Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions (Covid-19) Act 2020

Amendment of section 584 of Act of 2014

15. Section 584 of the Act of 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):

“(1A) Where a meeting of creditors is summoned in accordance with subsection (1) and the meeting is to be held wholly or partly by the use of electronic communications technology during the interim period, the notice of the creditors’ meeting shall specify—

(a) the electronic platform to be used for the meeting,

(b) details for access to the electronic platform,

(c) the time and manner by which a relevant attendee must confirm his or her intention to attend the meeting,

(d) any requirements or restrictions which the relevant person has put in place in order to identify relevant attendees who intend to attend the meeting,

(e) the procedure for relevant attendees to communicate questions and comments during the meeting, and

(f) the procedure to be adopted for voting on resolutions proposed to be passed at the meeting.

(1B) The obligation to publish a notice in accordance with subsection (1)(c) shall not include the matters referred to in subsection (1A).”.