N.Y. Banking Law 604 – Rights of dissenting stockholders
§ 604. Rights of dissenting stockholders.
Terms Used In N.Y. Banking Law 604
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
The following stockholders shall, subject to and by complying with section six thousand twenty-two of this chapter, have the right to receive payment of the fair value of their shares and the other rights and benefits provided by such section:
1. In the case of a merger pursuant to a plan submitted to stockholders as provided in subdivision two of section six hundred one of this chapter, any stockholder of the merging corporation entitled to vote thereon who does not assent thereto;
2. In the case of a plan of acquisition of assets submitted to stockholders as provided in subdivision two of section six hundred one-a of this chapter, any stockholder of the selling corporation entitled to vote thereon who does not assent thereto; and
3. In the case of a sale, lease, exchange or other disposition which requires stockholder authorization under section six hundred one-c of this chapter, any stockholder, entitled to vote thereon, of the corporation making such sale, lease, exchange or other disposition who does not assent thereto, except in the case of a transaction wholly for cash where the stockholders' authorization thereof is conditioned upon the distribution of all the net proceeds of such transaction to the stockholders in accordance with their respective interests within one year after the date of such transaction and upon the dissolution of the corporation.