Sec. 4. (a) Every stock company organized under this article shall have the right, when authorized by its articles of incorporation, to issue one (1) or more classes or kinds of shares of capital stock, any or all of which classes or kinds may consist of shares with par value or shares without par value, with full, limited, or no voting powers as provided in the articles of incorporation and with such designations, and such relative rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations, or restrictions as shall be stated and expressed in the articles of incorporation.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-7-4

  • articles of incorporation: includes both the original articles of incorporation and any and all amendments thereto, except where the original articles of incorporation only are expressly referred to, and includes articles of merger, consolidation and reinsurance, and in case of corporations, heretofore organized, articles of reorganization filed in the office of the secretary of state, and all amendments thereto. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • capital: means the aggregate amount paid in on the shares of capital stock of a corporation issued and outstanding. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • capital stock: means the aggregate amount of the par value of all shares of capital stock. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
     (b) No stock company organized under this article shall issue or sell any of its shares of stock having a par value for less than the par value thereof.

     (c) The shareholders of any stock company organized under this article shall be liable for the debts of such stock company only to the extent of any unpaid portion of their subscriptions for shares of such company or any unpaid portion of the consideration for the issuance to them of shares of such stock company.

     (d) The shareholders of such stock company shall not have preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional issues of shares of the capital stock of such company, except to the extent, if any, that such rights shall be fixed and prescribed in the articles of incorporation, or in a bylaw adopted by the board of directors of such stock company.

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.82; Acts 1969, c.164, s.3. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.26.