CO129-520-7 Public Utility companies- acquisition by foreign groups 4-12-1929 - 26-1-1930 — Page 74

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Second charges.

General meetings when to be held,

Ordinary yearly Meetings & extraordin-

ary meetings

Extraordin-

ary meeting

to be cun- vened upon requisition of share- holders.

Form of requisition for meeting.

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in respect of such uncalled capital and the provisions hereinbefore contained in regard to calls shall mutatis mulandis apply to calls made under such authority and such authority may be made exercisable either con- ditionally or unconditionally and either presently or contingently and either to the exclusion of the Directors' power or otherwise and shall be assignable if expressed so to be.

(7) Where any uncalled capital of the Company is charged all persons taking any subsequent charge thereon shall take the same subject to such prior charge and shall not be entitled by notice to the members or other- wise to obtain priority over such prior charge.

General Meeting.

90. A General Meeting of the Company shall be held in every year, at such time and place as the Directors may from time to time determine. Provided that every such meeting shall be held within fifteen mouths of the last preceding General Meeting.

91. The General Meetings referred to in the last preceding article shall be called the "Ordinary Yearly Meetings." All other meetings of the Company shall be called "Extraordinary Meetings."

92. The Directors may, whenever they think fit, and they shall, on the requisition in writing of share- holders holding in the aggregate one-tenth of the issued capital of the Company upon which all calls or other sums then due have been paid, forthwith proceed to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, and in case of such requisition the following provisions shall have effect:

(a) The requisition must state the objects of the meeting, and must be signed by the requisi- tionists and deposited at the registered office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisi- tionists. The meeting must be convened for the purposes specified in the requisition, and if convened otherwise than by the Directors, for those purposes only.

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meeting.

(b) In case the Directors fail to convene an When requi

Extraordinary General Meeting to be held sitionists within twenty-one days after such deposit, may call 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 the deposit.

(c) If at any such meeting a resolution requiring confirmation at another meeting is passed, the Directors shall forthwith convene રી further Extraordinary General Meeting for the purpose of considering the resolution, and if thought fit of confirming it as a special resolution, and if the Directors do not con- vene the meeting within seven days from the date of the passing of the first resolution, the requisitionists or a majority of them in value may themselves convene the meeting.

(d) Any meeting convened under this article by the requisitionists as aforesaid shall be con- vened in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as that in which meetings are to be convened by the Directors.

93. Seven clear days' notice to the members of every Notice of meeting specifying the place, day, and hour of meeting; meeting. and in case of special business, the general nature of such business, shall be given either by advertisement or by Notice sent by post or otherwise served as hereinafter provided, or if the Directors think fit, both by advertise- ment or by Notice as aforesaid to such members of the Company as are entitled to receive Notices from the Company, and every Notice shall be given by the Agents in Hongkong or other person appointed by the Board.

91. When it is proposed to pass a special resolution, Two meet the two meetings may be convened by one and the same ings may be convened by notice, and it is to be no objection to such notice that it one notice.

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