Virtual AGMs get FRC green light, but questions remain Questions remain over how virtual AGMs can work for all investors, after a full season of shareholder and company meetings has been carried out online. While some “excellent practices” seen over the course of 2020 have convinced the UK regulator to encourage new, digital ways for […]
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Virtual AGMs: Time to prepare Companies, regulators and markets are increasingly realising that the AGM season will be severely disrupted by the COVID19 pandemic. As social distancing becomes the norm, traditional annual meetings where shareholders gather to hear CEO presentations and ask questions of management are simply no longer feasible. Minerva has written to quoted […]
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The UK Government has now implemented social distancing measures across the UK as the coronavirus outbreak continues to gather pace. Mass gatherings are being postponed or cancelled in response, but UK companies with scheduled annual general meetings (AGM) are having to consider whether they do the same or find another way to hold AGMs. The […]
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