C1Part 13Resolutions and meetings
Chapter 4Public companies F1and traded companies: additional requirements for AGMs
Words in Pt. 13 Ch. 4 heading inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 15(5) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))
340AF2Traded companies: duty to circulate members' matters for AGM
1
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—
a
give notice of it to each member of the company entitled to receive notice of the annual general meeting—
i
in the same manner as notice of the meeting, and
ii
at the same time as, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, it gives notice of the meeting, and
b
publish it on the same website as that on which the company published the information required by section 311A.
2
Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 340B(2) (deposit or tender of sum in respect of expenses of circulation).
3
In the event of default in complying with this section, an offence is committed by every officer of the company who is in default.
4
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
a
on conviction on indictment, to a fine;
b
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2