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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="4-303" title_number="4" title_name="Close Corporations" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Board of Directors">
  <text>If there is an election to have no board of directors:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The stockholders may exercise all powers of directors, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under their direction;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The stockholders of the corporation are responsible for taking any action required by law to be taken by the board of directors;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Action by stockholders shall be taken by the voting of shares of stock as provided in this article;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>The stockholders may take any action for which this article otherwise would require both a resolution of directors and a vote of stockholders;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>By the affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast, the stockholders may take any action for which this article otherwise would require a vote of a majority of the entire board of directors;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>A statement that the corporation is a close corporation which has no board of directors satisfies any requirement that an instrument filed with the Department contain a statement that a specified action was taken by the board of directors;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>The special liabilities imposed on directors by § 2-312(a) of this article and the provisions of §§ 2-312(b) and 2-410 of this article apply to the stockholders of the corporation and, for this purpose, “present” in § 2-410 of this article means present in person or by proxy; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>A stockholder is not liable for any action taken as a result of a vote of the stockholders, unless he was entitled to vote on the action.</text>
  </level>
</section>
