bill's wife...., page-8

The description of the audience behaviour at the AGM reminds me of my days in Japan.
There, ALL public companies would hold their AGM on the same day at the same time, and the typical meeting would last no more than 20 minutes.
That is of course provided the company paid the appropriate fee to their local branch of the Yakuza to ensure they did not make things difficult for the Board by asking a never-ending stream of embarassing questions. Needless to say seldon was the monies not paid.
Conversely, (and also for a suitable consideration) the Yakuza would ensure that in the rare event anyone should ask a question it was quickly dismissed by persuasive tactics by some in the crowd.
Invariably each meeting ended in a round of applause for the Board (regardless of the fact the company may have performed dismally)
Maybe NLX hired a rent-a-crowd?