Essential Corporate News: Week ending April 3, 2020
Available options for UK-listed companies to consider as part of their AGM contingency planning were first discussed in initial guidance published by the Institute of Chartered Administrators and Secretaries (ICSA) on March 17, 2020. In light of the compulsory Stay at Home measures now implemented in the UK, which include a ban on public gatherings of more than two persons, ICSA published supplementary guidance for UK-listed companies (Guidance) on March 27, 2020. This has been endorsed by bodies including the Financial Reporting Council, the Investment Association and the GC100 and has been reviewed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.