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Memorandum and Article of Association of The Alliance Economic Investment Co. Ltd.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PA 215/7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Memorandum and Article of Association of The Alliance Economic Investment Co. Ltd.
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Date (When the record was created)
- July, 1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Memorandum of Association. Clauses as follows-
1 Name
2 Situation of registered office in England
3 Objects (land investment and money-raising for house-purchase)
4 Limited Liability
5 £100,000 capital;
Articles of Association. Clauses as follows-
1 Companies Act, 1862 table A regulations not to apply
2 Any joint holder's receipt for shares effectual
3 Share certificates
4 Company will have a lien upon shares for payment of debt
5 A deceased shareholder's executors or administrators will be his successors in title
6 Entitlement of a bankrupt's or married woman's new husband to shares
7 Registration of share-transference instead of effecting entitlement under cl. 6
8 Format for share-transfer
9 Directors' consent needed for transfer
10 Evidence of title required before directors' consent given
11 Transfer books may be closed for fourteen days before an Annual General Meeting
12 By special resolution, the company may increase its capital
13 Fresh capital of equal value with the original
14 First General Meeting will be held within twelve months of the company's registration
15 Subsequent General Meetings will be held during Feb. or Mar
16 Cl. 15's meetings with be Ordinary General ones
17 Directors may call an Extraordinary General Meeting whenever they want
18 Holders of not less than one-fifth of all the shares may call an Extraordinary General Meeting
19 Shareholders may call their own meeting if the directors will not act for fourteen days after being notified of a desire that one be called
20 Seven days' notice of every General Meeting
21 General Meeting notice to specify time and agenda
22 Definition of ordinary and special business
23 Quorum of five for 20 shareholders, rising by one for every additional 20 shareholders up to a ceiling of a quorum of 20
24 General Meeting to be dissolved if it be inquorate half an hour after the scheduled starting time
25 Chairman of Board of Directors to chair General Meeting, by default successively another director or a shareholder
26 Only adjourned business may be discussed at an adjourned meeting
27 Chairman's declaration of a resolution sufficient unless not less than five shareholders demand in writing a poll
28 Chairman still responsible for conduct of such a poll
29 One vote per share
30 Voting allowed on behalf of legally incapacitated
31 First-named holder of a joint share enjoys its voting-right
32 Untransferred shares require ownership for two calendar months to entitle franchise
33 Proxy voting allowed for one month from appointment
34 Proxy must be a shareholder
35 Chairman enjoys casting vote
36 First directors named
37 Five directors the usual number, but from three to ten are allowed
38 Each director must hold 20 shares in his own right
39 Directors may fix the managing director's remuneration
40 General Meeting will determine directors' remuneration
41 A director will vacate office if he becomes a company employee (in most cases), lunatic or indebted, or participates in the profits of any contract made with the company except in specified circumstances
42 One-third of the directors will retire annually
43 Retiring directors are eligible for re-election
44 Filling up of vacancies
45 If there be no election when scheduled the former directors will continue in office until the next Ordinary General Meeting
46 Directors may fill up any casual vacancy on the board
47 During a vacancy, the remaining directors will exercise full powers
48 On a two-thirds vote, a director or officer may be removed at a General Meeting
49 Directors' business
50 Directors to appoint chairman for as long as they wish
51 Directors may delegate their powers to either managing director or committees
52 Meeting's acts will be deemed to be valid, even if an appointment of an individual be later found to be defective
53 Directors have power to manage estates, affix common seal, lend or invest money, appoint officers and give receipts
54 Ordinary General Meetings will declare dividends, though directors may declare half-year ordinary ones
55 Dividends payable out of profits
56 Reserve fund
57 A shareholder's dividends may be used to discharge his debt
58 Dividends unclaimed for three years will be forfeit
59 No dividend shall bear interest against the company
60 Accounts open to inspection
61 Annual statement of accounts
62 Annual balance sheet
63 Each shareholder to receive balance sheet three days before an Ordinary General Meeting
64 Annual audit
65 Auditor appointed annually
66 Auditor re-eligible
67 Only ordinary shareholders or disinterested persons may become auditors
68 Directors will appoint an auditor if the post become casually vacant
69 Directors will supply the auditor with a balance sheet 21 days before each Ordinary General Meeting
70 Auditor to examine balance sheet
71 Auditor will enjoy free access to company banks and directors
72 Auditor's report will be read at Ordinary General Meeting
73 Notices will be served personally or posted
74 Notices will be served upon the first-named person where shares are jointly hold
75 Company will have a common need
76 Directors will keep the seal
77 Registered office
78 In pursuance of an Extraordinary General Meeting resolution, the company may be amalgamated or sold
79 In pursuance of an Extraordinary General Meeting resolution, the company may purchase business
80 Each side to a dispute will appoint an arbitrator, which pair will appoint another within fourteen days; if one party will not appoint an arbitrator, the other will select one who will choose a second and those two a third.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Coventry Archives & Research Centre
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Former reference: Places Miscellaneous 5.
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/15ba7bb7-e3f6-4f8d-84a6-0f59e888aca8/
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Memorandum and Article of Association of The Alliance Economic Investment Co. Ltd.