2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code
Chapter 060 - Private Corporations
Section 60.282 - Notice of ratification by board of directors.
(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, unless the shareholders of a corporation must approve a ratification of a defective corporate action under ORS 60.276 (3), the corporation shall send notice of the ratification to each person, whether or not the person may vote, that holds valid and putative shares of the corporation on:
(A) The later of the date on which the board of directors ratified the defective corporate action or the shareholders approved the ratification; and
(B) The date of the defective corporate action.
(b) A corporation need not send notice to a person that holds valid or putative shares if the corporation cannot determine from the corporation’s records the person’s identity or contact information for notice.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) of this section must:
(a) Provide a copy of the action the board of directors took and the information required under ORS 60.276.
(b)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, state conspicuously the calendar date by which a person that wishes to challenge the ratification must bring an action in a court of this state under ORS 60.291. The calendar date must be within 120 days after the later of the effective date of validation or the date of the notice.
(B) If at the time that the corporation sends notice under this section the corporation cannot state the calendar date by which a person must bring an action in a court of this state under ORS 60.291, the notice must:
(i) State the date on which the corporation anticipates that a person must bring an action; or
(ii) State that a person may contact the corporation to determine the exact date by which the person must bring the action and provide the information necessary to contact the corporation.
(3) A corporation need not send a notice under this section with respect to a ratification that the corporation must submit to shareholders for approval if the corporation sends notice in accordance with ORS 60.279.
(4) A corporation may send a notice required under this section by any method permitted under ORS 60.034 and, for any corporation that is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on January 1, 2020, by filing notice with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. [2019 c.325 §6]
