Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:809 – Shareholders’ agreements
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:809
- 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.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
A. Any lawful provision regulating the affairs of a professional law corporation or the rights and liabilities of its shareholders, which is not required to be set forth in the articles of incorporation, may be set forth in an agreement among all of the voting shareholders, and such agreement shall be binding on the corporation and all persons who are at the time such agreement is made, or who thereafter become, shareholders of the corporation. Such agreement may be terminated at any time by a majority in interest of the voting shareholders.
B. A duplicate copy of such agreement shall be filed in the corporation’s registered office, and shall be open, daily during business hours, to the inspection of any shareholder or his attorney or legal representative.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 354, §1. Renumbered from La. Rev. Stat. 1950, §12:909 by Acts 1968, No. 105, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1969.