Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:220 – Stockholders’ agreements
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:220
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Articles: means the original articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto including those contained in merger agreements or, if restated, the latest restatement thereof except in those instances in which the context refers expressly to the original articles of incorporation only. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:201
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Stockholder: means the holder of record of one or more shares. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:201
A.(1) Any lawful provision regulating the affairs of a state bank or the rights and liabilities of its stockholders which is not required to be set forth in the articles may be set forth in an agreement among all of the stockholders who would be entitled to vote on the provisions thereof if proposed as an amendment to the articles.
(2) Such an agreement shall be binding on all persons who are at the time such agreement is made or who thereafter become stockholders of the state bank. No other person dealing with the state bank shall be charged with constructive notice of such an agreement.
(3) Such an agreement may be terminated or modified by amendment at any time in the manner, except that no amendment thereto need be filed or recorded except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, and by the vote which would be required for adoption of an amendment to the articles deleting or similarly modifying the provisions thereof if they had been set forth in the articles, or by such larger vote as may be specified in the agreement.
B. A copy of each such agreement and of each amendment thereto or a certified copy of the minutes of the meeting at which the amendment was adopted by vote shall be filed in the state bank’s main office and shall be open daily during business hours to the inspection of any stockholder or his attorney, agent, or legal representative.
Acts 1984, No. 719, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.