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NV Rev Stat § 78.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.380 - Amendment of articles before issuance of voting stock.

  1. At least two-thirds of the incorporators or of the board of directors of any corporation, if no voting stock of the corporation has been issued, may amend the articles of incorporation of the corporation by signing and filing with the Secretary of State a certificate amending, modifying, changing or altering the articles, in whole or in part. The certificate must state that:  (a) The signers thereof are at least two-thirds of the incorporators or of the board of directors of the corporation, and state the name of the corporation; and  (b) As of the date of the certificate, no voting stock of the corporation has been issued.  2. A certificate filed pursuant to this section is effective at the time of the filing of the certificate with the Secretary of State or upon a later date and time as specified in the certificate, which date must not be more than 90 days after the date on which the certificate is filed. If a certificate filed pursuant to this section specifies a later effective date but does not specify an effective time, the certificate is effective at 12:01 a.m. in the Pacific time zone on the specified later date.  3. If a certificate specifies a later effective date and if no voting stock of the corporation has been issued, the board of directors may terminate the effectiveness of a certificate by filing a certificate of termination with the Secretary of State that:  (a) Is filed before the effective date specified in the certificate filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 1;  (b) Identifies the certificate being terminated;  (c) States that no voting stock of the corporation has been issued;  (d) States that the effectiveness of the certificate has been terminated;  (e) Is signed by at least two-thirds of the board of directors of the corporation; and  (f) Is accompanied by the fee required pursuant to NRS 78.765.  4. This section does not permit the insertion of any matter not in conformity with this chapter.  [Part 6:177:1925; A 1951, 28] — (NRS A 1959, 686; 1991, 1236; 1993, 966; 1999, 1589; 2001, 1373, 3199; 2003, 3099; 2005, 2184; 2011, 2779)
NV Rev Stat § 78.385 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.385 - Scope of amendments.

  1. Any corporation may amend its articles of incorporation in any of the following respects:  (a) By addition to its corporate powers and purposes, or diminution thereof, or both.  (b) By substitution of other powers and purposes, in whole or in part, for those prescribed by its articles of incorporation.  (c) By increasing, decreasing or reclassifying its authorized stock, by changing the number, par value, preferences, or relative, participating, optional or other rights, or the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights, of its shares, or of any class or series of any class thereof whether or not the shares are outstanding at the time of the amendment, or by changing shares with par value, whether or not the shares are outstanding at the time of the amendment, into shares without par value or by changing shares without par value, whether or not the shares are outstanding at the time of the amendment, into shares with par value, either with or without increasing or decreasing the number of shares, and upon such basis as may be set forth in the certificate of amendment.  (d) By changing the name of the corporation.  (e) By making any other change or alteration in its articles of incorporation that may be desired.  2. All such changes or alterations may be effected by one certificate of amendment, but any articles of incorporation so amended, changed or altered may contain only such provisions as it would be lawful and proper to insert in original articles of incorporation pursuant to NRS 78.035 and 78.037, if the original articles were signed and filed at the time of making the amendment.  [Part 7:177:1925; A 1931, 415; 1937, 8; 1949, 158; 1943 NCL § 1606] — (NRS A 1989, 878; 1991, 1237; 1999, 1589; 2003, 3099)
NV Rev Stat § 78.403 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.403 - Restatement of articles.

  1. A corporation may restate, or amend and restate, in a single certificate the entire text of its articles of incorporation as amended by filing with the Secretary of State a certificate in the manner provided in this section. If the certificate alters or amends the articles in any manner, it must comply with the provisions of NRS 78.380, 78.385 and 78.390, as applicable.  2. If the certificate does not alter or amend the articles, it must be signed by an officer of the corporation and state that the officer has been authorized to sign the certificate by resolution of the board of directors adopted on the date stated, and that the certificate correctly sets forth the text of the articles of incorporation as amended to the date of the certificate.  3. The following may be omitted from the restated articles:  (a) The names, addresses, signatures and acknowledgments of the incorporators;  (b) The names and addresses of the members of the past and present boards of directors; and  (c) The information required pursuant to NRS 77.310.  4. Whenever a corporation is required to file a certified copy of its articles, in lieu thereof it may file a certified copy of the most recent certificate restating its articles as amended, subject to the provisions of subsection 2, together with certified copies of all certificates of amendment filed subsequent to the restated articles and certified copies of all certificates supplementary to the original articles.  5. A certificate filed pursuant to this section is effective at the time of the filing of the certificate with the Secretary of State or upon a later date and time as specified in the certificate, which date must not be more than 90 days after the date on which the certificate is filed. If a certificate filed pursuant to this section specifies a later effective date but does not specify an effective time, the certificate is effective at 12:01 a.m. in the Pacific time zone on the specified later date.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 682; A 1985, 1789; 1989, 977; 1995, 2100; 1997, 704; 2001, 1375, 3199; 2003, 3101; 2003, 20th Special Session, 35; 2005, 2186; 2007, 2648; 2011, 2781)
NV Rev Stat § 78.411 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.411 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 78.412 to 78.432, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1200; A 2011, 2782)
NV Rev Stat § 78.412 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.412 - "Affiliate" defined.

