The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 11A : Vermont Business Corporations
Chapter 006 : Shares and Distributions
Subchapter 002 : ISSUANCE OF SHARES
(Cite as: 11A V.S.A. § 6.24)-
§ 6.24. Share options
(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:
(1) the terms upon which the rights, options, or warrants are issued; and
(2) the terms, including the consideration for which the shares or other securities are to be issued.
(b) The authorization by the board of directors for the corporation 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.
(c) The terms and conditions of such rights, options, or warrants, including those outstanding on the effective date of this section, may include, without limitation, restrictions or conditions that:
(1) 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
(2) invalidate or void such rights, options, or warrants held by any such person or persons or any such transferee or transferees. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; amended 2007, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 87, eff. June 6, 2008.)
