Bennett's of Ballinacurra Descriptive List (Ref. B609)

B609/

B609/4

CORPORATE GOVERNMENT AND COMPANY MANAGEMENT

Records relating to the registered status and overall management of the Company, by its Board of Directors, Management Committee, and Company Secretary. Records include articles of association, management committee minutes and correspondence, annual reports, and other reports on company activity. Also present are company financial statements and corporate budgeting records. These are placed here, and not in the Financial section above, owing to their corporate character [see note at start of B609/3]. The Board and Management Committee were first created in 1951, when AGS became majority shareholder in JHB. Management prior to that is largely documented in correspondence and financial records above (B609/1, B609/3), although a few earlier management reporting items are included below. This section also contains records of the Company’s involvement in other AGS-controlled companies (e.g., Irish Malt Exports Ltd) and in industry and sector bodies (e.g., Irish Maltsters’ Association, Seed Trade Association).

B609/4 /A

Articles of Association, 1928, 1951

Articles of Association, 1928, 1951. Sub-section containing articles of association of JHB, the first turning it into a company limited by shares, the second effectively representing a merger with AGS, which became the

majority shareholder.

B609/4/A/1 Memorandum and Articles of Association of John H Bennett Ltd, incorporated 20 April 1928. Prepared by Thomas Exham & Sons, solicitors. The company is described both as a company limited by shares, and as a private company not issuing shares to the public. One copy present is marked ‘Mrs West’, and contains amendments in pen and on inserted typed notes [possibly for a subsequent revision of the articles]. Also present is a page from a business gazetteer dated 2 May 1928 including notice of John H Bennett Ltd as a new limited company. [See also B609/1/D/3] B609/4/A/2 Copy of Resolutions passed at Extraordinary General Meetings of JHB, pursuant to Section 69 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908. The first set of resolutions, passed on 17 September 1951 and confirmed 15 October 1951 contains two resolutions. Under the first the name of the company is

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