Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 180 - Business corporations.
180.0628 - Expense of issuing shares.

180.0628 Expense of issuing shares. A corporation may pay the expense of selling or underwriting its shares, and of organizing or reorganizing the corporation, from the consideration received for shares.
History: 1989 a. 303.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 180 - Business corporations.

180.0101 - Title.

180.0103 - Definitions.

180.0105 - Governing law.

180.0112 - Delivery of a record.

180.0120 - Filing requirements.

180.0121 - Forms.

180.0122 - Filing and service fees.

180.0123 - Effective date and time.

180.0124 - Correcting filed document.

180.0125 - Filing duty of department of financial institutions.

180.0126 - Appeal from department of financial institutions' refusal to file document.

180.0127 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.

180.0128 - Confirmation of status.

180.0129 - Penalty for false document.

180.0141 - Knowledge; notice.

180.0142 - Number of shareholders.

180.0143 - Withdrawal of filed documents before effectiveness.

180.0144 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.

180.0145 - Forum selection provisions.

180.0201 - Incorporators.

180.0202 - Articles of incorporation.

180.0203 - Incorporation.

180.0205 - Organization of corporation.

180.0206 - Bylaws.

180.0207 - Emergency bylaws.

180.0301 - Purposes.

180.0302 - General powers.

180.0303 - Emergency powers.

180.0304 - Lack of corporate power.

180.0401 - Corporate name.

180.0402 - Reservation of name.

180.0403 - Registration of name.

180.0501 - Registered office and registered agent.

180.0502 - Change of registered office or registered agent.

180.0503 - Resignation of registered agent.

180.0504 - Service on corporation.

180.0601 - Authorized shares.

180.0602 - Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.

180.0603 - Issued and outstanding shares.

180.0604 - Fractional shares.

180.0620 - Subscription for shares.

180.0621 - Issuance of shares.

180.0622 - Liability of shareholders, transferees and others.

180.0623 - Share dividends.

180.0624 - Share rights, options and warrants.

180.0625 - Form and content of certificates.

180.0626 - Shares without certificates.

180.0627 - Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities.

180.0628 - Expense of issuing shares.

180.0630 - Preemptive rights.

180.0631 - Corporation's acquisition of its own shares.

180.0640 - Distributions to shareholders.

180.0701 - Annual meeting.

180.0702 - Special meeting.

180.0703 - Court-ordered meeting.

180.0704 - Action without meeting.

180.0705 - Notice of meeting.

180.0706 - Waiver of and exemption from notice.

180.0707 - Record date.

180.0708 - Conduct of meeting.

180.0709 - Remote participation in shareholders' meeting.

180.0720 - Shareholders' list for meeting.

180.0721 - Voting entitlement of shares.

180.0722 - Proxies.

180.0723 - Shares held by nominees.

180.0724 - Acceptance of instruments showing shareholder action.

180.0725 - Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.

180.0726 - Action by single and multiple voting groups.

180.0727 - Greater or lower quorum or greater voting requirements.

180.0728 - Voting for directors; cumulative voting.

180.0730 - Voting trusts.

180.0731 - Voting agreements.

180.0740 - Definitions applicable to ss. 180.0740 to 180.0747.

180.0741 - Standing.

180.0742 - Demand.

180.0743 - Stay of proceedings.

180.0744 - Dismissal.

180.0745 - Discontinuance or settlement.

180.0746 - Payment of expenses.

180.0747 - Applicability to foreign corporations.

180.0801 - Requirement for and duties of board of directors.

180.0802 - Qualifications of directors.

180.0803 - Number and election of directors.

180.0804 - Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders.

180.0805 - Terms of directors generally.

180.0806 - Staggered terms of directors.

180.0807 - Resignation of directors.

180.0808 - Removal of directors by shareholders.

180.0809 - Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.

180.0810 - Vacancy on board.

180.0811 - Compensation of directors.

180.0820 - Meetings.

180.0821 - Action without meeting.

180.0822 - Notice of meeting.

180.0823 - Waiver of notice.

180.0824 - Quorum and voting.

180.0825 - Committees.

180.0826 - Reliance by directors or officers.

180.0827 - Consideration of interests in addition to shareholders' interests.

180.0828 - Limited liability of directors.

180.0831 - Director conflict of interest.

180.0832 - Loans to directors.

180.0833 - Liability for unlawful distributions.

180.0840 - Officers.

180.0841 - Duties of officers.

180.0843 - Resignation and removal of officers.

180.0844 - Contract rights of officers.

180.0850 - Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.

180.0851 - Mandatory indemnification.

180.0852 - Corporation may limit indemnification.

180.0853 - Allowance of expenses as incurred.

180.0854 - Court-ordered indemnification.

180.0855 - Determination of right to indemnification.

180.0856 - Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents.

180.0857 - Insurance.

180.0858 - Additional rights to indemnification and allowance of expenses.

180.0859 - Indemnification and insurance against securities law claims.

180.0860 - Statements of changes in directors or principal.

180.1001 - Authority to amend articles of incorporation.

180.1002 - Amendment of articles of incorporation by board of directors.

180.1003 - Amendment of articles of incorporation by board of directors and shareholders.

180.1004 - Voting on amendments by voting groups.

180.1005 - Amendment before issuance of shares.

180.1006 - Articles of amendment.

180.1007 - Restated articles of incorporation.

180.1008 - Amendment pursuant to reorganization.

180.1009 - Effect of amendment.

180.1020 - Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.

180.1021 - Bylaw fixing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders.

