Florida Statutes 607.0703 – Court-ordered meeting
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(1) The circuit court in the applicable county may summarily order a meeting to be held:
(a) On application of any shareholder entitled to vote at an annual meeting if neither an annual meeting has been held nor an action by written consent in lieu thereof has become effective within any 15-month period; or
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 607.0703
- Applicable county: means : the county in this state in which a corporation's principal office is located or was located when an action is or was commenced; if the corporation has, and at the time of such action had, no principal office in this state, then in the county in which the corporation has, or at the time of such action had, an office in this state; or if the corporation does not have an office in this state, then in the county in which the corporation's registered office is or was last located. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Day: means a calendar day. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Record date: means the date fixed for determining the identity of the corporation's shareholders and their share holdings for purposes of this chapter. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
- Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under…. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
- Shareholder: means a record shareholder. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
- Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
- Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
(b) On application of one or more shareholders who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under s. 607.0702, if:
1. Notice of the special meeting was not given within 60 days after the first day on which the requisite number of demands have been delivered to the corporation‘s secretary; or
2. The special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.
(2) The court may fix the time and place of the meeting, determine the shares entitled to participate in the meeting, specify a record date or dates for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice, fix the quorum by voting group required for matters to be considered at the meeting (or direct that the votes of a voting group represented at the meeting constitute a quorum of such voting group for action on those matters), and enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose or purposes of the meeting.