国内初、完全オンライン開催　ユーグレナが臨時株主総会

　ユーグレナは２６日、株主に出席してもらう実際の会場を設けず、オンライン上だけで臨時株主総会を開いた。完全オンライン方式による株主総会は、６月施行の改正産業競争力強化法で認められたばかりで、国内初開催とみられる。
　完全オンライン方式には、遠方の株主が参加しやすい利点がある。新型コロナウイルスなどの感染症対策にも役立つため、利用が広がりそうだ。
　ユーグレナは臨時総会で、事業年度の変更など６議案を提案し、可決された。所要時間は１時間１０分で、約５５０人の株主が出席。株主は会場に赴くことなく、専用サイトで中継動画を視聴して議決権を行使した。（2021/08/26-11:38）

Japanese biotech firm Euglena Co. held an extraordinary meeting of its shareholders fully online on Thursday, in what is believed to be Japan's first such shareholders meeting held without an actual venue being set up.
   Virtual shareholders meetings are now permitted by the revised law on strengthening industrial competitiveness, which came into force in June.
   Many companies are expected to start holding fully online shareholders meetings as they are convenient for investors who live in remote areas and can help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
   At the extraordinary meeting of Euglena shareholders, six proposals submitted by the company, including one calling for a change of business year, were approved. Joining the meeting live through a designated website, Euglena shareholders exercised their voting rights via the internet.
   Previously, companies were required to establish actual venues even when they held shareholders meetings online.