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NRS 78.426

“Preferred shares” defined

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1203; A 2011, 2785)

“Preferred shares” means any class or series of shares of a resident domestic corporation that under the articles of incorporation of the resident domestic corporation:

1. Is entitled to receive payment of dividends before any payment of dividends on some other class or series of shares; or

2. Is entitled in the event of any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation to receive payment or distribution of a preferential amount before any payments or distributions are received by some other class or series of shares.

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