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New Jersey Corporations, General Laws Section 14A:5-9. Quorum of shareholders.

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    (1) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or this act, the holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of the votes at a meeting shall constitute a quorum at such meeting.  The shareholders present in  person or by proxy at a duly organized meeting may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.  Less than a quorum may adjourn.

    (2) Whenever the holders of any class or series of shares are entitled to vote separately on a specified item of business, the provisions of this section  shall apply in determining the presence of a quorum of such class or series for  the transaction of such specified item of business.

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