Rule · SECP · 28 Mar 2025
For all businesses classified as special business under the Companies Act, 2017, members of a listed company may vote only by postal ballot; there is no voting by show of hands by members attending the general meeting physically. Members who did not vote through the electronic voting facility or by post before the meeting date may cast their vote on the meeting day by ballot paper only. The chairman and the scrutinizer appointed under the Companies (Postal Ballot) Regulations, 2018 must ensure members' voting rights are not affected and that no vote is duplicated, manually or electronically.
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN -.-.-.-
Islamabad, the 13th March, 2025
S.R.O.451(I)/2025.- The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, in exercise of powers conferred under section 510 of the Companies Act, 2017 (the “Act”) read with subsection (10) of section 134 of the Act, is hereby pleased to notify that for all businesses classified as special business under the Act, voting by members of the listed company shall only be through postal ballot and for the purpose of this there shall be no voting by show of hands by members of the listed company who attend the general meeting physically:
Provided that members who did not cast their vote through electronic voting facility and by post prior to the date of the general meeting, shall be allowed to cast his/her vote on the day of the general meeting by way of ballot paper only.
2. The chairman and the scrutinizer appointed under the Companies (Postal Ballot) Regulations, 2018 shall ensure that right of members to vote in the general meeting is not affected and shall also ensure that there is no duplication of vote cast, either manually or electronically.
[File No. SMD/ PRDD/2(321)/2022]
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