special resolution

noun [C] FINANCE

Definition

› at a meeting of a UK company's shareholders, a decision that must be approved by 75% of shareholders for it to be accepted: The directors were advised that a special resolution was necessary to permit the transaction.

(Definition of special resolution noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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