PART 8DECISION MAKING
CHAPTER 12Company meetings
Location of company meetings8.43
1
This rule applies to a request to the convener of a meeting under section 246A(9)99 to specify a place for the meeting.
2
The request must be accompanied by—
a
a list of the members making or concurring with the request and their voting rights, and
b
from each person concurring, confirmation of that person’s concurrence.
3
The request must be delivered to the convener within 7 business days of the date on which the convener delivered the notice of the meeting in question.
4
Where the convener considers that the request has been properly made in accordance with the Act and this rule, the convener must—
a
deliver notice to all those previously given notice of the meeting—
i
that it is to be held at a specified place, and
ii
as to whether the date and time are to remain the same or not;
b
set a venue (including specification of a place) for the meeting, the date of which must be not later than 28 days after the original date for the meeting; and
c
deliver at least 14 days’ notice of that venue to all those previously given notice of the meeting,
and the notices required by sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) may be delivered at the same or different times.
5
Where the convener has specified a place for the meeting in response to a request to which this rule applies, the chair of the meeting must attend the meeting by being present in person at that place.