The following matters require special notice before they are discussed in the meeting
(i) To appoint an auditor a person other than a retiring auditor
(ii) To provide expressly that a retiring Auditor shall not be reappointed
(ii) To remove a director before the expiry of his period of office
(iv) To appoint a director in the place of a director so removed.

(i) To change or rectify the name of the company.
(ii) To alter the share capital of the company
(iii) To redeem the debentures
(iv) To declare the dividends
(v) To approve annual accounts and balance
(vi) To appoint the directors

1. Poll means tendering or offering vote by ballot to a specially appointed officer, called the polling officer.
2. Under the Companies Act, poll means exercising a voting right in the proportion to shareholder's contribution to the paid up capital of a limited company having a share capital.

(i) According to Companies Act, every public company, should hold a meeting of the shareholders within 6 months but not earlier than one month from the date of commencement of business of the company.
(ii) This is the first general meeting of the public company is called the Statutory Meeting.
(iii) This meeting is conducted only once in the lifetime of the company. 
(iv) A private company or a public company having noshare capital need not conduct a statutory meeting.
(v) The company gives the circular to shareholders before 21 days of themeeting.

Special resolution is one which is passed by not less than 75% of majority. The number of votes, cast in favour of the resolution should be three times the number of votes cast against it. The intention of proposing a resolution as a special resolution must be specifically mentioned in the notice of the general meeting.
A special resolution isrequired for the following matters :
(i) To change the registered office of the Company from one state to another
(ii) To change the objectives of the company
(iii) To change the name of the company
(iv) To alter the Articles of Association
(v) To commence any new business
(vi) Toappoint the auditor of the company