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4-27-720. Shareholders' list for meeting.
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4-27-720. Shareholders' list for meeting.
(a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, a corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders' meeting. The list must be arranged by voting group (and within each voting group by class or series of shares) and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.
(b) The shareholders' list must be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the corporation's principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, his agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of § 4-27-1602(c), to copy the list, during regular business hours and at his expense, during the period it is available for inspection.
(c) The corporation shall make the shareholders' list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, his agent, or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.
(d) If the corporation refuses to allow a shareholder, his or her agent, or attorney to inspect the shareholders' list before or at the meeting or copy the list as permitted by subsection (b) of this section, the circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office is located or the Pulaski County Circuit Court, if the corporation does not have a principal office in this state, on application of the shareholder, may summarily order the inspection or copying at the corporation's expense and may postpone the meeting for which the list was prepared until the inspection o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-27-720
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4-27-720. Shareholders' list for meeting.
(a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, a corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders' meeting. The list must be arranged by voting group (and within each voting group by class or series of shares) and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.
(b) The shareholders' list must be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the corporation's principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, his agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of § 4-27-1602(c), to copy the list, during regular business hours and at his expense, during the period it is available for inspection.
(c) The corporation shall make the shareholders' list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, his agent, or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.
(d) If the corporation refuses to allow a shareholder, his or her agent, or attorney to inspect the shareholders' list before or at the meeting or copy the list as permitted by subsection (b) of this section, the circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office is located or the Pulaski County Circuit Court, if the corporation does not have a principal office in this state, on application of the shareholder, may summarily order the inspection or copying at the corporation's expense and may postpone the meeting for which the list was prepared until the inspection or copying is complete.
(e) Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders' list does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
4-27-1602. Inspection of records by shareholders.
(a) A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the corporation's principal office, any of the records of the corporation described in § 4-27-1601(e) if he gives the corporation written notice of his demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which he wishes to inspect and copy.
(b) A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the corporation, any of the following records of the corporation if the shareholder meets the requirements of subsection (c) of this section and gives the corporation written notice of his demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which he wishes to inspect and copy:
(1) excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the board of directors, records of any action of a committee of the board of directors while acting in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation, minutes of any meeting of the shareholders, and records of action taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection under subsection (a) of this section;
(2) accounting records of the corporation; and
(3) the record of shareholders.
(c) A shareholder may inspect and copy the records described in subsection (b) of this section only if:
(1) his demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;
(2) he describes with reasonable particularity his purpose and the records he desires to inspect; and
(3) the records are directly connected with his purpose.
(d) The right of inspection granted by this section may not be abolished or limited by a corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaw
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-27-1602
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