2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

12.   Notices of meetings

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    (1)   For the purposes of determining which persons are entitled to attend or vote at a meeting of holders of a security and how many votes such persons may cast, the issuer may specify in the notice of the meeting a time, not more than 48 hours before the time fixed for the meeting, by which a person must be entered on the relevant register of securities in order to have the right to attend or vote at the meeting.

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    (2)   Despite any provision in any enactment, articles of association or other instrument to the contrary changes to entries in the relevant register of securities after the time specified by virtue of subregulation (1) shall be disregarded in determining the right of any person to attend or vote at the meeting.

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    (3)   For the purposes of serving notices of meetings, whether under sections 111, 125, 126, 129 or 131 of the Companies Act, or any other enactment, or a provision in the articles of association, or any other instrument, an issuer, may determine that persons entitled to receive such notices are those persons entered on the relevant register of securities at the close of business on a day determined by such issuer.

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    (4)   The day determined by the issuer under subregulation (3) may not be more than 7 days before the day on which the notices of the meeting are sent out.