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.
A corporate resolution is a formal declaration made by a board of directors that officially records specific decisions that are material to a business. These resolutions are passed by the board, officially recorded by a corporate secretary and filed among a company's official records.
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.
There are two main types of shareholders' resolution: 'ordinary' and 'special'. An ordinary resolution is passed by a simple majority of members, while a special resolution requires not less than 75% of the total voting rights of eligible members.
Section 180(1)(a) of the 2013 Act provides that shareholders' approval by a special resolution is required to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the whole or substantially the whole of the undertaking of the company or where the company owns more than one undertaking, of the whole or substantially the whole of any ...
By passing the Resolution, the Board of Directors authorizes the redemption of shares from a shareholder. The shares will be redeemed provided that the corporation determines that redeeming the shares would not render the corporation unable to meet its liabilities.