Question: Question 1 25 pts PART A Question 1 (25 Marks) Casino Pty Ltd is an Australian manufacturing company. Its board of directors recently met to

 Question 1 25 pts PART A Question 1 (25 Marks) CasinoPty Ltd is an Australian manufacturing company. Its board of directors recently

Question 1 25 pts PART A Question 1 (25 Marks) Casino Pty Ltd is an Australian manufacturing company. Its board of directors recently met to approve an additional borrowing of $150m from the bank to expand its manufacturing facilities. There are four (4) directors in the company. Ethan is a shareholder and owns 20% of the shares in the company. He is unhappy with the board's decision to borrow an additional $150m because he is concerned that the company may become insolvent if it were to do so. Ethan is not a director of the company and has no say in the board's decision. The company has been trading profitably however its profitability has suffered slightly in recent times due to increases in interest rates. There is no other evidence to suggest that the company is currently insolvent. Ethan has decided to call a shareholders' meeting to overturn the board decision. Required: Advise Ethan how he may call a shareholders' meeting and whether he has the power to call the meeting as proposed. Advise Ethan of any other options that he may have to address his concerns in relation to the board's actions. [25 marks]Question 2 25 pts Question 2 (25 Marks) Leanne was the editor of and an executive director of Media Pty Ltd which publishes a free lifestyle magazine widely distributed in Sydney. The magazine relies heavily on its advertising revenue. Leanne became dissatisfied with her position in the company and decided to leave and set up her own competing publication. Before she resigned she sent letters to many of the businesses advertising in the magazine, inviting them to transfer their business to her new publication. She compiled the list of persons to whom she wrote from memory and publicly available sources of information such as the internet, not from Media Pty Ltd's records. Her new magazine was published the following week and many of the businesses she had contacted transferred their advertising to it. Advise Media Pty Ltd of any possible breaches of director's duties by Leanne. Make sure you rely on the relevant statute and case law to support your answers. [25 marks]

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