10A-2A-2.02
addresses of the individuals who are to serve as the initial directors; (2) provisions not
inconsistent with law regarding: (i) the purpose or purposes for which the corporation is
organized; (ii) managing the business and regulating the affairs of the corporation; (iii)
defining, limiting, and regulating the powers of the corporation, its board of directors,
and stockholders; (iv) a par value for authorized stock or classes of stock; or (v) subject
to subsection (f), a provision imposing personal liability for the debts of the corporation
on its stockholders to a specified extent and upon specified conditions; otherwise, the stockholders
of a corporation shall not be personally liable for the payment of the corporation's debts,
except as they may be liable by reason of their own conduct or acts; (3) any provision that
under this chapter is permitted to be set forth in the certificate of incorporation or required
or permitted to be set forth in the bylaws; (4) a provision eliminating...
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10A-2A-8.31
Section 10A-2A-8.31 Standards of liability for directors. Notwithstanding Division C of Article
3 of Chapter 1: (a) A director shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for any decision to take or not to take action, or any failure to take any action, as a director,
unless the party asserting liability in a proceeding establishes that: (1) no defense interposed
by the director based on (i) any provision in the certificate of incorporation authorized
by Section 10A-2A-2.02(b)(4) or by Section 10A-2A-2.02(b)(6), or (ii) the protection afforded
by Section 10A-2A-8.60, precludes liability; and (2) the challenged conduct consisted or was
the result of: (i) action not in good faith; or (ii) a decision (A) which the director did
not reasonably believe to be in the best interests of the corporation, or (B) as to which
the director was not informed to an extent the director reasonably believed appropriate in
the circumstances; or (iii) a lack of objectivity due to the...
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10A-2A-1.40
Section 10A-2A-1.40 Chapter definitions. Notwithstanding Section 10A-1-1.03, as used in this
chapter, unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, the following
terms have the following meanings: (1) AUTHORIZED STOCK means the stock of all classes and
series a corporation or foreign corporation is authorized to issue. (2) BENEFICIAL STOCKHOLDER
means a person who owns the beneficial interest in stock, which is either a record stockholder
or a person on whose behalf shares of stock are registered in the name of an intermediary
or nominee. (3) CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION means the certificate of incorporation described
in Section 10A-2A-2.02, all amendments to the certificate of incorporation, and any other
documents permitted or required to be delivered for filing by a corporation with the Secretary
of State under this chapter or Chapter 1 that modify, amend, supplement, restate, or replace
the certificate of incorporation. After an amendment of the certificate...
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10A-2A-7.32
or omissions imposed by law on directors to the extent that the discretion or powers of the
directors are limited by the agreement. An agreement authorized by this section that eliminates
the board of directors shall impose on the person or persons in whom the discretion or powers
of the directors are vested the liability for acts or omissions as are imposed by law on directors.
(f) The existence or performance of an agreement authorized by this section shall not be a
ground for imposing personal liability on any stockholder for the acts or debts of
the corporation even if the agreement or its performance treats the corporation as if it were
a partnership or results in failure to observe the corporate formalities otherwise applicable
to the matters governed by the agreement. (g) Incorporators or subscribers for stock may act
as stockholders with respect to an agreement authorized by this section if no stock has been
issued when the agreement is made. (h) Limits, if any, on the...
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10A-1-1.03
limited liability company or association, a member; and (D) with respect to another foreign
or domestic entity, an owner of an equity interest in that entity. (69) OWNERSHIP INTEREST.
An owner's interest in an entity. The term includes the owner's share of profits and losses
or similar items and the right to receive distributions. The term does not include an owner's
right to participate in management or participate in the direction or oversight of the entity.
An ownership interest is personal property. (70) PARENT or PARENT ENTITY. An entity
that: (A) owns at least 50 percent of the ownership or membership interest of a subsidiary;
or (B) possesses at least 50 percent of the voting power of the owners or members of a subsidiary.
