Sec. 18. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article (except sections 20 through 24 of this chapter), a resident domestic corporation may not engage in any business combination with any interested shareholder of the resident domestic corporation for a period of five (5) years following the interested shareholder's share acquisition date unless the business combination or the purchase of shares made by the interested shareholder on the interested shareholder's share acquisition date is approved by the board of directors of the resident domestic corporation before the interested shareholder's share acquisition date.
(b) If a good faith proposal regarding a business combination is made in writing to the board of directors of the resident domestic corporation, the board of directors shall respond, in writing, within thirty (30) days or such shorter period, if any, as may be required by the Exchange Act, setting forth its reasons for its decision regarding the proposal.
(c) If a good faith proposal to purchase shares is made in writing to the board of directors of the resident domestic corporation, the board of directors, unless it responds affirmatively in writing within thirty (30) days or such shorter period, if any, as may be required by the Exchange Act, is considered to have disapproved the share purchase.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.27.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 23. Business and Other Associations
Article 1. Indiana Business Corporation Law
Chapter 43. Business Combinations
23-1-43-1. "Affiliate" Defined
23-1-43-2. "Announcement Date" Defined
23-1-43-3. "Associate" Defined
23-1-43-4. "Beneficial Owner" Defined
23-1-43-5. "Business Combination" Defined
23-1-43-6. "Common Shares" Defined
23-1-43-7. "Consummation Date" Defined
23-1-43-9. "Exchange Act" Defined
23-1-43-10. "Interested Shareholder" Defined
23-1-43-11. "Market Value" Defined
23-1-43-12. "Preferred Shares" Defined
23-1-43-13. "Resident Domestic Corporation" Defined
23-1-43-15. "Share Acquisition Date" Defined
23-1-43-16. "Subsidiary" Defined
23-1-43-17. "Voting Shares" Defined
23-1-43-19. Business Combination With Interested Shareholder; Requirements
23-1-43-20. Corporation Having Shares Registered Under Exchange Act; Application of Chapter
23-1-43-22. Election Not to Be Covered by This Chapter; Application of Chapter
23-1-43-23. Inadvertent Interested Shareholder; Application of Chapter
23-1-43-24. Interested Shareholder on January 7, 1986; Application of Chapter