# Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE), Article 55

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. One or more shareholders who together hold at least 10 % of a UK Societas's subscribed capital may request the UK Societas to convene a general meeting and draw up the agenda therefor; the UK Societas's statutes ... may provide for a smaller proportion under the same conditions as those applicable to public limited-liability companies.
2. The request that a general meeting be convened shall state the items to be put on the agenda.
3. If, following a request made under paragraph 1, a general meeting is not held in due time and, in any event, within two months, the competent judicial or administrative authority ... may order that a general meeting be convened within a given period or authorise either the shareholders who have requested it or their representatives to convene a general meeting. This shall be without prejudice to any enactment or rule of law which allow the shareholders themselves to convene general meetings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/2157/article/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2157/article-55
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