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.
The consent form should describe if/when identifiable data will be destroyed and how such data will be protected and how it will be used or shared. Language - Consent forms should be written in the 2nd person (i.e., "you are") and in a language that is clear, concise, and understandable to the subject population.
Noun. somewhat formal. : a document giving permission. We need written consent before we can publish the photograph.
A written consent is a document governing bodies within companies can adopt resolutions and take action. A resolution is a statement describing action taken by a governing body within a company. Within a corporation, shareholders, boards of directors and committees of directors may take action by adopting a resolution.
“Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting” is a legal mechanism that allows the board of directors, shareholders, or members of an organization to make a decision or approve a resolution without actually convening a physical or virtual meeting.
Shareholder action by written consent refers to corporate shareholders' right to act by written consent instead of a meeting. This type of consent avoids some of the negative characteristics of shareholder meetings.
Examples of changes that may require stockholder approval include increasing or decreasing the number of authorized shares, changing voting requirements or altering dividend policies.
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.
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.