55-7-03. Court-ordered meeting.
(a) The superior court of the county where a corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is located may, after notice is given to the corporation, summarily order a meeting to be held:
(1) On application of any shareholder if an annual meeting of the shareholders was not held within 15 months after the corporation's last annual meeting; or
(2) On application of a shareholder who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under G.S. 55-7-02, if the corporation does not proceed to hold the meeting as required by that section.
(b) The court may fix the time and place of the meeting, determine the shares entitled to participate in the meeting, specify a record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice, fix the quorum required for specific matters to be considered at the meeting (or direct that the votes represented at the meeting constitute a quorum for action on those matters), enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and award such reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, as it deems appropriate. (1901, c. 2, ss. 46, 49, 51; Rev., ss. 1179, 1188, 1190; C.S., ss. 1168, 1169, 1176; G.S., ss. 55-105, 55-106, 55-113; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1959, c. 1316, ss. 21, 22; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 801, s. 44; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1991, c. 645, s. 17(b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 55 - North Carolina Business Corporation Act
§ 55-7-03 - Court-ordered meeting.
§ 55-7-04 - Action without meeting.
§ 55-7-05 - Notice of meeting.
§ 55-7-09 - Remote participation in meetings; meetings held solely by remote participation.
§ 55-7-20 - Shareholders' list for meeting.
§ 55-7-21 - Voting entitlement of shares.
§ 55-7-21.1 - Rights of holders of debt securities.
§ 55-7-23 - Shares held by nominees.
§ 55-7-24 - Corporation's acceptance of votes.
§ 55-7-25 - Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.
§ 55-7-26 - Action by single and multiple voting groups.
§ 55-7-27 - Greater quorum or voting requirements.
§ 55-7-28 - Voting for directors; cumulative voting.
§ 55-7-31 - Shareholders' agreements.
§ 55-7-40 - Shareholders' derivative actions.
§ 55-7-43 - Stay of proceedings.
§ 55-7-45 - Discontinuance or settlement.
§ 55-7-46 - Payment of expenses.
§ 55-7-47 - Applicability to foreign corporations.
§ 55-7-48 - Suits against directors of public corporations.