As part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Model Business
Corporation Act, this student project presents a comparison, in tabular for
m, of the corporation laws of the fifty-one jurisdictions as they relate to
share dividends, options, preemptive rights, and distributions. The goal o
f the project is to provide a descriptive snapshot of these selected financ
ial provisions and, thus, to illustrate the influence of the MBCA on the la
ws of the various states.