§ 18-1073 — Consent of shareholders in lieu of meeting.

Oklahoma § 18-1073

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 18: Corporations

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CONSENT OF SHAREHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING A. Unless otherwise provided for in the certificate of incorporation, any action required by the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders of a corporation or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a consent or consents, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation in the manner required by this section. B. Unless otherwise provided for in the certificate of incorporation, any action required by the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act to be taken at a meeting of the members of a nonstock corporation, or any action which may be taken at any meeting of the members of a nonstock corporation, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents, setting forth the action taken, shall be signed by members having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all members having a right to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation in the manner required by this section. C. A consent must be set forth in writing or in an electronic transmission. No consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless consent signed by a sufficient number of holders or members to take action is delivered to the corporation in the manner required by this section within sixty (60) days of the first date on which a consent is so delivered to the corporation. Any person executing a consent may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that such a consent will be effective at a future time including a time determined upon the happening of an event, no later than sixty (60) days after such instruction is given or such provision is made if evidence of such instruction or provision is provided to the corporation. If the person is not a shareholder or member of record when the consent is executed, the consent shall not be valid unless the person is a shareholder or member of record as of the record date for determining shareholders or members entitled to consent to the action. Unless otherwise provided, any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective. All references to a “consent” in this section mean a consent permitted by this section. D. A consent permitted by this section shall be delivered: 1. To the principal place of business of the corporation; 2. To an officer or agent of the corporation who has custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders or members are recorded; 3. To the registered office of the corporation in this state in person or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; or 4. In accordance with Section 1014.3 of this title to an information processing system, if any, designated by the corporation for receiving such consents. Consent delivered under this paragraph shall set forth or be delivered with information that enables the corporation to determine the date of delivery of such consent and the identity of the person giving such consent. If such consent is given by a person authorized to act for a shareholder or member as proxy, such consent shall comply with the applicable provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection C of Section 1075.2 of this title. Any copy, facsimile, or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that the copy, facsimile, or other reliable reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. A consent may be documented and signed in accordance with Section 1014.3 of this title, and when so documented and signed shall be deemed to be in writing for purposes of this title. If such consent is delivered under paragraph 1, 2, or 3 of this subsection, such consent must be reproduced and delivered in paper form. E. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous consent shall be given to those shareholders or members who have not consented and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of the meeting had been the date that consents signed by a sufficient number of shareholders or members to take the action were delivered to the corporation as provided in this section. In the event that the action for which consent is given is an action that would have required the filing of a certificate under any other section of this title if the action had been voted on by shareholders or by members at a meeting thereof the certificate filed under the other section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by the section concerning any vote of shareholders or members, that consent has been given in accordance with the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1986, c. 292, § 73, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 323, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 53, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1998, c. 422, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 405, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 255, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2010, c. 384, § 106, eff. Sept. 1, 2010; Laws 2017, c. 323, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2021, c. 51, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2024, c. 120, § 28, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.