Legislation
SECTION 6005
Notice of meetings of stockholders
Banking (BNK) CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 15, TITLE 6
§ 6005. Notice of meetings of stockholders. 1. Whenever under the
provisions of this chapter stockholders are required or permitted to
take any action at a meeting, written notice shall state the place, date
and hour of the meeting and unless it is the annual meeting, indicate
that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons
calling the meeting. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If, at any meeting,
action is proposed to be taken which would, if taken, entitle
stockholders fulfilling the requirements of section six thousand
twenty-two to receive payment for their shares, the notice of such
meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. A
copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail,
not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the
meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If
mailed, such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail,
with postage thereon prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address
as it appears on the record of stockholders, or, if he shall have filed
with the secretary of the corporation a written request that notices to
him be mailed to some other address, then directed to him at such other
address. An affidavit of the secretary or other persons giving the
notice or of the transfer agent of the corporation that the notice
required by this section has been given shall, in the absence of fraud,
be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
2. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, it shall not
be necessary, unless the by-laws require otherwise, to give any notice
of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is
adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken, and at the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted that
might have been transacted on the original date of the meeting.
However, if after the adjournment the board fixes a new record date for
the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given
to each stockholder of record on the new record date entitled to notice
under subdivision one.
3. To the extent that any provision of this section conflicts with any
other provision of this chapter relating to a notice of a meeting of
stockholders, the latter shall prevail.
provisions of this chapter stockholders are required or permitted to
take any action at a meeting, written notice shall state the place, date
and hour of the meeting and unless it is the annual meeting, indicate
that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons
calling the meeting. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If, at any meeting,
action is proposed to be taken which would, if taken, entitle
stockholders fulfilling the requirements of section six thousand
twenty-two to receive payment for their shares, the notice of such
meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. A
copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail,
not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the
meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If
mailed, such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail,
with postage thereon prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address
as it appears on the record of stockholders, or, if he shall have filed
with the secretary of the corporation a written request that notices to
him be mailed to some other address, then directed to him at such other
address. An affidavit of the secretary or other persons giving the
notice or of the transfer agent of the corporation that the notice
required by this section has been given shall, in the absence of fraud,
be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
2. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, it shall not
be necessary, unless the by-laws require otherwise, to give any notice
of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is
adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken, and at the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted that
might have been transacted on the original date of the meeting.
However, if after the adjournment the board fixes a new record date for
the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given
to each stockholder of record on the new record date entitled to notice
under subdivision one.
3. To the extent that any provision of this section conflicts with any
other provision of this chapter relating to a notice of a meeting of
stockholders, the latter shall prevail.