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CONSTITUTION
of the Junction 17 Investment
Club
This agreement is made this
29th day of November in the year 2000 between the undersigned
people as founder members for the purpose of joint investment in stocks,
shares, bonds, options, securities and investments of a like nature for
their mutual benefit and interest.
1. The first principle of
the club shall be that no member shall be deprived of his/her equitable
share in the assets of the club.
2. Members of the club shall
make regular contributions in such amounts and on such basis as is from
time to time agreed or required by the rules.
3. Members shall be bound
by the rules to be determined by members. Such rules may be varied by
majority resolution at a properly convened general meeting but the rules
shall not at any time contravene the principles of this constitution.
The constitution cannot be altered without the agreement of 75% of the
club for the time being.
4. The club shall deal solely
with investments on behalf of its own members and shall neither deal on
behalf of nor advise any persons other than its members in relation to
investments of any kind. All its activities will be confined to the mutual
benefit and interest of its members.
5. Club membership shall
be restricted to a maximum of 20 people. New members shall only be admitted
after being proposed and seconded by two existing members and there being
no objection from any other member of the club.
6. No member shall assign,
pledge, transfer, mortgage or sell any part of his/her interest in the
club to another member or to anyone else except as permitted by the authorised
procedure for selling back all or part of his/her interest to the club
itself.
7. No member shall be compensated
for services rendered to the club and no member shall bind or obligate
the club or any member of the club to any matters outside the affairs
of the club, and in respect of the club’s affairs they shall only enter
into agreements on the authority of a resolution properly passed by members.
8. The rules shall determine
the procedure whereby a member may resign from the club and withdraw his/her
equitable share of the club’s assets but the maximum period to elapse
between the date of resignation and the date of full repayment shall not
exceed 90 days.
9. The club shall hold a
general meeting once in every calendar year as its annual general meeting
provided that every annual general meeting shall not be more than 15 months
after the preceding annual general meeting. The club’s first annual general
meeting shall be within 15 months of its inauguration.
10. At each annual general
meeting, the members shall elect a chairman, honorary treasurer and honorary
secretary who will resign at the following annual general meeting but
be subject to re-election. Members will also elect the club’s auditors.
If the auditors are members of the club they shall be at least two in
number and shall not be executive officers of the club.
11. At each annual general
meeting, a statement of account shall be given by the treasurer, together
with the report of the auditors. The treasurer’s report shall include
a full record of the club’s income and expenditure; a list of the club’s
assets together with its end-of-year valuation; also a capital account
for each member showing his/her total contributions and withdrawals together
with the current value of his/her holding.
12. Upon the death of any
member the value of his/her equitable share in the club shall be paid
to the executor of the estate in accordance with the club’s rules for
dealing with a member leaving the club.
13. The club’s investments
shall be registered through a nominee company provided by a reputable
source such as a bank or stockbroker OR such investments shall be held
in the names of trustees, of whom there shall be at least two, who will
sign a Declaration of Trust and who shall be appointed by a resolution
of a majority of club members.
14. The club shall open an
account with a bank or building society and all club monies shall be paid
into this account except in so far as monies from disposal of investments
may be retained by the club’s stockbroker pending reinvestment. At least
two of the club’s officers or other members nominated by the club for
this purpose must sign all cheques and the bank/building society shall
be instructed accordingly.
15. If any member should
assign, charge or otherwise encumber his/her share in the club as prohibited
by clause 6 of this agreement, he/she shall be expelled from the club.
If any member shall become bankrupt, insane or otherwise incapable of
taking part in the club’s business, OR shall act in any manner inconsistent
with the good faith observable between members, OR shall be guilty of
any conduct which could injure the good name of the club, OR bring about
its dissolution or fail to attend at least 25% of properly constituted
meetings in any one financial year, it shall be lawful for other members
to notify the offending member in writing that members shall consider
his/her expulsion from the club. A member being issued with such a warning
shall be given an opportunity to offer other members any explanation as
he/she considers desirable.
16. A member shall be expelled
if ALL other members present at a properly constituted meeting of the
club support a resolution to that effect. A member who is expelled shall
be notified in writing and shall have his/her equitable share of the club
assets returned in accordance with the rules of the club.
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