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Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-16-104

Fractional shares

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 131 Md. App. 32 - Lerner v. Lerner Corp. (2000)

Most recently applied in Lerner v. Lerner Corp. (May 2000)

Acts 1986, ch. 887, § 6.04.

(1) A corporation may: Issue fractions of a share or pay in money the value of fractions of a share;

(2) Arrange for disposition of fractional shares by the shareholders; and

(3) Issue scrip in registered or bearer form entitling the holder to receive a full share upon surrendering enough scrip to equal a full share.

(4) Each certificate representing scrip must be conspicuously labeled “scrip” and must contain the information required by § 48-16-206(b).

(5) The holder of a fractional share is entitled to exercise the rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote, to receive dividends, and to participate in the assets of the corporation upon liquidation. The holder of scrip is not entitled to any of these rights unless the scrip provides for them.

(6) The board of directors may authorize the issuance of scrip, subject to any condition considered desirable, including that: The scrip will become void if not exchanged for full shares before a specified date; and

(7) The shares for which the scrip is exchangeable may be sold and the proceeds paid to the scripholders.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.