18 OK Stat § 18-1065.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-1065.1. Access to proxy solicitation materials – Proxy expense reimbursement.

|ACCESS TO PROXY SOLICITATION MATERIALS; PROXY EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT |A. The bylaws may provide that if the corporation solicits proxies with respect to an election of directors, it may be required, to the extent and subject to such procedures or conditions as may be provided in the bylaws, to include in its proxy solicitation materials, including any form of proxy it distributes, in addition to individuals nominated by the board of directors, one or more individuals nominated by a shareholder. Such procedures or conditions may include any of the following:1. A provision requiring a minimum record or beneficial ownership, or duration of ownership, of shares of the corporation's capital stock, by the nominating shareholder, and defining beneficial ownership to take into account options or other rights in respect of or related to such stock;2. A provision requiring the nominating shareholder to submit specified information concerning the shareholder and the shareholder's nominees, including information concerning ownership by such persons of shares of the corporation's capital stock, or options or other rights in respect of or related to such stock;3. A provision conditioning eligibility to require inclusion in the corporation's proxy solicitation materials upon the number or proportion of directors nominated by shareholders or whether the shareholder previously sought to require such inclusion;4. A provision precluding nominations by any person if such person, any nominee of such person, or any affiliate or associate of such person or nominee, has acquired or publicly proposed to acquire shares constituting a specified percentage of the voting power of the corporation's outstanding voting stock within a specified period before the election of directors;5. A provision requiring that the nominating shareholder undertake to indemnify the corporation in respect of any loss arising as a result of any false or misleading information or statement submitted by the nominating shareholder in connection with a nomination; and6. Any other lawful condition.B. The bylaws may provide for the reimbursement by the corporation of expenses incurred by a shareholder in soliciting proxies in connection with an election of directors, subject to such procedures or conditions as the bylaws may prescribe, including:1. Conditioning eligibility for reimbursement upon the number or proportion of persons nominated by the shareholder seeking reimbursement or whether such shareholder previously sought reimbursement for similar expenses;2. Limitations on the amount of reimbursement based upon the proportion of votes cast in favor of one or more of the persons nominated by the shareholder seeking reimbursement, or upon the amount spent by the corporation in soliciting proxies in connection with the election;3. Limitations concerning elections of directors by cumulative voting pursuant to Section 1059 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or4. Any other lawful condition.C. No bylaw so adopted shall apply to elections for which any record date precedes its adoption.Added by Laws 2017, c. 323, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.