The London P&I Club is the trading name of The London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Limited and its subsidiary The London P&I Insurance Company (Europe) Limited. The London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Limited. Registered in England No 10341. Registered Office: 50 Leman Street, London, E1 8HQ. The London P&I Insurance Company (Europe) Limited, a private limited liability company registered in Cyprus, No HE410091. Registered Office: Victory House, Office 321, 205 Archbishop Makarios Avenue, 3030 Limassol. CLASS 5, THE PROTECTING AND INDEMNITY CLASS ____________________ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SEPARATE MEETING of the MEMBERS OF CLASS 5, THE PROTECTING AND INDEMNITY CLASS, of The London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association Ltd (“the Association”) will be held at the REGISTERED OFFICE of the Association, 50 LEMAN STREET, LONDON, E1 8HQ at 12 noon on WEDNESDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2025, or as soon thereafter as the meeting of the Members’ Committee called for that day is finished, for the purpose of amending the Rules*. The following amendments together with such further amendments, if any, as may be proposed at the Meeting, will be submitted for adoption with or without modification and with effect from noon G.M.T. on the 20th day of February 2025. [New wording highlighted in bold & strikethrough. The explanatory notes in italics will not appear in the actual Rules.] RULE 1 – INTRODUCTORY 1.1 In these Rules, unless the context requires otherwise: (...) “Seafarer”: means any person who, as part of the entered Ship’s complement, is contractually obliged to serve on board an entered Ship. (...) In addition, in these Rules: words importing the singular number only shall include the plural number and vice versa. words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender; [Explanation: The proposed amendment reflects the introduction of gender-neutral terminology in the Rules. This includes replacing current references to “Seaman” with “Seafarer” and references to the Assured as “he”, “him” or “his” with expressions like “the Assured”, “the Assured’s” or “their”.] RULE 9 – RISKS COVERED (...) 9.19 Cargo 9.19.1 Liabilities, costs and expenses set out in Rule 9.19.1.1 – 9.19.1.3 4 in respect of cargo intended to be or being or having been carried in an entered Ship, extending from the time of receipt for shipment on quay or wharf until final delivery from quay or wharf, namely: 9.19.1.1 liability (other than in respect of a contract of through carriage entered into by the Assured) for loss, shortage, damage or other responsibility. 9.19.1.2 the additional costs (over and above those which would have been incurred in any event under the contract of carriage) incurred by the Assured: - 2 (i) in discharging or disposing of damaged or worthless cargo, originally loaded in sound condition, but only to the extent that the Assured both has to incur such costs to enable the entered Ship to complete discharge and continue trading; and has no right to recover such costs from any other person; 9.19.1.3 (ii) the costs in discharging, re-loading and re-stowing cargo necessarily incurred to continue the safe prosecution of the voyage; but only to the extent that the Assured has no right to recover such costs from any other person by way of general average or otherwise; (iii) in disposing of cargo which has been not collected by the cargo interests from the port of discharge (but excluding storage char