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WY Stat § 17-18-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-113 - Hearing; Order of Secretary of State Prohibiting or Conditioning Purchase.

17-18-113. Hearing; order of secretary of state prohibiting or conditioning purchase.| (a) Whenever it appears to the secretary of state that any person has acted or is about to act in a manner constituting a violation of any provision of this act or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this act, the secretary of state shall call a hearing to investigate the matter. Any interested person may petition the secretary of state for a hearing if that person reasonably believes a violation of W.S. 17-18-105 through 17-18-111 has or is about to occur, or for purposes of W.S. 17-18-111(b).  (b) At least five (5) days notice that a hearing will be held under this section shall be given to the target company, the offeror, and other persons as the secretary of state may designate.  (c) The expenses, including the cost of transcripts and all expenses of the state, of all hearings held under this section shall be borne by the offeror. As security for the payment of these expenses, the offeror shall file with the secretary of state an acceptable bond or other deposit in an amount to be determined by the secretary of state.  (d) The target company, the offeror, any offeree, and any other person whose interests may be affected have the right to appear at any hearing held pursuant to this section, and to become a party to the proceeding. Any person appearing at or party to the hearing has the rights granted in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.  (e) If the secretary of state finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the takeover statement fails to provide full and fair disclosure to the offerees of all material information concerning the takeover offer or that the takeover offer is not made to all offerees of the same class of equity securities of the target company on substantially equivalent terms, he shall by order prohibit the purchase of shares tendered in response to the takeover offer or condition purchase upon changes or modifications.  (f) In the case of a takeover offer subject to the approval of the insurance commissioner, the offeror within five (5) days after the statement is filed shall mail a notice to all offerees of the target company advising them of the general terms and conditions of the takeover offer and the date of the hearing at which they may appear. No shares shall be contracted for, purchased or paid for until after approval by both the secretary of state and the insurance commissioner. All expenses of notifying the offerees shall be paid by the offeror.
WY Stat § 17-18-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-114 - Remedies of Secretary of State, Offerors, Target Companies and Equity Security Owners for Violations of Law.

17-18-114. Remedies of secretary of state, offerors, target companies and equity security owners for violations of law.| (a) Whenever it appears to the secretary of state that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this act or any rule or regulation or order adopted under this act, the secretary of state may investigate and issue orders and notices, including temporary ex parte cease and desist orders without notice. In addition to all other remedies, he may bring an action in any district court in the name and on behalf of the state of Wyoming against any person or persons participating in or about to participate in a violation of this act to enjoin those persons from continuing or doing any act in violation of this act or to enforce compliance with this act. In any court proceedings the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply.  (b) Whenever it is reasonably believed that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of this act or any regulation or order adopted under this act, the offeror, target company or any record or beneficial owner of an equity security of the target company may bring an action in the district court of the county where the target company has its principal office or Natrona county to enjoin that person from continuing or doing any act in violation of this act or to enforce compliance with this act.  (c) Upon a proper showing, the court may grant a permanent or preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order or may order rescission of any sales, tenders for sale, purchases or tenders for purchase of equity securities determined to be unlawful under this act or any rule or regulation or order of the secretary of state. The court shall not require the secretary of state to post a bond.
WY Stat § 17-18-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-115 - Judicial Review.

17-18-115. Judicial review.| An appeal may be taken by any offeror, target company, or other party to any proceeding before the secretary of state from any final order of the secretary of state by filing a petition for review within thirty (30) days after entry of the final order complained of pursuant to the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act (W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115).
WY Stat § 17-18-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-116 - Proxies.

