Section 2: Notice of meetings

2. Notice of meetings (1) Written notice of the time and place of a meeting of shareholders shall be sent to every shareholder entitled to receive notice of the meeting and to every director, Secretary and auditor of the company not less than 14 days before the meeting. (2) The notice shall state— (a) the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting in sufficient detail to enable a shareholder to form a reasoned judgment in relation to it; and (b) the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting. C35 – 219 [Issue 1] Companies Act (3) Any irregularity in a notice of a meeting shall be waived where all the shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the meeting attend the meeting without protest as to the irregularity, or where all such shareholders agree to the waiver. (4) (a) Any accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the failure to receive notice of a meeting by, a shareholder shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting. (b) The Chairperson may, or where directed by the meeting, shall, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. (c) When a meeting of shareholders is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. (5) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3), it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting. (6) Subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall apply notwithstanding any contrary provision in any constitution adopted by the company.