1. If the shares being repurchased were issued at par value, payment shall be made out of the book surplus distributable profits of the Company;
2. If the shares being repurchased were issued at a premium to its par value, payment shall be made out of the book surplus distributable profits of the Company or out of the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for that purpose, provided that the amount paid out of the proceeds of the fresh issue shall not exceed the aggregate of premiums received by the Company on the issue of the shares repurchased or the current amount (including the premiums on the fresh issue) of the Company’s premium account (or capital common reserve fund account) at the time of the repurchase;
(3) Payment by the Company in consideration of the following shall be made out of the Company’s distributable profits:
1. Acquisition of rights to repurchase shares of the Company;
2. Variation of any contract to repurchase shares of the Company;
3. Release of any of the Company’s obligation under any contract to repurchase shares of the Company;
(4) After the Company’s registered capital has been reduced by the total par value of the cancelled shares in accordance with the relevant provisions, the amount deducted from the distributable profits of the Company for
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paying up the par-value portion of the shares repurchased shall be transferred to the Company’s premium account (or capital common reserve fund account).
CHAPTER 5 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ACQUISITION OF COMPANY SHARES
Article 42 The Company and its subsidiaries shall not, by any means and at any time, provide any kind of financial assistance to any person who is acquiring or is proposing to acquire shares in the Company. The said acquirer of shares of the Company includes a person who directly or indirectly incurs any obligations due to the acquisition of shares in the Company (the “obligor”).
The Company and its subsidiaries shall not, by any means and at any time, provide financial assistance to the obligor as referred to in the preceding paragraph for the purpose of reducing or discharging the obligations assumed by that person.
This Article shall not apply to the circumstances specified in Article 44 of this Chapter.
Article 43 For the purpose of this Chapter, “financial assistance” includes but not limited to the following meanings:
(1) Gift;
(2) Guarantee (including the assumption of liability or provision of assets by the guarantor to secure the performance of obligations by the obligor), or compensation (other than compensation in respect of the Company’s own default) or release or waiver of any rights;
(3) Provision of loan or conclusion of any other contract under which the obligations of the Company are to be fulfilled before the obligations of another party, or the novation of, or the assignment of rights arising under, such loan or contract;
(4) Any other form of financial assistance given by the Company when the Company is insolvent or has no net assets or when its net assets would thereby be reduced to a material extent.
For the purpose of this Chapter, “incurring any obligations” includes the incurring of obligations by the changing of the obligor ’s financial position by way of contract or the making of arrangement (whether enforceable or not, and whether made on his own account or with any other persons), or by any other means.
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Article 44 The following activities shall not be deemed to be prohibited by Article 42 of this chapter:
(1) The provision of financial assistance by the Company where the financial assistance is given in good faith in the interests of the Company, and the principal purpose of giving the financial assistance is not for the acquisition of shares in the Company, or the giving of the financial assistance is an incidental part of some larger purpose of the Company; 中国航空网 www.aero.cn 航空翻译 www.aviation.cn 本文链接地址：Articles of Association of China Southern Airlines Company L(7)
