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Practice question: Asset-only and Business Enterprise Transfers

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Practice question

Absent an applicable exception, what stockholder authorization does Section39 require for a sale of all or substantially all assets?
  1. At least two-thirds of outstanding capital stock at a meeting duly called for the purpose
  2. Only one director’s informal approval
  3. Only the buyer’s signature
  4. A majority of the seller’s customers
  5. No corporate approval

Legal references

  • RA11232 Revised Corporation Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2019/ra_11232_2019.html Section39.
  • Y-I Leisure v. Yu, GR207161, September8 2015, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/sep2015/gr_207161_2015.html Asset-disposition context.

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