South Carolina § 33-7-103 Court-ordered meeting.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 33-7-103 — Court-ordered meeting.

South Carolina § 33-7-103

Title 33CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Ch. 7SHAREHOLDERS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 33-7-103 (2026).

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(a)The circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is located may order a meeting to be held:

(1)on application of any shareholder of the corporation entitled to participate in an annual meeting if an annual meeting was not held within the earlier of nine months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year or eighteen months after its last annual meeting; or (2) on application of a shareholder who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under Section 33-7-102 if:

(i)notice of the special meeting was not given within thirty days after the date the demand was delivered to the corporation's secretary; or (ii) the special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.

(b)The court may fix the time and plac

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(a) The circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is located may order a meeting to be held: (1) on application of any shareholder of the corporation entitled to participate in an annual meeting if an annual meeting was not held within the earlier of nine months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year or eighteen months after its last annual meeting; or (2) on application of a shareholder who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under Section 33-7-102 if: (i) notice of the special meeting was not given within thirty days after the date the demand was delivered to the corporation's secretary; or (ii) the special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice. (b) The court may fix the time and place of the meeting, determine the shares entitled to participate in the meeting, specify a record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice, fix the quorum required for specific matters to be considered at the meeting (or direct that the votes represented at the meeting constitute a quorum for action on those matters), and enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose of the meeting.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code SECTION 33-11-30 [1962 Code SECTION 12-16.3; 1952 Code SECTIONS 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code SECTIONS 7679, 7680; 1932 Code SECTIONS 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 SECTIONS 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 SECTIONS 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 SECTIONS 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, SECTION 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2], and SECTION 33-11-40 [1962 Code SECTION 12-16.4; 1952 Code SECTIONS 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code SECTIONS 7679, 7680; 1932 Code SECTIONS 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 SECTIONS 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 SECTIONS 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 SECTIONS 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, SECTION 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2; 1994 Act No. 461, SECTION 5.