N.D. Cent. Code § 10-35-24
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10-35-24. Minimum share ownership triggering level for poison pills
Official statutory text
10-35-24. Minimum share ownership triggering level for poison pills
A poison pill adopted, created, or issued by a publicly traded corporation, with or without the
approval of its shareholders, may not provide that beneficial ownership or announcement of an
intention to seek beneficial ownership by a person or group of persons of shares equal to less
than twenty percent of the total number of outstanding shares of all classes and series of shares
of the corporation will result, either immediately or after the passage of a period of time, in:
1. A distribution or distribution date for rights certificates or other securities as defined in
subdivision d of subsection 5 of section 10-35-02;
2. The person or group of persons becoming what is commonly referred to as an
"acquiring person" or "adverse person" or otherwise having the status of a person
intended to be diluted or subject to dilution by the poison pill;
3. What is commonly referred to as a "flip-in" or "flip-over" event or the poison pill
otherwise being triggered or becoming operative; or
4. The poison pill otherwise having a dilutive, discriminatory, or other adverse effect on
the person or group of persons.
A poison pill adopted, created, or issued by a publicly traded corporation, with or without the
approval of its shareholders, may not provide that beneficial ownership or announcement of an
intention to seek beneficial ownership by a person or group of persons of shares equal to less
than twenty percent of the total number of outstanding shares of all classes and series of shares
of the corporation will result, either immediately or after the passage of a period of time, in:
1. A distribution or distribution date for rights certificates or other securities as defined in
subdivision d of subsection 5 of section 10-35-02;
2. The person or group of persons becoming what is commonly referred to as an
"acquiring person" or "adverse person" or otherwise having the status of a person
intended to be diluted or subject to dilution by the poison pill;
3. What is commonly referred to as a "flip-in" or "flip-over" event or the poison pill
otherwise being triggered or becoming operative; or
4. The poison pill otherwise having a dilutive, discriminatory, or other adverse effect on
the person or group of persons.
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