Can every shareholder attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting?
The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting is the primary organ of a stock company. It gives shareholders in particular a chance to exercise their right to pose questions and vote. Of course, every shareholder can attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting personally or be represented. To be able to attend, the shareholder must, however, sign up for the Meeting on time. The deadline for signing up is the deadline for depositing one’s shares in the company with a depositary bank or elsewhere as stipulated in the invitation (24.00 h, April 16th, 2009).
