THIS INDEN TURE
made the Twenty Sixth day of April
12
One thousand nine hundred and twenty nine
between THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION whose--
Head Office is situate at Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong
(hereinafter called the "Corporation") of the one part and
OUR Sovereign Lord King GEORGE THE FIFTH by the Grace of God
of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions
beyond the sea King Defender of the Faith Emperor of India
of the other part WHEREAS an Ordinance is about to be
introduced into the Legislative Council of the Colony of
Hong Kong to amend the constitution of the Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
that in the event of such Ordinance being duly passed by
His Excellency The Governor of Hong Kong by the advice and
with the consent of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
the Corporation undertakes that no amalgamation scheme with
any Banking Institution including the purchase of shares or
any joint working or profit sharing arrangement to which it
may be a party will be carried out without the prior approval
of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and the
Board of Trade IN WITNESS whereof the Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation have caused their Common Seal to be
hereunto duly affixed the day and year first above written.
SEALED with the Common Seal of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking--
Corporation and signed by
(Sa). Neilage Brown.
Neilage Sharp Brown
one of
their Directors and by Arthur Cecil
Hynes their Chief Manager in the
(să). A. C. Hynes.
presence of
(Sd). D.J.Lewis
L.S..
Solicitor
Hong Kong.