§415B-108 Sale, lease, exchange, or mortgage of assets.
A sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the property and assets of a corporation may be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may consist in whole or in part of money or property, real or personal, including shares of any corporation for profit, domestic or foreign, as may be authorized in the following manner:(1) If there are members entitled to vote thereon, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution recommending the sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition and direct that it be submitted to a vote at an annual or special meeting of members entitled to vote thereon. Written notice stating that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the property and assets of the corporation shall be given to each member entitled to vote at the meeting, pursuant to this chapter. At the meeting the members may authorize the sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition and may fix, or may authorize the board of directors to fix, any or all of the terms and conditions thereof and the consideration to be received by the corporation therefor. The authorization shall require at least two-thirds of the votes which members present at the meeting or represented by proxy are entitled to cast. Notwithstanding the authorization by a vote of members, the board of directors may abandon the sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of assets, subject to the rights of third parties under any contracts relating thereto, without further action or approval by members; or
(2) If there are no members or no members entitled to vote thereon, a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the property and assets of a corporation shall be authorized upon receiving the vote of a majority of the directors in office.
Nothing in this section shall require a vote of the members with respect to any sublease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or distribution of assets of the corporation in the normal and continuing course of the corporation's business. [L 1985, c 270, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 135, §180; am L 1988, c 141, §44]