ABSTRACT
The directors have to convene a meeting within 21 days of the requisition and the meeting must be held within 28 days of the giving of the notice (ss 368(4), (8) and 392A(5)) (notwithstanding that Table A refers to the meeting being held eight weeks from the date of requisition (reg 37)). If the directors do not convene a meeting within 21 days, the members (but not the auditors) are able to do so. Accordingly, unless the meeting
can be held on short notice, the directors will, where an ordinary resolution is to be passed, need to convene the meeting at the latest 11 days after the receipt of the requisition (on the assumption that the company has Table A articles) or, in the case of a special resolution, four days after receipt (see below, 9.3).
