§ 17:9A-83 — Place and hour of meeting; adjournments.

83. a. Subject to subsection b. of this section, any meeting of stockholders may be held at the principal office of the bank, or at any branch office, or at any place other than the principal office or a branch office, provided such other place is in a municipality in which the bank maintains its principal office or a branch office. Each meeting shall be convened at such hour as is fixed by the by-laws, or, if not so fixed, at such hour as shall be stated in the call for the meeting. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time for any period of time and to any place where it is lawful to hold a meeting. When any meeting is adjourned, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjourned meeting. b. Any meeting of stockholders may be held solely or in part by means of remote communication to the extent the board authorizes and adopts guidelines and procedures governing such a meeting. (1) One or more stockholders may participate in a meeting of stockholders by means of remote communication to the extent the board authorizes that participation, including the authorization of a meeting of stockholders held solely by means of remote participation. Stockholder meetings conducted in part or solely by means of remote communications and any stockholder's remote participation in those meetings shall be subject to those guidelines and procedures as the board adopts, and shall be in conformity with this subsection. (2) A stockholder participating in a meeting of stockholders by means of remote communication in reliance upon paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be deemed present in person and shall be entitled to vote at the meeting. In any meeting conducted in part or solely by means of remote communication in reliance upon paragraph (1) of this subsection, the bank shall implement reasonable measures to: (a) verify that each person participating remotely is a stockholder or a proxy of a stockholder; (b) provide each stockholder participating remotely with a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting, including an opportunity to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, and to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with those proceedings; and (c) record and maintain a record of any votes or other actions taken by remote communication at the meeting. L.1948, c.67, s.83; amended 1954, c.142, s.2; 2021, c.202, s.3.