Common use of Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary or the Company Clause in Contracts

Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933) shall incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, The Republic of France or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the statuts of the Company or the Deposited Securities, or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond their control, the Depositary or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from, or delayed in, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933)) incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement or the statuts of the Company. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Sections 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of this Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of this Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from making such distribution or offering available to Owners, and the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from disposing of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and making the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.

Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933) shall incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, The Republic of France or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the statuts of the Company or the Deposited Securities, or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond their control, the Depositary or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from, or delayed in, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall . Neither the Depositary or the Company (or nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933)) shall incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement or the statuts of the Company. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Sections 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of this Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution distribu­tion pursuant to Section 4.04 of this Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from making such distribution or offering available to Owners, and the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from disposing of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and making the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.

Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933) affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, The the Republic of France Ghana or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority author­ity or stock exchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the statuts Regulations, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company Company, or the Deposited Securitiesany offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond their its control, the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be prevented prevented, delayed or forbidden from, or delayed in, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933)) incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner by reason of any nonperformance non­performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance perform­ance of any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement or the statuts of the CompanyRegulations. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Sections 4.01, 4.02 4.02, or 4.03 of this the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of this the Deposit Agreement, and by virtue of applicable law or for any other reason, the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from making such distribution or offering is unable to be made available to Owners, and the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from disposing unable to dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and making make the net proceeds available to such OwnersOwners pursuant to Section 4.04, then the Depositary Depositary, subject to the terms of this Deposit Agreement, shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.

Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933) shall incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, The Republic of France or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the statuts of the Company or the Deposited Securities, or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond their control, the Depositary or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from, or delayed in, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall shall. Neither the Depositary or the Company (or ornor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933)) shall incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement or the statuts of the Company. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Sections 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of this Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of this Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from making such distribution or offering available to Owners, and the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from disposing of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and making the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.