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UT Code § 16-10a-726 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 7 - Shareholders|Section 726 - Action by single and multiple voting groups.

16-10a-726. Action by single and multiple voting groups.    (1) If the articles of incorporation or this chapter provide for voting by a single voting group on a matter, action on that matter is taken when voted upon by that voting group as provided in Section 16-10a-725.     (2) If the articles of incorporation or this chapter provide for voting by two or more voting groups on a matter, action on that matter is taken only when voted upon by each of those voting groups counted separately as provided in Section 16-10a-725. One voting group may vote on a matter even though another voting group entitled to vote on the matter has not voted.    Enacted by Chapter 277, 1992 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-727 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 7 - Shareholders|Section 727 - Greater quorum or voting requirements.

16-10a-727. Greater quorum or voting requirements.    (1) The articles of incorporation may provide for a greater quorum or voting requirement for shareholders, or voting groups of shareholders, than is provided for by this chapter.     (2) An amendment to the articles of incorporation that changes or deletes a greater quorum or voting requirement shall meet the same quorum requirement and be adopted by the same vote and voting groups required to take action under the quorum and voting requirements then in effect.    Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-728 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 7 - Shareholders|Section 728 - Voting for directors -- Cumulative voting.

16-10a-728. Voting for directors -- Cumulative voting.    (1) At each election of directors, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or this chapter, every shareholder entitled to vote at the election has the right to cast, in person or by proxy, all of the votes to which the shareholder's shares are entitled for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder has the right to vote.     (2) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or this chapter, directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election, at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present.     (3) Shareholders do not have a right to cumulate their votes for the election of directors unless the articles of incorporation so provide.     (4) A statement included in the articles of incorporation to the effect that all or a designated voting group of shareholders are entitled to cumulate their votes for directors, means that the shareholders designated are entitled to multiply the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more candidates.     (5) Shares entitled to vote cumulatively may be voted cumulatively at each election of directors unless the articles of incorporation provide alternative procedures for the exercise of the cumulative voting rights.    Enacted by Chapter 277, 1992 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-730 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 7 - Shareholders|Section 730 - Voting trusts.

16-10a-730. Voting trusts.    (1) One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust, and transferring to the trustee the shares with respect to which the trustee is to act. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all owners of beneficial interests in the trust, together with the number and class of shares each transferred to the trust, and promptly cause the corporation to receive copies of the list and agreement. Thereafter the trustee shall cause the corporation to receive changes to the list promptly as they occur and amendments to the agreement promptly as they are made.     (2) A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee's name. A voting trust is valid for the period provided in the agreement, but not more than 10 years after its effective date unless extended under Subsection (3).     (3) All or some of the parties to a voting trust may extend the voting trust for additional terms of not more than 10 years each by signing an extension agreement and obtaining the trustee's written consent to the extension. An extension is valid for not more than 10 years from the date the first shareholder signs the extension agreement. The trustee shall deliver copies of the extension agreement and list of beneficial owners to the corporation's principal office. An extension agreement binds only those parties signing it.    Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-731 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 7 - Shareholders|Section 731 - Voting agreements.

16-10a-731. Voting agreements.    (1) Two or more persons, one or more of whom are shareholders, may provide for the manner in which the shareholders will vote their shares by signing an agreement for that purpose. A voting agreement created under this section is not subject to the provisions of Section 16-10a-730.     (2) A voting agreement created under this section may be specifically enforceable.    Enacted by Chapter 277, 1992 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-801 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 801 - Requirement for and duties of board of directors.

16-10a-801. Requirement for and duties of board of directors.    (1) Except as provided in Section 16-10a-732, each corporation shall have a board of directors.     (2) All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation managed under the direction of, its board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the articles of incorporation or in an agreement authorized under Section 16-10a-732.    Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-802 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 802 - Qualifications of directors.

16-10a-802. Qualifications of directors.  The articles of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe qualifications for directors, except a director shall be a natural person. A director need not be a resident of this state or a shareholder of the corporation unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws so prescribe.  Amended by Chapter 41, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-803 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 803 - Number and election of directors.

