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Power to increase capital.
New shares to be offered to existing members.
New shares to rank as original capital.
First general meeting.
Subsequent general meetings.
Ordinary and extraordinary meetings.
Convening of extraordinary general meeting.
No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1865.
Increase in Capital.
26. The directors may, with the sanction of a special resolution of the company previously given in general meeting, increase its capital by the issue of new shares, such aggregate increase to be of such amount, and to be divided into shares of such respective amounts, as the company in general meeting directs, or, if no direction is given, as the directors think expedient.
27. Subject to any direction to the contrary that may be given by the meeting that sanctions the increase of capital, all new shares shall be offered to the members in proportion to the existing shares held by them, and such offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares to which the member is entitled, and limiting a time within which the offer, if not accepted, will be deemed to be declined, and after the expiration of such time, or on the receipt of an intimation from the member to whom such notice is given that he declines to accept the shares offered, the directors may dispose of the same in such manner as they think most beneficial to the company.
28. Any capital raised by the creation of new shares shall be considered as part of the original capital, and shall be subject to the same provisions with reference to the payment of calls and the forfeiture of shares on non-payment of calls, or otherwise, as if it had been part of the original capital.
General Meetings.
29. The first general meeting shall be held at such time, not being more than six months after the registration of the company, and at such place as the directors may determine.
30. Subsequent general meetings shall be held at such time and place as may be prescribed by the company in general meeting; and if no other time or place is prescribed, a general meeting shall be held on the first Monday in February in every year, at such place as may be determined by the directors.
31. The above-mentioned general meetings shall be called ordinary meetings; all other general meetings shall be called extraordinary.
32. The directors may, whenever they think fit, and they shall, upon a requisition made in writing by not less than one-fifth in number of the members of the company, convene an extraordinary general meeting.
Form of requisition for extraordinary meeting.
33. Any requisition made by the members shall express the object of the meeting proposed to be called, and shall be left at the registered office of the company.
Procedure on receipt of requisition.
34. On the receipt of such requisition the directors shall forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting. If they do not proceed to convene the same within twenty-one days from the date of the requisition, the requisitionists, or any other members amounting to the required number, may themselves convene an extraordinary general meeting.
Proceedings at General Meetings.
35. Seven days' notice at the least, specifying the place, the day, and the hour of meeting, shall be given to the members...
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