Today I had cause to send the following note to the Company Secretary of EMIS Group (EMIS):
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Dear Ms Benson,
I today received the attached letter that refers to my shareholding in EMIS. Two points:
I have not opted in for web site publication. Please send me a hard copy of the Annual Report and Notice of Meeting, plus preferably a proxy voting form also although I can produce my own one of those if necessary. Please also note that I require hard copies in future.
I note that your letter refers me to the Notice of Meeting on your web site at https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/emis1/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?newsid=1571613&cid=192 . But that does not contain a full Notice of Meeting.
In addition I am very disappointed that you choose to set a date/time of 9.00 am in Leeds for the AGM which would be difficult to make for anyone living in the South of England.
In addition, as an IT company I would expect you would be capable of holding an on-line or hybrid AGM to avoid us travelling at all and risking catching Covid in a physical meeting.
I am most disappointed that you seem unable to get the basics of organizing an AGM right and hope you will organize matters better in future.
Your sincerely, Roger Lawson
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Is it not disgraceful that a company makes it so difficult for shareholders to obtain a full Notice of the Meeting and vote our shares, plus makes it difficult for shareholders to attend the meeting!
Roger Lawson (Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogerWLawson )
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