AGMs during coronavirus (COVID-19): New video guide

With around 290 ASX-listed organisations due to hold their AGM by 31 May – and with the Federal Government’s social distancing requirements still firmly entrenched — it is set to be an AGM season like never before.

To assist companies in meeting their obligations as well as the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, we have put together a short, easy-to-follow video. Please feel free to share this with your organisation.

And to further assist companies currently planning their AGM (or other general meetings, and scheme meetings), the Governance Institute and the Australasian Investor Relations Association, with the assistance of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, have issued a ‘Guidance — COVID-19 and the impact on AGMs’, outlining in detail the options currently available

Please see the full guidance here.