(a) Notice of qualifications.--If shares of a statutory close corporation are issued or transferred to any person who is not entitled under any provision of the articles permitted by section 2304(b) (relating to number or qualifications of shareholders) to be a holder of record of shares of the corporation and if the certificate for the shares complies with section 2321(c) (relating to notice of statutory close corporation status) or conspicuously notes the existence of such a provision of the articles, that person shall be conclusively presumed to have notice of the fact of his ineligibility to be a shareholder.
(b) Notice of size restrictions.--If the articles of a statutory close corporation state the number of persons who are entitled to be holders or owners of its shares and if the certificate for the shares complies with section 2321(c) or conspicuously notes the existence of such a provision of the articles and if the issuance or transfer of shares to any person would cause the shares to be held by more than that number of persons, the person to whom the shares are issued or transferred shall be conclusively presumed to have notice of that fact.
(c) Refusal to register.--Whenever any person to whom shares of a statutory close corporation have been issued or transferred has, or is conclusively presumed under this section to have, notice either:
(1) that he is a person not eligible to be a holder of shares of the corporation; or
(2) that the transfer of shares to him would cause the shares of the corporation to be held by more than the number of persons permitted by its articles to hold shares of the corporation;
the corporation may, at its option, refuse to register the transfer of the shares into the name of the transferee.
(d) Exception.--The provisions of subsection (c) shall not be applicable if the transfer of shares, even though otherwise contrary to subsection (a) or (b), has been consented to by all the shareholders of the statutory close corporation or if the statutory close corporation has amended its articles in accordance with section 2307 (relating to voluntary termination of statutory close corporation status by amendment of articles).
(e) Rescission rights unaffected.--The provisions of this section do not impair any right of a transferee to rescind the transaction or to recover under any applicable warranty express or implied.
(f) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "transfer" is not limited to a transfer for value.
Cross References. Section 2308 is referred to in section 2309 of this title.