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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="2-214" title_number="2" title_name="Corporations in General -- Formation, Organization, and Operation" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Issuance of Securities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A corporation may, but is not obliged to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Issue fractional shares of stock;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Eliminate a fractional interest by rounding up to a full share of stock;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Arrange for the disposition of a fractional interest by the person entitled to it;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Pay cash for the fair value of a fractional share of stock determined as of the time when the person entitled to receive it is determined; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Issue scrip or other evidence of ownership which:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Entitles its holder to exchange scrip or other evidence of ownership aggregating a full share for a certificate which represents the share; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Unless otherwise provided, does not entitle its holder to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, or participate in the assets of the corporation in the event of liquidation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The board of directors may impose any reasonable condition on the issuance of the scrip or other evidence of ownership, including a condition that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>It becomes void if not exchanged for a certificate representing a full share of stock before a specified date;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The corporation may sell the stock for which the scrip or other evidence of ownership is exchangeable and distribute the proceeds to the holders; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The proceeds of a sale under paragraph (2) of this subsection are forfeited to the corporation if not claimed within a specified period not less than three years from the date the scrip or other evidence of ownership was originally issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A corporation may not issue a certificate representing scrip in bearer form.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>For scrip issued without a certificate, on request by a scripholder, the corporation shall deliver to the scripholder, without charge, a statement in writing or by electronic transmission of the information required to be on a certificate under § 2–211 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
