2011 Code of Virginia
Title 13.1 CORPORATIONS.
Chapter 9 Virginia Stock Corporation Act (13.1-601 thru 13.1-792)
13.1-682 Vacancy on board of directors

13.1-682. Vacancy on board of directors.

A. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors:

1. The shareholders may fill the vacancy;

2. The board of directors may fill the vacancy; or

3. If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors remaining in office.

B. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders and only the directors elected by that voting group are entitled to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the board of directors.

C. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, by reason of a resignation effective at a later date under subsection B of 13.1-679 or otherwise, may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

D. The corporation may file an amended annual report with the Commission indicating the filling of a vacancy.

(Code 1950, 13.1-38; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 1991, c. 124; 2007, c. 165.)