Alternate Director

Subject to the provisions of Section 313 of the Act, the Board may appoint any third person nominated
by a member to represent him as an Alternate Director at Board Meetings and any such Alternate
Director may be an employee of the Company.
Approved Dividend Policy shall mean, with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the
dividend policy of the Company or such Subsidiary approved by their respective board of directors
from time to time, in accordance with these Articles.
Business Day shall mean a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday or a public holiday) on which
banking institutions in the City of New Delhi, India and Singapore are open for business.
Deadlock shall mean with respect to any action proposed to be taken by the Board of Directors, the
occurrence of the affirmative votes and the negative votes of the Directors, as the case may be, being
equal.
Direct Shareholding shall mean with respect to any Shareholder or Shareholders, at any time, the
percentage of the issued, subscribed and paid up Shares held directly by such Shareholder or
Shareholders at such time of all the issued, subscribed and paid up Shares in the company.
CAPITAL & INCREASE AND REDUCTION OF CAPITAL decided by the Board of Directors or by the
Company in the General meeting
the shares in the capital of theCompany for the time being shall be under the control of the Directors who
may issue, allot orotherwise dispose of the same or any of them to such persons, in such proportion and
on such terms
and conditions and either at a premium or at par or (subject to the compliance with the provision of
Section 79 of the Act) at a discount and at such time as they may from time to time think fit and with
the sanction of the Company in the General Meeting to give to any person or persons the option or
right to call for any shares either at par or premium during such time and for such consideration as the
Directors think fit, and may issue and allot shares in the capital of the Company in payment in full or
part of any property sold and transferred or for any services rendered to the Company in the conduct of
its business and any shares which may so be allotted may be issued as fully paid up shares and if so
issued, shall be deemed to be fully paid shares.

the Board may issue at a discount any shares of a class already issued.
In case of the death of a Member, the survivor, where the deceased was a joint holder, and his legal
representative, executor or administrator where he was a sole holder, shall be the only persons
recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest in the shares. The powers and
discretions of the Board under these Articles may be delegated and exercised by a Committee of
Directors or an officer of the Company duly authorised in this regard.
The Board may, subject to the provisions of the Act, retain the dividends payable upon a share to which
any person becomes entitled under these Articles, until such person or his transferee shall become a
Member in respect of such shares.
Other Co-operation
Each of the Bharti Group and the STI Group shall consider the other as its preferred choice of supplier
provided that nothing contained in this Article 80 shall affect either the ability of either group to use
such selection criteria as would be used by a prudent international purchaser of such supplies and
services or to comply with any other obligations existing on January 22, 2009. The Bharti Group and

the STI Group have enjoyed a very productive partnership in the Company ever since the STI Groups
acquisition of Shares in 2000. The STI Group is the primary strategic partner of the Bharti Group in the
Indian telecommunication industry. The Bharti Group will use its best endeavours to ensure that the
STI Group and Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd have rights of first refusal in respect of agreements,
arrangements or alliances to be entered into by any member of the Bharti Group in any country where
the STI Group operated as on October 27, 2005.

The Board may, from time to time, at its discretion, subject to the provisions of Section 58A, 292, 293
and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act and any other law for the time being in force and
of these Articles, accept deposits from Members either in advance of calls or otherwise and generally
raise or borrow moneys, either from the Directors, their friends and relatives or from others for the
purposes of the Company and/or secure the payment of any such sum or sums of money, provided
the Board shall not borrow such money without the consent of the Company in
General Meeting by an ordinary resolution. The Board may raise and secure the payment of such sum
or sums in such manner and upon such terms and conditions in all respects as it thinks fits, and in
particular by receiving deposits, issue of bonds, debentures, perpetual, redeemable, debenture stock,
or any security of the Company or by mortgage or charge or other security upon all or any part of the
property or undertaking of the Company