganization in accordance with the Irish Companies Act 2014 (the "Reorganization"). The Reorganization was completed pursuant to (i) the terms of the Scheme of Arrangement, dated as of December 9, 2022, between the Predecessor, and the holders of the Predecessor's outstanding shares (the "Scheme") and (ii) the terms of the Common Draft Terms of Merger, dated as of December 2, 2022 (the "Terms of Merger"), between the Predecessor and the Company, pursuant to which the Predecessor was merged with and into the Company pursuant to a "merger by absorption" implemented pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 16 of Part 17 of the Irish Companies Act 2014, effective as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Terms of Merger), whereupon the separate corporate existence of the Predecessor ceased and the Company continued as the surviving entity (the "Merger"). As a result of the Reorganization, each outstanding ordinary share, €0.001 nominal value per share, of the Predecessor (the "Predecessor Shares") was exchanged for one ordinary share, €0.001 nominal value per share, of the Company (the "New Linde Shares"), and the Company changed its name from "Rounderway plc" to "Linde plc". Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company, by operation of law, assumed all obligations of the Predecessor.

This Current Report on Form 8-K establishes the Company as the successor issuer to the Predecessor under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, the Company is the successor issuer of the Predecessor, the New Linde Shares are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company hereby reports this succession in accordance with Rule 12g-3(f) under the Exchange Act.

The New Linde Shares are expected to commence trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on March 2, 2023, under the symbol "LIN," the same symbol under which the Predecessor Shares traded until such time.

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| **Item 3.01** | **Notice of Delisting.** |

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In connection with the Reorganization, the Predecessor requested that the NYSE withdraw the Predecessor Shares from listing on the NYSE before market opening on March 2, 2023, and file a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to report that the Predecessor Shares are no longer listed on the NYSE.

The information set forth in the Explanatory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01.

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| **Item 3.02** | **Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.** |

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The information under the heading "Completion of the Reorganization" in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

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| **Item 3.03** | **Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.** |

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The rights of shareholders of the Company are governed by its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the "Constitution") and the Irish Companies Act 2014. A copy of the Constitution and a description of the New Linde Shares are filed as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 4.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03. The summary under "Comparison of Rights of Shareholders" in the Predecessor's definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on December 9, 2022 is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

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| **Item 5.01** | **Changes in Control of Registrant.** |

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The information set forth in the Explanatory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.

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| **Item 5.02** | **Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.** |

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As of March 1, 2023, in connection with the completion of the Reorganization (i) the directors and executive officers of the Predecessor immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Scheme became the directors and executive officers of the Company effective as of the effectiveness of the Scheme, and (ii) the Company established an Audit Committee, a Human Capital Committee, an Executive Committee, a Nomination and Governance Committee and a Sustainability Committee of the Company's board of directors, which are the committees that previously were in place at the Predecessor.

Non-management directors will be entitled to participate in the Linde non-management director compensation program described under "Director Compensation: Director Compensation Program" in the Predecessor's definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on May 2, 2022.

Effective as of March 1, 2023, Linde Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Company's directors, indemnifying them in respect of any liability incurred by them while acting as a director of the Company in accordance with customary standards. The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of director indemnification agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

The information under "Equity Compensation Plans" in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

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| **Item 5.03** | **Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.** |

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The information in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

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| **Item 7.01** | **Regulation FD Disclosure.** |

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On March 1, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Reorganization. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

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| **Item 8.01** | **Other Events.** |

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#### Completion of the Reorganization
On March 1, 2023, the Company, as the successor to the Predecessor, completed the Reorganization pursuant to (i) the terms of the Scheme and (ii) the Terms of Merger, pursuant to which the Predecessor was merged with and into the Company, effective as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Terms of Merger), whereupon the separate corporate existence of the Predecessor ceased and the Company continued as the surviving entity. As a result of the Reorganization, each outstanding Predecessor Share was exchanged for one New Linde Share, and the Company changed its name from "Rounderway plc" to "Linde plc". Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company, by operation of law, assumed all obligations of the Predecessor. Prior to the Merger, the Company had no material assets and had not conducted any business or operations except for activities related to the Reorganization.

The issuance of the New Linde Shares in connection with the Scheme was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) thereof. The terms and conditions of the Scheme were sanctioned by the High Court of Ireland after a hearing upon the fairness thereof at which all shareholders of the Predecessor had a right to appear and of which adequate notice had been given. The Company issued approximately 490.8 million New Linde Shares in the Scheme.

The information set forth in the Explanatory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

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The foregoing description of the Scheme and the Terms of Merger does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Scheme and the Terms of Merger, filed as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

#### Supplemental Indentures
The Predecessor has guaranteed (the "Parent Note Guarantees") debt securities of its subsidiary Linde Inc. issued under (i) that certain indenture, dated as of July 15, 1992, by and among Linde Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture, dated as of September 3, 2019 (the "1992 Indenture"), and (ii) that certain indenture, dated as of August 10, 2020, by and among Linde Inc., the Predecessor and U.S. Bank National Association (the "2020 Indenture" and together with the 1992 Indenture, the "Indentures"). Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company, by operation of law, assumed all obligations of the Predecessor, including under the Parent Note Guarantees. On March 1, 2023, effective with the effectiveness of the Merger, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries executed and delivered supplemental indentures (the "Supplemental Indentures") to the Indentures, pursuant to which the Company expressly assumed (and/or affirmed the assumption of) the Predecessor's obligations under the Indentures and the Parent Note Guarantees.

The foregoing description of the Supplemental Indentures does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Supplemental Indentures, filed as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

#### Borrower Assumption Agreements
On December 7, 2022, the Predecessor, as borrower and as guarantor, and certain of its subsidiaries, as subsidiary borrowers, entered into an amended and restated five-year credit agreement (the "Five-Year Credit Agreement") and a 364-day credit agreement (the "364-Day Credit Agreement" and together with the Five-Year Credit Agreement, the "Credit Agreements") with various financial institutions party thereto as lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent. Under the Credit Agreements, the Predecessor guaranteed (the "Credit Agreement Guarantees") all obligations of the subsidiary borrowers under the Credit Agreements. Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company, by operation of law, assumed all obligations of the Predecessor, including under the Credit Agreements. On March 1, 2023, effective with the effectiveness of the Merger, the Company executed and delivered assumption agreements (the "Successor Borrower Assumption Agreements") under the Credit Agreements, pursuant to which the Company expressly assumed the obligations of the Predecessor under the Credit Agreements, the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreements) and the Credit Agreement Guarantees.

The foregoing description of the Successor Borrower Assumption Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Successor Borrower Assumption Agreements, filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

#### Equity Compensation Plans
As a result of the Merger, the Company assumed the Predecessor's rights and obligations under the equity awards granted pursuant to the Predecessor's equity plans and other similar employee and director awards, and the New Linde Shares rather than the Predecessor Shares will be issued upon the exercise or vesting of such awards.

#### Description of New Linde Shares
A description of the New Linde Shares is filed as Exhibit 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

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| **Item 9.01.** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith:

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| Exhibit<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | Description |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1 | [Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Linde plc.](d459315dex31.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 | [Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2023, by and among the Company, Linde Inc., Linde GmbH and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee, to that certain indenture, dated as of July 15, 1992, by and among Linde Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.](d459315dex41.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 | [Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2023, by and among the Company, Linde Inc., Linde GmbH and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee, to that certain indenture, dated as of August 10, 2020, by and among Linde Inc., the Predecessor and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.](d459315dex42.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3 | [Description of Linde plc Ordinary Shares.](d459315dex43.htm) |
| 10.1 | [Successor Borrower Assumption Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2023, by the Company with respect to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2022, among the Predecessor, certain of its subsidiaries, various financial institutions party thereto as lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent.](d459315dex101.htm) |
| 10.2 | [Successor Borrower Assumption Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2023, by the Company with respect to the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2022, among the Predecessor, certain of its subsidiaries, various financial institutions party thereto as lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent.](d459315dex102.htm) |
| 10.3 | [Form of Director Indemnification Agreement.](d459315dex103.htm) |
| 99.1 | Scheme of Arrangement, dated as of December 9, 2022, among the Predecessor and the holders of the Predecessor's outstanding ordinary shares [(incorporated by reference to Annex A of Schedule 14A filed by the Predecessor on December 9, 2022)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000119312522301548/d424083ddefm14a.htm#tx424083_16). |
| 99.2 | Common Draft Terms of Merger, dated as of December 2, 2022, between the Predecessor and the Company [(incorporated by reference to Annex C of Schedule 14A filed by the Predecessor on December 9, 2022)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000119312522301548/d424083ddefm14a.htm#tx424083_18). |
| 99.3 | [Press Release dated March 1, 2023.](d459315dex993.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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#### SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **LINDE PLC** | **LINDE PLC** |
| Date: March 1, 2023 | By: | /s/ Guillermo Bichara |
|  | Name: | Guillermo Bichara |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |

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## Exhibit 3.1

**Exhibit 3.1** 

**Companies Act 2014** 

**PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY** 

**CONSTITUTION** 

**OF** 

**LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY** 

**MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION** 

1. The name of the Company is LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY.

2. The Company is a public limited company, registered under Part 17 of the Companies Act 2014.

3. The objects for which the Company is established are:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1 To carry on the business of a holding company and to co-ordinate the
administration, finances and activities of any subsidiary companies or associated companies, to do all lawful acts and things whatever that are necessary or convenient in carrying on the business of such a holding company and in particular to carry
on in all its branches the business of a management services company, to act as managers and to direct or coordinate the management of other companies or of the business, property and estates of any company or person and to undertake and carry out
all such services in connection therewith as may be deemed expedient by the Company's board of directors and to exercise its powers as a shareholder of other companies.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2 To carry on the businesses of manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, retailer, service provider, investor,
designer, trader and any other business (except the issuing of policies of insurance) which may seem to the Company's board of directors capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with these objects or calculated directly or
indirectly to enhance the value of or render more profitable any of the Company's property.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.3 To carry on all or any of the businesses as aforesaid either as a separate business or as the principal
business of the Company.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.4 To invest and deal with the property of the Company in such manner as may from time to time be determined by
the Company's board of directors and to dispose of or vary such investments and dealings.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.5 To borrow or raise money or capital in any manner and on such terms and subject to such conditions and for such
purposes as the Company's board of directors shall think fit or expedient, whether alone or jointly and/or severally with any other person or company, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, whether by the issue of
debentures or debenture stock (perpetual or otherwise) or otherwise, and to secure, with or without consideration, the payment or repayment of any money borrowed, raised or owing or any debt, obligation or liability of the Company or of any other
person or company whatsoever in such manner and on such terms and conditions as the Company's board of directors shall think fit or expedient and, in particular by mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or debenture or any other security of whatsoever
nature or howsoever described, perpetual or otherwise, charged upon all or any of the Company's property, both present and future, and to purchase, redeem or pay off any such securities or borrowings and also to accept capital contributions
from any person or company in any manner and on such terms and conditions and for such purposes as the Company's board of directors shall think fit or expedient.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.6 To lend and advance money or other property or give credit or financial accommodation to any company or person
in any manner either with or without security and whether with or without the payment of interest and upon such terms and conditions as the Company's board of directors shall think fit or expedient.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.7 To guarantee, indemnify, grant indemnities in respect of, enter into any suretyship or joint obligation, or
otherwise support or secure, whether by personal covenant, indemnity or undertaking or by mortgaging, charging, pledging or granting a lien or other security over all or any part of the Company's property (both present and future) or by any one
or more of such methods or any other method and whether in support of such guarantee or indemnity or suretyship or joint obligation or otherwise, on such terms and conditions as the Company's board of directors shall think fit, the payment of
any debts or the performance or discharge of any contract, obligation or liability of any person or company (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the payment of any capital, principal, dividends or interest on any stocks,
shares, debentures, debenture stock, notes, bonds or other securities of any person, authority or company) including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any company which is for the time being the Company's holding company or
another subsidiary (as defined by the Act) of the Company's holding company or a subsidiary of the Company or otherwise associated with the Company (including any arrangements of the Company or any of its subsidiaries described in paragraph
3.19), in each case notwithstanding the fact that the Company may not receive any consideration, advantage or benefit, direct or indirect, from entering into any such guarantee or indemnity or suretyship or joint obligation or other arrangement or
transaction contemplated herein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.8 To grant, convey, assign, transfer, exchange or otherwise alienate or dispose of any property of the Company of
whatever nature or tenure for such price, consideration, sum or other return whether equal to or less than the market value thereof or for shares, debentures or securities and whether by way of gift or otherwise as the Company's board of
directors shall deem fit or expedient and where the property consists of real property to grant any fee farm grant or lease or to enter into any agreement for letting or hire of any such property for a rent or return equal to or less than the market
or rack rent therefor or at no rent and subject to or free from covenants and restrictions as the Company's board of directors shall deem appropriate.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.9 To purchase, take on, lease, exchange, rent, hire or otherwise acquire any property and to acquire and
undertake the whole or any part of the business and property of any company or person.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.10 To develop and turn to account any land acquired by the Company or in which it is interested and in particular
by laying out and preparing the same for building purposes, constructing, altering, pulling down, decorating, maintaining, fitting out and improving buildings and conveniences and by planting, paving, draining, farming, cultivating, letting and by
entering into building leases or building agreements and by advancing money to and entering into contracts and arrangements of all kinds with builders, contractors, architects, surveyors, purchasers, vendors, tenants and any other person.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.11 To construct, improve, maintain, develop, work, manage, carry out or control any property which may seem
calculated directly or indirectly to advance the Company's interest and to contribute to, subsidise or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out or control thereof.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.12 To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of
lading, warrants, debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.13 To engage in currency exchange, interest rate and commodity transactions including, but not limited to,
dealings in foreign currency, spot and forward rate exchange contracts, futures, options, forward rate agreements, swaps, caps, floors, collars and any other foreign exchange, interest rate or commodity hedging arrangements and such other
instruments as are similar to, or derived from, any of the foregoing whether for the purpose of making a profit or avoiding a loss or managing a currency, interest rate or commodity exposure or any other exposure or for any other purpose.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.14 As a pursuit in itself or otherwise and whether for the purpose of making a profit or avoiding a loss or
managing a currency, interest rate or commodity exposure or any other exposure or for any other purpose whatsoever, to engage in any currency exchange transactions, interest rate transactions and commodity transactions, derivative and/or treasury
transactions and any other financial or other transactions, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) securitisation, treasury and/or structured finance transactions, of whatever nature in any manner and on any terms and for
any purposes whatsoever, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any transaction entered into in connection with or for the purpose of, or capable of being for the purposes of, avoiding, reducing, minimising, hedging against
or otherwise managing the risk of any loss, cost, expense, or liability arising, or which may arise, directly or indirectly, from a change or changes in any interest rate or currency exchange rate or in the price or value of any property, asset,
commodity, index or liability or from any other risk or factor affecting the Company's business, including but not limited to dealings whether involving purchases, sales or otherwise in foreign currency, spot and/or forward rate exchange
contracts, futures, options, forward rate agreements, swaps, caps, floors, collars and/or any such other currency or interest rate or commodity or other hedging, treasury or structured finance arrangements and such other instruments as are similar
to, or derived from any of the foregoing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.15 To apply for, establish, create, purchase or otherwise acquire, sell or otherwise dispose of and hold any
patents, trade marks, copyrights, brevets d'invention, registered designs, licences, concessions and the like conferring any exclusive or non-exclusive or limited rights to use or any secret or other
information and any invention and to use, exercise, develop or grant licences in respect of or otherwise turn to account or exploit the property, rights or information so held.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.16 To enter into any arrangements with any governments or authorities, national, local or otherwise and to obtain
from any such government or authority any rights, privileges and concessions and to carry out, exercise and comply with any such arrangements, rights, privileges and concessions.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.17 To establish, form, register, incorporate or promote any company or companies or person, whether inside or
outside of Ireland.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.18 To procure that the Company be registered or recognised whether as a branch or otherwise in any country or
place.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.19 To enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person or company carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction and to engage in any transaction in
connection with the foregoing.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.20 To acquire or amalgamate with any other company or person.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.21 To acquire and undertake the whole or any part of the business, good-will and assets of any person, firm or
company carrying on or proposing to carry on any of the businesses which this Company is authorised to carry on, and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person, firm or company, or to
acquire an interest in, amalgamate with, or enter into any arrangement for sharing profits, or for co-operation, or for mutual assistance with any such person, firm or company and to give or accept by way of
consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired, any shares, debentures, debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon, and to hold and retain or sell, mortgage or deal with any shares, debentures, debenture stock
or securities so received.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.22 To promote freedom of contract, and to resist, insure against, counteract and discourage interference
therewith, to join any lawful federation, union or association, or do any other lawful act or thing with a view to preventing or resisting directly or indirectly any interruption of or interference with the Company's or any other trade or
business or providing or safeguarding against the same, or resisting or opposing any strike, movement or organisation which may be thought detrimental to the interests of the Company or its employees and to subscribe to any association or fund for
any such purposes.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.23 To make gifts to any person or company including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, capital
contributions and to grant bonuses to the directors or any other persons or companies who are or have been in the employment of the Company including substitute directors and any other officer or employee.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.24 To establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds, trusts
and conveniences calculated to benefit directors, ex-directors, employees or ex-employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or the dependants or
connections of such persons, and to grant pensions and allowances upon such terms and in such manner as the Company's board of directors think fit, and to make payments towards insurance and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable or
benevolent objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful object, or any other object whatsoever which the Company's board of directors may think advisable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.25 To establish and contribute to any scheme for the purchase of shares or subscription for shares in the Company,
its holding company or any of its or their respective subsidiaries, to be held for the benefit of the employees or former employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company including any person who is or was a director holding a salaried
employment or office in the Company or any subsidiary of the Company and to lend or otherwise provide money to the trustees of such schemes or the employees or former employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company to enable them to
purchase shares of the Company, its holding company or any of its or their respective subsidiaries and to formulate and carry into effect any scheme for sharing the profits of the Company, its holding company or any of its or their respective
subsidiaries with its employees and/or the employees of any of its subsidiaries.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.26 To remunerate any person or company for services rendered or to be rendered in placing or assisting to place or
guaranteeing the placing of any of the shares of the Company's capital or any debentures, debenture stock or other securities of the Company or in or about the formation or promotion of the Company or the conduct of its business.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.27 To obtain any Act of the Oireachtas or provisional order for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects
into effect or for effecting any modification of the Company's constitution or for any other purpose which may seem expedient and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the
Company's interests.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.28 To adopt such means of making known the products of the Company as may seem expedient and in particular by
advertising in the press, by circulars, by purchase and exhibition of works of art or interest, by publication of books and periodicals and by granting prizes, rewards and donations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.29 To undertake and execute the office of trustee and nominee for the purpose of holding and dealing with any
property of any kind for or on behalf of any person or company; to act as trustee, nominee, agent, executor, administrator, registrar, secretary, committee or attorney generally for any purpose and either solely or with others for any person or
company; to vest any property in any person or company with or without any declared trust in favour of the Company.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.30 To pay all costs, charges, fees and expenses incurred or sustained in or about the promotion, establishment,
formation and registration of the Company.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.31 To do all or any of the above things in any part of the world, and as principals, agents, contractors, trustees
or otherwise and by or through trustees, agents or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with any person or company.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.32 To distribute the property of the Company in specie among the members or, if there is only one, to the sole
member of the Company.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.33 To do all such other things as the Company's board of directors may think incidental or conducive to the
attainment of the above objects or any of them.

NOTE: it is hereby declared that in this memorandum of association:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) the word "company", except where used in reference to this Company, shall be deemed to include a body
corporate, whether a company (wherever formed, registered or incorporated), a corporation aggregate, a corporation sole and a national or local government or other legal entity; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) the word "person", shall be deemed to include any individual, firm, body corporate, association or
partnership, government or state or agency of a state, local authority or government body or any joint venture association or partnership (whether or not having a separate legal personality) and that person's personal representatives,
successors or permitted assigns; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c) the word "property", shall be deemed to include, where the context permits, real property, personal
property including choses or things in action and all other intangible property and money and all estates, rights, titles and interests therein and includes the Company's uncalled capital and future calls and all and every other undertaking and
asset; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d) a word or expression used in this memorandum of association which is not otherwise defined and which is also
used in the Companies Act 2014, as amended, shall have the same meaning here, as it has in the Companies Act 2014, as amended; and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e) any phrase introduced by the terms "including", "include" and "in particular" or
any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms, whether or not followed by the phrases "but not limited to", "without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing" or any similar expression; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;f) words denoting the singular number only shall include the plural number and vice versa and references to one
gender includes all genders; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;g) it is intended that the objects specified in each paragraph in this clause shall, except where otherwise
expressed in such paragraph, be separate and distinct objects of the Company and shall not be in any way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other paragraph or the order in which the paragraphs of this clause
occur or the name of the Company.

4. The liability of the members is limited.

5. The authorised share capital of the Company is €1,825,000 divided into 1,750,000,000 ordinary shares of
€0.001 each, 25,000 A ordinary shares of €1.00 each, 25,000 deferred shares of €1.00 each and 25,000,000 preferred shares of €0.001 each.

6. The shares forming the capital, may be increased or reduced and be divided into such classes and issued with
any special rights, privileges and conditions or with such qualifications as regards preference, dividend, capital, voting or other special incidents, and be held upon such terms as may be attached thereto or as may from time to time be provided by
the original or any substituted or amended articles of association and regulations of the Company for the time being, but so that where shares are issued with any preferential or special rights attached thereto such rights shall not be alterable
otherwise than pursuant to the provisions of the Company's articles of association for the time being.

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**LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY** 

**ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION** 

**Interpretation and general** 

1. Sections 83, 84 and, for the avoidance of doubt, 117(9) of the Act shall apply to the Company but, subject to
that, the provisions set out in these Articles shall constitute the whole of the regulations applicable to the Company and no other "optional provisions" as defined by section 1007(2) of the Act shall apply to the Company.

