LD 1539
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3. Quorum. A majority, but no fewer than 2, of all the
qualified directors on the corporation's board of directors or on
a committee of the corporation's board of directors, constitutes
a quorum for purposes of action that complies with this section.
The directors' Directors' action that otherwise complies with
this section is not affected by the presence or vote of a
director who is not a qualified director.

 
Sec. B-72. 13-C MRSA §874, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

 
2. Qualified shares. For purposes of this section,
"qualified shares" means any shares entitled to vote with respect
to the director's conflicting-interest transaction except shares
that, to the knowledge, before the vote, of the clerk, the
secretary or other officer or agent of the corporation authorized
to tabulate votes, are beneficially owned or the voting of which
is controlled by a director who has a conflicting interest
respecting the transaction or by a related person of the
director, or both.

 
Sec. B-73. 13-C MRSA §874, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

 
4. Identification of holdings. For purposes of compliance
with subsection 1, a director who has a conflicting interest
respecting the transaction shall, before the shareholders' vote,
inform the secretary or other officer or agent of the corporation
authorized to tabulate votes of the number of all shares and the
identity of persons holding or controlling the vote of all shares
that the director knows are beneficially owned or the voting of
which is controlled by the director or by a related person of the
director, or both.

 
Sec. B-74. 13-C MRSA §921, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

 
5. Transitional rule. If any debt security, note or similar
evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed, whether secured or
unsecured, or a contract of any kind issued, incurred or executed
by a domestic business corporation before July 1, 2003 contains a
provision applying to a merger of the corporation and the
document does not refer to a domestication of the corporation,
the provision is deemed to apply to a domestication of the
corporation until such time after that date as the provision is
amended.

 
Sec. B-75. 13-C MRSA §921, sub-§6 is enacted to read:


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