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On 12 April 2018, the European Commission (EC)
launched a consultation on minimum content requirements with regard
to shareholder identification and the exercise of shareholder
rights under the Shareholders Rights Directive
(SRD). The SRD applies to EU companies traded on
EU regulated markets.
The consultation paper includes a draft Shareholders Rights
Directive II and annex (SRD II), which set out
standardized formats and minimum content requirements for a wide
range of documents, including:
requests to disclose information on a
shareholders' identity;
notices of general meetings and other
corporate notifications;
confirmations of entitlement to
exercise shareholder rights at a general meeting; and
confirmations of the receipt and
counting of votes.
It is hoped that the standardisation of formats and minimum
content requirements will improve the efficiency and reliability of
information sharing between issuers and shareholders across the
EU.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general
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