2. In these Articles:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.1 "**Act** ", means the Companies Act 2014 and every statutory modification and re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.2 "**Adoption Date** ", means the effective date of adoption of these Articles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.3 "**Approved Nominee** ", means a person appointed under contractual arrangements with the Company
to hold shares or rights or interests in shares of the Company on a nominee basis;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.4 "**Article** ", means an article of these Articles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.5 "**Articles** ", means these articles of association as from time to time and for the time being in
force;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.6 "**Auditors** ", means the auditors for the time being of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.7 "**A Ordinary Shares** ", means the A ordinary shares of €1.00 each in the capital of the
Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.8 "**Board** ", means the board of Directors of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.9 "**Chairman** ", means the person occupying the position of Chairman of the Board from time to
time;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.10 "**Chief Executive Officer** ", shall include any equivalent office;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.11 "**Clear Days** ", means, in relation to a period of notice, that period excluding the day when the
notice is given or deemed to be given and excluding the day for which notice is being given or on which an action or event for which notice is being given is to occur or take effect;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.12 "**Company** ", means the company whose name appears in the heading to these Articles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.13 "**Company Secretary** ", means the person or persons appointed as company secretary or joint
company secretary of the Company from time to time and shall include any assistant or deputy secretary;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.14 "**Deferred Shares** ", means the deferred shares of €1.00 each in the capital of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.15 "**Directors** ", means the directors for the time being of the Company or any of them acting as
the Board;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.16 "**electronic communication** ", has the meaning given to that word in the Electronic Commerce Act
2000 and in addition includes in the case of notices or documents issued on behalf of the Company, such documents being made available or displayed on a website of the Company (or a website designated by the Board);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.17 "**Exchange** ", means any securities exchange or other system on which the shares of the Company
may be listed or otherwise authorised for trading from time to time in circumstances where the Company has approved such listing or trading;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.18 "**Exchange Act** ", means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States, as amended;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.19 "**Group** ", means the Company and its subsidiaries from time to time and for the time being;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.20 "**member** ", means in relation to any share, the member whose name is entered in the Register as
the holder of the share or, where the context permits, the members whose names are entered in the Register as the joint holders of shares and shall include a member's personal representatives in consequence of his or her death or bankruptcy;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.21 "**Memorandum** ", means the memorandum of association of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.22 "**Office** ", means the registered office for the time being of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.23 "**Ordinary Shares** ", means the ordinary shares of €0.001 each in the capital of the
Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.24 "**Preferred Shares** ", means the preferred shares of €0.001 each in the capital of the
Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.25 "**Redeemable Shares** ", means redeemable shares as defined by section 64 of the Act;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.26 "**Register** ", means the register of members of the Company to be kept as required by the Act;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.27 "**Scheme** ", means the scheme of arrangement published by Rounderway Public Limited Company
(previously known as "Linde Public Limited Company" and incorporated in Ireland with company number 602527) on 9 December 2022;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.28 "**SEC** ", means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE: it is hereby declared that in these Articles:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) the word "company", except where used in reference to this Company, shall be deemed to include a body
corporate, whether a company (wherever formed, registered or incorporated), a corporation aggregate, a corporation sole and a national or local government or other legal entity; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) the word "person", shall be deemed to include any individual, firm, body corporate, association or
partnership, government or state or agency of a state, local authority or government body or any joint venture association or partnership (whether or not having a separate legal personality) and that person's personal representatives,
successors or permitted assigns; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c) the word "property", shall be deemed to include, where the context permits, real property, personal
property including choses or things in action and all other intangible property and money and all estates, rights, titles and interests therein and includes the Company's uncalled capital and future calls and all and every other undertaking and
asset; and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d) a word or expression used in the Articles which is not otherwise defined and which is also used in the Act
shall have the same meaning here, as it has in the Act; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e) any phrase introduced by the terms "including", "include" and "in particular" or
any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms, whether or not followed by the phrases "but not limited to", "without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing" or any similar expression; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;f) words denoting the singular number only shall include the plural number and vice versa and references to one
gender includes all genders.

**Authorised share capital** 

3. The authorised share capital of the Company is €1,825,000 divided into 1,750,000,000 Ordinary Shares of
€0.001 each, 25,000 A Ordinary Shares of €1.00 each, 25,000 Deferred Shares of €1.00 each and 25,000,000 preferred shares of €0.001 each.

**Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares and A Ordinary Shares** 

4. The Ordinary Shares and the A Ordinary Shares shall entitle the holders thereof to the following rights:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 subject to the right of the Company to set record dates for the purposes of determining the identity of members
entitled to notice of and/or to vote at a general meeting and the authority of the Board and chairperson of the meeting to maintain order and security, the right to attend any general meeting of the Company and to exercise one vote per Ordinary
Share and one vote per A Ordinary Share held at any general meeting of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 the right to participate pro rata in all dividends declared by the Company; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3 the right, in the event of the Company's winding up, to participate pro rata in the total assets of the
Company.

5. The rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares may be subject to the terms of issue of any series or class of
Preferred Shares allotted by the Directors from time to time in accordance with Article 6.

**Rights attaching to Preferred Shares** 

6. The Board is empowered to cause the Preferred Shares to be issued from time to time as shares of one or more
series of Preferred Shares, and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of Preferred Shares of each particular series, before issuance, the Board is expressly authorised to fix:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.1 the distinctive designation of such series and the number of shares which shall constitute such series, which
number may be increased (except as otherwise provided by the Board in creating such series) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then in issue) from time to time by resolution of the Board;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.2 the rate of dividends payable on shares of such series, if any, whether or not and upon what conditions
dividends on shares of such series shall be cumulative and, if cumulative, the date or dates from which dividends shall accumulate and the preference or relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes
or on any other series of share capital;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.3 the terms, if any, on which shares of such series may be redeemed, including without limitation, the redemption
price or prices for such series, which may consist of a redemption price or scale of redemption prices applicable only to redemption in connection with a sinking fund (which term as used herein shall include any fund or requirement for the periodic
purchase or redemption of shares), and the same or a different redemption price or scale of redemption prices applicable to any other redemption;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.4 the terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of shares of such series;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.5 the amount or amounts which shall be paid to the holders of shares of such series in case of liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.6 the terms, if any, upon which the holders of shares of such series may convert shares thereof into shares of
any other class or classes or of any one or more series of the same class or of another class or classes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.7 the voting rights, full or limited, if any, of the shares of such series; and whether or not and under what
conditions the shares of such series (alone or together with the shares of one or more other series having similar provisions) shall be entitled to vote separately as a single class, for the election of one or more additional Directors in case of
dividend arrears or other specified events, or upon other matters;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.8 whether or not the holders of shares of such series, as such, shall have any pre-emptive or preferential rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of any class or series of shares of the Company, now or hereafter authorised, or any securities convertible into, or warrants or other
evidences of optional rights to purchase or subscribe for, shares of any class or series of the Company, now or hereafter authorised;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.9 the limitations and restrictions, if any, to be effective while any shares of such series are outstanding upon
the payment of dividends, or the making of other distributions on, and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of, any other class or classes of shares ranking junior to the shares of such series either as to dividends or
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.10 the conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or upon the issuance
of any additional shares (including additional shares of such series or of any other class) ranking on a parity with or prior to the shares of such series as to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.11 such other rights, preferences and limitations as may be permitted to be fixed by the Board of the Company
under the laws of Ireland as in effect at the time of the creation of such series.

7. The Board is authorised to change the designations, rights, preferences and limitations of any series of
Preferred Shares theretofore established, no shares of which have been issued.

8. The rights conferred upon the member of any pre-existing shares in the
share capital of the Company shall be deemed not to be varied by the creation, issue and allotment of Preferred Shares in accordance with these Articles.

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9. Unless the Board determines otherwise, any share in the capital of the Company shall be deemed to be a
Redeemable Share on, and from the time of, the existence or creation of an agreement, transaction or trade between the Company and any person (who may or may not be a member) pursuant to which the Company acquires or will acquire a share in the
capital of the Company, or an interest in shares in the capital of the Company, from the relevant person, save for an acquisition for nil consideration pursuant to section 102(1)(a) of the Act. In these circumstances, the acquisition of such shares
by the Company, save where acquired for nil consideration in accordance with the Act, shall constitute the redemption of a Redeemable Share in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 3 of the Act. No resolution, whether special or otherwise, shall be
required to be passed to deem any share in the capital of the Company a Redeemable Share.

**Rights attaching to Deferred Shares** 

10. The Deferred Shares shall have the rights and privileges and be subject to the restrictions set out in this
Article 10:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1 the A Ordinary Shares in issue on the Adoption Date shall be automatically converted to Deferred Shares
immediately following the issuance of Ordinary Shares to the shareholders of Rounderway Public Limited Company (previously known as "Linde Public Limited Company" and incorporated in Ireland with company number 602527) pursuant to the
terms of the Scheme.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.2 the Deferred Shares are non-voting shares and do not convey upon the
holder the right to be paid a dividend or to receive notice of or to attend, vote or speak at a general meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.3 the Deferred Shares confer the right on a return of capital, on a winding-up or otherwise, only to the repayment of the nominal value paid up on the Deferred Shares after repayment of the nominal value of the Ordinary Shares; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.4 any Director (the "**Agent**") is appointed, the attorney of the holder of a Deferred Share, with
an irrevocable instruction to the Agent to execute all or any forms of transfer and/or renunciation and/or other documents in the Agent's discretion in relation to the Deferred Shares in favour of the Company or as it may direct and to deliver
such forms of transfer and/or renunciation and/or other documents together with any certificate(s) and/or other documents for registration and to do all such other acts and things as may in the reasonable opinion of the Agent be necessary or
expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the purchase by the Company of the Deferred Shares for nil consideration or such other consideration as the Board may determine and to vest the said Deferred Shares in the Company.

11. Without prejudice to any special rights conferred on the members of any existing shares or class of shares and
subject to the provisions of the Act, any share may be issued with such rights or restrictions as the Company may by ordinary resolution determine.

**Allotment and acquisition of shares** 

12. The following provisions shall apply:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.1 Subject to the provisions of these Articles relating to new shares, the shares shall be at the disposal of the
Directors, and they may (subject to the provisions of the Act) allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, on such terms and conditions and at such times as they may consider to be in the best interests of the Company and
its members, but so that no share shall be issued at a discount and so that, in the case of shares offered to the public for subscription, the amount payable on application on each share shall not be less than one-quarter of the nominal amount of the share and the whole of any premium thereon.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.2 Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred on the Directors by other paragraphs of these
Articles, and subject to any requirement to obtain the approval of the members under any laws, regulations or the rules of any Exchange, the Directors may grant from time to time options to subscribe for the unallotted shares in the capital of the
Company to Directors and other persons in the service or employment of the Company or any subsidiary or associate company of the Company on such terms and subject to such conditions as may be approved from time to time by the Directors or by any
committee thereof appointed by the Directors for the purpose of such approval and on the terms and conditions required to obtain the approval of any statutory authority in any jurisdiction.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.3 The Directors are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to
allot relevant securities within the meaning of section 1021 of the Act. The maximum amount of relevant securities which may be allotted under the authority hereby conferred shall be the amount of the authorised but unissued share capital of the
Company at the Adoption Date. The authority hereby conferred shall expire on the date which is five (5) years after the Adoption Date unless and to the extent that such authority is renewed, revoked or extended prior to such date. The Company
may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement, notwithstanding that the
authority hereby conferred has expired.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.4 The Company may issue permissible letters of allotment (as defined by section 1019 of the Act) to the extent
permitted by the Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.5 The Directors are hereby empowered pursuant to sections 1022 and 1023(1) of the Act to allot equity securities
within the meaning of the said section 1023 for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 12.3 as if section 1022(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment. The Company may before the expiry of such authority make an offer or
agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this Article 12.5 had not expired.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.6 Unless otherwise determined by the Directors or the rights attaching to or by the terms of issue of any
particular shares, or to the extent required by the Act, any Exchange, depository or any operator of any clearance or settlement system, no person whose name is entered as a member in the Register shall be entitled to receive a share certificate for
any shares of any class held by him or her in the capital of the Company (nor on transferring part of a holding, to a certificate for the balance).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.7 Any share certificate, if issued, shall specify the number of shares in respect of which it is issued and the
amount paid thereon or the fact that they are fully paid, as the case may be, and may otherwise be in such form as shall be determined by the Directors. Such certificates may be under seal. All certificates for shares in the capital of the Company
shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the shares in the capital of the Company to which they relate. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares
and date of issue, shall be entered in the Register. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares in the capital of the
Company shall have been surrendered and cancelled. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued

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with the seal and authorised signature(s) affixed by some method or system of mechanical process. In respect of a share or shares in the capital of the Company held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue a certificate or certificates to each such person, and the issue and delivery of a certificate or certificates to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all such holders. If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating such evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and, in the case of defacement or wearing out, upon delivery of the old certificate.

13. The Company:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.1 may give financial assistance for the purpose of an acquisition of its shares or, where the Company is a
subsidiary, its holding company where permitted by sections 82 and 1043 of the Act, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.2 is authorised, for the purposes of section 105(4)(a) of the Act, but subject to section 1073 of the Act, to
acquire its own shares.

14. The Directors (and any committee established under Article 193 and so authorised by the Directors and any
person so authorised by the Directors or such committee) may without prejudice to Article 175:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.1 allot, issue, grant options over and otherwise dispose of shares in the Company; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.2 exercise the Company's powers under Article 12,

on such terms and subject to such conditions as they think fit, subject only to the provisions of the Act and these Articles.

**Variation of Class Rights** 

15. Without prejudice to the authority conferred on the Directors pursuant to Article 6 to issue Preferred Shares
in the capital of the Company, where the shares in the Company are divided into different classes, the rights attaching to a class of shares may only be varied or abrogated if (a) the holders of 75% in nominal value of the issued shares of that
class consent in writing to the variation, or (b) a special resolution, passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of that class, sanctions the variation. The quorum at any such separate general meeting, other than an adjourned
meeting, shall be two persons holding or representing by proxy at least one-third in nominal value of the issued shares of the class in question and the quorum at an adjourned meeting shall be one person
holding or representing by proxy shares of the class in question or that person's proxy. The rights conferred upon the holders of any class of shares issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the
terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by a purchase or redemption by the Company of its own shares or by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith or subordinate thereto.

16. The redemption or purchase of Preferred Shares or any class or series of Preferred Shares shall not constitute
a variation of rights of the holders of Preferred Shares.

17. The issue, redemption or purchase of any of the Preferred Shares shall not constitute a variation of the rights
of the holders of Ordinary Shares.

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18. The issue of Preferred Shares or any class or series of Preferred Shares which rank pari passu with, or junior
to, any existing Preferred Shares or class of Preferred Shares shall not constitute a variation of the existing Preferred Shares or class of Preferred Shares.

19. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall
not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.

**Trusts not recognised** 

20. Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust,
and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any interest in any fractional part of a share or (except only as
by these Articles or by law otherwise provided) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the member. This shall not preclude (i) the Company from requiring the members or a transferee of
shares to furnish the Company with information as to the beneficial ownership of any share when such information is reasonably required by the Company, or (ii) the Directors, where they consider it appropriate, providing the information given
to the members of shares to the holders of depositary instruments in such shares.

**Disclosure of interests** 

21. If at any time the Directors are satisfied that any member, or any other person appearing to be interested in
shares held by such member, has been duly served with a notice under section 1062 of the Act (a "**Section 1062 Notice**") and is in default for the prescribed period (as defined in Article 26.2) in supplying to the
Company the information thereby required, or, in purported compliance with such a notice, has made a statement which is false or inadequate in a material particular, then the Directors may, in their absolute discretion at any time thereafter by
notice (a "**Direction Notice**") to such member direct that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;21.1 in respect of the shares in relation to which the default occurred (the "**Default Shares**") the
member shall not be entitled to attend or to vote at a general meeting either personally or by proxy or to exercise any other right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;21.2 where the nominal value of the Default Shares represents at least 0.25 per cent of the nominal value of
the issued shares of the class concerned, then the Direction Notice may additionally direct that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) except in a liquidation of the Company, no payment shall be made of any sums due from the Company on the
Default Shares, whether in respect of capital or dividend or otherwise, and the Company shall not have any liability to pay interest on any such payment when it is finally paid to the member (but the provisions of this sub-paragraph (a) shall apply only to the extent permitted from time to time by the Listing Rules);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) no other distribution shall be made on the Default Shares;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) no transfer of any of the Default Shares held by such member shall be registered unless:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the member is not himself or herself in default as regards supplying the information requested and the transfer
when presented for registration is accompanied by a certificate by the member in such form as the Directors may in their absolute discretion require to the effect that after due and careful enquiry the member is satisfied that no person in default
as regards supplying such information is interested in any of the shares the subject of the transfer; or

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the transfer is an approved transfer (as defined in Article 26.3).

The Company shall send to each other person appearing to be interested in the shares the subject of any Direction Notice a copy of the notice, but the failure or omission by the Company to do so shall not invalidate such notice.

22. Where any person appearing to be interested in the Default Shares has been duly served with a Direction Notice
and the Default Shares which are the subject of such Direction Notice are held by an Approved Nominee, the provisions of this Article shall be treated as applying only to such Default Shares held by the Approved Nominee and not (insofar as such
person's apparent interest is concerned) to any other shares held by the Approved Nominee.

23. Where the member on which a Section 1062 Notice is served is an Approved Nominee acting in its capacity as
such, the obligations of the Approved Nominee as a member of the Company shall be limited to disclosing to the Company such information relating to any person appearing to be interested in the shares held by it as has been recorded by it pursuant to
the arrangements entered into by the Company or approved by the Directors pursuant to which it was appointed as an Approved Nominee.

24. Any Direction Notice shall cease to have effect:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24.1 in relation to any shares which are transferred by such member by means of an approved transfer; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24.2 when the Directors are satisfied that such member and any other person appearing to be interested in shares
held by such member, has given to the Company the information required by the relevant Section 1062 Notice.

25. The Directors may at any time give notice cancelling a Direction Notice.

26. For the purposes of this Article:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;26.1 a person shall be treated as appearing to be interested in any shares if the member holding such shares has
given to the Company a notification under the said section 1062 which either (i) names such person as being so interested or (ii) fails to establish the identities of all those interested in the shares and (after taking into account the
said notification and any other relevant section 1062 notification) the Company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the person in question is or may be interested in the shares;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;26.2 the prescribed period is 28 days from the date of service of the said Section 1062 Notice unless the
nominal value of the Default Shares represents at least 0.25 per cent of the nominal value of the issued shares of that class, when the prescribed period is 14 days from that date;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;26.3 a transfer of shares is an approved transfer if but only if:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) it is a transfer of shares to an offeror by way or in pursuance of acceptance of an offer made to all the
members (or all the members other than the person making the offer and his nominees) of the shares in the Company to acquire those shares or a specified proportion of them; or

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the Directors are satisfied that the transfer is made pursuant to a sale of the whole of the beneficial
ownership of the shares the subject of the transfer to a party unconnected with the member and with other persons appearing to be interested in such shares; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the transfer results from a sale made through an Exchange on which the Company's shares are normally
traded.

27. Nothing contained in this Article shall limit the power of the Company under section 1066 of the Act or
otherwise under Irish law.

28. For the purpose of establishing whether or not the terms of any notice served under this Article shall have
been complied with the decision of the Directors in this regard shall be final and conclusive and shall bind all persons interested.

**Calls on shares** 

29. The Directors may from time to time make calls upon the members in respect of any consideration unpaid on their
shares in the Company (whether on account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium), provided that in the case where the conditions of allotment or issuance of shares provide for the payment of consideration in respect of such shares
at fixed times, the Directors shall only make calls in accordance with such conditions.

30. Each member shall (subject to receiving at least thirty days' notice specifying the time or times and
place of payment, or such lesser or greater period of notice provided in the conditions of allotment or issuance of the shares) pay to the Company, at the time or times and place so specified, the amount called on the shares.

31. A call may be revoked or postponed, as the Directors may determine.

32. Subject to the conditions of allotment or issuance of the shares, a call shall be deemed to have been made at
the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising the call was passed and may be required to be paid by instalments if specified in the call.

33. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect of it.

34. If the consideration called in respect of a share or in respect of a particular instalment is not paid in full
before or on the day appointed for payment of it, the person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest in cash on the unpaid value from the day appointed for payment of it to the time of actual payment of such rate, not exceeding five per cent per
annum or such other rate as may be specified by an order under section 2(7) of the Act, as the Directors may determine, but the Directors may waive payment of such interest wholly or in part.

35. Any consideration which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable on allotment or issuance or at any
fixed date (whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium) shall, for the purposes of these Articles, be deemed to be a call duly made and payable on the date on which, by the terms of issue, that consideration becomes
payable, and in the case of non-payment of such a consideration, all the relevant provisions of these Articles as to payment of interest and expenses, forfeiture or otherwise, shall apply as if such
consideration had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

36. The Directors may, on the issue of shares, differentiate between the holders of different classes as to the
amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.

37. The Directors may, if they think fit:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) receive from any member willing to advance such consideration, all or any part of the consideration uncalled
and unpaid upon any shares held by him or her; and/or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) pay, upon all or any of the consideration so advanced (until the amount concerned would, but for such advance,
become payable) interest at such rate (not exceeding, unless the Company in a general meeting otherwise directs, five per cent per annum or such other rate as may be specified by an order under section 2(7) of the Act) as may be agreed upon between
the Directors and the member paying such consideration in advance.

38. The Company may:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) acting by its Directors, make arrangements on the issue of shares for a difference between the members in the
amounts and times of payment of calls on their shares;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) acting by its Directors, accept from any member the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on any
shares held by him or her, although no part of that amount has been called up;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) acting by its Directors and subject to the Act, pay a dividend in proportion to the amount paid up on each
share where a larger amount is paid up on some shares than on others; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) by special resolution determine that any portion of its share capital which has not been already called up
shall not be capable of being called up except in the event and for the purposes of the Company being wound up; upon the Company doing so, that portion of its share capital shall not be capable of being called up except in that event and for those
purposes.

**Lien** 

39. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all
consideration (whether immediately payable or not) called, or payable at a fixed time, in respect of that share.

40. The Directors may at any time declare any share in the Company to be wholly or in part exempt from Article 39.

41. The Company's lien on a share shall extend to all dividends payable on it.

42. The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any shares on which the Company has a lien,
but no sale shall be made unless (i) a sum in respect of which the lien exists is immediately payable; and (ii) the following conditions are satisfied:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;42.1 a notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien
exists as is immediately payable, has been given to the registered holder of the share for the time being, or the person entitled thereto by reason of his or her death or bankruptcy; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;42.2 a period of 14 days after the date of giving of that notice has expired.

43. The following provisions apply in relation to a sale referred to in Article 42:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;43.1 to give effect to any such sale, the Directors may authorise some person to transfer the shares sold to the
purchaser of them;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;43.2 the purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the shares comprised in any such transfer;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;43.3 the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase consideration, nor shall his or her
title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;43.4 the proceeds of the sale shall be received by the Company and applied in payment of such part of the amount in
respect of which the lien exists as is immediately payable, and the residue, if any, shall (subject to a like lien for sums not immediately payable as existed upon the shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the shares at the date
of the sale.

**Forfeiture** 

44. If a member of the Company fails to pay any call or instalment of a call on the day appointed for payment of
it, the Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of the call or instalment remains unpaid, serve a notice on the member requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which
may have accrued.

45. The notice referred to in Article 44 shall:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45.1 specify a further day (not earlier than the expiration of 14 days after the date of service of the notice) on
or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45.2 state that, if the amount concerned is not paid by the day so specified, the shares in respect of which the
call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

46. If the requirements of the notice referred to in Article 45 are not complied with, any share in respect of
which the notice has been served may at any time after the day so specified (but before, should it occur, the payment required by the notice has been made) be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect.

47. On the trial or hearing of any action for the recovery of any money due for any call, it shall be sufficient to
prove that the name of the member sued is entered in the Register as the holder, or one of the holders, of the shares in the capital of the Company in respect of which such debt accrued, that the resolution making the call is duly recorded in the
minute book and that notice of such call was duly given to the member sued, in pursuance of these Articles, and it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Directors who made such call nor any other matters whatsoever, but the proof of
the matters aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the debt.

48. A forfeited share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think
fit, and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit.

49. A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a member of the Company in respect of the forfeited
shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all consideration which, at the date of forfeiture, were payable by him or her to the Company in respect of the shares, but his or her liability shall cease if and when the
Company shall have received payment in full of all such consideration in respect of the shares.

50. A statement in writing that the maker of the statement is a Director or the Company Secretary, and that a share
in the Company has been duly forfeited on a date stated in the statement, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share.

