Texas Business Organizations Code 10.355 – Notice of Right of Dissent and Appraisal
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(a) A domestic entity subject to dissenters’ rights that takes or proposes to take an action regarding which an owner has a right to dissent and obtain an appraisal under § 10.354 shall notify each affected owner of the owner’s rights under that section if:
(1) the action or proposed action is submitted to a vote of the owners at a meeting; or
(2) approval of the action or proposed action is obtained by written consent of the owners instead of being submitted to a vote of the owners.
(b) If a parent organization effects a merger under § 10.006 and a subsidiary organization that is a party to the merger is a domestic entity subject to dissenters’ rights, the responsible organization shall notify the owners of that subsidiary organization who have a right to dissent to the merger under § 10.354 of their rights under this subchapter not later than the 10th day after the effective date of the merger. The notice must also include a copy of the certificate of merger and a statement that the merger has become effective.
Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 10.355
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- 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.
- Corporation: means an entity governed as a corporation under Title 2 or 7. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Domestic: means , with respect to an entity, that the entity is formed under this code or the entity's internal affairs are governed by this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Domestic entity: means an organization formed under or the internal affairs of which are governed by this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Entity: means a domestic entity or foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Merger: means :
(A) the division of a domestic entity into two or more new domestic entities or other organizations or into a surviving domestic entity and one or more new domestic or foreign entities or non-code organizations; or
(B) the combination of one or more domestic entities with one or more domestic entities or non-code organizations resulting in:
(i) one or more surviving domestic entities or non-code organizations;
(ii) the creation of one or more new domestic entities or non-code organizations; or
(iii) one or more surviving domestic entities or non-code organizations and the creation of one or more new domestic entities or non-code organizations. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002 - Organization: means a corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, business trust, real estate investment trust, joint venture, joint stock company, cooperative, association, bank, insurance company, credit union, savings and loan association, or other organization, regardless of whether the organization is for-profit, nonprofit, domestic, or foreign. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Parent: means an organization that, directly or indirectly through or with one or more of its subsidiaries:
(A) owns at least 50 percent of the outstanding ownership or membership interests of another organization; or
(B) possesses at least 50 percent of the voting power of the owners or members of another organization. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002 - Party to the merger: means a domestic entity or non-code organization that under a plan of merger is divided or combined by a merger. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Plan of merger: means a document that conforms with the requirements of Sections Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Subscription: means an agreement between a subscriber and an entity, or a written offer made by a subscriber to an entity before or after the entity's formation, in which the subscriber agrees or offers to purchase a specified ownership interest in the entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Subsidiary: means an organization for which another organization, either directly or indirectly through or with one or more of its other subsidiaries:
(A) owns at least 50 percent of the outstanding ownership or membership interests of the organization; or
(B) possesses at least 50 percent of the voting power of the owners or members of the organization. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002 - written: means an expression of words, letters, characters, numbers, symbols, figures, or other textual information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium that is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
(b-1) If a corporation effects a merger under § 21.459(c), the responsible organization shall notify the shareholders of that corporation who have a right to dissent to the plan of merger under § 10.354 of their rights under this subchapter not later than the 10th day after the effective date of the merger. Notice required under this subsection that is given to shareholders before the effective date of the merger may, but is not required to, contain a statement of the merger’s effective date. If the notice is not given to the shareholders until on or after the effective date of the merger, the notice must contain a statement of the merger’s effective date.
(c) A notice required to be provided under Subsection (a), (b), or (b-1) must:
(1) be accompanied by:
(A) a copy of this subchapter; or
(B) information directing the owner to a publicly available electronic resource at which this subchapter may be accessed without subscription or cost; and
(2) advise the owner of the location of the responsible organization’s principal executive offices to which a notice required under § 10.356(b)(1) or a demand under § 10.356(b)(3), or both, may be provided.
(d) In addition to the requirements prescribed by Subsection (c), a notice required to be provided:
(1) under Subsection (a)(1) must accompany the notice of the meeting to consider the action;
(2) under Subsection (a)(2) must be provided to:
(A) each owner who consents in writing to the action before the owner delivers the written consent; and
(B) each owner who is entitled to vote on the action and does not consent in writing to the action before the 11th day after the date the action takes effect; and
(3) under Subsection (b-1) must be provided:
(A) if given before the consummation of the offer described by § 21.459(c)(2), to each shareholder to whom that offer is made; or
(B) if given after the consummation of the offer described by § 21.459(c)(2), to each shareholder who did not tender the shareholder’s shares in that offer.
(e) Not later than the 10th day after the date an action described by Subsection (a)(1) takes effect, the responsible organization shall give notice that the action has been effected to each owner who voted against the action and sent notice under § 10.356(b)(1).
(f) If the notice given under Subsection (b-1) did not include a statement of the effective date of the merger, the responsible organization shall, not later than the 10th day after the effective date, give a second notice to the shareholders notifying them of the merger’s effective date. If the second notice is given after the later of the date on which the offer described by § 21.459(c)(2) is consummated or the 20th day after the date notice under Subsection (b-1) is given, then the second notice is required to be given to only those shareholders who have made a demand under § 10.356(b)(3).