Companies Act 1985

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
of
AMPERE EUROPE LIMITED

1. The name of the company ("the Company") is AMPERE EUROPE LIMITED.

2. The Company is to be a non-profit making company under the name "Association of Microwave Power in Europe for Research and Education" to be abbreviated to AMPERE.

3. The registered office of the Company is to be situated in England and Wales.

4. The objects for which the Company is established are:-
4.1 To foster and improve the understanding of good educational practices in microwave and radio frequency ("RF") power in Europe
4.2 To seek to establish common standards of education in the use of microwave and RF power
4.3 To encourage and support research activities in the area of microwave and RF heating
4.4 To establish the economic advantages of using microwave and RF energy in industry through the use of case studies or otherwise
4.5 To encourage the exchange of staff between institutions

5. In furtherance of the principal objects but not otherwise the Company shall have power:-
5.1 To establish and maintain a databank (of individuals and of manufacturers)
5.2 To establish a network of information exchange through its website
5.3 To liase with and offer advice to the organisers of the biennial AMPERE conference
5.4 To promote common projects including educational software, films, books and research consortia
5.5 To edit and publish a newsletter
5.6 To collaborate with other international organisations
5.7 To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any real or personal estate which may appear convenient
5.8 To construct and maintain and alter any houses buildings or installations
5.9 To accept any gift or property, whether subject to any special trust or not, for any purpose within the principal objects
5.10 To take such steps by personal or written appeals, public meetings or otherwise as may seem expedient for the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the Company
5.11 To charge a membership subscription
5.12 To print and publish any periodicals books or leaflets
5.13 To sell lease mortgage or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property of the Company
5.14 To borrow and raise money and secure its repayment in any manner
5.15 To invest the funds of the Company in or upon such investments securities or properties as may be thought fit
5.16 To make grants or loans to members or others for the purposes of research, education and training and attendance at conferences
5.17 To undertake and execute any trusts or any agency business which may seem conducive to any of the principal objects
5.18 To subscribe to any local or other charities and to grant donations for any public purpose
5.19 To establish and support and to aid in the establishment and support of any other association formed to promote all or any of the principal objects
5.20 To amalgamate with any companies, institutions, societies or associations having objects wholly or in part similar to those of the Company
5.21 To purchase or otherwise acquire and undertake all or any part of the property, assets, liabilities and engagements of anybody with which the Company is authorised to amalgamate
5.22 To transfer all or any part of the property, assets, liabilities and engagements of the Company to anybody with which the Company is authorised to amalgamate
5.23 To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the pursuit or to the attainment of any of the principal objects

6. The income of the Company from wherever derived shall be applied solely in promoting the above objects and no distribution shall be made to its members in cash or otherwise

7. The liability of the members is limited

8. Every member of the Company undertakes to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding 1 Euro to its assets in the event of its being wound up while he/she is a member or within one year after he/she ceases to be a member for payment for the debts and liabilities of the Company contracted before he/she ceased to be a member and of the costs, charges, and expenses of winding up, and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves

9. If on the winding up of the Company there remains any surplus after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, the surplus shall not be distributed among the members of the Company, but shall be given or transferred to some other body (whether or not a member of the Company) having objects similar to those of the Company, or to another body the objects of which are charitable.

WE, the persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, wish to be formed into a company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association.

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Dated the __________ day of ___________ 2002

Witness to the above signatures
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