Beginning August 31, 2018, private companies may be exempt from the AGM if they send their financial statements to their members within five months of the end of the fiscal year.
The AGM exemption is subject to the following safeguards:
- A member wishing to request an AGM must notify the company at least 14 days before the end of the sixth month following the end of the fiscal year.
- The directors are required to hold an AGM within 6 months of the end of the fiscal year if any shareholder/board member so requests.
- Private companies must hold a general meeting to present the company's financial statements if any member or auditor requests it no later than 14 days after the financial statements are mailed. The directors must, within 14 days of the date of the request, hold a general meeting and present the financial statements
Private inactive qualifying companies* that are exempt from preparing financial statements are not required to hold annual meetings, subject to the safeguards described above.
* A Private Inactive Qualifying Company is a private company that is inactive, is not publicly listed (and is also not a subsidiary of a listed company); and has total assets of less than or equal to SGD 500,000 (consolidated value if it is the ultimate parent company).
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