Aer Lingus Act 2004

Agreements relating to sale or issue of shares in Company.

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5. —(1) The Minister for Finance, having consulted the Minister, may enter into one or more than one agreement in connection with the sale or issue of shares in the Company or enter into one or more than one agreement in connection with both the sale and issue of shares in the Company, and any such agreement may include—

(a) representations, warranties and indemnities and provisions relating thereto,

(b) provisions customarily contained in a shareholders' agreement or an underwriting agreement, and

(c) such other matters as the Minister for Finance, having consulted the Minister, shall consent to.

(2) The Company may enter into one or more than one agreement in connection with the sale or issue of shares in the Company or in connection with both the sale and issue of shares in the Company.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing an agreement referred to in subsection (1) or (2) may include provisions relating to—

(a) amendments to the memorandum of association or articles of association of the Company,

(b) directors,

(c) shareholders,

(d) voting rights,

(e) dividend policy,

(f) investments, and

(g) restrictions on the alienability of shares.