{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-shareholders-rights-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-shareholders-rights-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1632",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Shareholders’ Rights) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-shareholders-rights-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Voting on show of hands",
  "text": "(1) In section 282(3) of the Companies Act 2006 (ordinary resolutions: majority required on show of hands), for the words from “a simple majority of” to the end substitute “a simple majority of the votes cast by those entitled to vote”.\n(2) In section 283(4) of that Act (special resolutions: majority required on show of hands), for the words from “not less than 75% of” to the end substitute “not less than 75% of the votes cast by those entitled to vote”.\n(3) In section 284 of that Act (votes: general rules), for subsection (2) substitute—\n“(2) On a vote on a resolution on a show of hands at a meeting, each member present in person has one vote.”.\n(4) After subsection (4) of that section add—\n“(5) Nothing in this section is to be read as restricting the effect of—\nsection 152 (exercise of rights by nominees),\nsection 285 (voting by proxy),\nsection 322 (exercise of voting rights on poll),\nsection 322A (voting on a poll: votes cast in advance), or\nsection 323 (representation of corporations at meetings).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1632/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:57.269321+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}