West Virginia Statutes
§ 31D-7-721 — Voting entitlement of shares
(a)Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section or unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders' meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote.
(b)Absent special circumstances, the shares of a corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by a second corporation, domestic or foreign, and the first corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the second corporation.
(c)Subsection (b) of this section does not limit the power of a corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
(d)Redeemable shares are not entitled to v
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§ 31D-1-101
Short title§ 31D-1-101a
Legislative acknowledgment§ 31D-1-102
Reservation of powers§ 31D-1-103
Construction of chapter§ 31D-1-120
Filing requirements§ 31D-1-121
Forms§ 31D-1-122
Filing, service and copying fees§ 31D-1-123
Effective time and date of document§ 31D-1-124
Correcting filed document§ 31D-1-125
Filing duty of Secretary of State§ 31D-1-127
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document§ 31D-1-128
Certificate of existence§ 31D-1-129
Penalty for signing false document§ 31D-1-130
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