构建上市公司股东大会网络通讯表决制度的法律思考

Legal Study on Establishment of Internet Voting System in Shareholders’Conference of Listing Companies

我国上市公司股东大会已演变成“大股东会”。随着信息技术的发展,国际上已经出现了通过电子网络以方便股东行使表决权的趋势。构建股东大会网络通讯表决制度,能有效避免现行制度的局限性,最大限度保护投资者利益。股东大会网络通讯表决是股东大会现场表决的补充手段,其制度设计的目标、适用范围、操作程序及信息披露均有其特殊性。基于控股股东的义务,应当禁止控股股东通过网络通讯方式行使表决权。

In our country, shareholders＇ conference of listing companies has already been degraded to “main shareholders＇ meeting”. Along with the development of information technology, tendency of voting by internet so as to make it convenient to fulfill the right of voting has emerged worldwide. By establishing the internet voting system in shareholders＇ conference, the disadvantage of the present system can be avoided effectively, and the investors＇ benefit can be protected to the largest extent. Internet voting is the supplement of present voting in shareholders＇ conference. It has its own features in respects of target, extension, procedure, and information announcement. Internet voting by controlling shareholders should be prohibited due to the special obligation of controlling shareholders.