Clear Days Calculator meaning

A date calculator in Lexis Calculate used by company secretaries and corporate lawyers to work out the “clear days” required for shareholder notices in practice. It determines either: (1) the latest lawful date to send notice of a company’s agm based on a proposed meeting date, or (2) the earliest lawful AGM date based on the intended notice despatch date. “Clear days” is a statutory/contractual method of counting notice that excludes both the day of service (or deemed service) and the day of the meeting. The calculator itself is not defined in legislation, but the clear‑days rule features across company law and model articles, including under the Companies Act 2006 (UK) and the Companies Act 2014 (Ireland). Typical use is to ensure compliance with statutory and constitutional AGM notice periods, including variations for public, private and traded companies, and to reflect deemed delivery assumptions for postal or electronic communications. Usage and the underlying concept of clear days are broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (under the Companies Act 2006) and Ireland (under the Companies Act 2014), though exact notice periods and AGM obligations vary by jurisdiction and company type.