William Hancock and Company Limited (Conversion of Shares) Act, 1895
WHEREAS it is expedient that William Hancock and Company Limited registered under the Companies Acts 1862 to 1890 with a memorandum and articles of association (herein-after called "the Company") should be enabled to convert their ordinary shares as herein-after defined into preferred ordinary shares and deferred ordinary shares in the manner with the privileges and subject to the provisions herein-after prescribed:

And whereas the Company have during the last seven years paid an average div...