CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS AND MEETINGS

General Meetings

The two types of general meetings, Annual General Meeting or Extraordinary General Meetings, held by companies are to ensure that directors can account to the shareholders on their management of the company. It also provide shareholders an opportunity to raise issues before voting on matters which require their approval.

The changes in the new CA pertaining to the holding of general meetings are as follows:-

Financial Statements and Annual Returns

In the new CA, the lodgment of annual returns and financial statements with the Registrar are done separately. There is a timeline to circulate the financial statements amongst the shareholders.

Written Shareholder Resolutions

A private company will enable to make decisions with written shareholder resolutions.

The changes are as follows:-