Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions (Covid-19) Act 2020

Amendment of section 587 of Act of 2014

16. Section 587 of the Act of 2014 is amended—

(a) in subsection (3), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) in the case of a creditors’ meeting to be held wholly or partly by the use of electronic communications technology during the interim period, specify—

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

(ii) details for access to the electronic platform,

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

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

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

(vi) the procedure to be adopted for voting on resolutions proposed to be passed at the meeting;”,

and

(b) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “the matters referred to in subsection (3)(aa) or the list of creditors attached” for “the list of creditors attached”.