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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 17-16-1303

Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners

(a) A record shareholder may assert appraisal rights as to fewer than all the shares registered in the record shareholder's name but owned by a beneficial shareholder only if the record shareholder objects with respect to all shares of the class or series owned by the beneficial shareholder and notifies the corporation in writing of the name and address of each beneficial shareholder on whose behalf appraisal rights are being asserted. The rights of a record shareholder who asserts appraisal rights for only part of the shares held of record in the record shareholder's name under this subsection shall be determined as if the shares as to which the record shareholder objects and the record shareholder's other shares were registered in the names of different record shareholders.

(b) A beneficial shareholder may assert appraisal rights as to shares of any class or series held on behalf of the shareholder only if the shareholder:

(i) Submits to the corporation the record shareholder's written consent to the assertion of those rights not later than the date provided in W.S. 17-16-1322(b)(ii)(B); and (ii) Does so with respect to all shares of the class or series that are beneficially owned by the beneficial shareholder. B. Procedure for Exercise of Dissenters' Rights 17-16-1320. Notice of appraisal rights.

(a) If proposed corporate action described in W.S. 17-16-1302 is to be submitted to a vote at a shareholders' meeting, the meeting notice shall state that corporation has concluded that shareholders are, are not or may be entitled to assert appraisal rights under this article. If the corporation concludes that appraisal rights are or may be available, a copy of this article shall accompany the meeting notice sent to those record shareholders entitled to exercise appraisal rights.

(b) In a merger pursuant to W.S. 17-16-1105, the parent corporation shall notify in writing all record shareholders of the subsidiary who are entitled to assert appraisal rights that the corporate action became effective. The notice shall be sent within ten (10) days after the corporate action became effective and include the materials described in W.S. 17-16-1322.

(c) Where any corporate action specified in W.S. 17-16-1302(a) is to be approved by written consent of the shareholders pursuant to W.S. 17-16-704:

(i) Written notice that appraisal rights are, are not or may be available shall be given to each record shareholder from whom a consent is solicited at the time consent of such shareholder is first solicited and, if the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are or may be available, shall be accompanied by a copy of this article; and (ii) Written notice that appraisal rights are, are not or may be available shall be delivered together with the notice to nonconsenting and nonvoting shareholders required by W.S. 17-16-704(e) and (f), may include the materials described in W.S. 17-16-1322 and, if the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are or may be available, shall be accompanied by a copy of this article.

(d) Where corporate action described in W.S. 17-16-1302(a) is proposed, or a merger pursuant to W.S 17-16-1105 is effected, the notice referred to in subsection (a) or (c) of this section, if the corporation concludes that appraisal rights are or may be available, and in subsection (b) of this section shall be accompanied by:

(i) The annual financial statements specified in W.S. 17-16-1620(a) of the corporation that issued the shares that may be subject to appraisal, which shall be as of a date ending not more than sixteen (16) months before the date of the notice and shall comply with W.S. 17-16-1620(b); provided that, if the annual financial statements are not reasonably available, the corporation shall provide reasonably equivalent financial information; and (ii) The latest available quarterly financial statements of such corporation, if any.

(e) The right to receive the information described in subsection (d) of this section may be waived in writing by a shareholder before or after the corporate action.

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