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Paragraph 40 Attendance and speaking by directors and non-shareholdersI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Directors may attend and speak at general meetings, whether or not they are shareholders.

(2)

The chairman of the meeting may permit other persons who are not—

(a)

shareholders of the company, or

(b)

otherwise entitled to exercise the rights of shareholders in relation to general meetings,

to attend and speak at a general meeting.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 art. 40 in force at 1.10.2009, see reg. 1

Notes on Schedule 1

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1 applied (with modifications) (24.11.2025) by General Cemetery Act 2025 (c. ii), ss. 1(2), 3(3)