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Ind. Code § 23-1-30-4

Beneficial owners of shares; recognition procedure; disclosure procedure

Known as the Indiana Business Corporation Law

The act spans §§ 23-1-17-1 to 23-1-55-3 (253 sections).

As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.14.

Sec. 4. (a) A corporation may establish a recognition procedure by which the beneficial owner of shares that are registered in the name of a nominee is recognized by the corporation as the shareholder. The extent of this recognition may be determined in the recognition procedure.

(b) A corporation may establish a disclosure procedure by which the names of beneficial owners of its shares shall, to the extent not prohibited by law, be disclosed to the corporation. A corporation may not establish a procedure requiring disclosure of the names of the beneficial owners of a private trust created in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing a disclosure procedure adopted pursuant to this section. The corporation may adopt reasonable sanctions to ensure compliance with its disclosure procedure, including without limitation:

(1) prohibiting the voting of;

(2) providing for mandatory or optional reacquisition of; or

(3) the withholding or payment into escrow of dividends with respect to;

shares as to which the beneficial owner's name is not disclosed as required by the disclosure procedure.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.