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Requisitioned meeting breaks deadlock

By Gary Sollis
August 17, 2017
  • Securities Litigation
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A deadlocked board of directors, talk of a “public flogging”, and a court reluctant to intervene. The case of Goldstein v. McGrath is a colourful recent example of a requisitioned public company shareholders’ meeting, with the twist that the requisitioning shareholders were represented by or aligned with three of the company’s six directors.

The decision provides three helpful reminders for boards, shareholders and their advisors: the right of shareholders to requisition (i.e. demand) a meeting can be a powerful tool, especially in the context of junior public companies; courts are generally reluctant to exercise their authority to call shareholders’ meetings; and a court will need strong evidence that an incumbent chair may engage in impropriety before appointing an independent chair for a shareholders’ meeting.

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Gary Sollis

About Gary Sollis

Gary represents clients in the areas of corporate and securities law, with a focus on acquisitions, financings and reorganizations. He has acted for a variety of public and private companies in financing transactions, including public offerings, private placements of debt and equity, special warrant financings and public and private limited partnership offerings.

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