Montana Code Annotated 2013

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     35-15-401. Classes of stock. (1) The purchase price of the shares of stock must be set by the cooperative association and may be made payable in installments.
     (2) A cooperative association may divide its shares of stock into preferred and common stock. The holders of preferred stock may not have voting power and may not participate in the management and affairs of the association. The owners of preferred stock shall share in the profits of the association to the extent determined by the cooperative association. The common stock may be divided into classes of different values, and the owners of the common stock shall share in the profits of the association as determined by the cooperative association. However, the owners of common stock in the different classes have the same power and voting rights in the association.

     History: En. Sec. 876, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4216, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 3, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 6381, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 6381, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 14-207(part); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 109, L. 2001.

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