Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C Sec. 1327 – Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer
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1. Notification; demand. A shareholder paid pursuant to section 1325 who is dissatisfied with the amount of the payment shall notify the corporation in writing of that shareholder’s estimate of the fair value of the shares and demand payment of that estimate plus interest less any payment under section 1325. A shareholder offered payment under section 1326 who is dissatisfied with that offer must reject the offer and demand payment of the shareholder’s stated estimate of the fair value of the shares plus interest.
[PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. B, §7 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C Sec. 1327
- 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 the issuer of the shares held by a shareholder demanding appraisal and, for matters covered in sections 1323 to 1332, includes the surviving entity in a merger. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C Sec. 1301
- Fair value: means the value of a corporation's shares determined:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C Sec. 1301in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Interest: means interest from the effective date of a corporate action until the date of payment, at the rate of interest on judgments in this State on the effective date of the corporate action. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C Sec. 1301 Shareholder: means both a record shareholder and a beneficial shareholder. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C Sec. 1301
2. Failure to notify corporation in writing. A shareholder who fails to notify a corporation in writing of that shareholder’s demand to be paid the shareholder’s stated estimate of the fair value plus interest under subsection 1 within 30 days after receiving the corporation’s payment or offer of payment under section 1325 or 1326 waives the right to demand payment under this section and is entitled only to the payment made or offered pursuant to those sections.
[PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. B, §7 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 640, §A2 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 640, §B7 (AFF).