2010 Tennessee Code
Title 48 - Corporations And Associations
Chapter 18 - Directors and Officers
Part 1 - Board of Directors
48-18-105 - Terms of directors generally.
48-18-105. Terms of directors generally.
(a) The terms of the initial directors of a corporation expire at the first shareholders' meeting at which directors are elected.
(b) The terms of all other directors expire at the next annual shareholders' meeting following their election unless their terms are staggered under § 48-18-106, or unless the charter provides for terms of more than one (1) year but not more than three (3) years.
(c) A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten an incumbent director's term.
(d) The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders' meeting at which directors are elected.
(e) Despite the expiration of a director's term, the director continues to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.
[Acts 1986, ch. 887, § 8.05.]
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