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(a)
may be in hard copy form or by way of electronic communication;
(b)
must identify the statement to be circulated;
(c)
must be authenticated by the person or persons making it; and
(d)
must be received by the Company at least one week before the meeting to which it
relates.
(5)
A Company that is required under paragraph (2) above to circulate a statement must send
a copy of it to each member of the Company entitled to receive notice of the meeting:
(a)
in the same manner as the notice of the meeting; and
(b)
at the same time as, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, it gives notice of
the meeting.
(6)
The expenses of the Company in complying with this article need not be paid by the
members who requested the circulation of the statement if:
(a)
the meeting to which the requests relate is the annual general meeting of the
Company; and
(b)
requests sufficient to require the Company to circulate the statement are received
before the end of the financial year preceding the relevant meeting.
(7)
Unless paragraph (6) above applies:
(a)
the expenses of the Company in complying with this article must be paid by the
members who requested the circulation of the statement unless the Company
resolves otherwise; and
(b)
unless the Company has previously so resolved, it is not bound to comply with this
article unless there is deposited with or tendered to it, not later than one week
before the meeting, a sum reasonably sufficient to meet its expenses in doing so.
31.
Separate general meetings
Subject to these articles and to any rights for the time being attached to any class of
shares in the Company, the provisions of these articles relating to general meetings of the
Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, provisions relating to the proceedings at
general meetings or to the rights of any person to attend or vote or be represented at
general meetings or to any restrictions on these rights) shall apply,
mutatis mutandis
, in
relation to every separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the
Company.
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
32.
Length and form of notice
(1)
An annual general meeting shall be called by not less than 21 clear days' notice. All other
general meetings shall be called by not less than 14 clear days' notice.
(2)
The notice (including any notice given by means of a website) shall specify the place, day
and time of the meeting, whether the meeting will be an annual general meeting and the
general nature of the business to be transacted. If the notice is made available by means
of a website, it must be available until conclusion of the meeting. It shall also state in a
reasonably prominent place that a member entitled to attend and vote can appoint one or
more proxies (who need not be members) to attend, speak and vote instead of that
member.
