AGMs and legal meetings
IML is the world’s most experienced provider of electronic
voting and 
registration at Annual General Meetings. IML’s AGM
technology is today used in thousands of AGMs in over fifteen
countries.
2011 legislation changes
One of the many legislation changes recently passed requires a
spill resolution to be conducted if the remuneration report
resolution receives a less than 75% vote 2 years in a row.
This means that meetings may be held up, in some cases for over an
hour, while the result of the second remuneration report resolution
is counted and verified. IML’s keypad voting system resolves this
problem by providing a result within seconds of a poll being closed
allowing the meeting to continue without delay.
Other new developments to the IML software mean that new rules
around cherry picking of proxies and blocking the votes of key
management personnel are also instantly calculated.
Read our AGM Case studies
How it works:
REGISTRATION
Attendees are registered quickly and efficiently, thereby
removing long queues. At a recent, high-profile event, 2500
shareholders were registered without delays, with an average
registration time per shareholder of under 20 seconds.
All types of attendees (shareholders, corporate representatives,
proxies, guests and press are registered on arrival. Once delegates
have registered, they are issued with a Smartcard, which, when
inserted into a keypad, will assign them their correct voting
rights based on the size and class of their holding.
ELECTRONIC POLLS
Registration and voting can run simultaneously at a number of
locations. A poll is conducted on every resolution with keypad
screens confirming votes have been cast. Split voting can be
performed live while a vote is taking place and amended resolutions
can be added instantaneously.
VOTE MONITOR
A live information monitor for the Chairman, Secretary and
Scrutineer displays up-to-date information, including details of
all attendees and proxy vote status. Potential swing as a result of
live votes cast can be viewed prior to the event and a results
summary allows vote status to be previewed before the poll is
closed.
REPORTS
Reports can be produced within minutes allowing results to be
released to the stock exchange without delay. A full audit trail
and scrutineers report are created together with results by
resolution, meeting attendees, votes by attendee and overridden
proxy votes.
For further information about our AGM service and how we work
together with other market participants, please contact us at
info-au@imlworldwide.com