4.12.—(1) This Rule applies where under section 138(3) the interim liquidator summons meetings of the creditors and the contributories of the company for the purpose of choosing a person to be liquidator of the company in place of the interim liquidator.
(2) Meetings summoned by the interim liquidator under that section are known respectively as “the first meeting of creditors” and “the first meeting of contributories”, and jointly as “the first meetings in the liquidation”.
(3) Subject as follows, no resolutions shall be taken at the first meeting of creditors other than the following: -
(a)a resolution to appoint one or more named insolvency practitioners to be liquidator or, as the case may be, joint liquidators and, in the case of joint liquidators, whether any act required or authorised to be done by the liquidator is to be done by both or all of them, or by any one or more;
(b)a resolution to establish a liquidation committee under section 142(1);
(c)unless a liquidation committee is to be established, a resolution specifying the terms on which the liquidator is to be remunerated, or to defer consideration of that matter;
(d)a resolution to adjourn the meeting for not more than 3 weeks;
(e)any other resolution which the chairman considers it right to allow for special reason.
(4) This rule also applies with respect to the first meeting of contributories except that that meeting shall not pass any resolution to the effect of paragraph (3)(c).
4.13.—(1) The liquidator shall summon a meeting of the creditors in each year during which the liquidation is in force.
(2) Subject to the above provision, the liquidator may summon a meeting of the creditors or of the contributories at any time for the purpose of ascertaining their wishes in all matters relating to the liquidation.
4.14.—(1) This Rule applies to meetings of creditors and to meetings of contributories.
(2) Whenever a meeting is summoned, the liquidator may, if he thinks fit, give at least 21 days' notice to any one or more of the company's personnel that he is or they are required to be present at the meeting or be in attendance.
(3) In this Rule, "the company's personnel" means the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 235(3) (present and past officers, employees, etc.).
(4) The liquidator may authorise payment to any person whose attendance is requested at a meeting under this Rule of his reasonable expenses incurred in travelling to the meeting and any payment so authorised shall be an expense of the liquidation.
(5) In the case of any meeting, any of the company's personnel may, if he has given reasonable notice of his wish to be present, be admitted to take part; but this is at the discretion of the chairman of the meeting, whose decision as to what (if any) intervention may be made by any of them is final.
(6) If it is desired to put questions to any of the company's personnel who are not present, the meeting may be adjourned with a view to obtaining his attendance.
(7) Where one of the company's personnel is present at a meeting, only such questions may be put to him as the chairman may in his discretion allow.