Delaware § 344 Election of existing corporation to become a close corporation

Delaware Statutes

§ 344 — Election of existing corporation to become a close corporation

Delaware § 344

Title8

Ch. 1GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

Subch.Close Corporations; Special Provisions

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Del. Code tit. 8, § 344 (2026).

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Any corporation organized under this chapter may become a close corporation under this subchapter by executing, acknowledging and filing, in accordance with § 103 of this title, a certificate of amendment of its certificate of incorporation which shall contain a statement that it elects to become a close corporation, the provisions required by § 342 of this title to appear in the certificate of incorporation of a close corporation, and a heading stating the name of the corporation and that it is a close corporation. Such amendment shall be adopted in accordance with the requirements of § 241 or 242 of this title, except that it must be approved by a vote of the holders of record of at least2/3of the shares of each class of stock of the corporation which are outstanding.

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Any corporation organized under this chapter may become a close corporation under this subchapter by executing, acknowledging and filing, in accordance with § 103 of this title, a certificate of amendment of its certificate of incorporation which shall contain a statement that it elects to become a close corporation, the provisions required by § 342 of this title to appear in the certificate of incorporation of a close corporation, and a heading stating the name of the corporation and that it is a close corporation. Such amendment shall be adopted in accordance with the requirements of § 241 or 242 of this title, except that it must be approved by a vote of the holders of record of at least2/3of the shares of each class of stock of the corporation which are outstanding.