Form with which the secretary of a corporation notifies all necessary parties of the date, time, and place of the annual stockholder's meeting.
Form with which the secretary of a corporation notifies all necessary parties of the date, time, and place of the annual stockholder's meeting.
Every shareholder is given the opportunity to vote and attend meetings, but it's not a requirement. Institutional investors or those with a large position in the company may attend and vote in person. Those who choose not to attend in person but still want to make their opinion known can vote by proxy.
If the directors do not call a meeting as required to do so, under S304, the members who requested the meeting, or any of them representing more than one half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves call a general meeting.
(a) Whenever shareholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting a written notice of the meeting shall be given not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat.
If your business is set up and registered as a Corporation, you're required by law to hold an annual shareholder meeting and to document the meeting with minutes.
Directors call general meetings, including the AGM. Members of a corporation cannot call a general meeting or AGM unless the rule book says they can. It is best if all the directors are involved in the decision to call a general meeting and setting the agenda by passing a resolution at a directors' meeting.
Special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose or purposes, at any time, by the Chief Executive Officer; by the Chief Financial Officer; by the Board or any two or more members thereof; or by one or more shareholders holding not less than 10% of the voting power of all shares of the corporation ...
In the case of a private company regardless of the number of members, two members must be present for the quorum to be met for a meeting.
A General Meeting is simply a meeting of shareholders and 21 days' notice must be given to shareholders, but this can be reduced to 14 days, or increased to 28 days, in certain situations.