35-1-823. (Temporary) Sale of assets other than in regular course of business. (1) A corporation may sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property, which may include good will, otherwise than in the usual and regular course of business, on the terms and conditions and for the consideration determined by the corporation's board of directors if the board of directors proposes and its shareholders approve the proposed transaction.

(2) For a transaction under this section to be authorized:

(a) the board of directors shall recommend the proposed transaction to the shareholders unless the board of directors determines that because of conflict of interest or other special circumstances it should make no recommendation and communicates the basis for its determination to the shareholders with the submission of the proposed transaction; and

(b) the shareholders entitled to vote shall approve the transaction.

(3) The board of directors may condition its submission of the proposed transaction on any basis.

(4) The corporation shall notify each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the proposed shareholders' meeting in accordance with 35-1-520. The notice must also state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is to consider the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or substantially all the property of the corporation and must contain or be accompanied by a description of the transaction.

(5) Unless the articles of incorporation, or the board of directors acting pursuant to subsection (3), require a greater vote or a vote by voting groups, the transaction to be authorized must be approved by an affirmative vote of two-thirds, or a majority if authorized by subsection (8), of the votes entitled to be cast on the transaction.

(6) After a sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of property is authorized, the transaction may be abandoned, subject to any contractual rights, without further shareholders' action.

(7) A transaction that constitutes a distribution is governed by 35-1-712 and not by this section.

(8) A majority of votes cast by the shareholders is sufficient to constitute approval by the corporation if a statement to that effect is included in the articles of incorporation but only if:

(a) the statement is included in the articles of incorporation at the time the initial articles of incorporation were filed; or

(b) the statement is included in an amendment to the articles of incorporation approved by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the amendment pursuant to 35-1-227. (Repealed effective June 1, 2020--secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.)

History: En. Sec. 132, Ch. 368, L. 1991.