Royal Northern Countryside InitiativeRegistered

The Company is established for charitable objects and purposes only and, in particular, to advance public education by (i) the promotion and encouragement of the dissemination of information concerning Scottish wildlife, agriculture, forestry, rural industries and the countryside (ii) increasing the general public's awareness of their symbiosis with the biological diversity, rural environment, countryside life and economy of Scotland (iii) improving the general public's understanding of the policies and actions necessary to sustain long-term food and timber production, and provision for wildlife and its habitats and (iv) by carrying out and developing at a local level the activities of the charitable body with which the Company is and shall (subject as aftermentioned) remain affiliated, namely, The Royal Highland Education Trust (a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in Scotland with registered number 123813, and being Scottish charity number SC007492, hereinafter referred to as 'RHET'). the operations of the Company to be confined to the designated geographical area known generally as Royal Northern Countryside Initiative area (hereinafter referred to as the 'RNCI area'), being the present local authority areas of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Morayshire as more particularly defined by the postcodes ABIO, ABII, ABI3, ABI4, ABI5, ABI6, AB21, AB22, AB23, AB24,AB25, AB30, AB31, AB32, AB33, AB34, AB35, AB36, AB37, AB38, AB42, AB43, AB44, AB45, AB53, AB54, AB55, AB56, IV 12, IV36, IV30, IV32, IV30 and DD 1 0.