17-18-116. Proxies.| (a) Any qualified corporation may in its articles of incorporation restrict or prohibit the use of proxies to vote shares. The restriction or prohibition may be effective for:  (i) All meetings;  (ii) All meetings and issues with any specific exceptions the board of directors authorizes; or  (iii) Any meetings or any issues or both that the board of directors specifies.  (b) The restriction or prohibitions on the use of proxies apply only to meetings including adjournments of meetings held within the state of Wyoming.  (c) Notwithstanding any prohibition or restriction on the use of proxies, the beneficial owner of any shares entitled to vote shall always be entitled to vote the shares in person. If the beneficial owner of the shares is a minor or is incompetent, the shares may be voted in person by a trustee, a guardian, or a parent acting as trustee under the Wyoming Uniform Transfers to Minors Act or a similar act. If the beneficial owner of the shares is an entity other than a natural person, the shares may be voted by any duly authorized officer of that entity.  (d) Any restrictions imposed on persons who may be appointed to act as proxies shall not discriminate on their face in favor of management and against any shareholders opposed to management.  (e) The board may restrict appointment as proxies to specific individuals designated by the corporation provided:  (i) Shareholders are given the opportunity to give binding instructions as to how the shares are to be voted on any issues or in any elections that management is aware of at least thirty (30) days before it mails materials seeking proxies;  (ii) The corporation serves notice in writing on any shareholder who has requested in writing the notice within the past year of the deadline for submission of material on any issue that may arise at the meeting. The notice shall be given at least ten (10) days before the deadline;  (iii) The individuals designated for appointment as proxies agree to vote all valid proxies according to the shareholder instructions given; and  (iv) A meeting may not be adjourned sine die to prevent a vote on an issue if a quorum is present and the required majority either by proxy or in person has had an opportunity to indicate and has indicated an intention to vote against the recommendation of the board or management of the corporation on that issue.  (f) If the articles of incorporation permit the board to impose restrictions on the use of proxies and a court orders a shareholder's meeting, the board may still impose the restrictions provided if it does so within ten (10) days of the meeting or within half the total number of days between the date of the court order and the date of the meeting, whichever is less. The time periods for notice of issues and mailing deadlines set forth in subsection (e) of this section shall not apply to court ordered meetings.
WY Stat § 17-18-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-117 - Voting Indirectly Owned Shares.

17-18-117. Voting indirectly owned shares.| Effective January 1, 1990, notwithstanding W.S. 17-16-721(b) a qualified corporation may elect to allow the voting of shares which are owned directly or indirectly by a second corporation, a majority of whose shares entitled to vote for directors of the second corporation are owned by the first corporation. The election shall be made in the articles of incorporation as amended. The number of such shares that may be voted is limited to forty percent (40%) of the total shares of that class outstanding.
WY Stat § 17-18-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-118 - Shareholder Lists.

17-18-118. Shareholder lists.| (a) Notwithstanding W.S. 17-16-720 a qualified corporation in its bylaws may restrict access to the shareholder's list to a period beginning two (2) days after the notice of the meeting for which the list was prepared or ten (10) days before the date of the meeting whichever is less.  (b) A qualified corporation in its bylaws may deny shareholders the right to copy the list of shareholders prior to the meeting provided that:  (i) Arrangements are made for an independent firm to provide to shareholders any information any stockholder wants to send them relative to the matters to be considered at the meeting provided the stockholder pays for the mailing and provides the material in a timely fashion; and  (ii) The list is made available at the shareholder's expense to any shareholder at or after the meeting who is bringing a legal challenge to the right of any other shareholder to vote at the meeting; and  (iii) The list is available for inspection but not copying as provided by subsection (a) of this section and at the meeting. The making of handwritten copies by the shareholder or his attorney of the names and addresses of individual shareholders shall not be construed as copying within the meaning of this subsection.  (c) A qualified corporation may take any other steps it deems reasonable or necessary to prevent the use of its shareholder lists for purposes not related to issues under consideration at a shareholder meeting.
WY Stat § 17-18-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-119 - Special Meeting Request Exceptions.

