A. A corporation shall notify shareholders of the date, time and place of each annual and special shareholders’ meeting at least ten but not more than sixty days before the meeting date. Unless chapters 1 through 17 of this title or the articles of incorporation require otherwise, the corporation is required to give notice only to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 10-705

  • Articles of incorporation: means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of merger and all amendments to the articles of incorporation or merger and includes amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of amendment and merger. See Arizona Laws 10-140
  • Bylaws: means the code of rules adopted for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name by which those rules are designated. See Arizona Laws 10-140
  • 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.
  • Record date: means the date established under chapter 6 or 7 of this title on which a corporation determines the identity of its shareholders and their shareholdings for purposes of chapters 1 through 17 of this title. See Arizona Laws 10-140
  • Vote: includes authorization by written ballot and written consent. See Arizona Laws 10-3140

B. Unless chapters 1 through 17 of this title 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.

C. Notice of a special meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

D. If not otherwise fixed under section 10-703 or 10-707, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to shareholders.

E. Unless the bylaws require otherwise, if an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. However, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under section 10-707, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given under this section to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.