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Arkansas Code Title 4. Business and Commercial Law § 4-26-903. Other than in usual course of business

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) A sale, lease, or exchange of all or substantially all the property and assets, with or without the good will, of a corporation, if not made in the usual and regular course of its business, may be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may consist in whole or in part of money or real or personal property including shares of any other domestic or foreign corporation as may be authorized in the following manner:

(1) The board of directors shall adopt a resolution recommending the sale, lease, or exchange and directing the submission of the sale, lease, or exchange to a vote at a meeting of shareholders which may be either an annual or a special meeting;

(2) Written or printed notice shall be given to each shareholder of record within the time and in the manner provided in this chapter for the giving of notice of special meetings of shareholders, and whether the meeting is an annual or a special meeting, the notice shall state that the purpose or one (1) of the purposes of the meeting is to consider the proposed sale, lease, or exchange;

(3)(A) At the meeting the shareholders may authorize the sale, lease, or exchange and may fix, or may authorize the board of directors to fix, any or all of the terms and conditions thereof and the consideration to be received by the corporation. Each outstanding share of the corporation shall be entitled to vote thereon, whether or not entitled to vote by the provisions of the articles of incorporation.

(B) The authorization shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of the outstanding shares of the corporation unless any class of shares is entitled to vote as a class, in which event this authorization shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of the outstanding shares of each class of shares entitled to vote as a class and of the total outstanding shares.

(b) After the authorization by a vote of shareholders, the board of directors nevertheless, in its discretion, may abandon the sale, lease, or exchange of assets subject to the rights of third parties under any contracts relating thereto, without further action or approval by shareholders.

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