35-1-524. Voting entitlement of shares. - Montana Statutes

     35-1-524. Voting entitlement of shares. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) 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.
     (2) 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) 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 shareholders the redemption price on surrender of the shares.
     (5) Shares acquired by the corporation pursuant to 35-1-630 are not entitled to vote as long as they are owned by the corporation.

     History: En. Sec. 57, Ch. 368, L. 1991.