Affiliate means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified person.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1200)
NV Rev Stat § 78.413 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.413 - "Associate" defined.

Associate, when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means:  1. Any corporation or organization of which that person is an officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 10 percent or more of any class of voting shares;  2. Any trust or other estate in which that person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which that person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and  3. Any relative or spouse of that person, or any relative of the spouse, who has a common principal residence with that person.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1200; A 2011, 2782)
NV Rev Stat § 78.414 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.414 - "Beneficial owner" defined.

Beneficial owner, when used with respect to any shares, means a person that:  1. Individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates, possesses:  (a) Voting power over the shares, including, without limitation, the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, the shares; or  (b) Investment power over the shares, including, without limitation, the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of the shares,  under any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, but a person is not considered the beneficial owner of any shares under this subsection if the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, the shares arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a solicitation made in accordance with the applicable regulations under the Securities Exchange Act and is not then reportable on a Schedule 13D under the Securities Exchange Act or any comparable or successor report;  2. Individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates, has the right to acquire the shares, whether the right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, under any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, or upon the exercise of rights to convert or exchange, warrants or options, or otherwise, but a person is not considered the beneficial owner of shares tendered under an offer for a tender or exchange made by the person or any of the person’s affiliates or associates until the tendered shares are accepted for purchase or exchange; or  3. Has any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, except voting under a revocable proxy or consent as described in subsection 1, or disposing of the shares with any other person who beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, the shares.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1200; A 2011, 2782)
NV Rev Stat § 78.417 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.417 - "Common shares" defined.

Common shares means any shares other than preferred shares.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1202)
NV Rev Stat § 78.418 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.418 - "Control," "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" defined; presumption of control.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:  (a) "Control," used alone or in the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with," means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.  (b) A person’s beneficial ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power of a corporation’s outstanding voting shares creates a presumption that the person has control of the corporation:  (1) In the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary; or  (2) Unless any other stockholder of the corporation, other than an affiliate or associate of the person, is the beneficial owner of an equal or greater percentage of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting shares.  2. A person is not considered to have control of a corporation if the person holds voting power, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing the provisions of this chapter, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more beneficial owners who do not individually or as a group have control of the corporation.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1202; A 2011, 2784)
NV Rev Stat § 78.421 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.421 - "Date of announcement" defined.

Date of announcement, when used in reference to any combination, means the date of the first public announcement of the final, definitive proposal for the combination.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1202)
NV Rev Stat § 78.422 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.422 - "Date of consummation" defined.

Date of consummation, with respect to any combination, means the date of the consummation of the combination or, in the case of a combination as to which a vote of stockholders is taken, the later of:  1. The business day before the vote; or  2. Twenty days before the date of consummation of the combination.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1202)
NV Rev Stat § 78.423 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.423 - "Interested stockholder" defined.

  1. "Interested stockholder," when used in reference to any resident domestic corporation, means any person, other than the resident domestic corporation or any subsidiary of the resident domestic corporation, who is:  (a) The beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10 percent or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the resident domestic corporation; or  (b) An affiliate or associate of the resident domestic corporation and at any time within 2 years immediately before the date in question was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10 percent or more of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of the resident domestic corporation.  2. To determine whether a person is an interested stockholder, the number of voting shares of the resident domestic corporation considered to be outstanding includes shares considered to be beneficially owned by that person through the application of NRS 78.414, but does not include any other unissued shares of a class of voting shares of the resident domestic corporation which may be issuable to any person, other than the interested stockholder and its affiliates and associates, under any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of rights to convert, warrants or options, or otherwise.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1202; A 1993, 968; 2011, 2784)
NV Rev Stat § 78.424 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.424 - "Market value" defined.

Market value, when used in reference to the shares or property of any resident domestic corporation, means:  1. In the case of shares, the highest closing sale price of a share during the 30 calendar days immediately preceding the date in question on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act on which the shares are listed, or, if the shares are not listed on any such exchange, the fair market value on the date in question of a share as determined by the board of directors of the resident domestic corporation in good faith.  2. In the case of property other than cash or shares, the fair market value of the property on the date in question as determined by the board of directors of the resident domestic corporation in good faith.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1203; A 2009, 1681; 2011, 2785)
NV Rev Stat § 78.426 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.426 - "Preferred shares" defined.

Preferred shares means any class or series of shares of a resident domestic corporation that under the articles of incorporation of the resident domestic corporation:  1. Is entitled to receive payment of dividends before any payment of dividends on some other class or series of shares; or  2. Is entitled in the event of any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation to receive payment or distribution of a preferential amount before any payments or distributions are received by some other class or series of shares.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1203; A 2011, 2785)
NV Rev Stat § 78.4265 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.4265 - "Publicly traded corporation" defined.

