Companies Act 2014 section 1095

Attendance and voting at meetings

Section 1095 sets out how a public limited company (PLC) that is a participating issuer determines who is entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting, by reference to a record date on the register of securities.

• A PLC that is a participating issuer may set a record time in the meeting notice, up to 48 hours before the meeting, by which a person must appear on the register of securities to be entitled to attend or vote.
• Any changes made to the register of securities after that specified record time are disregarded for the purposes of determining attendance and voting rights, regardless of what any other law, articles of association, or other instrument may say.
• The term "register of securities" takes its meaning from the Companies Act 1990 (Uncertificated Securities) Regulations 1996, which remain in force under Schedule 6 of the 2014 Act.
• If new regulations are made under section 1086 that replace or amend the 1996 Regulations, the definition of "register of securities" follows those replacement or amended regulations accordingly.

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