Rules regarding holding Annual General Meeting

Notice of General Meeting

You must know that a meeting cannot be held unless a proper notice has been given to all persons entitled to attend the meeting at the proper time, containing the necessary informa­tion. A notice convening a general meeting must be given at least 21 clear days prior to the date of meeting. However, an annual general meeting may be called and held with a shorter notice, if it is consented to by all the members entitled to vote at the meeting. In respect of any other meeting, it may be called and held with a shorter notice, if at least members holding 95 percent of the total voting power of the Company consent to a shorter notice.

Notice of every meeting of company must be sent to all members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting. Notice of the AGM must be given to the statutory auditor of the company.

Accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of notice by, any member or any other person on whom it should be given will not invalidate the proceedings of the meeting. The notice may be given to any member either personally or by sending it by post to him at his registered address, or if there is none in India, to any address within India supplied by him for the purpose. Where notice is sent by post, properly addressing, pre-paying and posting the notice affect service. A notice may be given to joint holders by giving it to the joint holder first named in the register of members. A notice of meeting may also be given by advertising the same in a newspaper circulating in the neighborhood of the registered office of the company and it shall be deemed to be served on every member who has to registered address in India for the giving of notices to him.

A notice calling a meeting must state the place, day and hour of the meeting and must contain the agenda of the meeting. If the meeting is a statutory or annual general meeting, notice must describe it as such. Where any items of special business are to be transacted at the meeting, an explanatory statement setting out all materials facts concerning each item of the special business including the concern or interest, if any, therein of every director and manager, is any, must be annexed to the notice. If it is intended to propose any resolution as a special resolution, such intention should be specified.

A notice convening an AGM must be accompanied by the annual accounts of the company, the director’s report and the auditor’s report. The copies of these documents could, however, be sent less than 21 days before of the date of the meeting if agreed to by all members entitled to vote at the meeting. You must have heard about proxy. Let us learn what we mean by it in respect of a company
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