http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/307ACompanies Act 2006 An Act to reform company law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to companies; to make other provision relating to companies and other forms of business organisation; to make provision about directors' disqualification, business names, auditors and actuaries; to amend Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-24Expert Participation2026-07-16 Part 13Resolutions and meetingsChapter 3Resolutions at meetings<Emphasis>Notice of meetings</Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="d29p20803" CommentaryRef="c20622971">Notice required of general meeting: certain meetings of traded companies</Addition>307A1A general meeting of a traded company must be called by notice of—ain a case where conditions A to C (set out below) are met, at least 14 days;bin any other case, at least 21 days.2Condition A is that the general meeting is not an annual general meeting.3Condition B is that the company offers the facility for members to vote by electronic means accessible to all members who hold shares that carry rights to vote at general meetings. This condition is met if there is a facility, offered by the company and accessible to all such members, to appoint a proxy by means of a website.4Condition C is that a special resolution reducing the period of notice to not less than 14 days has been passed—aat the immediately preceding annual general meeting, orbat a general meeting held since that annual general meeting.5In the case of a company which has not yet held an annual general meeting, condition C is that a special resolution reducing the period of notice to not less than 14 days has been passed at a general meeting.6The company's articles may require a longer period of notice than that specified in subsection (1).7Where a general meeting is adjourned, the adjourned meeting may be called by shorter notice than required by subsection (1). But in the case of an adjournment for lack of a quorum this subsection applies only if—ano business is to be dealt with at the adjourned meeting the general nature of which was not stated in the notice of the original meeting, andbthe adjourned meeting is to be held at least 10 days after the original meeting.8Nothing in this section applies in relation to a general meeting of a kind mentioned in section 307(A1)(b) (certain meetings regarding takeover of opted-in company).S. 307A inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), regs. 9(2), 23 (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))Pt. 13 modified (31.12.2023) by The Resolution of Central Counterparties (Modified Application of Corporate Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1313), regs. 1(2), 4S. 307A modified (31.12.2023) by The Resolution of Central Counterparties (Modified Application of Corporate Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1313), regs. 1(2), 4