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RT Tanner & Co Ltd

At the Meeting of Directors at 16 Dorset Street E.C. 3rd January 1911

The Seal of the Company was affixed to three transfers each of 100 shares in Marlborough Gould & Co Ltd. F Garrett A Eames and F A Garrett and the Directors Signatures were affixed to such transfers.

The proposal to engage Mr Croker as Traveller to reside in, and represent us in Birmingham, and district was discussed. It was arranged to see him again tomorrow to go further into the matter.

F Garrett

At the Meeting of Directors at 16 Dorset Street E.C. February 6th 1911

The lease of the new premises was discussed and it was reported that Messrs Ward Lock & Co would only grant a seven year lease except upon condition that we paid £550 per annum for the first seven years £575 for the second seven years & £600 for the third period of seven years and these figures were agreed to.

At the Meeting of Directors at 16 Dorset Street E.C. February 27th 1911

Transfers for 100 Ordinary Shares in H J Osborne & Co. Ltd Nos, 12260 to 12359 and 714 Preference Shares Nos 4287 to 5000 inclusive were presented for registration from R T Tanner & Co. Ltd. to Herbert J Osborne the consideration for these shares being the £500 which he paid to R T Tanner & Co on June 30 1910.
The proportion of these shares is as follows:

The total shares in H J Osborne & Co Ltd is 1003 ordinary, and 5000 Preference which it was agreed should be bought by Mr Herbert J Osborne for £3500 and the proportion for £500 is as above viz:

100 Ordinary and 714 Preference; the payment being one seventh of the amount agreed and the shares transferred one seventh of the total issue.

F Garrett

At the Meeting of Directors at 16 Dorset Street E.C. March 27th 1911

The Lease of 15 Dorset Street was submitted for signature and same was signed by all the above named and the Seal of the company affixed.

The Lease is dated March 27th 1911 and is granted on the following terms and conditions viz:

From 25th March 1911 Fro 21 years (determinable at end of 14th year) Expires March 25th 1932.
Rent during 1st 7 years £550. Rent during 2nd 7 years £575 Rent during third seven years £600.

In as much as we have occupied the premises for some considerable time prior to the 25th March we agreed with Messrs Ward Lock & Co to pay them the sum of £75 in full settlement of any rent, rates, or taxes to March 25th 1911 and Messrs Ward Lock & Co agreed to give us a letter in respect to the fixtures.

At the Meeting of Directors at 16 Dorset Street E.C. May 29th 1911

Mr Garrett reported that he had seen Messrs Mills Lockyer & Mills Solicitors to the Gould family and that he had submitted to him on their behalf an offer to buy the 940 first Preference Shares in R T Tanner & Co. Ltd which they hold for the sum of £800 plus interest from the 31st March last.

Mr Mills said that he would submit this to Goulds, and let us know the result.

F Garrett

At the Meeting of Directors at 16 Dorset Street E.C. May 31st 1911

At a Meeting of Directors held at 16 Dorset Street E.C. June 15th 1911

Share Certificates Nos 27,28,29,30 and 31 for 1200 First Preference Shares as under were presented for signature and the common seal of the company affixed thereto.
The Transfers of Shares were presented and examined and found to be in order. The necessary entries were accordingly made in the Share Register for the transfer of these shares.

Reg.No	No of Shares	Description	Nos of Quantity	Name
27	50	1st Preference	8071/8120	Garrett F A
28	250	“	7671/7920	Tanner A
29	650	“	7001/7560/7581/7670	Garrett F
30	100	“	7561/7580/8121/8200	Pearsall H S
31	150	“	7961/8070/7921/7960	Eames A
Total	1200

F Garrett

At a Meeting of Directors held at 16 Dorset Street E.C. 11th July 1911

The balance sheet and profit loss account to the 31st March last was discussed. It was decided to recommend that a dividend of 1/- per share should be paid out of the profits of the year ending 31st March at the general meeting to be held on the 12th inst – this was agreed to unanimously.

At the 5th ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders held at 16 Dorset Street E.C. on the 12th day of July 1911 at 3 o’clock

Present:      Mr F Garrett (in the Chair)
                  Mr A Eames
                  Mr A Tanner
                  Mr H S Pearsall

The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting.

The Minutes of the last Ordinary General Meeting were read and confirmed.

The Directors report was read and unanimously adopted and it was resolved that a dividend of 1/- per share be paid.

Proposed by Mr Garrett and seconded by Mr Pearsall that Messrs Marreco & Co be appointed Auditors for the ensuring year.

At a Meeting of Directors held at 16 Dorset Street E.C. October 9th 1911

The question of clause 28 in the Articles of Association was discussed particularly in regard to Ordinary Shares held by a Representative or Trustee, and the value of such shares to be paid by the person or persons entitled to buy them. The value now fixed by the Articles of Association being a sum equal to one year’s profits available for dividend upon Ordinary Shares (inclusive of any sums placed to Reserve fund or carried forward) upon the average of the last three preceding financial years of the Company. This was considered by the Directors to be too low a value and it was decided to call a meeting of the Ordinary Shareholders to discuss the advisability of altering Clause 28 so that it shall convey the following proposal, viz:

that the value of such ordinary share shall be 15/- (fifteen shillings) per share when the average dividend of the three last preceding years has been equal to five per cent or over 10/- per share if the average dividend has been equal to 3¾% less than 5% not less than 3¾% and 7/6 per share if the average dividend has been equal to 2½% less than 3% but not less than 2% and in no case is the value and sum to be paid for each share to be less than 5/- per share. This was agreed to and it was decided to ask Messrs Marecco & Co to put the matter into order and alter the Articles of Association after a meeting of the shareholders had been called, and the necessary sanction to the alteration obtained.

F Garrett