Section 340A: Traded companies: duty to circulate members' matters for AGM

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

Part 13: Resolutions and meetings — Chapter 4: Public companies and traded companies: additional requirements for AGMs

A company that is required under section 338A to include any matter in the business to be dealt with at an annual general meeting must—

give notice of it to each member of the company entitled to receive notice of the annual general meeting—
in the same manner as notice of the meeting, and
at the same time as, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, it gives notice of the meeting, and
publish it on the same website as that on which the company published the information required by section 311A.

Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 340B(2) (deposit or tender of sum in respect of expenses of circulation).

In the event of default in complying with this section, an offence is committed by every officer of the company who is in default.

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

on conviction on indictment, to a fine;
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.

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