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General meeting definition

What does General meeting mean? A general meeting is a meeting of a company’s members (shareholders) to consider and vote on company business-for example approving significant transactions, changing the articles, or appointing or removing directors or auditors. In practice, it refers to any shareholders’ meeting other than the annual general meeting (AGM), and includes an extraordinary general meeting (EGM). The term is used in legislation and standard company practice. In England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Companies Act 2006 provides the framework. Directors may call a general meeting at any time, and eligible members may requisition one; if the directors do not act,...

Post‑general meeting and AGM actions: UK Companies Act 2006 filings, minutes, registers, accounts, FCA/UKLR/DTR notifications, AIM Rules and UK Corporate Governance Code obligations

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Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines the filings and notifications a company must make after a general meeting or annual general meeting (agm) concludes.

It addresses the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) obligations applicable to meetings of all companies, as well as the further obligations under the UK Listing Rules (UKLR), the AIM Rules and the UK Corporate Governance (UKCG) Code relevant to listed and AIM companies. See also: How to conclude matters after a general meeting (or AGM).

General meetings

Under the CA 2006, there are two types of members’ meetings: general meetings and AGMs.

A public company is required to convene an AGM annually, within six months starting from the day after its accounting reference date. A private company has no annual obligation to hold an AGM, though it may elect to do so, and its articles may stipulate that an AGM is to be held each year...

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