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Daily Brief ESG: Companies Seem Reluctant to Hold Online AGMs with Online Attendance and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Companies Seem Reluctant to Hold Online AGMs with Online Attendance


Companies Seem Reluctant to Hold Online AGMs with Online Attendance

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Online AGMs using Internet account for 18%. More than 90% of these meetings are limited to broadcasting the meeting, without allowing shareholders to exercise their voting rights during the meeting.
  • Technical issues are cited as the reason why online shareholder meetings are not increasing, and the Ministry of Justice’s advisory board is discussing legal reforms.
  • For companies whose goal is to pass company proposals at AGMs and end quickly, even if the resolution of issues is included in legal revision, it will have little effect.

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