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Anti-Takeover Policies

Defensive provisions and the rights they bear on: capital structure, charter and bylaw amendment, board classification, advance notice, poison pills, and disclosed shareholder engagement practice.

Part I

Anti-Takeover Provisions and Shareholder Rights

This part carries no printed heading in the source catalog; the title above is ESGAUGE’s description of its contents.

Capital Structure
  • Dual or Multiple-Class Stock
  • Blank Check Preferred Stock
Charter and Bylaw Amendments
  • Supermajority Vote Requirements for Charter Amendments by Shareholders
  • Required Threshold
  • Bylaws Amendments by the Board
  • Supermajority Vote Requirements for Bylaws Amendments by Shareholders
Board Classification
  • Classified Board
  • Classified Term Length
  • Source of Classified Board Structure Provisions
  • Removal of Classified Board Members Without Cause
Advance Notice Provisions
  • Advance Notice Bylaws
  • Advance Notice Time Window
  • Advance Notice Time Period
  • Parameter to Which Time Period is Tied
  • Informational Requirements
Shareholder Rights/Poison Pills
  • Election to Opt Out of Anti-Takeover Statutes
  • Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Pill) in Force
  • Poison Pill Features
  • Adoption Date
  • Expiration Date
  • Trigger Threshold Percentage
  • Exercise Price
  • Rights Per Old Share
  • New Shares Per Right
  • Name of Issuing Stock
  • Shareholder Approval of Poison Pills
  • Fiduciary-Out Provision
NOL Poison Pills
  • Nol Poison Pill
  • Adoption Date
  • Expiration Date
  • Trigger Threshold Percentage
  • Exercise Price
  • Rights Per Old Share
  • New Shares Per Right
  • Name of Issuing Stock
Limitations to Other Shareholder Rights
  • Right to Call Special Shareholder Meetings
  • Ownership Threshold to Call Special Meetings
  • Restrictions to the Right to Call Special Meetings
  • Action by Written Consent
  • Procedural Consent Bylaws

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