30-1-721 VOTING ENTITLEMENT OF SHARES. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 30

CORPORATIONS

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

PART 7.

SHAREHOLDERS

30-1-721. Voting entitlement of shares. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (4) of this section or unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one (1) vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote.

(2) A corporation is not entitled to vote treasury shares. 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.

(3) Subsection (2) 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.

(4) Redeemable shares are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares.