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8 (j (j (j (j) )) ) Applications for Class C Membership must reach the Company in accordance with Article 17 to qualify for inclusion in the agenda for the next ensuing Annual General Meeting. (k (k (k (k) )) ) If approved for Membership at the Annual General Meeting of the Company, new applicants shall initially be offered Class C Membership. If, following the division of a territory into two or more countries, an application is received from one of the said countries (being a newly independent country with a Constitution) then the said applicant may be offered Class B Membership if, the council decides, by passing a resolution with at least a two-thirds majority, that the new applicant possesses a sufficient level of maturity in tennis matters to justify Class B Membership. (l (l (l (l) )) ) There shall be only one Member per country or territory unless otherwise decided by a two thirds majority Resolution of the Council. ( (( (m mm m) )) ) Upon renewal of Membership, or in the case of a new Member, upon making the application for Membership, each Member thereby agrees to abide by the Constitution, decisions and rulings of the Company. A Member shall be deemed to renew its Membership as of the first day of January in each year provided that the provisions of Article 4 below remain inoperative. Following admittance as a Member, in the event that any change is made to the Member's constitution, the Member shall submit their updated constitution to the Company. (n (n (n (n) )) ) Each allotment of Shares of any class by or under the authority of the Board of Directors shall be conclusive evidence that such shares were applied for by the Member in whose favour such allotment was made in a manner acceptable to such Member and the Board of Directors. 4. 4. 4. 4. RESIGNATION, SUSPENSION OF MEMBERSHIP, TERMINATION O RESIGNATION, SUSPENSION OF MEMBERSHIP, TERMINATION O RESIGNATION, SUSPENSION OF MEMBERSHIP, TERMINATION O RESIGNATION, SUSPENSION OF MEMBERSHIP, TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP AND F MEMBERSHIP AND F MEMBERSHIP AND F MEMBERSHIP AND EXPULSION EXPULSION EXPULSION EXPULSION (a) (a) (a) (a) Any Class B Member or Class C Member may resign as a Member by notice in writing to the Company delivered on or before the 31st day of December in any year and in default shall be held liable for the subscription for the following year. Upon such resignation, the shares held by such resigning Member shall be deemed to have been thereby surrendered for cancellation and shall accordingly be cancelled by the Board of Directors forthwith. The Register of Members shall be amended accordingly. (b) (b) (b) (b) Any Class B Member or Class C Member whose continued Membership would, in the opinion of the Council, seriously damage the international standing of tennis as a world sport, shall be suspended as a Member of the Company if a Resolution of the Council to that effect is carried by a two-thirds majority. Any such suspension shall be effective at the conclusion of the General Meeting at which such Resolution is passed but may be reviewed at any subsequent Annual General Meeting of the Company. (c) (c) (c) (c) Any Class B or Class C Member which, in the opinion of the Council, does not adequately represent the game of tennis in its country or territory or which has not acted in accordance with the Constitution (or any Rules or Bye-laws published from time to time by the Company), shall stand expelled from the Company and its shares forfeited if a Resolutions of the Council to that effect is carried by a four-fifths majority.

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