17-6507. Voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock. (a) Persons holding stock in a fiduciary capacity shall be entitled to vote the shares so held. Persons whose stock is pledged shall be entitled to vote, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the corporation such person has expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in which case only the pledgee, or such pledgee's proxy, may represent such stock and vote thereon.
(b) If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety or otherwise, or if two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the secretary of the corporation is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect:
(1) If only one votes, such person's act binds all;
(2) If more than one vote, the act of the majority so voting binds all;
(3) If more than one vote, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or any person voting the shares, or a beneficiary, if any, may apply to the district court for the appointment of an additional person to act with the persons so voting the shares, which shall then be voted as determined by a majority of such persons and the person appointed by the court. If the instrument so filed shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of this subsection shall be a majority or even-split in interest.
History: L. 1972, ch. 52, § 60; L. 2004, ch. 143, § 32; January 1, 2005.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 65 - Meetings, Elections, Voting And Notices
17-6502 Voting rights of stockholders; proxies, limitations.
17-6503 Establishment of record date for determining stockholders of record.
17-6506 Quorum; votes necessary to transact business.
17-6507 Voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock.
17-6508 Voting trusts and other voting agreements.
17-6511 Rights of holders of bonds, debentures and other obligations of corporation.
17-6512 Notice of meetings and adjourned meetings.
17-6513 Vacancies and newly created directorships.
17-6517 Powers of district court in certain proceedings; punishment for disobedience of orders.
17-6520 Exceptions to notice requirements.
17-6521 Inspectors at meetings; powers and duties.
17-6522 Notice to shareholders; consent to electronic transmission.
17-6523 Notice to stockholders sharing an address, effect; objection; limitations.