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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The circuit court in the applicable county may summarily order a meeting to be held:
(a) On application of any shareholder entitled to vote at an annual meeting if neither an annual meeting has been held nor an action by written consent in lieu thereof has become effective within any 15-month period; or
(b) On application of one or more shareholders who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under s. 607.0702, if:
1. Notice of the special meeting was not given within 60 days after the first day on which the requisite number of demands have been delivered to the corporation's secretary; or
2. The special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.
(2) The court may fix the time and place of the meeting, determine the shares entitled to participate in the meeting, specify a record date or dates for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice, fix the quorum by voting group required for matters to be considered at the meeting (or direct that the votes of a voting group represented at the meeting constitute a quorum of such voting group for action on those matters), and enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose or purposes of the meeting.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Florida Statutes Title XXXVI. Business Organizations § 607.0703. Court-ordered meeting - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/fl/title-xxxvi-business-organizations/fl-st-sect-607-0703/
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