Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977

Meetings of holders of securities

6 (1) A stockholders' representative may at any time call a meeting of holders of securities, and shall call such a meeting within 21 days of the service on him of such a requisition as is mentioned in this paragraph.

(2) A stockholders' representative may at any time call a meeting of such class or classes of holders of securities as are exclusively affected by any matter dealt with by him in the performance of his duties, so, however, that the business of any such meeting shall be confined to matters affecting exclusively the class or classes summoned to that meeting.

(3) A requisition to a stockholders' representative to call a meeting of holders of securities may be made by holders of securities representing not less than—

(a) one-tenth of the aggregate nominal value of the securities of the company in respect of which compensation is payable under this Act; or

(b) one-fifth of the aggregate nominal value of any class of such securities ;

and every requisition shall state the purpose of the meeting and shall be signed by the requisitionists and deposited with the stockholders' representative, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more of the requisitionists.

(4) If, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (3) above, the stockholders' representative does not within 21 days after the deposit of the requisition proceed duly to call the meeting, the requisitionists, or any of them representing not less than one-twentieth of the aggregate nominal value of the securities referred to in that sub-paragraph or, as the case may be, one-tenth of the aggregate nominal value of the class of securities referred to in that sub-paragraph, may themselves call the meeting.

(5) Any expenses reasonably incurred by the requisitionists in calling a meeting under sub-paragraph (4) above shall be repaid to them by the stockholders' representative and shall, except to the extent of any excess over the expenses which would have been incurred by the stockholders' representative if the meeting had been called by him, be deemed to be expenses incurred by him in the exercise of his functions.

7 (1) A meeting of holders of securities shall be called by notice in writing served on every such holder not less than 14 and not more than 40 days before the date of the meeting.

(2) A notice under sub-paragraph (1) above shall state that the meeting is to be held under this Schedule, shall state the purpose of the meeting and the place, date and time at which it is to be held, and shall draw attention to the provisions of this Schedule relating to proxies and specify the address at which proxies for the meeting are to be deposited ; and, if the notice is served, a form of instrument for appointing a proxy, being the form set out in the Appendix to this Schedule, shall be served together with it.

(3) If a meeting is adjourned for more than two weeks this paragraph shall apply to die adjourned meeting as it applies to the original meeting, except that it shall not be necessary to give notice of an adjourned meeting.

(4) The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of a notice by, any holder of securities shall not invalidate the proceedings at the meeting.

8 (1) An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in the form set out in the Appendix to this Schedule or in a form as near thereto as circumstances admit, and shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of an attorney duly authorised by him in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation, shall be either under seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised by the corporation in writing.

(2) A proxy need not be a holder of securities.

(3) The appointment of a proxy shall not be valid unless the instrument of appointment, and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority, is deposited at the address specified for the purpose in the notice convening the meeting, not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting.

(4) An appointment of a proxy may be made for one or more meetings, and any appointment for a meeting shall be deemed to apply to any adjournment thereof.