Missouri Laws 351.870 – Definitions
In sections 351.870 to 351.930:
(1) “Beneficial shareholder” means the person who is a beneficial owner of shares held in a voting trust or by a nominee as the record shareholder;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 351.870
- 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.
- Person: includes , without limitation, an individual, a foreign or domestic corporation whether not for profit or for profit, a partnership, a limited liability company, an unincorporated society or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other entity. See Missouri Laws 351.015
- Shareholder: means one who is a holder of record of shares in a corporation. See Missouri Laws 351.015
(2) “Corporation” means a statutory close corporation at the time the corporate action is taken and which is the issuer of the shares held by a dissenter before the corporate action, or the surviving or acquiring corporation by merger or consolidation of that issuer;
(3) “Dissenter” means a shareholder who is entitled to dissent from corporate action under section 351.875 and who exercises that right when and in the manner required by sections 351.885 to 351.925;
(4) “Fair value”, with respect to a dissenter’s shares, means the value of the shares immediately before the effectuation of the corporate action to which the dissenter objects, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in anticipation of the corporate action unless exclusion would be inequitable;
(5) “Record shareholder” means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation;
(6) “Shareholder” means the record shareholder or the beneficial shareholder.