Description

Compliance and Modernisation

The Companies Act 1993 requires the board to call an annual meeting (AM) (s120).
This webinar discusses:

• the two documents that regulate annual meetings
• Opt In and Opt Out presumptions
• Conducting the business of the annual meeting
• resolution in lieu of AM
• recommendations to modernize the AM.

Note: Legal concepts and obligations and some cases will be discussed, however this is not a heavily legalistic session.

ORIGINAL BROADCAST DATE

26 March 2020

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendees will gain an understanding of:

• The purposes of the annual meeting
• Companies Act 1993 requirements and options
• Checklist for documents required for the AM
• Modern methods of meeting the purposes of the annual meeting
• Do all society member business digitally

SUITED TO

Company directors, company secretaries and advisors (accountants, lawyers) to SME boards.

PRESENTER

Dr Karen Martyn, Governance Advisor, Governance & Secretariat Ltd.