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Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-6.24: Corporate issuance of rights, options and warrants; board may authorize officer or officers to designate recipients of rights, options and warrants.

(a) A corporation may issue rights, options or warrants for the purchase of shares or other securities of the corporation. The board of directors shall determine (i) the terms upon which the rights, options or warrants are issued, and (ii) the terms, including the consideration for which the shares or other securities are to be issued. The authorization by the board of directors to issue such rights, options, or warrants constitutes authorization of the issuance of the shares or other securities for which the rights, options or warrants are exercisable.
(b) The terms and conditions of such rights, options or warrants, including those outstanding on April 20, 2005, may include, without limitation, restrictions or conditions that preclude or limit the exercise, transfer or receipt of such rights, options or warrants by any person or persons owning or offering to acquire a specified number or percentage of the outstanding shares or other securities of the corporation, or by any transferee or transferees of any such person or persons, or that invalidate or void such rights, options or warrants held by any such person or persons or any such transferee or transferees.
(c) The board of directors may authorize one or more officers to (1) designate the recipients of rights, options, warrants or other equity compensation awards that involve the issuance of shares, and (2) determine, within an amount and subject to any other limitations established by the board and, if applicable, the stockholders, the number of such rights, options, warrants or other equity compensation awards and the terms thereof to be received by the recipients, provided that an officer may not use such authority to designate either himself or herself or any other persons as the board of directors may specify as a recipient of such rights, options, warrants or other equity compensation awards.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 4. Mississippi Business Corporation Act
Article 6. Shares and Distributions.
Subarticle B. Issuance of Shares.

(b) The terms and conditions of such rights, options or warrants, including those outstanding on April 20, 2005, may include, without limitation, restrictions or conditions that preclude or limit the exercise, transfer or receipt of such rights, options or warrants by any person or persons owning or offering to acquire a specified number or percentage of the outstanding shares or other securities of the corporation, or by any transferee or transferees of any such person or persons, or that invalidate or void such rights, options or warrants held by any such person or persons or any such transferee or transferees.

(c) The board of directors may authorize one or more officers to (1) designate the recipients of rights, options, warrants or other equity compensation awards that involve the issuance of shares, and (2) determine, within an amount and subject to any other limitations established by the board and, if applicable, the stockholders, the number of such rights, options, warrants or other equity compensation awards and the terms thereof to be received by the recipients, provided that an officer may not use such authority to designate either himself or herself or any other persons as the board of directors may specify as a recipient of such rights, options, warrants or other equity compensation awards.

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