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MS Code § 75-72-104 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 72 - Business Takeovers|Business Tender Offer Law of 1980|§ 75-72-104. Transactions exempted from registration requirements

 The following transactions are exempted from the registration requirements of this chapter.   Any offer made by an issuer to purchase its own equity securities or the equity securities of a subsidiary at least two-thirds (2/3) of the equity securities of which are owned either of record or beneficially by the issuer;   An offer effected by or through a broker-dealer in the ordinary course of his business without solicitation of offers to sell equity securities of the subject company;   An offer made to the owners of equity securities of a subject company with less than fifty (50) owners of record at the time of the offer;   An offer or offers to purchase equity securities which, if accepted, will result in the offeror's purchasing two percent (2%) or less of the outstanding equity securities of the same class during the preceding twelve-month period;   An offer in which the consideration consists, in whole or in part, of securities registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933;   An offer which the Secretary of State by order, after notice to the offeror and to the subject company and opportunity to respond, shall exempt from the provisions of this law as not being made, or to be made, for the purpose of, and not having the effect of, or to have the effect of, changing or influencing the control of the subject company, or otherwise as not comprehended within the purposes of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121; or   An offer which is subject to substantive administrative review of its terms and conditions by a federal or state agency and which the Secretary of State determines by rule, regulation or order has met the purposes of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121.
MS Code § 75-72-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 72 - Business Takeovers|Business Tender Offer Law of 1980|§ 75-72-105. Disclosure statements required for tender offer; amendment of statements

  No person shall make a tender offer involving a subject company unless the tender offer is effective or exempted under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121.   A tender offer shall become effective under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 on the day upon which the bidder (a) files with the Secretary of State a disclosure statement containing the information prescribed in subsection (3) of this section, a consent by the bidder to service of process, and the filing fee specified in Section 75-72-117; (b) delivers a copy of the disclosure statement or any required amendment thereto to the subject company at its principal office; and (c) publicly discloses the material terms of the proposed offer.   The disclosure statement shall be filed on Schedule 14D-1, as such schedule is described in the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and shall contain all amendments thereto.  If there is any material change in any of the information set forth in any disclosure statement or exhibit filed under this section, the person who filed such disclosure statement shall:    Promptly file an amendment of the disclosure statement or exhibit with the Secretary of State; and   Not later than the date of filing of such amendment, hand deliver a copy of the amendment to the subject company at its principal office.     If the bidder or the subject company is a public utility corporation subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission of the State of Mississippi, the Secretary of State shall forthwith, upon receipt of the filing required under subsection (2) of this section, furnish a copy of such filing to the regulatory body having jurisdiction over the bidder or subject company.   If the bidder or subject company is a domestic insurance company subject to regulation by the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Mississippi, the said commissioner shall, for all purposes of this section, be substituted for the Secretary of State. This section shall not be construed to limit or modify in any way any responsibility, authority, power or jurisdiction of the Secretary of State or the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to any other section of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 75-72-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 72 - Business Takeovers|Business Tender Offer Law of 1980|§ 75-72-107. Time for filing and delivery of materials; disclosure statement; misleading or untrue statements prohibited

  Copies of all advertisements, circulars, letters or other materials published by the bidder, the subject company or any person who makes a solicitation or recommendation to any offeree in connection with the tender offer (except a person who the term "bidder" does not include in accordance with Section 75-72-103(e)), soliciting or requesting the acceptance or rejection of the tender offer, with the exception of the initial press release by the bidder to the wire services announcing the intention to make a tender offer as contemplated in Section 75-72-105 shall be filed with the secretary of state and hand delivered to the subject company and the bidder no later than the day (or if such day is not a business day, then on the next succeeding business day) on which copies of the materials are first published or sent or given to any offeree. The person filing materials under this section shall, unless said person shall theretofore have filed a disclosure statement under this or any other section of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121, file with said materials a disclosure statement, and consent by said person to service of process and the filing fee specified in Section 75-72-117. Unless the person filing a disclosure statement under this section shall theretofore have filed a disclosure statement under Section 75-72-105, the form of the disclosure statement filed under this section shall be schedule 14D-9, as said schedule is described in the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and shall contain all exhibits thereto. If there is any material change in any of the information set forth in any disclosure statement or exhibit filed under this section, the person who filed said disclosure statement shall promptly file an amendment of the disclosure statement or exhibit with the secretary of state and, not later than the date of said filing of that amendment, hand deliver a copy of the amendment to the subject company and the bidder.   The materials described in subsection (1) of this section shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
MS Code § 75-72-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 72 - Business Takeovers|Business Tender Offer Law of 1980|§ 75-72-111. Withdrawals or variations of offers

