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SC Code § 33-6-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 6 - Shares And Distributions|Section 33-6-260. Shares without certificates.

 (A) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors of a corporation may authorize the issue of some or all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series without certificates to the extent that investment securities not evidenced by certificates are authorized by Chapter 8 of Title 36 of the South Carolina Uniform Commercial Code. The authorization does not affect shares already represented by certificates until the shares or certificates are surrendered to the corporation.  (B) Within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares to a shareholder without certificates, the corporation must send the shareholder a written statement containing the information required on a certification by Section 33-6-250(b) and (c) and Section 33-6-270, if applicable.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-9-110 [1962 Code Section 12-15.10; 1952 Code Section 12-241; 1942 Code Section 7681; 1932 Code Section 7681; Civ. C. '22 Section 4255; Civ. C. '12 Section 2788; Civ. C. '02 Section 1847; R. S. 1503; 1905 (24) 872; 1929 (36) 144; 1957 (50) 61; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 2001 Act No. 67, Section 10; 2004 Act No. 221, Section 13.
SC Code § 33-6-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 6 - Shares And Distributions|Section 33-6-270. Restriction on transfer or registration of shares or other securities.

 (a) The articles of incorporation, bylaws, an agreement among shareholders, or an agreement between shareholders and the corporation may impose restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of the corporation. A restriction does not affect shares issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of the shares are parties to the restriction agreement or voted in favor of the restriction.  (b) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction is authorized by this section and its existence is noted conspicuously on the front or back of the certificate or is contained in the information statement required by Section 33-6-260(b). Unless so noted, a restriction is not enforceable against a person without knowledge of the restriction.  (c) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is authorized:  (1) to maintain the corporation's status when it is dependent on the number or identity of its shareholders;  (2) to preserve exemptions under federal or state securities law;  (3) for any other reasonable purpose.  (d) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares may:  (1) obligate the shareholder first to offer the corporation or other persons (separately, consecutively, or simultaneously) an opportunity to acquire the restricted shares;  (2) obligate the corporation or other persons (separately, consecutively, or simultaneously) to acquire the restricted shares;  (3) require the corporation, the holders of any class of its shares, or another person to approve the transfer of the restricted shares, if the requirement is not manifestly unreasonable;  (4) prohibit the transfer of the restricted shares to designated persons or classes of persons, if the prohibition is not manifestly unreasonable.  (e) For purposes of this section, "shares" includes a security convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe for or acquire shares.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-6-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 6 - Shares And Distributions|Section 33-6-280. Expense of issue.

 A corporation may pay the expenses of selling or underwriting its shares, and of organizing or reorganizing the corporation, from the consideration received for shares.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-9-100 [1962 Code Section 12-15.9; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-6-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 6 - Shares And Distributions|Section 33-6-310. Corporation's acquisition of own shares.

 (a) A corporation may acquire its own shares, and shares so acquired constitute authorized but unissued shares.  (b) If the articles of incorporation prohibit the reissue of acquired shares, the number of authorized shares is reduced by the number of shares acquired, effective upon amendment of the articles of incorporation.  (c) The board of directors may adopt articles of amendment under this section without shareholder action and deliver them to the Secretary of State for filing. The articles must set forth:  (1) the name of the corporation;  (2) the reduction of the number of authorized shares, itemized by class and series; and  (3) the total number of authorized shares, itemized by class and series, remaining after reduction of the shares.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-9-180 [1962 Code Section 12-15.17; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], Section 33-9-190 [1962 Code Section 12-15.18; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], and Section 33-9-210 [1962 Code Section 12-15.20; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-7-101 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-101. Annual meeting.

 (a) A corporation shall hold a meeting of shareholders annually at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws or, in the alternative, may take such action as would be taken at an annual meeting by taking action by unanimous written consent under Section 33-7-104.  (b) Annual shareholders' meetings may be held in or out of this State at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, annual meetings must be held at the corporation's principal office.  (c) The failure to hold an annual meeting at the time stated in or fixed in accordance with a corporation's bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate action.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-30 [1962 Code Section 12-16.3; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-7-102 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-102. Special meeting.

 (a) A corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders:  (1) on call of its board of directors or the person authorized to do so by the articles of incorporation or bylaws; or  (2) in the case of a corporation which is not a public corporation or of a public corporation which elects in its articles of incorporation, if the holders of at least ten percent of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting sign, date, and deliver to the corporation's secretary one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose for which it is to be held.  (b) If not otherwise fixed under Section 33-7-103 or 33-7-107, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the demand.  (c) Special shareholders' meetings may be held in or out of this State at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, special meetings must be held at the corporation's principal office.  (d) Only business within the purpose described in the meeting notice required by Section 33-7-105(c) may be conducted at a special shareholders' meeting.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-30 [1962 Code Section 12-16.3; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], and Section 33-11-40 [1962 Code Section 12-16.4; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1998 Act No. 328, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-7-103 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-103. Court-ordered meeting.

