S.C. Code Ann. § 33-18-320: Effect of termination of statutory close corporation status.

(a) A corporation that terminates its status as a statutory close corporation is subject thereafter to all provisions of Chapters 1 through 17 of this title or, if incorporated under the South Carolina Professional Corporation Supplement (Chapter 19 of this title), to all provisions of that Supplement.

(b) Termination of statutory close corporation status does not affect any right of a shareholder or of the corporation under an agreement or the articles of incorporation unless this chapter, Chapters 1 through 17 of this title, or another law of this State invalidates the right.