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Staggered board
· noun · finance
Board structure where only a slice of directors is up for election each year, making takeovers a slog.
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Instead of the whole board standing for re-election every year, directors are split into classes — usually three — and only one class is up at a time. A raider winning a proxy fight needs two annual meetings to flip control, which is exactly the point.
“The staggered board bought management eighteen months to find a white knight.”
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Staggered board In A Sentence
The staggered board bought management eighteen months to find a white knight.
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classified board
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