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S.C. Code Ann. § 35-2-222

Inadvertent interested shareholder; application of article

1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 5, eff April 22, 1988.

This article does not apply to any business combination of a resident domestic corporation with an interested shareholder of the resident domestic corporation who became an interested shareholder inadvertently, if the interested shareholder:

(1) as soon as practicable, divests itself of a sufficient amount of the voting shares of the corporation so that it no longer is the beneficial owner (directly or indirectly) of ten percent or more of the outstanding voting shares of the resident domestic corporation; and

(2) at any time within the two-year period preceding the announcement date with respect to the business combination would not have been an interested shareholder but for the inadvertent acquisition.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.