§ 13.1-655. Special meeting
A. A corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders:
1. On call of the chairman of the board of directors, the president, the board of directors, or the person or persons authorized to do so by the articles of incorporation or bylaws; or
2. In the case of corporations having 35 or fewer shareholders of record, if the holders of at least 20 percent of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the special meeting sign, date, and deliver to the corporation's secretary one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held. The articles of incorporation may provide for an increase or decrease in the percentage stated in this subdivision.
B. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a written demand for a special meeting may be revoked by a writing, including an electronic transmission, to that effect received by the corporation prior to the receipt by the corporation of demands sufficient in number to require the holding of a special meeting.
C. If not otherwise fixed under § 13.1-656 or 13.1-660, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the demand.
D. Special shareholders' meetings may be held at such place in or out of this Commonwealth as may be provided in the bylaws or, where not inconsistent with the bylaws, in the notice of the meeting.
E. If the articles of incorporation or bylaws so provide, shareholders may participate in a special shareholders' meeting by use of any means of communication by which all shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
F. Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by subsection C of § 13.1-658 may be conducted at a special shareholders' meeting.
(Code 1950, § 13.1-25; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2003, c. 728; 2005, c. 765.)
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