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Memorandum of Association of NEAR House of Stake Foundation and Articles of the Association

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED) THE FOUNDATION COMPANIES ACT, 2017 AMENDED AND RESTATED Memorandum OF association of NEAR House Of Stake Foundation a foundation company limited by guarantee without share capital

The Companies Act (as amended)

The Foundation Companies Act, 2017

AMENDED AND RESTATED

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

NEAR House of Stake Foundation

(adopted by special resolution dated 4 August 2025)

  1. The name of the foundation company is NEAR House of Stake Foundation (the "Foundation Company").

  2. The registered office of the Foundation Company will be situated at the offices of Quality Corporate Services Ltd of Suite 102, P O Box 712, Cannon Place, North Sound Road, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-9006.

  3. The Foundation Company's initial secretary shall be Quality Corporate Services Ltd of Suite 102, P O Box 712, Cannon Place, North Sound Road, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-9006 or such other qualified person (as defined in the Foundation Companies Act, 2017) as the directors may at any time decide.

  4. The Foundation Company is a company within the meaning of the Companies Act (as amended) and a foundation company within the meaning of the Foundation Companies Act, 2017.

  5. The objects for which the Foundation Company is established are:

    1. to develop and incentivise the growth of the NEAR Protocol, NEAR Technology, decentralized network and ecosystem;

    2. to enable a decentralised peer-to-peer network with the purpose of establishing and maintaining governance and decision making rules and contribute resources to facilitate consensus between participants;

    3. to serve as vehicle enabling impactful, transparent and fair decentralized governance by the broader NEAR Ecosystem;

    4. further advance effective, equitable, and sustainable growth of NEAR Ecosystem;

    5. to do all such things as in the opinion of the directors are or may be incidental or conducive to the above objects or any of them.

  6. The Foundation Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by section 27(2) of the Companies Act (as amended).

  7. The Foundation Company may not carry on a business for which a licence is required under the Acts of the Cayman Islands unless duly licensed.

  8. No portion of the income or property of the Foundation Company from whatever place or source shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of distribution of profit to the members, directors or supervisors of the Foundation Company, as such, apart from authorised remuneration for services to the Foundation Company.

  9. The liability of the members is limited to the undertaking as set out in clause 11.

  10. The Foundation Company may cease to have members.

  11. Each person who is a member undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Foundation Company in the event of the Foundation Company being wound-up during the time that the person is a member, or within one year afterwards, for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Foundation Company contracted before the time at which the person ceases to be a member, and the cost, charges and expenses of the winding-up of the Foundation Company, and for the adjustments of the rights of the contributories amongst themselves, such amounts as may be required, not exceeding the sum of one United States dollar (US$1.00).

  12. If on the winding-up or dissolution of the Foundation Company there remain surplus assets after the satisfaction of its debts and liabilities the same shall be paid or transferred to or for the benefit of a wallet in the name of or for the use of the community of innovators and developers supporting the NEAR Protocol and NEAR Ecosystem (the "Community") or as shall otherwise be decided by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote to be for the benefit of the Community.

  13. This memorandum and the articles of association of the Foundation Company may be altered by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote notified to the Foundation Company (or to the extent required by law, by Special Resolution), except that neither clause 8 nor clause 12 of this memorandum may be altered, and no other alteration may be made which is in any way inconsistent with clause 8 or clause 12.

  14. Dated this 4 day of August 2025.

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED) THE FOUNDATION COMPANIES ACT, 2017 AMENDED AND RESTATED articles of association of NEAR House of Stake Foundation a foundation company limited by guarantee without share capital

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CLAUSEPAGE

INTERPRETATION 1

PRELIMINARY 1

MEMBERS 2

DIRECTORS 3

SUPERVISORS 5

BENEFICIARIES 8

SECRETARY 9

GENERAL MEETINGS 9

PROXIES 10

DIRECTORS MEETINGS 11

REGISTERS 11

ACCOUNTS 11

FINANCIAL YEAR END 12

AUDITORS 12

WINDING-UP 12

INDEMNITY 13

BYLAWS 13

ALTERATION OF ARTICLES 13

The Companies Act (as amended)

The Foundation Companies Act, 2017

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

NEAR House of Stake Foundation

(adopted by special resolution dated 4 August 2025)

INTERPRETATION

  1. In these Articles, unless the context requires otherwise:

    "Acts" means the Foundation Companies Act, the Companies Act applicable to foundation companies, and every statutory modification or re-enactment of them.

    "Administrative Budget Wallet" means the account that contains assets, which will be utilized by the Foundation Company for purposes of operational and administrative costs as well as administration of grants.

