Quorum; notice to shareholders of proposed ratification.

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(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, if the members of a corporation must, under ORS 65.266 (3), approve a ratification of a defective corporate action at a meeting, the corporation shall send notice of the meeting to each person, whether or not the person may vote, that is a member of the corporation on:

(A) The record date for notice of the meeting; and

(B) The date of the defective corporate action.

(b) A corporation need not send notice to a person that is a member if the corporation cannot determine from the corporation’s records the person’s identity or contact information for notice.

(3) A notice under subsection (2) of this section must:

(a) State that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider an approval of the ratification of a defective corporate action.

(b) Include a copy of the action the board of directors took in accordance with, or information required under, ORS 65.266.

(c)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, state conspicuously the calendar date by which a person that wishes to challenge the ratification must bring an action in a court of this state under ORS 65.281. The calendar date must be within 120 days after the later of the effective date of validation or the date of the notice.

(B) If at the time that the corporation sends notice under this section the corporation cannot state the calendar date by which a person must bring an action in a court of this state under ORS 65.281, the notice must:

(i) State the date on which the corporation anticipates that a person must bring an action; or

(ii) State that a person may contact the corporation to determine the exact date by which the person must bring the action and provide the information necessary to contact the corporation.

(4)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, if a board of directors’ ratification of a defective corporate action under ORS 65.266 requires member approval, the quorum and voting requirements that applied to members at the time the members approved the defective corporate action apply also to the members’ approval of the ratification of the defective corporate action.

(b) Member approval of a ratification of an election of a director requires that at a meeting at which a quorum is present the number of votes that members cast that favor the ratification exceeds the number of votes that members cast that oppose the ratification. [2019 c.325 §14]


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