Sec. 781.

(1) The vote required by section 780 shall not apply to a business combination if each of the following conditions are met:

(a) The aggregate amount of the cash and the market value as of the valuation date of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of common stock in the business combination is at least equal to the highest of the following:

(i) The highest per share price, including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes, and soliciting dealers' fees, and appropriately adjusted to account for any stock dividend, stock split, combination, or similar recapitalization affecting the shares, paid by the interested shareholder for any shares of common stock of the same class or series acquired by the interested shareholder within the 2-year period immediately before the announcement date of the proposal of the business combination, or in the transaction in which the shareholder became an interested shareholder, whichever is higher.

(ii) The market value per share of common stock of the same class or series on the announcement date or on the determination date, whichever is higher.

(b) The aggregate amount of the cash and the market value as of the valuation date for consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of shares of any class or series of outstanding stock other than common stock is at least equal to the highest of the following, whether or not the interested shareholder has previously acquired any shares of a particular class or series of stock:

(i) The highest per share price, including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes, and soliciting dealers' fees, and appropriately adjusted to account for any stock dividend, stock split, combination, or similar recapitalization affecting the shares, paid by the interested shareholder for any shares of the class of stock acquired by it within the 2-year period immediately preceding the announcement date of the proposal of the business combination, or in the transaction in which it became an interested shareholder, whichever is higher.

(ii) The highest preferential amount per share to which the holders of shares of the class of stock are entitled in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the corporation.

(iii) The market value per share of the class of stock on the announcement date or on the determination date, whichever is higher.

(c) The consideration to be received by holders of any class or series of outstanding stock shall be in cash or in the same form as the interested shareholder has previously paid for shares of the same class or series of stock. If the interested shareholder has paid for shares of any class of stock with varying forms of consideration, the form of consideration for the class of stock shall be either cash or the form used to acquire the largest number of shares of the class or series of stock previously acquired by the interested shareholder.

(d) After the interested shareholder has become an interested shareholder and before the consummation of a business combination, all of the following conditions are met:

(i) Any full periodic dividends, whether or not cumulative, on any outstanding preferred stock of the corporation are declared and paid at the regular date for those payments.

(ii) The annual rate of dividends paid on any class or series of stock of the corporation that is not preferred stock, except as necessary to reflect any subdivision of the stock, is not reduced, and the annual rate of dividends is increased as necessary to reflect any reclassification, including any reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, or any similar transaction which has the effect of reducing the number of outstanding shares of the stock.

(iii) After the interested shareholder becomes an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder does not receive the benefit, directly or indirectly, except proportionately as a shareholder, of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial assistance or any tax credits or other tax advantages provided by the corporation or any of its subsidiaries, whether in anticipation of or in connection with the business combination or otherwise.

(iv) The interested shareholder does not become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of the corporation except as part of the transaction that resulted in the interested shareholder becoming an interested shareholder or by virtue of proportionate stock splits or stock dividends.

(v) There has been at least 5 years between the date of becoming an interested shareholder and the date the business combination is consummated.

(2) Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (1)(d) do not apply if an interested shareholder or an affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder did not vote as a director of the corporation in a manner inconsistent with those subparagraphs and the interested shareholder, within 10 days after any act or failure to act inconsistent with those subparagraphs, notifies the board of directors of the corporation in writing that the interested shareholder disapproves of the act or failure to act and requests in good faith that the board of directors rectify the act or failure to act.

History: Add. 1984, Act 115, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1984 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1989 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013