 (a) The circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is located may order a meeting to be held:  (1) on application of any shareholder of the corporation entitled to participate in an annual meeting if an annual meeting was not held within the earlier of nine months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year or eighteen months after its last annual meeting; or  (2) on application of a shareholder who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under Section 33-7-102 if:  (i) notice of the special meeting was not given within thirty days after the date the demand was delivered to the corporation's secretary; or  (ii) the special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.  (b) The court may fix the time and place of the meeting, determine the shares entitled to participate in the meeting, specify a record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice, fix the quorum required for specific matters to be considered at the meeting (or direct that the votes represented at the meeting constitute a quorum for action on those matters), and enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose of the meeting.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-30 [1962 Code Section 12-16.3; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], and Section 33-11-40 [1962 Code Section 12-16.4; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 461, Section 5.
SC Code § 33-7-104 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-104. Action without meeting.

 (a) Action required or permitted by Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title to be taken at a shareholders' meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on the action, and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.  (b) If not otherwise fixed under Section 33-7-103 or 33-7-107, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the consent under subsection (a).  (c) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.  (d) If Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title requires that notice of proposed action be given to nonvoting shareholders and the action is to be taken by unanimous consent of the voting shareholders, the corporation must give its nonvoting shareholders written notice of the proposed action at least ten days before the action is taken. The notice must contain or be accompanied by the same material that must be sent to nonvoting shareholders in a notice of meeting at which the proposed action is submitted to the shareholders for action.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-180 [1962 Code Section 12-16.18; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1964 (53) 1910; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-7-105 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-105. Notice of meeting.

 (a) A corporation shall notify shareholders of the date, time, and place of each annual and special shareholders' meeting no fewer than ten nor more than sixty days before the meeting date. Unless Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title or the articles of incorporation require otherwise, the corporation is required to give notice only to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting.  (b) Unless Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title or the articles of incorporation require otherwise, notice of an annual meeting need not include a description of the purpose for which the meeting is called.  (c) Notice of a special meeting must include a description of the purpose for which the meeting is called.  (d) If not otherwise fixed under Section 33-7-103 or 33-7-107, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders' meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is delivered to shareholders.  (e) Unless the bylaws require otherwise, if an annual or special shareholders' meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time, or place if the new date, time, and place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under Section 33-7-107, however, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given under this section to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-40 [1962 Code Section 12-16.4; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-7-106 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-106. Waiver of notice.

 (a) A shareholder may waive any notice required by Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title, the articles of incorporation, or bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver must be in writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.  (b) A shareholder's attendance at a meeting:  (1) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting;  (2) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-50 [1962 Code Section 12-16.5; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], and Section 33-11-180 [1962 Code Section 12-16.18; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1964 (53) 1910; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-7-107 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-107. Record date.

 (a) The bylaws may fix or provide the manner of fixing the record date for one or more voting groups in order to determine the shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders' meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing a record date, the board of directors of the corporation may fix a future date as the record date.  (b) A record date fixed under this section may not be more than seventy days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders.  (c) A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders' meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting.  (d) If a court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting, it may provide that the original record date continues in effect or it may fix a new record date.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-60 [1962 Code Section 12-16.6; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-7-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-200. Shareholders' list for meeting.

 (a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, a corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders' meeting. The list must be arranged by voting group (and within each voting group by class or series of shares) and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.  (b) The shareholders' list must be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning, in the case of corporations which are not public corporations, on the date on which notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and, in the case of public corporations, not later than the fifth business day following such date, in either case, continuing through the meeting, at the corporation's principal office or at place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting is to be held. A shareholder, his agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 33-16-102(c), to copy the list, during regular business hours and at his expense, during the period it is available for inspection.  (c) The corporation shall make the shareholders' list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, his agent, or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.  (d) If the corporation refuses to allow a shareholder, his agent, or attorney to inspect the shareholders' list before or at the meeting (or copy the list as permitted by subsection (b)), the circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is located, on application of the shareholder, may summarily order the inspection or copying at the corporation's expense and may postpone the meeting for which the list was prepared until the inspection or copying is complete.  (e) Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders' list does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-70 [1962 Code Section 12-16.7; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254, Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], Section 33-11-250 [1962 Code Section 12-16.25; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], and Section 33-11-260 [1962 Code Section 12-16.26; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1998 Act No. 328, Section 3.
SC Code § 33-7-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 7 - Shareholders|Section 33-7-210. Voting entitlement of shares.

 (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders' meeting.  (b) Absent special circumstances, the shares of a corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by a second corporation, domestic or foreign, and the first corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the second corporation.  (c) Subsection (b) does not limit the power of a corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.  (d) Redeemable shares are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-11-110 [1962 Code Section 12-16.11; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], and Section 33-11-120 [1962 Code Section 12-16.12; 1952 Code Sections 12-251 to 12-253; 1942 Code Sections 7679, 7680; 1932 Code Sections 7679, 7680; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4253, 4254; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2786, 2787; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1845, 1846; R. S. 1502; 1901 (21) 811; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.