Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1095
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Dissolution before the issuance of shares or beginning
Official statutory text
business – Procedure.
DISSOLUTION BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES OR
BEGINNING BUSINESS; PROCEDURE
If a corporation has not issued shares or has not commenced the
business for which the corporation was organized, a majority of the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 475
incorporators, or, if directors were named in the certificate of
incorporation or have been elected, a majority of the directors, may
surrender all of the corporation's rights and franchises by filing
in the Office of the Secretary of State a certificate, executed and
acknowledged by a majority of the incorporators or directors,
stating :
1. That no shares of stock have been issued or that the
business of activity for which the corporation was organized has not
begun;
2. The date of filing of the corporation's original certificate
of incorporation with the Secretary of State;
3. That no part of the capital of the corporation has been
paid, or, if some capital has been paid, that the amount actually
paid in for the corporation's shares, less any part thereof
disbursed for necessary expenses, has been returned to those
entitled thereto;
4. That if the corporation has begun business but it has not
issued shares, all debts of the corporation have been paid;
5. That if the corporation has not begun business but has
issued stock certificates, all issued stock certificates, if any,
have been surrendered and canceled; and
6. That all rights and franchises of the corporation are
surrendered. Upon such certificate becoming effective in accordance
with the provisions of Section 1007 of this title, the corporation
shall be dissolved.
DISSOLUTION BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES OR
BEGINNING BUSINESS; PROCEDURE
If a corporation has not issued shares or has not commenced the
business for which the corporation was organized, a majority of the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 475
incorporators, or, if directors were named in the certificate of
incorporation or have been elected, a majority of the directors, may
surrender all of the corporation's rights and franchises by filing
in the Office of the Secretary of State a certificate, executed and
acknowledged by a majority of the incorporators or directors,
stating :
1. That no shares of stock have been issued or that the
business of activity for which the corporation was organized has not
begun;
2. The date of filing of the corporation's original certificate
of incorporation with the Secretary of State;
3. That no part of the capital of the corporation has been
paid, or, if some capital has been paid, that the amount actually
paid in for the corporation's shares, less any part thereof
disbursed for necessary expenses, has been returned to those
entitled thereto;
4. That if the corporation has begun business but it has not
issued shares, all debts of the corporation have been paid;
5. That if the corporation has not begun business but has
issued stock certificates, all issued stock certificates, if any,
have been surrendered and canceled; and
6. That all rights and franchises of the corporation are
surrendered. Upon such certificate becoming effective in accordance
with the provisions of Section 1007 of this title, the corporation
shall be dissolved.
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