Abstract
The aim of the paper is to explore how an EGM can be used to protect the rights of the shareholders and the level of transparency of a company's disclosure in relation with the EGM. To achieve these objectives, two analyses have been conducted. First, the content analysis is employed to assess the effectiveness of the EGM by searching some of the practical issues of the EGM via the newspapers, magazines and other public domain media. Second, we also conduct a document analysis on the annual reports of public listed companies to examine whether these companies complied with the selected international best practices on EGMs set by various globally recognized institutions. The research finds that the EGM can be used as an effective tool to safeguard shareholders rights in their companies. In terms of disclosure, the researchers find that some of the international attributes such as notice of meeting are well complied by a majority of all the companies while a few other practices like disclosure on directors' attendance was just ignored.