180.1022 - Bylaw fixing quorum or voting requirements for directors.

180.1100 - Definitions.

180.11001 - Relationship of subchapter to other laws.

180.11002 - Existing purpose.

180.11003 - Nonexclusivity.

180.11004 - Reference to external facts.

180.1101 - Merger authorized.

180.11012 - Plan of merger.

180.1102 - Interest exchange authorized.

180.11021 - Plan of interest exchange.

180.11031 - Approval of merger or interest exchange; amendment; abandonment.

180.11032 - Approval requirements and procedures applicable to domestic corporations in mergers and interest exchanges.

180.1104 - Merger of subsidiary or parent.

180.11045 - Merger of indirect wholly owned subsidiary or parent.

180.1105 - Articles of merger or interest exchange.

180.1106 - Effect of merger or interest exchange.

180.1130 - Definitions applicable to ss. 180.1130 to 180.1134.

180.1131 - Shareholder vote.

180.1132 - Exceptions.

180.1133 - Other requirements for greater votes.

180.1134 - Actions during take-over offer.

180.1140 - Definitions applicable to business combination provisions.

180.1141 - Restrictions on business combinations.

180.1142 - Determining market value and control.

180.1143 - Exclusions from business combination restrictions.

180.1144 - Relationship to other laws.

180.1150 - Control share voting restrictions.

180.1161 - Conversion.

180.1171 - Domestication authorized.

180.1172 - Plan of domestication.

180.1173 - Approval of domestication; amendment; abandonment.

180.1174 - Filings required for domestication; effective date.

180.1175 - Effect of domestication.

180.1201 - Sale of assets in regular course of business; mortgage of assets; transfer of assets to subsidiary.

180.1202 - Sale of assets other than in regular course of business.

180.1301 - Definitions.

180.1302 - Right to dissent.

180.1303 - Dissent by shareholders and beneficial shareholders.

180.1320 - Notice of dissenters' rights.

180.1321 - Notice of intent to demand payment.

180.1322 - Dissenters' notice.

180.1323 - Duty to demand payment.

180.1324 - Restrictions on uncertificated shares.

180.1325 - Payment.

180.1326 - Failure to take action.

180.1327 - After-acquired shares.

180.1328 - Procedure if dissenter dissatisfied with payment or offer.

180.1330 - Court action.

180.1331 - Court costs and counsel fees.

180.1401 - Dissolution before issuance of shares.

180.1402 - Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders.

180.1403 - Articles of dissolution for dissolution under s. 180.1402.

180.1404 - Revocation of dissolution.

180.1405 - Effect of dissolution.

180.1406 - Known claims against dissolved corporation.

180.1407 - Claims against dissolved corporation generally.

180.1408 - Enforcing claims.

180.1420 - Grounds for administrative dissolution.

180.1421 - Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution.

180.1422 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.

180.1423 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.

180.1430 - Grounds for judicial dissolution.

180.1431 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.

180.1432 - Receivership.

180.1433 - Decree of dissolution.

180.1440 - Delivery to secretary of revenue.

180.1501 - Authority to transact business required.

180.1502 - Consequences of transacting business without authority.

180.1503 - Application for certificate of authority.

180.1504 - Amended certificate of authority.

180.1505 - Effect of certificate of authority.

180.1506 - Corporate name of foreign corporation.

180.1507 - Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.

180.1508 - Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation.

180.1509 - Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.

180.1510 - Service on foreign corporation.

180.1520 - Withdrawal of foreign corporation.

180.1530 - Grounds for revocation.

180.1531 - Procedure for and effect of revocation.

180.1532 - Appeal from revocation.

180.1601 - Corporate records.

180.1602 - Inspection of records by shareholders.

180.1603 - Scope of inspection right.

180.1604 - Court-ordered inspection.

180.1620 - Financial statements for shareholders.

180.1622 - Annual report for department of financial institutions.

180.1701 - Definition.

180.1703 - Application to domestic corporations.

180.1704 - Application to foreign corporations.

180.1705 - Existing preemptive rights preserved.

180.1706 - Certain voting requirements preserved.

180.1707 - Certain class voting rights preserved.

180.1708 - Applicability of various provisions.

180.1801 - Applicability.

180.1803 - Election.

180.1805 - Share transfer restrictions.

180.1807 - Transfer after corporation's first refusal.

180.1809 - Notice of statutory close corporation status.

180.1811 - Transfer of shares in breach of transfer restrictions.

180.1813 - Merger, interest exchange, and sale of assets.

180.1815 - Termination of statutory close corporation status.

180.1817 - Effect of termination of statutory close corporation status.

180.1819 - Payment for shares.

180.1821 - Election not to have a board of directors.

180.1823 - Agreements among shareholders.

180.1824 - Irrevocable proxies.

180.1825 - Bylaws.

180.1827 - Annual meeting.

180.1829 - Shareholder sale option at death.

180.1831 - Shareholder option to dissolve corporation.

180.1833 - Power of court to grant relief.

180.1834 - Greater quorum or voting requirements.

180.1835 - Limited liability.

180.1837 - Officers; execution of documents.

180.1901 - Definitions.

180.1903 - Formation of service corporation.

180.1905 - Business corporation law applicable.

180.1907 - Corporate name.

180.1909 - Filing articles of incorporation.

180.1911 - Participants; conflict of interest.

180.1913 - Alternative incorporation by one or 2 persons.

180.1915 - Professional relationships and liability.

180.1917 - Corporate agents.

180.1919 - Continuity; dissolution; stock transfer or redemption.

180.1921 - Annual report.