450.2445 Voting of shares or membership held by person in representative or fiduciary capacity or held jointly by fiduciaries.
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450.2445 Voting of shares or membership held by person in representative or fiduciary capacity or held jointly by fiduciaries.
Sec. 445.
(1)The vote of shares or a membership held by a person in a representative or fiduciary capacity may be cast by that person without a transfer of the shares or membership into the name of the representative or fiduciary.
(2)The vote of shares or a membership held jointly by fiduciaries, where the instrument or order appointing the fiduciaries does not otherwise direct, shall be cast as follows:
(a)If only 1 fiduciary votes, that act binds all.
(b)If more than 1 fiduciary votes, the vote of the shares or membership shall be cast as the majority of the fiduciaries determines.
(c)If the fiduciaries ae equally divided as to how the vote of the shares or membership shall be cast, a court having jurisdiction in an action brought by any of the fiduciaries or by any beneficiary may appoint an additional person to act with the fiduciaries in such matter, and the vote of the stock or membership shall be cast by the majority of such fiduciaries and such additional person.
History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983