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EX-3.2 - EXHIBIT 3.2 - UTi WORLDWIDE INC | c15616exv3w2.htm |
8-K - FORM 8-K - UTi WORLDWIDE INC | c15616e8vk.htm |
Exhibit 3.1
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004
AMENDED & RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
UTi WORLDWIDE INC.
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
1 | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | In this Memorandum of Association, if not inconsistent with the subject or context: |
A Director means any person being a director and designated as such by a Resolution of
Directors pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 10;
Act means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (No. 16 of 2004) and includes the
regulations made under the Act;
Articles means the Articles of Association of the Company, as amended from time to time;
authorized capital means the sum of the aggregate par value of all Shares with par value
which the Company is authorized by its Memorandum to issue, if any, plus the amount, if any,
stated in its Memorandum as authorized capital to be represented by Shares without par value
which the Company is authorized by its Memorandum to issue;
B Director means any person being a director and designated as such by a Resolution of
Directors pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 10;
capital means the sum of the aggregate par value of all outstanding Shares with par value
of the Company and Shares with par value held by the Company as Treasury Shares plus
(a) | the aggregate of the amounts designated as capital of all outstanding Shares
without par value of the Company and Shares without par value held by the Company as
Treasury Shares; and |
(b) | the amounts as are from time to time transferred from surplus to capital by a
Resolution of Directors; |
C Director means any person being a director and designated as such by a Resolution of
Shareholders or Resolution of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 10;
Chairman of the Board means the person appointed as the chairman of the board of the
Company or such other person designated to fulfill such role by the directors, from time to
time in accordance with Regulation 17;
chief executive officer means the person appointed as the chief executive officer of the
Company or such other person designated to fulfill such role by the directors, from time to
time in accordance with Regulation 17;
Class A Preference Shares means the no par value Class A preference Shares having the
rights set out in this Memorandum;
Class B Preference Shares means the no par value Class B preference Shares having the
rights set out in this Memorandum;
Company means UTi Worldwide Inc.;
Distribution in relation to a distribution by the Company to a Shareholder means the
direct or indirect transfer of an asset, other than Shares, to or for the benefit of the
Shareholder, or the incurring of a debt to or for the benefit of a Shareholder, in relation
to Shares held by a Shareholder, and whether by means of the purchase of an asset, the
purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Shares, a transfer of indebtedness or
otherwise, and includes a dividend;
Eligible Person means an individual, company, corporation, trust, the estate of a deceased
individual, joint venture, limited liability company, public company limited, public limited
company, partnerships and unincorporated association of persons and any other entity
approved by Resolution of Directors;
Exchange Act means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
Memorandum means this Memorandum of Association of the Company, as amended from time to
time;
Ordinary Shares means the no par value ordinary, participating, redeemable Shares having
the rights set out in this Memorandum;
plurality means the greatest number of votes, provided that such number of votes
constitute a simple majority of votes;
Preferred Shares means the Class A Preference Shares and the Class B Preference Shares
jointly;
public disclosure means any disclosure in a press release issued or disseminated in a
manner designated to provide broad, non-exclusionary distribution of the information to the
public or in a document publicly filed or furnished by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or in a
registration statement under the Securities Act;
Registrar means the Registrar of Corporate Affairs appointed under section 229 of the Act;
Resolution of Directors means either:
(a) | a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted
meeting of directors of the Company or of a committee of directors of the
Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at the
meeting who voted; or |
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(b) | a resolution consented to in writing by three-quarters of the
directors or by two-thirds of the members of a committee of directors of the
Company with three members or by three-quarters of the members of a committee
of directors of the Company other than those committees with three members, as
the case may be; |
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Resolution of Shareholders means a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted
meeting of the Shareholders of the Company by the affirmative vote of (i) in all matters
other than the election of directors, a majority of in excess of 50% of the votes of the
Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted and not
abstained, (ii) in all matters other than the election of directors, a majority of in excess
of 50% of the votes of each class or series of Shares entitled to vote thereon as a separate
class or series which were present at the meeting and were voted and not abstained, and
(iii) in relation to the election of directors by the Shareholders, a plurality of the votes
of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted and
not abstained;
Seal means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company;
Securities means Shares and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and including
without limitation options, warrants and rights to acquire Shares or debt obligations;
Securities Act means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time;
Securities and Exchange Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission;
Share means a share issued or to be issued by the Company;
Shareholder means an Eligible Person whose name is entered in the register of Shareholders
of the Company as the holder of one or more Shares or fractional Shares;
surplus means the excess, if any, at the time of the determination of the total assets of
the Company over the aggregate of its total liabilities, as shown in its books of account,
plus the Companys capital;
Treasury Share means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or
otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled; and
written or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or
stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or
photonic means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or
telecopy, and in writing shall be construed accordingly.
