As previously notified, the election of Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Treasurer for the period 2015 to 2019 is about to commence.

I attach for information:

• Extract from the Articles of Association: Section 23 Elected Directors
• Regulation I, Election of Directors
• The Election Calendar (revised to show the vote count date)
• The Electoral Register

Only Company Members are entitled to nominate candidates and vote in the elections.  The Company Members are:

• The Individual Company Members, (who are the Directors) and each have one vote unit
• The County Representative Company Members, (who are the National Councillors) and each have one vote unit
• The League Representative Company Members, who have two, four or six vote units depending on the size of their local league.

The names of the company member representing each county and league, and the number of vote units they are entitled to, are stated in the Electoral Register, which is attached.

Nomination papers will be distributed to all Company Members by email or post on or before Tuesday May 12, and any Company Member who wishes to make a nomination must return it by email or post to be received on or before Tuesday May 26.

Ballot papers for any contested election will be distributed to all Company Members by post on or before Tuesday June 9, and must be returned by post to be received on or before Tuesday June 23.

The votes for any contested election will be counted on Wednesday June 24 and the result announced as soon as possible after that.

If you have any queries please email [email protected]

In particular any Company Member who does not receive a nomination paper or ballot paper shortly after the distribution dates should email [email protected] without delay.

Caroline Williams
Returning Officer
May 5 2015