Meetings of the Supervisory Board. 1. The Supervisory Board appoints one of its members as Chairman and may, if it wishes, appoint one or more Deputy Chairmen. It also chooses a secretary, who need not be a member of the Board. 2. The Chairman or, in the absence of the Chairman, a Deputy Chairman chairs the Supervisory Board meetings. Where both are absent, the Board appoints a chairman for the meeting. 3. The Board meets at the registered office, or at any other place specified in the notice of meeting, as often as the Company's interests require and in any event at least once every six months, in order in particular to hear the Managing Partners' report on the Company's business. Meetings may be called by the Chairman of the Board or, in the absence of the Chairman, by one of the Deputy Chairmen, or by at least half of the Board members, or by any of the Company's Managing Partners or General Partners. At least half of the members must be present in order for the Board's decisions to be valid. Decisions are made by a majority vote of the members present or represented and qualified to vote. An attending member may only represent one absent member, upon production of an express power of attorney. In the event of a tied vote, the Chairman has the casting vote. In calculating the quorum and majority, Board members attending the meeting via video conferencing or other telecommunications technology are considered to be present. The Board's deliberations are recorded in minutes entered into a special register and signed by the meeting chairman and secretary or by the majority of members present.
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