Sec. 21. This chapter does not apply to any business combination of a resident domestic corporation the articles of incorporation of which have been amended to provide that the resident domestic corporation is subject to this chapter and that has not had a class of voting shares registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act on the effective date of the amendment, and that is a business combination
with an interested shareholder whose share acquisition date is before the effective date of the amendment. As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.27.