(a) Record holders of shares.--A record holder of shares of a business corporation may assert dissenters rights as to fewer than all of the shares registered in his name only if he dissents with respect to all the shares of the same class or series beneficially owned by any one person and discloses the name and address of the person or persons on whose behalf he dissents. In that event, his rights shall be determined as if the shares as to which he has dissented and his other shares were registered in the names of different shareholders.
(b) Beneficial owners of shares.--A beneficial owner of shares of a business corporation who is not the record holder may assert dissenters rights with respect to shares held on his behalf and shall be treated as a dissenting shareholder under the terms of this subchapter if he submits to the corporation not later than the time of the assertion of dissenters rights a written consent of the record holder. A beneficial owner may not dissent with respect to some but less than all shares of the same class or series owned by the owner, whether or not the shares so owned by him are registered in his name.
(Dec. 18, 1992, P.L.1333, No.169, eff. 60 days)
1992 Amendment. Act 169 amended subsec. (a).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Chapter 15 - Corporate Powers, Duties and Safeguards
Section 1501 - Corporate capacity
Section 1503 - Defense of ultra vires
Section 1504 - Adoption, amendment and contents of bylaws
Section 1505 - Persons bound by bylaws
Section 1506 - Form of execution of instruments
Section 1507 - Registered office
Section 1508 - Corporate records; inspection by shareholders
Section 1509 - Bylaws and other powers in emergency
Section 1510 - Certain specifically authorized debt terms
Section 1511 - Additional powers of certain public utility corporations
Section 1512 - Informational rights of a director
Section 1513 - Forum selection provisions
Section 1521 - Authorized shares
Section 1522 - Issuance of shares in classes or series; board action
Section 1523 - Pricing and issuance of shares
Section 1524 - Payment for shares
Section 1525 - Stock rights and options
Section 1526 - Liability of shareholders
Section 1527 - Issuance of fractional shares or scrip
Section 1528 - Shares represented by certificates and uncertificated shares
Section 1529 - Transfer of securities; restrictions
Section 1530 - Preemptive rights of shareholders
Section 1531 - Voting powers and other rights of certain securityholders and other entities
Section 1532 - Effect of failure to surrender securities converted by reorganization
Section 1551 - Distributions to shareholders
Section 1552 - Power of corporation to acquire its own shares
Section 1553 - Liability for unlawful dividends and other distributions
Section 1554 - Financial reports to shareholders
Section 1571 - Application and effect of subchapter
Section 1573 - Record and beneficial holders and owners
Section 1574 - Notice of intention to dissent
Section 1575 - Notice to demand payment
Section 1576 - Failure to comply with notice to demand payment, etc
Section 1577 - Release of restrictions or payment for shares
Section 1578 - Estimate by dissenter of fair value of shares