Section 450.2407 - Taking corporate action without meeting; consent; notice; statement on filed certificate; consent by electronic transmission.
NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 162 of 1982
450.2407 Taking corporate action without meeting; consent; notice; statement on filed certificate; consent by electronic transmission.
Sec. 407.
(1) The articles of incorporation may provide that any action required or permitted by this act to be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders or members may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if consents in writing, setting forth the action taken, are signed and dated by the holders of outstanding stock or members having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares or members entitled to vote on the action were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to shareholders or members who have not consented in writing.
(2) If an action consented to under this section would have required filing of a certificate under any other section of this act if the action had been voted upon by shareholders or members at a meeting of the shareholders or members, the certificate filed under that other section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by that section concerning a vote of shareholders or members, that both written consent and written notice have been given as provided in this section.
(3) Any action required or permitted by this act to be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders or members may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if all the shareholders or members entitled to vote on the action consent to the action in writing.
(4) An electronic transmission consenting to an action transmitted by a shareholder or member, or by a person authorized to act for the shareholder or member, is written, signed, and dated for the purposes of this section if the electronic transmission is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the shareholder or member, or by a person authorized to act for the shareholder or member, and the date on which the electronic transmission was transmitted. The date on which an electronic transmission is transmitted is the date on which the consent was signed for purposes of this section. A consent given by electronic transmission is not delivered until reproduced in paper form and the paper form delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in this state, its principal office in this state, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders or members are recorded. Delivery to a corporation's registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Delivery to a corporation's principal office in this state or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders or members are recorded shall be made by hand, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or in any other manner provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws or by resolution of the board of the corporation.
History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 2008