  A bidder shall provide that any equity securities of a subject company deposited or tendered pursuant to a tender offer may be withdrawn by or on behalf of any person who has deposited securities pursuant to the tender offer: (a) at any time until the expiration of fifteen (15) business days from the date of such tender offer was first published or sent or given to security holders; and (b) on the date and until the expiration of ten (10) business days following the date of another bidder's tender offer is first published or sent or given to security holders for securities of the same class, provided that the bidder has received notice or otherwise has knowledge of the commencement of such other tender offer and, provided further, that withdrawal may only be effected with respect to securities which have not been accepted for payment in the manner set forth in the bidder's tender offer prior to the date such other tender offer is first published or sent or given to security holders; and (c) at any time after sixty (60) days from the date the original tender offer was first published or sent or given to security holders. The time periods for withdrawal rights pursuant to this section shall be computed on a concurrent, as opposed to a consecutive, basis.   If a bidder makes a tender offer for less than all the outstanding equity securities of any class, and if the number of securities deposited or tendered pursuant thereto, within ten (10) days after the offer is first published or sent or given to security holders, or at the written election of the bidder any period which exceeds such ten (10) days and/or any period which exceeds ten (10) days from the date that notice of an increase in the consideration offered is first published or sent or given to offerees, is greater than the number the offeror has offered to accept and pay for, the securities shall be accepted pro rata, disregarding fractions, according to the number of securities deposited or tendered by each offeree.   If a bidder varies the terms of a tender's offer before its expiration date by increasing the consideration offered to the offerees, the bidder shall pay the increased consideration for all equity securities accepted whether the securities have been accepted by the bidder before or after the variation in the terms of the offer.   No bidder shall make a tender offer at any time when an injunctive proceeding that has not been finally determined has been brought by the secretary of state against the bidder for violation of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 unless the bidder shall disclose the pendency of that proceeding in the bidder's disclosure statement filed under Section 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 and in the tender offer materials first published or sent or given to offerees.
MS Code § 75-72-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 72 - Business Takeovers|Business Tender Offer Law of 1980|§ 75-72-115. Administration; rules and regulations

 Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 shall be administered by the secretary of state, who may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121, and shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary to ensure that the application and administration of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 is not inconsistent with the regulation of tender offers under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
MS Code § 75-72-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 72 - Business Takeovers|Business Tender Offer Law of 1980|§ 75-72-117. Filing fee for disclosure statements

 The secretary of state shall charge a filing fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each disclosure statement filed under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121.
MS Code § 75-72-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 72 - Business Takeovers|Business Tender Offer Law of 1980|§ 75-72-119. Investigation of violations; enforcement

  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 Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 or any regulation adopted under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121, the secretary of state may investigate and, in connection with such investigation, shall have the same powers to compel the production of books, papers and other documents and to administer oaths and conduct examinations as are granted to the secretary of state under the securities law. He may bring an action in any chancery court in the name and on behalf of the state against any person or persons participating in a violation, seeking such relief as the court may grant, including, without limitation, to enjoin those persons from continuing or doing any act in violation of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121, to enforce compliance, to grant a permanent or preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order, or to order rescission of any sales, tenders for sale, purchases or tenders for purchase of equity securities determined to be unlawful under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 or any regulation of the secretary of state.   Whenever any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 or any regulation or order adopted thereunder, the bidder, subject company, or any record or beneficial owner of an equity security of the subject company may bring an action in the county where the subject company has its executive offices or a material portion of its total assets in the state seeking such relief as the court may grant, including, without limitation, to enjoin that person from continuing or doing any act in violation of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121, to enforce compliance, to grant a permanent or preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order, to order rescission of any sales, tenders for sale, purchases, or tenders for purchase of equity securities determined to be unlawful under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 or any regulation of the secretary of state, or, in the case of record or beneficial owners of equity securities, damages.   Every person who directly or indirectly controls a person liable under subsection (2) of this section is also liable jointly or severally with and to the same extent as that person, unless he did not know of the existence of the facts by reason of which the liability is alleged to exist.   No action may be maintained under this section unless commenced before the expiration of three (3) years after the discovery of the facts constituting the violation.   The rights and remedies under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 are in addition to any other rights or remedies that may exist at law or in equity.
MS Code § 75-72-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 72 - Business Takeovers|Business Tender Offer Law of 1980|§ 75-72-121. Penalties

  Any person who makes a tender offer involving a subject company without filing a disclosure statement required under Section 75-72-105 may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or fined an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per day, while the unlawful tender offer is in effect, or both.   Any person who, in connection with a tender offer, knowingly makes or causes to be made to the secretary of state any representation of a material fact which he knows to be false, or knowingly withholds or causes to be withheld from the secretary of state any information the disclosure of which he knows is necessary, in light of the circumstances, to make not misleading other representations of material facts made or caused to be made by him to the secretary of state, may be imprisoned for a period of not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years, or fined an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) or both.   Any person who, in connection with a tender offer, knowingly publishes or sends or gives, or causes to be published, or sends or gives any representation of a material fact which he knows to be false, or knowingly omits to publish information which he knows is necessary, in light of the circumstances, to make not misleading other representations of material facts published, or sends or gives or causes to be published, or sends or gives by him, may be imprisoned for a period of not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years, or fined an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), or both; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to the mailing by a subject company to the record or beneficial owners of its equity securities of solicitation material published and furnished to the subject company for transmittal to its security holders by the bidder.   Any person who knowingly violates any provision of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 for which a specific criminal penalty is not otherwise provided may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or fined an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.   Nothing herein limits the power of the state to punish any person for conduct which constitutes a crime under any other statute.
MS Code § 75-75-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 75 - Amusements, Exhibitions and Athletic Events|Article 1 - Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs|§ 75-75-1. Secretary of state as agent for service of process

