(1) The holders of shares of a class, or, subject to subsection (2), of a series, are, unless the articles otherwise provide in the case of an amendment described in paragraph (a) or (b), entitled to vote separately, as a class or series, upon a proposal to amend the articles—
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(a) to increase or decrease any maximum number of authorised shares of that class, or increase any maximum number of authorised shares of a class having rights or privileges equal or superior to the shares of that class;
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(b) to effect an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of all or part of the shares of that class;
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(c) to add, change or remove the rights, privileges, restrictions or conditions attached to the shares of that class and, in particular—
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(i) to remove or change prejudicially rights to accrued dividends or to cumulative dividends,
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(ii) to add, remove or change redemption rights prejudicially,
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(iii) to reduce or remove a dividend preference or a winding-up preference, or
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(iv) to add, remove or change prejudicially conversion privileges, options, voting transfer or pre-emptive rights, or rights to acquire shares or debentures of a company, or sinking fund provisions;
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(d) to increase the rights or privileges of any class of shares having rights or privileges equal or superior to the shares of that class;
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(e) to create a new class of shares equal or superior to the shares of that class;
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(f) to make any class of shares having rights or privileges inferior to the shares of that class equal or superior to the shares of that class;
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(g) to effect an exchange or to create a right of exchange of all or part of the shares of another class into the shares of that class; or
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(h) to constrain the issue or transfer of the shares of that class, or extend or remove the constraint.