At the annual meeting, the shareholders can come and elect a board and the board then is in charge of the company.

在年会上,股东会聚集起来,选出董事会来管理公司

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We're going to send a letter to all our shareholders and say, we have decided to pay a $5 dividend and so you're about to approve this at the meeting.

我们将给所有的股东寄出一封信,写着,公司决定发放每股5美元的股利,所以你们在股东大会上要通过这个提议

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Notably, it's typically required that it's one share, one vote and that there's it would be also required that there be an annual meeting-- at least once a year, a shareholder meeting-- and then the shareholders can vote on relevant issues.

还有些一般性条款,如一份股票代表一张选票,还比如年度会议,每年至少有一次股东会议,股东可以对相关议题进行投票

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