Montana Code 35-14-923. Amendment of plan of domestication — abandonment
35-14-923. Amendment of plan of domestication — abandonment. (1) A plan of domestication of a domestic corporation may be amended:
Terms Used In Montana Code 35-14-923
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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.
- Domesticated corporation: means the domesticating corporation as it continues in existence after a domestication. See Montana Code 35-14-901
- Domesticating corporation: means the domestic corporation that approves a plan of domestication pursuant to 35-14-921 or the foreign corporation that approves a domestication pursuant to the organic law of the foreign corporation. See Montana Code 35-14-901
- Domestication: means a transaction pursuant to 35-14-920 through 35-14-924. See Montana Code 35-14-901
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)in the same manner the plan was approved if the plan does not provide for the manner in which it may be amended; or
(b)in the manner provided in the plan, except that a shareholder that was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the plan is entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that will change:
(i)the amount or kind of shares or other securities, obligations, rights to acquire shares or other securities, cash, other property, or any combination to be received by any of the shareholders of the domesticating corporation under the plan;
(ii)the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the domesticated corporation that will be in effect immediately after the domestication becomes effective except changes that do not require approval of the shareholders of the domesticated corporation under its organic law or its proposed articles of incorporation or bylaws as set forth in the plan; or
(iii)any of the other terms or conditions of the plan if the change would adversely affect the shareholder in any material respect.
(2)After a plan of domestication has been adopted and approved by a domestic corporation as required by 35-14-920 through 35-14-924 and before the articles of domestication have become effective, the plan may be abandoned by the corporation without action by its shareholders in accordance with procedures set forth in the plan or, if no procedures are set forth in the plan, in the manner determined by the board of directors.
(3)If a domestication is abandoned after the articles of domestication have been delivered to the secretary of state for filing but before the articles of domestication have become effective, articles of abandonment signed by the domesticating corporation must be delivered to the secretary of state for filing before the articles of domestication become effective. The articles of abandonment take effect on filing, and the domestication is abandoned and does not become effective. The articles of abandonment must contain:
(a)the name of the domesticating corporation;
(b)the date on which the articles of domestication were filed by the secretary of state; and
(c)a statement that the domestication has been abandoned in accordance with this section.