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The company cannot adopt a constitutional term at general meeting that allows it compulsorily acquires the share of anyone holding less than 5%.

Firstly, general meeting can be either annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting. But neither of those two is the one that required for the situation. Under S246B of Corporation Law, a class meeting is needed to approve a variation or cancellation of class rights. Also, the attendance of general meeting may not meet the requirement of the variation and cancellation of shares.

Secondly, a constitutional term is ‘the memorandum and articles of association of a company formed before 1 July 1998 are taken together to make it the company’s constitution after that date under S1415 of the former Corporations Law, unless they have been repealed or amended since in accordance with S136. The internal governance rule of a company, it can be either replaceable rule of Corporation Act, or the company can develops its own, in addition, it can be the mix of two. However, constitutional term is something that can be added later in the company life with a passed resolution. As S135(2) stated, the adoption of constitutional term is eligible. Also, S136(1) said that after registration adoption must be made through a special resolution.

Thirdly, the content on constitutional term is to allow the company to ‘compulsorily acquire the share of anyone holding less than 5% of the company’s share capital’. The term affects the class rights of one class of shares that is less than 5%. Hence under s246B(2) of Corporation Law, it is necessary to have a special resolution, or ‘the consent in writing of members holding at least 75% of the votes of, the members of the class whose rights are varied or ...

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...be different as this requires a longer period. Under S249H of Corporation Act, for this situation the days cannot be reduced even members agree to. Also the notice of this intention must be given to the company at least two months before the meeting. Also the director must be notified with this intention.

The agenda must also include the opportunity for directors to have the presentation sent to members by company or speak at the meeting which they have rights to.

Proxy and vote will be the same. But the removal of director can be happened also since S203D of Corporation Act allows the majority of members to vote to remove the director before contract ends.

Public proprietary has similar procedure but maybe limited in some way due to the constitutions

Therefore, the directors can be removed by members with a procedure followed by notice, agenda, proxy and vote.

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