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The board of directors of Sunny Corporation votes 9-2 to require all future actions by the shareholders to be approved by a two-thirds majority. This action is:

a. valid and would have been valid also with a vote of 6-5
b. valid, as long as the two dissenting directors properly registered their dissent
c. invalid because the board of directors does not have the power to decide this
d. valid, but would not have been valid if the vote had been 6-5
e. invalid because supramajority requirements are not permissible

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