Guam § 12109 - Board of Directors.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 12109 — Board of Directors., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 12109. Board of Directors.
The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and
conducted by a board of directors, a president, a vice-president, a secretary,
a treasurer and such other officers and such agents as the corporation by its
bylaws shall authorize. The board of directors shall consist of such number
not less than three (3) nor more than eleven (11), as shall be determined in
the first instance by the incorporators and thereafter annually by the
members and the stockholders of the corporation. The board of directors
may exercise all the powers of the corporation except such as are conferred
by law or by the bylaws of the corporation upon the stockholders or mem-
bers and shall choose and appoint all the agents and officer of the
corporation and fill all vacancies except vacancies in the office of director,
which shall be filled as hereinafter provided. The board of directors shall be
elected in the first instance by the incorporators and thereafter at the annual
meeting, which annual meeting shall be held during the month of January
or, if no annual meeting shall be held in the year of incorporation, then
within ninety (90) days after the approval of the articles of incorporation at
a special meeting as hereinafter provided. At each annual meeting, or at
each special meeting held as provided in this section, the members of the
corporation shall elect two-thirds (2/3) of the board of directors, and the
stockholders shall elect the remaining directors. The directors shall hold
office until the next annual meeting of the corporation or special meeting
held in lieu of the annual meeting after the election and until their
successors are elected and qualified unless sooner removed in accordance
with the provisions of the bylaws. Any vacancy in the office of a director
elected by the members shall be filled by the directors elected by the
members, and any vacancy in the office of a director elected by the
stockholders shall be filled by the directors elected by the stockholders.
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Directors and officers shall not be responsible for losses unless the
same shall have been occasioned by the willful misconduct of such directors
and officers.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12109 ("Board of Directors.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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