South Dakota § 47-1A-1322.1 - Appraisal notice and form--Time limits and content.

§ 47-1A-1322.1. Appraisal notice and form--Time limits and content.

The appraisal notice shall be sent no earlier than the date the corporate action became effective and no later than ten days after such date and must:

(1)    Supply a form that specifies the date of the first announcement to shareholders of the principal terms of the proposed corporate action and requires the shareholder asserting appraisal rights to certify (i) whether or not beneficial ownership of those shares for which appraisal rights are asserted was acquired before that date and (ii) that the shareholder did not vote for the transaction;

(2)    State the following:

(a)    Where the form must be sent and where certificates for certificated shares must be deposited and the date by which those certificates must be deposited, which date may not be earlier than the date for receiving the required form under subsection (2)(b);

(b)    A date by which the corporation must receive the form, which date may not be fewer than forty nor more than sixty days after the date the § 47-1A-1322 appraisal notice and form are sent, and state that the shareholder waives the right to demand appraisal with respect to the shares unless the form is received by the corporation by such specified date;

(c)    The corporation's estimate of the fair value of the shares;

(d)    That, if requested in writing, the corporation will provide, to the shareholder so requesting, within ten days after the date specified in subsection (2)(b) the number of shareholders who return the forms by the specified date and the total number of shares owned by them; and

(e)    The date by which the notice to withdraw under §§ 47-1A-1323 to 47-1A-1323.2, inclusive, must be received, which date must be within twenty days after the date specified in subsection (2)(b); and

(3)    Be accompanied by a copy of §§ 47-1A-1301 to 47-1A-1331.2, inclusive.

Source: SL 2005, ch 239, § 290.