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...(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.

...tors of the corporation may make such determination, subject to division (A) of this section.

...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 ...

...n earned surplus is capital surplus. Determinations under this section may be based upon financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting practices and principles that are reasonable in the circumstances, and may make use of the equity method of accounting. (B) Capital surplus shall be classified according to its derivation and so shown on the books of the corporation, and each balance sheet shall show sepa...

...asonable ground to believe that by such payment it would be rendered insolvent. (D) No dividend or distribution on shares of any class shall be paid in shares of another class if any of the authorized shares of the latter class are already outstanding, unless either the articles so provide or the payment is authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the class in which p...

...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...

...(A) Whenever convertible shares are converted into shares of another class, the shares surrendered upon such conversion shall be deemed retired and shall not be reissued as convertible shares. (B) Whenever redeemable shares are redeemed, purchased, or otherwise acquired by the corporation, such shares shall be deemed retired. (C) Shares released from subscription shall be deemed retired. (D) Unless otherwise provi...

...se. (D) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if a shareholder has authorized the corporation to deliver notices of shareholder meetings required by section 1701.41 of the Revised Code to the shareholder by any means other than mail and has not rescinded that authorization, the corporation shall include the electronic mail address or other electronic contact information necessary to deliver the notice on any list or l...

...(A) At the annual meeting of shareholders, or the meeting held in lieu of it, every corporation, except a banking corporation, shall lay before the shareholders financial statements, which may be consolidated, and, as applicable, written statements or reports, consisting of: (1) A balance sheet containing a summary of the assets, liabilities, stated capital, if any, and surplus (showing separately any capital surpl...

...An annual meeting of shareholders for the election of directors and the consideration of reports to be laid before such meeting shall be held on a date designated by, or in the manner provided for in, the articles or in the regulations. In the absence of such designation, the annual meeting shall be held on the first Monday of the fourth month following the close of each fiscal year of the corporation. When the annua...

...(A) Meetings of shareholders may be called by any of the following: (1) The chairperson of the board, the president, or, in case of the president's absence, death, or disability, the vice-president authorized to exercise the authority of the president; (2) The directors by action at a meeting, or a majority of the directors acting without a meeting; (3) Persons who hold twenty-five per cent of all shares outstand...

...(A) Written notice stating the time, place, if any, and purposes of a meeting of the shareholders, and the means, if any, by which shareholders can be present and vote at the meeting through the use of communications equipment shall be given either by personal delivery or by mail, overnight delivery service, or any other means of communication authorized by the shareholder to whom the notice is given, not less than s...

...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 shareholder, or by any director, which writing shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the meeting. The attendance of any shareholder or any director at any such meeting without protesting, prior to or at t...

...Any requirement imposed by law, the articles, the regulations, or the bylaws, with respect to the giving or sending of any notice or communication to any shareholder or director as such whose address as it appears upon the records of the corporation is outside of the United States, may be dispensed with, and no action taken shall be affected or invalidated by the failure to give or send any such notice or communicati...

...(A) Except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class are increased, limited, or denied by the express terms of such shares, and except as provided in scrip issued in lieu of a certificate for a fraction of a share, each outstanding share regardless of class shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the shareholders for their vote, consent, waiver, release,...

...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 or securities; or (4) to participate in the execution of written consents, waivers, or releases; the directors may fix a record date which shall not be a dat...

...(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...