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Code of Conduct:
(1). A specified employee must act honestly, in good
faith and in the best interests of the Company as a whole.
(2). A specified employee has a duty to perform the
functions of office and exercise the powers attached to that office with a
degree of care and diligence that a reasonable person would exercise if they
were in the same circumstances.
(3).
A specified employee should consider matters having regard to:
a)
Any possible material personal interest he or she may
have in the subjectmatter;
b)
The amount of information appropriate to properly
consider the subject matter; and
c)
What is in the best interests of the Company.
(4). A specified employee must recognize that his or
her dominant purpose or object must be to serve the interests of the members of
the Company as a whole, not the interests of any particular group of Directors,
employees or stakeholders or the specified employee's personal or commercial
interests. In circumstances of insolvency or near insolvency, the duty to act
in the best interests of members is overridden by a duty to act in the best
interests of creditors.
(5). A specified employee must not make improper use
of information acquired by him to gain a personal advantage or to cause
detriment to the Company.
(6). A
specified employee must not take improper advantage of his position to gain a
personal advantage or to cause detriment to the Company.
(7). A
specified employee must not place himself or herself in a position where there
is a reasonable possibility of conflict between his or her personal or business
interests, the interests of any associated person, or his or her duties to any
other company, on the one hand, and the interests of the Company or his or her
duties to the Company, on the other hand. The action which a specified employee
will be required to take if he or she is faced with an actual or potential
conflict of interest or duties in relation to a particular matter being
considered by the Company will depend on the nature and circumstances of the
conflict and may include any of the following:
a).
Fully and frankly informing about the circumstances giving rise to the
conflict;
b). In
case of Directors abstaining from voting on any motion relating to the matter
and absenting himself or herself from all board deliberations relating to the
matter; or
c).
Resigning from his position.
If
a specified employee believes that he may have a conflict of interest or duty
in relation to a particular matter, the specified employee should consult with
the Board of Directors.
(8). A Director must bring an enquiring, open and
independent mind to Board meetings, listen to the debate on each issue raised,
consider the arguments for and against each motion and reach a decision that he
or she believes, to be in the best interests of the Company as a whole.
(9). An opportunity must be provided for a specified
employee to put his or her views on issues before the Management, Board or a
Committee, as the case may be. While specified employees must treat each other
with courtesy and observe the other rules in this Code, specified employees
should be able to engage in vigorous debate on matters of principle.
(10).
The specified employees must not disclose the content of discussion at Senior
Management meetings, Board meetings or Committee meetings outside appropriate
and reasonable circles within the Company with a legitimate interest in the
subject of the disclosures, unless that disclosure has been authorized by the
Company, or is required by law.
(11). A
specified employee generally must not engage in conduct, or make any public
statement likely to prejudice the Company's business or likely to harm, defame
or otherwise bring discredit upon or disintegrate the Company, fellow employees
or staff. A specified employee may make such a statement only if the specified
employee believes in good faith that it is in the best interests of the Company
as a whole to make such a statement.
(12). A
specified employee shall not disclose or allow disclosure to other of any
confidential information that are either provided or made available to the
specified employees by the Company nor shall use such confidential information
for any purpose detrimental to the Company.
(13). A
specified employee has an obligation, at all times, to comply with the spirit,
as well as the letter, of the law and of the principles of this Code of Conduct
and the Code of Conduct and Integrity policies framed by the Company from time
to time.
(14). A
specified employee has to comply with the Company's Insider Trading Code while
trading in the Company's securities at any time.
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