More often than not discussion about shareholders has been around the idea of shareholder rights. This article looks at the notion of shareholder consent. Although the notions of shareholder rights and consent overlap somewhat, they deal with issues from a different standpoint. I will summarise some of the main areas in which shareholder consent is required and in the process discuss issues such as in what circumstances consent is required from shareholders, the nature of that consent, whether informed consent is required, or indeed possible, and whether another mechanism is preferable to that of shareholder consent. In the process of looking at shareholder consent, comparisons will also be made to the proposal under CLERP 9 which requires...
Shareholders are entitled to participate in the corporate decision-making and internal governance wh...
This paper develops a theory of corporate decision making to study the benefits and costs of shareho...
Corporate bylaws are the new leading edge of a decades-long struggle between shareholders and manage...
More often than not discussion about shareholders has been around the idea of shareholder rights. Th...
Shareholders have many legal rights, but they are not all of equal significance. This article will a...
The great corporate scandals of the recent past and the resulting push for legal reform have revived...
Despite a decline in companies’ takeover defenses, provisions barring shareholders from acting by wr...
In the past decades, shareholder democracy has been the center of attention in corporate governance ...
Shareholders’ rights advocates argue that shareholders have the right to control the corporation. Th...
When a corporation, acting through its board of directors, proposes to increase the number of its sh...
Different shareholders acting in companies usually have different interests that they want to satisf...
According to the traditional view, the shareholders own the corporation. Until relatively recently, ...
Different shareholders acting in companies usually have different interests that they want to satisf...
This article considers the effect that increased shareholder activism may have on non-shareholder co...
Objective: An important measure of shareholder primacy and activism is the power to initiate and app...
Shareholders are entitled to participate in the corporate decision-making and internal governance wh...
This paper develops a theory of corporate decision making to study the benefits and costs of shareho...
Corporate bylaws are the new leading edge of a decades-long struggle between shareholders and manage...
More often than not discussion about shareholders has been around the idea of shareholder rights. Th...
Shareholders have many legal rights, but they are not all of equal significance. This article will a...
The great corporate scandals of the recent past and the resulting push for legal reform have revived...
Despite a decline in companies’ takeover defenses, provisions barring shareholders from acting by wr...
In the past decades, shareholder democracy has been the center of attention in corporate governance ...
Shareholders’ rights advocates argue that shareholders have the right to control the corporation. Th...
When a corporation, acting through its board of directors, proposes to increase the number of its sh...
Different shareholders acting in companies usually have different interests that they want to satisf...
According to the traditional view, the shareholders own the corporation. Until relatively recently, ...
Different shareholders acting in companies usually have different interests that they want to satisf...
This article considers the effect that increased shareholder activism may have on non-shareholder co...
Objective: An important measure of shareholder primacy and activism is the power to initiate and app...
Shareholders are entitled to participate in the corporate decision-making and internal governance wh...
This paper develops a theory of corporate decision making to study the benefits and costs of shareho...
Corporate bylaws are the new leading edge of a decades-long struggle between shareholders and manage...