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Executive Director

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<li>Similar to last year, the percentage of companies holding AGM over four days—the last Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of June—rose from 79.9% last year to 81.0%, marking further increase.</li>
<li>Currently, few companies disclose annual securities reports three weeks prior to AGM; all documents should be translated into English in notices of meeting, but only 30% of companies do so.</li>
<li>An increasing number of companies are holding AGMs that allow only in-person attendance. The number of AGMs that permit online questions and voting has not increased.</li>
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Similar to last year, the percentage of companies holding AGM over four days—the last Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of June—rose from 79.9% last year to 81.0%, marking further increase.
Currently, few companies disclose annual securities reports three weeks prior to AGM; all documents should be translated into English in notices of meeting, but only 30% of companies do so.
An increasing number of companies are holding AGMs that allow only in-person attendance. The number of AGMs that permit online questions and voting has not increased.


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