Minute Book: Board of Directors, AGMs, EGMs

This volume contains minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, and minutes of the EGMs and AGMs of the company. Meetings of the board took place monthly at most times, but at other times there were longer gaps between meetings. The frequency of meetings often depended on whether there was a particular activity or project which the company was pursuing.

Matters discussed at meetings included the administration of the company and the board, statutory matters, the financial position of the company and distribution of profits, relations with other companies (often in the Coopers family), and particular products and manufacturing arrangements. These often included discussions on the company's Yalding (Kent) premises. Some matters connected with staff appointments are noted in the minutes.

There is an index at the front of this volume.

pp. 106-108 & pp. 124 onwards are blank, and an extra copy of minutes of the meeting of 31 Jul 1956 is fixed to p. 123.

Problems with disposal of sewage from the Yalding factory are noted on p. 50.

Patents for a new product, Gibberellic Acid, are discussed on p. 91.

The closure of Tomlinson & Hayward Ltd, and its transfer (for the most part) to Plant Protection Ltd, is noted on p. 102.

26 Jul 1955 - 30 Sep 1958

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