Regulatory Alerts2020-05-26
Guidelines on Holding of Electronic or Virtual Annual General Meetings by Issuers and Other Capital Market Operators
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Ghana issued these guidelines to enable issuers and capital market operators to hold electronic or virtual annual general meetings without physical locations, circumventing pandemic-era gathering limits. The regulations require technology platforms to provide audio-visual capabilities, real-time voting, secure authentication, and accessibility features like sign language interpretation. Additionally, the document outlines pre-meeting notice standards, the mandatory appointment of a shareholder rights manager to monitor web-based engagement, and provisions for recording proceedings and conducting hybrid meetings.
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