Ind. Code § 27-1-7-4
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Shares of stock; classes; sale for less than par; shareholders' liability; preemptive rights
Official statutory text
Sec. 4. (a) Every stock company organized under this article shall have the right, when authorized by its articles of incorporation, to issue one (1) or more classes or kinds of shares of capital stock, any or all of which classes or kinds may consist of shares with par value or shares without par value, with full, limited, or no voting powers as provided in the articles of incorporation and with such designations, and such relative rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations, or restrictions as shall be stated and expressed in the articles of incorporation.
(b) No stock company organized under this article shall issue or sell any of its shares of stock having a par value for less than the par value thereof.
(c) The shareholders of any stock company organized under this article shall be liable for the debts of such stock company only to the extent of any unpaid portion of their subscriptions for shares of such company or any unpaid portion of the consideration for the issuance to them of shares of such stock company.
(d) The shareholders of such stock company shall not have preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional issues of shares of the capital stock of such company, except to the extent, if any, that such rights shall be fixed and prescribed in the articles of incorporation, or in a bylaw adopted by the board of directors of such stock company.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.82; Acts 1969, c.164, s.3. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.26.
(b) No stock company organized under this article shall issue or sell any of its shares of stock having a par value for less than the par value thereof.
(c) The shareholders of any stock company organized under this article shall be liable for the debts of such stock company only to the extent of any unpaid portion of their subscriptions for shares of such company or any unpaid portion of the consideration for the issuance to them of shares of such stock company.
(d) The shareholders of such stock company shall not have preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional issues of shares of the capital stock of such company, except to the extent, if any, that such rights shall be fixed and prescribed in the articles of incorporation, or in a bylaw adopted by the board of directors of such stock company.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.82; Acts 1969, c.164, s.3. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.26.
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