CHARLES THE THIRD by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Our other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these Presents shall come,

GREETING!

WHEREAS Queen Elizabeth the Second, by Royal Warrant under Her Sign Manual dated the thirtieth day of November One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, was pleased to institute and create a new Award entitled "The Queen's Award to Industry", to be awarded in recognition of outstanding achievements in industry either in increasing exports or in technological innovation and did make, ordain and establish certain rules and ordinances for the governance of the same, reserving to Herself, Her Heirs and Successors full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with these rules and ordinances or any part thereof, by a notification under Royal Sign Manual:

AND WHEREAS the provisions of the said Warrant were amended by Warrants under Her Sign Manual dated the twenty-ninth day of March One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, the fifth day of April One thousand nine hundred and seventy-six, the fifth day of May One thousand nine hundred and ninety-two, the thirteenth day of April Two thousand, the third day of April Two thousand and one, and the fourteenth day of July Two thousand and seventeen:

AND WHEREAS We are desirous of continuing to make Awards of the same kind to mark Our recognition of outstanding achievement in international trade, Our recognition of outstanding achievement in innovation, Our recognition of outstanding achievement in sustainable development, and Our recognition of outstanding achievement in promoting opportunity:

NOW THEREFORE we do by these Presents for Us, Our heirs and Successors declare and ordain that the rules and ordinances contained in the Said Warrant dated the thirtieth day of November One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five as amended by the Warrants dated the twenty-ninth day of March One thousand nine hundred and seventy­one, the fifth day of April One thousand nine hundred and seventy-six, the fifth day of May One thousand nine hundred and ninety-two, the thirteenth day of April Two thousand, the third day of April Two thousand and one, and the fourteenth day of July Two thousand and seventeen shall be abrogated, cancelled and annulled and We are graciously pleased to make ordain and establish the following rules and ordinances in substitution thereof:

Firstly: Awards shall be granted in recognition of outstanding achievement in international trade, or innovation, or sustainable development, or promoting opportunity, by business units within Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Our Channel Islands and Our Island of Man.

Secondly: Awards granted under this Our Warrant shall be designated and styled "The King's Awards for Enterprise" and may also be referred to by category and known accordingly as “The King’s Award for Enterprise International Trade”, “The King’s Award for Enterprise Innovation”, “The King’s Award for Enterprise Sustainable Development”, and “The King’s Award for Enterprise Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility)”.

Thirdly: Awards of “The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise”, also referred to by category and known accordingly as “The Queen’s Award for Enterprise International Trade”, “The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation”, “The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Sustainable Development”, and “The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility)”, previously conferred shall continue to be known by these titles during the period for which the Award has effect.

Fourthly: The Awards shall be personally approved and granted by Us on the advice and recommendation of Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.

Fifthly: Save for Awards in the year 2023, Awards approved and granted under this Our Warrant shall be announced on the sixth day of May, the date of the anniversary of Our Coronation.

Sixthly: Awards in the year 2023 were announced on the twenty-first day of April in Two Thousand and Twenty-Three, the date of the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth the Second’s Birthday. These awards shall be treated as approved and granted under this Our Warrant and the terms of this Our Warrant shall apply to those Awards.

Seventhly: The emblem of "The King’s Awards for Enterprise" shall be in the form illustrated hereunder and may be displayed upon a flag Burgundy to be flown at the place or places authorised, or may be used as a device or badge.

Eighthly: There shall be prepared for the guidance of Award holders a Manual which shall prescribe the rules for use of the emblem and shall illustrate the forms of display to be adopted by holders of an Award.

Ninthly: Recipients of an Award shall be entitled to use the Awards emblem and to display it, in accordance with the Manual of guidance, on their goods, packagings, correspondence and publicity material and on flags and plaques, on lapel badges, brooches, cuff-links, tie tacks and neckties worn by their members or employees, and in such additional ways of commemorative purposes as may be approved on Our behalf by officials of Our government in accordance with the Manual of Guidance.

Tenthly: the title to display the emblem of the Awards shall be conveyed by a document to be known as the Grant of Appointment which shall specify the business unit or units so entitled and which shall be issued on Our behalf by officials of Our government. The Grant of Appointment has effect from the date of the announcement of the Award thereby enabling the relevant Award holder to display the emblem from that date.

Eleventhly: The period for which an Award will have effect is five years. Except where otherwise provided in the Manual of guidance the date of the year of the Award shall appear on the emblem or in association with it. A fresh Award in a later year shall be signified by an emblem bearing the new date, and the holder will be entitled to display the emblem for five years from that date. During the five years for which the Award is effective, the holder shall also be entitled to display emblems signifying any earlier current Awards made under this Our Warrant and any earlier current Awards of “The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise”, or “The Queen’s Awards to Industry” (prior to 1999) in accordance with the applicable Manual of guidance.

Twelfthly: The names of those bodies to whom we have granted Awards shall be published in The London Gazette.

Thirteenthly: It shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors by an Order under Sign Manual and on a recommendation to that effect by Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, to cancel and annul an Award to any business unit.

Lastly: We reserve to Ourselves, Our Heirs and Successors full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with these rules and ordinances, or any part thereof by a notification under Our Sign Manual.

Given at Our Court of Saint James’s this 5th day of September, Two thousand and twenty-three in the first year of Our Reign. BY HIS MAJESTY’S COMMAND