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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 7. (a) A corporate fiduciary may do the following:
(1) Pay benefits, offer incentives, and establish benefit plans and incentive plans for an existing or a former director, officer, employee, and agent of the corporate fiduciary.
(2) Adopt stock purchase programs for employees and:
(A) grant options to purchase;
(B) issue; and
(C) sell;
shares of the capital stock of the corporate fiduciary to the employees of the corporate fiduciary or to a trustee on behalf of the employees of the corporate fiduciary.
(b) A corporate fiduciary may act as the trustee to whom shares of the capital stock of the corporate fiduciary are issued and sold on behalf of the employees of the corporate fiduciary under subsection (a)(2).
(c) A corporate fiduciary granting options and issuing capital stock in connection with a stock purchase plan for its employees under subsection (a)(2) is not required to first offer the capital stock to the shareholders of the corporate fiduciary.
(d) A corporate fiduciary granting options and issuing capital stock in connection with a stock purchase plan for its employees under subsection (a)(2) may offer the capital stock to the shareholders for such consideration (but not less than par value), and upon such terms and conditions, as are approved by the:
(1) board of directors of the corporate fiduciary;
(2) holders of a majority of the shares of the corporate fiduciary who are entitled to vote with respect to the issuance of the capital stock; and
(3) director.
(e) In the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the board of directors of a corporate fiduciary as to the sufficiency of the consideration for the issuance of options in connection with a stock purchase plan under subsection (a)(2) is conclusive.
(f) A corporate fiduciary exercising the powers granted in this section may, to the extent approved by the director, have authorized and unissued stock that is required to fulfill a stock option arrangement or another arrangement authorized by this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 28. Financial Institutions § 28-14-3-7 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-28-financial-institutions/in-code-sect-28-14-3-7/
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