10A-2A-7.04
Section 10A-2A-7.04 Action without meeting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken at any meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, and without prior notice, if one or more consents in writing setting forth the action so taken are signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be required to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares of stock entitled to vote on the action were present and voted; provided, however, that if a corporation's certificate of incorporation authorizes stockholders to cumulate their votes when electing directors pursuant to Section 10A-2A-7.28, directors may not be elected by less than unanimous written consent. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the stockholders approving the action and delivered to the corporation...
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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-14.02
Section 10A-2A-14.02 Dissolution by board of directors and stockholders. (a) The board of directors may propose dissolution for submission to the stockholders by first adopting a resolution authorizing the dissolution. (b) For a proposal to dissolve to be adopted, it shall then be approved by the stockholders. In submitting the proposal to dissolve to the stockholders for approval, the board of directors shall recommend that the stockholders approve the dissolution, unless (i) the board of directors determines that because of conflict of interest or other special circumstances it should make no recommendation or (ii) Section 10A-2A-8.26 applies. If either (i) or (ii) applies, the board of directors shall inform the stockholders of the basis for its so proceeding. (c) The board of directors may set conditions for the approval of the proposal for dissolution by stockholders or the effectiveness of the dissolution. (d) If the approval of the stockholders is to be given at a meeting, the...
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10A-2A-1.41
Section 10A-2A-1.41 Notice and other communications. (a) A notice under this chapter must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable in the circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, words in a notice or other communication under this chapter must be in English. (b) A notice or other communication may be given by any method of delivery, except that electronic transmissions must be in accordance with this section. If the methods of delivery are impracticable, a notice or other communication may be given by means of a broad non-exclusionary distribution to the public (which may include a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published; radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication; or other methods of distribution that the corporation has previously identified to its stockholders). (c) A notice or other communication to a corporation or to a foreign corporation registered to do business in this state may be delivered...
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10A-2A-11.04
Section 10A-2A-11.04 Action on a plan of merger or stock exchange. In the case of a corporation that is a constituent organization or the acquired entity in a stock exchange, the plan of merger or stock exchange shall be adopted in the following manner: (a) The plan of merger or stock exchange shall first be adopted by the board of directors. (b) Except as provided in subsections (h), (j), and (l) and in Section 10A-2A-11.05, the plan of merger or stock exchange shall then be approved by the stockholders. In submitting the plan of merger or stock exchange to the stockholders for approval, the board of directors shall recommend that the stockholders approve the plan or, in the case of an offer referred to in subsection (j)(2), that the stockholders tender their stock to the offeror in response to the offer, unless (i) the board of directors makes a determination that because of conflicts of interest or other special circumstances it should not make a recommendation or (ii) Section...
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10A-2A-7.06
Section 10A-2A-7.06 Waiver of notice. (a) A stockholder may waive any notice required by this chapter or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver must be in writing, be signed by the stockholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the corporation for filing by the corporation with the minutes or corporate records. (b) A stockholder's attendance at a meeting: (1) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the stockholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (2) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the stockholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. (Act 2019-94, §1.)...
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10A-2A-8.23
Section 10A-2A-8.23 Waiver of notice. (a) A director may waive any notice required by this chapter, the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as provided by subsection (b), the waiver must be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and delivered to the corporation for filing by the corporation with the minutes or corporate records. (b) A director's attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to the director of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon arrival) objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not after objecting vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. (Act 2019-94, §1.)...
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10A-2A-13.20
Section 10A-2A-13.20 Notice of appraisal rights. (a) Where any corporate action specified in Section 10A-2A-13.02(a) is to be submitted to a vote at a stockholders' meeting, the meeting notice (or where no approval of the corporate action is required pursuant to Section 10A-2A-11.04(j), the offer made pursuant to Section 10A-2A-11.04(j)), must state that the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are, are not, or may be available under this Article 13. If the corporation concludes that appraisal rights are or may be available, a copy of this Article 13 must accompany the meeting notice or offer sent to those record stockholders entitled to exercise appraisal rights. (b) In a merger pursuant to Section 10A-2A-11.05, the parent entity shall notify in writing all record stockholders of the subsidiary who are entitled to assert appraisal rights that the corporate action became effective. The notice shall be sent within 10 days after the corporate action became effective and...
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10A-1-8.02
Section 10A-1-8.02 Mergers of entities. (a) A merger of two or more entities, whether the other entity or entities are the same or another form of entity, may be accomplished as provided in this section. (1) CORPORATIONS. a. In the case of a corporation, other than a nonprofit corporation, that is a party to a merger, a plan of merger must be approved in accordance with the procedures and by the stockholder vote required by Article 11 of Chapter 2A. If the governing documents of the corporation provide for approval of a merger by less than all of the corporation's stockholders, approval of the merger shall constitute corporate action subject to appraisal rights pursuant to Article 13 of Chapter 2A, as applicable. No merger of a corporation into a general or limited partnership may be effected without the consent in writing of each stockholder who will have personal liability with respect to the surviving entity, notwithstanding any provision in the governing documents of the...
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10A-2A-17.05
Section 10A-2A-17.05 Annual benefit report. (a) No less than annually, a benefit corporation shall prepare a benefit report addressing the efforts of the corporation during the preceding year to operate in a responsible and sustainable manner, to pursue any public benefit or benefits identified in any public benefit provision, and to consider the interests described in Section 10A-2A-17.04(b). The annual benefit report must include: (1) the objectives that the board of directors has established for the corporation to operate in a responsible and sustainable manner, to pursue the public benefit or benefits identified in any public benefit provision, and to consider the interests described in Section 10A-2A-17.04(b); (2) the standards the board of directors has adopted to measure the corporation's progress in operating in a responsible and sustainable manner, in pursuing the public benefit or benefits identified in any public benefit provision, and in considering the interests described...
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