Form with which a corporation may alter the amount of outstanding shares issued by the corporation.
Form with which a corporation may alter the amount of outstanding shares issued by the corporation.
Resolutions of the board of directors authorizing and approving a reporting company's stock repurchase program. These resolutions are drafted as standard clauses and should be inserted into board minutes or a form of unanimous written consent.
The buyback contract must be approved by a resolution of the shareholders. An ordinary resolution will normally suffice, unless the articles require a higher majority, and the company may implement the share buyback at any time after the shareholder resolution approving the buyback contract is passed.
Before company shares may be sold or transferred from one person to another, the company must establish a resolution to sell corporate shares. The sale of this stock must be approved by the company's board of directors. Afterwards, shares would be eligible to be sold from one person to another.
A special resolution is a method of passing a company decision that requires at least 75% of the votes cast by shareholders to be in favour of it.