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Wisconsin Statutes Corporations (Ch. 180 to 188) § 180.0703. Court-ordered meeting

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The circuit court for the county where a corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is located may, after notice to the corporation and an opportunity to be heard, order a meeting to be held on petition of a shareholder of the corporation who satisfies any of the following:

(a) Is entitled to participate in an annual meeting, if an annual meeting was not held within the earlier of 6 months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year or 15 months after its last annual meeting and the corporation is required to hold an annual meeting under s. 180.0701(1).

(b) Signed a demand for a special meeting valid under s. 180.0702, if the corporation failed to do any of the following:

1. Give notice of the special meeting within 30 days after the date that the demand was delivered to the corporation.

2. Hold the special meeting in accordance with the notice.

(2) The court may fix the time and place of the meeting or determine that the meeting shall be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized under s. 180.0709 and require that the meeting be called and conducted in accordance with the corporation's articles of incorporation and bylaws in so far as possible, except that the court may do all of the following:

(a) Fix the quorum required for specific matters to be considered at the meeting or direct that the votes represented at the meeting constitute a quorum for action on those matters.

(b) Enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose of the meeting.

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