At the end of the month, the Austin Group held a shareholders’ meeting.
The crowd’s attitude toward Amelia Bright’s appearance varied, but was not surprised.
As everyone in the Hounslow business community knows, Amelia Bright is no longer a member of the Austin family, having divorced the youngest member of the family, and since her pregnancy, she no longer manages the affairs of the Austin Group.
But because of the merits of acquiring the Chambers family group, she was given a 9 percent equity award after the group’s merger and reorganization, plus the previous transfer to her by Steven Austin, making a total of 12 percent.
The shareholders’ meeting was held in a conference room on the top floor of the Austin Group headquarters.
“Chief Bright, long time no see.”
“You’re here too, Mr. Hao, how’s your health?”
“Chief Bright.”
“Mr. Liu, we haven’t seen each other for a year.”
Most of the shareholders meeting and Amelia Bright familiar with, although not due to the relationship is now not contact, but once worked together, are very optimistic about the Austin family’s eldest daughter-in-law.
Steven Austin and Joziah Austin both arrived soon after they arrived, the crowd gradually quieted down, and no one dared to talk to Amelia Bright.
The order of seating is interesting.
Steven Austin, as the executive president of the Austin Group, is sitting in the position of president, and the board of directors is divided on the left and right sides, basically in accordance with the proportion of shares from the largest to the smallest, the further back the smaller the shareholding.
And the positions of Amelia Bright and Joziah Austin are the opposites.
When she left the Austin, Joziah Austin could not speak at the shareholders’ meeting and was not even qualified to sit at the bottom, but now he is climbing fast.
“Everyone should also know that the main purpose of this shareholders meeting, is for me to step down, I am old, the family changes are not small, plus the later new people are long waves pushing the front wave, I the front wave should also let go early, so that the later people experience, leading the Austin on a better future.”
Steven Austin’s voice was loud and clear, and although he was in business, he had the legacy of Austin’s old man. After briefly stating his reasons for stepping down, he officially entered the topic of the meeting.
“In accordance with the public Olson charter, before I step down, according to the proportional share of equity to elect one to three candidates, everyone here secret ballot election, elected is the future the Austin Group’s executive president.”
After that, Steven Austin Chambers glanced around the crowd, in the gaze swept over Amelia Bright slightly tightened a few points, seems to have a few flashes of displeasure, but soon returned to normal color.
According to the proportion of equity to elect candidates, at present, in addition to Steven Austin, the largest shareholding is 15 percent of the total shares of Hao and 12 percent of Amelia Bright, but the directors are old foxes, who all know that Amelia Bright now in the Austin is not the hearts of the people, without the Austin The Austin family, the backer, is also struggling in the circle, who will vote for her?
The final results were shown on the projector, with Joziah Austin and Hao tied, but it was Joziah Austin who prevailed, winning by one vote, nine to eight.
Hao looks like nothing to gain or lose, looks light and smiles, very generous
“Congratulations to little Austin, Chief.”
When these words fell, the crowd applauded.
“Wait a minute,” Amelia Bright’s voice burst out over the rising applause, and she looked coldly at the results of the vote on the screen, expressionless.
“The total number of shareholders of the board of directors is nineteen, Austin abstained from voting, there are still eighteen people involved in the vote, but now the voting result is only a total of seventeen votes, have you forgotten something?”
“Amelia Bright, what are you talking about?” Steven Austin blushed.
The conference room became noisy all of a sudden.
“What’s going on here? Who else didn’t show up?”
” Austin’s wife, have you forgotten? Austin’s wife is also a shareholder, but she never shows up.”
“Huh? Mrs. Austin Chief, hasn’t that been …”
Although Erlina Lee does not care about Steven Austin’s work, she has a five percent share in the board of directors and is eligible to attend and vote in the shareholders’ meeting, but before that, Steven Austin did not want her to show her face, so she was the sole proxy.
Now, while Erlina Lee was in jail, Steven Austin had divorce lawyers negotiating her divorce, so the proxy vote could not belong to him.
Looking at Amelia Bright, Joziah Austin couldn’t sit still for a moment.
“Amelia Bright, what do you mean?”
“It means what you think, the shareholders did not arrive in full, your wishful thinking is no longer loud, hoodwinked Austin total, may not be able to do what you want.”
This statement provoked a war and did not hide her contempt for Steven Austin, a word that offended the Austin family, father and son, but she did not care.
Steven Austin’s eyes went cold, “Watch your language, don’t you forget that this shareholder you say didn’t show up she is Joziah’s biological mother, what do you think the outcome would be even if she showed up to vote?”
The mother does not vote for her own son will not give others to vote?
The faces of the conference room is very consistent at the moment, is there any variables?
Amelia Bright placed a file on the table, moving gently, and said in a hushed voice.
” Austin total is right, Ms. Pear is the third young master’s birth mother, I originally also think that there is no possible variables in this, but it is curious, so these two days to visit Ms. Lai, by the way to get a voting rights transfer, you read through.”
Inside the black folder is a ‘Equity Agency Agreement’ with Erlina Lee’s signature, giving Amelia Bright all the rights to the seven percent of shares in her name.
In other words, the vote is for whomever Amelia Bright votes for this time.
Steven Austin read that agreement over carefully and slammed the folder right then and there with a ‘pop’ of anger and
“Ridiculous, you think you’re just going to bring a signature over here and everything is going to be at your disposal? This is the Austin Group, not yours the Bright family, and not hers Erlina Lee.”
” Chief Austin, you don’t have to be angry,”
Amelia Bright is calm, the more calm she is at this time of year, the more
“I’m not trying to be a barbarian, if you want to continue as president of the Austin Group, I have no problem with that, but not Joziah Austin, he doesn’t deserve it.”
Whether in terms of personality or business talent, he doesn’t have what it takes to hold the Austin together.
Steven Austin is getting more confused as he gets older, and seeing only the embarrassment Amelia Bright is giving him, he is now furious.
“Joziah has been working hard for Gong Olson for many years, what does he not qualify for, but you, on the other hand, think you do? I tell you, Amelia Bright, even if you get this agreement, there is no way you can change the outcome today.”
After saying that, he converged his icy gaze, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice that
“Gentlemen, we have made a joke because of a little personal matter. Since we can’t vote today, we will switch to the five percent or more shareholder voting system and re-vote.”
Five percent or more shareholder voting system?
Amelia Bright’s subdued demeanor changed slightly.