COVID-19 And AGM Virtual Meeting Planning

In light of the rapidly evolving developments relating to COVID-19 and the social distancing measures being widely implemented, public companies are rethinking their plans to hold in-person annual shareholder meetings. As annual meeting season fast approaches, companies that want to move towards a virtual meeting but preserve their scheduled meeting date must move quickly.

What you need to know

• “Virtual” meetings are those that are conducted entirely through electronic means over the internet with no physical meeting location.
• In light of COVID-19, we expect the vast majority of companies this proxy season will hold virtual meetings or strongly discourage in-person attendance.