(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a corporation shall hold an annual meeting of the shareholders at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 60.201

  • Articles of incorporation: means the articles described in ORS § 60. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • 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.
  • Principal office: means the physical street address of an office, in or out of this state, where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located and designated in the annual report or in the application for authority to transact business in this state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Remote communication: means any method by which a person that is not physically present at the location at which a meeting occurs may nevertheless hear or otherwise communicate at substantially the same time with other persons at the meeting and have access to materials necessary to participate or vote in the meeting to the extent of the person's authorization to participate or vote. See Oregon Statutes 60.001

(2) An annual shareholders’ meeting may be held in or out of this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws or at a place the board of directors specifies, provided that the board’s specification is not inconsistent with the bylaws. If the board of directors does not determine that the annual meeting will occur solely by means of remote communication and a place for the annual meeting is not stated in or otherwise fixed in accordance with the bylaws, the annual meeting must be held at the corporation’s principal office.

(3) A failure to hold an annual meeting at the time stated in or fixed in accordance with a corporation’s bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate action.

(4) If the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a corporation registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, so provide, the corporation may not be required to hold an annual meeting in any year in which an election of directors is not required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. [1987 c.52 § 49; 1991 c.883 § 3; 1997 c.249 § 24; 2013 c.274 § 2]