17-18-119. Special meeting request exceptions.| (a) Notwithstanding W.S. 17-16-702 and 17-16-703 a qualified corporation may in its bylaws:  (i) Set a higher percentage of shares not to exceed fifty percent (50%) that must petition in order to call a special meeting than is provided by W.S. 17-16-702;  (ii) Provide a longer period between the receipt of the request for a special meeting and the date that notice of the meeting is given than is allowed by W.S. 17-16-703(a)(ii)(A);  (iii) Give the board discretion to require that the issues for which a special meeting is requested be considered instead at the next annual meeting if the request for the special meeting is made within a number of days of the annual meeting specified in the bylaws.
WY Stat § 17-18-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-120 - Annual Meeting Purposes.

17-18-120. Annual meeting purposes.| In addition to the limitations on the matters that may be considered at annual meetings otherwise allowed by statute a qualified corporation may in its bylaws authorize the board to further limit the matters which an annual meeting may consider. The limitations shall not include elimination of the election of directors whose terms expire at the annual meeting. The limitations may take the form of excluding specified matters from consideration, allowing consideration of only certain specified matters, or requiring advance notice of the consideration of certain matters.
WY Stat § 17-18-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-18-121 - Action by Less Than a Quorum.

17-18-121. Action by less than a quorum.| (a) Stockholders present or represented by proxy at an annual or special meeting of a qualified corporation at which a quorum is not present may take only the following actions:  (i) Ratify or reject the independent auditors selected by the board if the corporation's bylaws or articles of incorporation require approval of the auditors by a stockholder's meeting;  (ii) With the consent of the officer presiding at the meeting, receive or hear any reports on the affairs of the corporation that may be presented;  (iii) Within the constraints of the time allowed on the agenda, ask questions concerning the affairs of the corporation of any officer or board member present;  (iv) Adjourn or recess the meeting to allow time to assemble a quorum, but they may not adjourn or recess to a different city and the total of all the adjournments and recesses may not exceed two (2) business days without the consent of the board of directors;  (v) If a quorum is not present, may adjourn the meeting sine die, provided the motion to adjourn sine die shall not be in order until at least two (2) hours have passed since the time specified for the start of the meeting and the time at which the meeting was called to order.  (b) If an annual meeting of a qualified corporation is adjourned sine die without achieving a quorum, the requirement of W.S. 17-16-701 to hold an annual meeting is satisfied. The board of directors may call a second annual meeting to take the place of the one adjourned without a quorum, but the board is not obligated to do so unless required to do so by the bylaws or articles of incorporation.  (c) If a special meeting of a qualified corporation is adjourned sine die without achieving a quorum or without achieving the quorum necessary to do all or part of the business for which the meeting was required, the board of directors may call another special meeting, but is not obligated to do so unless required by the bylaws or articles of incorporation. The remedy of a stockholder aggrieved by a failure of the board to call another special meeting shall be to follow the procedures necessary for calling a new special meeting.  (d) If different quorums are required for different matters, the absence of a quorum on one (1) issue shall not affect the ability of the meeting to act on other issues where a quorum is present.
WY Stat § 17-18-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 2 - Bondholder Protection Provisions|Section 17-18-202 - Bondholder Protection Provision; Adoption Requirements; Revocation.

17-18-202. Bondholder protection provision; adoption requirements; revocation.| (a) The corporation utilizes a bondholder protection provision by adopting and filing with the secretary of state a notice of bondholder protection as provided in this section.  (b) The notice of bondholder protection shall specify the percentage of bondholders whose consent is required for any action on that protection. The percentage may be different for different purposes. The percentage shall be not less than fifty percent (50%) nor greater than ninety percent (90%). The percentage shall be a percentage of the value at maturity of the bonds or other debt instruments issued and outstanding.  (c) Notices of bondholder protection shall be approved by the corporation in the same manner as changes in corporate bylaws except that the articles of incorporation may specify a different manner of approval. The notices shall be filed with the trustee or transfer agent, if any, for the bonds and with the secretary of state. The notice filed with the secretary of state shall be accompanied by the administrative fee specified by regulation to recover the administrative costs of the state of Wyoming. The notice shall be effective as of the date of filing with the secretary of state. The corporation shall send to each known bondholder by first class mail either the full notice of bondholder protection or a summary of the notice and information as to how the full notice may be obtained from the company. This notice to the bondholders shall be given no later than the due date of the first interest payment due more than thirty (30) days after the bondholder protection notice is filed with the secretary of state and may be included with the mailing of the interest payment.  (d) Bondholder protections may be revoked by the corporation in the same manner that notices of bondholder protection are issued and filed except that the revocation is effective as of a date specified in the notice filed with the secretary of state. The effective date shall be at least two (2) years and not more than six (6) years after filing the notice of revocation with the secretary of state.
WY Stat § 17-18-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 2 - Bondholder Protection Provisions|Section 17-18-203 - Bondholder Protection Provision; Amendments.