Publicly traded corporation means a domestic corporation that has a class or series of voting shares which is:  1. A covered security under section 18(b)(1)(A) or (B) of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77r(b)(1)(A) or (B), as amended; or  2. Traded in an organized market and that has at least 2,000 stockholders and a market value of at least $20,000,000, exclusive of the value of such shares held by the corporation’s subsidiaries, senior executives, directors and beneficial stockholders owning more than 10 percent of such shares.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 2769)
NV Rev Stat § 78.427 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.427 - "Resident domestic corporation" defined.

  1. "Resident domestic corporation" is limited to a domestic corporation that has 200 or more stockholders of record.  2. A resident domestic corporation does not cease to be a resident domestic corporation by reason of events occurring or actions taken while the resident domestic corporation is subject to NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1203; A 1999, 1591)
NV Rev Stat § 78.428 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.428 - "Securities Exchange Act" defined.

Securities Exchange Act means the Act of Congress known as the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78a et seq.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1203)
NV Rev Stat § 78.429 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.429 - "Share" defined.

Share means:  1. Any share of stock or similar security, any certificate of interest, any participation in any profit-sharing agreement, any voting-trust certificate, or any certificate of deposit for a share, in each case representing, directly or indirectly, equity ownership; and  2. Any security convertible, with or without consideration, into shares, or any warrant, call or other option or privilege of buying shares without being bound to do so, or any other security carrying any right to acquire, subscribe to, or purchase shares.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1203; A 2011, 2785)
NV Rev Stat § 78.431 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.431 - "Subsidiary" defined.

Subsidiary of any resident domestic corporation means any other entity of which a majority of the voting power is held, directly or indirectly, by the resident domestic corporation.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1203; A 2011, 2785)
NV Rev Stat § 78.432 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.432 - "Voting shares" defined.

Voting shares means shares of stock of a corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1204)
NV Rev Stat § 78.433 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.433 - Applicability: Generally.

  1. NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, do not apply to any combination of a resident domestic corporation:  (a) Which was not, as of the date that the person first becomes an interested stockholder, a publicly traded corporation, unless the corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise.  (b) Whose articles of incorporation have been amended to provide that the resident domestic corporation is subject to NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, and which was not a publicly traded corporation on the effective date of the amendment, if the combination is with a person who first became an interested stockholder before the effective date of the amendment.  (c) With an interested stockholder of the resident domestic corporation after the expiration of 4 years after the person first became an interested stockholder.  2. The articles of incorporation of a resident domestic corporation may impose on combinations of the resident domestic corporation stricter requirements than the requirements of NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive.  3. The provisions of NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, do not restrict the directors of a resident domestic corporation from taking action to protect the interests of the corporation and its stockholders, including, without limitation, adopting or signing plans, arrangements or instruments that grant or deny rights, privileges, power or authority to a holder or holders of a specified number of shares or percentage of share ownership or voting power.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1206; A 2003, 3101; 2011, 2786; 2015, 3230)
NV Rev Stat § 78.434 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.434 - Applicability: Election not to be governed by provisions.

NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, do not apply to any combination of a resident domestic corporation:  1. Whose original articles of incorporation contain a provision expressly electing not to be governed by NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, unless the articles of incorporation are subsequently amended to provide that the corporation is subject to NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive;  2. Whose articles of incorporation have been amended pursuant to subsection 1 and the combination is with a person who first became an interested stockholder before the effective date of the amendment;  3. Which, within 30 days after October 1, 1991, adopts an amendment to its bylaws expressly electing not to be governed by NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, which may be rescinded by subsequent amendment of the bylaws;  4. Which adopts an amendment to its articles of incorporation, approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of stock representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the resident domestic corporation not beneficially owned by interested stockholders or their affiliates and associates, expressly electing not to be governed by NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, but the amendment to the articles of incorporation is not effective until 18 months after the vote of the resident domestic corporation’s stockholders and does not apply to any combination of the resident domestic corporation with a person who first became an interested stockholder on or before the effective date of the amendment; or  5. Whose articles of incorporation were amended to contain a provision expressly electing not to be governed by NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, before the date the corporation first became a resident domestic corporation.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1206; A 2003, 3102; 2011, 2786)
NV Rev Stat § 78.436 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.436 - Applicability: Combination with inadvertent interested stockholder.

NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, do not apply to any combination of a resident domestic corporation with an interested stockholder of the resident domestic corporation who became an interested stockholder inadvertently, if the interested stockholder:  1. As soon as practicable and before the date of consummation with respect to the combination, divests a sufficient amount of the voting power of the corporation so that the interested stockholder no longer is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting power of the resident domestic corporation; and  2. Would not at any time within 12 months preceding the date of announcement with respect to the combination have been an interested stockholder but for the inadvertent acquisition.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1207; A 1993, 968; 2011, 2787)
NV Rev Stat § 78.437 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.437 - Applicability: Combination with interested stockholder as of certain date.

NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, do not apply to any combination with an interested stockholder who:  1. Was an interested stockholder on January 1, 1991; or  2. First became an interested stockholder on the date that the resident domestic corporation first became a resident domestic corporation solely as a result of the corporation becoming a resident domestic corporation.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1207; A 2003, 3102; 2009, 1682)