Proxy

A person appointed by a shareholder to vote for him at a meeting. Any member of a company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of it is entitled to appoint another person (whether a member or not) as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him: Companies Act 1985 section 372(1). A proxy appointed to attend and vote instead of a member of a private company also has the same right as a member to speak at the meeting. But unless the Articles of Association otherwise provide, (i) a member of a private company is not entitled to appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion; and (ii) a proxy is not entitled to vote except on a poll.