(a) A corporation may issue the number of shares of each class or series authorized by the charter. Shares that are issued are outstanding shares until they are reacquired, redeemed, converted, or cancelled.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-16-103

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Charter: includes amended and restated charters and articles of merger. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Class: when used with reference to membership interests, means a category of membership interests that differs in one (1) or more rights or preferences from another category of membership interests of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • 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.
  • Dissolution: means that the LLC has incurred an event under §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Series: means a category of membership interests, within a class of membership interests, that have some of the same rights and preferences as other membership interests within the same class, but that differ in one (1) or more rights and preferences from another category of membership interests within that class. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
(b) The reacquisition, redemption, or conversion of outstanding shares is subject to the limitation of subsection (c) and to § 48-16-401.
(c) At all times that shares of the corporation are outstanding, one (1) or more shares that together have unlimited voting rights and one (1) or more shares that together are entitled to receive the net assets of the corporation upon dissolution must be outstanding.
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