Ohio Code § 1701.06

Ohio Code § 1701.06. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 1701.06.

(A) The express terms of shares may include statements specifying any of the following: (1) Dividend or distribution rights, which may be cumulative or noncumulative;  at a

specified rate, amount, or proportion;  with or without further participation rights;

 and in preference to, junior to, or on a parity in whole or in part with dividend

or distribution rights of shares of any other class; (2) Liquidation rights, preferences, and price; (3) Redemption rights and price; (4) Sinking fund requirements, which may require the corporation to provide a sinking

fund out of earnings or otherwise for the purchase or redemption of the shares or

for dividends or distributions on them; (5) Voting rights, which may be full, limited, or denied, except as otherwise required

by law; (6) Pre-emptive rights, or the denial or limitation of them; (7) Conversion rights; (8) Restrictions on the issuance of shares; (9) Rights of alteration of express terms; (10) The division of any class of shares into series; (11) The designation and authorized number of shares of each series; (12) The right of the directors, subject to any limitations that may be stated, to adopt

amendments to the articles determining, in whole or in part, the express terms, within

the limits set forth in this chapter, of any class of shares before the issuance of

any shares of that class, or of one or more series within a class before the issuance

of any shares of that series; (13) Any other relative, participating, optional, or other special rights and privileges

of, and qualifications or restrictions on, the rights of holders of shares of any

class or series. (B) Each series of a class shall be given a distinguishing designation.  All shares of a series shall have express terms identical with those of other shares

of the same series.  Any of the express terms of any class or series of shares may be made dependent

upon facts ascertainable outside the articles or any amendment to those articles,

provided that the manner in which the facts operate upon the express terms is set

forth in the articles or any amendment to those articles.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1701.06
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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