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A hybrid meeting is a shareholder meeting format Offering simultaneous physical and remote electronic participation. In recent years, there has been a growing Interest in the holding of hybrid general meetings and AGMs. This trend was initially driven by advances in remote communication technology and was then significantly furthered by necessity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to restrictions on gatherings. Many companies now offer their members the ability to attend meetings via some form of remote communication technology.

There is also interest in holding entirely virtual meetings (where shareholders can only attend and vote using an online platform) However, now that we are a few years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, popular opinion has generally steered away from companies holding virtual meetings due to some institutional investor concern about a meeting structure which does not offer a physical option (other than in times of emergency and/or when governmental guidelines require such a format). Reasons for this include the perceived importance of members being able to question management in person. This guide therefore