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Wis. Stat. § 180.0721

Voting entitlement of shares

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 356 Wis. 2d 665 - Data Key Partners v. Permira Advisors LLC (2014)

Most recently applied in 65 F. Supp. 3d 640 - Verfuerth v. Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (November 2014)

1989 a. 303; 1991 a. 16.

(1) Except as provided in subs.

(2) and (4) and s. 180.1150, or unless the arti- 20180.0721 BUSINESS CORPORATIONS cles of incorporation provide otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote.

(2) The shares of a domestic corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by a 2nd domestic corporation or foreign corporation and the first domestic corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a sufficient number of shares entitled to elect a majority of the directors of the 2nd domestic corporation or foreign corporation.

(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the power of a domestic corporation or foreign corporation to vote any shares, including its shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

(4) Redeemable shares are not entitled to vote after written notice of redemption that complies with s. 180.0141 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: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.