10A-2A-2.02
Section 10A-2A-2.02 Certificate of incorporation. Notwithstanding Section 10A-1-3.05: (a) The
certificate of incorporation must set forth: (1) a corporate name for the corporation that
satisfies the requirements of Article 5 of Chapter 1; (2) the number of shares of stock the
corporation is authorized to issue; (3) the street and mailing addresses of the corporation's
initial registered office, the county within this state in which the street and mailing address
is located, and the name of the corporation's initial registered agent at that office as required
by Article 5 of Chapter 1; and (4) the name and address of each incorporator. (b) The certificate
of incorporation may set forth: (1) the names and 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,...
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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
Section 10A-2A-7.32 Stockholder agreements. (a) An agreement among the stockholders of a corporation
that complies with this section is effective among the stockholders and the corporation even
though it is inconsistent with one or more other provisions of this chapter in that it: (1)
eliminates the board of directors or restricts the discretion or powers of the board of directors;
(2) governs the authorization or making of distributions, regardless of whether they are in
proportion to ownership of stock, subject to the limitations in Section 10A-2A-6.40; (3) establishes
who shall be directors or officers of the corporation, or their terms of office or manner
of selection or removal; (4) governs, in general or in regard to specific matters, the exercise
or division of voting power by or between the stockholders and directors or by or among any
of them, including use of weighted voting rights or director proxies; (5) establishes the
terms and conditions of any agreement for the transfer...
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10A-1-1.03
Section 10A-1-1.03 Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms mean: (1) AFFILIATE. A person who controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with another person. An affiliate of an individual includes the spouse, or
a parent or sibling thereof, of the individual, or a child, grandchild, sibling, parent, or
spouse of any thereof, of the individual, or an individual having the same home as the individual,
or a trust or estate of which an individual specified in this sentence is a substantial beneficiary;
a trust, estate, incompetent, conservatee, protected person, or minor of which the individual
is a fiduciary; or an entity of which the individual is director, general partner, agent,
employee or the governing authority or member of the governing authority. (2) ASSOCIATE. When
used to indicate a relationship with: (A) a domestic or foreign entity for which the person
is: (i) an officer or governing person; or (ii) a beneficial...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby approved,
adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article I. Purposes.
The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state and local
tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of tax bases
and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility in significant
components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance in the filing
of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative taxation. Article
II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession
of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit or special district
of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership, firm,...
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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
Section 10A-2A-2.07 Forum selection provisions. (a) The certificate of incorporation or the
bylaws may require that any or all internal corporate claims shall 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,...
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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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