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aforesaid, shall be dissolved; but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to such day and at such time and place as shall be decided by the chairman, and if at such adjourned meeting a quorum be not present those shareholders who are present shall be a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was called.
67. Power of chairman to adjourn meeting; business at adjourned meeting
The chairman of a general meeting may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present, and shall, if so directed by the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time (or sine die) and from place to place. Where a meeting is adjourned sine die the time and place for the adjourned meeting shall be fixed by the board. Whenever a meeting is adjourned for twenty-eight days or more or sine die, at least seven days' notice specifying the place, the day, and the hour of the adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted shall be given in the same manner as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid, no member shall be entitled to any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at any adjourned meeting. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business which might properly have been transacted at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
68. How questions to be decided at meeting (L.N. 334 of 1989)
Every question submitted to a meeting shall in the first instance be put to the meeting on a show of hands of the shareholders present in person and entitled to vote. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall, both on a show of hands and at the poll, have a second or casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which he may be entitled as a shareholder.
69. Demand for a poll (L.N. 334 of 1989)
At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) duly demanded. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, a poll may be demanded:
(a) by the chairman; or
(b) by at least five shareholders present in person or by proxy; or
(c) by any shareholder or shareholders present in person or by proxy and representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting; or
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A 30
CAP. 70]
The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Regulations
[1989 Ed.
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[Subsidiary]
aforesaid, shall be dissolved; but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to such day and at such time and place as shall be decided by the chairman, and if at such adjourned meeting a quorum be not present those shareholders who are present shall be a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was called.
67. Power of chairman to adjourn meeting;
business at adjourned meeting
The chairman of a general meeting may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present, and shall, if so directed by the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time (or sine die) and from place to place. Where a meeting is adjourned sine die the time and place for the adjourned meeting shall be fixed by the board. Whenever a meeting is adjourned for twenty-eight days or more or sine die, at least seven days' notice specifying the place, the day, and the hour of the adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted shall be given in the same manner as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid, no member shall be entitled to any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at any adjourned meeting. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business which might properly have been transacted at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
68. How questions to be decided at meeting
(L.N. 334 of 1989)
Every question submitted to a meeting shall in the first instance be put to the meeting on a show of hands of the shareholders present in person and entitled to vote. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall, both on a show of hands and at the poll, have a second or casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which he may be entitled as a shareholder.
69. Demand for a poll
(L.N. 334 of 1989)
At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) duly demanded. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, a poll may be demanded:
(a) by the chairman; or
(b) by at least five shareholders present in person or by proxy; or (c) by any shareholder or shareholders present in person or by proxy and representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting; or
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