Ind. Code § 23-1-22-4
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Procedures regulating transactions resulting in change of control
Official statutory text
Sec. 4. (a) In addition to any other provision contained in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or authorized by any other provision of this article, a corporation may establish one (1) or more procedures by which it regulates transactions that would, when consummated, result in a change of control of such corporation.
(b) For purposes of this section and any procedure established under this section, "control" means:
(1) for any corporation having one hundred (100) or more shareholders, the beneficial ownership, or the direct or indirect power to direct the voting, of no less than ten percent (10%) of the voting shares of a corporation's outstanding voting shares; and
(2) for any corporation having fewer than one hundred (100) shareholders, the beneficial ownership, or the direct or indirect power to direct the voting, of no less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares of the corporation's outstanding voting shares.
(c) A procedure established under this section may be adopted:
(1) in a corporation's original articles of incorporation or bylaws;
(2) by amending the articles of incorporation; or
(3) notwithstanding that a vote of the shareholders would otherwise be required by any other provision of this article or the articles of incorporation for the adoption or implementation of all or any portion of the procedure, by amending the bylaws.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.6.
(b) For purposes of this section and any procedure established under this section, "control" means:
(1) for any corporation having one hundred (100) or more shareholders, the beneficial ownership, or the direct or indirect power to direct the voting, of no less than ten percent (10%) of the voting shares of a corporation's outstanding voting shares; and
(2) for any corporation having fewer than one hundred (100) shareholders, the beneficial ownership, or the direct or indirect power to direct the voting, of no less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares of the corporation's outstanding voting shares.
(c) A procedure established under this section may be adopted:
(1) in a corporation's original articles of incorporation or bylaws;
(2) by amending the articles of incorporation; or
(3) notwithstanding that a vote of the shareholders would otherwise be required by any other provision of this article or the articles of incorporation for the adoption or implementation of all or any portion of the procedure, by amending the bylaws.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.6.
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