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PROXY FORM
(Issued pursuant to Sections 254 to 260 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020)
§1. APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
1.1. I, the undersigned, being the registered holder (the "Shareholder") of ________ ordinary shares in the share capital of ________, a company incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with Registration Number (RC) ________ and having its registered office at ________ (the "Company"), and whose address appears below:
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1.2. HEREBY APPOINT ________ (the "Proxy"), holding identification number ________, of the following address:
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1.3. or, failing the said Proxy, ________ of ________, as my proxy to attend, speak and vote for me and on my behalf at the meeting of the Company particularised in §2 below.
1.4. In accordance with Section 254 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020, the Proxy need not be a member of the Company.
§2. PARTICULARS OF THE MEETING
2.1. This appointment is made in respect of the ________ Meeting of the Company to be convened at ________ on ________, at the following venue:
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§3. DIRECTIONS AS TO VOTING
3.1. The Proxy shall vote on the resolutions to be proposed at the meeting in the following manner:
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3.2. Unless otherwise directed in §3.1 above, the Proxy shall vote or abstain from voting at the Proxy's own discretion on the resolutions before the meeting and on any other business (including amendments to resolutions) which may properly come before the meeting.
§4. RIGHT TO DEMAND A POLL
4.1. In accordance with Section 248 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020, the Proxy is authorised to demand, or join in demanding, a poll on any resolution and to vote on a show of hands and on a poll.
§5. DEPOSIT AND VALIDITY OF INSTRUMENT
5.2. The appointment of the Proxy shall, unless the contrary is stated herein, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates.
§6. REVOCATION
6.1. This appointment may be revoked by the Shareholder at any time before the Proxy exercises the rights conferred herein, by notice in writing delivered to the registered office of the Company, and shall be deemed revoked upon the personal attendance and voting of the Shareholder at the meeting.
§7. EXECUTION
SIGNED by the Shareholder on ________.
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Signature of the Shareholder
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(Where the Shareholder is a corporation, this instrument shall be executed either under its common seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised in that behalf, in accordance with Section 256 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020.)
For corporate shareholders, the name and designation of the authorised signatory:
Name: ________
Designation: ________
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