Notice before forfeiture for Lon-payment of call.

SIR,-In my letter of the

at a meeting, &c.

I gave you notice that

I am now instructed to inform you, that the directors require you on or before the day of, to pay the said sum of -7., together with interest thereon, at the rate of

said

day of

per cent. per annum from the and that in the event of non-payment of the said day of, at the place aforesaid, the shares in respect of which such call was made, will be liable to be forfeited.

call and interest, on or before the said

Form 137.

Notice of ordinary general

meeting.

Hotel, 1877, at

Notice is hereby given that the fourth ordinary general meeting of
The Company, Limited, will be held at the
Street, London, E.C., on Monday, the day of
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.

The transfer books of the company will be closed from
day theth, both days inclusive.

-th to

day the

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 138.

Notice of extraordinary

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary general meeting of The
Company, Limited, will be held at, &c., on, &c., at

the afternoon, when the subjoined resolution will be proposed.

o'clock in

general

The

— Company, Limited.

Form 139.

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary meeting of the above- Another form. 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 raise the sum of 7. by the issue of mortgage debentures or otherwise."]

Notice is hereby given that an extraordinary general meeting of The Form 140. Company, Limited, will be held at [e.g., "the Terminus Hotel, Cannon Street, in the City of London," or "the registered office of the traordinary company, No." &c.], on day of o'clock in the general meet

1877, at

Notice of ex

ing for passing special resolu

afternoon, when the subjoined resolution will be proposed.
Should the resolution be passed by the required majority, it will be tion.
submitted for confirmation as a special resolution to a second extra-
ordinary 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.

It is conceived that where it is proposed to pass a special resolution, the notice convening the first meeting need not set out the proposed resolution verbatim, although s. 51 says, "of which notice specifying the intention to propose such resolution has been duly given," and accordingly that the notice might state that a resolution would be proposed "for increasing the capital" without stating the extent, or "authorising the directors to raise money to such extent and in such manner as to the meeting shall seem fit ;" and that alternative resolutions might be referred to, e.g., " when a resolution will be proposed authorising, &c., or if the meeting shall see fit a resolution for the voluntary winding-up of the company."

But if a notice points exclusively to a specific resolution, e.g., "to increase the capital to 10,0007. by the creation of 5,000 new shares of 17. each," it would seem that no modification or amendment of such resolution could be made at the meeting.

Form 140. Where it is desired to leave room for amendment the words "either with or without modification" should be inserted before the word "passing," or the notice should be framed more generally. It would seem that a resolution cannot be confirmed so as to become a special resolution, unless the notice of the first meeting gave direct or indirect notice that it was intended to proceed by special resolution.

Form 141. Notice of meet

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary general meeting of The Company, Limited, will be held at, &c., on the 10th February, ing to confirm 1877, when the subjoined resolution, which was passed at the extraspecial resolution. ordinary general meeting of the company held on the―th of January, 1877, will be submitted for confirmation as a special resolution. That, &c.

It seems clear that no modification of the resolution can be permitted at the confirmatory meeting. It must either be passed or rejected.

Form 142.

Notice of ordi

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary general meeting of The
Company, Limited, will be held at, &c., on, &c., at

o'clock

nary and extra in the afternoon, when the subjoined resolution, which was passed at ordinary the extraordinary meeting of the company, held on, &c., will be submitted for confirmation as a special resolution.

general meet

ings to be held

on same day.

And notice is hereby also given that at the same place, and on the same day, at o'clock in the afternoon, or so soon afterwards as the extraordinary general meeting shall be concluded, the fourth ordinary general meeting of the company will be held for the purpose of [see supra, p. 204] transacting the ordinary business of the company.

By order.

A. B., Secretary.

Sometimes it is found convenient to convene an extraordinary meeting for the same day as the ordinary meeting.

Where two successive special resolutions have to be passed it is not unusual to pass them in three meetings, or to hold the two central meetings on the same day, as follows:

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary general meeting, &c., when the subjoined resolution will be proposed.

Form 143.

Notice of

general meet

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

Resolution.

That the articles of association of the company be altered by the insertion therein immediately after Article 10 of the following Article, namely:

10a. The company may from time to time, by special resolution, reduce the capital.

ing two special resolutions in three meetings.

Notice of

Notice is hereby given, that an extraordinary general meeting of The Form 144. Company, Limited, will be held, &c., when the subjoined resolution, which was passed at the extraordinary meeting of the company meeting, 2. held on the inst., will be submitted for confirmation as a special resolution.

Resolution.

That the articles, &c. [as above].

If the aforesaid resolution shall be duly confirmed, the following resolution will be proposed at such meeting, and, if passed by the requisite majority, will be submitted for confirmation as a special resolution to a subsequent extraordinary general meeting to be duly convened.

Form 146.

Requisition of members for a

general meeting.

We, the undersigned members of the above-named company, holding in the aggregate shares and upwards in the capital thereof, do hereby, in pursuance of Article of the articles of association of the company, request you to call an extraordinary general meeting of the company, to be held on Monday, theth day of June, 1877, at six o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing, the subjoined resolution.

That, &c. [set it out.]
Dated, &c.

See supra, p. 113, Clause 61.

Resolution.

Form 147.

Notice by members calling meeting.

Whereas, on the day of, 18-, we, the undersigned, holding in the aggregate shares and upwards, in The Company, Limited, duly deposited a requisition in writing under our hands, requiring the directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the company, for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing the subjoined resolution; and whereas the directors have failed to convene an extraordinary general meeting within twenty-one days from the time of such deposit: Now THEREFORE, in exercise of the power for this purpose, given to us by Article 70 of the articles of association of the company, We do hereby give notice that an extraordinary general meeting of the company will be held at, &c., on, &c., at o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing the subjoined resolution.

That, &c.

Dated, &c.

Resolution.

[Signatures.]

WINDING UP NOTICES.

For notices convening meetings with a view to voluntary winding-up, and for various other notices in the course of winding-up, see infra, "winding-up" passim.

NOTICES TO THE REGISTRAR OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.

The Act requires a considerable number of notices to be given to the registrar. Every such notice requires a 58. stamp. See Table B. in the first schedule to the Act of 1862, and supra, p. 58. The notices are in many cases made out on skeleton forms supplied by the registration agents.

The following are some of the cases in which a notice must be given :

Notice as to Office.

Section 39 of the Act provides that: "Every company under this Act shall have a registered office, to which all communications and notices may be addressed. If