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N.Y. Business Corporation Law § 608: Quorum of shareholders

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  1. Business Corporation Law
  2. Article 6. Shareholders

§ 608. Quorum of shareholders.

(a) The holders of a majority of the votes of shares entitled to vote

thereat shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders for the

transaction of any business, provided that when a specified item of

business is required to be voted on by a particular class or series of

shares, voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the votes of

shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the

transaction of such specified item of business.

(b) The certificate of incorporation or by-laws may provide for any

lesser quorum not less than one-third of the votes of shares entitled to

vote, and the certificate of incorporation may, under section 616

(Greater requirement as to quorum and vote of shareholders), provide for

a greater quorum.

(c) When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not

broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any shareholders.

(d) The shareholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the

absence of a quorum.

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