Sec. 8. (a) A corporation shall notify shareholders of the date, time, and place of each annual and special shareholders’ meeting not less than ten (10) or more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date. Unless this article 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 this article or the articles of incorporation require otherwise, notice of an annual meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 28-13-5-8

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
     (c) Notice of a special meeting must include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

     (d) If not otherwise fixed under section 11 of this chapter, 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) This subsection applies only to a corporation that is a building and loan association or a mutual savings bank. Notice of the annual or a special meeting of the shareholders may be given by publication of the notice. Notice under this subsection must satisfy all of the following:

(1) The notice must be published one (1) time at least ten (10) days before the date of the meeting.

(2) The notice must be published in one (1) of the following:

(A) A newspaper of general circulation in the city or town in which the principal office of the corporation is located.

(B) If publication cannot be made under clause (A), publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal office of the corporation is located.

(C) If publication cannot be made under clause (A) or (B), publication in a newspaper published closest to the location of the principal office of the corporation.

As added by P.L.14-1992, SEC.163. Amended by P.L.42-1993, SEC.93.