Massachusetts Statutes

§ 45 — Reduction of capital stock in accordance with Sec. 41 or 41C; content of articles

Massachusetts § 45
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XXIICORPORATIONS
Ch. 156BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, § 45 (2026).

Text

Section 45. If a reduction of the capital stock of any corporation shall have been authorized by its stockholders in accordance with section forty-one, or if a change or exchange of stock resulting in a reduction of capital shall have been authorized in accordance with section forty-one C, the articles of amendment shall also set forth—

(a)the total amount of capital stock already authorized and issued;
(b)the amount of the reduction and the manner in which it shall be effected;
(c)a copy of the vote authorizing the reduction. No reduction of capital stock shall be lawful which renders the corporation bankrupt or insolvent, but the capital stock may be reduced by the surrender by every stockholder of his shares and the issue to him in lieu thereof of a proportional decreased number of s

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