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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

It’s AGM time, season of free sandwiches and protest fireworks

An environmental protester is removed after demonstrating during Shell’s annual general meeting last year.
An environmental protester is removed after demonstrating during Shell’s annual general meeting last year. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty

The leafy surroundings of Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey will provide an unlikely backdrop for potentially one of the most explosive events of an intriguing shareholder meeting season, as corporate Britain grapples with a rapidly shifting geopolitical backdrop.

Next month, BP will host its annual general meeting (AGM) outside London for a second consecutive year, a move that last year failed to deter the climate protesters who have frequently disrupted oil companies’ meetings.

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