Idaho § 30-1605 - Meeting of shareholders

§ 30-1605. Meeting of shareholders

If the acquiring person so requests in writing at the time of delivery of an information statement pursuant to section 30-1604 , Idaho Code, and has made, or has made a bona fide written offer to make, a control share acquisition and gives a written undertaking to pay or reimburse the issuing public corporation’s expenses of a special meeting, except the expenses of the issuing public corporation in opposing approval of the control share acquisition, within ten (10) days after receipt by the issuing public corporation of the information statement, a special meeting of the shareholders of the issuing public corporation shall be called for the purpose of considering the voting rights to be accorded to shares referred to in section 30-1603 (2), Idaho Code, acquired or to be acquired pursuant to the control share acquisition. The special meeting shall be held no later than fifty-five (55) days after receipt of the information statement, unless the acquiring person agrees to a later date. If no request for a special meeting is made, consideration of the voting rights to be accorded to shares referred to in section 30-1603 (2), Idaho Code, acquired or to be acquired pursuant to the control share acquisition shall be presented at the next special or annual meeting of the shareholders, which takes place more than fifty-five (55) days after the receipt of the information statement by the issuing public corporation, unless the matter of the voting rights becomes moot. The notice of the meeting shall be accompanied at a minimum by a copy of the information statement and a copy of any amendment to the information statement previously delivered to the issuing public corporation and a statement disclosing that the board of the issuing public corporation recommends approval of, expresses no opinion and is remaining neutral toward, recommends rejection of or is unable to take a position with respect to according voting rights to shares referred to in section 30-1603 (2), Idaho Code, acquired or to be acquired in the control shares acquisition. The notice of meeting shall be given at least ten (10) days before the meeting.

[30-1605, added 1988, ch. 84, sec. 2, p. 155.]