Oregon Statutes 60.813 – Dissenters rights
Unless otherwise provided in a corporation‘s articles of incorporation or bylaws before a control share acquisition has occurred, in the event control shares acquired in a control share acquisition are accorded voting rights and the acquiring person or acquiring group owns, or has the power to direct the voting of, other than solely through the holding of immediately revocable proxies, voting shares with a majority or more of the total voting power of all voting shares, any holder of voting shares of the issuing public corporation who does not vote in favor of the restoration of voting rights shall be entitled to dissent from such restoration and obtain the fair value of the holder’s shares. ORS § 60.551 and 60.557 to 60.594 shall apply to dissenters’ rights created under this section, except that for purposes of this section, fair value may not be a value less than the highest price paid per share by the acquiring person or acquiring group in the control share acquisition. ORS § 60.554 shall not apply to dissenters’ rights created under this section. [1989 c.4 § 5]
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 60.813
- Articles of incorporation: means the articles described in ORS § 60. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
- 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: means an individual or entity. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
- Share: means a unit into which the proprietary interest in a corporation is divided. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
See note under 60.801.