PART 2AMENDMENTS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Electronic meetings and voting8
After section 360 of the Companies Act 2006 insert—
Electronic meetings and voting360A
1
Nothing in this Part is to be taken to preclude the holding and conducting of a meeting in such a way that persons who are not present together at the same place may by electronic means attend and speak and vote at it.
2
In the case of a traded company the use of electronic means for the purpose of enabling members to participate in a general meeting may be made subject only to such requirements and restrictions as are—
a
necessary to ensure the identification of those taking part and the security of the electronic communication, and
b
proportionate to the achievement of those objectives.
3
Nothing in subsection (2) affects any power of a company to require reasonable evidence of the entitlement of any person who is not a member to participate in the meeting.