Texas Business Organizations Code § 21.311 Limitations On Share Dividends

Sec. 21.311. LIMITATIONS ON SHARE DIVIDENDS. A corporation may not pay a share dividend in authorized but unissued shares of any class if:

(1) the surplus of the corporation is less than the amount required by Section 21.313 to be transferred to stated capital at the time the share dividend is made; or

(2) the share dividend will be made to a holder of shares of any other class or series, unless:

(A) the corporation's certificate of formation provides for the dividend; or

(B) the share dividend is authorized by the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the class or series in which the share dividend is to be made.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

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