South Carolina § 33-8-106 - Staggered terms for directors.
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§ 33-8-106. Staggered terms for directors.
If there are six or more directors, the articles of incorporation may provide for staggering their terms by dividing the total number of directors into two or three groups, with each group containing one-half or one-third of the total, as near as may be. The terms of directors in the first group expire at the first annual shareholders' meeting after their election; the terms of the third group, if any, expire at the third annual shareholders' meeting after their election. At each annual shareholders' meeting held thereafter, directors are chosen for a term of two years or three years, as the case may be, to succeed those directors whose terms expire.
HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code SECTION 33-13-50 [1962 Code SECTION 12-18.5; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, SECTION 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2; 1994 Act No. 461, SECTION 6.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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