Ordinary business Definition

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What does Ordinary business mean?

Matters undertaken at the general meeting (particularly the agm) of a company. Since the overhaul of the listing Rules from 1 July 2005, the term 'ordinary business' is used without specific definition. Under previous editions of the Listing Rules an exhaustive list of resolutions considered to be 'ordinary business' at the AGM of a listed company were set out, including matters such as receiving or adopting accounts, and declaring a dividend. Instead the FCA expects the term to cover any resolution that companies would regularly seek approval for at their AGMs. Listed companies must make their own judgements about what they would consider to be ordinary business, with reference to their articles of association which may make a distinction between ordinary and special business.

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