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51. The following provisions apply in relation to a sale or other disposition of a share referred to in Article 48:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;51.1 the Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for the share on the sale or other disposition of it
and may execute a transfer of the share in favour of the person to whom the share is sold or otherwise disposed of (the "**disponee** ");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;51.2 upon such execution, the disponee shall be registered as the holder of the share; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;51.3 the disponee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase consideration, if any, nor shall his
or her title to the share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the share.

52. The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share in the capital of the Company, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the nominal value of the share in the capital of the Company
or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

53. The Directors may accept the surrender of any share in the capital of the Company which the Directors have
resolved to have been forfeited upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed and, subject to any such terms and conditions, a surrendered share in the capital of the Company shall be treated as if it has been forfeited.

**Variation of company capital** 

54. The Company may, by ordinary resolution and in accordance with section 83 of the Act, do any one or more of the
following, from time to time:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54.1 consolidate and divide all or any of its shares into shares of a larger nominal value than its existing shares;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54.2 subdivide its shares, or any of them, into shares of a smaller nominal value, so however, that in the
subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54.3 increase the nominal value of any of its shares by the addition to them of any undenominated capital;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54.4 reduce the nominal value of any of its shares by the deduction from them of any part of that value, subject to
the crediting of the amount of the deduction to undenominated capital, other than the share premium account;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54.5 without prejudice or limitation to Articles 94 to 99 and the powers conferred on the Directors thereby, convert
any undenominated capital into shares for allotment as bonus shares to holders of existing shares;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54.6 increase its share capital by new shares of such amount as it thinks expedient; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54.7 cancel shares of its share capital which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or
agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;55. Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the Company may:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;55.1 by special resolution, and subject to the provisions of the Act governing the variation of rights attached to
classes of shares and the amendment of these Articles, convert any of its shares into redeemable shares; or

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;55.2 by special resolution, and subject to the provisions of the Act (or as otherwise required or permitted by
applicable law) alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein or alter or add to these Articles.

**Reduction of company capital** 

56. The Company may, in accordance with the provisions of sections 84 to 87 of the Act, reduce its company capital
in any way it thinks expedient and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may thereby:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;56.1 extinguish or reduce the liability on any of its shares in respect of share capital not paid up;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;56.2 either with or without extinguishing or reducing liability on any of its shares, cancel any paid up company
capital which is lost or unrepresented by available assets; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;56.3 either with or without extinguishing or reducing liability on any of its shares, pay off any paid up company
capital which is in excess of the wants of the Company.

Unless the special resolution provides otherwise, a reserve arising from the reduction of company capital is to be treated for all purposes as a realised profit in accordance with section 117(9) of the Act. Nothing in this Article 56 shall, however, prejudice or limit the Company's ability to perform or engage in any of the actions described in section 83(1) of the Act by way of ordinary resolution only.

**Transfer of shares** 

57. Subject to the Act and to such of the restrictions contained in these Articles (including, without limitation,
Article 10) as may be applicable, any member may transfer all or any of his shares (of any class) by an instrument of transfer in the usual common form or in any other form which the Board may from time to time approve. The instrument of transfer
may be endorsed on the certificate.

58. The instrument of transfer of a share shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor and, if the share is
not fully paid, by or on behalf of the transferee. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of it. All instruments of transfer may be retained by the
Company.

59. The instrument of transfer of any share may be executed for and on behalf of the transferor by the Company
Secretary or any other party designated by the Board for such purpose, and the Company Secretary or any other party designated by the Board for such purpose shall be deemed to have been irrevocably appointed agent for the transferor of such share or
shares with full power to execute, complete and deliver in the name of and on behalf of the transferor of such share or shares all such transfers of shares held by the members in the share capital of the Company. Any document which records the name
of the transferor, the name of the transferee, the class and number of shares agreed to be transferred, the date of the agreement to transfer shares and the price per share, shall, once executed by the transferor or the Company Secretary or any
other party designated by the Board for such purpose as agent for the transferor, be deemed to be a proper instrument of transfer for the purposes of the Act. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the member holding the share until the name of
the transferee is entered on the Register in respect thereof, and neither the title of the transferee nor the title of the transferor shall be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale should the
Directors so determine.

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60. The Company, at its absolute discretion, may, or may procure that a subsidiary of the Company shall, pay Irish
stamp duty arising on a transfer of shares on behalf of the transferee of such shares of the Company. If stamp duty resulting from the transfer of shares in the Company which would otherwise be payable by the transferee is paid by the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company on behalf of the transferee, then in those circumstances, the Company shall, on its behalf or on behalf of its subsidiary (as the case may be), be entitled to (i) reimbursement of the stamp duty from the transferee, (ii) set-off the stamp duty against any dividends payable to the transferee of those shares and (iii) to the extent permitted by section 1042 of the Act, claim a first and paramount lien on the shares on
which stamp duty has been paid by the Company or its subsidiary for the amount of stamp duty paid. The Company's lien shall extend to all dividends paid on those shares.

61. Notwithstanding the provisions of these Articles and subject to any regulations made under the Act, title to
any shares in the Company may also be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument in accordance with the Act or any regulations made thereunder. The Directors shall have power to permit any class of shares to be held in uncertificated
form and to implement any arrangements they think fit for such evidencing and transfer which accord with such regulations and in particular shall, where appropriate, be entitled to disapply or modify all or part of the provisions in these Articles
with respect to the requirement for written instruments of transfer and share certificates (if any), in order to give effect to such regulations.

62. The Board may, in its absolute discretion and without assigning any reason for its decision, decline to
register any transfer of any share which is not a fully-paid share. The Board may also decline to register any transfer if:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;62.1 the instrument of transfer is not duly stamped, if required, and lodged at the Office or any other place as the
Board may from time to time specify for the purpose, accompanied by the certificate (if any) for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;62.2 the instrument of transfer is in respect of more than one class of share;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;62.3 the instrument of transfer is in favour of more than four persons jointly;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;62.4 it is not satisfied that all applicable consents, authorisations, permissions or approvals of any governmental
body or agency in Ireland or any other applicable jurisdiction required to be obtained under relevant law prior to such transfer have been obtained; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;62.5 it is not satisfied that the transfer would not violate the terms of any agreement to which the Company (or any
of its subsidiaries) and the transferor are party or subject.

63. Subject to any directions of the Board from time to time in force, the Company Secretary or any other party
designated by the Board for such purpose may exercise the powers and discretions of the Board under Article 62, Article 86, Article 93 and Article 95.

64. If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within one month after the date on which the instrument
of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal.

65. No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer or for making any entry in the Register
concerning any other document relating to or affecting the title to any share (except that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed on it in connection with such transfer
or entry).

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**Transmission of shares** 

66. In the case of the death of a member, the survivor or survivors, where the deceased was a joint holder, and the
personal representatives of the deceased where he or she was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his or her interest in the shares.

67. Nothing in Article 66 shall release the estate of a deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any
share which had been jointly held by him or her with other persons.

68. Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member may, upon such
evidence being produced as may from time to time properly be required by the Directors and subject to Article 69, elect either: (a) to be registered himself or herself as holder of the share; or (b) to have some person nominated by him or
her (being a person who consents to being so registered) registered as the transferee thereof.

69. The Directors shall, in either of those cases, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they
would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by that member before his or her death or bankruptcy, as the case may be.

70. If the person becoming entitled as mentioned in Article 68: (a) elects to be registered himself or herself, the
person shall furnish to the Company a notice in writing signed by him or her stating that he or she so elects; or (b) elects to have another person registered, the person shall testify his or her election by executing to that other person a
transfer of the share.

71. All the limitations, restrictions and provisions of Articles 66 to 70 shall be applicable to a notice or
transfer referred to in Article 70 as if the death or bankruptcy of the member concerned had not occurred and the notice or transfer were a transfer signed by that member.

72. Subject to Article 73 and Article 74, 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 or she would be entitled if he or she were the registered holder of the share.

73. A person referred to in Article 72 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.

74. The Directors may at any time serve a notice on any such person requiring the person to make the election
provided for by Article 68 and, if the person does not make that election (and proceed to do, consequent on that election, whichever of the things mentioned in Article 70 is appropriate) within ninety days after the date of service of the notice,
the Directors may thereupon withhold payment of all dividends, bonuses or other moneys payable in respect of the share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

75. The Company may charge a fee not exceeding €10.00 on the registration of every probate, letters of
administration, certificate of death, power of attorney, notice as to stock or other instrument or order.

76. The Directors may determine such procedures as they shall think fit regarding the transmission of shares in the
Company held by a body corporate that are transmitted by operation of law in consequence of a merger or division.

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**Closing Register or Fixing Record Date** 

77. For the purpose of determining members entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of members or any
adjournment thereof, or members entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of members for any other proper purpose, the Board may provide, subject to the requirements of section 174 of the Act, that the Register
shall be closed for transfers at such times and for such periods, not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each year. If the Register shall be so closed for the purpose of determining members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of
members, such Register shall, subject to applicable law and Exchange rules, be so closed for at least five days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register.

78. In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register, the Board may fix in advance a date as the record date
(a) for any such determination of members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the members, which record date shall not, subject to applicable law and Exchange rules, be more than sixty days before the date of such meeting, and
(b) for the purpose of determining the members entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of members for any other proper purpose, which record date shall not, subject to applicable
law and Exchange rules, be more than sixty days prior to the date of payment of such dividend or other distribution or the taking of any action to which such determination of members is relevant.

79. If the Register is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of members entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of members, the date immediately preceding the date on which notice of the meeting is deemed given under these Articles shall be the record date for such determination of members. Where a determination of members
entitled to vote at any meeting of members has been made as provided in these Articles, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof; provided, however, that the Directors may fix a new record date of the adjourned meeting, if they
think fit.

**Dividends** 

80. The Company in a general meeting may declare dividends, but no dividends shall exceed the amount recommended by
the Directors. Any general meeting declaring a dividend and any resolution of the Directors declaring an interim dividend may direct payment of such dividend or interim dividend wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets including paid
up shares, debentures or debenture stocks of any other company or in any one or more of such ways, and the Directors shall give effect to such resolution.

81. The Directors may from time to time:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;81.1 pay to the members such dividends (whether as either interim dividends or final dividends) as appear to the
Directors to be justified by the profits of the Company, subject to section 117 and Chapter 6 of Part 17 of the Act;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;81.2 before declaring any dividend, set aside out of the profits of the Company such sums as they think proper as a
reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for any purpose to which the profits of the Company may be properly applied, and pending such application may, at the like discretion either be employed in the
business of the Company or be held as cash or cash equivalents or invested in such investments as the Directors may lawfully determine; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;81.3 without placing the profits of the Company to reserve, carry forward any profits which they may think prudent
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82. Unless otherwise specified by the Directors at the time of declaring a dividend, the dividend shall be a final
dividend.

83. Where the Directors specify that a dividend is an interim dividend at the time it is declared, such interim
dividend shall not constitute a debt recoverable against the Company and the declaration may be revoked by the Directors at any time prior to its payment provided that the holders of the same class of share are treated equally on any revocation.

84. Subject to the rights of persons, if any, entitled to shares with special rights as to dividend (and to the
rights of the Company under Articles 39 to 43 and Article 86) all dividends shall be declared and paid such that shares of the same class shall rank equally irrespective of the premium credited as paid up on such shares.

85. If any share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for a dividend as from a particular date, such
share shall rank for dividend accordingly.

86. The Directors may deduct from any dividend payable to any member, all sums of money (if any) immediately
payable by him or her to the Company on account of calls or otherwise in relation to the shares of the Company.

87. The Directors when declaring a dividend or bonus may direct payment of such dividend or bonus wholly or partly
by the distribution of specific assets and, in particular, paid up shares, debentures or debenture stock of any other company or in any one or more of such ways.

88. Where any difficulty arises in regard to a distribution, the Directors may settle the matter as they think
expedient and, in particular, may:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;88.1 issue fractional certificates (subject always to the restriction on the issue of fractional shares) and fix the
value for distribution of such specific assets or any part of them;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;88.2 determine that cash payments shall be made to any members upon the footing of the value so fixed, in order to
adjust the rights of all the parties; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;88.3 vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Directors.

89. Any dividend, interest or other moneys payable in cash in respect of any shares may be paid:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;89.1 by cheque or negotiable instrument sent by post directed to or otherwise delivered to the registered address of
the holder, or where there are joint holders, to the registered address of that one of the joint holders who is first named on the register or to such person and to such address as the holder or the joint holders may in writing direct; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;89.2 by transfer to a bank account nominated by the payee or where such an account has not been so nominated, to the
account of a trustee nominated by the Company to hold such moneys,

provided that the debiting of the Company's account in respect of the relevant amount shall be evidence of good discharge of the Company's obligations in respect of any payment made by any such methods.

90. Any such cheque or negotiable instrument referred to in Article 89 shall be made payable to the order of the
person to whom it is sent.

91. Any one of two or more joint holders may give valid receipts for any dividends, bonuses or other moneys payable
in respect of the shares held by them as joint holders, whether paid by cheque or negotiable instrument or direct transfer.

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92. No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.

93. If the Directors so resolve, any dividend or distribution which has remained unclaimed for twelve years from
the date of its declaration shall be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company. The payment by the Directors of any unclaimed dividend, distribution or other moneys payable in respect of a share into a separate account shall not constitute
the Company a trustee in respect thereof.

**Bonus issue of shares** 

94. Any capitalisation provided for in Articles 95 to 99 inclusive will not require approval or ratification by the
members.

95. The Directors may resolve to capitalise any part of a relevant sum (within the meaning of Article 96) by
applying such sum in paying up in full unissued shares of a nominal value or nominal value and premium, equal to the sum capitalised, to be allotted and issued as fully paid bonus shares, to those members of the Company who would have been entitled
to that sum if it were distributed by way of dividend (and in the same proportions).

96. For the purposes of Article 95, "relevant sum" means: (a) any sum for the time being standing to
the credit of the Company's undenominated capital; (b) any of the Company's profits available for distribution; (c) any sum representing unrealised revaluation reserves; or (d) a merger reserve or any other capital reserve
of the Company.

97. The Directors may in giving effect to any resolution under Article 95 make: (a) all appropriations and
applications of the undivided profits resolved to be capitalised by the resolution; and (b) all allotments and issues of fully paid shares, if any, and generally shall do all acts and things required to give effect to the resolution.

98. Without limiting Article 97, the Directors may:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;98.1 make such provision as they think fit for the case of shares becoming distributable in fractions (and, again,
without limiting the foregoing, may sell the shares represented by such fractions and distribute the net proceeds of such sale amongst the members otherwise entitled to such fractions in due proportions);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;98.2 authorise any person to enter, on behalf of all the members concerned, into an agreement with the Company
providing for the allotment to them, respectively credited as fully paid up, of any further shares to which they may become entitled on the capitalisation concerned or, as the case may require, for the payment by the application thereto of their
respective proportions of the profits resolved to be capitalised of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing shares,

and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all the members concerned.

99. Where the Directors have resolved to approve a bona fide revaluation of all the fixed assets of the Company,
the net capital surplus in excess of the previous book value of the assets arising from such revaluation may be: (a) credited by the Directors to undenominated capital, other than the share premium account; or (b) used in paying up
unissued shares of the Company to be issued to members as fully paid bonus shares.

**General Meetings – General** 

100. The Company shall in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting in addition to any other
meeting in that year, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it; and not more than 15 months shall elapse between the date of one annual general meeting of the Company and that of the next.

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101. The annual general meeting shall be held in such place and at such time as the Directors shall determine.

102. All general meetings of the Company other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general
meetings.

103. The Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene an extraordinary general meeting. An extraordinary general
meeting shall also be convened by the Directors on the requisition of members, or if the Directors fail to so convene an extraordinary general meeting, such extraordinary general meeting may be convened by the requisitioning members, in each case in
accordance with section 178(3) to (7) of the Act.

104. If at any time the number of Directors is less than four, any Director may convene an extraordinary general
meeting in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which meetings may be convened by the Directors.

105. An annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting of the Company may be held outside of Ireland. The
Company shall make, at its expense, all necessary arrangements to ensure that members can by technological means participate in any such meeting without leaving Ireland.

106. A general meeting of the Company may be held in two or more venues (whether inside or outside of Ireland) at
the same time using any technology that provides members, as a whole, with a reasonable opportunity to participate, and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.

**Notice of general meetings** 

107. The only persons entitled to notice of general meetings of the Company are:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;107.1 the members;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;107.2 the personal representatives of a deceased member, which member would but for his death be entitled to vote;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;107.3 the assignee in bankruptcy of a bankrupt member of the Company (being a bankrupt member who is entitled to vote
at the meeting);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;107.4 the Directors and Company Secretary; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;107.5 unless the Company is entitled to and has availed itself of the audit exemption under the Act, the Auditors
(who shall also be entitled to receive other communications relating to any general meeting which a member is entitled to receive).

108. Subject to the provisions of the Act allowing a general meeting to be called by shorter notice, an annual
general meeting and an extraordinary general meeting called for the passing of a special resolution shall be called by at least twenty-one days' notice. Any other extraordinary general meeting shall also
be called by at least twenty-one days' notice, except that it may be called by fourteen days' notice where:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;108.1 all members, who hold shares that carry rights to vote at the meeting, are permitted to vote by electronic
means at the meeting; and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;108.2 a special resolution reducing the period of notice to fourteen days has been passed at the immediately
preceding annual general meeting, or at a general meeting held since that meeting.

109. Any notice convening a general meeting shall specify the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of
special business, the general nature of that business and, in reasonable prominence, that a member entitled to attend, speak, ask questions and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend, speak, ask questions and vote in his place and that a
proxy need not be a member of the Company. Every notice shall specify such other details as are required by applicable law or the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the shares on any Exchange. Subject to any
restrictions imposed on any shares, the notice shall be given to all the members and to the Directors and Auditors.

110. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at the meeting.

111. In cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with notices, the accidental omission to send such instrument
of proxy to, or the non-receipt of such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceeding at any such meeting. A member present,
either in person or by proxy, at any general meeting of the Company or of the holders of any class of shares in the Company will be deemed, subject to Article 114, to have received notice of that meeting and, where required, of the purpose for which
it was called.

112. Where, by any provision contained in the Act, extended notice is required of a resolution, the resolution shall
not be effective (except where the Directors have resolved to submit it) unless notice of the intention to move it has been given to the Company not less than twenty-eight days (or such shorter period as the Act permits) before the meeting at which
it is moved, and the Company shall give to the members notice of any such resolution as required by and in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

113. In determining the correct period of notice for a general meeting, only Clear Days shall be counted.

114. Whenever any notice is required to be given by law or by these Articles to any person or persons, a waiver
thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

**Written decision of sole member** 

115. At any time that the Company is a single-member company, its sole member may pass any resolution as a written
decision in accordance with section 196 of the Act.

**Quorum for general meetings** 

116. Two or more members present in person or by proxy and having the right to attend and vote at the meeting and
together holding shares representing more than 50% of the votes that may be cast by all members at the relevant time shall be a quorum at a general meeting; for the avoidance of doubt, at any time when the Company is a single-member company, one
member of the Company present in person or by proxy at a general meeting of it shall be a quorum.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;117. If within 15 minutes (or such greater time determined by the chairperson) after the time appointed for a
general meeting a quorum is not present, then:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;117.1 the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place or to such other
day and at such other time and place as the Directors may determine; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;117.2 if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour (or such greater time determined by the
chairperson) after the time appointed for the meeting, the members present shall be a quorum.

**Proxies** 

118. Every member entitled to attend, speak, ask questions and vote at a general meeting may appoint a proxy or
proxies to attend, speak, ask questions relating to items on the agenda and vote on his behalf and may appoint more than one proxy to attend, speak, ask questions and vote at the same general meeting provided that, where a member appoints more than
one proxy in relation to a general meeting, each proxy must be appointed to exercise the rights attached to different shares held by that member.

119. The appointment of a proxy shall be in writing in any usual form or in any other form which the Directors may
approve and shall be signed by or on behalf of the appointor. The signature on such appointment need not be witnessed. A body corporate may sign a form of proxy under its common seal or under the hand of a duly authorised officer thereof or in such
other manner as the Directors may approve. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member shall be entitled to appoint a proxy by electronic means, to an address specified by the Company. The proxy form must make provision for three-way voting (i.e., to allow votes to be cast for or against a resolution or to be withheld) on all resolutions intended to be proposed, other than resolutions which are merely procedural. An instrument or other
form of communication appointing or evidencing the appointment of a proxy or a corporate representative (other than a standing proxy or representative) together with such evidence as to its due execution as the Board may from time to time require,
may be returned to the address or addresses stated in the notice of meeting or adjourned meeting or any other information or communication by such time or times as may be specified in the notice of meeting or adjourned meeting or in any other such
information or communication (which times may differ when more than one place is so specified) or, if no such time is specified, at any time prior to the holding of the relevant meeting or adjourned meeting at which the appointee proposes to vote,
and, subject to the Act, if not so delivered the appointment shall not be treated as valid.

120. Without limiting the foregoing, in relation to any shares which are held in uncertificated form, the Directors
may from time to time permit appointments of a proxy to be made by means of an electronic communication in the form of an Uncertificated Proxy Instruction, (that is, a properly authenticated dematerialised instruction, and/or other instruction or
notification, which is sent by means of the relevant system concerned and received by such participant in that system acting on behalf of the Company as the Directors may prescribe, in such form and subject to such terms and conditions as may from
time to time be prescribed by the Directors (subject always to the facilities and requirements of the relevant system concerned)); and may in a similar manner permit supplements to, or amendments or revocations of, any such Uncertificated Proxy
Instruction to be made by like means. The Directors may in addition prescribe the method of determining the time at which any such properly authenticated dematerialised instruction (and/or other instruction or notification) is to be treated as
received by the Company or such participant. **  The Directors **  may treat any such Uncertificated Proxy Instruction which purports to be or is expressed to be sent on behalf of a holder of a share as sufficient evidence of the authority of
the person sending that instruction to send it on behalf of that holder.

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**Bodies corporate acting by representatives at meetings** 

121. Any body corporate which is a member, or a proxy for a member, of the Company may by resolution of its
directors or other governing body authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative or representatives at any meeting of the Company or of any class of members of the Company and, subject to evidence being furnished to
the Company of such authority as the Directors may reasonably require, any person(s) so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the body corporate which he represents as that body corporate could exercise if it were an
individual member of the Company or, where more than one such representative is so authorized, all or any of the rights attached to the shares in respect of which he is so authorised. Where a body corporate appoints more than one representative in
relation to a general meeting, each representative must be appointed to exercise the rights attached to different shares held by that body corporate.

**Receipt of proxy appointments** 

122. Where the appointment of a proxy and any authority under which it is signed or a copy certified notarially or
in some other way approved by the Directors is to be received by the Company:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;122.1 in physical form, it shall be deposited at the Office or (at the option of the member) at such other place or
places (if any) as may be specified for that purpose in or by way of note to the notice convening the meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;122.2 in electronic form, it may be so received where an address has been specified by the Company for the purpose of
receiving electronic communications:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) in the notice convening the meeting; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) in any appointment of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) in any invitation contained in an electronic communication to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation
to the meeting;

provided that it is so received by the Company no later than 3 hours, or such other time as may be communicated to the members, before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting or (in the case of a poll taken otherwise than at or on the same day as the meeting or adjourned meeting) for the taking of the poll at which it is to be used, at which the person named in the proxy proposes to vote and in default shall not be treated as valid or, in the case of a meeting which is adjourned to, or a poll which is to be taken on, a date not later than the record date applicable to the meeting which was adjourned or the poll, it shall be sufficient if the appointment of a proxy and any such authority and certification thereof as aforesaid is so received by the Company at the commencement of the adjourned meeting or the taking of the poll. An appointment of a proxy relating to more than one meeting (including any adjournment thereof) having once been so received for the purposes of any meeting shall not be required to be delivered, deposited or received again for the purposes of any subsequent meeting to which it relates.