17-18-203. Bondholder protection provision; amendments.| (a) At any time any amendment may be made to the bondholder protection provisions with the consent of the percentage of bondholders required for action as stated in the notice of bondholder protection. Such an amendment shall be effective upon filing the bondholder's consent and notice of amendment with the secretary of state. However, the effective date shall be specified in the notice and shall be at least two (2) years and not more than six (6) years after filing the bondholder's consent and notice of the amendment with the secretary of state for amendments which:  (i) Change the time period for revocations to be effective;  (ii) Decrease the percentage of bondholders required for approval of an action;  (iii) Eliminate the requirement of bondholder approval for a specific action; or  (iv) Otherwise decrease the protection available to bondholders.  (b) The bondholder's consent shall be in writing signed by the bondholder or his lawful agent or trustee. Unless otherwise specified in W.S. 17-18-201 through 17-18-206 the consent is valid until revoked by the bondholder. The sale of the bond or debt instrument by the bondholder revokes the consent effective upon notification of the corporation or transfer agent of the sale.
WY Stat § 17-18-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 2 - Bondholder Protection Provisions|Section 17-18-204 - Limitations of the Bondholder Protection Provisions.

17-18-204. Limitations of the bondholder protection provisions.| (a) Nothing in the bondholder protection provisions shall be construed or applied to abridge or prohibit any contract, covenant or restriction made between any corporation and its bondholders, or any holder of any other debt instrument provided the contract, covenant or restriction would be lawful in the absence of W.S. 17-18-201 through 17-18-206. Unless specifically prohibited by prior contract any eligible corporation may extend to the holders of any bond or debt instrument described in W.S. 17-18-201(a) the opportunity to receive any bondholder protection provisions. If a corporation represents to potential purchasers of bonds in any prospectus or other written advice to potential purchasers that it has extended or intends to extend any bondholder protection provisions, it shall also state in the same document that the protections may be revoked as provided by W.S. 17-18-201 through 17-18-206.  (b) Protections under W.S. 17-18-201 through 17-18-206 shall be extended uniformly to all holders of the same class of bond or debt instrument but need not be extended uniformly to all classes of bonds or debt instruments.
WY Stat § 17-18-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 2 - Bondholder Protection Provisions|Section 17-18-205 - Bondholder Definition.

17-18-205. Bondholder definition.| The term bondholder shall include the owners of any debt instrument to which bondholder protections are extended.
WY Stat § 17-18-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 2 - Bondholder Protection Provisions|Section 17-18-206 - Additional Bondholder Protection Provisions Allowed.

17-18-206. Additional bondholder protection provisions allowed.| Any other bondholder protection provisions may be provided in the notice of bondholder protection, and shall be valid unless inconsistent with the provisions of W.S. 17-18-201 through 17-18-206 or other law.
WY Stat § 17-18-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 3 - Control Share Acquisitions|Section 17-18-302 - Control Share Voting Rights.

17-18-302. Control share voting rights.| (a) Control shares of an issuing public corporation acquired in a control share acquisition do not have voting rights unless conferred by a vote of shareholders pursuant to W.S. 17-18-306.  (b) Control shares for which voting rights have not been conferred under W.S. 17-18-306 are not considered outstanding shares for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present or whether an action requiring the affirmative vote of the holders of a specified percentage of the corporation's outstanding shares has received the requisite affirmative vote.