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Companies Act 2006

360Computation of periods of notice etc: clear day ruleU.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)This section applies for the purposes of the following provisions of this Part—

  • section 307(1) and (2) (notice required of general meeting),

  • [F1section 307A(1), (4), (5) and (7)(b) (notice required of general meeting of traded company), ]

  • section 312(1) and (3) (resolution requiring special notice),

  • section 314(4)(d) (request to circulate members' statement),

  • section 316(2)(b) (expenses of circulating statement to be deposited or tendered before meeting),

  • [F2section 337(3) (contents of notice of AGM of traded company),]

  • section 338(4)(d)(i) (request to circulate member's resolution at AGM of public company),F3. . .

  • [F4section 338A(5) (request to include matter in the business to be dealt with at AGM of traded company),]

  • section 340(2)(b)(i) (expenses of circulating statement to be deposited or tendered before meeting)[F5, and

  • section 340B(2)(b) (traded companies: duty to circulate members' matters for AGM).]

(2)Any reference in those provisions to a period of notice, or to a period before a meeting by which a request must be received or sum deposited or tendered, is to a period of the specified length excluding—

(a)the day of the meeting, and

(b)the day on which the notice is given, the request received or the sum deposited or tendered.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 360(1) inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 9(3) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))

F2Words in s. 360 inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 16(6) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))

F4Words in s. 360(1) inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 17(4) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))

F5Words in s. 360(1) inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 18(2) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))