The Company shall not delete or vary any preference, right, condition, restriction, limitation or prohibition attaching to the BN Preference Shares as a class or create preference shares ranking in priority to or on parity with the BN Preference Shares except by special resolution passed by at least \(66^{2/3\%}\) of the votes cast at a meeting of the holders of the BN Preference Shares duly called for that purpose, in accordance with the provisions of the articles of the Company. Each holder of BN Preference Shares entitled to vote at a class meeting of holders of BN Preference Shares, or at a joint meeting of the holders of two or more series of BN Preference Shares, has one vote in respect of each C\$25.00 of the issue price of each BN Preference Share held by such holder.

DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS A SHARES

The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Class A Shares. The particular terms and provisions of Class A Shares offered by a Prospectus Supplement, and the extent to which the general terms and provisions described below may apply thereto, will be described in such Prospectus Supplement.