Wisconsin Statutes 221.0705 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 221.0705
- 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.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) “Bank” means the issuer bank or, if a corporate action giving rise to dissenters’ rights under s. 221.0706 is a merger or share exchange that has been effectuated, the surviving bank of the merger or the acquiring corporation or bank of the share exchange.
(2) “Beneficial shareholder” means a person who is a beneficial owner of shares held by a nominee as the shareholder.
(3) “Dissenter” means a shareholder or beneficial shareholder who is entitled to dissent from corporate action under s. 221.0706 and who exercises that right when and in the manner required by ss. 221.0709 to 221.0716.
(4) “Fair value”, with respect to a dissenter’s shares, means the value of the shares immediately before the effectuation of the corporate action to which the dissenter objects, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in anticipation of the corporate action unless the exclusion would be inequitable.
(5) “Interest” means interest from the effectuation date of the corporate action until the date of payment, at a rate that is fair and equitable under all of the circumstances.
(6) “Issuer bank” means a bank that is the issuer of the shares held by a dissenter before the corporate action.