**Effect of proxy appointments** 

123. Effect of proxy appointments:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;123.1 Receipt by the Company of an appointment of a proxy in respect of a meeting shall not preclude a member from
attending and voting at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof. However, if that member votes at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, then as regards to the resolution(s) any proxy appointment delivered to the Company by or on behalf of
that same member shall on a poll, be invalid to the extent that such member votes in respect of the shares to which the proxy notice relates.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;123.2 An appointment of a proxy shall be valid, unless the contrary is stated therein, as well for any adjournment of
the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates and shall be deemed to confer authority to speak at a general meeting and to demand or join in demanding a poll.

124. A proxy shall have the right to exercise all or any of the rights of his appointor, or (where more than one
proxy is appointed) all or any of the rights attached to the shares in respect of which he is appointed as the proxy to attend, and to speak and vote, at a general meeting of the Company. Unless his appointment provides otherwise, a proxy may vote
or abstain at his discretion on any resolution put to the vote.

**Effect of revocation of proxy or of authorisation** 

125. A vote given or poll demanded in accordance with the terms of an appointment of a proxy or a resolution
authorising a representative to act on behalf of a body corporate shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death, insanity or winding up of the principal, or the revocation of the appointment of a proxy or of the authority under which the proxy
was appointed or of the resolution authorising the representative to act or the transfer of the share in respect of which the proxy was appointed or the authorisation of the representative to act was given, provided that no notice in writing
(whether in electronic form or otherwise) of such death, insanity, winding up, revocation or transfer is received by the Company at the Office before the commencement of the meeting.

126. The Directors may send to the members, at the expense of the Company, by post, electronic mail or otherwise,
forms for the appointment of a proxy (with or without reply paid envelopes for their return) for use at any general meeting or at any class meeting, either in blank or nominating any one or more of the Directors or any other persons in the
alternative. If, for the purpose of any meeting, invitations to appoint as proxy a person or one of a number of persons specified in the invitations are issued at the expense of the Company, such invitations shall be issued to all (and not to some
only) of the members entitled to be sent a notice of the meeting and to vote thereat by proxy, but the accidental omission to issue such invitations to, or the non-receipt of such invitations by, any member
shall not invalidate the proceedings at any such meeting.

**The business of general meetings** 

127. All business shall be deemed to be special business that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting or
that is transacted at an annual general meeting other than, in the case of an annual general meeting, the business specified in Article 131 which shall be ordinary business.

128. At any meeting of the members, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before
such meeting. To be properly brought before an annual general meeting, business must be:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;128.1 specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;128.2 otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;128.3 otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a member.

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129. Without prejudice to any procedure which may be permitted under the Act, for business to be properly brought
before an annual general meeting by a member, the member must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Company Secretary. To be timely, a member's notice must be received not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days prior to the
first anniversary of the preceding year's annual general meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual general meeting is advanced by more than thirty days or delayed by more than sixty days from such anniversary,
notice by the member to be timely must be so received not earlier than the ninetieth day prior to such annual general meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the sixtieth day prior to such annual general meeting or
(ii) the tenth day following the date on which notice of the date of the annual general meeting was mailed or public disclosure thereof was made by the Company, whichever event in this clause (ii) first occurs. For the avoidance of doubt,
in no event shall the adjournment or postponement of any general meeting, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a member's notice to the
Company Secretary pursuant to this Article 129. Each such notice shall set forth as to each matter the member proposes to bring before the annual general meeting (other than a nomination for election as a director, which shall be governed by Article
171):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;129.1 a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual general meeting and the reasons for
conducting such business at the meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;129.2 the name and address, as they appear on the Register, of the member proposing such business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;129.3 the class, series and number of shares of the Company which are beneficially owned by the member;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;129.4 whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other transaction is in place or has been entered
into within the prior six months preceding the date of delivery of the notice by or for the benefit of the member with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities, debt instruments or credit ratings, the effect
or intent of which transaction is to give rise to gain or loss as a result of changes in the trading price of such securities or debt instruments or changes in the credit ratings for the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective
securities or debt instruments (or, more generally, changes in the perceived creditworthiness of the Company or its subsidiaries), or to increase or decrease the voting power of the member, and if so, a summary of the material terms thereof; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;129.5 any material interest of the member in such business.

To be properly brought before an extraordinary general meeting, other than pursuant to Article 128, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board or by the Company Secretary pursuant to the applicable provisions of these Articles or (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board.

130. The chairperson of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business
was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of these Articles, and if he or she should so determine, any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. Nothing herein shall be
deemed to affect any rights of members to request inclusion of proposals in the Company's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

131. The business of the annual general meeting shall include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;131.1 the consideration of the Company's statutory financial statements and the report of the Directors and the
report of the Auditors on those statements and that report;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;131.2 the review by the members of the Company's affairs;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;131.3 the authorisation of the Directors to approve the remuneration of the Auditors (if any); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;131.4 the appointment or re-appointment of Auditors.

**Proceedings at general meetings** 

132. The Chairman, if any, shall preside as chairperson at every general meeting of the Company, or if there is no
such Chairman, or if he or she is not present at the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

133. If at any meeting no Director is willing to act as chairperson or if no Director is present at the time
appointed for holding the meeting, the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

134. At each meeting of members, the chairperson of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the
opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the members will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure.

135. The Directors may adopt such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of the members as
they deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with any applicable rules, regulations and procedures adopted by the Board, the chairperson of any meeting may adopt such rules, regulations and procedures for the meeting, which need not be
in writing, and take such actions with respect to the conduct of the meeting, as the chairperson of the meeting deems appropriate, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.1 limit attendance at or participation in the meeting to members of record of the Company, their duly authorised
proxies or such other persons as the chairperson of the meeting shall determine;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.2 restrict dissemination of materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.3 take steps to maintain order and safety at the meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.4 establish seating arrangements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.5 restrict entry to the meeting after the time fixed for its commencement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.6 establish an agenda or order of business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.7 adjourn the meeting without a vote of the members, whether or not there is a quorum present;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.8 limit the time allotted to member questions or comments; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;135.9 make rules governing speeches and debate including time limits and access to microphones.

The chairperson of the meeting acts in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings are not subject to appeal.

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136. The chairperson of the meeting may, with the consent of any meeting at which a quorum is present, and shall if
so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place.

137. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting
from which the adjournment took place.

138. When a meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the
case of an original meeting but, subject to that, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.

139. Each Director and the Auditors shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company.

140. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;140.1 No amendment may be made to a resolution, at or before the time when it is put to a vote, unless the
chairperson of the meeting decides that the amendment or the amended resolution may properly be put to a vote at that meeting.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;140.2 If the chairperson of the meeting rules a resolution or an amendment to a resolution admissible or out of order
(as the case may be), the proceedings of the meeting or on the resolution in question shall not be invalidated by any error in his or her ruling. Any ruling by the chairperson of the meeting in relation to a resolution or an amendment to a
resolution shall be final and conclusive.

141. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;141.1 For business to be properly requested by a member to be brought before a general meeting, the member must
comply with the requirements of the Act or:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) be a member at the time of the giving of the notice for such general meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) be entitled to vote at such meeting; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) have given timely and proper notice in writing to the Company Secretary in accordance with Article 129.

142. Except where a greater majority is required by the Act or these Articles, any question proposed for a decision
of the members at any general meeting of the Company or a decision of any class of members at a separate meeting of any class of shares shall be decided by an ordinary resolution.

**Voting** 

143. At any general meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll.

144. Save as provided in Article 145 of these Articles, a poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairperson of
the meeting directs and he or she may appoint scrutineers (who need not be members) and fix a time and place for declaring the result of the poll. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was
demanded.

145. A poll demanded on the election of a chairperson of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall be taken
forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken either forthwith or at such time and place as the chairperson of the meeting may direct. The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any
business other than the question on which the poll was demanded.

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146. No notice need be given of a poll not taken forthwith if the time and place at which it is to be taken are
announced at the meeting at which it is demanded. In any other case at least seven Clear Days' notice shall be given specifying the time and place at which the poll is to be taken.

147. If authorised by the Directors, any vote taken by written ballot may be satisfied by a ballot submitted by
electronic and/or telephonic transmission, provided that any such electronic or telephonic submission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic or telephonic submission has been
authorised by the member or proxy.

**Votes of Members** 

148. Subject to the provisions of these Articles and any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any
class or classes of shares in the capital of the Company, every member of record present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for each share registered in his or her name in the Register.

149. Where there are joint holders of a share, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by
proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holder or holders; and for this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the joint holders stand in the Register.

150. A member who has made an enduring power of attorney, or a member in respect of whom an order has been made by
any court having jurisdiction in cases of unsound mind, may vote by his or her committee, donee of an enduring power of attorney, receiver, guardian or other person appointed by the foregoing court, and any such committee, donee of an enduring power
of attorney, receiver, guardian or other persons appointed by the foregoing court may speak or vote by proxy.

151. No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned
general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at such general meeting shall be valid for all purposes. Any such objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairperson of the general meeting
whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

152. A person shall be entered on the Register by the record date specified in respect of a general meeting in order
to exercise the right of a member to participate and vote at the general meeting and any change to an entry on the Register after the record date shall be disregarded in determining the right of any person to attend and vote at the meeting.

153. Votes may be given either personally (including by a duly authorised representative of a corporate member) or
by proxy. On a poll taken at a meeting of the members of the Company or a meeting of any class of members of the Company, a member, whether present in person or by proxy, entitled to more than one vote need not, if he votes, use all his votes or
cast all the votes he uses in the same way.

154. Subject to such requirements and restrictions as the Directors may specify, the Company may permit members to
vote by correspondence in advance of a general meeting in respect of one or more of the resolutions proposed at a meeting. Where the Company permits members to vote by correspondence, it shall only count votes cast in advance by correspondence,
where such votes are received at the address and before the date and time specified by the Company, provided the date and time is no more than 24 hours before the time at which the vote is to be concluded.

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155. Subject to such requirements and restrictions as the Directors may specify, the Company may permit members who
are not physically present at a meeting to vote by electronic means at the general meeting in respect of one or more of the resolutions proposed at a meeting.

156. Where a member requests a full account of a vote before or on the declaration of the result of a vote at a
general meeting, then with respect to each resolution proposed at a general meeting the Company shall establish:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;156.1 the number of shares for which votes have been validly cast;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;156.2 the proportion of the Company's issued share capital at close of business on the record date before the
meeting represented by those votes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;156.3 the total number of votes validly cast, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;156.4 the number of votes cast in favour of and against each resolution and, if counted, the number of abstentions.

157. Where no member requests a full account of the voting before or on the declaration of the result of a vote at a
general meeting, it shall be sufficient for the Company to establish the voting results only to the extent necessary to ensure that the required majority is reached for each resolution. The Company shall ensure that a voting result established in
accordance with this Article is published on its internet site or the site of the SEC not later than the end of the fifteenth day after the date of the meeting at which the voting result was obtained.

158. Where there is an equality of votes, the chairperson of the meeting shall not have a second or casting vote.

159. No member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company unless all calls or other sums
immediately payable by him or her in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.

**Class meetings** 

160. The provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall, as far as applicable, apply in relation to
any meeting of any class of member of the Company.

**Appointment of Directors** 

161. The number of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board, provided that in no case shall the
number fixed by the Board be less than four nor more than fourteen unless this is approved by an ordinary resolution passed in accordance with Article 169.

162. Each Director shall (unless his office is earlier vacated in accordance with these Articles) serve for a one-year term concluding at the later of (x) the annual general meeting after such Director was last appointed or reappointed, and (y) subject to Article 167, until his successor is elected and qualified.
Any Director retiring at an annual general meeting will be eligible for re-appointment at that annual general meeting in accordance with these Articles.

163. The Board, upon recommendations of the nomination and governance committee (or equivalent committee established
by the Board), shall propose nominees for election to the office of Director at each annual general meeting.

164. Without prejudice to Article 216, the Directors may be appointed by the members in a general meeting, provided
that no person other than a Director retiring at the meeting shall, save where recommended by the Board, be eligible for election to the office of Director at any general meeting unless the requirements of Article 171 as to his or her eligibility
for that purpose have been complied with.

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165. Each Director shall be elected by an ordinary resolution at such meeting, provided that if, as of, or at any
time prior to, fourteen days before the filing of the Company's definitive proxy statement with the SEC relating to such general meeting, the number of Director nominees exceeds the number of Directors to be elected (a "**contested election** "), each of those nominees shall be voted upon as a separate resolution and the Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at any such meeting and entitled to
vote on the election of Directors.

For the purposes of this Article 165, "**elected by a plurality**" means the election of those director nominees, equalling in number to the number of positions to be filled at the relevant general meeting, that received the highest number of votes.

166. Any nominee for election to the Board who is then serving as a Director and, in an uncontested election (where
the number of Director nominees does not exceed the number of Directors to be elected), receives a greater number of "against" votes than "for" votes shall promptly tender his or her resignation following certification of the
vote. The nomination and governance committee of the Board shall then consider the resignation offer and recommend to the Board whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken; provided that any Director whose
resignation is under consideration shall not participate in the nomination and governance committee's recommendation regarding whether to accept, reject or take other action with respect to his/her resignation. The Board shall take action on
the nomination and governance committee's recommendation within 90 days following certification of the vote, and promptly thereafter publicly disclose its decision and the reasons therefor.

167. The Directors may from time to time appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a casual vacancy or as
an addition to the existing Directors, provided that the total number of Directors shall not at any time exceed the number as may be provided for in these Articles.

168. A Director who is appointed pursuant to Article 167 shall be required to retire at the next following annual
general meeting, subject to the provisions of Article 162.

169. The Company may from time to time, by ordinary resolution, increase or reduce the number of Directors provided
that any resolution to appoint a director approved by the members that would result in the maximum number of Directors being exceeded shall be deemed to constitute an ordinary resolution increasing the maximum number of Directors to the number that
would be in office following such a resolution of appointment.

170. The Company may, by ordinary resolution, appoint another person in place of a Director removed from office
under section 146 of the Act and, without prejudice to the powers of the Directors under Article 167, the Company in a general meeting may appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an additional Director.

171. Without prejudice to Article 216, the following are the requirements mentioned in Article 164 for the
eligibility of a person (the **" person concerned "**) for election as a Director at a general meeting, namely, any member entitled to vote in the election of Directors generally may nominate one or more persons for election
as Directors at an annual general meeting only pursuant to the Company's notice of such meeting or if written notice of such member's intent to make such nomination or nominations has been received by the Company Secretary at the
Company's Office not less than sixty nor more than ninety days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual general meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual general meeting is advanced by
more than thirty days or delayed by more than sixty days from such anniversary, notice by the member to be timely must be so received no

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earlier than the ninetieth day prior to such annual general meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the sixtieth day prior to such annual general meeting and (ii) the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual general meeting was mailed or public disclosure thereof was made by the Company, whichever event in this clause (ii) first occurs. Each such member's notice shall set forth:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.1 the name and address of the member who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons to be
nominated;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.2 a representation that the member is a holder of record of shares of the Company entitled to vote at such
meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.3 a description of all arrangements or understandings between the member and each nominee and any other person or
persons (naming such person or persons) relating to the nomination or nominations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.4 the class and number of shares of the Company which are beneficially owned by such member and by any other
members known by such member to be supporting such nominees as of the date of such member's notice;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.5 whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other transaction is in place or has been entered
into within the prior six months preceding the date of delivery of the notice by or for the benefit of the member with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities, debt instruments or credit ratings, the effect
or intent of which transaction is to give rise to gain or loss as a result of changes in the trading price of such securities or debt instruments or changes in the credit ratings for the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective
securities or debt instruments (or, more generally, changes in the perceived creditworthiness of the Company or its subsidiaries), or to increase or decrease the voting power of the member, and if so, a summary of the material terms thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.6 such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such member as would be required to be included in a
proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.7 the consent of each nominee to serve as a Director if so elected; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.8 for each nominee who is not an incumbent Director:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) their name, age, business address and residential address;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) their principal occupation or employment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the class, series and number of securities of the Company that are owned of record or beneficially by such
person;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the date or dates the securities were acquired and the investment intent of each acquisition;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in proxies for the election of
Directors under any applicable securities legislation; and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) any information the Company may require any proposed director nominee to furnish such as it may reasonably
require to comply with applicable law and to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a Director and whether such proposed nominee would be considered independent as a Director or as a member of the audit or any other committee
of the Board under the various rules and standards applicable to the Company.

**Vacation of office by Directors** 

172. In addition to the circumstances described in sections 146, 148(1) and 196(2) of the Act, the office of
Director shall be vacated:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;172.1 ipso facto, if that Director:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) resigns his or her office by notice in writing to the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) becomes subject to a declaration of restriction under section 819 of the Act and the Directors, at any time
during the currency of the declaration, resolve that his or her office be vacated;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) resigns his office by spoken declaration at any Board meeting and such resignation is accepted by resolution of
that meeting, in which case such resignation shall take effect at the conclusion of such meeting unless otherwise resolved;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or makes any arrangement or compromise with his creditors generally (in
any jurisdiction);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) is removed from office by notice in writing to the Company: where there is a sole member, by the sole member or
where there is more than one member, by any member or members having the right to attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company on a resolution to remove a Director and holding for the time being not less than 90% in nominal value of the
shares giving that right; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;172.2 by resolution of the Board:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) where that Director can no longer be reasonably regarded as possessing an adequate decision making capacity by
reason of his or her health;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) where that Director is sentenced to a term of imprisonment (whether or not the term is suspended) following
conviction of a criminal offence in any jurisdiction;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) where that Director is for more than six months absent, without the permission of the Directors, from meetings
of the Directors held during that period;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) where that Director is in employment of the Company, the Company's holding company or a subsidiary of the
Company's holding company, upon the termination of such employment; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) in accordance with Article 168;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;172.3 and a Director so removed shall have no right to prior notice or to raise any objection to his or her removal
from office but any removal (other than one initiated by the Director) shall be without prejudice to any claim for compensation or damages payable as a result of the removal also terminating any contract of service.

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**Directors' remuneration and expenses** 

173. The remuneration of the Directors shall be such as is determined, from time to time, by the Board and such
remuneration shall be deemed to accrue from day to day. The Board may from time to time determine that, subject to the requirements of the Act, all or part of any fees or other remuneration payable to any Director shall be provided in the form of
shares or other securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or options or rights to acquire such shares or other securities, on such terms as the Board may decide.

174. The Directors may also be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them: (a) in
attending and returning from: (i) meetings of the Directors or any committee; or (ii) general meetings of the Company, or (b) otherwise in connection with the business of the Company.

**General power of management and delegation** 

175. The business of the Company shall be managed by its Directors who may pay all expenses incurred in promoting
and registering the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Act or by the Memorandum or these Articles, required to be exercised by the Company in a general meeting, but subject to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;175.1 any regulations contained in these Articles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;175.2 the provisions of the Act; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;175.3 such directions, not being inconsistent with the foregoing regulations or provisions, as the Company in a
general meeting may (by special resolution) give.

176. No direction given by the Company in a general meeting under Article 175.3 shall invalidate any prior act of
the Directors which would have been valid if that direction had not been given.

177. Without prejudice to the generality of Article 175, Article 175 operates to enable, subject to a limitation (if
any) arising under any of paragraphs 175.1 to 175.3 of it, the Directors exercise all powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, or any part thereof.

178. Without prejudice to section 40 of the Act, the Directors may delegate any of their powers (including any power
referred to in these Articles) to such person or persons as they think fit, including committees; any such person or committee shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors.

179. Any reference to a power of the Company required to be exercised by the Company in a general meeting includes a
reference to a power of the Company that, but for the power of the members to pass a written resolution to effect the first-mentioned power's exercise, would be required to be exercised by the Company in a general meeting.

180. The acts of the Board or of any committee established by the Board or any delegee of the Board or any such
committee shall be valid notwithstanding any defect which may afterwards be discovered in the appointment or qualification of any Director, committee member or delegee.

181. The Directors may appoint a sole or joint company secretary, an assistant company secretary and a deputy
company secretary for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions as they may think fit; and any such person so appointed may be removed by them.

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**Officers and executives** 

182. The Directors may from time to time appoint one or more of themselves to the office of Chief Executive Officer
(by whatever name called including managing director) or such other office or position with the Company and for such period and on such terms as to remuneration, if any (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as
the Board may determine, and, subject to the terms of any agreement entered into in any particular case, may revoke such appointment.

183. Without prejudice to any claim the person so appointed under Article 182 may have for damages for breach of any
contract of service between the person and the Company, the person's appointment shall cease upon his or her ceasing, from any cause, to be a Director.

184. The Board may appoint any person whether or not he or she is a Director, to hold such executive or official
position (except that of Auditor) as the Board may from time to time determine. The same person may hold more than one office of executive or official position.

185. The Board shall determine from time to time, the powers and duties of any such office holder or official
appointed under Articles 182 and/or Article 184, and subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles, the Directors may confer upon an office holder or official any of the powers exercisable by them upon such terms and conditions and with
such restrictions as they may think fit and in conferring any such powers, the Directors may specify that the conferral is to operate either: (a) so that the powers concerned may be exercised concurrently by them and the relevant office holder;
or (b) to the exclusion of their own such powers.

186. The Directors may (a) revoke any conferral of powers under Article 185 or (b) amend any such
conferral (whether as to the powers conferred or the terms, conditions or restrictions subject to which the conferral is made). The use or inclusion of the word "officer" (or similar words) in the title of any executive or other position
shall not be deemed to imply that the person holding such executive or other position is an "officer" of the Company within the meaning of the Act.

**Meetings of Directors and committees** 

187. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;187.1 The Directors may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as
they think fit.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;187.2 The Directors may establish attendance and procedural guidelines from time to time about how their meetings are
to be conducted consistent with good corporate governance and applicable tax requirements.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;187.3 Such meetings shall take place at such time and place as the Directors may determine.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;187.4 Questions arising at any such meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes and where there is an equality of
votes, the chairperson of the meeting shall not have a second or casting vote.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;187.5 A Director may, and the Company Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting
of the Directors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;187.6 Where any Director is unable to attend a Board meeting or committee meeting in person (a "**non-attending Director** "), he or she shall be entitled to nominate any Director who is due to attend such Board meeting or committee meeting in person to vote on his or her behalf if present in person at
such Board meeting or committee meeting (the "**nominated Director**") but such non-attending Director must not direct or otherwise

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influence how such vote is exercised, such that, at such Board meeting or committee meeting, the nominated Director shall, in addition to his or her own vote, be entitled to one (1) vote in respect of each non-attending Director who has nominated him or her pursuant to this Article 187.6 to vote on his or her behalf at such Board meeting or committee meeting (each such vote to be exercised at the sole discretion of the nominated Director). Any nomination pursuant to this Article 187.6 shall be by notice in writing by the non-attending Director served on the Company Secretary prior to the start of the Board meeting or committee meeting to which it relates. No more than two non-attending Directors may make a nomination pursuant to this Article 187.6 in respect of any one Board meeting or committee meeting. Once two nominations have been served on the Company Secretary in respect of the same Board meeting or committee meeting, any and all subsequent nominations shall be deemed invalid and the Company Secretary shall notify the relevant non-attending Director accordingly. A nomination pursuant to this Article 187.6 shall automatically be revoked if:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Director who made such nomination attends in person at the Board meeting or committee meeting to which the
nomination related; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) prior to the start of the Board meeting or committee meeting to which such nomination related, the Director who
made such nomination revokes such nomination by service of a notice in writing to the Company Secretary to that effect.

