COVID-19 Corporate Update: UK Public Company AGMs

COVID-19 Corporate Update: UK Public Company AGMs

April 21, 2020, Covington Alert

The Government has announced further information on the measures to be brought forward to assist public companies in meeting their statutory and regulatory obligations to hold annual general meetings (AGMs) during the current season. On 17 April 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published a Q&A to provide guidance on “Company filings, AGMs and other general meetings during Covid-19”. The key features of the Q&A are as follows.