35-1-424. Removal of directors.
35-1-424. Removal of directors. (1) The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the articles of incorporation provide that directors may be removed only for cause.
(2) If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove the director.
(3) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed only by a vote of the holders of two-thirds of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors unless otherwise provided by the articles of incorporation or bylaws. If the shareholders have the right to cumulate their votes when electing directors and if less than the entire board is to be removed, a director may not be removed if the votes cast against the director's removal would be sufficient to elect the director if cumulatively voted at an election of the entire board of directors or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which the director is a part. If the corporation has fewer than 100 shareholders, the entire board of directors may be removed only by a vote of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote.
(4) A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director. The meeting notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.
History: En. Sec. 82, Ch. 368, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1259, Ch. 56, L. 2009.