Title 30 — CORPORATIONS

30-1601. Definitions. In this chapter the following terms have the meaning specified: (1) "Acquiring person" means a person that makes or proposes to make a control share acquisition. If two (2) or more persons act as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group p…

30-1602. Duties of director. In discharging the duties of the position of director of an issuing public corporation, a director, in considering the best interests of the corporation, shall consider the long-term as well as the short-term interests of the corporation and its share…

30-1603. Application. (1) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a control share acquisition if: (a) The acquiring person was an acquiring person on, or became an acquiring person pursuant to a tender offer commenced prior to, the day following the effective date of th…

30-1604. Information statement. (1) An acquiring person shall deliver to the issuing public corporation at its principal executive office an information statement containing all the following: (a) The identity of the acquiring person, including the identity of each member of any …

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 writt…

30-1606. Financing. No call of a special meeting of the shareholders of the issuing public corporation is required to be made pursuant to section 30-1605, Idaho Code, and no consideration of the voting rights to be accorded to shares referred to in section 30-1603(2), Idaho Code,…

30-1607. Voting rights. (1) Shares referred to in section 30-1603(2), Idaho Code, acquired in a control share acquisition have the same voting rights as were accorded the shares before the control share acquisition but only if and to the extent approved by a resolution of shareho…

30-1608. Rights of action. (1) An acquiring person, an issuing public corporation and shareholders of an issuing public corporation may sue at law or in equity to enforce the provisions of this chapter. (2) The issuing public corporation may make application to a court of compete…

30-1609. Redemption. (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the articles or in bylaws of an issuing public corporation, the issuing public corporation may call for redemption of all but not less than all shares referred to in section 30-1603(2), Idaho Code, acquired in a cont…

30-1610. Scope. (1) Nothing contained in this chapter is intended or shall be construed in any way to limit, modify or restrict an issuing public corporation’s authority to take any action which the directors may appropriately determine to be in furtherance of the protection of t…

30-1611. Jurisdiction. (1) If the jurisdiction under the laws of which the issuing public corporation is organized has adopted or adopts any law comparable to this chapter which imposes limitations on the voting rights of any person in the event that the person acquires or propos…

30-1612. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable and if any provision of this act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of rema…

30-1613. Election. Any publicly held corporation which meets the requirements specified in section 30-1601(12)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii), Idaho Code, may, by action of its board of directors, adopt an amendment to its bylaws electing to be subject to this chapter, provided such corpo…

30-1614. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Control Share Acquisition Law."