(a) A corporation shall give notice consistent with its charter or bylaws of meetings of members in a fair and reasonable manner.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-57-105

  • Bylaws: means the code or codes of rules (other than the charter) adopted pursuant to chapters 51-68 of this title for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name or names by which such rules are designated. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Charter: includes amended and restated charters and articles of merger. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Person: includes individual and entity. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record date: means the date established under chapter 16 or 17 on which a corporation determines the identity of its shareholders for purposes of chapters 11-27 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors has delegated responsibility under §. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
(b) Any notice which conforms to the requirements of subsection (c) is fair and reasonable, but other means of giving notice may also be fair and reasonable when all the circumstances are considered.
(c) Notice is fair and reasonable if:

(1) The corporation notifies its members of the place, date and time of each annual and special meeting of members no fewer than ten (10) days nor more than two (2) months before the meeting date;
(2) Notice of an annual meeting includes a description of any matter or matters which must be approved by the members under § 48-58-302, § 48-58-507, § 48-60-103, § 48-60-202, § 48-61-103, § 48-62-102 or § 48-64-102; and
(3) Notice of a special meeting includes a description of the matter or matters for which the meeting is called.
(d) Unless the bylaws require otherwise, if an annual or special meeting of members 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. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under § 48-57-107, however, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given under this section to the members of record of the new record date.
(e) When giving notice of an annual or special meeting of members, a corporation shall give notice of a matter a member intends to raise at the meeting if:

(1) Requested in writing to do so by a person entitled to call a special meeting; and
(2) The request is received by the secretary or president of the corporation at least ten (10) days before the corporation gives notice of the meeting.
(f) A certificate of the secretary or other person giving the notice that the notice required by this section has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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