Arkansas Unanimous Written Action of Shareholders of Corporation Removing Director
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Shareholders can take legal action if they feel the directors are acting improperly. Minority shareholders can take legal action if they feel their rights are being unfairly prejudiced.
The shareholders can vote to remove directors from the board before their terms expire, with or without cause, unless the corporation has a staggered board. The shareholders can then vote to replace the directors they removed.
Removal of directors and officers is resolved by a vote of shareholders in a special meeting, by majority vote of the shareholders. Alternatively, a shareholders resolution, documenting in writing the decision made by shareholders, must be signed and placed in the corporation's minute book.
The owners of a corporation are its stockholders, and the owners, at least in theory, can do almost anything they want, including firing members of an incompetent board of directors. There are many obstacles, but it can be and has been done.
Section 168(1) of the Act states that the shareholders can remove a director by passing an ordinary resolution at a meeting of the company.
The resolution to remove the director is passed by a simple majority (i.e. anything over 50%) of those shareholders who are entitled to vote, voting in favour.
The company's articles of association (or shareholders' agreement if there is one) may grant the shareholders further powers and rights to make decisions for the company, but most decisions are taken by the board of directors and cannot simply be overturned by the shareholders.
REMOVAL BY THE MEMBERSHIP.The membership always has the right to remove directors from the board. If an association's governing documents provide for cumulative voting, removing less than the entire board is more complicated because a minority of voters can block the recall even if a majority of voters approve it.
Removal of Directors. At a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.
(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (f), any or all directors may be removed without cause if: (1) In a corporation with fewer than 50 members, the removal is approved by a majority of all members (Section 5033). (2) In a corporation with 50 or more members, the removal is approved by the members (Section 5034).