南京公司律师:公司通知事项不可不慎

       In a company,a shareholder controlling more than half of voting rights can exert essential influence over most of corporate affairs,though he may not be able to decide everything;a shareholder controlling no less than 2/3 of voting rights can almost decide everything with respect to the company.However,if you don’t attach importance to the procedure of the shareholders’meeting,some small shareholders will take advantage of some negligent flaws to make any resolution made in such a session invalid.

 

　　在一个公司中，控制一半表决权就意味着能对大多数公司事务发挥影响力，虽然还不足以决定每个事务；控制至少2/3表决权就意味着几乎可以决定每件和公司有关的事情。根据南京公司律师许光律师（电话微信同号17712855901）所知,虽然如此，如果你不能对股东会的召开程序产生足够的重视，一些小股东就会利用无心之失的冲突，让会议上产生的任何决议都归于无效。

 

　　According to Chinese Corporate Law,any notification for summoning a new session of shareholders’meeting shall be served to all shareholders at least 15 days in advance,unless the articles of association has provided otherwise,or the shareholders have reached some other agreement.You might say:it’s easy,let’s serve such notifications to each shareholder.You are wrong,it is not so easy.When some small shareholders know their voting rights don’t count,they will make their best efforts to refuse to accept the notification.

 

　　根据中国公司法的规定，任何召开股东会新会议的通知应提前十五天提交给股东，除非公司章程另有规定或者股东们另有约定。你或许认为：这很简单，把通知送达他们就行了。错了，这个并不简单。当一些小股东知道他们的股权所对应的投票权数量不作数，他们将会尽到自己最大的努力以避免收到通知。

 

　　For examples,when the postmen or courier have arrived at their home or company to deliver the notification document,the shareholders will intentionally be absent or refuse to sign as addressee.Furthermore,some shareholders will provide wrong address of home or company,then you will not get a receipt signed by the shareholder to prove the successful service of notification.

 

　　比如，当邮递员或者快递员抵达他们的家或者单位去送达通知文件时，这些股东会故意不在或者拒绝作为收件人签收。而且，一些股东会故意提供假的单位或者住家地址，这样就不可能获得成功送达通知的股东签名回执。

 

　　How will you respond to this situation as a controlling shareholder?Since the law allows that the shareholders can reach an agreement as how to notify them of the date of shareholders’meeting,a controlling shareholder can request the shareholders to arrive such an agreement,that:

 

　　作为控股股东对以上行为如何回应呢？既然法律允许股东达成一致协议决定如何通知股东会召开日期，控股股东应请求股东达成协议，包括以下内容：

 

　　A.Any notification released on the corporate official website should be deemed as having been delivered to all shareholders.

 

　　B.Any notification hung on the walls of the headquarters of the company should be deemed as having been delivered to all shareholders.

 

　　C.Any notification sent to an e-mail address reported by any the shareholders shall be deemed as having been delivered to such shareholder.

 

　　D.Any notification sent to designated agent shall be deemed as having been delivered to such shareholder authorizing the agent.

 

　　1、任何在公司官网上发布的通知应视为送达全体股东；

 

　　2、任何在公司总部悬挂的通知应视为送达全体股东；

 

　　3、任何发送到股东预留的电子邮箱地址应当被视为送达该股东；

 

　　4、任何发送给指定代理人的通知被视为已经送达给授权该代理人的股东。

 

　　Furthermore,when you fail to do aforementioned,you can publish the notification in a local popular newspaper,the date on which the notification is published shall be deemed as the date on which the notification has been delivered to the shareholders residing in the area covered by the newspaper.

 

　　不过，如果上述做法都不奏效，也可以在当地流行的报纸上发布通知，发布通知之日就是该通知对在报纸覆盖范围内居住的股东送达之日。

 

　　Nanjing Corporate Lawyer suggests that people should pay special attention to service of notification,otherwise shareholders may make complaints against the resolutions made in the shareholders’meeting for its procedural defects.The resolutions might be revoked by judiciary due to such procedural defects.

 

　　南京公司律师建议，应当对通知的送达特别注意，否则股东可能因为程序瑕疵对股东会上作成的决议产生异议。这些决议都有可能因为程序瑕疵而被司法机关撤销。