1.2 | In the Memorandum, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to: |
(a) | a Regulation is a reference to a regulation of the Articles; |
(b) | a Clause is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum; |
(c) | voting by Shareholders is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to
the Shares held by the Shareholder voting; |
(d) | the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act, the
Memorandum or the Articles as amended or, in the case of the Act any re-enactment
thereof; and |
(e) | the singular includes the plural and vice versa, and the masculine, feminine or
neuter gender shall equally, where the context admits, include the others. |
1.3 | Any words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the
same meaning in the Memorandum and the Articles unless otherwise defined herein or therein. |
1.4 | Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the
Memorandum.
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2 | NAME |
The name of the Company is UTi Worldwide Inc. |
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3 | STATUS |
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3.1 | The Company is a company limited by shares. |
3.2 | The Company was incorporated on the 30th day of January 1995 pursuant to the International
Business Companies Act (Cap. 291) and immediately prior to its automatic re-registration under
the BVI Business Companies Act, it was governed by the International Business Companies Act. |
4 | REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT |
4.1 | At the time of filing of the notice disapplying Part IV of Schedule 2 of the Act, the
registered office of the Company is at Midocean Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands. |
4.2 | At the time of filing of the notice disapplying Part IV of Schedule 2 of the Act, the
registered agent of the Company is Midocean Management and Trust Services (BVI) Limited of
Midocean Chambers, P.O. Box 805, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. |
4.3 | The Company may by Resolution of Directors change the location of its registered office or
change its registered agent. |
4.4 | Any change of registered office or registered agent will take effect on the registration by
the Registrar of a notice of the change filed by the existing registered agent or a legal
practitioner in the British Virgin Islands acting on behalf of the Company. |
5 | CAPACITY AND POWERS |
5.1 | Subject to the Act and any other British Virgin Islands legislation, the Company has,
irrespective of corporate benefit: |
(a) | full capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or
enter into any transaction; and |
(b) | for the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and privileges. |
5.2 | For the purposes of section 9(4) of the Act, there are no limitations on the business that
the Company may carry on. |
6 | NUMBER AND CLASSES OF SHARES |
6.1 | The Company is authorized to issue 600,000,000 no par value Shares which may be Ordinary
Shares, Class A Preference Shares or Class B Preference Shares provided that there shall at
any time be: |
(a) | a maximum of 500,000,000 Ordinary Shares; |
(b) | a maximum of 50,000,000 Class A Preference Shares; and |
(c) | a maximum of 50,000,000 Class B Preference Shares. |
6.2 | The Company may issue fractional Shares and a fractional Share shall have the corresponding
fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole Share of the same class or series of
Shares.
