Proceedings of Directors董事会的议事程序条款是公司章程(Article of Association)中的重要条款之一。其内容较多且程序性强,基本内容包括会议的召集和主持、会议的通知、会议事项的商定和表决、董事利益宣告、会议记录以及书面决议、董事会下设委员会的权责等,以下为会议召开和会议通知的内容:
会议召开
1. The Directors may meet together (whether within or outside the Cayman Islands) for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit.
董事应召开会议(不管是在开曼群岛境内或境外),以处理相关事务,并以他们认为合适的方式召集、延期举行和以其他方式使他们的会议规律化。
2. A Director may at any time summon a meeting of the Directors by prior notice to every other Director and alternate Director.
任何董事均可在任何时候提前通知其他各位董事和替代董事后,召集董事会会议。
3. A Director or Directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors of which such Director or Directors are members, by means of conference telephone, video conference or similar communication equipment by way of which all persons participating in such meeting can hear each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
任何董事可以通过电话会议、电视会议或使参加会议的所有人员可以听到相互发言的类似通信设备参加董事会或董事会委任的任何委员会的任何会议,依照本规定参加会议的,应视为亲自参加该等会议。
4. If a quorum is not present at a Board meeting within thirty (30) minutes following the time appointed for such board meeting, the relevant meeting shall be adjourned for a period of at least three (3) Business Days and the presence of any four (4) directors shall constitute a quorum at such adjourned meeting. A meeting of the Directors at which a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business shall be competent to exercise all powers and discretions for the time being exercisable by the Directors.
任何董事会会议在规定召开时间后的三十(30)分钟内未达到法定人数的,相关会议应延期至少三(3)个营业日,之后在延期举行的会议上,任何四(4)名董事出席的即构成法定人数。达到法定人数的董事会会议在议事时可以行使董事当时可行使的所有权力和酌情决定权。
5. The Directors may elect a chairman of their meetings and determine the period for which he is to hold office but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
董事会可以选择一名会议主席并确定会议主席的任期。但若未选择会议主席,或者,若在任何会议上,会议主席未在指定召开会议的时间过后15分钟内出席会议,参会的董事可以选择他们当中的任何一人担任会议主席。
会议通知
6. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to such Director verbally (in person or by telephone) or otherwise communicated or sent to such Director by post, cable, telex, telecopier, facsimile, electronic mail or other mode of representing words in a legible form at such Director’s last known address or any other address given by such Director to the Company for this purpose.
董事会会议的通知在口头(不管是当面或通过电话)告知或以其他方式传达给任何董事或通过邮寄、电报、电传打字机、电传复制机、传真、电子邮件或其他以清晰形式呈现文字的方式发送至该董事最后已知的地址或该董事提供给公司的、用于接收该等通知的任何其他地址时,应被视为已有效送达。
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