2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 18. Corporations
§18-1094. Dissolution of Joint Venture Corporation Having Two Shareholders.

DISSOLUTION OF JOINT VENTURE CORPORATION HAVING TWO SHAREHOLDERS

A. If the shareholders of a corporation of this state, having only two shareholders each of which owns fifty percent (50%) of the stock therein, shall be engaged in the prosecution of a joint venture and if the shareholders shall be unable to agree upon the desirability of discontinuing the joint venture and disposing of the assets used in the venture, either shareholder may, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation of the corporation or in a written agreement between the shareholders, file with the district court a petition stating that it desires to discontinue the joint venture and to dispose of the assets used in the venture in accordance with a plan to be agreed upon by both shareholders or that, if no plan shall be agreed upon by both shareholders, the corporation be dissolved. The petition shall have attached thereto a copy of the proposed plan of discontinuance and distribution and a certificate stating that copies of the petition and plan have been transmitted in writing to the other shareholder and to the directors and officers of the corporation. The petition and certificate shall be executed and acknowledged in accordance with the provisions of Section 1007 of this title.

B. 1. Unless both shareholders file with the district court, the district court may dissolve the corporation and may by appointment of one or more trustees or receivers with all the powers and title of a trustee or receiver appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 1100 of this title, administer and wind up its affairs:

a.within three (3) months of the date of the filing of the petition, a certificate similarly executed and acknowledged stating that they have agreed on the plan, or a modification thereof, and

b.within one (1) year from the date of the filing of the petition, a certificate similarly executed and acknowledged stating that the distribution provided by the plan has been completed.

2. Either or both of the periods provided for in paragraph 1 of this subsection may be extended by agreement of the shareholders, evidenced by a certificate similarly executed, acknowledged and filed with the district court prior to the expiration of the period.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 292, § 94, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 422, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.