10A-2-10.01
Section 10A-2-10.01 Authority to amend articles of incorporation. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR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 may amend its articles of incorporation at any time to add or change a provision
that is required or permitted in the articles of incorporation or to delete a provision not
required in the articles of incorporation. Whether a provision is required or permitted in
the articles of incorporation is determined as of the effective date of the amendment. (b)
A shareholder of the corporation does not have a vested property right resulting from any
provision in the articles of incorporation, including provisions relating to management, control,
capital structure, dividend entitlement, or purpose or duration of the corporation. (Acts
1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-10.01; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967,
§129.)...
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10A-2-2.02
Section 10A-2-2.02 Supplemental provisions required or permitted in articles of incorporation.
REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT
IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) In addition to the information required to be set forth
in a certificate of formation by Section 10A-1-3.05, articles of incorporation of a corporation
formed under this chapter must set forth: (1) The number of shares the corporation is authorized
to issue; (2) The names and addresses of the individuals who are to serve as the initial directors;
and (3) The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized, which may be stated
to be or to include the transaction of any lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated
under this chapter. (b) The articles of incorporation may set forth: (1) Provisions not inconsistent
with law regarding: (i) Reservation to the shareholders of the right to adopt the initial
bylaws of the corporation; (ii) Managing the...
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10A-2-6.27
Section 10A-2-6.27 Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities. REPEALED IN THE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, bylaws, an agreement among shareholders,
or an agreement between shareholders and the corporation may impose restrictions on the transfer
or registration of transfer of shares of corporation. A restriction does not affect shares
issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of the shares are parties to
the restriction agreement or voted in favor of the restriction. (b) A restriction on the transfer
or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee
of the holder including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, conservator or other
fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of the holder, provided
the restriction is authorized by this section and, as provided by...
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10A-2-7.03
Section 10A-2-7.03 Court-ordered meeting. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The circuit court
of the county where a corporation's principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered
office, is located may summarily order a meeting to be held: (1) On application of any shareholder
of the corporation entitled to participate in an annual meeting if an annual meeting was not
held within the earlier of 12 months after the end of the fiscal year or 15 months after its
last annual meeting; or (2) On application of a shareholder who signed a demand for a special
meeting valid under Section 10A-2-7.02, if: (i) Notice of the special meeting was not given
within 30 days after the date the demand was delivered to the corporation's president or secretary;
or (ii) The special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice. (b) The court may
fix the time and place of the meeting, determine the...
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10A-2-8.08
Section 10A-2-8.08 Removal of directors by shareholders. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION
BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)
The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the articles
of incorporation provide that directors may be removed only for cause. (b) If a director is
elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may
participate in the vote to remove him or her. (c) If cumulative voting is authorized, a director
may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him or her under cumulative
voting is voted against his or her removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized, a director
may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove him or her exceeds the number of
votes cast not to remove him or her. (d) A director may be removed by the shareholders only
at a meeting called for the purpose of removing him or her and the meeting...
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10A-2-8.23
Section 10A-2-8.23 Waiver of notice. 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 may waive any
notice required by this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or 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 notice, and filed with the minutes or corporate
records. (b) A director's attendance at or participation in a meeting: (1) Waives objection
to lack of any required notice to him or her or defective notice of the meeting unless the
director at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his or her arrival) objects to
holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for
or assent to action taken at the meeting, and (2) Waives objection to consideration of a particular
matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes...
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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-2-8.55
Section 10A-2-8.55 Determination and authorization of indemnification. 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 may not indemnify a director under Section 10A-2-8.51 unless
authorized in the specific case after a determination has been made that indemnification of
the director is permissible in the circumstances because the director has met the standard
of conduct set forth in Section 10A-2-8.51. (b) The determination shall be made: (1) By the
board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties
to the proceeding; (2) If a quorum cannot be obtained under subdivision (1), by majority vote
of a committee duly designated by the board of directors, in which designation directors who
are parties may participate, consisting solely of two or more directors not at the time parties
to the proceeding; (3) By special legal counsel; (i) Selected by the...
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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-2-10.03
Section 10A-2-10.03 Amendment 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 one or more amendments to the
articles of incorporation for submission to the shareholders. (b) For the amendments to be
adopted: (1) The board of directors must recommend the amendment 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
with the amendment; and (2) The shareholders entitled to vote on the amendment must approve
the amendment as provided in subsection (e). (c) Subject to the corporation's articles of
incorporation, the board of directors may condition its submission of the proposed amendment
on any basis, except that the board of directors may not...
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