Section 338A

The members of a traded company may request the company to include in the business to be dealt with at an annual general meeting any matter (other than a proposed resolution) which may properly be included in the business. A matter may properly be included in the business at an annual general meeting unless – it is defamatory of any person, or it is frivolous or vexatious. A company is required to include such a matter once it has received requests that it do so from— See also section 153 (exercise of rights where shares held on behalf of others). members representing at least 5% of the total voting rights of all the members who have a right to vote at the meeting, or at least 100 members who have a right to vote at the meeting and hold shares in the company on which there has been paid up an average sum, per member, of at least £100. A request— may be in hard copy form or in electronic form, must identify the matter to be included in the business, must be accompanied by a statement setting out the grounds for the request, and must be authenticated by the person or persons making it. A request must be received by the company not later than— 6 weeks before the meeting, or if later, the time at which notice is given of the meeting.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04