New Jersey Statutes 17:27-2. Approval by directors and stockholders; notice of meetings
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:27-2
- 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 corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The agreement must be assented to by vote of the majority of the number of directors of each corporation and must be approved by the votes of stockholders owning at least two-thirds of the stock of each corporation voted in person or by proxy at a meeting called separately for that purpose, upon notice stating the time, place and object of the meeting, served at least thirty days previously upon each stockholder personally or mailed to him at his last known address and also published at least once a week for four weeks successively in some newspaper printed in the county where such corporation has its principal office, and there shall be endorsed upon the agreement a certificate of the secretaries of the respective corporations under the seals thereof to the effect that the same has been assented to by such votes of the directors and approved by such votes of the stockholders.
Amended by L.1938, c. 259, p. 575, s. 2.