Any Director who makes, and does not revoke, a nomination pursuant to this Article 187.6 shall not be counted in the quorum for the Board meeting or committee meeting to which such nomination relates.

188. All Directors shall be entitled to reasonable notice of any meeting of the Directors.

189. Nothing in Article 188 or any other provision of the Act enables a person, other than a Director, to object to
the notice given for any meeting of the Directors.

190. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and
unless so fixed shall be a majority of the Directors then in office.

191. The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their number but, if and so long as their
number is reduced below the number fixed in accordance with these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to that number or of summoning a
general meeting of the Company but for no other purpose.

**Chairperson** 

192. The Directors may elect a Chairman and determine the period for which he or she is to hold office, but if no
such Chairman is elected, or, if at any meeting the Chairman is not present after the time appointed for holding it, the Directors present may choose one of their members to be chairperson of a Board meeting. The Chairman shall vacate office if he
or she vacates his or her office as a Director (otherwise than by the expiration of his or her term of office at a general meeting of the Company at which he or she is re-appointed).

**Committees** 

193. The Directors may establish one or more committees consisting in whole or in part of members of the Board. The
composition, function, power and obligations of any such committee will be determined by the Board from time to time.

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194. A committee established under Article 193 (a "**committee**") may elect a chairperson of its
meetings; if no such chairperson is elected, or if at any meeting the chairperson is not present after the time appointed for holding it, the members of the committee present may choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

195. A committee may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Committee meetings shall take place at such time and
place as the relevant committee may determine. Questions arising at any meeting of a committee shall be determined (subject to Article 193) by a majority of votes of the members of the committee present, and where there is an equality of votes, the
chairperson of the committee shall not have a second or casting vote.

196. Where any committee is established by the Directors:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;196.1 the meetings and proceedings of such committee shall be governed by the provisions of these Articles regulating
the meetings and proceedings of the Directors so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations imposed upon such committee by the Directors; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;196.2 the Directors may authorise, or may authorise such committee to authorise, any person who is not a Director to
attend all or any meetings of any such committee on such terms as the Directors or the committee think fit, provided that any such person shall not be entitled to vote at meetings of the committee.

**Written resolutions and telephonic meetings of the Directors** 

197. The following provision shall apply:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;197.1 A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors, or by all the Directors being members of a committee
referred to in Article 193, and who are for the time being entitled to receive notice of a meeting of the Directors or, as the case may be, of such a committee, shall be as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors or such a
committee duly convened and held.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;197.2 A resolution in writing shall be deemed to have been signed by a Director where the Chairman, Company Secretary
or other person designated by the Board has received an email from that Director's Certified Email Address (as defined by Article 197.3) which identifies the resolution and states, unconditionally, "I hereby sign the resolution".

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;197.3 A Director's Certified Email Address is such email address as the Director has, from time to time,
notified to such person and in such manner as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;197.4 The Company shall cause a copy of every email referred to in Article 197.2 to be entered in the books kept
pursuant to section 166 of the Act.

198. Subject to Article 199, where one or more of the Directors (other than a majority of them) would not, by reason
of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;198.1 the Act or any other enactment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;198.2 these Articles; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;198.3 an applicable rule of law or an Exchange,

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be permitted to vote on a resolution such as is referred to in Article 197, if it were sought to pass the resolution at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held, then such a resolution, notwithstanding anything in Article 197.1, shall be valid for the purposes of that subsection if the resolution is signed by those of the Directors who would have been permitted to vote on it had it been sought to pass it at such a meeting.

199. In a case falling within Article 198, the resolution shall state the name of each Director who did not sign it
and the basis on which he or she did not sign it.

200. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in Articles 197 to 199 dealing with a resolution that is signed by other
than all of the Directors shall be read as making available, in the case of an equality of votes, a second or casting vote to the one of their number who would, or might have been, if a meeting had been held to transact the business concerned,
chairperson of that meeting.

201. The resolution referred to in Article 197 may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or
more Directors and for all purposes shall take effect from the time that it is signed by the last Director.

202. A meeting of the Directors or of a committee referred to in Article 193 may consist of a conference between
some or all of the Directors or, as the case may be, members of the committee who are not all in one place, but each of whom is able (directly or by means of telephonic, video or other electronic communication) to speak to each of the others and to
be heard by each of the others and:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;202.1 a Director or as the case may be a member of the committee taking part in such a conference shall be deemed to
be present in person at the meeting and shall be entitled to vote (subject to Article 198) and be counted in a quorum accordingly; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;202.2 such a meeting shall be deemed to take place:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) where the largest group of those Directors participating in the conference is assembled;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) if there is no such group, where the chairperson of the meeting then is; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) if neither subparagraph (a) or (b) applies, in such location as the meeting itself decides.

**Directors' duties, conflicts of interest, etc.** 

203. A Director may have regard to the interests of any other companies in a group of which the Company is a member
to the full extent permitted by the Act.

204. A Director is expressly permitted (for the purposes of section 228(1)(d) of the Act) to use vehicles,
telephones, computers, aircraft, accommodation and any other Company property where such use is approved by the Board or by a person so authorised by the Board or where such use is in accordance with a Director's terms of employment, letter of
appointment or other contract or in the course of the discharge of the Director's duties or responsibilities or in the course of the discharge of a Director's employment.

205. Nothing in section 228(1)(e) of the Act shall restrict a Director from entering into any commitment which has
been approved by the Board or has been approved pursuant to such authority as may be delegated by the Board in accordance with these Articles. It shall be the duty of each Director to obtain the prior approval of the Board, before entering into any
commitment permitted by sections 228(1)(e)(ii) and 228(2) of the Act.

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206. It shall be the duty of a Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested (within the
meaning of section 231 of the Act) in a contract or proposed contract with the Company, to declare the nature of his or her interest at a meeting of the Directors.

207. Subject to any applicable law or the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the
shares on any Exchange, a Director may vote in respect of any contract, appointment or arrangement in which he or she is interested and shall be counted in the quorum present at the meeting and is hereby released from his or her duty set out in
section 228(1)(f) of the Act and a Director may vote on his or her own appointment or arrangement and the terms of it.

208. The Directors may exercise the voting powers conferred by the shares of any other company held or owned by the
Company in such manner in all respects as they think fit and, in particular, they may exercise the voting powers in favour of any resolution: (a) appointing the Directors or any of them as directors or officers of such other company; or
(b) providing for the payment of remuneration or pensions to the directors or officers of such other company.

209. Any Director may vote in favour of the exercise of such voting rights notwithstanding that he or she may be or
may be about to become a Director or officer of the other company referred to in Article 208 and as such or in any other way is or may be interested in the exercise of such voting rights in the foregoing manner.

210. A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than Auditor) in conjunction
with his or her office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine.

211. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 228 of the Act, a Director may be or become a director or other
officer of, or otherwise interested in, any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as member or otherwise.

212. A Director may act by himself or herself, or his or her firm, in a professional capacity for the Company; and
any Director, in such a case, or his or her firm, shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he or she were not a Director, but nothing in this Article authorises a Director, or his or her firm, to act as Auditor.

213. No Director or nominee for Director shall be disqualified by his or her office from contracting with the
Company either with regard to his or her tenure of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise.

214. In particular, neither shall:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;214.1 any contract with respect to any of the matters referred to in Article 207 nor any contract or arrangement
entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which a Director is in any way interested, be liable to be avoided; nor

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;214.2 a Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by
any such contract or arrangement,

by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established.

215. A Director, notwithstanding his or her interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting at which:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;215.1 that Director or any other Director is appointed to hold any such office or place of profit under the Company
as is mentioned in Article 210; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;215.2 the terms of any such appointment are arranged,

and he or she may vote on any such appointment or arrangement, subject to any applicable law or the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the shares on any Exchange.

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**Member Nominations included in the Company's Proxy Materials** 

216. Subject to Articles 216 to 226 and to the extent applicable, if expressly requested in the relevant Nomination
Notice (as defined below), the Company shall include in its proxy statement for any annual general meeting:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;216.1 the names of any person or persons nominated for election as a Director, which shall also be included on the
Company's form of proxy and ballot, by any Eligible Holder (as defined below) or group of up to twenty (20) Eligible Holders that has (individually and collectively, in the case of a group) satisfied, as determined by the Board, all
applicable conditions and complied with all applicable procedures set forth in Articles 216 to 226 (such Eligible Holder or group of Eligible Holders being a "**Nominating Member**" and each person so nominated, a
" **Nominee** ");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;216.2 disclosure about each Nominee and the Nominating Member required under the rules of the SEC or other applicable
law to be included in the proxy statement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;216.3 any statement in support of the Nominee's (or Nominees', as applicable) election to the Board
included by the Nominating Member in the Nomination Notice for inclusion in the proxy statement (subject, without limitation, to Article 226), provided that such statement does not exceed five hundred (500) words and fully complies with
Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Rule 14a-9 (the "**Statement** "); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;216.4 any other information that the Company or the Board determines, in their discretion, to include in the proxy
statement relating to the nomination of the Nominee(s), including, without limitation, any statement in opposition to the nomination, any of the information provided pursuant to Articles 216 to 226 and any solicitation materials or related
information with respect to the Nominee(s).

For purposes of Articles 216 to 226, any determination to be made by the Board may be made by the Board, a committee of the Board or any officer of the Company designated by the Board or a committee of the Board, and any such determination shall be final and binding on the Company, any Eligible Holder, any Nominating Member, any Nominee and any other person so long as made in good faith (without any further requirements). The chairperson of any annual general meeting, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether a Nominee has been nominated in accordance with the requirements of Articles 216 to 226 and, if not so nominated, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such Nominee shall not be considered.

217. The Company shall not be required to include in the proxy statement for an annual general meeting more Nominees
than that number of Directors constituting the greater of (a) two; and (b) 20% of the total number of Directors serving on the Board on the last day on which a Nomination Notice may be submitted pursuant to Articles 216 to 226 (rounded down to
the nearest whole number) (the "**Maximum Number** "). The Maximum Number for a particular annual general meeting shall be reduced by: (i) the number of Nominees that the Board itself decides to nominate for election at such annual
general meeting; and (ii) the number of incumbent Directors who had been Nominees with respect to any of the preceding two annual general meetings of members and who have been nominated by the Board at the upcoming annual general meeting. In
the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the Board after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice as set forth in Article 224 below but before the date of the applicable annual general meeting, and the Board resolves to
reduce the size of the Board in connection therewith, the Maximum Number shall be calculated based on the number of Directors in office as so reduced.

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218. If the number of Nominees pursuant to Articles 216 to 226 for any annual general meeting exceeds the Maximum
Number then, promptly upon notice from the Company, each Nominating Member will select one Nominee for inclusion in the proxy statement until the Maximum Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of the share ownership
position as disclosed in each Nominating Member's Nomination Notice, with the process repeated if the Maximum Number is not reached after each Nominating Member has selected one Nominee. If, after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice
as set forth in Article 224, a Nominating Member ceases to satisfy the eligibility requirements in Articles 216 to 226, as determined by the Board, or withdraws its nomination or a Nominee ceases to satisfy the eligibility requirements in Articles
216 to 226, as determined by the Board, or becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board, whether before or after the mailing or other distribution of the Company's proxy statement for such annual general meeting, then the nomination shall
be disregarded, and the Company: (a) shall not be required to include in its proxy statement for such annual general meeting or on any ballot or form of proxy for such annual general meeting the disregarded Nominee or any successor or
replacement nominee proposed by the applicable Nominating Member or by any other Nominating Member; and (b) may otherwise communicate to its members, including without limitation by amending or supplementing its proxy statement or ballot or
form of proxy, that the Nominee will not be included as a Nominee in the proxy statement or on any ballot or form of proxy for such annual general meeting and will not be voted on at such annual general meeting.

219. An "**Eligible Holder**" is a person who has either (a) been a record holder of the Ordinary
Shares (or the ordinary shares previously issued by the Company's predecessor) used to satisfy the eligibility requirements in Article 219 to 223 continuously for the three-year period specified in Article 220 below or (b) provides to the
Company Secretary, within the time period referred to in Article 224, evidence of continuous ownership of such shares for such three-year period from one or more securities intermediaries in a form that the Board determines would be deemed
acceptable for purposes of a member proposal under Rule 14a-8(b)(2) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule).

220. An Eligible Holder or group of up to twenty Eligible Holders may submit a nomination in accordance with
Articles 216 to 226 only if the person or group (in the aggregate) has continuously owned at least the Minimum Number (as defined below) of shares of the Ordinary Shares (or the ordinary shares previously issued by the Company's predecessor)
throughout the three-year period preceding and including the date of submission of the Nomination Notice, and continues to own at least the Minimum Number of such shares through the date of the Company's applicable annual general meeting. Two
or more funds that are (a) under common management and investment control, (b) under common management and funded primarily by the same employer (or by a group of related employers that are under common control) or (c) a "group
of investment companies", as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the United States, as amended, shall be treated as one Eligible Holder if such Eligible Holder shall provide together
with the Nomination Notice documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Board that demonstrates the satisfaction of any of the foregoing criteria. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a nomination by a group of Eligible Holders, any and all
requirements and obligations for an individual Eligible Holder that are set forth in Articles 216 to 226, including the minimum holding period, shall apply to each member of such group; provided, however, that the Minimum Number shall apply to the
ownership of the group in the aggregate. Should any member cease to satisfy the eligibility requirements in Articles 216 to 226, as determined by the Board, or withdraw from a group of Eligible Holders at any time prior to the applicable annual
general meeting, the group of Eligible Members shall only be deemed to own the shares held by the remaining members of the group. As used in Articles 216 to 226, any reference to a "group" or "group of Eligible Holders" refers to
any Nominating Member that consists of more than one Eligible Holder and to all the Eligible Holders that make up such Nominating Member.

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221. The "**Minimum Number**" of the Ordinary Shares means 3% of the number of outstanding Ordinary
Shares calculated as of the most recent date for which the total number of outstanding Ordinary Shares is given in any filing by the Company with the SEC prior to the submission of the Nomination Notice.

222. For the purposes of Articles 216 to 226, an Eligible Holder "owns" only those outstanding Ordinary
Shares as to which the Eligible Holder possesses both: (a) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (b) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares;
provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) shall not include any shares: (i) purchased or sold by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not yet been settled or
closed; (ii) borrowed by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates for any purpose or purchased by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell or subject to any other obligation to resell to another
person; or (iii) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be
settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding Ordinary Shares, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of: (x) reducing in any manner, to any
extent or at any time in the future, such Eligible Holder's or any of its affiliates' full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares; and/or (y) hedging, offsetting, or altering to any degree, gain or loss arising from the
full economic ownership of such shares by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates.

An Eligible Holder "owns" shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the Eligible Holder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of Directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. An Eligible Holder's ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Holder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other similar instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the Eligible Holder. An Eligible Holder's ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Holder has loaned such shares, provided that the Eligible Holder has the power to recall such loaned shares on not more than five business days' notice and continues to hold such shares through the date of such annual general meeting. The terms "owned," "owning" and other variations of the word "own" shall have correlative meanings. Whether outstanding Ordinary Shares are "owned" for these purposes shall be determined by the Board.

223. No Eligible Holder shall be permitted to be in more than one group constituting a Nominating Member, and if any
Eligible Holder appears as a member of more than one group, it shall be deemed to be a member of the group that has the largest net long position as reflected in the Nomination Notice.

224. To nominate a Nominee, the Nominating Member must, no earlier than 150 calendar days and no later than the
close of business 120 calendar days before the anniversary of the date that the Company mailed or otherwise distributed its proxy statement for the prior year's annual general meeting, submit to the Company Secretary at the principal executive
office of the Company all of the following information and documents (collectively, the "**Nomination Notice** "); provided, however, that if (and only if) the applicable annual general meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period
that commences 30 calendar days before the anniversary date for the prior year's annual general meeting and ends 30 calendar days after such anniversary date (an annual general meeting date outside such period being referred to herein as an
" **Other Meeting Date** "), the Nomination Notice in the manner provided in Article 225 must be received not earlier than 180 calendar days prior to such annual general meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the
150th calendar day prior to such annual general meeting and the tenth calendar day following the date on which notice of such Other Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed by the Company:

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224.1 a Schedule 14N of the Exchange Act ()"**Schedule 14N**") (or any successor form) relating to the
Nominee, completed and filed with the SEC by the Nominating Member as applicable, in accordance with SEC rules;

224.2 a written notice, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board, of the nomination of such Nominee that includes
the following additional information, agreements, representations and warranties by the Nominating Member (including, in the case of a group, each Eligible Holder included in the group):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the information required with respect to the nomination of Directors pursuant to Article 216;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the details of any relationship that existed within the past three years and that would have been described
pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) if the relationship existed on the date of submission of the Schedule 14N;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Member acquired the securities of the Company in the ordinary
course of business and investing and did not acquire, and is not holding, securities of the Company for the purpose or with the effect of influencing or changing control of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) a representation and warranty that the Nominee's candidacy or, if elected, membership of the Board would
not violate applicable state or federal law or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and any other Exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are traded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) a representation and warranty that the Nominee: (i) does not have any direct or indirect relationship with
the Company that will cause the Nominee to be considered not independent pursuant to independence standards as most recently published on the Company's website and otherwise qualifies as independent under the rules of the New York Stock
Exchange and any other Exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are traded; (ii) meets the audit committee independence requirements under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and any other Exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are traded;
(iii) is a "non-employee director" for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule); (iv) is an "outside director"
for the purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of the United States, as amended (or any successor provision); and (v) is not and has not been subject to any event specified in Rule 506(d)(1) of Regulation D (or any
successor rule) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K (or any successor rule) under the Exchange Act without reference to whether the event is material to an evaluation
of the ability or integrity of the Nominee;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Member satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in
Articles 219 to 223 and has provided evidence of ownership to the extent required by Article 219;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Member intends to continue to satisfy the eligibility
requirements described in Articles 219 to Article 223 through the date of the applicable annual general meeting;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) a statement as to the Nominating Member's intentions with respect to maintaining qualifying ownership of
the Minimum Number of shares for at least one year following the applicable annual general meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) details of any position of the Nominee as an officer or director of any competitor (that is, any entity that
produces products or provides services that compete with or are alternatives to the principal products produced or services provided by the Company or its affiliates) of the Company, within the three years preceding the submission of the Nomination
Notice;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) details of any shares of the Company owned by the Nominee that are (i) pledged by the Nominee or otherwise
subject to a lien, charge or other encumbrance or (ii) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such Nominee, whether any such instrument or agreement is to
be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding Ordinary Shares, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of (x) reducing in any manner, to any
extent or at any time in the future, such Nominee's full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (y) hedging, offsetting, or altering to any degree, gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares
by such Nominee;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Member will not engage in a "solicitation" within
the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) (without reference to the exception in Section 14a-1(l)(2)(iv)) (or any successor rules) under the Exchange Act in support of the
election of any individual as a Director at the applicable annual general meeting, other than its Nominee(s) or any nominee of the Board;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Member will not use any proxy card or other form of proxy
other than the Company's proxy card or other form of proxy in soliciting members in connection with the election of a Director at the applicable annual general meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m) confirmation that the requirements of Article 171 as to the Nominating Member's eligibility for the
election as a Director have been complied with;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n) details of all information required pursuant to Articles 171.1 to 171.5;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o) if desired, a Statement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(p) in the case of a nomination by a group, the designation by all Eligible Holders included in the group of one
such Eligible Holder that is authorized to act on behalf of all Eligible Holders included in the group with respect to matters relating to the nomination, including withdrawal of the nomination;

224.3 an executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board, pursuant to which the Nominating Member (in
the case of a group, including, and binding upon, each Eligible Holder included in the group) agrees:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with the nomination, solicitation and
election of a Nominee;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) to file with the SEC any written solicitation or other communication with the Company's members relating
to one or more of the Directors or Director nominees or any Nominee, regardless of whether any such filing is required under any rule or regulation or whether any exemption from filing is available for such materials under any rule or regulation;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) to assume all liability stemming from an action, suit or proceeding concerning any actual or alleged legal or
regulatory violation arising out of any communication by the Nominating Member or any of its Nominees with the Company, its members or any other person in connection with the nomination or election of one or more of the Directors, including, without
limitation, the Nomination Notice;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its Directors, officers and employees individually
against any liability, loss, damages, expenses or other costs (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Company or
any of its Directors, officers or employees arising out of or relating to a failure or alleged failure of the Nominating Member or any of its Nominees to comply with, or any breach or alleged breach of, its respective obligations, agreements or
representations under Articles 216 to 226; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) in the event that (i) any information included in the Nomination Notice or in any other communication by
the Nominating Member (including with respect to any Eligible Holder included in a group, any of its Nominees or any of their respective agents or representatives) with the Company, its members or any other person in connection with the nomination
or election of a Nominee ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading); or (ii) the Nominating Member (including any Eligible Holder included in a group)
has failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Articles 219 to 223, to promptly (and in any event within 48 hours of discovering such misstatement, omission or failure) notify the Company and, in the case of clause (i),
any other recipient of such communication (together with the information required to correct the misstatement or omission); and

224.4 an executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board, by the Nominee:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) to provide to the Company such other information, including completion of the Company's director
questionnaire, as it may reasonably request;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) that the Nominee has read and agrees, if elected, to adhere to the Company's code of ethics and any other
Company policies and guidelines applicable to Directors; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) that the Nominee is not and will not become a party to (i) any compensatory, payment or other financial
agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Company in connection with service or action as a Director that has not been disclosed to the Company; (ii) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any
person or entity as to how the Nominee would vote or act on any issue or question as a director (a "**Voting Commitment**") that has not been disclosed to the Company; or (iii) any Voting Commitment that could reasonably be
expected to limit or interfere with the Nominee's ability to comply, if elected as a Director, with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.

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The information and documents required by Articles 216 to 226 to be provided by the Nominating Member shall be: (x) provided with respect to and executed by each Eligible Holder, in the case of information applicable to group members; and (y) provided with respect to the persons specified in Instruction 1 to Item 6(c) and (d) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) in the case of a Nominating Member or Eligible Holder included in a group that is an entity. The Nomination Notice shall be deemed submitted on the date on which all of the information and documents referred to in Articles 216 to 226 (other than such information and documents contemplated to be provided after the date the Nomination Notice is provided) have been delivered to or, if sent by mail, received by the Company Secretary.

225. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Articles 216 to 226, the Company may omit from its proxy
statement any Nominee and any information concerning such Nominee (including a Nominating Member's Statement) and no vote on such Nominee will occur (notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company),
and the Nominating Member may not, after the last day on which a Nomination Notice would be timely, cure in any way any defect preventing the nomination of the Nominee, if:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;225.1 the Company receives a notice, whether or not subsequently withdrawn, pursuant to Article 171 that a member
intends to nominate a candidate for Director at the applicable annual general meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;225.2 the Nominating Member or the Eligible Holder that is designated to act on behalf of a group of Eligible
Holders, as applicable, or any qualified representative thereof, does not appear at the applicable annual general meeting to present the nomination submitted pursuant to Articles 216 to 226, the Nominating Member withdraws its nomination or the
presiding officer of the meeting declares that such nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Articles 216 to 226 and shall therefore be disregarded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;225.3 the Board determines that such Nominee's nomination or election to the Board would result in the Company
violating or failing to be in compliance with the Memorandum and Articles or any applicable law, rule or regulation to which the Company is subject, including any rules or regulations of the New York Stock Exchange and any other Exchange on which
the Company's Ordinary Shares are traded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;225.4 the Nominee has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined for
purposes of Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 of the United States, as amended; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;225.5 the Company is notified, or the Board determines, that the Nominating Member or such Nominee has failed to
continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Articles 216 to 226, any of the representations and warranties made in the Nomination Notice ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact necessary to
make the statements made not misleading), the Nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board or any material violation or breach occurs of the obligations, agreements, representations or warranties of the Nominating Member or the Nominee
under Articles 216 to 226.

226. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Articles 216 to 226, the Company may omit from its proxy
statement, or may supplement or correct, any information, including all or any portion of the statement in support of the Nominee(s) included in the Nomination Notice, if the Board determines that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;226.1 such information is not true in all material respects or omits a material statement necessary to make the
statements made not misleading;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;226.2 such information directly or indirectly impugns the character, integrity or personal reputation of, or directly
or indirectly makes charges concerning improper, illegal or immoral conduct or associations, without factual foundation, with respect to, any person; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;226.3 the inclusion of such information in the proxy statement would otherwise violate the SEC proxy rules or any
other applicable law, rule or regulation.

The Company may solicit against, and include in the proxy statement its own statement relating to, any Nominee.

**The common seal, official seal and securities seal** 

227. Any seal of the Company shall be used only by the authority of the Directors, a committee authorised by the
Directors to exercise such authority or by any one or more persons severally or jointly so authorised by the Directors or such a committee, and the use of the seal shall be deemed to be authorised for these purposes where the matter or transaction
pursuant to which the seal is to be used has been so authorised.

228. Any instrument to which a Company's seal shall be affixed shall be signed by any one of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;228.1 a Director;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;228.2 the Company Secretary; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;228.3 any person authorised to sign by (i) the Directors or (ii) a committee.

and the countersignature of a second such person shall not be required.

229. The Company may have one or more duplicate common seals or official seals for use in different locations
including for use abroad.

**Service of notices on members** 

230. A notice required or authorised to be served on or given to a member of the Company pursuant to a provision of
the Act or these Articles shall, save where the means of serving or giving it specified in Article 230.4 is used, be in writing and may be served on or given to the member in one of the following ways:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;230.1 by delivering it to the member;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;230.2 by leaving it at the registered address of the member;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;230.3 by sending it by post in a prepaid letter to the registered address of the member; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;230.4 subject to Article 235, by electronic mail or other means of electronic communication approved by the Directors
to the contact details notified to the Company by any such member for such purpose (or if not so notified, then to the contact details of the member last known to the Company). A notice or document may be sent by electronic means to the fullest
extent permitted by the Act.

231. Without prejudice or limitation to the foregoing provisions of Article 230.1 to 230.4, for the purposes of
these Articles and the Act, a document shall be deemed to have been sent to a member if a notice is given, served, sent or delivered to the member and the notice specifies the website or hotlink or other electronic link at or through which the
member may obtain a copy of the relevant document.

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232. Any notice served or given in accordance with Article 230 shall be deemed, in the absence of any agreement to
the contrary between the Company (or, as the case may be, the officer of it) and the member, to have been served or given:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;232.1 in the case of its being delivered, at the time of delivery (or, if delivery is refused, when tendered);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;232.2 in the case of its being left, at the time that it is left;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;232.3 in the case of its being posted on any day other than a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, 24 hours after despatch and
in the case of its being posted:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) on a Friday — 72 hours after despatch; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) on a Saturday or Sunday — 48 hours after despatch;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;232.4 in the case of electronic means being used in relation to it, twelve hours after despatch,

but this Article is without prejudice to section 181(3) of the Act.

233. Every legal personal representative, committee, receiver, curator bonis or other legal curator, assignee in
bankruptcy, examiner or liquidator of a member shall be bound by a notice given as aforesaid if sent to the last registered address of such member, or, in the event of notice given or delivered pursuant to Article 230.4, if sent to the address
notified to the Company by the member for such purpose notwithstanding that the Company may have notice of the death, his or her being of unsound mind, bankruptcy, liquidation or disability of such member.

234. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles to the contrary, the Company shall not be obliged to take
account of or make any investigations as to the existence of any suspension or curtailment of postal services within or in relation to all or any part of any jurisdiction.

235. Any requirement in these Articles for the consent of a member in regard to the receipt by such member of
electronic mail or other means of electronic communications approved by the Directors, including the receipt of the Company's annual report, statutory financial statements and the Directors' and Auditor's reports thereon, shall be
deemed to have been satisfied where the Company has written to the member informing him or her of its intention to use electronic communications for such purposes and the member has not, within four weeks of the issue of such notice, served an
objection in writing on the Company to such member. Where a member has given, or is deemed to have given, his/her consent to the receipt by such member of electronic mail or other means of electronic communications approved by the Directors, she/he
may revoke such consent at any time by requesting the Company to communicate with him or her in documented form; provided, however, that such revocation shall not take effect until five days after written notice of the revocation is received by the
Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 235, no such consent shall be necessary, and to the extent it is necessary, such consent shall be deemed to have been given, if electronic communications are permitted to be used
under the rules and regulations of any Exchange on which the shares in the capital of the Company or other securities of the Company are listed or under the rules of the SEC.

236. If at any time by reason of the suspension or curtailment of postal services in any territory, the Company is
unable effectively to convene a general meeting by notices sent through the post, a general meeting may be convened by a public announcement (as defined below) and such notice shall be deemed to have been duly served on all members entitled thereto
at noon (Ireland time) on the day on which the said public announcement is made. In any such case the Company shall put a full copy of the notice of the general meeting on its website.

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237. Notice may be given by the Company to the joint holders of a share in the capital of the Company by giving the
notice to the joint holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the share and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.

238. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;238.1 Every person who becomes entitled to a share in the capital of the Company shall, before his or her name is
entered in the Register in respect of the share, be bound by any notice in respect of that share which has been duly given to a person from whom he or she derives his or her title.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;238.2 A notice may be given by the Company to the persons entitled to a share in the capital of the Company in
consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member by sending or delivering it, in any manner authorised by these Articles for the giving of notice to a member, addressed to them at the address, if any, supplied by them for that purpose. Until such
an address has been supplied, a notice may be given in any manner in which it might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.

239. The signature (whether electronic signature, an advanced electronic signature or otherwise) to any notice to be
given by the Company may be written (in electronic form or otherwise) or printed.

**Service of notices on the Company** 

240. In addition to the means of service of documents set out in section 51 of the Act, a notice or other document
may be served on the Company by an officer of the Company by email provided, however, that the Directors have designated an email address for that purpose and notified that email address to its officers for the express purpose of serving notices on
the Company.

**Sending statutory financial statements to members** 

241. Subject to Article 236, each of the members hereby agree and consent that copies of the documents referred to
in section 338(2) of the Act, are to be treated, for the purposes of section 338 of the Act, as sent to a person where:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;241.1 the Company and that person have agreed to his or her having access to the documents on a website (instead of
their being sent to him or her), provided such agreement shall be deemed to have been given, if electronic communications are permitted to be used under the rules and regulations of any Exchange on which the shares in the capital of the Company or
other securities of the Company are listed or under the rules of the SEC;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;241.2 the documents are documents to which that agreement applies; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;241.3 that person is notified, in a manner for the time being agreed for the purpose between him or her and the
Company, of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the publication of the documents on a website;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the address of that website; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the place on that website where the documents may be accessed, and how they may be accessed.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;241.4 Documents treated in accordance with Article 241 as sent to any person are to be treated as sent to him or her
not less than 21 days before the date of a meeting if, and only if:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the documents are published on the website throughout a period beginning at least 21 days before the date of
the meeting and ending with the conclusion of the meeting; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the notification given for the purposes of Article 241.3 is given not less than 21 days before the date of the
meeting.

242. Any obligation by virtue of section 339(1) or (2) of the Act to furnish a person with a document may,
unless these Articles provide otherwise, be complied with by using electronic communications for sending that document to such address as may for the time being be notified to the Company by that person for that purpose.

**Accounting Records** 

243. The Directors shall, in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Act, cause to be kept adequate accounting
records, whether in the form of documents, electronic form or otherwise, that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;243.1 correctly record and explain the transactions of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;243.2 will at any time enable the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company to be
determined with reasonable accuracy;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;243.3 will enable the Directors to ensure that any financial statements of the Company, required to be prepared under
sections 290 or 293 of the Act, comply with the requirements of the Act; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;243.4 will enable those financial statements of the Company to be readily and properly audited.

244. The accounting records shall be kept on a continuous and consistent basis and entries therein shall be made in
a timely manner and be consistent from year to year. Adequate accounting records shall be deemed to have been maintained if they comply with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Act and explain the Company's transactions and facilitate
the preparation of financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and, if relevant, the Group and include any information and returns referred to in section 283(2)
of the Act.

245. The accounting records shall be kept at the Office or, subject to the provisions of the Act, at such other
place as the Directors think fit and shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Directors.

246. The Directors shall determine from time to time whether and to what extent and at what times and places and
under what conditions or regulations the accounting records of the Company shall be open to the inspection of members, not being Directors. No member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any financial statement or accounting
record of the Company except as conferred by the Act or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in a general meeting.

247. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Directors shall cause to be prepared and to be laid before
the annual general meeting of the Company from time to time such statutory financial statements of the Company and reports as are required by the Act to be prepared and laid before such meeting.

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248. A copy of every statutory financial statement of the Company (including every document required by law to be
annexed thereto) which is to be laid before the annual general meeting of the Company together with a copy of the Directors' report and Auditors' report, or summary financial statements prepared in accordance with section 1119 of the Act,
shall be sent, by post, electronic mail or any other means of electronic communications, not less than twenty-one Clear Days before the date of the annual general meeting, to every person entitled under the
provisions of the Act to receive them; provided that where the Directors elect to send summary financial statements to the members, any member may request that he be sent a copy of the statutory financial statements of the Company. The Company may,
in addition to sending one or more copies of its statutory financial statements, summary financial statements or other communications to its members, send one or more copies to any Approved Nominee. For the purposes of this Article, sending by
electronic communications includes the making available or displaying on the Company's website (or a website designated by the Board) or the website of the SEC, and each member is deemed to have irrevocably consented to receipt of every
statutory financial statement of the Company (including every document required by law to be annexed thereto) and every copy of the Directors' report and the Auditors' report and every copy of any summary financial statements prepared in
accordance with section 1119 of the Act, by any such document being made so available or displayed.

249. Auditors shall be appointed and their duties regulated in accordance with the Act.

**Winding up** 

250. Subject to the provisions of the Act as to preferential payments, the property of the Company on its winding up
shall be distributed among the members according to their rights and interests in the Company.

251. Unless the conditions of issue of the shares in question provide otherwise, dividends declared by the Company
more than six years preceding the commencement date of a winding up of the Company, being dividends which have not been claimed within that period of six years, shall not be a claim admissible to proof against the Company for the purposes of the
winding up.

252. If the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution among the members as such shall be
insufficient to repay the whole of the paid up or credited as paid up share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the members in proportion to the capital paid up or credited as paid up
at the commencement of the winding up on the shares in the capital of the Company held by them respectively. If in a winding up the assets available for distribution among the members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share
capital paid up or credited as paid up at the commencement of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed among the members in proportion to the capital at the commencement of the winding up paid up or credited as paid up on the said shares held
by them respectively; provided that this Article shall be subject to any specific rights attaching to any class of share capital.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;252.1 In case of a sale by the liquidator under section 601 of the Act, the liquidator may by the contract of sale
agree so as to bind all the members, for the allotment to the members directly, of the proceeds of sale in proportion to their respective interests in the Company and may further, by the contract, limit a time at the expiration of which obligations
or shares in the capital of the Company not accepted or required to be sold shall be deemed to have been irrevocably refused and be at the disposal of the Company, but so that nothing herein contained shall be taken to diminish, prejudice or affect
the rights of dissenting members conferred by the said section.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;252.2 The power of sale of the liquidator shall include a power to sell wholly or partially for debentures, debenture
stock, or other obligations of another company, either then already constituted or about to be constituted for the purpose of carrying out the sale.

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253. If the Company is wound up, the liquidator, with the sanction of a special resolution and any other sanction
required by the Act, may divide amongst the members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not), and, for such purpose, may value any assets and determine how
the division shall be carried out as between the members or different classes of members. The liquidator, with the like sanction, may vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the contributories as,
with the like sanction, he or she determines, but so that no member shall be compelled to accept any assets upon which there is a liability.

**Business Transactions** 

254. In addition to any affirmative vote required by law or these Articles, and except as otherwise expressly
provided in Article 255, a Business Transaction (as defined in Article 256.3) with, or proposed by or on behalf of, any Interested Person (as defined in Article 256.6) or any Affiliate (as defined in Article 256.1) of any Interested Person or any
person who thereafter would be an Affiliate of such Interested Person shall require approval by the affirmative vote of members of the Company holding not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the paid up ordinary
share capital of the Company, excluding the voting rights attached to any shares beneficially owned by such Interested Person. Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that a lesser percentage
may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any Exchange or otherwise.

255. The provisions of Article 254 shall not be applicable to any particular Business Transaction, and such Business
Transaction shall require only such affirmative vote, if any, as is required by law or by any other provision of these Articles, or any agreement with any Exchange, if either (i) the Business Transaction shall have been approved by a majority
of the Board prior to such Interested Person first becoming an Interested Person or (ii) prior to such Interested Person first becoming an Interested Person, a majority of the Board shall have approved such Interested Person becoming an
Interested Person and, subsequently, a majority of the Independent Directors (as hereinafter defined) shall have approved the Business Transaction.

256. The following definitions shall apply with respect to Articles 254 to 258:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;256.1 The term "Affiliate" shall mean a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified person.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;256.2 A person shall be a "beneficial owner" of any shares of the Company (a) which such person or any
of its Affiliates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly; (b) which such person or any of its Affiliates has, directly or indirectly, (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or subject only to the passage
of time or the occurrence of one or more events), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) the right to vote pursuant to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the beneficial owner of any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent
solicitation made pursuant to and in accordance with the Act; or (c) which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such person or any of its Affiliates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for
the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of the Company (except to the extent permitted by the proviso of clause (b)(ii) above). For the purposes of determining whether a person is an Interested Person pursuant to Article
256.6, the number of shares of the Company deemed to be outstanding shall include shares deemed beneficially owned by such person through application of this Article 256.2, but shall not include any other shares of the Company that may be issuable
pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;256.3 The term "Business Transaction" shall mean any of the following transactions when entered into by the
Company or a subsidiary of the Company with, or upon a proposal by or on behalf of, any Interested Person or any Affiliate of any Interested Person:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) any merger or consolidation of the Company or any subsidiary with (i) any Interested Person, or
(ii) any other body corporate which is, or after such merger or consolidation would be, an Affiliate of an Interested Person;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of
transactions), except proportionately as a member of the Company, to or with the Interested Person of assets of the Company (other than shares of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company which assets have an aggregate market value equal to
ten percent (10%) or more of the aggregate market value of all the issued share capital of the Company);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) any transaction that results in the issuance of shares or the transfer of treasury shares by the Company or by
any subsidiary of the Company of any shares of the Company or any shares of such subsidiary to the Interested Person, except (i) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible
into stock of the Company or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the Interested Person became such, (ii) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of
securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into shares of the Company or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of shares of the Company subsequent to the time the Interested
Person became such, (iii) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Company to purchase shares made on the same terms to all holders of said shares, (iv) any issuance of shares or transfer of treasury shares of the Company by the Company,
provided, however, that in the case of each of the clauses (ii) through (iv) above there shall be no increase of more than one percent (1%) in the Interested Person's proportionate share in the shares of the Company of any class or series
or (v) pursuant to a public offering or private placement by the Company to an Institutional Investor (as defined in Article 256.4);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) any reclassification of securities, recapitalization or other transaction involving the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of (i) increasing the proportionate amount of the shares of any class or series, or securities convertible into the shares of any class or series, of the Company or of any
such subsidiary which is owned by the Interested Person, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares not caused, directly or indirectly, by the Interested
Person or (ii) increasing the voting power, whether or not then exercisable, of an Interested Person in any class or series of shares of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) the adoption of any plan or proposal by or on behalf of an Interested Person for the liquidation, dissolution
or winding-up of the Company; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) any receipt by the Interested Person of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a member
of the Company), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, tax benefits or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subparagraphs (a) through (e) above) provided by or through the Company or any subsidiary thereof.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;256.4 The term "Independent Directors" shall mean the members of the Board who are not Affiliates or
representatives of, or associated with, an Interested Person and who were either Directors prior to any person becoming an Interested Person or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a vote which includes the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Independent Directors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;256.5 The term "Institutional Investor" shall mean a person that (a) has acquired, or will acquire,
all of its shares in the Company in the ordinary course of its business and not with the purpose nor with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company, nor in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such
purpose or effect, including any transaction subject to rule 13d-3(b) under the Exchange Act, and (b) is a registered broker dealer; a bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act; an insurance
company as defined in, or an investment company registered under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the United States; an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 of the United States; an employee benefit plan or
pension fund subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 of the United States or an endowment fund; a parent holding company, provided that the aggregate amount held directly by the parent and directly and indirectly by its
subsidiaries which are not persons specified in the foregoing subclauses of this clause (b) does not exceed one percent (1%) of the securities of the subject class; or a group, provided that all the members are persons specified in the
foregoing subclauses of this clause (b).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;256.6 The term "Interested Person" shall mean any person (other than the Company, any subsidiary, any
profit-sharing, employee share ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary or any trustee of or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting in such capacity) who (a) is the beneficial owner of shares of the
Company representing ten percent (10%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all the paid up share capital of the Company; (b) has stated in a filing with any governmental agency or press release or otherwise publicly
disclosed a plan or intention to become or consider becoming the beneficial owner of shares of the Company representing ten percent (10%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all paid up share capital of the Company and has not
expressly abandoned such plan, intention or consideration more than two years prior to the date in question; or (c) is an Affiliate of the Company and at any time within the two-year period immediately
prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner of shares representing ten percent (10%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of all the paid up share capital of the Company.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;256.7 The term "person" shall mean any individual, body corporate, partnership, unincorporated association,
trust or other entity.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;256.8 The term "subsidiary" is as defined in section 7 of the Act.

257. A majority of the Independent Directors shall have the power and duty to determine, on the basis of information
known to them after reasonable inquiry, for the purposes of (i) Articles 254 and 255, all questions arising under Articles 254 and 255 including, without limitation (a) whether a person is an Interested Person, (b) the number of
shares of the Company or other securities beneficially owned by any person; and (c) whether a person is an Affiliate of another; and (ii) these Articles, the question of whether a person is an Interested Person. Any such determination made
in good faith shall be binding and conclusive on all parties.

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258. Nothing contained in Articles 254 to 257 shall be construed to relieve any Interested Person from any fiduciary
obligation imposed by law.

**Shareholder Rights Plan** 

259. The Board is hereby expressly authorised to adopt any shareholder rights plan, upon such terms and conditions
as the Board deems expedient and in the best interests of the Company, subject to applicable law.

**Untraced members** 

260. The Company shall be entitled to sell at the best price reasonably obtainable any share of a member or any
share to which a person is entitled by transmission if and provided that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;260.1 for a period of twelve years no cheque or warrant sent by the Company through the post in a pre-paid letter addressed to the member or to the person entitled by transmission to the share at his address on the Register or at the last known address given by the member or the person entitled by transmission
to which cheques and warrants are to be sent has been cashed and no communication has been received by the Company from the member or the person entitled by transmission (provided that during such twelve year period at least three dividends shall
have become payable in respect of such share);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;260.2 at the expiration of the said period of twelve years by advertisement in a national daily newspaper published
in Ireland (and a national daily newspaper published the United States of America) and in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the address referred to in Article 260.1 is located the Company has given notice of its intention to sell such
share;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;260.3 during the further period of three months after the date of the advertisement and prior to the exercise of the
power of sale the Company has not received any communication from the member or person entitled by transmission; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;260.4 the Company has first given notice in writing to the appropriate sections of any Exchange on which the
Company's shares are normally traded of its intention to sell such shares.

261. Where a share, which is to be sold as provided in Article 261, is held in uncertificated form, the Directors
may authorise any person to do all that is necessary to change such share into certificated form prior to its sale.

262. To give effect to any such sale the Company may appoint any person to execute as transferor an instrument of
transfer of such share and such instrument of transfer shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the member or the person entitled by the transmission to such share. The transferee shall be entered in the Register as the member of the
shares comprised in any such transfer and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase moneys nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the sale.

263. The Company shall account to the member or other person entitled to such share for the net proceeds of such
sale by carrying all moneys in respect thereof to a separate account which shall be a permanent debt of the Company and the Company shall be deemed to be a debtor and not a trustee in respect thereof for such member or other person. Moneys carried
to such separate account may be either employed in the business of the Company or held as cash or cash equivalents, or invested in such investments as the Directors may think fit, from time to time.

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**Destruction of records** 

264. The Company shall be entitled to destroy all instruments of transfer which have been registered at any time
after the expiration of six years from the date of registration thereof, all notifications of change of name or change of address however received at any time after the expiration of two years from the date of recording thereof and all share
certificates and dividend mandates which have been cancelled or ceased to have effect at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of such cancellation or cessation. It shall be presumed conclusively in favour of the Company that every
entry in the Register purporting to have been made on the basis of an instrument of transfer or other document so destroyed was duly and properly made and every instrument duly and properly registered and every share certificate so destroyed was a
valid and effective document duly and properly cancelled and every other document hereinbefore mentioned so destroyed was a valid and effective document in accordance with the recorded particulars thereof in the books or records of the Company.
Provided always that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;264.1 the provision aforesaid shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without notice of
any claim (regardless of the parties thereto) to which the document might be relevant;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;264.2 nothing herein contained shall be construed as imposing upon the Company any liability in respect of the
destruction of any document earlier than as aforesaid or in any other circumstances which would not attach to the Company in the absence of this Article; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;264.3 references herein to the destruction of any document include references to the disposal thereof in any manner.

