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(1) The shareholders of a corporation formed under this Title may by unanimous action enter into one or more written agreements to regulate the exercise of the corporate powers and the management of the business and affairs of the corporation or the relations among the shareholders of the corporation.

(2) Any agreement authorized by this section shall be valid and enforceable according to its terms notwithstanding the elimination of a board of directors, any restriction on the discretion or powers of the board of directors, or any proxy or weighted voting rights given to directors and notwithstanding that the effect of the agreement is to treat the corporation as if it were a partnership or that the arrangement of the relations among the shareholders or between the shareholders and the corporation would otherwise be appropriate only among partners.

(3) If the corporation has a board of directors, the effect of an agreement authorized by this section restricting the discretionary powers of the directors shall be to relieve the directors of, and impose upon the person or persons in whom such discretion or powers are vested, the liability for acts or omissions imposed by law upon directors to the extent that the discretion or powers of the directors are controlled by the agreement.

(4) An election not to have a board of directors in an agreement authorized by this section shall not be valid unless the articles of incorporation contain a statement to that effect in accordance with Chapter 06.07.150 of this Title.

(5) A shareholder agreement authorized by this section shall not be amended except by the unanimous written consent of the shareholders unless otherwise provided in the agreement.

(6) Any action permitted by this section to be taken by shareholders may be taken by the subscribers to shares of the corporation if no shares have been issued at the time of the agreement authorized by the section.

(7) Provisions otherwise required to be stated in corporate bylaws may be contained with equal effect in a shareholder’s agreement.

(8) This section shall not prohibit any other agreement among two or more shareholders not otherwise prohibited by law.