16-10a-803. Number and election of directors.    (1)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a corporation's board of directors shall consist of a minimum of three individuals.     (b)   (i) Before any shares are issued, a corporation's board of directors may consist of one or more individuals.     (ii) After shares are issued and for as long as a corporation has fewer than three shareholders entitled to vote for the election of directors, its board of directors may consist of a number of individuals equal to or greater than the number of those shareholders.       (c) The number of directors shall be specified in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the number of initial directors stated in the articles of incorporation as originally filed with the division, if initial directors are so named in the articles of incorporation, shall be superseded by a provision in the bylaws specifying the number of authorized directors.     (d) The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to the bylaws, but no decrease may have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.     (e) In the absence of a provision in the bylaws or articles of incorporation fixing the number of individuals composing a board of directors, the number shall be the greater of:   (i) the number of directors then in office; or     (ii) the minimum number of directors permitted by this section.         (2) The bylaws may establish a variable range for the size of the board of directors by fixing a minimum and maximum number of directors. If a range is established, the number of directors may be fixed or changed from time to time within the range by the shareholders or the board of directors.     (3) Directors are elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders except as provided in Section 16-10a-806.    Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-804 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 804 - Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders.

16-10a-804. Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders.  If the articles of incorporation authorize dividing the shares into classes or series, the articles of incorporation may also authorize the election of all or a specified number or portion of directors by the holders of one or more authorized classes or series of shares. A class or series of shares entitled to elect one or more directors is a separate voting group for purposes of the election of directors.  Enacted by Chapter 277, 1992 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-805 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 805 - Terms of directors generally.

16-10a-805. Terms of directors generally.    (1) Except as provided in Section 16-10a-806, the terms of the initial directors of a corporation expire at the first shareholders' meeting at which directors are elected.     (2) The terms of all other directors expire at the next annual shareholders' meeting following their election:   (a) except as provided in:   (i) Section 16-10a-806; or     (ii) Section 16-10a-1023, if a bylaw electing to be governed by Section 16-10a-1023 applies; or       (b) unless a shorter term is specified in the articles of incorporation in the event a director nominee fails to receive a specified vote for election.       (3) A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten an incumbent director's term.     (4)   (a) A director elected to fill a vacancy created other than by an increase in the number of directors shall be elected for the unexpired term of the director's predecessor in office, or for any lesser period as may be prescribed by the board of directors.     (b) If a director is elected to fill a vacancy created by reason of an increase in the number of directors, then the term of the director so elected expires at the next shareholders' meeting at which directors are elected, unless the vacancy is filled by a vote of the shareholders, in which case the term shall expire on the later of:   (i) the next meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected; or     (ii) the term designated for the director at the time of the creation of the position being filled.         (5) Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, or Section 16-10a-1023, if a bylaw electing to be governed by Section 16-10a-1023 applies, despite the expiration of a director's term, the director continues to serve until the election and qualification of a successor or there is a decrease in the number of directors.     (6) A director whose term has ended may deliver to the division for filing a statement to that effect pursuant to Section 16-10a-1608.    Amended by Chapter 85, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-806 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 806 - Staggered terms for directors.

16-10a-806. Staggered terms for directors.  The articles of incorporation may provide for staggering the terms of directors by dividing the total number of directors into two or three groups, with each group containing 1/2 or 1/3 of the total, as near as may be. In that event, the terms of directors in the first group expire at the first annual shareholders' meeting after their election, the terms of directors in the second group expire at the second annual shareholders' meeting after their election, and the terms of directors in the third group, if any, expire at the third annual shareholders' meeting after their election. Upon the expiration of the initial staggered terms directors shall be elected for terms of two years or three years, as the case may be, to succeed those whose terms expire.  Enacted by Chapter 277, 1992 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-807 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 807 - Resignation of directors.

16-10a-807. Resignation of directors.    (1) A director may resign at any time by giving a written notice of resignation to the board of directors, the board's chair, or the corporation's secretary.     (2)   (a) A resignation of a director is effective when the notice is received by the corporation unless the notice specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined by the happening of an event.     (b) A notice of resignation that is conditioned upon failing to receive a specified vote for election as a director may provide that it is irrevocable.       (3) A director who resigns may deliver to the division for filing a statement of the director's resignation pursuant to Section 16-10a-1608.    Amended by Chapter 85, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-808 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 808 - Removal of directors by shareholders.