**Indemnification** 

265. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;265.1 Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be permitted by the Act, each person who is or was a Director,
officer or employee of the Company, and each person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or employee of another company, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Company (including the heirs, executors, administrators and estate of such person) shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and
liabilities incurred by him or her in the execution and discharge of his or her duties or in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him or her in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal, which relate to anything done or omitted
or alleged to have been done or omitted by him or her as a director, officer or employee of the Company or such other company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and in which judgment is given in his or her favour (or the
proceedings are otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of any material breach of duty on his or her part) or in which he or she is acquitted or in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect
of any such act or omission in which relief is granted to him or her by the court.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;265.2 In the case of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the
Company, the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the Act, each person indicated in Article 265.1 against expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defence or the
settlement thereof, except no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for fraud or dishonesty in the performance of his or her duty to the Company unless
and only to the extent that

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the courts of Ireland or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the Court shall deem proper.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;265.3 As far as permissible under the Act, expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in defending any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Article shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of a written affirmation by or on behalf of the Director, officer, employee or
other indemnitee of a good faith belief that the criteria for indemnification have been satisfied and a written undertaking to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Director, officer or employee or other indemnitee is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorised by these Articles.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;265.4 It being the policy of the Company that indemnification of the persons specified in this Article shall be made
to the fullest extent permitted by law, the indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of: (a) any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Memorandum,
these Articles, any agreement, any insurance purchased by the Company, any vote of members or disinterested Directors, or pursuant to the direction (however embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise, both as to action in his or
her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, or (b) any amendments or replacements of the Act which permit for greater indemnification of the persons specified in this Article and any such amendment or
replacement of the Act shall hereby be incorporated into these Articles. As used in this Article 265.4, references to the "Company" include all constituent companies in a consolidation or merger in which the Company or any predecessor to
the Company by consolidation or merger was involved. The indemnification provided by this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and
administrators of such Directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;265.5 The Directors shall have power to purchase and maintain for any Director, the Company Secretary or other
officers or employees of the Company insurance against any such liability as referred to in section 235 of the Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;265.6 The Company may additionally indemnify any agent of the Company or any director, officer, employee or agent of
any of its subsidiaries to the fullest extent provided by law, and purchase and maintain insurance for any such person as appropriate.

266. No person shall be personally liable to the Company or its members for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a Director, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a Director:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;266.1 for any breach of the Director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its members;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;266.2 for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;266.3 for any transaction from which the Director derived an improper personal benefit.

If any applicable law or the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the Company's shares on any Exchange is amended hereafter to authorise corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of Directors, then the liability of a Director shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the relevant law, as so amended. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article 266 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.

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We, the persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, wish to be formed into a company in pursuance of this constitution, and we agree to take the number of share(s) in the capital of the Company set opposite each name. Name and Address of Subscribers Number of Ordinary shares of €1.00 each taken by each subscriber PAULA HORAN 50 85 CASTLEFARM SHANKILL CO. DUBLIN Company Director ANDREW LAMBE 55 MOUNT PROSPECT DRIVE CLONTARF DUBLIN 3 Company Director Total Shares 100 Signatures in writing of the above subscribers, attested by witness as provided for below; or in authentication in the manner referred to in section 8888. Dated: 14 June 2017 Witness to the above signatures: - PHILIP HAYDEN THE BLACK CHURCH ST MARY'S PLACE DUBLIN 7

## Exhibit 4.1

**Exhibit 4.1** 

**SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE** 

Supplemental Indenture (this "*Supplemental Indenture*"), dated as of March 1, 2023, among Linde Inc. (formerly Praxair, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the "*Company*"); Linde plc (formerly Rounderway plc), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 606357 ("*Parent*" or the "*Successor Guarantor*") and the parent of the Company; Linde GmbH (formerly Linde Aktiengesellschaft), a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "*Affiliate Guarantor*") and a subsidiary of Parent; and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (in such capacity, the "*Trustee*").

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of July 15, 1992 (the "*Original Indenture*"), between the Company and the Trustee;

WHEREAS, the Company has issued, pursuant to the Indenture, the notes listed on <u>Schedule I</u> hereto (collectively, the "*Notes*");

WHEREAS, Linde plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 602527 (the "*Predecessor*"), has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a supplemental indenture, dated as of September 3, 2019 (the "*2019 Supplemental Indenture*" and together with the Original Indenture, the "*Indenture*"), among the Company, the Predecessor, the Affiliate Guarantor and the Trustee;

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) the terms of the Scheme of Arrangement between the Predecessor and the holders of the Predecessor's outstanding ordinary shares and (ii) the terms of the Common Draft Terms of Merger (the "*Terms of Merger*") dated as of December 2, 2022 between the Predecessor and the Successor Guarantor, the Predecessor was merged with the Successor Guarantor pursuant to a "merger by absorption" implemented pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 16 of Part 17 of the Irish Companies Act 2014, effective as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Terms of Merger) (the "*Effective Time*"), whereupon the separate corporate existence of the Predecessor ceased and the Successor Guarantor continued as the surviving entity (the "*Merger*") and thereupon the Successor Guarantor assumed by operation of law all obligations of the Predecessor, including its obligations under the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Successor Guarantor wishes to confirm its assumption of Parent's obligations under the Indenture and the Company's Guarantees of the Notes;

WHEREAS, the Affiliate Guarantor wishes to reaffirm its Upstream Guarantee;

WHEREAS, the execution, delivery and performance of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by all requisite action on behalf of the Company, the Successor Guarantor and the Affiliate Guarantor, respectively;

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WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Securityholder to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Successor Guarantor, the Affiliate Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Securityholders of the Notes as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. <u>Capitalized Terms</u>. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the 2019 Supplemental Indenture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. <u>Assumption</u>. As of the Effective Time, the Successor Guarantor hereby assumes all the obligations of the Predecessor under the Indenture and the Guarantees of the Predecessor of the Notes issued under the Indenture, subject to the terms, qualifications, limitations and release provisions set forth in the Indenture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. <u>Affirmation of Affiliate Guarantor</u>. The Affiliate Guarantor hereby affirms its Upstream Guarantee under the 2019 Supplemental Indenture, subject to the terms, qualifications, limitations and release provisions set forth in the 2019 Supplemental Indenture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. <u>No Recourse Against Others</u>. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of a Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or a Guarantor under the Notes, its Guarantee, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. <u>Governing Law</u>. THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. <u>Counterparts; Notice</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplemental Indenture by facsimile transmission or by email in ".pdf" format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Any notice through telecopy, telegraph, telex, facsimile, transmission, internet, e-mail or other electronic means of communication, capable of making a written record, received by any party after 5:00 p.m., New York time, as evidenced by the time shown on such transmission, shall be deemed to have been received the following Business Day. The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions given pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture delivered using e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with this Supplemental Indenture ("*Electronic Means*"); *provided*, *however*, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such instructions (the "*Authorized Officers*") and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company, whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee's understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such instructions to the Trustee and that the Company and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee's reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures. Documents delivered to the Trustee by the Company may be signed by digital signature by means of DocuSign or other digital signature provider specified in writing by the Company to the Trustee. As used herein, a "*Business Day*" is any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in Guildford, United Kingdom and New York, New York are not required to be open.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. <u>Effect of Headings</u>. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8. <u>Trustee</u>. The Trustee shall not be responsible and makes no warranty in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by each Guarantor (as to itself) and the Company. The Trustee is entering into this Supplemental Indenture in reliance on an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9. <u>Ratification and Effect</u>. The Indenture, as supplemented hereby, is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect. Upon and after the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, each reference in the Indenture shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented hereby. This Supplemental Indenture is not intended to, and shall not, constitute a novation of the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10. <u>Conditions Precedent</u>. The Company represents and warrants that each of the conditions precedent to this Supplemental Indenture, if any, have been satisfied in all respects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11. <u>Conflicts and Invalidity</u>. To the extent of any inconsistency between the terms of the Indenture or the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture will control. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or of the Indenture shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12. <u>Entire Agreement</u>. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the matters set forth herein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13. <u>Successors</u>. All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture given by the parties hereto shall bind their successors.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

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| PARENT AND SUCCESSOR GUARANTOR: | PARENT AND SUCCESSOR GUARANTOR: |
| LINDE PLC | LINDE PLC |
| By: | /s/ Christopher Cossins |
|  | Name: Christopher Cossins |
|  | Title: UK Permanent Representative |

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|  LINDE GMBH | LINDE GMBH |
|  By: | /s/ Daniel Geiger |
|  Name: | Daniel Geiger |
|  Title: | Senior Counsel |

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|  By: | /s/ Matthias von Plotho |
|  Name: | Matthias von Plotho |
|  Title: | Senior Vice President Finance EMEA |

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|:---|:---|
| COMPANY: | COMPANY: |
| LINDE INC. | LINDE INC. |
| By: | /s/ Matthew J. White |
| Name: | Matthew J. White |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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| TRUSTEE: | TRUSTEE: |
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
| By: | /s/ Glen Fougere |
| Name: | Glen Fougere |
| Title: | Vice President |

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**<u>Schedule I</u>**

**Notes** 

1.200% Notes due February 12, 2024

2.650% Notes due February 5, 2025

1.625% Notes due December 1, 2025

3.200% Notes due January 30, 2026

3.550% Notes due November 7, 2042

## Exhibit 4.2

**Exhibit 4.2** 

**SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE** 

Supplemental Indenture (this "*Supplemental Indenture*"), dated as of March 1, 2023, among Linde Inc. (formerly Praxair, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the "*Issuer*"); Linde plc (formerly Rounderway plc), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 606357 ("*Company*" or the "*Successor Guarantor*") and the parent of the Issuer; Linde GmbH, a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "*Affiliate Guarantor*") and a subsidiary of Parent; and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (in such capacity, the "*Trustee*").

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuer and Linde plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 602527 (the "*Predecessor*") have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of August 10, 2020 (the "*Indenture*"), among the Issuer, the Predecessor and the Trustee;

WHEREAS, the Issuer has issued, pursuant to the Indenture, the notes listed on <u>Schedule</u> <u>I</u> hereto (collectively, the "*Notes*"), which are guaranteed by the Company pursuant to Article Nine of the Indenture ("*Company Guarantee*"), which Company Guarantee is guaranteed by Linde GmbH pursuant to notations of Guarantee on the Notes (the "*Subsidiary Guarantee*" and, together with the Company Guarantee, the "*Guarantees*");

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) the terms of the Scheme of Arrangement between the Predecessor and the holders of the Predecessor's outstanding ordinary shares and (ii) the terms of the Common Draft Terms of Merger (the "*Terms of Merger*") dated as of December 2, 2022 between the Predecessor and the Successor Guarantor, the Predecessor was merged with the Successor Guarantor pursuant to a "merger by absorption" implemented pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 16 of Part 17 of the Irish Companies Act 2014, effective as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Terms of Merger) (the "*Effective Time*"), whereupon the separate corporate existence of the Predecessor ceased and the Successor Guarantor continued as the surviving entity (the "*Merger*") and thereupon the Successor Guarantor assumed by operation of law all obligations of the Predecessor, including in respect of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture, as of the Effective Time, the Successor Guarantor, as successor to the Predecessor by virtue of the Merger, (i) shall hereby assume all the obligations of the Predecessor under the Indenture and the Guarantees of the Predecessor of the Notes issued under the Indenture and (ii) shall be substituted for the Predecessor under the Indenture and the Guarantees issued by the Predecessor;

WHEREAS, the Successor Guarantor wishes to confirm its assumption of the Company's obligations under the Indenture and the Company's Guarantees of the Notes;

WHEREAS, the Affiliate Guarantor wishes to reaffirm its Subsidiary Guarantee;

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WHEREAS, the execution, delivery and performance of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by all requisite action on behalf of the Issuer, the Successor Guarantor and the Affiliate Guarantor, respectively;

WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Indenture provides that the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Securityholder in order to comply with Article Five of the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuer, the Successor Guarantor, the Affiliate Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Securityholders of the Notes as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. <u>Capitalized Terms</u>. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. <u>Assumption</u>. As of the Effective Time, the Successor Guarantor hereby assumes all the obligations of the Predecessor under the Indenture and the Guarantees of the Predecessor of the Notes issued under the Indenture, subject to the terms, qualifications, limitations and release provisions set forth in the Indenture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. <u>Affirmation of Affiliate Guarantor</u>. The Affiliate Guarantor hereby affirms its Subsidiary Guarantee, subject to the terms, qualifications, limitations and release provisions set forth in the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. <u>No Recourse Against Others</u>. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of a Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or a Guarantor under the Notes, its Guarantee, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. <u>Governing Law</u>. THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. <u>Counterparts</u>. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplemental Indenture by facsimile transmission or by email in ".pdf" format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. <u>Effect of Headings</u>. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8. <u>Trustee</u>. The Trustee shall not be responsible and makes no warranty in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by each Guarantor (as to itself) and the Issuer. The Trustee is entering into this Supplemental Indenture in reliance on an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9. <u>Ratification and Effect</u>. The Indenture, as supplemented hereby, is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect. Upon and after the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, each reference in the Indenture shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented hereby. This Supplemental Indenture is not intended to, and shall not, constitute a novation of the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10. <u>Conditions Precedent</u>. The Issuer represents and warrants that each of the conditions precedent to this Supplemental Indenture, if any, have been satisfied in all respects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11. <u>Conflicts and Invalidity</u>. To the extent of any inconsistency between the terms of the Indenture or the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture will control. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or of the Indenture shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12. <u>Entire Agreement</u>. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the matters set forth herein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13. <u>Successors</u>. All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture given by the parties hereto shall bind their successors.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

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|:---|:---|
| SUCCESSOR GUARANTOR: | SUCCESSOR GUARANTOR: |
| LINDE PLC | LINDE PLC |
| By: | /s/ Christopher Cossins |
|  | Name: Christopher Cossins |
|  | Title: UK Permanent Representative |

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|:---|:---|
| LINDE GMBH | LINDE GMBH |
| By: | /s/ Daniel Geiger |
| Name: | Daniel Geiger |
| Title: | Senior Counsel |
| By: | /s/ Matthias von Plotho |
| Name: | Matthias von Plotho |
| Title: | Senior Vice President Finance EMEA |

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|:---|:---|
| ISSUER: | ISSUER: |
| LINDE INC. | LINDE INC. |
| By: | /s/ Matthew J. White |
| Name: | Matthew J. White |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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|:---|:---|
| TRUSTEE: | TRUSTEE: |
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
| By: | /s/ Glen Fougere |
| Name: | Glen Fougere |
| Title: | Vice President |

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**<u>Schedule I</u>**

**Notes** 

4.800% Notes due December 5, 2024

4.700% Notes due December 5, 2025

1.100% Notes due August 10, 2030

2.000% Notes due August 10, 2050

## Exhibit 4.3

**Exhibit 4.3** 

**<u>Authorized Share Capital</u>**

<u>General.</u> The authorized share capital of Linde plc ("Linde plc" or the "Company") is €1,825,000 divided into 1,750,000,000 ordinary shares of nominal value €0.001 each ("Ordinary Shares"), 25,000 A ordinary shares of nominal value €1.00 each, 25,000 deferred shares of nominal value €1.00 each, and 25,000,000 preferred shares of nominal value €0.001 each.

Linde plc may issue shares subject to the maximum authorized share capital set forth above. The authorized share capital may be increased or reduced by a resolution approved by a simple majority of the votes of Linde plc shareholders cast at a general meeting (which is referred to under Irish law as an "ordinary resolution"). The shares comprising the authorized share capital of Linde plc may be divided into shares of such nominal value as such resolution shall prescribe. The Linde plc Constitution permits the board of directors, without shareholder approval, to determine certain terms of each series of the preferred shares issued by Linde plc, including the number of shares, designations, dividend rights, liquidation and other rights and redemption, repurchase or exchange rights.

<u>Different Classes of Shares</u>. Without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing shares, Linde plc may issue shares with such rights or restrictions as determined by Linde plc by an ordinary resolution approved by its shareholders. As a matter of Irish company law, the directors of the Company may issue new Ordinary Shares or preferred shares without shareholder approval once authorized to do so by the Constitution or by an ordinary resolution adopted by the shareholders at a general meeting. The authorization may be granted for a maximum period of five years, at which point it must be renewed by the shareholders by an ordinary resolution (if Linde plc wishes to issue shares). The Linde plc Constitution authorizes the Linde plc board of directors to issue new Ordinary Shares or preferred shares without shareholder approval for a period of five years from the date of adoption of such Constitution (which was 23 February 2023). Linde plc may also issue shares which are, or are liable to be, redeemed at the option of Linde plc or the holder.

Whenever the share capital of Linde plc is divided into different classes of shares, the special rights attached to any class may be varied or abrogated either with the written consent of the holders of 75% in nominal value of the issued shares of the class (excluding shares held as treasury shares) or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of the class (but not otherwise), and may be so varied or abrogated either while Linde plc is a going concern or during or in contemplation of a winding-up.

The rights conferred upon the holders of any class of shares issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by a purchase or redemption by Linde plc of its own shares or by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith or subordinate thereto. In addition, the Linde plc Constitution provides that (i) the redemption or purchase of preferred shares or any class or series of preferred shares shall not constitute a variation of rights of the holders of preferred shares; (ii) the issue, redemption or purchase of any of the preferred shares shall not constitute a variation of the rights of the holders of Ordinary Shares; (iii) the issue of preferred shares or any class or series of preferred shares which rank pari passu with, or junior to, any existing preferred shares or class of preferred shares shall not constitute a variation of the existing preferred shares or class of preferred shares; and (iv) the rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.

<u>Reduction of Share Capital.</u> Linde plc may reduce its authorized share capital in any manner permitted by the Companies Act. Linde plc also may, by special resolution and subject to confirmation by the Irish High Court, reduce or cancel its issued share capital in any manner permitted by the Companies Act.

<u>Acquisition of Own Shares</u>. Under Irish law, Linde plc may issue redeemable shares and redeem them out of distributable reserves or the proceeds of a new issue of shares for that purpose. All redeemable shares must also be fully paid. Redeemable shares may, upon redemption, be cancelled or held in treasury. The Linde plc Constitution provides that shareholder approval will not be required to deem Linde plc shares redeemable.

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**<u>Description of Ordinary Shares</u>**

Below is a description of the material legal rights and limitations of the Ordinary Shares, which are the only shares of capital stock of the Company that are registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

<u>Voting Rights.</u> The holders of Linde plc Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote for each share upon all matters presented to the Linde plc shareholders. Subject to any preferences granted to other classes of Linde plc securities that may be outstanding in the future (including any preferred shares), there are no voting right restrictions or preferences with respect to shareholders of Linde plc. Except where a greater majority is required by the Companies Act or where there is a contested director election (in which case a plurality voting standard will apply), any question, business or resolution proposed at any general meeting shall be decided by a simple majority of the votes cast. The Linde plc Constitution provides that no business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present, and a quorum shall be two or more persons holding or representing by proxy more than 50% of the total issued voting rights of Linde plc shares.

Irish company law requires a special resolution of the shareholders (approval by not less than 75% of the votes cast at a general meeting of Linde plc's shareholders) to approve certain matters. Examples of matters requiring special resolutions include amending the Linde plc Constitution.

<u>Approval of Extraordinary Transactions.</u> Any merger, consolidation or sale of material assets of Linde plc with interested persons or affiliates of interested persons require approval of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote (excluding any shares beneficially owned by such interested persons). Under Irish law, certain resolutions of the meeting of shareholders require the approval of a majority of at least 75 percent of the votes cast and/or the share capital represented. Such resolutions include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• effecting a members' voluntary winding up;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the treatment of pre-acquisition profits being treated in holding
company's financial statements as profits available for distribution; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the making of loans to directors or connected persons.

<u>Fractional Shares</u>. Irish law does not recognize fractional shares held of record. Accordingly, the Linde plc Constitution does not provide for the issuance of fractional shares of Linde plc, and the register of members of Linde plc (which is herein referred as the "Linde plc register of members") will not reflect any fractional shares. Whenever an alteration or reorganization of the share capital of Linde plc would result in any Linde plc shareholder becoming entitled to fractions of a share, the Linde plc board of directors may, on behalf of those shareholders that would become entitled to fractions of a share, arrange for the sale of the shares representing fractions and the distribution of the net proceeds of sale in due proportion among the shareholders who would have been entitled to the fractions.

<u>Pre-Emption Rights</u>. Under Irish law, certain statutory pre-emption rights apply automatically in favor of shareholders where shares are to be issued for cash. However, Linde plc has opted out of these pre-emption rights in the Linde plc Constitution as permitted under Irish company law. Generally, this opt-out may be renewed at least every five years by a resolution approved by not less than 75% of the votes of the Linde plc shareholders cast at a general meeting (which is referred to under Irish law as a "special resolution"). If the opt-out is not renewed, as a general rule, shares issued for cash must be offered to existing Linde plc shareholders on a pro rata basis to their existing shareholding before any Linde plc shares may be issued to any new shareholders. Statutory pre-emption rights do not apply (i) where shares are issued wholly or partly for non-cash consideration (such as in a stock-for-stock acquisition), (ii) to the issue of non-equity shares (that is, shares that have the right to participate only up to a specified amount in any income or capital distribution) or (iii) where shares are issued pursuant to an employee option or similar equity plan.

<u>Dividends.</u> Under Irish law, dividends and distributions may only be made from distributable reserves which are, generally, a company's accumulated realized profits less its accumulated realized losses. In addition, no distribution or dividend may be made if the net assets of Linde plc are not, or if making such distribution or dividend will cause the net assets of Linde plc to not be, equal to, or in excess of, the aggregate of Linde plc's called up share capital plus undistributable reserves. Undistributable reserves include the company's undenominated capital and the amount by which a company's accumulated unrealized profits exceeds its accumulated unrealized losses. The determination as to whether Linde plc has sufficient distributable reserves to fund a dividend must be made by reference to Linde plc's most recent unconsolidated annual audited financial statements or other financial statements properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act. The relevant financial statements must be filed in the Companies Registration Office (the official public registry for companies in Ireland).

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Linde plc may, by ordinary resolution, declare final dividends to be paid to its shareholders. However, no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Linde plc board of directors. The Linde plc board of directors may also pay to the shareholders such dividends as interim or final dividends as appear to the directors to be justified by the profits of the Company.

<u>General Provisions Governing Liquidation</u>. Linde plc's duration is unlimited. Linde plc may be dissolved and wound up at any time by way of a shareholders' voluntary winding up or a creditors' winding up. In the case of a shareholders' voluntary winding-up, a special resolution of Linde plc shareholders is required. Linde plc may also be dissolved by way of court order on the application of a creditor, or by the Companies Registration Office as an enforcement measure where Linde plc has failed to file certain returns.

The rights of the shareholders to a return of Linde plc's assets on dissolution or winding up, following the settlement of all claims of creditors, are prescribed in the Linde plc Constitution and may be further prescribed in the terms of any preferred shares issued by Linde plc from time to time. The holders of preferred shares may have the right to priority in a dissolution or winding up of Linde plc. The Linde plc Constitution provides that, subject to the priorities of any creditors, the assets will be distributed to Linde plc shareholders in proportion to the paid-up nominal value of the shares held by such shareholder. The Linde plc Constitution provides that the Linde plc shareholders are entitled to participate pro rata in a winding up, but their right to do so is subject to the rights of any holders of the shares issued upon special terms and conditions to participate under the terms of any series or class of such shares.

<u>Amendment of Constitution</u>. Irish company law requires a special resolution of the Linde plc shareholders (approval by not less than 75% of the votes cast at a general meeting of Linde plc's shareholders) to approve any amendments to the Linde plc Constitution.

## Exhibit 10.1

**Exhibit 10.1** 

**<u>SUCCESSOR BORROWER ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT</u>**

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| To: | Bank of America, N. A., the "**Administrative Agent**"  |

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| From: | Linde plc, the "**Successor Borrower**"  |

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| Re: | The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2022 among Linde plc, the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein, the Lenders listed therein, the Guarantors referred to therein and the Administrative Agent (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the "**Credit Agreement**")  |

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement described above. Terms not defined herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have for the purposes hereof the meaning provided therein.