    "Articles" means these amended and restated articles of association of the Foundation Company dated the date hereof.

    "Bylaws" means the bylaws as adopted by the Foundation Company on or around the date hereof (and as may be amended or revised from time to time).

    "Chain Signatures" means the multi-party computation (MPC) network that enables accounts on the NEAR Protocol, including smart contracts, to sig and execute transactions on other blockchains, known as "Chain Signatures";

    "Companies Act" means the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands.

    "Emergency Meeting" has the meaning given to such term in Article 20A.

    "Foundation Companies Act" means the Foundation Companies Act, 2017 of the Cayman Islands.

    GP” means a Grant Proposal, which is a proposal put forth to a vote in accordance with the GP Process.

    "GP Process" means such rules and procedures of submitting and voting on GPs as described in the House of Stake Proposals and Voting Procedures, as may be amended from time to time.

    “House of Stake Proposals and Voting Procedures” means the rules and procedures of submitting, and voting on various matters related to the Foundation, including any amendments thereto, as may be approved by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote from time to time.

    "Memorandum of Association" means the amended and restated memorandum of association of the Foundation Company, as further amended and restated from time to time.

    "NEAR Ecosystem" means, collectively, the NEAR Technology’s ecosystem, comprised of the projects and applications that have been or are being developed and/or built on, or are running on, the NEAR Technology and their respective communities, contributors and developers.

    “NEAR Protocol” means the sharded, developer-friendly, proof-of-stake, layer one blockchain, known as “NEAR Protocol”.

    “NEAR Technology” means the NEAR Protocol and Chain Signatures and other technology developed for the NEAR Ecosystem.

    "Ordinary Resolution" means a resolution passed at a general meeting of the Foundation Company by a simple majority of votes cast or by a written resolution in writing under Article 54.

    "Security Council" means the Security Council appointed in accordance with and having the rights and authority specified in the Bylaws.

    "Special Resolution" means a resolution passed at a general meeting of the Foundation Company by not less than a two-thirds majority of votes cast or by a resolution in writing under Article 54.

    "Tokenholders" means the holders of the Tokens from time to time.

    "Tokenholder Vote" means a vote of the Tokenholders validly proposed and executed in accordance with such voting arrangements as are in place from time to time in respect of votes of the Tokenholders relating to (among other things) governance of the Foundation Company, including with effect from the adoption thereof in accordance with the House of Stake Proposals and Voting Procedures.

    "Tokens" means the governing token of the House of Stake, known as veNEAR, structured within a vote-escrow contract.

    "written" and "in writing" include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form.

  2. Except as provided above, words and expressions defined or used in the Acts have the same meaning in these Articles.

PRELIMINARY

  1. The business of the Foundation Company may be commenced immediately upon registration pursuant to the Acts.

  2. The Foundation Company may ratify any contract or other transaction entered into in its name or on its behalf prior to registration.

  3. The preliminary expenses of incorporating the Foundation Company shall be paid by the Foundation Company, including any expenses concerning any contract or transaction ratified under Article 4 immediately above.

MEMBERS

  1. The subscribers to the Memorandum of Association are the first members of the Foundation Company.

  2. Subject to these Articles, the directors may, if so authorised by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote, admit as a member any person who has applied for membership in writing; and the terms of admission may restrict, enlarge or exclude any or all of the voting and other rights or powers of members under these Articles, or provide for termination of membership at a specified time or in specified circumstances.

  3. The Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote notified to the Foundation Company may restrict or prohibit the subsequent admission of members. If the restriction or prohibition is expressed to be irrevocable, it may not be altered or revoked, directly or through an alteration of these Articles.

  4. A person’s membership of the Foundation Company terminates:

    1. if the person dies or, being a corporation, is dissolved;

    2. if the person resigns as a member by notice to the Foundation Company. The resignation shall be effective immediately unless the notice states otherwise; or

    3. as provided in the person’s terms of admission as a member.

  5. It is not a condition of these Articles that the Foundation Company continues to have one or more members.

  6. The rights and powers of members are not assignable and, except as permitted by these Articles or required by law, the rights or powers of a member may not be exercised by any other person on behalf of the member.

  7. The rights and powers of members are free of any duty.

DIRECTORS

  1. The Foundation Company shall at all times have at least one director.

  2. The first director(s) may be appointed by the subscriber(s) to the Memorandum of Association.

  3. The Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote have the power, exercisable by notice to the Foundation Company, to appoint or remove directors.

