Pennsylvania § 1709 Conduct of shareholders meeting

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1709 — Conduct of shareholders meeting

Pennsylvania § 1709

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 15CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

PartPART II

Ch. 17OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS

Subch.NOTICE AND MEETINGS GENERALLY

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Bluebook

15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1709 (2026).

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(a)Presiding officer.--There shall be a presiding officer at every meeting of the shareholders. The presiding officer shall be appointed in the manner provided in the bylaws or, in the absence of such provision, by the board of directors. If the bylaws are silent on the appointment of the presiding officer and the board fails to designate a presiding officer, the president shall be the presiding officer.

(b)Authority of the presiding officer.--Except as otherwise provided in the bylaws, the presiding officer shall determine the order of business and shall have the authority to establish rules for the conduct of the meeting if the board of directors has not determined the order of business or established the rules.

(c)Procedural standard.--Any rules adopted for, and the conduct of, a m

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(a) Presiding officer.--There shall be a presiding officer at every meeting of the shareholders. The presiding officer shall be appointed in the manner provided in the bylaws or, in the absence of such provision, by the board of directors. If the bylaws are silent on the appointment of the presiding officer and the board fails to designate a presiding officer, the president shall be the presiding officer.

(b) Authority of the presiding officer.--Except as otherwise provided in the bylaws, the presiding officer shall determine the order of business and shall have the authority to establish rules for the conduct of the meeting if the board of directors has not determined the order of business or established the rules.

(c) Procedural standard.--Any rules adopted for, and the conduct of, a meeting must be fair to the shareholders.

(d) Closing of the polls.--The presiding officer shall announce at the meeting when the polls close for each matter voted upon. If no announcement is made, the polls shall be deemed to have closed upon the final adjournment of the meeting. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes, nor any revocations or changes thereto, may be accepted.

Legislative History

(June 22, 2001, P.L.418, No.34, eff. 60 days; Nov. 3, 2022, P.L.1791, No.122, eff. 60 days) 2022 Amendment.Act 122 amended subsecs. (b) and (c). 2001 Amendment.Act 34 added section 1709. Cross References.Section 1709 is referred to in section 1708 of this title.