Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1-1201 – Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1-1201
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
No approval of the shareholders of a corporation is required for any of the following actions, unless the articles of incorporation otherwise provide:
(1) To sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the corporation’s assets in the usual and regular course of business.
(2) To mortgage, pledge, dedicate to the repayment of indebtedness, whether with or without recourse, or otherwise encumber any or all of the corporation’s assets, whether or not in the usual and regular course of business.
(3) To transfer any or all of the corporation’s assets to one or more corporations or other entities all of the shares or interests of which are owned by the corporation.
(4) To distribute assets pro rata to the holders of one or more classes or series of the corporation’s shares, provided that the distribution does not violate the rights of any class or series of shares.
Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.