Clause 19

by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)if the company is not required to hold an annual general meeting because of section 175A(1)(a), not later than 5 months after the end of the financial year to which the financial statements, or consolidated financial statements and balance‑sheet, relate.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(4A) Where a company is not required to hold an annual general meeting because of section 175A(1)(b), any member or auditor of the company may, by notice to the company not later than 14 days after the day on which the documents mentioned in subsection (1) were sent out, require that a general meeting be held for the purpose of laying those documents before the company.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (4)” in subsections (5) and (6), the words “or (4A)”.