Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1153
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Resolution granting control share voting rights
Official statutory text
RESOLUTION GRANTING CONTROL SHARE VOTING RIGHTS
A. All votes cast at the meeting for or against the resolution
contained in the acquiring person statement must be identified as
noninterested shares. To be approved, the resolution shall receive
the affirmative votes of a majority of all voting power, excluding
all interested shares. If the resolution is not approved, the
acquiring person, not sooner than six (6) months after disapproval
of the resolution, may present a new resolution for a vote of
shareholders in accordance with this section at any subsequent
shareholders meeting.
B. A proxy relating to a meeting of shareholders to be held
pursuant to Section 1151 of this title shall be solicited separately
from the offer to purchase or solicitation of an offer to sell
shares of the issuing public corporation.
C. 1. For purposes of this subsection, "competing control
share acquisition" means a control share acquisition or proposed
control share acquisition that is the subject of an acquiring person
statement delivered to the issuing public corporation pursuant to
Section 1150 of this title not less than twenty-five (25) days prior
to the scheduled annual or special meeting date which has been or is
required to be established pursuant to Section 1151 of this title
with respect to a pending control share acquisition.
2. In the event that a competing control share acquisition is
made or proposed, the issuing public corporation shall, at the
option of the acquiring person making the competing control share
acquisition, call for a vote of shareholders to consider the
resolution relating to the voting rights of the competing control
share acquisition at the same meeting that has been or is to be
called to consider the voting rights of the pending control share
acquisition. In the event the acquiring person making the competing
control share acquisition does not elect in writing to have the
resolution relating to the voting rights of the competing control
share acquisition considered at the same meeting, any vote shall be
held as provided in Section 1153 of this title, except that in such
case no vote shall be called on the competing control share
acquisition prior to the earlier of the vote on the resolution
relating to voting rights of the pending control share acquisition
or fifty-one (51) days after receipt by the issuing public
corporation of the request for a meeting by the acquiring person
making the pending control share acquisition.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 527
3. If more than one resolution relating to a control share
acquisition is to be considered at any meeting or at meetings
scheduled for or occurring on the same day, all such resolutions
relating to the voting rights of acquiring persons shall be
considered by shareholders in the order in which the initial
acquiring person statements relating to such control share
acquisitions were delivered to the issuing public corporation.
However, no resolution approved by shareholders shall become
effective until midnight of the date on which the respective
shareholder approval occurs.
4. If resolutions relating to two (2) or more control share
acquisitions are subject to shareholder vote pursuant to Section
1153 of this title, shares held by an acquiring person are
considered interested shares only for purposes of a vote on a
resolution relating to a control share acquisition by that same
acquiring person.
A. All votes cast at the meeting for or against the resolution
contained in the acquiring person statement must be identified as
noninterested shares. To be approved, the resolution shall receive
the affirmative votes of a majority of all voting power, excluding
all interested shares. If the resolution is not approved, the
acquiring person, not sooner than six (6) months after disapproval
of the resolution, may present a new resolution for a vote of
shareholders in accordance with this section at any subsequent
shareholders meeting.
B. A proxy relating to a meeting of shareholders to be held
pursuant to Section 1151 of this title shall be solicited separately
from the offer to purchase or solicitation of an offer to sell
shares of the issuing public corporation.
C. 1. For purposes of this subsection, "competing control
share acquisition" means a control share acquisition or proposed
control share acquisition that is the subject of an acquiring person
statement delivered to the issuing public corporation pursuant to
Section 1150 of this title not less than twenty-five (25) days prior
to the scheduled annual or special meeting date which has been or is
required to be established pursuant to Section 1151 of this title
with respect to a pending control share acquisition.
2. In the event that a competing control share acquisition is
made or proposed, the issuing public corporation shall, at the
option of the acquiring person making the competing control share
acquisition, call for a vote of shareholders to consider the
resolution relating to the voting rights of the competing control
share acquisition at the same meeting that has been or is to be
called to consider the voting rights of the pending control share
acquisition. In the event the acquiring person making the competing
control share acquisition does not elect in writing to have the
resolution relating to the voting rights of the competing control
share acquisition considered at the same meeting, any vote shall be
held as provided in Section 1153 of this title, except that in such
case no vote shall be called on the competing control share
acquisition prior to the earlier of the vote on the resolution
relating to voting rights of the pending control share acquisition
or fifty-one (51) days after receipt by the issuing public
corporation of the request for a meeting by the acquiring person
making the pending control share acquisition.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 527
3. If more than one resolution relating to a control share
acquisition is to be considered at any meeting or at meetings
scheduled for or occurring on the same day, all such resolutions
relating to the voting rights of acquiring persons shall be
considered by shareholders in the order in which the initial
acquiring person statements relating to such control share
acquisitions were delivered to the issuing public corporation.
However, no resolution approved by shareholders shall become
effective until midnight of the date on which the respective
shareholder approval occurs.
4. If resolutions relating to two (2) or more control share
acquisitions are subject to shareholder vote pursuant to Section
1153 of this title, shares held by an acquiring person are
considered interested shares only for purposes of a vote on a
resolution relating to a control share acquisition by that same
acquiring person.
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