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Meetings
§ 79-4-7.01. Annual meeting - Unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu of...
§ 79-4-7.02. Special meeting - A corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders: If...
§ 79-4-7.03. Court-ordered meeting - The chancery court of the county where a corporation's principal...
§ 79-4-7.04. Action without meeting - Action required or permitted by Section 79-4-1.01 et seq. to...
§ 79-4-7.05. Notice of meeting - A corporation shall notify shareholders of the date, time and...
§ 79-4-7.06. Waiver of notice - A shareholder may waive any notice required by Sections 79-4-1.01...
§ 79-4-7.07. Record date - The bylaws may fix or provide the manner of fixing...
§ 79-4-7.08. Appointment of chair to preside over meetings; duties of chair - At each meeting of shareholders, a chair shall preside. The...
§ 79-4-7.09. Promote participation in annual and special meetings - Shareholders of any class or series may participate in any...
Voting
§ 79-4-7.20. Shareholders' list for meeting - After fixing a record date for a meeting, a corporation...
§ 79-4-7.21. Voting entitlement of shares - Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) or unless...
§ 79-4-7.22. Proxies - A shareholder may vote his shares in person or by...
§ 79-4-7.23. Shares held by nominees - A corporation may establish a procedure by which the beneficial...
§ 79-4-7.24. Corporation's acceptance of votes - If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver or...
§ 79-4-7.25. Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups - Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may...
§ 79-4-7.26. Action by single and multiple voting groups - If the articles of incorporation or Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq....
§ 79-4-7.27. Greater quorum or voting requirements - The articles of incorporation may provide for a greater quorum...
§ 79-4-7.28. Voting for directors; cumulative voting - Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors are...
§ 79-4-7.29. Appointment of election inspectors; duties of inspectors - A corporation having any shares listed on a national securities...
Voting Trusts and Agreements
§ 79-4-7.30. Voting trusts - One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring...
§ 79-4-7.31. Voting agreements - Two (2) or more shareholders may provide for the manner...
§ 79-4-7.32. Certain agreements among shareholders, otherwise inconsistent with chapter, permitted; conditions - An agreement among the shareholders of a corporation that complies...
Derivative Procedures
§ 79-4-7.40. Meaning of "derivative proceeding", "shareholder" in subarticle - In Sections 79-4-7.41 through 79-4-7.47:
§ 79-4-7.41. Who may commence or maintain derivative proceeding - A shareholder may not commence or maintain a derivative proceeding...
§ 79-4-7.42. Prerequisites to commencing derivative proceeding - No shareholder may commence a derivative proceeding until:
§ 79-4-7.43. Stay of proceeding when corporation inquires into allegations - If the corporation commences an inquiry into the allegations made...
§ 79-4-7.44. Determination by independent directors or independent persons whether maintenance of proceeding is in best interests of corporation - A derivative proceeding shall be dismissed by the court on...
§ 79-4-7.45. Court approval for settlement or discontinuance - A derivative proceeding may not be discontinued or settled without...
§ 79-4-7.46. Expenses and attorney fees - On termination of the derivative proceeding the court may:
§ 79-4-7.47. Law applicable in derivative proceedings involving foreign corporations - In any derivative proceeding in the right of a foreign...
§ 79-4-7.48. Shareholder action to appoint custodian or receiver - The chancery court of the county where a corporation's principal...