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Control

(UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 59, p. 55. In the ordinary case one or more shareholders cannot be treated as exercising control if they are absent or in active when the relevant resolution is

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Proxy

Vict. c. 16), see sections 76, 77 of that Act; amended in the case of a company being shareholder, by the Companies Clauses Acts, 1888 and 1889. A letter 'for the sole purpose of appointing or authorizing … may do what they think advisable to get shareholders to vote either in favour of or against a resolution, e.g., they may send out stamped forms at the company's expense, Peel v. L. & N.W. Ry. Co.,

Be capitalised and distributed

Be capitalised and distributed, The expression 'be capitalised and distributed' in the resolution means 'is hereby capitalised and distributed'. In fact the whole tenor of the resolution shows that the distribution … shows that the distribution of the bonus shares became effective as from 30th Dec., 1954. If the ordinary shareholders became the owners of the bonus shares on and after Jan. 1, 1955 or on some later date,

Audit

for the appointment of an auditor by the Board of Trade, upon application made in pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of the directors or at a general meeting. The principle of compulsory audit was … of a railway company with the necessity, under s.101 of the Act of 1845, of the auditors being shareholders, and by s. 12 providing for the appointment of an auditor by the Board of Trade, upon application

Meeting

by members or by the Court (s. 115). As to meetings by creditors and contributories, see WINDING-UP. A resolution at an adjourned meeting is dated by the date of passing. Meetings of seditious societies are restrained by … p. 400; or of the parish or parish council: see PARISH COUNCIL; PARISHMEETING. Also a meeting of the shareholders of a company under ss. 66-80 of the (English) Companies Clauses Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c.

Account or Accompt

at least once in every year a profit and loss account and balance sheet, to copies of which shareholders of all companies, except private companies, are entitled. See ss. 122 and 131 of the Act (and for … XXXIII., rr. 2-9. By the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, see ss. 88-97, repeating s. 14 of the (English) Arbitration Act, 1889, in any cause or matter (other than a criminal proceeding by the Crown) if the question

Interest

virtue of the rule: 'Nemo debet judex esse in causa sua propria,' as where the judge is a shareholder in a company which is plaintiff or defendant in an action; thus, in Dimes v. Grand Junction Canal … Chatham & Dover Rail Co. v. South Eastern Rail Co., 1893 AC 429. Judgments and, under the (English) Arbitration Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 14), s. 11, sums due under arbitrators' awards carry interest

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