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§ 2-509. Voting; corporate held stock

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCorporations and AssociationsEffective: October 1, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Corporations and Associations
Title 2. Corporations in General--Formation, Organization, and Operation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Stockholders
Effective: October 1, 2022
MD Code, Corporations and Associations, § 2-509
§ 2-509. Voting; corporate held stock
In general
(a) Stock registered in the name of a corporation, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president, a vice president, or a proxy appointed by either of them, unless another person appointed to vote the stock under a bylaw or a resolution of the board of directors presents a certified copy of the bylaw or resolution, in which case he may vote the stock.
Corporation’s own stock owned directly or indirectly by it
(b)(1) Shares of a corporation's own stock owned directly or indirectly by it may not be voted at any meeting and may not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at any given time unless they are held by it in a fiduciary capacity, in which case they may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.
(2) Shares of its own stock are considered owned indirectly by the corporation if owned by another corporation or entity in which the corporation owns shares or interests entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast by holders of all shares or interests outstanding and entitled to vote.

Credits

Added by Acts 1975, c. 311, § 2, eff. July 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 2022, c. 292, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 293, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022.
Formerly Art. 23, §§ 43, 44.
MD Code, Corporations and Associations, § 2-509, MD CORP & ASSNS § 2-509
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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