H.B.H. - Articles of Association

The Companies Act 1929.

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  C O M P A N Y   L I M I T E D   B Y   S H A R E S .

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Articles of Association

OF  

H. B. H. (COACHBUILDERS) LIMITED.

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PRELIMINARY.

1. Subject as hereinafter provided, the regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Act 1929 (hereinafter referred to as'' Table A ") shall apply to the The Company.

 

2. Clauses 19, 35, 45, 47, 48, 50, 59, 64, 65, 66, 69, 72 and 82 of Table A shall not apply to the Company, but the Articles hereinafter contained, and the remaining clauses of Table A, subject to the modifications hereinafter expressed, shall constitute the regulations of the Company.

 

PRIVATE COMPANY.  

 

3. The Company is a "Private Company" within the meaning of  section 26 of the Companies Act 1929, and accordingly (1) no invitation shall be issued to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of the Company; (2) the number of the members of the Company (not including persons who are in the employment of the Company, and persons who, having been formerly in the employment of the Company, were while in that employment and have continued after the determination of that employment to be members of the Company) shall be limited to fifty, provided that, for the purposes of this provision, where two or more persons hold one or more shares in the Company jointly, they shall be treated as a single member; and (3) the right to transfer the shares of the Company is restricted in manner and to the extent hereinafter appearing.

  SHARES.

4. In Clause 2 of Table A the words " Ordinary Resolution " shall be substituted for the words "Special Resolution " where those words first occur.

5. The shares shall be at the disposal of the Directors, and (save as otherwise directed by the Company in General Mooting) they may allot or otherwise dispose of them to such persons at such times and generally on such terms and conditions as they think proper, subject nevertheless to Article 3, and provided that no shares shall be issued at a discount, except as provided by Section 47 of the Companies Act 1929.

6.  The Company may pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally, for any shares in the Company, or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions, whether absolute or conditional, for any shares in the Company, provided that the commission does not exceed 10 per cent. of the price at which such shares are issued, or an amount equivalent thereto, and such commission may be paid, in whole or in part, in cash or fully or partly paid shares of the Company, as may be arranged. The statement required by Section 43 of the Companies Act 1929 shall be duly delivered to the Registrar of Companies for registration, and Section 42 of the same Act shall where necessary be duly complied with, and the amount of any such commission shall be stated in the balance sheets and annual returns of the Company as required by Sections 44 and 108 of the same Act.

7.  No person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and the Company shall not be bound by or recognise 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 presents otherwise expressly provided) any other right in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.  

LIEN.  

8.  In Clause 1 of Table A the words "(not being a fully paid share)" and the words "(other than fully paid shares)" shall be deemed to be omitted. 

TRANSFER OF SHARES.  

9.  No transfer of any share in the capital of the Company to any person not already a member of the Company shall be made or registered without the previous sanction of the Directors, who may, without assigning any reason, decline to give any such sanction, and shall so decline in the case of any transfer the registration of which would involve a contravention of Article 3. The Directors may also suspend the registration of transfers during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Ordinary General Meeting in each year. The Directors may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless (A) such fee, not exceeding two shillings and sixpence, as the Directors may from time to time determine, is paid to the Company in respect hereof, and (B) the instrument of transfer is accompanied by the certificate of the shares to which it relates, and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer. The Directors may decline to register any transfer of any shares on which the Company has a lien. If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of any shares they shall within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company send to the transferee notice of the refusal, as required by Section 66 of the Companies Act 1929.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS.  

10. No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Two members personally present shall be a quorum.

11. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at every General Meeting, but if at any meeting he shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, or shall be unwilling to act as Chairman, the members present shall choose some Director, or if no Director be present, or if all the Directors present decline to take the chair, they shall choose some member present to be Chairman of the meeting.

12. At any General Meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded by the Chairman or by at least two members personally present and entitled to vote at the meeting or by the holder or holders present in person or by proxy of at least one twentieth part of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, and unless a poll is so demanded a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, or not carried by a particular majority, and an entry to that effect in the minute book of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence thereof without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded m favour of or against such resolution.  

VOTES OF MEMBERS.  

13. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or if the appointor is a corporation either under its common seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney so authorised. No person shall act as a proxy unless either he is entitled on his own behalf to be present and vote at the meeting at which he acts as proxy, or he is appointed to act at that meeting as proxy for a, corporation, but a proxy for or representative of a corporation, unless entitled on his own behalf to be present and vote at the meeting, shall not act except for the corporation which appointed him. 

DIRECTORS.  

14. Unless and until otherwise determined by the Company in General Meeting, the number of the Directors shall not be less than two nor more than four. The following shall be the first Directors of the Company, that is to say -- Percy John Hayward, Frederick Victor James Biggs and Alfred Charles Hill.

