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§ 2555. Requirements relating to certain business combinations

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated Associations

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated Associations (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Corporations (Refs & Annos)
Subpart B. Business Corporations (Refs & Annos)
Article C. Domestic Business Corporation Ancillaries
Chapter 25. Registered Corporations
Subchapter F. Business Combinations (Refs & Annos)
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 2555
§ 2555. Requirements relating to certain business combinations
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subpart (except the provisions of section 2551 (relating to application and effect of subchapter)), a registered corporation shall not engage at any time in any business combination with any interested shareholder of the corporation other than:
(1) A business combination approved by the board of directors of the corporation prior to the interested shareholder's share acquisition date, or where the purchase of shares made by the interested shareholder on the interested shareholder's share acquisition date had been approved by the board of directors of the corporation prior to the interested shareholder's share acquisition date.
(2) A business combination approved:
(i) by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling such holders to cast a majority of the votes that all shareholders would be entitled to cast in an election of directors of the corporation, not including any voting shares beneficially owned by the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of such interested shareholder, at a meeting called for such purpose no earlier than three months after the interested shareholder became, and if at the time of the meeting the interested shareholder is, the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of shares entitling the interested shareholder to cast at least 80% of the votes that all shareholders would be entitled to cast in an election of directors of the corporation, and if the business combination satisfies all the conditions of section 2556 (relating to certain minimum conditions); or
(ii) by the affirmative vote of all of the holders of all of the outstanding common shares.
(3) A business combination approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling such holders to cast a majority of the votes that all shareholders would be entitled to cast in an election of directors of the corporation, not including any voting shares beneficially owned by the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder, at a meeting called for such purpose no earlier than five years after the interested shareholder's share acquisition date.
(4) A business combination approved at a shareholders' meeting called for such purpose no earlier than five years after the interested shareholder's share acquisition date that meets all of the conditions of section 2556.

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1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1444, No. 177, § 103, effective Oct. 1, 1989.
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 2555, PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 2555
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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