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6.3 | Shares may be issued in one or more series of Shares as the directors may by Resolution of
Directors determine from time to time. |
7 | RIGHTS OF SHARES |
7.1 | All Ordinary Shares shall: |
(a) | have one vote each; |
(b) | be subject to redemption, purchase or acquisition by the Company for fair
value; and |
(c) | have the same rights with regard to dividends and distributions upon
liquidation of the Company. |
7.2 | The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Preferred Shares shall
be stated in this Memorandum which shall be amended accordingly prior to the issue of any such
Preferred Shares. Such rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions may include: |
(a) | the number of Shares and series constituting that class and the distinctive
designation of that class; |
(b) | the dividend rate on the Shares of that class (if any), whether dividends shall
be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and whether they shall be payable
in preference to, or in relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or
classes of Shares; |
(c) | whether that class shall have voting rights and, if so, the terms of such
voting rights; |
(d) | whether that class shall have conversion or exchange privileges, and, if so,
the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for
adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board of Directors
shall determine; |
(e) | whether or not the Shares of that class shall be redeemable, and, if so, the
terms and conditions of such redemption, including the manner of selecting Shares for
redemption if less than all Shares are to be redeemed, the date or dates upon or after
which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption,
which amount may be less than fair value and which may vary under different conditions
and at different dates; |
(f) | whether that class shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be
applied to the purchase or redemption of Shares of that class, and, if so, the terms
and amounts of such sinking fund; |
(g) | the right of the Shares of that class to the benefit of conditions and
restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary, upon
the issue of any additional Shares (including additional Shares of such class of any
other class) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on,
and the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or any subsidiary of
any outstanding Shares of the Company; |
(h) | the right of the Shares of that class in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and whether such
rights shall be
in preference to, or in relation to, the comparable rights of any other class or
classes of Shares; and |
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(i) | any other relative, participating, optional or other special rights,
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of that class. |
7.3 | The Company may by Resolution of Directors redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire all or any
of the Shares in the Company subject to the Articles. |
8 | VARIATION OF RIGHTS |
If at any time the Shares are divided into different classes, the rights attached to any
particular class may only be varied, whether or not the Company is in liquidation, by a
resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of not less than 50% of the issued Shares in
that class, unless otherwise expressly provided for by the terms of issue of Shares of that
class.
9 | RIGHTS NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU |
The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class 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.
10 | REGISTERED SHARES |
10.1 | The Company shall issue registered Shares only. |
10.2 | The Company is not authorized to issue bearer Shares, convert registered Shares to bearer
Shares or exchange registered Shares for bearer Shares. |
11 | AMENDMENT OF THE MEMORANDUM AND THE ARTICLES |
11.1 | Subject to Clause 8 and Sub-Clause 11.2 below, the Company may amend the Memorandum or the
Articles by (i) Resolution of Shareholders provided that as a prior condition to such
amendment the Board of Directors have approved such amendment; or (ii) Resolution of
Directors, save that no amendment may be made only by Resolution of Directors: |
(a) | to restrict the rights or powers of the Shareholders to amend the Memorandum or
the Articles; |
(b) | to change the percentage of Shareholders required to pass a Resolution of
Shareholders to amend the Memorandum or the Articles; or |
(c) | in circumstances where the Memorandum or the Articles cannot be amended by the
Shareholders. |
11.2 | Notwithstanding the generality of Sub-Clause 11.1, an affirmative vote of (a) 662/3 percent or
more of the directors of the Company or (b) the holders of 662/3 percent or more of the voting
power of the then outstanding Shares entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single
class, provided that as a prior condition to such vote by the Shareholders, the Board of
Directors have approved the subject matter of the vote (each, a Supermajority Vote) shall be
required to: |
(a) | alter, amend, repeal or adopt any provision which is inconsistent with any
provision of Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9 or this Clause 11, of this Memorandum of Association,
or Sub-Regulations 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.8, 8.9, 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15,
8.16, 8.17, 8.22,
9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 11.1, 14.1 and 17.3 or Regulations 19 and 25 of
the Articles of Association; or |
(b) | approve any merger of the Company which would, directly or indirectly, have the
effect of making changes to this Memorandum or to the Articles which would require a
Supermajority Vote if effected directly as an amendment to this Memorandum or to the
Articles. |
11.3 | Any amendment of the Memorandum or the Articles will take effect on the registration by the
Registrar of a notice of amendment, or restated Memorandum and Articles, filed by the
registered agent. |
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