
Preparing for AGM season 2024
The Lexis+ UK Market Standards Insights Report looks ahead to the matters at the top of the agenda for companies in 2024.
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Topics, with expert market commentary, include:
- Anticipated hot topics at the 2024 AGMs of FTSE-350 companies
- Expectations regarding shareholder dissent this season
- Evolving trends in relation to the format of meeting, particularly hybrid and virtual AGMs
- The decline of popularity in ‘say on climate’ resolutions
- Developments regarding the disapplication of pre-emption rights
- The continued focus of investors on the topic of diversity.
Download the Lexis+ report here.

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