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...the place, if any, the time, and the purposes of any meeting of voting members or directors, as the case may be, whether required by law, the articles, the regulations, or (in the case of directors) the bylaws, may be waived in writing, either before or after the holding of such meeting, by any member, or by any director, which writing shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the meeting. A transmission b...

...mmunications equipment to permit the corporation to verify that a person is a voting member and to maintain a record of any vote. (D) Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide, no member who is a natural person shall vote or act by proxy.

...(A) When any domestic corporation or domestic business corporation holds membership in a domestic or foreign corporation, the chairperson of the board, the president, any vice-president, the secretary, or the treasurer of the corporation or business corporation holding such membership, and any such officer or cashier or trust officer of a banking or trust corporation holding such membership, and any like officer of a...

...rization or taking of any action voted upon by the members, except that no action required by law, the articles, or the regulations to be authorized or taken by a specified proportion or number of the voting members or of any class of voting members may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion or number. (B) A majority of the voting members present at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn t...

...ent, waiver, or release of a greater proportion or number of the members or the directors than that otherwise required by law with respect thereto, the provisions of the articles or the regulations shall control.

...The authorization or taking of any action by vote, consent, waiver, or release of the members may be rescinded or revoked by the same vote, consent, waiver, or release as at the time of rescission or revocation would be required to authorize or take such action in the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.

...ion or taking of any action of the incorporators, the members, or the directors without a meeting, any action that may be authorized or taken at a meeting of the incorporators, the members, or the directors, as the case may be, may be authorized or taken without a meeting with the affirmative vote or approval of, and in a writing or writings signed by, all of the incorporators, all of the members, or all of the dire...

...(A) At a meeting of members at which directors are to be elected, only persons nominated as candidates shall be eligible for election as directors. (B) At all elections of directors the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected.

...e are only one or two members of the corporation, the number of directors may be less than three but not less than the number of members. (2)(a) Subject to division (A)(2)(c) of this section, unless the articles or the regulations fix the number of directors or provide the manner in which that number may be fixed or changed by the voting members, the number may be fixed or changed at a meeting of the voting members...

...(A) Unless the articles or the regulations provide for a different term, each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of voting members and until the director's successor is elected, or until the director's earlier resignation, removal from office, or death. (B) The articles or the regulations may provide for the classification of directors into classes and that the terms of office of the several c...

...(A) The office of a director becomes vacant if the director dies or resigns, which resignation shall take effect immediately or at such other time as the director may specify. (B) A director may be removed from office pursuant to any procedure therefor provided in the articles or in the regulations and such removal shall create a vacancy in the board. (C) Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide, th...

... or taken, 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. (B) A director shall perform the director's duties as a director, including the duties as a member of any committee of the directors upon which the director may serve, in good faith, i...

...s void or voidable with respect to a corporation because the contract, action, or transaction is between or affects the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or is between or affects the corporation and any other person in which one or more of the corporation's directors or officers are directors or officers, or in which one or more of the corporation's directors or officers have a financial or p...

...ng. That notice need not specify the purposes of the meeting. (D) Notice of adjournment of a meeting need not be given if the time and place to which it is adjourned are fixed and announced at that meeting.

...Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide, and subject to the exceptions applicable during an emergency for which provision is made in division (G) of section 1702.11 of the Revised Code, a majority of the whole authorized number of directors is necessary to constitute a quorum for a meeting of the directors, except that a majority of the directors in office constitutes a quorum for filling a vacancy i...

...er conferred. (B) The directors may appoint one or more directors as alternate members of any committee described in division (A) of this section, who may take the place of any absent member or members at any meeting of the particular committee. (C) Each committee described in division (A) of this section shall serve at the pleasure of the directors, shall act only in the intervals between meetings of the directo...

...(A) The officers of a corporation shall consist of a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and, if desired, a chairperson of the board, one or more vice-presidents, and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary, each of whom may be designated by such other titles as may be provided in the articles, the regulations, the bylaws, or resolutions of the directors. Unless the articles or the regu...

... 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 the corporation, and with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. In performing an offi...

...All property acquired by a corporation by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise shall be the absolute property of the corporation, unless at the time of acquiring such property it is otherwise in writing specified.

...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 the articles or the regulations, or the terms of any trust on which the corporation holds any particular property, otherwise provide, no vote or consent of members or authorization from the court under section 1715.39 of the Revised ...

...No domestic or foreign corporation, or any one on its behalf, shall interpose the defense or make the claim of usury in any proceeding upon or with reference to any obligation of such corporation; nor shall any corporate note, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness, mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust, be set aside, impaired, or adjudged invalid by reason of anything contained in laws prohibiting usury or regulating ...

...ectors, except that a public benefit corporation shall not amend its articles in such manner that it will cease to be a public benefit corporation. (B) Without limiting the generality of the authority described in division (A) of this section, the articles may be amended to: (1) Change the name of the corporation; (2) Change the place in this state where its principal office is to be located; (3) Change, enl...

... the terms of any trust on which the corporation holds any particular property, otherwise provide, a lease, sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of any assets of a mutual benefit corporation may be made without the necessity of procuring authorization from the court under section 1715.39 of the Revised Code, upon the terms and for the consideration, which may consist, in whole or in part, of money or other ...

...tion, and any interest therein, of a corporation, domestic or foreign, may be sold under the judgment or decree of a court, as provided in the Revised Code with respect to similar property of natural persons, at public or private sale, in such manner, at such time and place, on such notice by publication or otherwise, and on such terms, as the court adjudging or decreeing such sale deems equitable and proper, but it ...

... an agreement of merger, a domestic corporation and one or more additional domestic or foreign entities may be merged into a surviving domestic corporation. Pursuant to an agreement of consolidation, one or more domestic or foreign entities may be consolidated into a new domestic corporation. If any constituent entity is formed or organized under the laws of any state other than this state or under any chapter...