Proxies
1. a relationship;
2. a legal document; or
3. a person.
As a relationship:
Proxy agreement may limit the matters that the proxy holder
may vote on;
As a document:
As a person:
Directors liability
Disloyalty of a director
Factors to be considered:
Self Dealing
Interlocking Directors
Appraisal Rights
a. merger;
b. consolidation;
c. changing or restricting stockholders rights;
d. changing rights of shares;
e. shortening corporate life;
f. extending the corporate life;
g. sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
corporation;
Minutes of Meetings
Minutes are not the transcripts; need not state in detail the
entire discussions of the board; major points must be stated;
minutes will have to be approved by the directors during the
next board meeting;
In General
Can own and sell property; sue in its corporate name; enter
into contracts;
Close Corporations
Non-Stock Corporations
No Stocks
Members may own stock but the purpose is not for business
and there is a prohibition against the distribution of
dividends;
No Dividends
No Profits
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After the debts are paid, the assets of the dissolved non-
stock corporation are distributed as follows: