PREMIER LEAGUE

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
General Meetings
17.1 A General Meeting may be convened by the Board at any time.
17.2 If there are at any time less than two Directors then a continuing Director or the Secretary
may convene a General Meeting for the purposes referred to in Article 56.1.
17.3 The Board shall convene each year at approximately quarterly intervals not less than four
General Meetings (to include an annual general meeting) to be held at such time and at such
place as the Board shall determine.
17.4 The Board (and if there are less than two Directors, a continuing Director or the Secretary)
shall on receipt by the Company of the requisition to that effect from two or more Members
forthwith proceed to convene a General Meeting (other than an annual general meeting) for
a date not later than:
17.4.1 twenty eight clear days after the receipt of such requisition if it is signed by less than
two thirds in number of the Members; or
17.4.2 fourteen clear days after the receipt of such requisition if it is signed by two thirds or
more in number of the Members; or
17.4.3 twenty one clear days after receipt of such requisition if the meeting is for any of the
purposes referred to in Articles 18.1.2, 18.1.3, or 18.1.4.
Notice of General Meetings 1
18.1 At least twenty one clear days’ notice in writing shall be given for:
18.1.1 any annual general meeting;
18.1.2 any meeting at which it is proposed to pass a special resolution or an elective resolution;
18.1.3 any meeting at which it is proposed to pass a Resolution appointing a person as a Director;
18.1.4 any meeting at which it is proposed to make, adopt or amend the Rules.
18.2 At least fourteen clear days’ notice in writing shall be given for any other General Meeting.
19. The notice of a General Meeting shall specify the time and place of the meeting, the general
nature of the business to be transacted and shall include a statement that a Member entitled
to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or two proxies to attend and vote instead of that
Member and that a proxy need not also be a Member and, in the case of an annual general
meeting, shall specify the meeting as such.
1 By elective resolution passed at a General Meeting of Shareholders held on 3rd December 1998 it was resolved that the provisions
of Section 369(4) and Section 378(3) of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended by the Companies Act 1989) are to have effect
in relation to the Company as if, for the references, in those sections, to 95%, there were substituted references to 90%.
Accordingly any agreement of the members to the calling of a general meeting on short notice (Section 369) or to consider a special
resolution at a General Meeting on short notice, requires the agreement of a majority of 90% (rather than 95%) in number,
of the members having the right to attend and vote at a meeting.
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