Louisiana § RS 12:1-1602 - Inspection of records by shareholders

§ RS 12:1-1602. Inspection of records by shareholders

            A. A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the corporation's principal office, any of the records of the corporation described in R.S. 12:1-1601(E) if the shareholder gives the corporation a signed written notice of the shareholder's demand at least five business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy.

            B. For any meeting of shareholders for which the record date for determining shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting is different than the record date for notice of the meeting, any person who becomes a shareholder subsequent to the record date for notice of the meeting and is entitled to vote at the meeting is entitled to obtain from the corporation, upon request, the notice and any other information provided by the corporation to shareholders in connection with the meeting, unless the corporation has made such information generally available to shareholders by posting it on its website or by other generally recognized means. Failure of a corporation to provide such information does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

            C. A shareholder of at least five percent of any class of the issued shares of a corporation for at least the preceding six months is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the corporation, any and all of the records of the corporation if the shareholder meets the requirements of Subsection D of this Section and gives the corporation a signed written notice of the shareholder's demand at least five business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy the records. A shareholder of less than five percent of a corporation's issued shares may exercise the rights provided in this Subsection if the shareholder delivers to the corporation, either before or along with the written notice of demand, written consents to the demand by other shareholders who, in the aggregate with the shareholder making the demand, own the required percentage of shares for the required period.

            D. A shareholder may inspect and copy the records described in Subsection C of this Section only if the following conditions are satisfied:

            (1) The shareholder's demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose.

            (2) The shareholder describes with reasonable particularity the shareholder's purpose and the records the shareholder desires to inspect.

            (3) The records are directly connected with the shareholder's purpose.

            E. The right of inspection granted by this Section may not be abolished or limited by a corporation's articles of incorporation, bylaws, unanimous governance agreement, or any other agreement.

            F. This Section does not affect any of the following:

            (1) The right of a shareholder to inspect records under R.S. 12:1-720 or, if the shareholder is in litigation with the corporation, to the same extent as any other litigant.

            (2) The power of a court to deny the right of inspection as to confidential matters, or to place restrictions on the use or distribution of records as provided in R.S. 12:1-1604(D).

            G. For purposes of this Section, "shareholder" means a record shareholder, a beneficial shareholder, and an unrestricted voting trust beneficial owner.

            Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 442, §1.