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...ement of its property, consistent with law and the articles, may be adopted, amended, or repealed in any of the following ways: (a) Within ninety days after the corporation is formed, by the directors in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 1701.10 of the Revised Code; (b) By the shareholders at a meeting held for that purpose, by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise...

...If an initial stated capital is set forth in its articles and a corporation commences business before there has been paid in the amount of that initial stated capital, no corporate transaction shall be invalidated thereby, but incorporators participating in such transaction before the election of directors, and directors participating therein, shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts of the corporation up ...

...rnment, a corporation may transact any lawful business in aid of national defense or in the prosecution of any war in which the nation is engaged. (D) Unless otherwise provided in the articles, a corporation may take property of any description, or any interest in property, by gift, devise, or bequest, and may make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes. (E)(1)...

...Except as otherwise provided by law, the articles, or the regulations, the directors of a corporation may: (A) Determine the time when, the terms under which, and the considerations for which the corporation issues, disposes of, or receives subscriptions for, its shares, including treasury shares; (B) Determine, subject to the limitations provided in section 1701.35 of the Revised Code in the case of purchase of sh...

...(A) The shareholders of a corporation do not have a pre-emptive right to acquire the corporation's unissued shares except to the extent the articles so provide. If the articles provide that the holders of the shares of any class, other than shares that are limited as to dividend or distribution rate and liquidation price, have pre-emptive rights, those holders, upon the offering or sale for cash of shares of the same...

... may contain any terms not repugnant to law for the protection of the holders of the options, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Restrictions upon the authorization or issuance of additional shares; (b) Provisions for the adjustment of the option price; (c) Provisions concerning rights in the event of reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale of the entire assets of the corporation; (d) Provis...

...(A) A corporation by its directors, upon terms as it may impose, may provide and carry out plans for the issuance, offering, or sale, or for the grant of options, to employees of the corporation or of subsidiary corporations, or to a trustee on their behalf, during the period of their employment or other period, of, or with respect to, any unissued shares, treasury shares, or shares to be purchased, which plans may p...

...(A) Except as provided in the case of change of shares, share dividends or distributions, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, or conversion of shares or obligations into shares, the following apply: (1) Consideration for shares may include cash, property, services rendered, a promissory note, or any other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services; the provision of any o...

...(A) When a determination of the fair value to a corporation is made by the incorporators, directors, or shareholders with respect to consideration, other than cash, paid or to be paid to the corporation for shares; or made by the directors with respect to property voluntarily contributed to the corporation; or made by the directors with respect to physical assets of the corporation that are reckoned by the director...

...(A) When no provision as to time of payment for shares of a corporation is made in the contract of subscription or purchase, they shall be paid for on the call of the directors. (B) In case of default in the payment of any contract of subscription or purchase, the corporation may collect the amount unpaid, and in addition to other remedies, unless the contract of subscription or purchase otherwise provides, the corp...

...contain any statements not repugnant to law for the protection of such conversion rights, including, without limiting the generality of such authority: restrictions upon the authorization or issuance of additional shares; provisions for the adjustment of the conversion price or ratio; provisions concerning rights in the event of reorganization, merger, consolidation, or lease, sale, exchange, transfer or other dispos...

...include any statements not repugnant to law for the protection of such conversion rights, including, but without limiting the generality of such authority: restrictions upon the authorization or issuance of additional shares; provisions for the adjustment of the conversion price or ratio; provisions concerning rights in the event of reorganization, merger, consolidation, or lease, sale, exchange, transfer, or other d...

...(A) By the express terms of shares of any class or series, such shares may be redeemable, in whole at one time or in part from time to time, at the option of the corporation, or at a specified time or event, in such manner and upon such conditions, price, and notice as are provided in said express terms. The exercise of such right of redemption shall, however, be subject to the limitations provided in section 1701.35...

...cidents of a joint estate as at common law, including the right of survivorship, may be created in shares by registering the same in the case of uncertificated securities, or by executing and delivering a certificate in the case of certificated securities to two or more persons with the words "as joint tenants" or "as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common" following their names. ...

... the corporation is organized under the laws of this state; (2) The name of the person to whom the shares represented by the certificate are issued; (3) The number of shares represented by the certificate; (4) If the shares of the corporation are classified, the designation of the class, and the series, if any, of the shares represented by the certificate; (5) On the face or the back of the certificate: (a) The ...

...A corporation may open transfer books in any state for the purpose of transferring shares issued by it, and it may employ agents to keep the records of its shares, or to transfer or to register shares, or both, in any state, and the acts of such agents shall be binding on the corporation. The duties and liabilities of such agents shall be such as are agreed to by the corporation. If no such transfer agent is appoint...

...(A) In case a certificate for shares is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the court of common pleas or the probate court of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is located shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions respecting such loss, theft, or destruction, the person interested therein, the bond required to be given to protect the corporation or any person injured by the execution...

...hich it is a party, or for violation of lawful provisions in the articles or the regulations, or for participating in bad faith with a fiduciary in the breach of any duty of the latter, or from any liability by reason of transactions by the corporation involving the acquisition or disposition by it of any of its shares or other securities. (G) A corporation is not entitled to the rights, privileges, and immunities o...

...A corporation may pay as cost of organization or reorganization the reasonable expenses incident thereto, and it may also pay or allow reasonable expenses, compensation, or discount for the sale, underwriting, or purchase of any of its shares; such payment or allowance shall not have the effect of rendering shares not fully paid and nonassessable.

...(A) Every corporation shall have and shall carry upon its books a stated capital for each class of outstanding shares with par value and for each class of outstanding shares having preference in the event of the involuntary liquidation of the corporation. Every corporation may have and, if it does have, shall carry upon its books a stated capital for any other class of outstanding shares. The stated capital of each o...

...A corporation shall not take any action which will require or result in reduction of the stated capital of each outstanding share with par value, to less than the par value of such share. Subject to such limitation and to such provisions as are set forth in the articles or in any contract or obligation: (A) Whenever an outstanding redeemable share is redeemed by the corporation, or an outstanding share is purchased ...

...(A) The surplus of a corporation is the excess of its assets over its liabilities plus stated capital, if any. The earned surplus of a corporation is the net balance of its net profits, income, gains, and losses from the date of incorporation, except as otherwise provided in this section, or from the latest date on which a deficit in earned surplus was eliminated by application of capital surplus or otherwise, after ...

...The directors may declare dividends and distributions on outstanding shares of the corporation, subject to the following provisions: (A) A dividend or distribution may be paid in cash, property, or shares of the corporation. The dividend or distribution shall not exceed the combination of the surplus of the corporation and the difference between the following: (1) The reduction in surplus that results from the imme...

...If a corporation has declared a cash dividend or distribution on any shares and has mailed to a shareholder at his address appearing on the records of the corporation a valid check in the amount of the dividend or distribution to which such shareholder is entitled, and such check would have been honored if duly presented to the bank on which it is drawn, no action for the recovery of such dividend or distribution or ...

...(A) A corporation by its directors may purchase shares of any class issued by it, in any of the following instances: (1) When the articles authorize the redemption of such shares and do not prohibit such purchase; (2) To collect or compromise a debt, claim, or controversy in good faith; (3) From a subscriber whose shares have not been paid for in full, or in settlement or compromise of a subscription; (4) For off...