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Section 337

Right of proxy to demand for a poll

of Companies Act 2016

ActIn forceProvision 337 of 621
Section 337
(1)

The appointment of a proxy to vote on a matter at a meeting of a company, authorizes the proxy to demand, or join in demanding, a poll on that matter.

(2)

In applying paragraph 331(b), a demand by a proxy counts—

(a)

for the purposes of subparagraph (b)(i), as a demand by the member;

(b)

for the purposes of subparagraph (b)(ii), as a demand by a member representing the voting rights that the proxy is authorized to exercise; or

(c)

for the purposes of subparagraph (b)(iii), as a demand by a member holding the shares to which those rights are attached.

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