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[简答题]Property Ltd is a company, which was incorporated in Hong Kong two years ago and adopts the current version of Table A of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32) as its articles of association. The company does not state its object in its memorandum of association. The company now mainly engages in the car retailing business.
Elton is a minority shareholder of the company. Recently, he heard from other shareholders that the board of directors intends to pass a resolution to widen the scope of business of the company by making investment in the real property market. The purpose of the resolution is to increase the source of income and hence the profit of the company.
Elton and some other shareholders are not comfortable with such a decision of the board.
Required:
Advise Elton on the following:
(a) Whether he can commence a legal action to stop the board from exercising its power to pass the resolution. (6 marks)
[简答题]Apt Ltd is a small independent book company, which specialises in publishing modern poetry. In January 2013 it signed a contract with a new poet, called Bel, to publish her second book of poems in August 2014. In March 2013, Bel won a prestigious award for her first book of poems, which had been published privately.
In the light of the fame which now attached to Bel, Apt Ltd launched an extensive advertising campaign publicising the forthcoming book. The campaign was expensive, costing ￡50,000, but it was successful in generating great interest. As a result, Apt Ltd won a contract to supply a large book club with 100,000 copies of the book, which would make them a profit of ￡250,000.
Unfortunately in May 2014, Bel informed Apt Ltd that she would not be able to supply the manuscript to it as she had signed a more rewarding contract with Cax plc, a very large publishing company.
Required:
In the context of Bel’s anticipatory breach of contract, explain any possible remedies o
[简答题]Tsodilo Mines Ltd is a company which mines nickel. Themba and Tumi are two of the directors. The board of directors is offered land adjoining one of its present quarries in Mahalapye with a view to working it, but they decide that the company is in such a bad fi nancial state that it cannot afford the land. Themba and Tumi, while remaining directors of Tsodilo Mines Ltd, subsequently form another company, Kagiso Investments (Pty) Ltd, which purchases the land for P700 000·00. It is later discovered that the land is very rich in platinum. Tsodilo Mines Ltd’s fortunes are suddenly reversed and it purchases the land from Kagiso Investments (Pty) Ltd for P2 000 000·00. Themba and Tumi do not reveal their interest in the matter. After Tsodilo Mines Ltd has been working the new mine for six months, the other directors discover what has taken place.
Required:
Advise the directors of Tsodilo Mines Ltd as to the legal position. (10 marks)
[简答题]Kompieno (Pty) Ltd was a private company which carried on business in Francistown as a retailer of books. The company was the wholly-owned subsidiary of Kudu Ltd which carries on business in Gaborone. Kudu Ltd is a book publisher and the main supplier of books to Kompieno (Pty) Ltd.
Kompieno (Pty) Ltd suffered a severe fall in profi tability, following which Kudu Ltd had to inject substantial capital in order to ensure the continuing solvency of the company. Despite these injections of capital, Kompieno (Pty) Ltd continued to suffer fi nancial diffi culties. In consequence, the company was placed under insolvent liquidation by the High Court in Francistown. Kudu Ltd has now received demand for payment from a number of Kompieno (Pty) Ltd’s creditors who argue that, as Kompieno (Pty) Ltd was the wholly-owned subsidiary of Kudu Ltd, the latter company is liable to pay the debts of its subsidiary in full.
Required:
Advise Kudu Ltd on whether or not it can be liable to pay the debts
[简答题]Okavango (Pty) Ltd, a company which both designs and retails female clothing, needs extra finance to expand its activities. Tiro, the company auditor, negligently audits the company accounts, which show the company operating profitably, and gives an unqualified report. The accounts and report are duly published and approved. The company is actually operating at a small loss.
(a) Ayanda, a shareholder in the company, invests a further P20,000·00 in the company on the strength of the company’s apparent profitability.
(b) Whizz Ltd, which specialises in menswear, wishes to expand into the female clothing market. The board of Whizz Ltd considers Okavango’s accounts and auditor’s report and believes that, although there are more profitable companies than Okavango (Pty) Ltd similarly specialising in female clothing, Okavango (Pty) Ltd has potential.
Whizz Ltd purchases a controlling interest in Okavango (Pty) Ltd. Later, the true financial position of the company is revealed. The effe
[简答题]DTP Ltd is a public company limited by shares with issued share capital CY￡1,000,000 divided into 1,000,000 shares of CY￡1 each. Eric, Fred and George are the major shareholders of DTP Ltd, with each one holding 250,000 shares. Dorothy and Cindy are partners in an auditors’ firm, called DC & Co. DC & Co have been appointed auditors of DTP Ltd by the board of directors before the first annual general meeting of DTP Ltd. Eric wishes to remove DC & Co from office and appoint different auditors. Fred agrees that DC & Co should be replaced, but George does not. Cindy has recently married the managing director of DTP Ltd.
Required:
Advise Eric as to the steps he needs to take to achieve the removal of DC & Co as auditors of DTP Ltd. (10 marks)
[单项选择]The company at which Mark is employed has 80 employees, each of whom has a different salary. Mark’s salary of $43,700 is the second-highest salary in the first quartile of the 80 salaries. If the company were to hire 8 new employees at salaries that are less than the lowest of the 80 salaries, what would Mark’s salary be with respect to the quartiles of the 88 salaries at the company, assuming no other changes in the salaries
A. The fourth-highest salary in the first quartile
B. The highest salary in the first quartile
C. The second-lowest salary in the second quartile
D. The third-lowest salary in the second quartile
E. The fifth-lowest salary in the second quartile
[多项选择]Write a letter of complaint. The company for which you work places an order for photographic paper and chemicals, however, the company which acknowledges your order on 20th May has delayed the delivery.
You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use "International Trade Corporation" instead. You do not need to write the address.
[多项选择]Carad Co is an electronics company which makes two types of televisions – plasma screen TVs and LCD TVs. It operates within a highly competitive market and is constantly under pressure to reduce prices. Carad Co operates a standard costing system and performs a detailed variance analysis of both products on a monthly basis. Extracts from the management information for the month of November are shown below:
Note
Total number of units made and sold 1,400 1
Material price variance $28,000 A 2
Total labour variance $6,050 A 3
Notes
(1) The budgeted total sales volume for TVs was 1,180 units, consisting of an equal mix of plasma screen TVs and LCD screen TVs. Actual sales volume was 750 plasma TVs and 650 LCD TVs. Standard sales prices are $350 per unit for the plasma TVs and $300 per unit for the LCD TVs. The actual sales prices achieved during November were $330 per unit for plasma
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