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Mississippi · Snapshot Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17

Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-6.03: Issued and outstanding shares.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
  2. Chapter 4. Mississippi Business Corporation Act
  3. Article 6. Shares and Distributions.
  4. Subarticle A. Shares.

(a) A corporation may issue the number of shares of each class or series authorized by the articles of incorporation. Shares that are issued are outstanding shares until they are reacquired, redeemed, converted or cancelled.

(b) The reacquisition, redemption or conversion of outstanding shares is subject to the limitations of subsection (c) of this section and to Section 79-4-6.40.

(c) At all times that shares of the corporation are outstanding, one or more shares that together have unlimited voting rights and one or more shares that together are entitled to receive the net assets of the corporation upon dissolution must be outstanding.

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