(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the articles or the bylaws or agreement of the shareholders, the court may appoint a provisional director for a statutory close corporation if the directors are so divided respecting the management of the business and affairs of the corporation that the votes required for action by the board of directors cannot be obtained with the consequence that the business and affairs of the corporation can no longer be conducted to the advantage of the shareholders generally.

(b) Application for relief.--

(1) An application for relief under this section must be filed by or on behalf of:

(i) at least one-half of the number of directors then in office;

(ii) the holders of shares entitled to cast at least one-third of the votes that all shareholders are entitled to cast for the election of directors; or

(iii) shareholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes that all shareholders of any class entitled to elect one or more directors are entitled to cast for the election of directors, if there is more than one class of shares then entitled to elect one or more directors.

A bylaw of a statutory close corporation adopted by the shareholders may provide that a lesser proportion of the directors or of the shareholders or of a class of shareholders may apply for relief under this section.

(2) Even though the requirements of paragraph (1) are not satisfied, the court may nevertheless appoint a provisional director if permitted by section 2333(b) (relating to provisional director).

(c) Qualifications.--A provisional director shall be an impartial individual who is neither a shareholder nor a creditor of the corporation or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the corporation and whose further qualifications, if any, may be determined by the court.

(d) Status and powers.--A provisional director is not a receiver of a corporation and does not have the title and powers of a custodian or receiver appointed under section 1767 (relating to appointment of custodian of corporation on deadlock or other cause) or Subchapter G of Chapter 19 (relating to involuntary liquidation and dissolution). A provisional director shall have all the rights and powers of a duly elected director of the corporation, including the right to notice of and to vote at meetings of directors, until such time as he is removed by order of the court or by the shareholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes that all shareholders of that class of voting shares that filed the application for appointment of a provisional director are entitled to cast for directors, or by the shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all shareholders are entitled to cast for the election of directors, in any other case.

(e) Compensation.--The compensation of the provisional director shall be determined by agreement between him and the corporation subject to approval of the court. The court may fix his compensation in the absence of agreement or in the event of disagreement between the provisional director and the corporation.

(Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.834, No.198, eff. imd.)

1990 Amendment. Act 198 amended subsec. (b).

Cross References. Section 2334 is referred to in sections 1504, 2333 of this title.