A Written Consent of Stockholders is an approval of corporate actions by the stockholders of a corporation via a written consent.
This consent approves, adopts, and authorizes organizing actions of the LLC, such as ratifying actions of the organizer, adopting the operating agreement, electing the initial officers, and authorizing the opening of bank accounts.
Written consent allows directors and executives to push forth an action via writing or electronic transmission for informed decisions. So, in these cases, establishing consent is a matter of using either PDFs, faxes, or emails that indicate executive approvals.
A Shareholders' Consent to Action Without Meeting, or a consent resolution, is a written statement that describes and validates a course of action taken by the shareholders of a particular corporation without a meeting having to take place between directors and/or shareholders.
Stockholders may act by providing their written consent rather than at a meeting. Taking action by written consent rather than at a formal meeting may be preferrable in corporations, like start-up companies, where the number of stockholders is relatively small and easily identifiable.
A Standard Document to provide unanimous or less-than-unanimous written consent of shareholders of a Texas corporation to act without holding a meeting.
Requirements for Variation of Shareholders' Rights Consent of at least three-fourths of shareholders of the issued shares of that class. Consent of three-fourths of shareholders of other classes if the variation by one class of shareholders affects the rights of the other classes of shareholders.
Shareholder consent is often a defined term in the Shareholders' Agreement, and it is often defined as a percentage, say, 100% of shareholders are needed to consent to certain actions.
The articles of association and shareholders' agreement may also specify that existing shareholders have the right of first refusal when a shareholder wishes to sell their shares. This means the shares must be offered to existing shareholders before they can be sold to anyone else.