A. A corporation’s board of directors may propose dissolution for submission to the shareholders.
1. The board of directors shall recommend dissolution to the shareholders unless the board of directors determines that because of conflict of interests or other special circumstances it should make no recommendation and communicates the basis for its determination to the shareholders; and
2. The shareholders entitled to vote shall approve the proposal to dissolve as provided in subsection E.
C. The board of directors may condition its submission of the proposal for dissolution on any basis.
D. The corporation shall notify each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the proposed shareholders’ meeting in accordance with § 13.1-658. The notice shall also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider dissolving the corporation.
E. Unless the board of directors, acting pursuant to subsection C, requires a greater vote, dissolution to be authorized must be approved by the holders of more than two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on the proposal to dissolve. The articles of incorporation may provide for a greater or lesser vote than that provided for in this subsection or a vote by separate voting groups so long as the vote provided for is not less than a majority of all the votes cast by each voting group entitled to vote on the proposed dissolution at a meeting at which a quorum of the voting group exists.
History
Code 1950, § 13.1-81; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765.