The undersigned, Linde plc, a public limited company formed under the laws of Ireland hereby becomes the "Company" for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, effective from the date hereof, with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as the Company. The Successor Borrower represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by the Successor Borrower set forth in Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.08 and 4.09 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as to the undersigned as of the date hereof, except to the extent the same expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, *provided* that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to "materiality" or "Material Adverse Effect" shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualifications therein) in all respects.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Successor Borrower hereby expressly assumes the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall perform all the obligations of the Company under, and to be bound in all respects by the terms of, the Credit Agreement, including without limitation Article 10 thereof, to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if the undersigned were a signatory thereto as the Company.

The Successor Borrower hereby unconditionally and absolutely guarantees the full and punctual payment (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest on each Loan made to and each Reimbursement Obligation incurred by each Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by each Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the "Subsidiary Borrower Obligations"). Upon failure by any Subsidiary Borrower to pay punctually any Subsidiary Borrower Obligations, the Successor Borrower shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement. The guarantee contained in this paragraph does not apply to the extent that it would result in the guarantee constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Section 82 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland.

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The undersigned acknowledges that this Successor Borrower Assumption Agreement shall be effective upon its execution and delivery by the undersigned to the Administrative Agent, and it shall not be necessary for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any of their Affiliates entitled to the benefits hereof, to execute this Successor Borrower Assumption Agreement or any other acceptance hereof. This Successor Borrower Assumption Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Very truly yours,

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| **Linde plc** | **Linde plc** |
| By: | /s/ Christopher Cossins |
| Name: | Christopher Cossins |
| Title: | UK Permanent Representative |

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## Exhibit 10.2

**Exhibit 10.2** 

**<u>SUCCESSOR BORROWER ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT</u>**

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| To: | Bank of America, N. A., the "**Administrative Agent**"  |

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| From: | Linde plc, the "**Successor Borrower**"  |

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| Re: | The Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2022 among Linde plc, the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein, the Lenders listed therein, the Guarantors referred to therein and the Administrative Agent (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the "**Credit Agreement**")  |

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement described above. Terms not defined herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have for the purposes hereof the meaning provided therein.

The undersigned, Linde plc, a public limited company formed under the laws of Ireland hereby becomes the "Company" for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, effective from the date hereof, with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as the Company. The Successor Borrower represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by the Successor Borrower set forth in Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.08 and 4.09 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as to the undersigned as of the date hereof, except to the extent the same expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, *provided* that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to "materiality" or "Material Adverse Effect" shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualifications therein) in all respects.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Successor Borrower hereby expressly assumes the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall perform all the obligations of the Company under, and to be bound in all respects by the terms of, the Credit Agreement, including without limitation Article 10 thereof, to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if the undersigned were a signatory thereto as the Company.

The Successor Borrower hereby unconditionally and absolutely guarantees the full and punctual payment (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest on each Loan made to each Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by each Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the "**Subsidiary Borrower Obligations**"). Upon failure by any Subsidiary Borrower to pay punctually any Subsidiary Borrower Obligations, the Successor Borrower shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement. The guarantee contained in this paragraph does not apply to the extent that it would result in the guarantee constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Section 82 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland.

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The undersigned acknowledges that this Successor Borrower Assumption Agreement shall be effective upon its execution and delivery by the undersigned to the Administrative Agent, and it shall not be necessary for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any of their Affiliates entitled to the benefits hereof, to execute this Successor Borrower Assumption Agreement or any other acceptance hereof. This Successor Borrower Assumption Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Very truly yours,

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| **Linde plc** | **Linde plc** |
| By: | /s/ Christopher Cossins |
| Name: | Christopher Cossins |
| Title: | UK Permanent Representative |

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## Exhibit 10.3

**Exhibit 10.3** 

**INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT** 

This Indemnification Agreement (this "**Agreement**") is entered into as of March 1, 2023 among (a) Linde Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirectly controlled subsidiary of Rounderway plc (to be renamed Linde plc) (the "**Indemnitor**"), and (b) ____________ (the "**Indemnitee**").

**RECITALS** 

(A) WHEREAS, Linde plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland ()"**Linde** "), is
the ultimate parent company of the Indemnitor;

(B) WHEREAS, the Indemnitor desires to ensure that Linde and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates benefit from the
services of highly competent persons such as the Indemnitee;

(C) WHEREAS, Linde and the Indemnitor believe that, in order to attract and retain highly competent persons such as
the Indemnitee to serve as directors and officers of Linde and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates, it is appropriate to provide such persons with adequate protection through indemnification and advancement against risks of claims and actions against
them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of Linde, including on behalf of its subsidiaries and affiliates; and

(D) WHEREAS, each of Linde and the Indemnitor desires to have the Indemnitee serve and continue to serve as a
director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of Linde, and in any other capacity with respect to Linde as Linde may request, and the Indemnitee desires to be indemnified by the Indemnitor and has agreed to serve and continue to serve Linde as a
director, officer, employee, agent or trustee in reliance upon the Indemnitor's promise to provide indemnification and other protections to the Indemnitee on the basis hereinafter set forth.

**AGREEMENT** 

**NOW, THEREFORE**, in consideration of the Indemnitee's service as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of Linde, the parties hereto agree, with effect from the Effective Date, as follows:

1. **Definitions** 

For purposes of this Agreement:

"**Change in Control**" will be deemed to have occurred if, with respect to any particular 24-month period, the individuals who, at the beginning of such 24-month period, constituted the Board of Directors of Linde (the "**Incumbent Board**") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of Linde; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the beginning of such 24-month period whose election, or nomination for election by the shareholders of Linde, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board of Directors of Linde.

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"**Company**" means Linde and any of its subsidiaries and/or affiliates.

"**Disinterested Director**" means a director of the Indemnitor who is not or was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is being sought by the Indemnitee.

"**Effective Date**" means the date of appointment of the Indemnitee as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of Linde.

"**Enterprise**" means any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including an employee benefit plan, but not including Linde or any subsidiary of Linde, that the Indemnitee, while a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of Linde, is or was serving at the request of Linde as a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee.

"**Expenses**" includes, without limitation, expenses incurred in connection with the defence or settlement of any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, judicial, administrative, or legislative hearing, or any other threatened, pending, or completed proceeding, including any and all appeals, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative, or other nature, attorneys' fees, witness fees and expenses, fees and expenses of accountants and other advisors, retainers and disbursements and advances thereon, the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any bond (including cost bonds, appraisal bonds, or their equivalents), and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification or advancement under Sections 9, 11, 13, and 17 hereof, but shall not include the amount of judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, or penalties actually levied against the Indemnitee, or any amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of the Indemnitee.

"**Independent Counsel**" means a law firm or a member of a law firm that neither is presently nor in the past five years has been retained to represent (i) the Company or the Indemnitee in any matter material to either such other party or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a request for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Independent Counsel" shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee's right to indemnification under this Agreement.

"**Proceeding**" means any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, judicial, administrative, or legislative hearing, or any other threatened, pending, or completed proceeding, including any and all appeals, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative, or other nature, to which the Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company or while a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee,

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agent, or trustee of another Enterprise, or by reason of anything done or not done by the Indemnitee in any such capacity, whether or not the Indemnitee is serving in such capacity at the time any expense, liability, or loss is incurred for which indemnification or advancement can be provided under this Agreement.

2. **Service by the Indemnitee.** 

The Indemnitee shall serve and/or continue to serve as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of the Company faithfully and to the best of the Indemnitee's ability so long as the Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed and until such time as the Indemnitee's successor is elected and qualified or the Indemnitee is removed as permitted by applicable law or resigns. By entering into this Agreement, the Indemnitee is deemed to be serving at the request of Linde and the Indemnitor, which are deemed to be requesting such service.

3. **Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1 The Indemnitor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee, and shall pay to the Indemnitee in advance of
the final disposition of any Proceeding all Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in defending any such Proceeding, to the fullest extent authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, all on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Without diminishing the scope of the rights provided by this Section, the rights of the Indemnitee to indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided hereunder shall include but shall not be limited
to those rights hereinafter set forth, except that no indemnification or advancement of Expenses shall be paid to the Indemnitee:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) to the extent prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) for and to the extent that payment is actually made to the Indemnitee under a valid and collectible insurance
policy or under a valid and enforceable indemnity clause, provision of the governing documents, or agreement of the Company (and the Indemnitee shall reimburse the Company for any amounts paid by the Company and subsequently so recovered by the
Indemnitee);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) in connection with an action, suit, or proceeding, or part thereof voluntarily initiated by the Indemnitee
(including claims and counterclaims, whether such counterclaims are asserted by (i) the Indemnitee, or (ii) the Company in an action, suit, or proceeding initiated by the Indemnitee), except a judicial proceeding pursuant to
Section 11 to enforce rights under this Agreement, unless the action, suit, or proceeding, or part thereof, was authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors of the Indemnitor or the Board of Directors of the Company otherwise determines
that indemnification or advancement of Expenses is appropriate;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) to the extent that the Indemnitee is found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgement to have caused the matter which has given rise to the claim for indemnity through his or her own fraud or dishonesty;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) for an accounting or disgorgement of profits from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by the
Indemnitee of securities of the Company in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Regulation (EU) 596/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse and its
delegated and implementing regulations, or any similar provisions of any applicable law, rule or regulation; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) for any payment or reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or
equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company pursuant to (i) any applicable clawback policy of the Company, (ii) any applicable equity or other compensation plan, award
agreement, settlement arrangement or other contract to which the Indemnitee is party or (iii) any applicable law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, Sections 304 and 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange or other securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Company's common
stock is listed or quoted).

4. **Third-Party Actions or Proceedings.** 

Except as limited by Section 3 above, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to the indemnification rights provided in this Section if the Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or was or is otherwise involved in, any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company or while a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of another Enterprise, or by reason of anything done or not done by the Indemnitee in any such capacity. Pursuant to this Section, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all expense, liability, and loss (including judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, penalties, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, and Expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

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5. **Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company.** 

Except as limited by Section 3 above, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to the indemnification rights provided in this Section if the Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or was or is otherwise involved in, any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company or while a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of another Enterprise, or by reason of anything done or not done by the Indemnitee in any such capacity. Pursuant to this Section, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which the laws of the State of Delaware expressly prohibits such indemnification by reason of any adjudication of liability of the Indemnitee to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the "**Chancery Court**") or the court in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification for such expense, liability, and loss as such court shall deem proper.

6. **Indemnification for Costs, Charges, and Expenses of Successful Party.** 

Notwithstanding any limitations of Sections 3(c), 4, and 5 above, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in whole or in part, in defense of any Proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, including, without limitation, the dismissal of any action without prejudice, or if it is ultimately determined, by final judicial decision of a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal, that the Indemnitee is otherwise entitled to be indemnified against Expenses, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith.

7. **Partial Indemnification.** 

If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification for some or a portion of the expense, liability, and loss (including judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, penalties, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, and Expenses) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any Proceeding, or in connection with any judicial proceeding pursuant to Section 11 to enforce rights under this Agreement, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Indemnitor shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion of such expense, liability, and loss actually and reasonably incurred to which the Indemnitee is entitled.

8. **Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness.** 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the maximum extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitee's behalf if the Indemnitee appears as a witness or otherwise incurs legal expenses as a result of or related to the Indemnitee's service as a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company, in any threatened, pending, or completed

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action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, judicial, administrative, or legislative hearing, or any other threatened, pending, or completed proceeding, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative, or other nature, to which the Indemnitee neither is, nor is threatened to be made, a party.

9. **Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification.** 

To receive indemnification under this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall submit a written request to the Indemnitor. Such request shall include documentation or information that is necessary for such determination and is reasonably available to the Indemnitee. Upon receipt by the Indemnitor of a written request by the Indemnitee for indemnification, the entitlement of the Indemnitee to indemnification, to the extent not required pursuant to the terms of Section 6 or Section 8 of this Agreement, shall be determined by the following person or persons who shall be empowered to make such determination (as selected by the Board of Directors of the Indemnitor, except with respect to Section 9(e) below): (a) the Board of Directors of the Indemnitor by a majority vote of Disinterested Directors, whether or not such majority constitutes a quorum; (b) a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, whether or not such majority constitutes a quorum; (c) if there are no Disinterested Directors, or if the Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors of the Indemnitor, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee; (d) by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of Linde; or (e) in the event that a Change in Control has occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors of the Indemnitor, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee. Such Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors of the Indemnitor and approved by the Indemnitee, except that in the event that a Change in Control has occurred, Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee. Upon failure of the Board of Directors of the Indemnitor so to select such Independent Counsel or upon failure of the Indemnitee so to approve (or so to select, in the event a Change in Control has occurred), such Independent Counsel shall be selected upon application to a court of competent jurisdiction. The determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be made and, unless a contrary determination is made, such indemnification shall be paid in full not later than 60 calendar days after receipt by the Indemnitor of a written request for indemnification. If the person making such determination shall determine that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification as to part (but not all) of the application for indemnification, such person shall reasonably prorate such partial indemnification among the claims, issues, or matters at issue at the time of the determination.

10. **Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.** 

The Indemnitor shall, promptly upon receipt of the Indemnitee's written request for indemnification, advise in writing the Board of Directors of the Indemnitor or such other person or persons empowered to make the determination as provided in Section 9 that the Indemnitee has made such request for indemnification. Upon making such request for indemnification, the Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification hereunder and the Indemnitor shall have the burden of proof in making any determination

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contrary to such presumption. If the person or persons so empowered to make such determination shall have failed to make the requested determination with respect to indemnification within 60 calendar days after receipt by the Indemnitor of such request, a requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and the Indemnitee shall be absolutely entitled to such indemnification, absent actual fraud in the request for indemnification. The termination of any Proceeding described in Sections 4 or 5 by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of *nolo contendere* or its equivalent, shall not, of itself (a) create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful or (b) otherwise adversely affect the rights of the Indemnitee to indemnification except as may be provided herein.

11. **Remedies of the Indemnitee in Cases of Determination Not to Indemnify or to Advance Expenses; Right to Bring Suit.** 

In the event that a determination is made that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder or if payment is not timely made following a determination of entitlement to indemnification pursuant to Sections 9 and 10, or if an advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 17, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit seeking an adjudication of entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses, and any such suit shall be brought in the Chancery Court. The Indemnitor shall not oppose the Indemnitee's right to seek any such adjudication. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of Expenses), it shall be a defense that the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard of conduct for indemnification set forth in the laws of the State of Delaware (including the Delaware General Corporate Law), including the standard described in Section 4 or 5, as applicable. Further, in any suit brought by the Indemnitor to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitor shall be entitled to recover such Expenses upon a final judicial decision of a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal that the Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct described above. Neither the failure of the Indemnitor (including the Disinterested Directors, a committee of Disinterested Directors, Independent Counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct described above, nor an actual determination by the Indemnitor (including the Disinterested Directors, a committee of Disinterested Directors, Independent Counsel, or its shareholders) that the Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct described above shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct described above, or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of Expenses hereunder, or brought by the Indemnitor to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 11 or otherwise shall be on the Indemnitor.

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If a determination is made or deemed to have been made pursuant to the terms of Section 9 or 10 that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Indemnitor shall be bound by such determination and is precluded from asserting that such determination has not been made or that the procedure by which such determination was made is not valid, binding, and enforceable. The Indemnitor further agrees to stipulate in any court pursuant to this Section 11 that it is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement and is precluded from making any assertions to the contrary. If the court shall determine that the Indemnitee is entitled to any indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder, the Indemnitor shall pay all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such adjudication (including, but not limited to, any appellate proceedings) to the fullest extent permitted by law, and in any suit brought by the Indemnitor to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitor shall pay all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such suit to the extent the Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in whole or in part, in defense of such suit, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

12. **Non-Exclusivity of Rights.** 

The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of Expenses provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right that the Indemnitee may now or hereafter acquire under any applicable law, agreement, vote of shareholders or Disinterested Directors, any insurance purchased by the Company, provisions of any governing documents (including those of the Company and the Indemnitor), or otherwise.

13. **Expenses to Enforce Agreement.** 

In the event that the Indemnitee is subject to or intervenes in any action, suit, or proceeding in which the validity or enforceability of this Agreement is at issue or seeks an adjudication to enforce the Indemnitee's rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, the Indemnitee, if the Indemnitee prevails in whole or in part in such action, suit, or proceeding, shall be entitled to recover from the Indemnitor and shall be indemnified by the Indemnitor against any Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith.

14. **Continuation of Indemnity.** 

All agreements and obligations of the Indemnitor contained herein shall continue during the period the Indemnitee is a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company or while a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee is serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of another Enterprise, and shall continue thereafter with respect to any possible claims based on the fact that the Indemnitee was a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of another Enterprise. This Agreement shall be binding upon all successors and assigns of the Indemnitor (including any transferee of all or substantially all of its assets and any successor by merger or operation of law) and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee's heirs, executors, and administrators.

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15. **Notification and Defense of Proceeding.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15.1 Promptly after receipt by the Indemnitee of notice of any Proceeding, the Indemnitee shall, if a request for
indemnification or an advancement of Expenses in respect thereof is to be made under this Agreement, notify the Indemnitor in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Indemnitor shall not relieve the Indemnitor from any
liability that it may have to the Indemnitee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any such Proceeding of which the Indemnitee notifies the Indemnitor:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Company shall be entitled to participate therein at its own expense;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 15(b), to the extent that it may wish, the Company, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnitee. After notice from the Company to the Indemnitee of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
Indemnitor shall not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for any expenses of counsel subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof except as otherwise provided below. The Indemnitee shall have the right
to employ the Indemnitee's own counsel in such Proceeding, but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of the Indemnitee unless (i) the
employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of
such Proceeding, or (iii) the Company shall not within 60 calendar days of receipt of notice from the Indemnitee in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of the Proceeding, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of the
Indemnitee's counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnitor. The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which the Indemnitee shall have made the conclusion
provided for in (ii) above; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification
under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the Company's written consent, or for any judicial or other award, if the Company was not given an opportunity, in accordance with this Section 15,
to participate in the defense of such Proceeding. The Indemnitor shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that would impose any penalty or limitation on or disclosure obligation with respect to the Indemnitee, or that would directly or
indirectly constitute or impose any admission or acknowledgment of fault or culpability with respect to the Indemnitee, without the Indemnitee's written consent. Neither the Indemnitor, nor the Indemnitee, shall unreasonably withhold consent to
any proposed settlement.

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16. **Insurance.** 

To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, agents or trustees of the Company or of any other Enterprise, the Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of the Company or any such Enterprise under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a written request for indemnification pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Indemnitor shall procure that the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Indemnitor shall procure that the Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

17. **Advancement of Expenses.** 

All Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in defending any Proceeding described in Section 4 or 5 shall be paid by the Indemnitor in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding at the request of the Indemnitee. The Indemnitee's right to advancement shall not be subject to the satisfaction of any standard of conduct and advances shall be made without regard to the Indemnitee's ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the provisions of this Agreement or otherwise. To receive an advancement of Expenses under this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall submit a written request to the Indemnitor. Such request shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee. The Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay all amounts so advanced (without interest) if it shall ultimately be determined, by final judicial decision of a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal, that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such Expenses as provided by this Agreement or otherwise. The Indemnitee's undertaking to repay any such amounts is not required to be secured, and no other form of undertaking shall be required of the Indemnitee other than the execution of this Agreement. Each such advancement of Expenses shall be made within 20 calendar days after the receipt by the Indemnitor of such written request. The Indemnitee's entitlement to Expenses under this Agreement shall include those incurred in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding by the Indemnitee seeking an adjudication pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement (including the enforcement of this provision) to the extent the court shall determine that the Indemnitee is entitled to an advancement of Expenses hereunder.

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18. **Severability; Prior Indemnification Agreements.** 

If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law (a) the validity, legality, and enforceability of such provision in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraphs of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that are not by themselves invalid, illegal, or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons or entities or circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraph of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal, or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent of the Indemnitor that the Indemnitee shall receive protection to the fullest extent set forth in this Agreement. This Agreement shall supersede and replace any prior indemnification agreements entered into by and between the Company and the Indemnitee and any such prior agreements shall be terminated upon execution of this Agreement.

19. **Headings; References; Pronouns.** 

The headings of the sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof. References herein to section numbers are to sections of this Agreement. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the singular or plural as appropriate.

20. **Other Provisions** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.1 This Agreement, and all disputes or controversies arising out of or related to this Agreement, shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware (including the Delaware General Corporate Law), without regard to the laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of conflicts of laws
principles of the State of Delaware or any other state or jurisdiction. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall make a final determination that the provisions of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware govern indemnification
by the Indemnitor of the Indemnitee, then this Agreement shall in all instances be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted under such law, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.2 The Indemnitor and the Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (i) agree that any action or
proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought in the Chancery Court or, if the Chancery Court does not have jurisdiction, another state court or federal court located within the State of Delaware; (ii) consent
to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the State of Delaware for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; (iii) agree, to the extent the Indemnitor or the
Indemnitee are not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, to appoint and maintain an agent in the State of Delaware as its agent in the State of Delaware for acceptance of legal process with respect to matters involving
this Agreement, and that service of process may also be made on such party by prepaid certified mail with a proof of mailing receipt validated by the U.S. Postal Service constituting evidence of valid service, and that service by either of

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the foregoing means shall have the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware; (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement in the courts of the State of Delaware, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the courts of the State of Delaware has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.3 This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same
instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.4 This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract with any Indemnitee who is an officer of the Company,
and, if the Indemnitee is an officer of the Company, the Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that the Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, and with or without severance compensation, except as may be
otherwise provided in a separate written contract between the Indemnitee and the Company.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.5 In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Indemnitor shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment
to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee (excluding insurance obtained on the Indemnitee's own behalf), and the Indemnitee shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights,
including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Indemnitor effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.6 This Agreement may not be amended, modified, or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or
otherwise, except by an instrument in writing specifically designated as an amendment hereto, signed on behalf of each party. No failure or delay of either party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no
single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or
power.

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**IN WITNESS WHEREOF**, the Indemnitor and the Indemnitee have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

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|  Linde Inc. | Linde Inc. |
|  By: |  |
|  Name: | Guillermo Bichara |
|  Title: | Director |
|  Name: |  |
|  Indemnitee | Indemnitee |

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## Exhibit 99.3

**Exhibit 99.3** 

**Linde Completes Delisting from Frankfurt Stock Exchange** 

Woking, UK, March 1, 2023 – Linde (NYSE: LIN) announced today that it has completed its intercompany reorganization resulting in the delisting of its shares from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

As of March 2, 2023, the new holding company, "Linde plc", will be listed solely on the New York Stock Exchange and trade under the existing ticker "LIN".

Per the announcement of February 23, 2023, Linde will now apply to the Irish High Court for a capital reduction for the purposes of creating distributable reserves under Irish law. The date of that court hearing shall be published on Linde's website.

**About Linde** 

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2022 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of *making our world more productive* every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com

**Contacts:** 

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| **Investor Relations**<br>Juan Pelaez<br> Phone: +1 203 837 2213<br> Email: juan.pelaez@linde.com | **Media Relations**<br>Anna Davies<br> Phone: +44 1483 244705<br> Email: anna.davies@linde.com |

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