Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 3-705

  • 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.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
A call of a special meeting of stockholders of the corporation is not required to be made under § 3-704(a) of this subtitle unless, at the time of delivery of an acquiring person statement under § 3-703 of this subtitle, the acquiring person has:

(1) Entered into a definitive financing agreement or agreements with one or more responsible financial institutions or other entities that have the necessary financial capacity, providing for any amount of financing of the control share acquisition not to be provided by the acquiring person; and

(2) Delivered a copy of the agreements to the corporation.