SECTION 607.0702. Special meeting.

• (1) A corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders:

  (a) On call of its board of directors or the person or persons authorized to do so by the articles of incorporation or bylaws; or

  (b) If shareholders holding not less than 10 percent, unless a greater percentage not to exceed 50 percent is required by the articles of incorporation, 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 or purposes for which it is to be held. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a written demand for a special meeting may be revoked by a writing to that effect received by the corporation prior to the receipt by the corporation of demands sufficient in number to require the holding of a special meeting.
  (2) Special meetings of shareholders may be held in or out of the state at a place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws or, when not inconsistent with the bylaws, in the notice of the special meeting. If no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws or in the notice of the special meeting, special meetings shall be held at the corporation’s principal office.
  (3) Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the special meeting notice required by s. 607.0705 may be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders.
  (4) Participation of shareholders and proxy holders at a special meeting of shareholders by remote communication shall be governed by and subject to the provisions of s. 607.0709.

History.-s. 50, ch. 89-154; s. 10, ch. 2003-283; s. 53, ch. 2019-90.

History.-s. 50, ch. 89-154; s. 10, ch. 2003-283; s. 53, ch. 2019-90.