79-11-199 - Special meetings of members. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 79-11-199. Special meetings of members.
 

(1)  A corporation with members shall hold a special meeting of members: 

(a) On call of its board or the person or persons authorized to do so by the articles or bylaws; or 

(b) If the holders of at least five percent (5%) of the voting power sign, date and deliver to any corporate officer one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held. 

(2)  The close of business on the thirtieth day before delivery of the demand for a special meeting to any corporate officer is the record date for the purpose of determining whether the five percent (5%) requirement of subsection (1) of this section has been met. 

(3)  If a notice for a special meeting demanded under subsection (1)(b) of this section is not given pursuant to Section 79-11-205 within thirty (30) days after the date the written demand or demands are delivered to a corporate officer, regardless of the requirements of subsection (4) of this section, a person signing the demand or demands may set the time and place of the meeting and give notice pursuant to Section 79-11-205. 

(4)  Special meetings of members may be held in or out of this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, special meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal office. 

(5)  Only those matters that are within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by Section 79-11-205 may be conducted at a special meeting of members. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1987, ch. 485, § 50, eff from and after January 1, 1988.