(1) On a poll taken at a meeting of a company or a meeting of any class of members of a company, a member, whether present in person or by proxy, entitled to more than one vote need not, if he votes, use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.
(2) A company traded on a regulated market, may provide for a vote exercised under subsection (1) to include a vote cast in advance by correspondence, subject only to such requirements and restrictions as are necessary to ensure the identification of the person voting, and as are proportionate to the achievement of that objective.
(3) A company traded on a regulated market shall only be required to count votes cast in advance by correspondence pursuant to subsection (2), where such votes are received before the date and time specified by the company, provided the date and time is no more than 24 hours before the time at which the vote is to be concluded.