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KRS 271B.7-210

Voting entitlement of shares

Known as the Kentucky Business Corporation Act

The act spans §§ 271B.10-010 to 271B.8-580 (197 sections).

Effective: July 15, 2010 History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (4) of this section or unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders' meeting. Only shares shall be entitled to vote.

(2) Absent special circumstances, the shares of a corporation shall not be entitled to vote if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by an entity, domestic or foreign, and the corporation controls, directly or indirectly, the entity's determination to vote, and how to vote, the shares.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall not limit the power of a corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

(4) Redeemable shares shall not be entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.