Financial and business terms. 2012.
Supermajority — A corporate amendment in a company s charter requiring a large majority (anywhere from 67 90%) of shareholders to approve important changes, such as a merger. This is sometimes called a supermajority amendment . Often a company s charter will… … Investment dictionary
Supermajority — Part of the Politics series Politics List of political topics Politics by country … Wikipedia
List of methods of constitutional amendment — Different countries constitutions have different, sometimes multiple, processes for amending them. Europe United Kingdom The UK has no full constitution, so amendments are passed the same way as normal laws: legislative approval and Royal Assent … Wikipedia
Federal Marriage Amendment — The Federal Marriage Amendment H.J. Res. 56 (FMA) (also referred to by proponents as the Marriage Protection Amendment) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would have limited marriage in the United States to unions of … Wikipedia
Equal Rights Amendment — The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a failed proposed amendment to the United States Constitution intended to guarantee equal rights under the law for Americans regardless of sex, which failed to gain ratification before the end of the deadline.… … Wikipedia
Balanced Budget Amendment — The Balanced Budget Amendment is any one of various proposed amendments to the United States Constitution which would require a balance in the projected revenues and expenditures of the United States government. Most such proposals contain a… … Wikipedia
Super-majority amendment — is a defensive tactic requiring that a substantial majority, usually 67% to 90%, of shareholders approve a merger. This amendment makes a hostile takeover much more difficult to perform.ee also*Mergers acquisitions *Takeover *Supermajority… … Wikipedia
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution — United States of America … Wikipedia
Constitutional amendment — A constitutional amendment is a formal change to the text of the written constitution of a nation or state. Most constitutions require that amendments cannot be enacted unless they have passed a special procedure that is more stringent than that… … Wikipedia
Bylaw Amendment Limitations — These provisions limit shareholders ability to amend the governing documents of the corporation. This might take the form of a supermajority vote requirement for charter or bylaw amendments, total elimination of the ability of shareholders to… … Financial and business terms
