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Lord Livingston of Parkhead (Non-Afl)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 March 2026

Debate

Companies: Online AGMs

Contribution

My Lords, I have been a director, and not a cowardly one, at more than 50 AGMs over the last 30 years. Some AGMs have one attendee or none, some have a few tens, some have hundreds. The costs can often be thousands of pounds per attending shareholder. Given that shareholders can vote and ask questions remotely, should it not be up to the companies to decide—which shareholders can vote on—whether they wish to have in-person AGMs or to do it completely remotely, depending on the companies’ circumstances?

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