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RSA 293-A:12.02 · Shareholder Approval of Certain Dispositions

Title: XXVII: CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PROPRIETORS OF COMMON LANDS
Chapter: 293-A · NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT
Status: current
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293-A:12.02 Shareholder Approval of Certain Dispositions. –

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(a)

A sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of assets, other than a disposition described in RSA 293-A:12.01, requires approval of the corporation's shareholders if the disposition would leave the corporation without a significant continuing business activity. If a corporation retains a business activity that represented at least 25 percent of total assets at the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, and 25 percent of either income from continuing operations before taxes or revenues from continuing operations for that fiscal year, in each case of the corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the corporation will conclusively be deemed to have retained a significant continuing business activity.

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(b)

A disposition that requires approval of the shareholders under subsection (a) shall be initiated by a resolution by the board of directors authorizing the disposition. After adoption of such a resolution, the board of directors shall submit the proposed disposition to the shareholders for their approval. The board of directors shall also transmit to the shareholders a recommendation that the shareholders approve the proposed disposition, unless (i) the board of directors makes a determination that because of conflicts of interest or other special circumstances it should not make such a recommendation, or (ii) RSA 293-A:8.26 applies. If either (i) or (ii) applies, the board must transmit to the shareholders the basis for so proceeding.

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(c)

The board of directors may condition its submission of a disposition to the shareholders under subsection (b) on any basis.

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(d)

If a disposition is required to be approved by the shareholders under subsection (a), and if the approval is to be given at a meeting, the corporation shall notify each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the meeting of shareholders at which the disposition is to be submitted for approval. The notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the disposition and shall contain a description of the disposition, including the terms and conditions thereof and the consideration to be received by the corporation.

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(e)

Unless the articles of incorporation or the board of directors acting pursuant to subsection (c) requires a greater vote, or a greater number of votes to be present, the approval of a disposition by the shareholders shall require the approval of the shareholders at a meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the disposition exists.

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(f)

After a disposition has been approved by the shareholders under subsection (b), and at any time before the disposition has been consummated, it may be abandoned by the corporation without action by the shareholders, subject to any contractual rights of other parties to the disposition.

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(g)

A disposition of assets in the course of dissolution under RSA 293-A:14.01 through RSA 293-A:14.34 is not governed by this subdivision.

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(h)

The assets of a direct or indirect consolidated subsidiary shall be deemed the assets of the parent corporation for the purposes of this section. Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. Subchapter A. Right to Appraisal and Payment for Shares Dissenters' Rights

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Source note

Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. Subchapter A. Right to Appraisal and Payment for Shares Dissenters' Rights

Source history

2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. Subchapter A. Right to Appraisal and Payment for Shares Dissenters' Rights

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