Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 14. MONTANA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

Part 13. Appraisal Rights

Notice Of Intent To Demand Payment -- Consequences Of Voting Or Consenting

35-14-1321. Notice of intent to demand payment -- consequences of voting or consenting. (1) If a corporate action specified in 35-14-1302(1) is submitted to a vote at a shareholders' meeting, a shareholder who wishes to assert appraisal rights with respect to any class or series of shares:

(a) shall deliver to the corporation, before the vote is taken, written notice of the shareholder's intent to demand payment if the proposed action is effected; and

(b) may not vote, or cause or permit to be voted, any shares of that class or series in favor of the proposed action.

(2) If a corporate action specified in 35-14-1302(1) is to be approved by written consent, a shareholder who wishes to assert appraisal rights with respect to any class or series of shares may not sign a consent in favor of the proposed action with respect to that class or series of shares.

(3) If a corporate action specified in 35-14-1302(1) does not require shareholder approval pursuant to 35-14-1104(10), a shareholder who wishes to assert appraisal rights with respect to any class or series of shares:

(a) shall deliver to the corporation before the shares are purchased pursuant to the offer written notice of the shareholder's intent to demand payment if the proposed action is effected; and

(b) may not tender or cause or permit to be tendered any shares of that class or series in response to the offer.

(4) A shareholder who fails to satisfy the requirements of subsection (1), (2) or (3) is not entitled to payment under this part.

History: En. Sec. 175, Ch. 271, L. 2019.