Okla. Stat. tit. 18 § 1096

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 1096 - [Effective Until 11/1/2024] Dissolution - Procedure
A. If it should be deemed advisable in the judgment of the board of directors of any corporation that it should be dissolved, the board, after the adoption of a resolution to that effect by a majority of the whole board at any meeting called for that purpose, shall cause notice to be mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote thereon as of the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting of the adoption of the resolution and of a meeting of shareholders to take action upon the resolution.
B. At the meeting a vote shall be taken upon the proposed dissolution. If a majority of the outstanding stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereon shall vote for the proposed dissolution, a certificate of dissolution shall be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection D of this section.
C. Dissolution of a corporation may also be authorized without action of the directors if all the shareholders entitled to vote thereon shall consent in writing and a certificate of dissolution shall be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection D of this section.
D. If dissolution is authorized in accordance with this section, a certificate of dissolution shall be executed, acknowledged and filed, and shall become effective, in accordance with Section 1007 of this title. Such certificate of dissolution shall set forth:
1. The name of the corporation;
2. The date dissolution was authorized;
3. That the dissolution has been authorized by the board of directors and shareholders of the corporation, in accordance with subsections A and B of this section, or that the dissolution has been authorized by all of the shareholders of the corporation entitled to vote on a dissolution, in accordance with subsection C of this section;
4. The names and addresses of the directors and officers of the corporation; and
5. The date of filing of the corporation's original certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State.
E. The resolution authorizing a proposed dissolution may provide that notwithstanding authorization or consent to the proposed dissolution by the shareholders, or the members of a nonstock corporation pursuant to Section 1097 of this title, the board of directors or governing body may abandon such proposed dissolution without further action by the shareholders or members.
F. Upon a certificate of dissolution becoming effective in accordance with Section 1007 of this title, the corporation shall be dissolved.

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 1096

Amended by Laws 2017 , c. 323, s. 28, eff. 11/1/2017.
Added by Laws 1986, HB 1979, c. 292, § 96, eff. 11/1/1986; Amended by Laws 1988, HB 1694, c. 323, § 21, eff. 11/1/1988.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.