Under what circumstances does a limited company convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders?

A limited company may convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the following ways:

1. When the number of directors is less than the number stipulated in this Law or two thirds of the number stipulated in the Articles of Association;

2. When the company's uncompensated losses reach one third of the total paid-in share capital;

3. The request of shareholders who individually or collectively hold more than 0/0% shares of the company/KLOC;

4. When the board of directors deems it necessary;

5. When the Board of Supervisors proposes to convene;

6. Other circumstances stipulated in the Articles of Association.

The convening process of the shareholders' meeting is as follows:

1. Convening: The shareholders' meeting shall be convened by the board of directors and presided over by the chairman in accordance with the provisions of the Company Law;

2. Determine the time and place: notify all shareholders fifteen days before the meeting; Where bearer shares are issued, the time, place and matters for deliberation of the meeting shall be announced 30 days before the meeting is held;

3. Interim proposal of the company: Shareholders who individually or collectively hold more than 3% of the shares of the company may make interim proposals and submit them to the board of directors in writing ten days before the shareholders' meeting;

4. Voting and passing: The voting at the shareholders' general meeting can be by meeting voting, which must be passed by more than half of the voting rights held by shareholders present at the meeting. However, the resolutions of the shareholders' meeting to amend the Articles of Association, increase or decrease the registered capital, and the resolutions of the company's merger, division, dissolution or change of corporate form must be adopted by more than two-thirds of the voting rights held by the shareholders present at the meeting;

5. Form minutes: The shareholders' meeting shall make minutes of the decisions on the matters discussed, and the presiding officer and directors present at the meeting shall sign the minutes, and the directors present at the meeting shall sign the minutes.

To sum up, the extraordinary general meeting is also an extraordinary general meeting. Generally, the shareholders' meeting of a joint stock limited company has a fixed time, but it can also be held within two months if there are special circumstances.

Legal basis:

Article 39 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Company Law

Shareholders' meetings are divided into regular meetings and temporary meetings.

Regular meetings shall be held on time in accordance with the provisions of the articles of association. If shareholders representing more than one-tenth of the voting rights, more than one-third of the directors, the board of supervisors or the supervisors of a company without a board of supervisors propose to convene an interim meeting, an interim meeting shall be convened.