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Shopper's Stop Limited - Securities and Exchange Board of India

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When a meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice <strong>of</strong> the adjourned meeting shall be given as in<br />

the case <strong>of</strong> an original meeting. Save as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to give any notice <strong>of</strong> an<br />

adjournment or <strong>of</strong> the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.<br />

In the case <strong>of</strong> an equality <strong>of</strong> votes, whether on a show <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s or on a poll, the chairman <strong>of</strong> the meeting<br />

at which the show <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s takes place, or at which the poll is dem<strong>and</strong>ed, shall be entitled to a casting<br />

vote in addition to his own vote or votes to which he may be entitled as a Member.<br />

Any business, other than that upon which a poll has been dem<strong>and</strong>ed, may be proceeded with pending<br />

the taking <strong>of</strong> the poll.<br />

At any General meeting a resolution put to vote <strong>of</strong> the meeting shall unless a poll is dem<strong>and</strong>ed, be<br />

decided on a show <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s. A declaration by the Chairman that on a show <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s a resolution has or<br />

has not been carried either unanimously or by a particular majority <strong>and</strong> an entry to that effect in the books<br />

containing the Minutes <strong>of</strong> the proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Company, shall be evidence <strong>of</strong> the fact <strong>and</strong>, subject to<br />

the provisions <strong>of</strong> law, pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> the number or proportion <strong>of</strong> the votes cast in favour <strong>of</strong> or against such<br />

resolution would not be required.<br />

VOTES OF MEMBERS<br />

98. Subject to the provisions <strong>of</strong> the Act, <strong>and</strong> subject to the terms <strong>of</strong> the issue, <strong>and</strong> subject to any<br />

rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes <strong>of</strong> shares:-<br />

(i) on a show <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s, every Member (including a body corporate present by a<br />

representative duly authorised in accordance with the provisions <strong>of</strong> Section 187 <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Act) present in person <strong>and</strong> entitled to vote shall have one vote; <strong>and</strong><br />

(ii) on a poll, every Member (including a body corporate present by a representative duly<br />

authorised in accordance with the provisions <strong>of</strong> Section 187 <strong>of</strong> the Act) entitled to vote<br />

<strong>and</strong> present in person or by attorney or by proxy shall be entitled to vote in accordance<br />

with Section 87 <strong>of</strong> the Act.<br />

99. In the case <strong>of</strong> joint holders, the vote <strong>of</strong> the First Holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or<br />

by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion <strong>of</strong> the votes <strong>of</strong> the other joint holders. For this<br />

purpose, the First Holder shall be determined by the order in which the names st<strong>and</strong> in the<br />

Register <strong>of</strong> Members.<br />

100. A Member <strong>of</strong> unsound mind, or in respect <strong>of</strong> whom an order has been made by any Court<br />

having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s or on a poll, by his<br />

committee or other legal guardian, <strong>and</strong> any such committee or guardian may, on a poll, vote by<br />

proxy. If any Member be a minor, the vote in respect <strong>of</strong> his guardians, if more than one, to be<br />

elected in case <strong>of</strong> dispute by the Chairman <strong>of</strong> the meeting.<br />

101. No Member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless all calls or other sums<br />

presently payable by him in respect <strong>of</strong> shares in the Company have been paid.<br />

102. Subject to the provisions <strong>of</strong> the Act <strong>and</strong> these Articles, no objection shall be raised to the<br />

qualification <strong>of</strong> any voter except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected<br />

to is given or tendered, <strong>and</strong> every vote not disallowed at such meeting shall be valid for all<br />

purposes. Any such objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairman <strong>of</strong> the meeting,<br />

whose decision shall be final <strong>and</strong> conclusive.<br />

103. Subject to the provisions <strong>of</strong> the Act <strong>and</strong> these Articles, the Chairman <strong>of</strong> any meeting shall be the<br />

sole judge <strong>of</strong> the validity <strong>of</strong> every vote tendered at such meeting. Subject as aforesaid Chairman<br />

present at the taking <strong>of</strong> a poll shall be the sole judge <strong>of</strong> the validity <strong>of</strong> every vote tendered at<br />

such poll.<br />

104. Subject to the provisions <strong>of</strong> the Act <strong>and</strong> these Articles, votes may be given either personally or<br />

by an attorney or by proxy or in the case <strong>of</strong> a body corporate also by a representative duly<br />

authorised under Section 187 <strong>of</strong> the Act.<br />

105. Subject to the provisions <strong>of</strong> the Act <strong>and</strong> other provisions <strong>of</strong> these Articles, any Person entitled to<br />

transmit any shares may vote at any general meeting in respect there<strong>of</strong> as if he was the<br />

registered holder <strong>of</strong> such shares, provided that at least forty-eight hours before the time <strong>of</strong><br />

holding <strong>of</strong> the meeting or adjourned meeting, as the case may be at which he proposes to vote<br />

he shall satisfy the Directors <strong>of</strong> his right to transmission <strong>of</strong> such shares unless the Directors shall<br />

have previously admitted his right to vote at such meeting in respect there<strong>of</strong>.<br />

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