(a) General rule.--In addition to the provisions of section 1767 (relating to appointment of custodian of corporation on deadlock or other cause), the court, upon application of any shareholder, may appoint one or more persons to be custodians and, if the corporation is insolvent, to be receivers of any statutory close corporation when:

(1) pursuant to this subchapter, the business and affairs of the corporation are managed by or under the direction of the shareholders and they are so divided that the business of the corporation is suffering or is threatened with immediate and irreparable injury and any remedy with respect to such deadlock provided in the bylaws or in any written agreement of the shareholders has failed; or

(2) the applicant shareholder has the right to the dissolution of the corporation under a provision of the articles permitted by section 2337 (relating to option of shareholder to dissolve corporation).

A custodian appointed under paragraph (2) shall have the authority to liquidate the affairs of the corporation and distribute its assets.

(b) Provisional director.--In lieu of appointing a custodian for a statutory close corporation under subsection (a)(1) or section 1767 or a receiver under Subchapter G of Chapter 19 (relating to involuntary liquidation and dissolution), the court may appoint a provisional director, whose powers and status shall be as provided in section 2334 (relating to appointment of provisional director in certain cases), if the court determines that it would be in the best interest of the corporation. The appointment shall not preclude any subsequent order of the court appointing a custodian or receiver for the corporation.

Cross References. Section 2333 is referred to in section 2334 of this title.