Станислав Коростелев - Английский язык для юристов. Предпринимательское право

Exercise 3. Consult recommended dictionaries and give words or phrases to the following definitions:

Исполнительный орган общества; раскрытие информации; одобрение крупной сделки; ревизионная комиссия; аудитор общества; бухгалтерская и финансовая отчетность; совет директоров; общее собрание акционеров; информация об аффилированных лицах.

Exercise 4. Be ready to talk on one of the following topics:

1. Describe the functions of the board of directors and officers of the corporation with regard to the control of corporate affairs.

2. Distinguish between circumstances that call for the application of the business judgment rule and those that call for the fairness rule in the evaluation of management decisions.

3. Judge whether a corporate manager may or may not use inside information in a particular situation.

4. Determine the voting rights of shareholders regarding proxy solicitations, voting trusts, pooling agreements, and shareholder proposals.

5. Contrast shareholder direct suits with shareholder derivative suits and explain the prerequisites for each.

Exercise 5. Make up your own dialog on the case: In one case poor management by the president resulted in the steady decline of sales and profits in a once-profitable and distinguished company. There were seven outside board members on a board of sixteen, and although there was mounting evidence that the president was incapable of leading the enterprise, no action was initiated by the board members. Finally, after a succession of three loss years, a vice president of the principal lending bank, and not a director of the company, asked to meet with the board, and stated that unless a change was made, the bank loans would not be renewed. With this leverage from the bank, the outside directors made the decision to ask the president to resign.

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