  4. A person ceases to be a director if removed under the foregoing provisions or:

    1. if the person dies or becomes bankrupt or, being a corporation, enters into winding-up or is dissolved; or

    2. if the person resigns as a director by notice to the Foundation Company. The resignation shall be effective immediately unless the notice states otherwise.

  5. Subject to these Articles and the Bylaws, the business and affairs of the Foundation Company shall be managed by or under the control of the directors, who may exercise all the powers of the Foundation Company other than those that are required by these Articles or the Bylaws to be exercised by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote, the supervisors or others.

  6. Without limitation to the foregoing or the provisions of the Bylaws, the directors may engage in any activity which, in their reasonable discretion, does not contradict the terms set forth in any matter approved by Tokenholder Vote, or in any approved GP, the House of Stake Proposals and Voting Procedures (if any), the Bylaws, or these Articles, including but not limited to the following actions:

(a) approve transactions from the Administrative Budget Wallet;

(b) coordinate emergency operations on behalf of the NEAR Ecosystem or the Foundation Company;

(c) make changes to the Bylaws if the directors believe such changes would improve the directors’ ability to fulfill their obligations (the “Amendment Authority”). Such Amendment Authority shall be exercised in accordance with and following the relevant Tokenholder Vote (including any relevant GP Process) unless such Amendment Authority must be exercised at an Emergency Meeting under Article 20A(d) below; and

(d) call and hold emergency meetings ("Emergency Meetings") to enable the Foundation Directors or the Security Council as might be applicable to rapidly respond to an imminent security, integrity or other threat to the NEAR Ecosystem, NEAR Technology, the Tokenholders, or the Foundation Company, and the same rules that apply to directors meeting in accordance with these Articles will apply to Emergency Meetings, except that:

(A) an Emergency Meeting may be convened by the Security Council without prior notice to the directors;

(B) there is no quorum requirement for an Emergency Meeting; and

(C) the directors will not publish minutes of an Emergency Meeting until the underlying security threat has been remedied or judged to no longer be a threat, in the discretion of the directors, the Security Council, as might be applicable.

  1. The directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether under seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any company, firm or person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the directors, to be the attorney or attorneys or authorised signatory (any such person being an "Attorney" or "Authorised Signatory", respectively) of the Foundation Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory as the directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in them.

  2. The directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Foundation Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the three next following Articles shall not limit the general powers conferred by this Article.

  3. The directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Foundation Company and may appoint any person to be a member of any such committees or local boards and may appoint any managers or agents of the Foundation Company and may fix the remuneration of any such person. Any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated pursuant to Article 22 conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the written consent of a majority of the directors.

  4. The directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such committee, local board, manager or agent, including the Tokenholders, any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the directors and may authorise the members for the time being of any such committee, local board, manager or agent to fill any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the directors may think fit and the directors may at any time remove any person so appointed and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby.

  5. The directors may from time to time appoint any person, whether or not a director to hold such office in the Foundation Company as the directors may think necessary for the administration of the Foundation Company, including but not limited to, the office of president, one or more vice-presidents, treasurer, assistant treasurer, manager or controller, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the directors may think fit.  Any person so appointed by the directors may be removed by the directors.  The directors may also appoint one or more of their number to the office of managing director upon like terms, but any such appointment shall ipso facto terminate if any managing director ceases from any cause to be a director, or if the directors resolve that their tenure of office be terminated.

  6. Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion for the time being vested in them.

  7. The directors shall observe these Articles and the Bylaws, and shall at all times act in the interests of the Foundation Company and its objects.

  8. The directors shall give to supervisor(s) (or the persons who have the right to attend the general meeting) such reports, accounts, information and explanations concerning the business and affairs of the Foundation Company, and the discharge of the directors’ duties and the exercise of their powers, as may be required by:

    1. notice from the supervisor(s); or

    2. an Ordinary Resolution of the Foundation Company.

  9. The duties of the directors are owed to the Foundation Company only.

  10. Directors' remuneration shall be at such rates and on such terms as may be agreed by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote.

  11. A director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Foundation Company shall declare the nature of his interest at a meeting of the directors. A general notice given to the directors by any director to the effect that he is to be regarded as interested in any contract or other arrangement which may thereafter be made with that company or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in regard to any contract so made. A director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that he may be interested therein and if he does so his vote shall be counted and he may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of the directors at which any such contract or proposed contract or arrangement shall come before the meeting for consideration.

  12. A director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Foundation Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his office of director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the directors may determine and no director or intending director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Foundation Company either with regard to his tenure of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Foundation Company in which any director is in any way interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Foundation Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A director, notwithstanding his interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting of the directors whereat he or any other director is appointed to hold any such office or place of profit under the Foundation Company or whereat the terms of any such appointment are arranged and he may vote on any such appointment or arrangement.

