Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.456
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.456, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 21.456. GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION TO SHAREHOLDERS OF FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
Official statutory text
(a) If a fundamental business transaction involving a corporation is required to be submitted to the shareholders of the corporation under this subchapter, the corporation shall notify each shareholder of the corporation that the fundamental business transaction is being submitted to the shareholders for approval at a meeting of shareholders as required by this subchapter, regardless of whether the shareholder is entitled to vote on the matter.
(b) If the fundamental business transaction is a merger, conversion, or interest exchange, the notice required by Subsection (a) shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the plan of merger, conversion, or interest exchange, as appropriate, and the notice required by Section 10.355.
(c) The notice of the meeting must:
(1) be given not later than the 21st day before the date of the meeting; and
(2) state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the fundamental business transaction.
(b) If the fundamental business transaction is a merger, conversion, or interest exchange, the notice required by Subsection (a) shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the plan of merger, conversion, or interest exchange, as appropriate, and the notice required by Section 10.355.
(c) The notice of the meeting must:
(1) be given not later than the 21st day before the date of the meeting; and
(2) state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the fundamental business transaction.
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