The Stockholders of the Apex Corporation Attended a Special Meeting

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Essay

The stockholders of the Apex Corporation attended a special meeting of the stockholders called to discuss matters of extreme urgency to the corporation. A quorum was not present when the meeting opened, nor was a quorum present when the matters to be treated in the meeting were discussed. Management, however, felt that the importance of the issue was significant enough to warrant continuation of the meeting without a quorum, and the stockholders voted on the issues presented during the meeting. During the last fifteen (15) minutes of the meeting, just prior to the cocktail hour regularly attended by many stockholders, enough stockholders had arrived to constitute a quorum. Were the issues of this meeting dealt with in a valid manner?

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Definitions:

Income Statement

A financial statement that shows a company's financial performance over a specific period, detailing revenues, expenses, and net income.

Retained Earnings

Retained earnings are the portion of a company's profits that is kept or retained rather than being paid out as dividends to shareholders, often reinvested in the business or used to pay off debt.

Notes Payable

A financial liability representing a written promise to pay a specific sum of money on a specified future date.