Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society Limited

II. NAME, REGISTERED OFFICE AND OBJECTS

2. Name

The name of the Society shall be: IRISH AUBRAC CATTLE BREED SOCIETYLIMITED

3. Registered Office

The Registered office of the Society shall be; Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, but may be changed by the Council and any such change shall be notified to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of the Acts.

4. Objects

The objects of the Society shall be:

a) To compile, keep, maintain, edit, issue and publish a Herd Book of suitably qualified cattle in accordance with REGULATION (EU) 2016/1012 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof, Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 and Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC.

b) To encourage, promote and improve the breeding of Aubrac Cattle in Ireland.

c) To purchase, import, breed, hire or otherwise acquire and hold, re-sell, let out on hire or otherwise deal in Aubrac cattle or semen.

d) To compile or obtain by purchase or other means from the ICBF and other persons or person, as may be thought fit, records and other statistics and information of or relating to any Aubrac cattle, or other cattle for progeny testing, performance testing or other purposes, and to sell, dispose of, publish, circulate to members or others and otherwise deal with or make use of any such records, statistics or information in any way which may be thought calculated to promote the objects of the Society.

e) To prepare and issue by way of sale or otherwise and on such terms or conditions as may be thought fit to members and others, certificates of entries made in the Society’s Herd Book and also certificates of the Society of records of performance and other records and statistics relating to any Aubrac cattle or other cattle based on any records or statistics or other information obtained or compiled by the Society.

f) To promote, organise, manage and hold or participate in the promotion, organisation, management and holding of shows and auctions and other sales of Aubrac cattle and other cattle, and to arrange or assist in the arrangement of classes of cattle at any such shows as aforesaid, and to provide, present, subscribe to or otherwise promote or aid and support the provision and augmentation of prizes to be awarded at any such show as aforesaid and to recommend and appoint suitable persons to act as judges thereat, and also to pay or make contributions towards the payment of expenses incurred by all or any of the exhibitors in or about the exhibition of cattle at any such show as aforesaid which may be approved for this purpose by the Society and to organise raffles/competitions for the benefit of the Society.

g) To investigate, adjudicate upon, or otherwise determine or settle cases of doubtful or suspected pedigrees of Aubrac or other cattle and other disputes or questions relating to or connected with Aubrac cattle or members of the Society.

h) To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any real or personal property and any rights or privileges which may be necessary or advisable for the promotion of the Society’s objects, and to construct, maintain and alter any buildings or erections necessary or advisable for the work of the Society.

i) To sell, let, mortgage, dispose of or turn to account all or any of the property or assets of the Society as may be considered expedient with a view to the promotion of its objects.

j) To purchase and otherwise acquire and undertake all or any part of the business property contracts or liabilities of any company, society, partnership or other person carrying on any business whether in this or in any other jurisdiction, which the Society is authorised to carry on or of a character similar or ancillary thereto or connected therewith or possessed of any property suitable for any of the purposes of the Society and to conduct and carry on or liquidate and wind up any such business.

k) To establish, acquire or invest in any Society, Company (registered under the Companies Act), or other Body Corporate carrying on any activity or trading, where the establishment of, acquisition of, or investment in, would be conducive to the interests of the members.

l) To establish, regulate and discontinue agencies and to undertake and transact all kinds of agency business.

m) To make arrangements with persons engaged in any trade, business, or profession for the concession to members of the Society of any special rights, privileges and advantages, and in particular in regard to the supply of goods.

n) To give credit to such persons on such terms as may seem expedient and on such security as may be determined by the Council and in particular to customers and others having dealings with the Society.

o) To guarantee the payment or repayment of monies or the performance of any contract liability or obligation by any person, company, society, association or concern where the giving of such guarantee is in the opinion of the Council directly or indirectly conducive or incidental to the business or trade of the Society.

p) To enter into agreements with any person, company, Society, association or concern for the purchase or acquisition from such person, company, association or concern of any shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, or other securities of any company or society upon such terms and conditions and whether absolutely or contingently as the Council may see fit provided that the shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock or securities so acquired or to be acquired are shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock or securities of a company or a society carrying on at the date of such agreement a business or businesses which the Society would be empowered to carry on.

q) To enter into agreements with any person, company, society, association or concern regulating the manner in which the Society shall or may vote in respect of any shares, stock, debentures, or debenture stock held by it in any society or in any company, association or concern.

r) To engage in currency exchange and interest rate transactions, including but not limited to dealings in foreign currency, spot and forward rate exchange contracts, futures, options, forward rate agreements, swaps, caps, floors, collars and other foreign exchange or interest rate hedging arrangements and such other instruments as are similar to, or derived from any of the foregoing whether for the purpose of making a profit or avoiding a loss or managing a currency or interest rate exposure or any other exposure or for any other purpose.

s) Generally to engage in any business or transaction which may seem to the Society directly or indirectly conducive to the interests or convenience of its members or in pursuance thereof, and to do all things which may be necessary or expedient from time to time for accomplishing the aforesaid objects or any of them.

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