Section 249F — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Calling of general meetings by members

(1) Members with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at a general meeting of the company may call, and arrange to hold, a general meeting. The members calling the meeting must pay the expenses of calling and holding the meeting.

(2) The meeting must be called in the same way—so far as is possible—in which general meetings of the company may be called.

(3) The percentage of votes that members have is to be worked out as at the midnight before the meeting is called.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 249CA — Calling of meetings of members of a listed company by a director
s 249D — Calling of general meeting by directors when requested by members
s 249E — Failure of directors to call general meeting
s 249G — Calling of meetings of members by the Court
s 249H — Amount of notice of meetings
s 249HA — Amount of notice of meetings of listed company

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