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may take place during any suspension of proceedings unless the chairman
otherwise allows.
(d) The chairman’s rights under rules 7.10(a) and 7.10(c) are exclusive and, unless the
chairman requires otherwise, no vote may be taken or demanded by the members
present about any postponement, adjournment or suspension of proceedings.
(e) Only unfinished business may be transacted at a meeting resumed after an adjournment.
(f) Where a meeting is postponed or adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the postponed
or adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting within seven
days.
7.11 Decisions at general meetings
(a) Except where a resolution requires a special majority, questions arising at a general
meeting must be decided by a majority of votes cast by the members present at the
meeting. A decision made in this way is for all purposes, a decision of the members.
(b) If the votes are equal on a proposed resolution, the chairman of the meeting has a
casting vote (provided that the chairman is a member or a Representative of a member),
in addition to any deliberative vote.
(c) A resolution put to the vote of a general meeting must be decided on a show of hands
unless a poll is demanded:
(i) before the show of hands is taken;
(ii) before the result of the show of hands is declared; or
(iii) immediately after the result of the show of hands is declared.
(d) Unless a poll is duly demanded, a declaration by the chairman of a general meeting that
a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously, or carried by a
particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the company’s minute book is
conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes
recorded for or against the resolution.
7.12 When poll may be demanded
(a) A poll may be demanded by:
(i) the chairman;
(ii) at least five members entitled to vote on the resolution; or
(iii) by members with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast on the resolution on
a poll.
(b) A demand for a poll does not prevent a general meeting continuing to transact any
business except the question on which the poll is demanded.
(c) If a poll is duly demanded at a general meeting, it must be taken in the way and either at
once or after an interval or adjournment as the chairman of the meeting directs. The
result of the poll as declared by the chairman is the resolution of the meeting at which
the poll was demanded.
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