| 释义 |
Voting Trust Agreement Voting Trust AgreementA contract creating a trust through common shareholders in order to combine their votes at the annual meeting. Each shareholder transfers his/her voting rights to the trust while keeping title to the dividends and other rights associated with the stock. The voting trust receives legal title to the common stock and issues voting trust certificates, representing the other rights of common stock, to shareholders. The voting trust uses these shares to vote as a block. This gives participating shareholders a degree of control over the company they would not otherwise have. Generally speaking, a voting trust can only exist for a certain period of time, depending on the laws of the state in which the company is incorporated. |