Part 13

Resolutions and meetings
Chapter 5

Additional requirements for quoted companies AND TRADED COMPANIES

Supplementary

Requirements as to website availability
353
1
The following provisions apply for the purposes of—
- section 341 (results of poll to be made available on website), and
- section 351 (report of independent observer to be made available on website).
2
The information must be made available on a website that—
a
is maintained by or on behalf of the company, and
b
identifies the company in question.
3
Access to the information on the website, and the ability to obtain a hard copy of the information from the website, must not be conditional on the payment of a fee or otherwise restricted.
4
The information—
a
must be made available as soon as reasonably practicable, and
b
must be kept available throughout the period of two years beginning with the date on which it is first made available on a website in accordance with this section.
5
A failure to make information available on a website throughout the period specified in subsection (4)(b) is disregarded if—
a
the information is made available on the website for part of that period, and
b
the failure is wholly attributable to circumstances that it would not be reasonable to have expected the company to prevent or avoid.
Words in Pt. 13 Ch. 5 heading inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 19(5) (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. 2
Pts. 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), 4