Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:251 – Classes of shares; fractional shares
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:251
- Articles: means the original articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto including those contained in merger agreements or, if restated, the latest restatement thereof except in those instances in which the context refers expressly to the original articles of incorporation only. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:201
- Certificate of stock: means a properly executed instrument evidencing the fact that the person therein named is the registered owner of the shares therein described. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:201
- Shares: means the units into which the stockholders' rights to participate in the control of the state bank, in its profits, or in the distribution of corporate assets are divided. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:201
- Stockholder: means the holder of record of one or more shares. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:201
A. The shares of a state bank may be divided into classes with such designations, voting powers, preferences, dividend or other relative rights or restrictions, limitations, or qualifications as may be provided in the articles, with the prior approval of the commissioner. The state bank may issue shares with optional or conversion rights according to the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 6:254. The state bank may issue shares of any preferred or special class in series with such designations of series and such variations in the relative rights and preferences as between series as fixed in the articles.
B. All of the shares shall have a par value as provided in the articles.
C. Except as provided in the articles and referred to in the certificate of stock, each share shall be in all respects equal to every other share.
D.(1) Except as otherwise provided in the articles, a state bank may, but shall not be obliged to, issue certificates for fractional shares and by action of its board of directors may, but shall not be obliged to, issue in lieu thereof scrip in registered or bearer form which may be void if not exchanged for full shares within a limited time stated therein or may provide that after a limited time stated therein the aggregate shares represented by scrip will be sold for account of the holders thereof.
(2) The holder of fractional-share certificates or scrip shall be entitled to receive a certificate for a full share upon the surrender, within any limited time stated therein, of fractional-share certificates or scrip aggregating a full share. Unless otherwise provided in the articles, the holder of a fractional-share certificate shall, but the holder of scrip shall not, have all rights of a stockholder except voting rights.
Acts 1984, No. 719, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.