voting trust

voting trust
voting trust see trust

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

voting trust
n.
A device in which corporate shareholders transfer their voting rights to a trustee who votes for them in corporate elections in order to pool their votes and control corporate affairs.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


voting trust
A trust created to combine the voting power of shareholders. The participating shareholders' shares and their accompanying voting rights are transferred to a trust for a designated period of time. A designated trustee votes to elect a board directors or vote on other important matters at a shareholders' meeting. A voting trust is usually established by current directors to ensure continued control, but occasionally a voting trust represents a person or group trying to gain control of the corporation.
Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → LLCs, Corporations, Partnerships, etc.

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

voting trust
USA
A voting agreement under which two or more equity holders transfer their voting interests to a trustee to be voted by that trustee as a block pursuant to the terms of the agreement.

Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. . 2010.


voting trust
A type of agreement by which two or more individuals who own corporate stock that carries voting rights transfer their shares to another party for voting purposes, so as to control corporate affairs.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


voting trust
A type of agreement by which two or more individuals who own corporate stock that carries voting rights transfer their shares to another party for voting purposes, so as to control corporate affairs.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

voting trust
n.
   a trust which solicits vote proxies of shareholders of a corporation to elect a board of directors and vote on other matters at a shareholders' meeting. A voting trust is usually operated by current directors to insure continued control, but occasionally a voting trust represents a person or group trying to gain control of the corporation.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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