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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 20-07

  • Annual meeting: when applied to towns shall mean the annual town meeting in March or an adjournment thereof. See
  • Articles of incorporation: include amended and restated articles of incorporation, articles of merger, and special charters. See
  • 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.
  • Meeting: means any structured communications conducted by participants in person or through the use of electronic or telecommunications medium permitting simultaneous or sequentially structured communications for the purpose of reaching a collective agreement. See
  • Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or upon presentation for registration are entitled to be registered in the records of a corporation. See

§ 20.07. Annual meeting

(a) The annual meeting date for a close corporation is the first business day after February 1 unless its articles of incorporation, bylaws, or a shareholder agreement authorized by section 20.09 of this title fixes a different date.

(b) A close corporation need not hold an annual meeting unless one or more shareholders deliver written notice to the corporation requesting a meeting at least 30 days before the meeting date determined under subsection (a) of this section. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.)