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K.S.A. 17-1294

Voting rights of control shares; resolution

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 747 F. Supp. 567 - Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Kansas Gas & Electric Co. (1990)

Most recently applied in 747 F. Supp. 567 - Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Kansas Gas & Electric Co. (September 1990)

L. 1988, ch. 93, § 9; April 21.

(a) Control shares acquired in a control share acquisition have the same voting rights as were accorded the shares before the control share acquisition only to the extent granted by resolution approved by the shareholders of the issuing public corporation.

(b) To be approved under this section, the resolution must be approved by:

(1) The affirmative vote of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote in the election of directors voting by class if required by the terms of the shares; and

(2) the affirmative vote of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote in the election of directors voting by class if required by the terms of the shares, excluding all interested shares.

Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.