Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions (Covid-19) Act 2020

Notice of rescheduled general meeting during interim period

8. The Act of 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 181:

“181A. (1) Notwithstanding section 181 but subject to subsection (2), notice for the purposes of section 174A(12) shall be given in the same manner as the notice for the general meeting referred to in that last-mentioned section but where, in the opinion of the directors of the company, giving such notice in that manner is not reasonably practicable, notice shall be given—

(a) where the company has a website, on that website,

(b) by email to all members for whom the company has an email address, and

(c) in a national newspaper.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where all members agree in writing to the cancellation, change of venue or change of means of holding the general meeting concerned, or to dispensing with notice for the general meeting.”.