Conducting the Annual Meeting | Practical Law

Conducting the Annual Meeting | Practical Law

This Note addresses issues for a company to consider before conducting its annual meeting of stockholders. This Note discusses voting procedures, including determining a quorum and the required voting standards. This Note also discusses the events that may occur during an annual meeting of stockholders, including procedures for handling stockholder questions, potential disruptions of the meeting and members of the press, and how to adjourn the meeting. In addition, this Note reviews whether to hold the stockholders' meeting electronically and how to report the voting results of the meeting.

Conducting the Annual Meeting

Practical Law Practice Note 3-502-0058 (Approx. 11 pages)

Conducting the Annual Meeting

by Joshua Ford Bonnie, Karen Hsu Kelley and Brandon Adoni, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
MaintainedUSA (National/Federal)
This Note addresses issues for a company to consider before conducting its annual meeting of stockholders. This Note discusses voting procedures, including determining a quorum and the required voting standards. This Note also discusses the events that may occur during an annual meeting of stockholders, including procedures for handling stockholder questions, potential disruptions of the meeting and members of the press, and how to adjourn the meeting. In addition, this Note reviews whether to hold the stockholders' meeting electronically and how to report the voting results of the meeting.