Fla. Stat. § 607.0148 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0148
607.0148 Action on ratification.
Status: in_force

(1) The quorum and voting requirements applicable to a ratifying action by the board of directors under s. 607.0147(1) are the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified at the time such ratifying action is taken.

(2)(a) If the ratification of the defective corporate action requires approval by the shareholders under s. 607.0147(3), and if the approval is to be given at a meeting, the corporation must give notice of the meeting to each holder of valid and putative shares, regardless of whether entitled to vote, as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date of the occurrence of the defective corporate action; however, such notice is not required to be given to holders of valid or putative shares whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation. The notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider ratification of a defective corporate action. (b) If the ratification of the defective corporate action requires approval by the shareholders under s. 607.0147(3), and if the approval is to be ratified by one or more written consents of the shareholders, the corporation must give notice of the action taken by such written consent to each holder of valid and putative shares as of the record date of the action by written consent and as of the date of the occurrence of the defective corporate action, regardless of whether entitled to vote; however, notice is not required to be given to holders of valid or putative shares whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation. The notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the written consent was to ratify the defective corporate action. (c) The notice must be accompanied by both of the following: 1. Either: a. A copy of the action taken by the board of directors in accordance with s. 607.0147(1); or b. The information required by s. 607.0147(1)(a)-(d). 2. A statement that any claim asserting that the ratification of such defective corporate action, and any putative shares issued as a result of such defective corporate action, should not be effective, or should only be effective on certain conditions, and must be brought, if at all, within 120 days after the applicable validation effective time.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) with respect to the voting requirements to ratify the election of a director, any quorum and voting requirements applicable to the approval by the shareholders required by s. 607.0147(3) will be the quorum and voting requirements that are applicable, at the time of such shareholder approval, to the defective corporate action proposed to be ratified.

(4) The approval by shareholders at a meeting to ratify the election of a director requires that the votes cast within the voting group favoring such ratification exceed the votes cast within the voting group opposing such ratification of the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Approval by shareholders by written consent to ratify the election of a director requires that the consents given within the voting group favoring such ratification represent a majority of the shares of the voting group.

(5) Putative shares on the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to vote on any matter submitted to shareholders under s. 607.0147(3), and without giving effect to any ratification of putative shares that becomes effective as a result of such vote, will neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes in any vote to approve the ratification of any defective corporate action. Putative shares on the record date for an action by written consent, and without giving effect to any ratification of putative shares that becomes effective as a result of such written consent, will not be entitled to be counted in any written consent to approve the ratification of any defective corporate action.

(6) If approval under this section of putative shares would result in an overissue, in addition to the approval required by s. 607.0147(3), approval of an amendment to the corporation’s articles of incorporation under ss. 607.1001–607.1009 to increase the number of shares of an authorized class or series or to authorize the creation of a class or series of shares so there is no overissue will also be required.

History: s. 4, ch. 2024-265.