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Annual general meeting definition

What does Annual general meeting mean? An annual general meeting (AGM) is the yearly meeting at which a company’s shareholders receive the annual report and accounts, question the board, and vote on routine and strategic matters, typically the approval of accounts, appointment or re‑election of directors and auditors, and remuneration and dividend resolutions. It is a governance touchpoint used by institutional investors (including pension funds) to exercise stewardship and proxy voting. In the UK, the Companies Act 2006 sets the core rules: public companies (PLCs) must hold an AGM; most private companies are not required to do so unless their articles or a...

Buyout articles: New Article 23.6—Board to procure AGM within 60 days of auditors' report unless Investor Direction; Companies Act applies; notice to specify AGM

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Article 23 Add the following new Article 23.6:

Unless otherwise directed by an Investor Direction, the Board shall ensure that an Annual general meeting of the Company is convened and held no later than 60 days after the date of the report issued by the Company's auditors on the annual accounts of the Company for each financial year, and those accounts (together with the respective reports of the Directors and the auditors) are duly laid before the meeting. The provisions of the Companies Act shall apply to such annual general meeting, save that the notice convening the meeting shall expressly specify that the meeting is an annual general meeting of the Company...

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