If a provision of this chapter permits any of the terms of a plan or a filed document to be dependent on facts objectively ascertainable outside the plan or filed document, the following provisions apply:

(1) The manner in which the facts will operate upon the terms of the plan or filed document shall be set forth in the plan or filed document;

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 47-1A-120.1

  • 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.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Entity: includes domestic and foreign business corporation. See South Dakota Codified Laws 47-1A-140
  • Person: includes an individual and an entity. See South Dakota Codified Laws 47-1A-140

(2) The facts may include:

(a) Any of the following that are available in a nationally recognized news or information medium either in print or electronically: statistical or market indices, market prices of any security or group of securities, interest rates, currency exchange rates, or similar economic or financial data;

(b) A determination or action by any person, including the corporation or any other party to a plan or filed document; or

(c) The terms of, or actions taken under, an agreement to which the corporation is a party, or any other agreement or document.

For the purposes of this section, a filed document is a document filed with the Office of the Secretary of State under any provision of this chapter except §§ 47-1A-1502 to 47-1A-1601, inclusive, or §§ 47-1A-1621.1 to 47-1A-1701, inclusive, and a plan is a plan of domestication, nonprofit conversion, entity conversion, merger, or share exchange.

Source: SL 2005, ch 239, § 3.