
The CONSTITUTION of The Fair Shares
Investment Club
This agreement is made this 12th day of November in the year
of 1998 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 members 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
chairperson, 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 drawings
together with the current value of his/her holdings.
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 name 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 the majority of the 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 he/she considers desirable.
16. A member shall be expelled if ALL 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.
IN WITNESS whereas the undersigned have set their hands this
12th day of November in the year of 1998.
NAME SIGNATURE WITNESSED BY
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