Companies Act 2014

F749[ Interpretation and application (Chapter 8B)

1110F

1110F. (1) In this Chapter

"engagement activity" means any activity, action, plan or document that is carried out or made for the purpose of giving effect to an engagement policy;

"relevant asset manager" means an asset manager

(a) that invests in shares traded on a regulated market on behalf of investors, and

(b) in respect of which the competent Member State, within the meaning of Article 1(2)(a) of the Shareholders Rights Directive, is the State;

"relevant institutional investor" means an institutional investor

(a) that invests, whether directly or through an asset manager, in shares traded on a regulated market, and

(b) in respect of which the competent Member State, within the meaning of Article 1(2)(a) of the Shareholders Rights Directive, is the State.

(2) A word or expression that is used in this Chapter and is also used in the Shareholders Rights Directive has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in this Chapter as it has in that Directive.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F749

Inserted (30.03.2020) by European Union (Shareholders’ Rights) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 81 of 2020), reg. 7, in effect as per reg. 1(3).