First meetings in the liquidation
4.12.—(1) This Rule applies where under section 138(3) the interim liquidator summons meetings of the creditors and the contributories of the company for the purpose of choosing a person to be liquidator of the company in place of the interim liquidator.
(2) Meetings summoned by the interim liquidator under that section are known respectively as “the first meeting of creditors” and “the first meeting of contributories”, and jointly as “the first meetings in the liquidation”.
(3) Subject as follows, no resolutions shall be taken at the first meeting of creditors other than the following: -
(a)a resolution to appoint one or more named insolvency practitioners to be liquidator or, as the case may be, joint liquidators and, in the case of joint liquidators, whether any act required or authorised to be done by the liquidator is to be done by both or all of them, or by any one or more;
(b)a resolution to establish a liquidation committee under section 142(1);
(c)unless a liquidation committee is to be established, a resolution specifying the terms on which the liquidator is to be remunerated, or to defer consideration of that matter;
(d)a resolution to adjourn the meeting for not more than 3 weeks;
(e)any other resolution which the chairman considers it right to allow for special reason.
(4) This rule also applies with respect to the first meeting of contributories except that that meeting shall not pass any resolution to the effect of paragraph (3)(c).