35-14-1320. Notice of appraisal rights.
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35-14-1320 . Notice of appraisal rights.
(1)When any corporate action specified in 35-14-1302
(1)is to be submitted to a vote at a shareholders' meeting, the meeting notice or, when no approval of the action is required pursuant to 35-14-1104 (10), the offer made pursuant to 35-14-1104
(10)must state that the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are, are not, or may be available under this part. If the corporation concludes that appraisal rights are or may be available, a copy of this part must accompany the meeting notice or offer sent to those record shareholders entitled to exercise appraisal rights.
(2)In a merger pursuant to 35-14-1105 , the parent entity shall notify in writing all record shareholders of the subsidiary who are entitled to assert appraisal rights that the corporate action became effective. The notice must be sent within 10 days after the corporate action became effective and include the materials described in 35-14-1322 .
(3)When any corporate action specified in 35-14-1302
(1)is to be approved by written consent of the shareholders pursuant to 35-14-704 :
(a)written notice that appraisal rights are, are not, or may be available must be sent to each record shareholder from whom a consent is solicited at the time consent of each shareholder is first solicited, and if the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are or may be available, the notice must be accompanied by a copy of this part; and
(b)written notice that appraisal rights are, are not, or may be available must be delivered together with the notice to nonconsenting and nonvoting shareholders required by 35-14-704
(5)and (6), may include the materials described in 35-14-1322 , and, if the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are or may be available, must be accompanied by a copy of this part.
(4)When corporate action described in 35-14-1302
(1)is proposed or a merger pursuant to 35-14-1104 is effected, the notice referred to in subsection
(1)or
(3)of this section, if the corporation concludes that appraisal rights are or may be available, and in subsection
(2)must be accompanied by:
(a)financial statements of the corporation that issued the shares that may be subject to appraisal, consisting of a balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than 16 months before the date of the notice, an income statement for that year, and a cash flow statement for that year, provided that if those financial statements are not reasonably available, the corporation shall provide reasonably equivalent financial information; and
(b)the latest interim financial statements of the corporation, if any.
(5)The right to receive the information described in subsection
(4)may be waived in writing by a shareholder before or after the corporate action.