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The shareholder meeting (also known as the Annual General Meeting or AGM) is one of a company’s primary corporate governance vehicles. During the meeting, the company’s owners (the shareholders) ratify decisions on topics determined by law and by the corporate bylaws.
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What is a Shareholders General Meeting?

The BBVA Annual Shareholder meeting will be held in Bilbao next Friday, March 13. The shareholder meeting (also known as the Annual General Meeting or AGM) is one of a company’s primary corporate governance vehicles. During the meeting, the company’s owners (the shareholders) ratify decisions on topics determined by law and by the corporate bylaws. The AGM includes particular features that are established by corporate law. BBVA’s AGM will be held on March 17th in Bilbao.

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BBVA’s AGM certified as “sustainable event”

BBVA’s Annual General Meeting, which took place on March 16th in Bilbao, boasted an event sustainability management system that was compliant with the UNE-ISO 20121:2013 standard, as certified by AENOR. This certification validates the 2018 Annual General Meeting as a Sustainable Event due to its “clear commitment” to the environmentally, socially and economically sustainable criteria defined by the standard.

What matters does a General Shareholders Meeting address?
It is the remit of such as meeting to deliberate and agree on the following subjects, among other things:

approval of annual accounts, allocation of profits or losses, and approval of corporate management
appointments to the board of directors
appointment of external auditors
changes to corporate bylaws;
company transformation, mergers, spin-offs, or capital increases
the dissolution of the company;
any other topics required by law or the company’s bylaws.

The resolutions made in the meeting are binding for all shareholders, including those who voted against the measures and those who did not attend the meeting.
What kinds of General Meetings are there?
A general meeting can be ordinary or extraordinary. Ordinary meetings are convened once a year, within six months from the close of the previous fiscal year and are the vehicles, where appropriate, for the approval of the corporate management, the previous year’s financial statements, and the allocation of profits or losses. The rest of the meetings are extraordinary in nature.
Additionally, the members of the board of directors are obliged to call a General Meeting when requested to do so by a shareholder or shareholders representing more than 5% of the company’s capital or 3% in the case of a listed company.
Who can attend meetings?
All shareholders have the right to attend the meetings, although in the case of corporations such as limited liability companies, the bylaws can stipulate attendance depends on holding a minimum number of shares, and in the case of listed companies this cannot exceed one thousand shares.
Additionally, in the event a shareholder cannot attend, he/she has the right to designate a representative to attend the general meeting and vote as a proxy on his/her behalf. Assigning a proxy must be conferred in writing or by notification that fulfills legally established requirements related to the right to exercise remote voting and should be done specifically for each meeting.
In the case of limited liability companies, and in accordance with their bylaws, voting on proposals related to the agenda items in any kind of General Meeting can be delegated to a proxy or exercised by the