(71) PARTNER. A limited partner or general partner. (72) PARTNERSHIP. Includes a general partnership,
a limited liability partnership, a foreign limited liability partnership, a limited partnership,
a foreign limited partnership, a limited liability...
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40-27-1
a tax measured in any way by the capital of a corporation considered in its entirety. 6. "Gross
receipts tax" means a tax, other than a sales tax, which is imposed on or measured by
the gross volume of business, in terms of gross receipts or in other terms, and in the determination
of which no deduction is allowed which would constitute the tax an income tax. 7. "Sales
tax" means a tax imposed with respect to the transfer for a consideration of ownership,
possession or custody of tangible personal property or the rendering of services measured
by the price of the tangible personal property transferred or services rendered and
which is required by state or local law to be separately stated from the sales price by the
seller, or which is customarily separately stated from the sales price, but does not include
a tax imposed exclusively on the sale of a specifically identified commodity or article or
class of commodities or articles. 8. "Use tax" means a nonrecurring tax, other than
a...
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10A-2A-13.40
Section 10A-2A-13.40 Other remedies limited. (a) The legality of a proposed or completed corporate
action described in Section 10A-2A-13.02(a) may not be contested, nor may the corporate action
be enjoined, set aside or rescinded, in a legal or equitable proceeding by a stockholder after
the stockholders have approved the corporate action. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to
a corporate action that: (1) was not authorized and approved in accordance with the applicable
provisions of: (i) Article 9, 10, 11, or 12 of this chapter or Article 8 of Chapter 1; (ii)
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws; or (iii) the resolution of the board of directors
authorizing the corporate action; (2) was procured as a result of fraud, a material misrepresentation,
or an omission of a material fact necessary to make statements made, in light of the circumstances
in which they were made, not misleading; (3) is an interested transaction, unless it has been
recommended by the board of directors in the...
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10A-2A-2.07
be brought exclusively in any specified court or courts of this state and, if so specified,
in any additional courts in this state or in any other jurisdictions with which the corporation
has a reasonable relationship. (b) A provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws
adopted under subsection (a) shall not have the effect of conferring jurisdiction on any court
or over any person or claim, and shall not apply if none of the courts specified by that provision
has the requisite personal and subject matter jurisdiction. If the court or courts
of this state specified in a provision adopted under subsection (a) do not have the requisite
personal and subject matter jurisdiction and another court of this state does have
jurisdiction, then the internal corporate claim may be brought in the other court of this
state, notwithstanding that the other court of this state is not specified in that provision,
and in any other court specified in that provision that has the requisite...
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10A-2A-1.47
Section 10A-2A-1.47 Ratification of defective corporate actions. (a) To ratify a defective
corporate action under this section (other than the ratification of an election of the initial
board of directors under subsection (b)), the board of directors shall take action ratifying
the action in accordance with Section 10A-2A-1.48, stating: (1) the defective corporate action
to be ratified and, if the defective corporate action involved the issuance of putative stock,
the number and type of shares of putative stock purportedly issued; (2) the date of the defective
corporate action; (3) the nature of the failure of authorization with respect to the defective
corporate action to be ratified; and (4) that the board of directors approves the ratification
of the defective corporate action. (b) In the event that a defective corporate action to be
ratified relates to the election of the initial board of directors of the corporation under
Section 10A-2A-2.04(a)(2), a majority of the persons who,...
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10A-2A-1.48
Section 10A-2A-1.48 Action on ratification. (a) The quorum and voting requirements applicable
to a ratifying action by the board of directors under Section 10A-2A-1.47(a) shall be the
quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified
at the time such ratifying action is taken. (b) If the ratification of the defective corporate
action requires approval by the stockholders under Section 10A-2A-1.47(c), and if the approval
is to be given at a meeting, the corporation shall notify each holder of valid and putative
stock, regardless of whether entitled to vote, as of the record date for notice of the meeting
and as of the date of the occurrence of defective corporate action, provided that notice shall
not be required to be given to holders of valid or putative stock whose identities or addresses
for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation. The notice must state
that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting, is to...
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