17-7-12
Section 17-7-12 Voting without registration and taking oath. THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570. (Code 1876, §4291; Code 1886, §4186; Code 1896, §4693; Code 1907, §6789; Code 1923, §3907; Code 1940, T. 17, §303.)...
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10A-2-7.30
Section 10A-2-7.30 Voting trust. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust, which may include anything consistent with its purpose, and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all owners of beneficial interests in the trust, together with the number and class of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the corporation's principal office. (b) A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee's name. A voting trust is valid for not more than 10 years after its effective date unless extended under subsection (c)....
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10A-2-7.31
Section 10A-2-7.31 Voting agreements. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Two or more shareholders may provide for the manner in which they will vote their shares by signing an agreement for that purpose. A voting agreement created under this section is not subject to the provisions of Section 10A-2-7.30. (b) A voting agreement created under this section is specifically enforceable. (Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-7.31; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §112.)...
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17-4-139
Section 17-4-139 Unlawful registration. THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570. (Code 1907, §6795; Code 1923, §3913; Code 1940, T. 17, §308; Code 1975, §17-4-26.)...
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10A-2-7.27
Section 10A-2-7.27 Greater quorum or voting requirements. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The articles of incorporation may provide for a greater quorum or voting requirement for shareholders, or voting groups of shareholders, than is provided for by this title or this chapter. (b) An amendment to the articles of incorporation that adds, changes, or deletes a greater quorum or voting requirement must meet the same quorum requirement and be adopted by the same vote and voting groups required to take action under the quorum and voting requirements then in effect or proposed to be adopted, whichever is greater. (Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-7.27; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §110.)...
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10A-2-7.28
Section 10A-2-7.28 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors are elected by a majority of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present when the vote is taken. (b) Shareholders do not have a right to cumulate their votes for directors unless the articles of incorporation so provide. (c) A statement included in the articles of incorporation that "[all] [a designated voting group of] shareholders are entitled to cumulate their votes for directors," or words of similar import, means that the shareholders designated are entitled to multiply the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more...
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10A-2-8.24
Section 10A-2-8.24 Quorum and voting. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws require a greater number, a quorum of a board of directors consists of: (1) A majority of the fixed number of directors if the corporation has a fixed board size; or (2) A majority of the fixed number of directors prescribed, or if no number is prescribed the number in office immediately before the meeting begins, if the corporation has a variable-range size board. (b) The articles of incorporation or bylaws may authorize a quorum of a board of directors to consist of no fewer than one-third of the fixed or prescribed number of directors determined under subsection (a). (c) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws require the vote of a...
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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-2-10.04
Section 10A-2-10.04 Voting on amendments by 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) The holders of the outstanding shares of a class are entitled to vote as a separate voting group, if shareholder voting is otherwise required by this chapter, on a proposed amendment if the amendment would: (1) Increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of the class; (2) Effect an exchange or reclassification of all or part of the shares of the class into shares of another class; (3) Effect an exchange or reclassification, or create the right of exchange, of all or part of the shares of another class into shares of the class; (4) Change the designation, rights, preferences, or limitations of all or part of the shares of the class; (5) Change the shares of all or part of the class into a different number of shares of the same class; (6) Create a new class of shares having rights or...
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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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