PART 3AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TRADED COMPANIES

Traded companies: notice of AGM16

1

Section 337 of the Companies Act 2006 (public companies: notice of AGM) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (notice to state that meeting is AGM), after “public company” insert “or a private company that is a traded company”.

3

In subsection (2), after “annual general meeting” insert “of a public company that is not a traded company”.

4

After that subsection insert—

3

Where a notice calling an annual general meeting of a traded company is given more than 6 weeks before the meeting, the notice must include—

a

if the company is a public company, a statement of the right under section 338 to require the company to give notice of a resolution to be moved at the meeting, and

b

whether or not the company is a public company, a statement of the right under section 338A to require the company to include a matter in the business to be dealt with at the meeting.

5

In the section heading, after “Public companies” insert “and traded companies”.

6

In section 360 of the Companies Act 2006 (computation of periods of notice etc: clear day rule), after the entry relating to section 316(2)(b), insert—

section 337(3) (contents of notice of AGM of traded company),