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Montana Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations § 35-14-1430. Grounds for judicial dissolution

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) The district court of the county where a corporation's principal office is located or, if its principal office is not located in this state, of the first judicial district may dissolve a corporation:

(a) in a proceeding by the attorney general if it is established that:

(i) the corporation obtained its articles of incorporation through fraud; or

(ii) the corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law;

(b) in a proceeding by a shareholder if it is established that:

(i) the directors are deadlocked in the management of the corporate affairs, the shareholders are unable to break the deadlock, and irreparable injury to the corporation is threatened or being suffered or the business and affairs of the corporation can no longer be conducted to the advantage of the shareholders generally because of the deadlock;

(ii) the directors or those in control of the corporation have acted, are acting, or will act in a manner that is illegal, oppressive, or fraudulent;

(iii) the shareholders are deadlocked in voting power and have failed, for a period that includes at least two consecutive annual meeting dates, to elect successors to directors whose terms have expired; or

(iv) the corporate assets are being misapplied or wasted;

(c) in a proceeding by a creditor if it is established that:

(i) the creditor's claim has been reduced to judgment, the execution on the judgment returned unsatisfied, and the corporation is insolvent; or

(ii) the corporation has admitted in writing that the creditor's claim is due and owing and the corporation is insolvent;

(d) in a proceeding by the corporation to have its voluntary dissolution continued under court supervision; or

(e) in a proceeding by a shareholder if the corporation has abandoned its business and has failed within a reasonable time to liquidate and distribute its assets and dissolve.

(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply in the case of a corporation that, on the date of the filing of the proceeding, has a class or series of shares that is:

(a) a covered security under section 18(b)(1)(A) or (B) of the Securities Act of 1933; or

(b) not a covered security but is held by at least 300 shareholders and the shares outstanding have a market value of at least $20 million exclusive of the value of shares held by the corporation's subsidiaries, senior executives, directors and beneficial shareholders, and voting trust beneficial owners owning more than 10% of the shares.

(3) For the purposes of this section:

(a) the term “shareholder” in subsection (1) means a record shareholder, a beneficial shareholder, and an unrestricted voting trust beneficial owner; and

(b) the term “shareholder” in subsection (2) means a record shareholder, a beneficial shareholder, and a voting trust beneficial owner.

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