XYZ Co is a shareholding company. At its most recent general meeting of shareholders, the proceedings were disrupted by Hai, an angry shareholder, who fi ercely objected to the policy decisions taken by the board of management on the future strategy of the company. Several other shareholders supported Hai, and it quickly became clear that order could not be restored. Chien, the chairman of the meeting, quickly announced that the meeting would be abandoned immediately and reconvened in four days time. He stated that Hai would be excluded from the meeting, and a further item would be added to the agenda to give power to the board of management to exclude individuals from participating in future meetings if it was felt that they would be disruptive.Required:

(a) Explain whether Chien acted lawfully in reconvening the meeting. (5 marks)