HD&S | 27/03/20 | Newsletters, Notas
HD&S | 27/03/20 | Newsletters, Notas
As a consequence of the present corona virus crisis, the Public Registry of Commerce of the City of Buenos Aires has issued Resolution N° 11/2020 (the “Resolution”) establishing in which circumstances may unlisted local companies hold virtual-only meetings of their boards of directors and meetings of shareholders or quotaholders.
The Resolution was published in the legal gazette on March 26, 2020. The Resolution establishes that the meetings of the boards of directors and the meetings of shareholders or quotaholders may be held remotely (eg, through videoconferences) only when the by-laws of such companies contain provisions that guarantee the following:
Furthermore, given the full quarantine enacted by the Government by Decree N° 297/2020 as a consequence of the Coronavirus crisis, the Resolution states that, during the whole period of such quarantine, remote meetings held by digital media or platforms shall be permitted to unlisted local companies, even when this is not expressly provided for in their by-laws. When the term of this quarantine expires, remote meetings held by digital media or platforms will be allowed for unlisted local companies only when it is expressly provided in their by-laws.