Sec. 7. (a) If a plan of exchange is approved by the department, the plan shall be submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the bank, trust company, corporate fiduciary, or stock savings bank and, if the articles of incorporation of the holding company are to be amended in the plan, to a vote of the shareholders of the holding company, at the meeting or meetings of the shareholders directed by the resolutions of the board of directors of the corporation approving the plan of exchange. Each shareholder of the bank, trust company, corporate fiduciary, or stock savings bank shall be provided with a copy of a proxy or information statement setting forth material facts regarding the holding company and the plan of exchange at the same time as the shareholder is provided with the notice of the meeting. Three (3) copies of the definitive proxy or information statement, one (1) of which shall be marked to indicate the changes from the preliminary statement filed under section 4 of this chapter, shall be filed with the department by the bank, trust company, corporate fiduciary, or stock savings bank not later than the date the statement is first sent, given, or delivered to shareholders.

     (b) Each outstanding share of the bank, trust company, corporate fiduciary, or stock savings bank and, if the articles of incorporation of the holding company are to be amended in the plan, the holding company, is entitled to one (1) vote, regardless of class, on the approval of the plan of exchange unless the articles of incorporation in effect at the time of the vote provide for special, conditional, or limited voting rights, or for no right to vote. The holders of the outstanding shares of a class of the bank, trust company, corporate fiduciary, or stock savings bank and, if the articles of incorporation of the holding company are to be amended in the plan, the holding company are entitled to vote as a separate class on a proposed plan of exchange if the plan would:

(1) increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of the class;

(2) effect an exchange or reclassification of all or part of the shares of the class into shares of another class;

(3) effect an exchange or reclassification, or create the right of exchange, of all or part of the shares of another class into shares of the class;

(4) change the designation, rights, preferences, or limitations of all or part of the shares of the class;

(5) change the shares of all or part of the class into a different number of shares of the same class;

(6) create a new class of shares having rights or preferences with respect to distributions or to dissolution that are prior, superior, or substantially equal to the shares of the class;

(7) increase the rights, preferences, or number of authorized shares of any class that, after giving effect to the amendment, have rights or preferences with respect to distributions or to dissolution that are prior, superior, or substantially equal to the shares of the class;

(8) limit or deny an existing preemptive right of all or part of the shares of the class; or

(9) cancel or otherwise affect rights to distributions or dividends that have accumulated but not yet been declared on all or part of the shares of the class.

     (c) The plan of exchange is approved by the shareholders of a corporation when affirmative votes representing at least a majority (or such greater portion as the articles of incorporation may require) of the outstanding shares are received from shareholders entitled to vote on the plan. Notwithstanding shareholder adoption of the plan of exchange and at any time before the filing of articles of exchange with the secretary of state under section 9 of this chapter, the plan of exchange may be abandoned by a resolution of the board of directors of the bank, trust company, corporate fiduciary, or stock savings bank or of the holding company.

As added by P.L.238-1983, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.122-1994, SEC.66; P.L.262-1995, SEC.19; P.L.213-2007, SEC.37; P.L.217-2007, SEC.35.