Terms Used In South Carolina Code 34-3-40

  • 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.
No stockholder in a corporation organized under the laws of this State for banking purposes is eligible for election as a director who is not the owner of unencumbered and unpledged shares of stock in the corporation having an aggregate par value of at least five hundred dollars or having an aggregate book value as of December thirty-first of the most recent year of at least five hundred dollars. Where the banking corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary, the required qualifying shares must be shares in the parent corporation.