16-10a-808. Removal of directors by shareholders.    (1) The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the articles of incorporation provide that directors may be removed only for cause.     (2) If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove him.     (3) If cumulative voting is in effect, a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against removal. If cumulative voting is not in effect, a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast against removal.     (4) A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.     (5) A director who is removed pursuant to this section may deliver to the division for filing a statement to that effect pursuant to Section 16-10a-1608.    Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-809 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 809 - Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.

16-10a-809. Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.    (1) The district court of the county in this state where a corporation's principal office is located or, if it has no principal office in this state, the district court for Salt Lake County may remove a director in a proceeding commenced either by the corporation or by its shareholders holding at least 10% of the outstanding shares of any class if the court finds that:   (a) the director engaged in fraudulent or dishonest conduct or gross abuse of authority or discretion with respect to the corporation; and     (b) removal is in the best interest of the corporation.       (2) The court that removes a director may bar the director from reelection for a period prescribed by the court.     (3) If shareholders commence a proceeding under Subsection (1), they shall make the corporation a party defendant.     (4) A director who is removed pursuant to this section may deliver to the division for filing a statement to that effect pursuant to Section 16-10a-1608.    Amended by Chapter 364, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-810 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 810 - Vacancy on board.

16-10a-810. Vacancy on board.    (1) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on a board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors:   (a) the shareholders may fill the vacancy;     (b) the board of directors may fill the vacancy; or     (c) if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office.       (2) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, if the vacant office was held or is to be held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders:   (a) if one or more of the other directors elected by the same voting group are serving, only they are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the directors; and     (b) only the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders.       (3) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, by reason of a resignation effective at a later date under Section 16-10a-807 or otherwise, may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.    Amended by Chapter 184, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-811 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 811 - Compensation of directors.

16-10a-811. Compensation of directors.  Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may fix the compensation of directors.  Enacted by Chapter 277, 1992 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-820 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 820 - Meetings.

16-10a-820. Meetings.    (1) The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of this state.     (2) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is considered to be present in person at the meeting.    Enacted by Chapter 277, 1992 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-821 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 821 - Action without meeting.

16-10a-821. Action without meeting.    (1) Unless the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or this chapter provide otherwise, action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken at a board of directors' meeting may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board consent to the action in writing.     (2)   (a) Action is taken under this section at the time the last director signs a writing describing the action taken, unless, prior to that time, any director has revoked a consent by a writing signed by the director and received by the secretary or any other person authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors to receive the revocation.     (b)   (i) Unless otherwise provided by the bylaws, a director may deliver a written consent under this section by an electronic transmission that provides the corporation with a complete copy of the written consent.     (ii) An electronic transmission consenting to an action under this section is considered to be written, signed, and dated for purposes of this section if the electronic transmission is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine:   (A) that the electronic transmission is transmitted by the director; and     (B) the date on which the electronic transmission is transmitted.       (iii) The date on which an electronic transmission is transmitted is considered the date on which a consent is signed.         (3) Action under this section is effective at the time it is taken under Subsection (2), unless the board of directors establishes a different effective date.     (4) Action taken under this section has the same effect as action taken at a meeting of directors and may be described as such in any document.    Amended by Chapter 227, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-822 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 822 - Notice of meeting.

16-10a-822. Notice of meeting.    (1) Unless the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or this chapter provide otherwise, regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice of the date, time, place, or purposes of the meeting.     (2) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide for a longer or shorter period, special meetings of the board of directors shall be preceded by at least two days' notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting unless required by the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or this chapter.    Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 16-10a-823 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act|Part 8 - Directors and Officers|Section 823 - Waiver of notice.

16-10a-823. Waiver of notice.    (1) A director may waive any notice of a meeting before or after the date and time of the meeting stated in the notice. Except as provided by Subsection (2), the waiver shall be in writing and signed by the director entitled to the notice. The waiver shall be delivered to the corporation for filing with the corporate records, but delivery and filing are not conditions to its effectiveness.     (2) A director's attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to the director of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the director's arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice, and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.    Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session