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SECTION 6008
Quorum of stockholders
Banking (BNK) CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 15, TITLE 6
§ 6008. Quorum of stockholders. 1. The holders of a majority of the
shares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at a meeting
of stockholders for the transaction of any business, provided that when
a specified item of business is required to be voted on by a class or
series, voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the shares of
such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
such specified item of business.

2. The organization certificate or by-laws may provide for any lesser
quorum not less than one-third of the shares entitled to vote, and the
organization certificate may, under section six thousand sixteen,
provide for a greater quorum.

3. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not
broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

4. The stockholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the
absence of a quorum.