Tex.
Bus. Orgs. Code Section 21.652
Establishing Class or Series of Shares; Change in Number of Shares
(a)
In addition to the actions the board may undertake under Subchapters D, E, and F, the board of directors of an investment company may:(1)
establish classes of shares and series of unissued shares of a class by setting and determining the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, including voting rights, of the shares of the class or series established under this subdivision to the same extent that the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights could be stated if fully stated in the certificate of formation; and(2)
increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares or the number of shares of, or delete from the investment company’s certificate of formation, a class or series of shares the corporation has authority to issue, unless a provision has been included in the certificate of formation of the corporation after September 1, 1993, expressly prohibiting those actions by the board of directors.(b)
The board of directors of an investment company may not:(1)
decrease the number of shares in a class or series to a number that is less than the number of shares of that class or series that are outstanding at the time; or(2)
delete from the certificate of formation a reference to a class or series that has shares outstanding at the time.(c)
To establish a class or series under this section, the board of directors must adopt a resolution stating the designation of the class or series and setting and determining the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, including voting rights, of the class or series.(d)
To increase or decrease the number of shares of a class or series of shares or to delete from the certificate of formation a reference to a class or series of shares, the board of directors of an investment company must adopt a resolution setting and determining the new number of shares of each class or series in which the number of shares is increased or decreased or deleting the class or series and any reference to the class or series from the certificate of formation. The shares of a series removed from the certificate of formation shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of the class of shares from which the series was established unless otherwise provided by the resolution or the certificate of formation of the investment company.
Source:
Section 21.652 — Establishing Class or Series of Shares; Change in Number of Shares, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.21.htm#21.652
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