81-12-73 - Annual meeting of stockholders of capital stock associations; notice; voting; quorum.
§ 81-12-73. Annual meeting of stockholders of capital stock associations; notice; voting; quorum.
(1) An annual meeting of stockholders of capital stock associations shall be held as fixed in the bylaws of the association. Whenever the provisions of this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws require or authorize the stockholders to take any action at an annual or special meeting, a notice of such meeting, signed by the secretary or other officer permitted by the bylaws, shall be mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date set for such meeting. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may require that such notice also be published in one or more newspapers. The notice shall state the purpose of the meeting, a general statement of the business to be transacted, and the time and place it is to be held. Such notice shall be sufficient for said meeting and any adjournment thereof unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws. If any stockholder shall transfer any of his stock after notice, it shall not be necessary to notify the transferee. Such meetings shall be held within the state and within the county in which the home office of the association is located. Any stockholder may waive notice of any meeting either before, at or after the meeting.
(2) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, every such stockholder shall be entitled at such meeting, and upon each proposal presented at such meeting, to one (1) vote for each share of voting stock recorded in his name on the books of the corporation on the record date fixed as above provided or, if no such record date was fixed, on the day of meeting. The books of record of stockholders shall be produced at any stockholders' meeting upon the request of any stockholder.
(3) The stockholders record date and voting by proxy at any meeting shall be established and permitted, respectively, as set forth in the bylaws of the association. Constitution of a quorum shall be set forth in the bylaws of the association.
Sources: Laws, 1977, ch. 445, § 18; reenacted, 1982, ch. 301, § 37; Laws, 1990 Ex Sess, ch. 52, § 38; Laws, 1993, ch. 441, § 38; Laws, 1994, ch. 622, § 70; reenacted without change, Laws, 1997, ch. 496, § 35; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 488, § 37, eff from and after July 1, 2001.