Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.458 · Subchapter J. FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
CLASS VOTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Separate voting by a class or series of shares of a corporation is required for approval of a plan of merger or conversion if:
(1) that class or series of shares is, under the plan of merger or conversion, to be converted into or exchanged for other securities, interests, obligations, rights to acquire shares, interests, or other securities, cash, property, or any combination of the items described by this subdivision;
(2) the plan of merger or conversion contains a provision that would require approval by that class or series of shares under Section 21.364 if the provision was contained in a proposed amendment to the corporation's certificate of formation; or
(3) that class or series of shares is entitled under the certificate of formation to vote as a class or series on the plan of merger or conversion.
(b) Separate voting by a class or series of shares of a corporation is required for approval of a plan of exchange if:
(1) shares of that class or series are to be exchanged under the terms of the plan of exchange; or
(2) that class or series is entitled under the certificate of formation to vote as a class or series on the plan of exchange.
(c) Separate voting by a class or series of shares of a corporation is required for approval of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a corporation if that class or series of shares is entitled under the certificate of formation to vote as a class or series on the sale of the corporation's assets.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.21.htm
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Business Organizations Code
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.457GENERAL VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL OF FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION.Printed as Section 21.458
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.459NO SHAREHOLDER VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.Printed as Section 21.458
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.954CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, MERGERS, EXCHANGES, AND CONVERSIONS; VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED.Printed as Section 21.364, 21.457, or 21.458
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