(805 ILCS 105/111.60) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.60)
Sec. 111.60.
Sale, lease or exchange of assets, other
than in usual and regular conduct of its affairs. A sale,
lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or
substantially all, the property and assets, with or without
the good will, of a corporation, if not made in the usual
and regular course of the conduct of the affairs of the
corporation, may be made upon such terms and conditions and
for such consideration, which may consist, in whole or in
part, of money or property, real or personal, including
shares of any other corporation, domestic or foreign, as may
be authorized in the following manner:
(a) Where a corporation has no members or no members
entitled to vote on the sale, lease or exchange of assets,
such action may be adopted by the board of directors upon
receiving the affirmative vote of a majority of the
directors in office.
(b) Where a corporation has members entitled to vote on the
sale, lease or exchange of assets, such action may be
adopted if:
(1) The board of directors shall adopt a resolution
recommending such sale, lease, exchange, or other
disposition and directing the submission thereof to a vote
at a meeting of members entitled to vote which may be either
an annual or a special meeting.
(2) Written notice stating that the purpose, or one of
the purposes, of such meeting is to consider the sale,
lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or
substantially all, the property and assets of the
corporation shall be given to each member entitled to vote
within the time and in the manner provided by this Act for
the giving of notice of meetings of members. If such
meeting be an annual meeting, such purpose may be included
in the notice of such annual meeting.
(3) At such meeting the members entitled to vote on
such matter may authorize such sale, lease, exchange, or
other disposition and fix, or may authorize the board of
directors to fix, any or all of the terms and conditions
thereof and the consideration to be received by the
corporation therefor. Such authorization shall require the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes present and
voted either in person or by proxy unless any class of
members is entitled to vote at a class in respect thereof,
in which event the proposed action shall be adopted by
receiving the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the
votes of the class present and voted either in person or by
proxy.
(4) After such authorization by a vote of members, the
board of directors nevertheless, in its discretion, may
abandon such sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of
assets, subject to the rights of third parties under any
contracts relating thereto, without further action or
approval by members entitled to vote.
(5) The articles of incorporation or the bylaws of a
corporation may supersede the two-thirds vote requirement of
this Section by specifying any smaller or larger vote
requirement not less than a majority of the votes which
members entitled to vote on the matter shall vote, either in
person or by proxy, at a meeting at which there is a quorum.
(Source: P.A. 84-1423.)
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