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Equity Insolvency And The New Model Business Corporation Act, Daniel T. Murphy
Equity Insolvency And The New Model Business Corporation Act, Daniel T. Murphy
Law Faculty Publications
By eliminating earned and capital surplus, the new Model Business Corporation Act may be perceived as providing directors with some additional flexibility regarding distributions to shareholders. As a practical matter however, the statute does not dramatically enlarge the ambit of their discretion. Directors have always had the flexibility to make distributions from both earned or capital surplus. The distributions are still tempered, as they were under the old statute, by the notion of equity solvency. On the other hand, the Comment to new section 45 provides the board of directors with substantial guidance of the proper methodology to use in …
Redemption Of Stock Under The Model Business Corporations Act And The Virginia Stock Corporation Act, Daniel T. Murphy
Redemption Of Stock Under The Model Business Corporations Act And The Virginia Stock Corporation Act, Daniel T. Murphy
Law Faculty Publications
The Model Business Corporation Act (hereinafter the "Model Act") has been in existence for more than twenty-five years, and has served as the paradigm for the revised corporation statutes of approximately twenty-five states, including Virginia. Despite its age, certain of its provisions have been infrequently applied and interpreted in judicial opinions. One such set of provisions is that dealing with a corporation's right to redeem shares of its stock. The purpose of this article is to analyze the Model Act's provisions regarding the redemption of shares; and to review, in contrast thereto, the relevant provisions of the Virginia stock corporation …