 The entrance into this state for the purpose of doing business herein by any carnival, circus, fair, or any other like concern or organization, not permanently domiciled within the state, shall be deemed:   An agreement by it that it will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in this state over all civil actions and proceedings against it by either a resident or nonresident plaintiff, for damages to person or property, including actions for death, growing or arising out of such use and operation; and   An appointment by the person or persons or corporation operating such firm of the Secretary of State of Mississippi as his lawful attorney and agent upon whom may be served all process in suits pertaining to such actions and proceedings; and   An agreement that any process in any suit so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if personally served on the defendant of this state.
MS Code § 75-75-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 75 - Amusements, Exhibitions and Athletic Events|Article 1 - Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs|§ 75-75-3. Service of process

 Service of process under this article shall be made pursuant to the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
MS Code § 75-75-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 75 - Amusements, Exhibitions and Athletic Events|Article 1 - Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs|§ 75-75-11. Venue of action

 Any suit under the provisions of this article shall be filed in the county in which the cause of action accrues.
MS Code § 75-75-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 75 - Amusements, Exhibitions and Athletic Events|Article 1 - Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs|§ 75-75-13. Continuances

 The court in which such action is pending shall grant such continuance to a nonresident defendant as may be proper to afford him reasonable opportunity to defend such action.
MS Code § 75-75-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 75 - Amusements, Exhibitions and Athletic Events|Article 1 - Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs|§ 75-75-15. Record to be kept by secretary of state

 It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to keep a record of all process served upon him under the provisions of this article, which record will show the day and hour of service of every such process.   The fee of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) paid by plaintiff to the secretary of state under the provisions of this article at the time of service of such process shall be taxed as part of plaintiff's cost if he prevails in the action or proceeding.
MS Code § 75-75-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 75 - Amusements, Exhibitions and Athletic Events|Article 1 - Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs|§ 75-75-17. Certificate of compliance; disclosure of financial responsibility, insurance coverage, and ownership

 Any carnival, circus, fair, minstrel, or other like concern or organization not permanently domiciled within the state, which shall enter the state for the purpose of doing business herein, shall, before beginning operations, make a full disclosure under oath to the secretary of state of the State of Mississippi relative to its financial responsibility, and the secretary of state after receiving same, may in his discretion require said concern to deposit with him acceptable evidence that such person, firm or corporation holds a liability or indemnity insurance policy in force and to continue in force during the period of operations in this state, and issued by an insurance company amenable to legal process in this state, conditioned to pay any final judgment against such person, firm or corporation for personal injury or property damages resulting from, growing or arising out of the operation of said concern or organization in this state. Provided that such insurance policy shall be approved by the secretary of state as to its sufficiency and as to the amount so required, the secretary of state in fixing the amount so required shall take into consideration the size of the concern or organization and the attendance and gate receipts thereof. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be so construed to include skating rinks that may be moved from one place to another.   Said concern shall likewise disclose under oath the type of ownership, whether sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, the domicile of said concern, and if owned by more than one entity, the full name, domicile and type of entity.   Upon such concern complying with all of the above provisions the secretary of state shall issue said concern a certificate of compliance valid for twelve (12) months from date of issue.
MS Code § 75-75-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 75 - Amusements, Exhibitions and Athletic Events|Article 1 - Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs|§ 75-75-19. Sheriff to inspect certificate of compliance; penalty and remedy for violations of law

 It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county to require every such concern or organization doing business in his county to submit to him for inspection a valid certificate of compliance issued by the secretary of state as provided by Section 75-75-17. It shall be unlawful for any such concern or organization to do business in any county of this state until it has submitted to the sheriff of the county for inspection its valid certificate of compliance.   Any person or persons or firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of Section 75-75-17 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.   Whenever any person or persons or firm or corporation operates or attempts to operate in violation of Section 75-75-17, the attorney general of the state, the district attorney of the district, the county attorney, or any person who is a citizen of the county, may bring an action in equity in the name of the State of Mississippi, upon the relation of such attorney general, district attorney, or county attorney, or person to abate such operation and to enjoin any person or persons or firm or corporation operating the same from further operation thereof. Orders and injunctions, both temporary and permanent, may be issued and the same procedure shall be followed therein in the same manner as the law relating to nuisances.