10A-2-1.40
Section 10A-2-1.40 Definitions applicable to business corporations. In this chapter: REPEALED
IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT
CODE SUPPLEMENT. (1) "Articles of incorporation" include amended and restated articles
of incorporation and, in the case of a corporation existing on January 1, 1981, its certificate
of incorporation, including any amended certificate, and also include, except where the context
otherwise requires, articles of merger. The term "articles of incorporations" as
used in this chapter is synonymous with the term "certificate of formation" employed
in Chapter 1. (2) "Authorized shares" means the shares of all classes a domestic
or foreign business corporation is authorized to issue. (3) "Corporation" or "domestic
corporation" means a business corporation, which is not a foreign corporation, incorporated
under or subject to the provisions of this chapter. (4) "Distribution" means a direct
or indirect...
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10A-2-8.20
Section 10A-2-8.20 Meetings. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The board of directors may
hold regular or special meetings in or out of this state. (b) Unless the articles of incorporation
or bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate
in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of
communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during
the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in
person at the meeting. (Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-8.20; amended and renumbered
by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §118.)...
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10A-2-6.40
Section 10A-2-6.40 Distributions to shareholders. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT
2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A board
of directors may authorize and the corporation may make distributions subject to restriction
by the articles of incorporation and the limitation in subsection (c). (b) If the board of
directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a distribution
other than one involving a repurchase or reacquisition of shares, it is the date the board
of directors authorizes the distribution. (c) No distribution may be made if, after giving
it effect: (1) The corporation would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the
usual course of business; or (2) The corporation's total assets would be less than the sum
of its total liabilities plus, unless the articles of incorporation permit otherwise, the
amount that would be needed, if the corporation were to be dissolved at the time...
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10A-2-14.02
Section 10A-2-14.02 Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders. REPEALED IN THE 2019
REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE
SUPPLEMENT. (a) A corporation's board of directors may propose dissolution for submission
to the shareholders. (b) For a proposal to dissolve to be adopted: (1) The board of directors
must recommend dissolution to the shareholders unless the board of directors determines that
because of conflict of interest or other special circumstances it should make no recommendation
and communicates the basis for its determination to the shareholders; and (2) The shareholders
entitled to vote must approve the proposal to dissolve as provided in subsection (e). (c)
Subject to the corporation's articles of incorporation, the board of directors may condition
its submission of the proposal for dissolution on any basis, except that the board of directors
may not decrease the vote required for approval under subsection (e)....
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10A-2-7.21
Section 10A-2-7.21 Voting entitlement of shares. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT
2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Except
as provided in subsections (b) and (c) or unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise,
each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted
on at a shareholders' meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote. (b) The shares of a corporation
are not entitled to vote if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by a second corporation,
domestic or foreign, and the first corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of
the shares entitled to vote for directors of the second corporation, unless a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that the voting of the shares is not for the purpose of perpetuation
of management or other improper purpose. (c) Subsection (b) does not limit the power of a
corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it...
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10A-2-8.30
Section 10A-2-8.30 General standards for directors. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY
ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A director
shall discharge his or her duties as a director, including duties as a member of a committee:
(1) In good faith; (2) With the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would
exercise under similar circumstances; and (3) In a manner the director believes to be in the
best interests of the corporation. (b) In discharging his or her duties, a director is entitled
to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and
other financial data, if prepared or presented by: (1) One or more officers or employees of
the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the
matters; (2) Legal counsel, public accountants, certified public accountants, or other persons
as to matters the director reasonably believes are within the...
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10A-2-7.02
Section 10A-2-7.02 Special meeting. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A corporation shall hold
a special meeting of shareholders: (1) On call of its board of directors or the person or
persons authorized to do so by the articles of incorporation or bylaws; or (2) If the holders
of at least 10 percent of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered
at the proposed special meeting sign, date, and deliver to the corporation's president or
secretary one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose or purposes for
which it is to be held, who shall, within 21 days of the receipt of demand, cause notice to
be given of the meeting to be held within the minimum time following the notice prescribed
by Section 10A-2-7.05(a); or (3) On call of the holders of at least 10 percent of the votes
entitled to be cast at the proposed special meeting who signed a demand...
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10A-2-8.58
Section 10A-2-8.58 Application of indemnification provisions. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR
SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) Any indemnification, or advance for expenses, authorized under this division shall not
be deemed exclusive of and shall be in addition to that which may be contained in a corporation's
articles of incorporation, bylaws, a resolution of its shareholders or board of directors,
or in a contract or otherwise. (b) This division does not limit a corporation's power to pay
or reimburse expenses incurred by a director in connection with the director's appearance
as a witness in a proceeding at a time when he or she has not been made a named defendant
or respondent to the proceeding. (Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-8.58; amended
and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §124.)...
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10A-2-7.25
Section 10A-2-7.25 Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR
SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting
only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Unless the articles of
incorporation or this chapter provide otherwise, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast
on the matter by the voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on
that matter, but in no event shall a quorum consist of less than one-third of the votes entitled
to be cast on the matter by the voting group. (b) Once a share is represented for any purpose
at a meeting, it is, unless established to the contrary, presumed present for quorum purposes
for the remainder of the meeting. (c) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, action
on a matter, other than the election of directors, by a voting...
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10A-2-12.01
Section 10A-2-12.01 Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets. REPEALED
IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT
CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Subject to the limitations of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as
the same may be amended from time to time, a corporation may, on the terms and conditions
and for the consideration determined by the board of directors: (1) Sell, lease, exchange,
or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of its property in the usual and regular
course of business; (2) Mortgage, pledge, dedicate to the repayment of indebtedness, whether
with or without recourse, or otherwise encumber any or all of its property whether or not
in the usual and regular course of business; or (3) Transfer any or all of its property to
a corporation all the shares of which are owned by the corporation. (b) Unless the articles
of incorporation require it, approval by the shareholders of a transaction...
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