Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions (Covid-19) Act 2020

Voting on resolutions at general meeting during interim period

11. The Act of 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 195:

“195A. (1) Where, during the interim period, a company has included, in the notice of a general meeting, a notice of intention to require voting on a poll on all resolutions in the first-mentioned notice—

(a) all resolutions at the meeting shall be taken on a poll, and

(b) subsections (1), (2), (3) and (7) of section 189 shall not apply to the voting on a poll at that meeting.

(2) Where, during the interim period, a general meeting is conducted by way of electronic communications technology in accordance with section 174A, the chairperson of the meeting may conduct a vote to decide on a resolution by a show of hands of every member who is participating in the meeting by way of such technology where the chairperson is of the opinion that he or she can identify the members entitled to vote and verify the content of voting instructions relating to the resolution.”.