15. The remuneration of the Directors shall from time to time be determined by the Company in General Meeting, and unless otherwise directed any such remuneration shall be divided amongst them as they may agree, or, failing agreement, equally. The Directors shall also be entitled to be repaid all travelling and hotel expenses reasonably incurred by them respectively in or about the performance of their duties as Directors.

16. The qualification of a Director shall be the holding of shares of the Company of the aggregate nominal value of at least £1, and it shall be his duty to comply with the provisions of Section 141. of the Companies Act 1929. A Director may act before acquiring his qualification.  

POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS.  

17. Clause  68 of Table A shall be modified by omitting therefrom all the words therein after the words "from any cause to be a Director."

18. (1) The Directors from time to time, and at any time, may provide through Local Boards, Attorneys or Agencies for the management of the affairs of the Company abroad, and may appoint any persons to be members of such Local Boards or as Attorneys or Agents, and may remove any persons so appointed and appoint others in their place, and may fix their remuneration. The Company may exercise the powers conferred by Sections 32 and 103 of the Companies Act 1929, and those powers shall accordingly be exercisable by the Directors.

     (2) The Directors from time to time, and at any time, may is delegate to any such Local Board, Attorney or Agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors, and any such delegation may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit, and may include a power to sub-delegate, and the Directors may at any time annul or vary any such delegation, but no person he dealing in good faith and without notice of such annulment or ed variation shall be affected thereby.  

DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.  

19. The office of a Director shall be vacated--

(1) If by notice in writing to the Company he resigns the office of Director.

(2) If he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Act 1929, Section 141.

(3) If he absents himself from the meetings of the Directors during a continuous period of Six months its without special leave of absence from the other so Directors, and they pass a resolution that he has is by reason of such absence vacated office.

(4) If he becomes bankrupt or insolvent, or enters into any arrangement with his creditors.

(5) If he is prohibited from being a Director by an order made under any of the provisions of the Companies Act 1929, Section 217 or- Section 275.

(6) If he is found lunatic or becomes of unsound mind.  

20. A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company, except that of Auditor, upon such terms as to remuneration, tenure of office and otherwise as may be determined by the Board.

21. A Director shall be capable of contracting or participating in the profits of any contract with the Company in the same manner as if he were not a Director, subject nevertheless to the following provisions, namely: (1) He shall declare the nature of his interest in any contract or proposed contract in which he is interested in manner required by Section 149 of the Companies Act 1929, and (2) after he has become interested therein he shall not vote as a Director in respect of the contract or proposed contract or any matter arising thereout, and if he do so vote his vote shall not be counted. The said prohibition against voting shall not, however, apply to any contract or arrangement for giving security to a Director for advances made or to be made by him to the Company or for liabilities or obligations (whether by way of guarantee or otherwise) incurred or assumed act or proposed to be incurred or assumed by him on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company, or to any contract for or relating to the subscription by a Director (whether absolutely or conditionally), of any shares or debentures of the Company or of any company in which this Company is interested, and it may at any time be suspended, relaxed or removed to any extent and on any terms or conditions by the Company in General Meeting.  

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS.  

22. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed shall be two.

23. A resolution in writing signed by every member of the Board shall have the same effect, and validity as a resolution of the Board duly passed at a meeting of the Board duly convened and constituted.  

SECRETARY.

24. Mrs. Irene Olive Hayward, of  Address Line Removed, Cricklewood, N.W.2, shall be the first Secretary of the Company. The Directors may from time to time or at any time appoint a person to act temporarily as substitute for the Secretary for the time being of the Company, and any person so appointed shall, while so acting, be deemed for all purposes to be the Secretary of the Company.

WINDING UP.

25. In a winding up the Liquidator may, with the sanction of an Extraordinary Resolution, distribute all or any of the assets in specie among the members in such proportions and manner as may be determined by such resolution, provided always that if any such distribution is determined to be made otherwise than in accordance with the existing rights of the members, every member shall have the same right of dissent and other ancillary rights as if such resolution were a Special Resolution passed pursuant to Section 234 of the Companies Act 1929.  

INDEMNITY.  

26. Every Director or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities (including any such liability as is mentioned in paragraph (c) of the proviso to Section .152 of the Companies Act 1929) which he may sustain or incur or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto, and no Director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto. But this Article shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not avoided by the said section.  

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NAMES, ADDRESSES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBSCRIBERS. __________________________________________________

PERCY JOHN HAYWARD,

               Address Line Removed,

                             Cricklewood, N.W.2,

                                    Designer & Draughtsman.

FREDERICK VICTOR JAMES BIGGS,

              Address Line Removed,

                             Willesden, N.W.10,

                                  Light Engineer & Draughtsman

ALFRED CHARLES HILL,

              Address Line Removed,

                             Hounslow,

                                    Middlesex,

                                    Designer Draughtsman.

 

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       Dated this 27th day of March 1947. 

 

                          Witness to the above Signatures--

                          H. FIGGINS,

                                    Address Line Removed,

                                             Bank Manager