  13. Any director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Foundation Company, and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a director; provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise a director or his firm to act as auditor to the Foundation Company.

SUPERVISORS

  1. The first supervisor of the Foundation Company may be appointed by the subscriber(s) to the Memorandum of Association.

  2. The directors have the power, exercisable by notice to the Foundation Company or resolution, to appoint or remove supervisors to supervise the management of the Foundation Company.

  3. The director's resolution and/or notice appointing a supervisor may:

    1. restrict, enlarge or exclude any or all of the voting and other rights or powers of supervisors under these Articles (save in respect of the right to attend and vote at general meetings);

    2. impose any supervisory or other duty or disability, grant a related exculpation, and waive conflicting interests or duties;

    3. give the supervisor rights to remuneration or indemnity by the Foundation Company; and

    4. provide for the termination of the supervisor’s appointment at a specified time or in specified circumstances.

  4. A person ceases to be a supervisor:

    1. if the person dies or becomes bankrupt or, being a corporation, enters into winding-up or is dissolved;

    2. if the person resigns as a supervisor by notice to the Foundation Company. The resignation shall be effective immediately unless the notice states otherwise;

    3. if the person becomes a director or acquires any interest or duty that conflicts with any duty of the person as a supervisor, unless authorised by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote;

    4. as provided in the person’s terms of appointment as a supervisor; or

    5. if removed in accordance with these Articles.

  5. For such time as the Foundation Company has no members, the Foundation Company is required to have at least one supervisor who is able and willing to supervise the management of the Foundation Company. If this requirement is not met, the directors shall appoint one or more supervisors, on such terms as they think fit, to make up the shortfall, failing which the directors shall apply to the Court under section 19(2) of the Foundation Companies Act.

  6. A supervisor:

    1. may require access during normal working hours to the files, books, accounts and records of the Foundation Company;

    2. may by notice to the Foundation Company call for such reports, accounts, information and explanations from the directors as to the administration of the Foundation Company as are described in the notice;

    3. has the right to receive notice of, and attend and vote at, general meetings; and

    4. shall observe these Articles and the Bylaws.

  7. The powers granted to a supervisor under these Articles may only be exercised in the interests of the Foundation Company and its objects.

  8. Any duties of a supervisor are owed to the Foundation Company only.

BENEFICIARIES

  1. The Foundation Company shall not have any person(s) designated as beneficiaries.

SECRETARY

  1. The first secretary of the Foundation Company is Quality Corporate Services Ltd.

  2. The directors have the power, exercisable by directors' resolution, to appoint or remove the secretary or any assistant secretary provided always that there shall at all times be a qualified person as defined under the Foundation Companies Act appointed as the secretary and no secretary shall cease to hold office until a qualified person has been appointed in the secretary's place and the Registrar has been notified.

  3. The remuneration of the secretary shall be at such rate and on such terms as agreed in writing by the directors.

  4. The secretary shall at all times comply with the requirements of regulatory laws (as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act and shall be entitled to receive from the Foundation Company and any interested person such information as the secretary may reasonably require for such compliance.

  5. Section 16 of the Foundation Companies Act shall be observed.

GENERAL MEETINGS

  1. The Foundation Company shall hold a general meeting when required to do so in accordance with Article 52.

  2. The secretary shall convene a general meeting of the Foundation Company when required to do so by written requisition of:

    1. the supervisors;

    2. any person who has the right to attend general meetings; or

    3. the directors.

  3. The persons who have the right to receive notice of, and to attend and have one vote each at, general meetings are:

    1. any members; and

    2. the supervisors.

  4. General meetings shall be convened by not less than 21 days' notice (exclusive of the day notice was served) to everyone entitled to attend, unless all persons entitled to attend agree to short notice (or no notice). The notice shall state the place, day and hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted.

  5. The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to any person so entitled or the non-receipt of a notice of a meeting shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.

  6. No business shall be transacted at a general meeting unless a quorum is present in person or by proxy when the meeting proceeds to business. The quorum is a majority of the persons entitled to attend and vote.

  7. At any general meeting of the Foundation Company, unless the Foundation Companies Act or these Articles otherwise provide, every motion proposed shall be decided by Ordinary Resolution of those present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote.

  8. A resolution in writing signed by all persons for the time being entitled to vote at general meetings shall be as valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Foundation Company duly convened and held.

  9. A general meeting may be held, and any person may participate in a meeting, by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting are capable of hearing each other, and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.

