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With respect to public companies in the United States, a shareholder resolution is a proposal submitted by shareholders for a vote at the company's annual meeting. Typically, resolutions are opposed by the corporation's management, hence the insistence for a vote. "Voting has long been recognized as one of the primary rights of shareholders."
A corporate resolution is a document issued by a board of directors, outlining a binding corporate action. [ 1 ] Resolutions may authorize routine transactions such as opening corporate accounts, or adopting a fictitious business name . [ 2 ]
In business or commercial law in certain common law jurisdictions, an ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by the shareholders of a company by a simple or bare majority (for example more than 50% of the vote) either at a convened meeting of shareholders or by circulating a resolution for signature.
The decision to liquidate is made by a board resolution, but instigated by the director(s). 75 percent of the company's shareholders must agree to liquidate for liquidation proceedings to advance. [18] If a limited company’s liabilities outweigh its assets, or the company cannot pay its bills when they fall due, the company becomes insolvent.
An oppressed minority shareholder can ask the court to dissolve the corporation or hold the corporation's leaders accountable for their fiduciary responsibilities. [8] Another remedy sometimes used is the court-ordered purchase of shares. [9] As of 1997, the European Union still had not harmonized laws for dealing with shareholder oppression. [10]
In law, dissolution is any of several legal events that terminate a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, corporation, or union. Dissolution is the last stage of liquidation , the process by which a company (or part of a company) is brought to an end, and the assets and property of the company are gone forever.
Judicial dissolution, informally called the corporate death penalty, is a legal procedure in which a corporation is forced to dissolve or cease to exist. Dissolution is the revocation of a corporation's charter for significant harm to society. [ 2 ]
Shareholders often have no rights to call meetings unless the constitution allows, [92] and in any case the conduct of meetings is often controlled by directors under a corporation's by-laws. However, under SEC Rule 14a-8, shareholders have a right to put forward proposals, but on a limited number of topics (and not director elections). [93]