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...(A) For any lawful purpose, including, without limitation, the determination of the shareholders who are entitled: (1) to receive notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders; (2) to receive payment of any dividend or distribution; (3) to receive or exercise rights of purchase of or subscription for, or exchange or conversion of, shares or other securities, subject to contract rights with respect to the shares o...

...(A) As used in this section, "consent" includes, without limitation, waivers, releases, and also writings signed by holders of shares in lieu of taking action at meetings of shareholders. Objections to consents, in order to be effective for the purposes of this section, must be filed with the corporation before the consents in question had been acted upon. (B) Fiduciaries and minors may vote and execute consents in ...

...ertified copy of the regulations, the bylaws, or a resolution of the trustees, directors, or executive committee of said corporation that such authority does not exist or is vested in some other officer or person. (B) For the purposes of this section, a person exercising such authority as such officer is prima-facie deemed to be duly elected, qualified, and acting as such officer. (C) No corporation shall directly ...

...with all applicable requirements of the law of this state and the law of the United States; (2) Separate and apart from the sale or purchase, contract or tender for sale or purchase, or request or invitation for tender for sale or purchase, of shares of the issuing public corporation. (D) Every appointment of a proxy shall be revocable unless that appointment is coupled with an interest, except that, as provided in...

...ied in the agreement, or for such other lawful purposes as may be specified in the agreement, for such period and upon such terms as may be stated therein. In the case of uncertificated securities, the deposit of the shares may be accomplished by registration in the name of the trustee or trustees as provided in division (F) of this section. (B) No such agreement which grants the voting or consenting rights in resp...

...(A) Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide: (1) The directors, in advance of any meeting of shareholders, may appoint inspectors of election to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof; (2) If inspectors are not so appointed, the officer or person acting as chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or his proxy shall, make such appointment; (3) In case any pe...

...such meeting, but no action required by law, the articles, or the regulations to be authorized or taken by the holders of a designated proportion of the shares of any particular class or of each class, may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion. (B) Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide, the holders of a majority of the voting shares represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is pres...

...Notwithstanding any provision in sections 1701.01 to 1701.98, inclusive, of the Revised Code requiring for any purpose the vote, consent, waiver, or release of the holders of a designated proportion (but less than all) of the shares of any particular class or of each class, the articles may provide that for such purpose the vote, consent, waiver, or release of the holders of a greater or lesser proportion of the shar...

...The authorization or taking of any action by vote, consent, waiver, or release of the shareholders may be rescinded or revoked by the same vote, consent, waiver, or release as at the time of rescission or revocation would be required to authorize or take such action in the first instance, subject to the contract rights of other persons.

...(A) Unless the articles, the regulations adopted by the shareholders, or the regulations adopted by the directors pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 1701.10 of the Revised Code prohibit the authorization or taking of any action of the shareholders or of the directors without a meeting, any action that may be authorized or taken at a meeting of the shareholders or of the directors, as the case may be, may be auth...

...(A) At a meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, only persons nominated as candidates shall be eligible for election as directors. (B) Unless the articles set forth alternative election standards, at all elections of directors, the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected. (C) Unless the articles provide that no shareholder of a corporation may cumulate the shar...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 1701.911 of the Revised Code: (1) The number of directors may be fixed by the articles or the regulations, but the number so fixed shall not be less than one. (2) Unless the articles or the regulations fix the number of directors or provide the manner in which such number may be fixed or changed by the shareholders, the number may be fixed or change...

...(A) Unless the articles, the regulations adopted by the shareholders, or the regulations adopted by the directors pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 1701.10 of the Revised Code provide for a different term (which may not exceed three years from the date of election and until a successor is elected), each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until a successor is elected...

...(A) The office of a director becomes vacant if the director dies or resigns. A resignation shall take effect immediately or at such other time as the director may specify. (B) The directors may remove any director and thereby create a vacancy in the board: (1) If by order of court the director has been found to be of unsound mind, or if the director is adjudicated a bankrupt; (2) If within sixty days, or withi...

...(A) Except where the law, the articles, or the regulations require action to be authorized or taken by shareholders, all of the authority of a corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of its directors. For their own government, the directors may adopt bylaws that are not inconsistent with the articles or the regulations. The selection of a time frame for the achievement of corporate goals shall be the...

...manner that would be inappropriate or unlawful under provisions of this chapter other than those set forth in division (D)(2) of this section or under other applicable law; (3) The agreement interferes with the authority or discretion of the directors; (4) The agreement has not been filed with the minutes as required by division (B) of this section. (G) If a close corporation agreement provides that there shall...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided in the articles or the regulations: (1) No contract, action, or transaction shall be void or voidable with respect to a corporation for the reason that it is between or affects the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between or affects the corporation and any other person in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors, trustees, or officers, or ...

...the articles, the regulations, or the bylaws, and subject to the exceptions, applicable during an emergency as that term is defined in section 1701.01 of the Revised Code, for which provision is made in division (F) of section 1701.11 of the Revised Code: (A) Meetings of the directors may be called by the chairperson of the board, the president, any vice-president, or any two directors. (B) Meetings of the directo...

...n 1701.10 of the Revised Code, or the bylaws.

...(A) The regulations may provide for the creation by the directors of an executive committee or any other committee of the directors, to consist of one or more directors, and may authorize the delegation to any such committee of any of the authority of the directors, however conferred, other than the authority of filling vacancies among the directors or in any committee of the directors and other than the authority to...

...acity if such instrument is required by law or by the articles, the regulations, or the bylaws to be executed, acknowledged, or verified by two or more officers. Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide, all officers shall be elected annually. (B) Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide, and subject to the exceptions, applicable during an emergency, as that term is defined in section...

...(A) Unless the articles, the regulations, or a written agreement with an officer establishes additional fiduciary duties, the only fiduciary duties of an officer are the duties to the corporation set forth in division (B) of this section. (B) An officer shall perform the officer's duties to the corporation in good faith, in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of th...

...The directors may authorize any mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust of all or any of the property of the corporation of any description, or any interest therein, for the purpose of securing the payment or performance of any obligation or contract. Unless otherwise provided in the articles, no vote or consent of shareholders is necessary for such action.

...r trolley buses, motor buses, or other vehicles, or machines for aerial transportation, may be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and when so filed shall have the same effect, as to the lien created by the mortgage on that rolling stock, movable equipment, or machines, as though filed in the office of the recorder of each county in which the rolling stock, movable equipment, or machines are situated...

...When any note, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness of a corporation is authenticated or countersigned by an incorporated trustee, the signature of any officer of the corporation authorized to sign any such instrument may be facsimile, engraved, stamped, or printed. Although any officer of the corporation whose manual or facsimile signature is affixed to any such instrument ceases to be such officer before the ins...