The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
any such requisition the following provisions shall have effect--
(a) the requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the head office, and may consist of several documents in like form, each signed by one or more requisitionists;
(b) in case the board fails to convene an extraordinary general meeting to be held within twenty-one days after such requisition has been deposited, the requisitionists or a majority of them in value may themselves convene the meeting for the purpose so specified but not for any other purpose; but any meeting so convened shall not be held after three months from the date of such deposit;
(c) any meeting convened under this regulation by the requisitionists as aforesaid shall be convened in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as that in which meetings are to be convened by the board.
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of "extraordinary" resolution. Ord. 8/46, s. 2, Schedule.
60. A resolution shall be an extraordinary resolution when it has been passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of such shareholders as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy, at a general meeting of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as an extraordinary resolution has been duly given.
of "special" resolution. Ord. 8/46, s. 2, Schedule.
61. A resolution shall be a special resolution when it has been passed by such a majority as is required for the passing of an extraordinary resolution and at a general meeting of which not less than twenty-one days' notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given: Provided that, if all the members entitled to attend and vote at any meeting so agree, a resolution may be proposed and passed as a special resolution at a meeting of which less than twenty-one days' notice has been given.
62. Ten days' notice (except as provided for in the preceding regulation and except for an adjourned meeting as provided for in regulations 66 and 67) to the shareholders of every meeting specifying the place, day and hour of meeting. Ord. 37/50, Schedule,
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