Section 314: Members' power to require circulation of statements

Companies Act 2006 · 2006 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 13: Resolutions and meetings — Chapter 3: Resolutions at meetings

The members of a company may require the company to circulate, to members of the company entitled to receive notice of a general meeting, a statement of not more than 1,000 words with respect to—

a matter referred to in a proposed resolution to be dealt with at that meeting, or
other business to be dealt with at that meeting.

In subsection (2), a "relevant right to vote" means—

in relation to a statement with respect to a matter referred to in a proposed resolution, a right to vote on that resolution at the meeting to which the requests relate, and
in relation to any other statement, a right to vote at the meeting to which the requests relate.

A request—

may be in hard copy form or in electronic form,
must identify the statement to be circulated,
must be authenticated by the person or persons making it, and
must be received by the company at least one week before the meeting to which it relates.

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