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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) As used in this article:
(i) “Beneficial shareholder” means the person who is the beneficial owner of shares held in a voting trust or by a nominee on the beneficial owner's behalf;
(ii) “Corporation” means the issuer of the shares held by a shareholder demanding appraisal and, for matters covered in W.S. 17-16-1322 through 17-16-1331, includes the surviving entity in a merger;
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 115, § 3.
(iv) “Fair value” means the value of the corporation's shares determined:
(A) Immediately before the effectuation of the corporate action to which the shareholder objects;
(B) Using customary and current valuation concepts and techniques generally employed for similar businesses in the context of the transaction requiring appraisal; and
(C) Without discounting for lack of marketability or minority status except, if appropriate, for amendments to the articles pursuant to W.S 17-16-1302(a)(v).
(v) “Interest” means interest from the effective date of the corporate action until the date of payment, at the average rate currently paid by the corporation on its principal bank loans, or, if none, at a rate that is fair and equitable under all the circumstances;
(vi) “Record shareholder” means the person in whose names shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation;
(vii) “Shareholder” means the record shareholder or the beneficial shareholder;
(viii) “Affiliate” means a person that directly or indirectly through one (1) or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person or is a senior executive thereof;
(ix) “Beneficial owner” means any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, or understanding, other than a revocable proxy, has or shares the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, shares; except that a member of a national securities exchange is not deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities held directly or indirectly by it on behalf of another person solely because the member is the record holder of the securities if the member is precluded by the rules of the exchange from voting without instruction on contested matters or matters that may affect substantially the rights or privileges of the holders of the securities to be voted. When two (2) or more persons agree to act together for the purpose of voting their shares of the corporation, each member of the group formed thereby is deemed to have acquired beneficial ownership, as of the date of the agreement, of all voting shares of the corporation beneficially owned by any member of the group;
(x) “Preferred shares” means a class or series of shares whose holders have preference over any other class or series with respect to distributions.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 17. Corporations, Partnerships and Associations § 17-16-1301. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-17-corporations-partnerships-and-associations/wy-st-sect-17-16-1301/
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