special resolution
noun[C]
FINANCEukusat ameetingof a UK company'sshareholders, adecisionthat must beapprovedby 75% ofshareholdersfor it to beaccepted:
Thedirectorswereadvisedthat aspecialresolutionwasnecessarytopermitthetransaction.
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Selling shareholders may not vote in favor of aspecialresolutionto approve a selective buy-back.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aspecialresolutionto re-register is not required.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company changed its articles byspecialresolutionin general meeting allowing existing shareholders to offer any shares to person/members outside the company.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Byspecialresolution, the creditors of the estate may appoint or substitute another licensed trustee to assume the role.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aspecialresolutionby comparison requires a greater vote threshold, which varies in different jurisdictions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In public companies, aspecialresolutionmust also be passed, and a court order is necessary.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In advance of liquidation the company procured aspecialresolutionfor reduction of capital, whereby all paid up capital would be returned to preference shareholders, to settle any claims.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.That section makes it plain that it must be aspecialresolution.
From the
Hansard archive
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In the first place, they would require companies wishing to make political donations to table aspecialresolution.
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Hansard archive
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I am not arguing forspecialresolutionbut an ordinary one at the general meeting.
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