30-29-631. CORPORATION’S ACQUISITION OF ITS OWN SHARES. (a) A corporation may acquire its own shares. Unless a resolution of the board of directors or the corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, shares so acquired constitute authorized but unissued shares.
(b) If the articles of incorporation prohibit the reissue of the acquired shares, the number of authorized shares is reduced by the number of shares acquired, effective upon amendment of the articles of incorporation pursuant to section 30-29-1005(f), Idaho Code.
(c) A corporation has authority to use, hold, acquire, cancel and dispose of treasury shares.
(d) Unless the board of directors adopts an amendment to the corporation’s articles of incorporation to reduce the number of authorized shares, treasury shares of the corporation that are canceled shall be treated as authorized but unissued shares.
History:
[30-29-631, added 2015, ch. 243, sec. 61, p. 915; am. 2019, ch. 90, sec. 41, p. 251.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 29 - GENERAL BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
Part 6 - SHARES AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 30-29-601 - AUTHORIZED SHARES.
Section 30-29-602 - TERMS OF CLASS OR SERIES DETERMINED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-603 - ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SHARES.
Section 30-29-604 - FRACTIONAL SHARES.
Section 30-29-620 - SUBSCRIPTION FOR SHARES BEFORE INCORPORATION.
Section 30-29-621 - ISSUANCE OF SHARES.
Section 30-29-622 - LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Section 30-29-623 - SHARE DIVIDENDS.
Section 30-29-624 - SHARE RIGHTS, OPTIONS, WARRANTS, AND AWARDS.
Section 30-29-625 - FORM AND CONTENT OF CERTIFICATES.
Section 30-29-626 - SHARES WITHOUT CERTIFICATES.
Section 30-29-627 - RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF SHARES.
Section 30-29-630 - SHAREHOLDERS’ PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS.
Section 30-29-631 - CORPORATION’S ACQUISITION OF ITS OWN SHARES.