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Right to call a meeting

The ability of holders with the share of votes prescribed by statute to demand that an extraordinary meeting be held.

How to read the number

It turns a stake into leverage: with it a group of minority holders puts a question to a vote without waiting for the annual cycle.

When the metric lies

The demand must be made in prescribed form and is refused on formal grounds; a refusal can be challenged, but the time before the meeting is spent doing so.

Also known as: right to call a meeting

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