Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
A.G.O.A.
English translation:
AGM / OGM (ordinary general meeting)
Added to glossary by
Conor McAuley
Dec 4, 2006 09:06
17 yrs ago
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French term
A.G.O.A.
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Text about S.A.S. companies (France)
"B) DECISIONS COLLECTIVES DES ACTIONNAIRES
1) Unanimité obligatoire
Création ou modification des clauses d’inaliénabilité, d’agrément, d’exclusion et de changement de contrôle d’actionnaires.
Décisions qui augmenteraient les engagements des actionnaires.
2) Unanimité sauf clause contraire :
Nomination du liquidateur et ***AGOA*** pendant la période de liquidation."
General administrator who represents shareholders' interests?
Admin. gén. ... actionnaires ?
1) Unanimité obligatoire
Création ou modification des clauses d’inaliénabilité, d’agrément, d’exclusion et de changement de contrôle d’actionnaires.
Décisions qui augmenteraient les engagements des actionnaires.
2) Unanimité sauf clause contraire :
Nomination du liquidateur et ***AGOA*** pendant la période de liquidation."
General administrator who represents shareholders' interests?
Admin. gén. ... actionnaires ?
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +6 | Ordinary AGM | David Goward |
5 +2 | Ordinary Annual General Meeting of Shareholders | Jennifer Forbes |
2 | African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) | SilvijaG |
Proposed translations
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Ordinary AGM
According to the site below, it stands for Assemblée Générale Ordinaire Annuelle.
Not 100% sure of the exact English equivalent, though.
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-12-04 09:16:27 GMT)
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11,400 hits for "ordinary annual general meeting"
Not 100% sure of the exact English equivalent, though.
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-12-04 09:16:27 GMT)
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11,400 hits for "ordinary annual general meeting"
Peer comment(s):
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cjohnstone
: ordinary annual shareholders assembly
10 mins
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Thanks! I prefer "meeting" to "assembly" but we'll leave it to Conor to decide.
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Tony M
: That's what I'd have thought too, though at first sight it seems to fit oddly in the sentence given; but then again, maybe not — such an AGM would be a special case, justifiying the requirement for a vote to be unanimous
11 mins
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Thanks, Tony! Not really my field, but that's how I understand it.
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Rob Grayson
14 mins
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Thanks, Rob.
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Odette Grille (X)
: regular plenary meeting, may be...
17 mins
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Thanks, Odette. I'm afraid I'm not familiar enough with the subject to give an opinion on your suggestion.
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agree |
xuebai
26 mins
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Thank you.
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Víctor Nine
29 mins
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Thank you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all for clearing that one up! Although it's debatable whether the second A stands for "actionnaires" or "annuelle"."
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1 hr
Ordinary Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
I think that, to be precise, you need to include the word "shareholders".
Peer comment(s):
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Sarah Gall (X)
: I'm with you on this one Jenny
29 mins
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agree |
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
: Absolutely.
5 hrs
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21 hrs
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
maybe it's engl.abrev
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