Nevada Code § 78.365

Voting trusts
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1. A stockholder, by agreement in writing,
may transfer his or her stock to a voting trustee or trustees for the purpose
of conferring the right to vote the stock for a period not exceeding 15 years
upon the terms and conditions therein stated. Any certificates of stock so
transferred must be surrendered and cancelled and new certificates for the
stock issued to the trustee or trustees in which it must appear that they are
issued pursuant to the agreement, and in the entry of ownership in the proper
books of the corporation that fact must also be noted, and thereupon the
trustee or trustees may vote the stock so transferred during the terms of the
agreement. A duplicate of every such agreement must be filed in the registered
office of the corporation and at all times during its terms be open to
inspection by any stockholder or his or her attorney.
2. At any time within the 2 years next
preceding the expiration of an agreement entered into pursuant to the
provisions of subsection 1, or the expiration of an extension of that
agreement, any beneficiary of the trust may, by written agreement with the
trustee or trustees, extend the duration of the trust for a time not to exceed
15 years after the scheduled expiration date of the original agreement or the
latest extension. An extension is not effective unless the trustee, before the
expiration date of the original agreement or the latest extension, files a
duplicate of the agreement providing for the extension in the registered office
of the corporation. An agreement providing for an extension does not affect the
rights or obligations of any person not a party to that agreement. An agreement
entered into pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 is not invalidated by
the fact that, by its terms, its duration is more than 15 years, but its
duration shall be deemed amended to conform with the provisions of this
section.
3. An agreement between two or more
stockholders, or between the corporation and one or more stockholders, if in
writing and signed by each party to be bound thereby, may provide that in
exercising any voting rights, the stock held by each such stockholder must be
voted:
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of the agreement;
(b) As the parties to the agreement may
subsequently agree;
(c) In accordance with a procedure specified in
the agreement; or
(d) In a manner dependent upon any fact or event
which may be ascertained outside of the agreement if the manner in which a fact
or event may operate upon the exercise of the voting rights is stated in the
agreement. As used in this paragraph, fact or event includes, without
limitation, the existence of a fact or an occurrence of an event, including,
without limitation, a determination or action by a person, the corporation
itself or any government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a
government.
4. An agreement pursuant to the provisions
of subsection 3 is valid and enforceable against the transferee of a
stockholder party to the agreement only:
(a) If and to the extent that the transferee
agrees in writing to be bound by the agreement; or
(b) If the agreement expressly provides that it
is enforceable against the transferee of a stockholder party to the agreement
and:
(1) The transferee had actual knowledge of
the existence of the agreement before the transfer; or
(2) The existence of the agreement is
noted conspicuously on the front or back of the stock certificate or is
contained in the written statement of information required by subsection 5 of NRS 78.235 .
5. An agreement pursuant to the provisions
of subsection 3, or an amendment thereto or an extension thereof, in each case
entered into before October 1, 2021, is not:
(a) Effective for a term of more than 15 years,
but at any time within the 2 years next preceding the expiration of the
agreement the parties thereto may extend its duration for such period as is
stated in the extension; and
(b) Invalidated by the fact that by its terms its
duration is more than 15 years, but its duration shall be deemed amended to
conform with the provisions of this section.

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