I. The name of the Company is “Wrightson NMA Limited”.

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

• (a) to invest and lend money at interest or otherwise on the security of real and personal property of all kinds or on personal security, and to buy or otherwise acquire, sell and deal in, real and personal property of all kinds and in particular land, buildings, merchandise, mortgages, charges, annuities, book debts and claims, and any interest in any such property:

• (b) to develop and turn to account any landed properties 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, maintaining, furnishing and improving buildings thereon, planting, paving, draining, farming, cultivating, letting on occupation, building, agricultural or other lease or agreements, and otherwise:

• (c) to acquire, establish and undertake agencies and commercial and financial business of every description, and in particular to act as stock and station agents and to carry on business as auctioneers and land and commission agents, and to receive and take money on deposit or for investment on the guarantee of the Company or otherwise:

• (d) to make advances to any Government commissioners, public body or authority, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise and to acquire, hold, sell and deal in shares, stocks, securities and obligations issued or guaranteed by any company or corporation, wheresoever incorporated, or by any Government, sovereign, ruler, commissioners, public body or authority, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise:

• (e) to carry on business as general merchants and as dealers in and exporters and importers of all descriptions of goods and produce, and as commercial and trade printers:

• (f) to carry on all or any of the businesses of manufacturers of and wholesale and retail dealers in horse and cattle rugs and other coverings, bags and sacks, clothing, and other articles made from textile fabrics of any description, agricultural and other machinery, vehicles and implements and hardware of all kinds, and any other articles and things the manufacture of which can in the opinion of the Company conveniently or advantageously be undertaken in connection with or as ancillary to any of the Company's other operations or activities:

• (g) to purchase, charter, hire, build or otherwise acquire steam and other ships or vessels with all equipment and furniture and to employ the same in the fishing industry or in the conveyance of passengers, livestock, produce and merchandise of all kinds, and generally to carry on business as fishing fleet proprietors and operators, ship-owners, carriers, warehousemen, wharfingers, lightermen, forwarding agents, ice merchants, refrigerating store-keepers, and general traders:

• (h) to carry on business as dealers in and slaughterers of cattle, sheep and livestock, fish merchants, and fishmongers, utilisers of fish refuse, manufacturers and refiners of cod liver and any other oil whether animal, vegetable or mineral, processors of and dealers in fat, tallow, offal and other fish and animal products, and manufacturers of and dealers in glue, manures, fertilisers, and all articles derived from the processing of meat or fish or animal or fish or vegetable or mineral products:

• (i) to construct, carry out, maintain, improve, manage, work, control and superintend any roads, ways, tramways, railways, bridges, docks, wharves, factories, warehouses, and other works and conveniences which may be considered directly or indirectly conducive to any of the Company's objects, and to contribute to, subsidize, or otherwise assist or take part in the construction, carrying out, maintenance, improvement, management, working, control or superintendence of any such works or conveniences:

• (j) to manufacture and deal in all kinds of articles and things required for the purposes of any such business as aforesaid or commonly dealt in by persons engaged in any such business.

• (k) to purchase or otherwise acquire for any estate or interest any property, assets or rights of any kind which may appear to be necessary or convenient for any business of the Company, and to develop and turn to account and deal with the same in such manner as may be thought expedient:

• (l) to borrow and raise money and to secure or discharge any debt or obligation of or binding on the Company in such manner as may be thought fit and in particular by mortgages and charges upon the undertaking and all or any of the property and assets (present and future) and the uncalled capital of the Company, or by the creation and issue on such terms as may be thought expedient of debentures, debenture stock or other securities of any description:

• (m) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, negotiate, execute, and issue bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, warrants, and other negotiable, transferable or mercantile instruments:

• (n) to amalgamate or enter into partnership or any joint purse or profit-sharing arrangement or co-operate in any way with any company, firm, or person carrying on or proposing to carry on any business within the objects of this Company:

• (o) to promote any company whose objects shall include the acquisition of all or any of the assets or liabilities of this Company, or the promotion of which shall be considered to be calculated to advance directly or indirectly the objects of this Company, or the interests of its members:

• (p) to lend money to and guarantee the performance of the obligations of, and the payment of the capital and the principal of, and dividends and interest on, any stock, shares and securities of any company, firm, or person in any case in which such loan or guarantee may be considered likely directly or indirectly to further the objects of this Company or the interests of its members:

• (q) to sell, lease, grant licences, easements, and other rights over, and in any other manner deal with or dispose of, the undertaking, property, assets, rights and effects of the Company or any part thereof for such consideration as may be thought fit, and in particular for stocks, shares or securities of any other company:

• (r) to take all necessary or proper steps in Parliament or with the authorities, national, local, municipal or otherwise, of any place in which the Company may have interests, and to carry on any negotiations or operations for the purpose of directly or indirectly carrying out the objects of the Company or effecting any modification in the constitution of the Company or furthering the interests of its members, and to oppose any such steps taken by any other company, firm or person which may be considered likely directly or indirectly to prejudice the interests of the Company or its members:

• (s) to procure the registration or incorporation of the Company in or under the laws of any place outside England:

• (t) to subscribe, or guarantee money for any national, local, charitable, benevolent, public, general or useful object, or for any exhibition, or for any purpose which may be considered likely directly or indirectly to further the objects of the Company or the interests of its members:

• (u) to grant pensions or gratuities to any officers or employees or ex-officers or ex-employees of the Company or its predecessors in business, or the relations, connections or dependants of any such persons, and to establish or support associations, institutions, clubs, funds and trusts which may be considered calculated to benefit any such persons or otherwise advance the interests of the Company or of its members:

• (v) to do all or any of the things and matters aforesaid in any part of the world, and either as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and by or through trustees, agents or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction with others:

• (w) to do all such other things as may be considered to be incidental or conducive to the above objects or any of them.

And it is hereby declared that the incidental objects and powers set forth in Schedule 2 of the Companies Act 1955 shall not be implied herein.

III. The liability of the Company is limited.

IV. The capital of the Company is $12,000,000 divided into 12 000 000 shares of $1 each, with power, if so determined by resolution of the Company, to issue all or any part of the capital for the time being unissued, or any additional capital, with the right to any preferential or guaranteed dividend or other privilege, or subject to any postponement, restriction, or conditions.