Sec. 10. (a) If authorized in a
corporation‘s articles of incorporation or bylaws before a
control share acquisition has occurred,
control shares acquired in a control share acquisition with respect to which no acquiring person statement has been filed with the
issuing public corporation may, at any time during the period ending sixty (60) days after the last acquisition of control shares by the acquiring person, be subject to redemption by the corporation at the fair value thereof pursuant to the procedures adopted by the corporation.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-1-42-10
- control share acquisition: means the acquisition (directly or indirectly) by any person of ownership of, or the power to direct the exercise of voting power with respect to, issued and outstanding control shares. See Indiana Code 23-1-42-2
- control shares: means shares that, except for this chapter, would have voting power with respect to shares of an issuing public corporation that, when added to all other shares of the issuing public corporation owned by a person or in respect to which that person may exercise or direct the exercise of voting power, would entitle that person, immediately after acquisition of the shares (directly or indirectly, alone or as a part of a group), to exercise or direct the exercise of the voting power of the issuing public corporation in the election of directors within any of the following ranges of voting power:
Indiana Code 23-1-42-1
- 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.
- issuing public corporation: means a corporation that has:
Indiana Code 23-1-42-4
(b) Control shares acquired in a control share acquisition are not subject to redemption after an acquiring person statement has been filed unless the shares are not accorded full voting rights by the shareholders as provided in section 9 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.26.