PROXIES

  1. Any person entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting of the Foundation Company may by written instrument under hand, or if the appointor is a corporation, either under the corporation's seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised, appoint a proxy to represent at the general meeting of the Foundation Company.

  2. The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or as otherwise acceptable to the chairman of the meeting for which the instrument is first presented.

DIRECTORS MEETINGS

  1. The directors may meet together (either within or outside the Cayman Islands) for the despatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chair shall have a second or casting vote. A director may, and a Secretary or assistant Secretary on the requisition of a director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the directors.

  2. A director may participate in any meeting of the directors, or of any committee appointed by the directors of which such director is a member, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.

  3. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the directors may be fixed by the directors, and unless so fixed, if there be two or more directors the quorum shall be two, and if there be one director the quorum shall be one. A director represented by an alternate director at any meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining whether or not a quorum is present.

  4. A resolution in writing signed by all the directors for the time being shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors duly convened. When signed a resolution may consist of several documents each signed by one or more of the directors or their duly appointed alternate.

ACCOUNTS

  1. The directors shall cause proper books of account to be kept for:

    1. all funds received, expended or distributed by the Foundation Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place; and

    2. the assets and liabilities of the Foundation Company,

    and proper books of account shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Foundation Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions. Such books shall be kept at the registered office or such other place as may be determined by the directors of the Foundation Company.

  2. The books of account shall be open at any time in ordinary business hours to inspection by a supervisor, and any other person to whom a right of access has been granted pursuant to these Articles.

  3. By notice to the Foundation Company a supervisor may call for such reports, accounts, information and explanations from the directors as to the administration of the Foundation Company as are described in the notice.

FINANCIAL YEAR END

  1. The financial year of the Foundation Company shall end on 31 December of each year or such other date as the directors may determine.

AUDITORS

  1. The directors may by directors' resolution at any time appoint or replace an auditor or auditors of the Foundation Company. The remuneration of an auditor shall be fixed by the directors.

  2. Every auditor shall have a right of access at all times in ordinary business hours to the books of account of the Foundation Company and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the Foundation Company such information and explanation, and access to vouchers and other documents, as the auditor considers necessary for the performance of the auditor’s duties.

WINDING-UP

  1. The Foundation Company shall be wound-up if the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote notified to the Foundation Company at its registered office declaring that it is to be wound-up. The person designated in the notice shall be the liquidator, or if no liquidator is so appointed, then the directors or such person as they shall appoint shall be the liquidator. Following the receipt of such notice, the Foundation Company shall be wound-up in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act.

  2. Surplus assets shall be distributed in accordance with clause 12 of the Memorandum of Association. In no event may any surplus assets of Foundation Company be distributed to any of the Members, directors or supervisors of the Foundation Company.

  3. Members, directors and supervisors as such have no power or authority to wind-up the Foundation Company or petition the Court to wind-up the Foundation Company, except:

    1. in the case of insolvency;

    2. for the purposes of a bona fide reorganisation intended to enable the Foundation Company to carry out its objects more efficiently; or

    3. where the Foundation Company has no present Tokenholders.

INDEMNITY

  1. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the directors, supervisors, secretary and other officers of the Foundation Company shall not be liable for and shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Foundation Company from and against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them would otherwise be liable for or shall or may incur or sustain by reason of any act done or omitted in or about the execution of their duties in their respective offices, except such as they shall incur or sustain by or through their dishonesty, wilful default or fraud.

BYLAWS

  1. The directors by directors' resolution, may adopt initial bylaws that are not inconsistent with the Acts or the Memorandum of Association or these Articles.

  2. The Bylaws may relate to any aspect of the business or affairs of the Foundation Company, or any of the duties or powers of the directors or their delegates, or others who have duties or powers under these Articles including the manner of achieving the Foundation Company’s objects, the investment, management and protection of the Foundation Company’s assets, the remuneration of directors and their delegates, the delegation of the directors’ duties and powers, the supervision of the management of the Foundation Company, and the appointment of advisers and other service-providers.

  3. The Bylaws may be varied or revoked by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote notified to the Foundation Company.

  4. The adoption or variation of Bylaws shall not render any director or other person liable for prior conduct.

  5. No third party dealing in good faith with the Foundation Company need be concerned with the Bylaws or their observance.

ALTERATION OF ARTICLES

  1. Subject to provisions of the Memorandum of Association and these Articles restricting alterations, these articles may be altered by the Tokenholders by Tokenholder Vote by notice to the Foundation Company.

  2. The Memorandum of Association and/or these Articles shall not be amended so as to modify the rights, powers or duties of the supervisor without the prior written consent of such supervisor.