(1)The provisions of—
section 341 (results of poll to be made available on website), and
sections 342 to 351 (independent report on poll),
apply (with any necessary modifications) in relation to a meeting of holders of a class of shares of a quoted company in connection with the variation of the rights attached to such shares as they apply in relation to a general meeting of the company.
(2)For the purposes of this section—
(a)any amendment of a provision contained in a company’s articles for the variation of the rights attached to a class of shares, or the insertion of any such provision into the articles, is itself to be treated as a variation of those rights, and
(b)references to the variation of rights attached to a class of shares include references to their abrogation.