Ind. Code § 23-1-42-1

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"Control shares" defined

Official statutory text

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "control shares" means shares that, except for this chapter, would have voting power with respect to shares of an issuing public corporation that, when added to all other shares of the issuing public corporation owned by a person or in respect to which that person may exercise or direct the exercise of voting power, would entitle that person, immediately after acquisition of the shares (directly or indirectly, alone or as a part of a group), to exercise or direct the exercise of the voting power of the issuing public corporation in the election of directors within any of the following ranges of voting power:

(1) One-fifth (1/5) or more but less than one-third (1/3) of all voting power.

(2) One-third (1/3) or more but less than a majority of all voting power.

(3) A majority or more of all voting power.

As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.26.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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