NOTICES.

INTRODUCTORY NOTES.

THE regulations of a company generally provide that notice shall be given to the members of all general meetings, and also upon or in relation to divers other matters. The mode of serving or giving such notices is duly provided for by the articles (supra, p. 195), or by Table A, when it applies (supra, p. 248).

By Section 64 of the Act, "any summons, notice, order, or proceeding requiring authentication by the company, may be signed by any director, secretary, or other authorised officer of the company, and need not be under the common seal of the company, and the same may be in writing or in print, or partly in writing and partly in print." The following are some of the forms of notices in general use :

12. Extraordinary meetings to pass special resolutions on re-construction or amalgamation. Section 161 of the Act

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13. By dissentient member.

Section 161 of the Act

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14.)

15.

For meeting to pass extraordinary resolution for winding up.

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16. Requisition of members to directors for extraordinary meeting 17. Notice by members convening meeting

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22. Consent to registration of another company by same name.

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SIR, I am directed to inform you that, in compliance with your application, dated, &c., shares of 107. each in The Company, Limited, have been allotted to you.

Gentlemen,

Company, Limited.

Street.

Having paid to your credit at the Bank,
pounds, being a deposit of

the sum of
per share on
shares in the above company, I hereby request you to allot me that
number of shares; and I agree to accept the same, or any less number
that may be allotted to me, subject to the memorandum and articles of
association, and to pay the further sum of -l. per share on allotment;
and I request that my name may be placed upon the register of members
in respect of the shares so allotted.

SIR, I am directed to inform you that at a meeting of the directors of this company held here on, &c., a call of -1. per share was made upon all the members, and that the same will be payable at the Bank, No., Lombard Street, London, E. C., or at the office of the company, on the day of

next.

The amount payable by you in respect of such call on the shares held by you is -1.

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FORM III.

I am, &c.,

Secretary.

NOTICE BEFORE FORFEITURE FOR NON-PAYMENT OF CALL.

I am now instructed to inform you, that the directors require you on or before the

day of to pay the said sum of

together with interest thereon, at the rate of

cent. per annum from the said

per

day of and that in the event of non-payment of the said call and interest, on or before the said day of, at the place aforesaid, the shares in respect of which such call was made, will be liable to be forfeited.

Forms.

Forms.

meeting of The

Company, Limited, will be held at the Hotel, Street, London, E. C., on Monday, the day of 1877, at o'clock in the afternoon [for the purposes following, namely, to receive and consider the annual statement of accounts and balance-sheet, and the reports of the directors and auditors thereon, to elect directors and other officers in the place of those retiring by rotation, to sanction the declaration of a dividend and] to transact the [other] ordinary business of the company.

By order.

A. B., Secretary.

If the articles only require the objects of an extraordinary meeting to be specified in notices calling general meetings, the words in brackets can be omitted.

FORM V.

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.

The Company, Limited.

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary general meeting of The Company, Limited, will be held at, &c., on, &c., at o'clock in the afternoon, when the subjoined resolution will be proposed.

Another form of notice frequently adopted is as follows:

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary meeting of the above-named company will be held at, &c., on, &c., at o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing a resolution authorising the directors [e.g., to increase the capital to - by the creation of

new

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shares of -7. each," or to raise the sum ofl., by the Forms. issue of mortgage debentures or otherwise."]

Dated, &c.

No., &c.

By order.

A. B., Secretary.

*Or "when resolutions will be proposed for, &c."

FORM VII.

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING FOR PASSING
SPECIAL RESOLUTION.

The Company, Limited.

Notice is hereby given that an extraordinary general meeting of The Company, Limited, will be held at [e.g., "the Terminus Hotel, Cannon Street, in the City of London," or "the registered office of the company, No." &c.], on- day o'clock in the afternoon, when the

of

1877, at

subjoined resolution will be proposed.

Should the resolution be passed by the required majority, it will be submitted for confirmation as a special resolution to a second extraordinary meeting, which will be subsequently convened.

Another form very generally adopted is to give notice of a meeting as above, "for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing special resolutions to," &c. The form above appears the more correct, but the last mentioned is no doubt sufficient. The notice ought to inform the members, directly or indirectly, that the object is to pass special resolutions. Both the above forms comply with this condition, and are in use.

FORM VIII.

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING FOR

CONFIRMING SPECIAL RESOLUTION.

The Company, Limited.

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary general