District of Columbia Code
Chapter 3 - Business Corporations
Subchapter V - Shareholders

Part A - Meetings

§ 29–305.01. Annual meeting - (a) Unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu...

§ 29–305.02. Special meeting - (a) A corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders:...

§ 29–305.03. Court-ordered meeting - (a) The Superior Court may summarily order a meeting to...

§ 29–305.04. Action without meeting - (a) Action required or permitted by this chapter to be...

§ 29–305.05. Notice of meeting - (a) A corporation shall notify shareholders of the date, time,...

§ 29–305.06. Waiver of notice - (a) A shareholder may waive any notice required by this...

§ 29–305.07. Record date - (a) The bylaws may fix or provide the manner of...

§ 29–305.08. Conduct of the meeting - (a) At each meeting of shareholders, a chair shall preside....

§ 29–305.09. Remote participation in annual and special meetings - (a) Shareholders of any class or series may participate in...

Part B - Voting

§ 29–305.20. Shareholders’ list for meeting - (a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, a...

§ 29–305.21. Voting entitlement of shares - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d)...

§ 29–305.22. Proxies - (a) A shareholder may vote the shareholder’s shares in person...

§ 29–305.23. Shares held by nominees - (a) A corporation may establish a procedure by which the...

§ 29–305.24. Corporation’s acceptance of votes - (a) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver,...

§ 29–305.25. Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups - (a) Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group...

§ 29–305.26. Action by single and multiple voting groups - (a) If the articles of incorporation or this chapter provide...

§ 29–305.27. Greater quorum or voting requirements - (a) The articles of incorporation may provide for a greater...

§ 29–305.28. Voting for directors; cumulative voting - (a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors...

§ 29–305.29. Inspectors of election - (a) A public corporation shall, and any other corporation may,...

Part C - Voting Trusts and Agreements

§ 29–305.40. Voting trusts - (a) One or more shareholders may create a voting trust,...

§ 29–305.41. Voting agreements - (a) Two or more shareholders may provide for the manner...

§ 29–305.42. Shareholder agreements - (a) An agreement among the shareholders of a corporation that...

Part D - Derivative Proceedings

§ 29–305.50. Definitions - For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Derivative...

§ 29–305.51. Standing - A shareholder shall not commence or maintain a derivative proceeding...

§ 29–305.52. Demand - A shareholder shall not commence a derivative proceeding until: (1)...

§ 29–305.53. Stay of proceedings - If the corporation commences an inquiry into the allegations made...

§ 29–305.54. Dismissal - (a) The Superior Court shall dismiss a derivative proceeding on...

§ 29–305.55. Discontinuance or settlement - A derivative proceeding shall not be discontinued or settled without...

§ 29–305.56. Payment of expenses - On termination of the derivative proceeding, the Superior Court may...

§ 29–305.57. Applicability to foreign corporations - In any derivative proceeding in the right of a foreign...

Part E - Proceeding to Appoint Custodian or Receiver

§ 29–305.70. Shareholder action to appoint custodian or receiver - (a) The Superior Court may appoint one or more persons...