(a) If the stockholders of a corporation of this State, having only 2 stockholders each of which own 50% of the stock therein, shall be engaged in the prosecution of a joint venture and if such stockholders shall be unable to agree upon the desirability of discontinuing such joint venture and disposing of the assets used in such venture, either stockholder may, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation of the corporation or in a written agreement between the stockholders, file with the Court of Chancery a petition stating that it desires to discontinue such joint venture and to dispose of the assets used in such venture in accordance with a plan to be agreed upon by both stockholders or that, if no such plan shall be agreed upon by both stockholders, the corporation be dissolved. Such petition shall have attached thereto a copy of the proposed plan of discontinuance and distribution and a certificate stating that copies of such petition and plan have been transmitted in writing to the other stockholder and to the directors and officers of such corporation. The petition and certificate shall be executed and acknowledged in accordance with § 103 of this title.
(b) Unless both stockholders file with the Court of Chancery:
(1) Within 3 months of the date of the filing of such petition, a certificate similarly executed and acknowledged stating that they have agreed on such plan, or a modification thereof, and
(2) Within 1 year from the date of the filing of such petition, a certificate similarly executed and acknowledged stating that the distribution provided by such plan had been completed,
the Court of Chancery may dissolve such corporation and may by appointment of 1 or more trustees or receivers with all the powers and title of a trustee or receiver appointed under § 279 of this title, administer and wind up its affairs. Either or both of the above periods may be extended by agreement of the stockholders, evidenced by a certificate similarly executed, acknowledged and filed with the Court of Chancery prior to the expiration of such period.
(c) In the case of a charitable nonstock corporation, the petitioner shall provide a copy of any petition referred to in subsection (a) of this section to the Attorney General of the State of Delaware within 1 week of its filing with the Court of Chancery.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 1. GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
Subchapter X. Sale of Assets, Dissolution and Winding Up
§ 271. Sale, lease or exchange of assets; consideration; procedure.
§ 272. Mortgage or pledge of assets.
§ 273. Dissolution of joint venture corporation having 2 stockholders.
§ 274. Dissolution before issuance of shares or beginning of business; procedure.
§ 275. Dissolution generally; procedure.
§ 276. Dissolution of nonstock corporation; procedure.
§ 277. Payment of franchise taxes before dissolution, merger, transfer or conversion.
§ 278. Continuation of corporation after dissolution for purposes of suit and winding up affairs.
§ 279. Trustees or receivers for dissolved corporations; appointment; powers; duties.
§ 280. Notice to claimants; filing of claims.
§ 281. Payment and distribution to claimants and stockholders.
§ 282. Liability of stockholders of dissolved corporations.
§ 284. Revocation or forfeiture of charter; proceedings.
§ 285. Dissolution or forfeiture of charter by decree of court; filing.