IT WAS RESOLVED TO renew the authority of the Company, in accordance with Section 315 of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (as amended) ("the Law"), to make market acquisitions (within the meaning of Section 316 of the Law) of the Ordinary Shares of No Par Value ("the Ordinary Shares") provided that:- (a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be acquired shall be 14.99 per cent of the issued Ordinary Shares on the date on which this resolution is passed; (b) the minimum price which may be paid for an Ordinary Share shall be 1p; (c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share shall be an amount equal to the higher of 105 per cent of the average of the middle market quotations (as derived from the Daily Official List) for the Ordinary Shares for the five business days immediately preceding the date of purchase or the higher of such price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid at the time of purchase; and (d) unless previously varied, revoked or renewed, the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2014, save that the Company may, prior to such expiry, enter into a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares under such authority and may make a purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such contract. |