Michigan § 450.1766 - Dissenters' notice; delivery to shareholders; contents.
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§ 450.1766. Dissenters' notice; delivery to shareholders; contents.
If proposed corporate action creating dissenters' rights under section 762 is authorized at a shareholders' meeting, the corporation shall deliver a written dissenters' notice to all shareholders who satisfied the requirements of section 765.
The dissenters' notice must be sent no later than 10 days after the corporate action was taken, and must provide all of the following:
State where the payment demand must be sent and where and when certificates for shares represented by certificates must be deposited.
Inform holders of shares without certificates to what extent transfer of the shares will be restricted after the payment demand is received.
Supply a form for the payment demand that includes the date of the first announcement to news media or to shareholders of the terms of the proposed corporate action and requires that the person asserting dissenters' rights certify whether he or she acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before the date.
Set a date by which the corporation must receive the payment demand, which date may not be fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days after the date the subsection (1) notice is delivered.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 450.1766 ("Dissenters' notice; delivery to shareholders; contents.") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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