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WY Stat § 17-18-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 3 - Control Share Acquisitions|Section 17-18-303 - Notice of Control Share Acquisition; Acquiring Person Statement.

17-18-303. Notice of control share acquisition; acquiring person statement.| (a) Any person who proposes to make a control share acquisition may, and any person who has made a control share acquisition shall, deliver an acquiring person statement to the issuing public corporation at the issuing public corporation's principal office. The acquiring person statement shall contain the following:  (i) The identity of the acquiring person, including the identity of each member of any partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group which constitutes a part of the acquiring person for purposes of W.S. 17-18-301(a)(i);  (ii) A statement that the acquiring person statement is delivered pursuant to this article;  (iii) A statement of the number of shares of the issuing public corporation owned directly or indirectly by the acquiring person or with respect to which the acquiring person may exercise or direct the exercise of voting power;  (iv) The range of voting power for which the acquiring person seeks voting rights; and  (v) Any undertaking to pay expenses made pursuant to W.S. 17-18-304(a) or any requests made pursuant to W.S. 17-18-304(d).  (b) If the control share acquisition has not taken place the acquiring person statement shall, in addition to the requirements stated in subsection (a) of this section, contain:  (i) A description in reasonable detail of the terms and conditions of the proposed control share acquisition, including without limitation the amount and class or classes of shares to be acquired, the price or prices to be offered for the shares and the form of the consideration to be offered; and  (ii) Representations by the acquiring person, together with a statement in reasonable detail of the facts upon which they are based and other supporting evidence reasonably sufficient to establish the representations, that:  (A) The proposed control share acquisition will not be contrary to law;  (B) The acquiring person has the financial capacity to make, and will make, the proposed control share acquisition forthwith after the shareholder vote if voting rights are accorded.  (iii) An affidavit of the acquiring person that:  (A) States that the acquiring person statement contains all of the information required by this section;  (B) States that the information contained in the acquiring person statement is true, correct and complete; and  (C) Is signed by the acquiring person if the acquiring person is an individual or by the chief executive officer or similar representative of the acquiring person if the acquiring person is not an individual.
WY Stat § 17-18-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 3 - Control Share Acquisitions|Section 17-18-304 - Shareholder Special Meeting.

17-18-304. Shareholder special meeting.| (a) If the acquiring person requests a special meeting at the time of delivery of an acquiring person statement pursuant to W.S. 17-18-303 and agrees to pay the corporation's expenses of a special meeting, the directors of the issuing public corporation shall call a special meeting of shareholders of the issuing public corporation within ten (10) days after the date of the corporation's receipt of the request for the purpose of considering whether the shares acquired or to be acquired in the control share acquisition will be accorded voting rights.  (b) Unless the acquiring person agrees in writing to another date, a special meeting of shareholders shall be held within fifty (50) days after receipt by the issuing public corporation of the request.  (c) If no request is made for a special meeting, the issue of whether the shares acquired in the control share acquisition will be accorded voting rights shall be presented at the next special or annual meeting of shareholders.  (d) If requested in writing by the acquiring person when the acquiring person statement is delivered pursuant to W.S. 17-18-303, the special meeting shall not be held sooner than thirty (30) days after receipt by the issuing public corporation of the acquiring person statement.
WY Stat § 17-18-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 3 - Control Share Acquisitions|Section 17-18-305 - Notice of Shareholder Meeting.

17-18-305. Notice of shareholder meeting.| (a) The issuing public corporation shall give notice of a special meeting of shareholders requested pursuant to W.S. 17-18-304 as promptly as practicable to each shareholder of record as of the record date set for the meeting, whether or not the shareholder is entitled to vote at the meeting.  (b) Notice of the special or annual shareholder meeting at which the voting rights are to be considered shall include or be accompanied by:  (i) A copy of the acquiring person statement delivered to the issuing public corporation pursuant to this article; and  (ii) A statement by the board of directors of the issuing public corporation which:  (A) Is authorized by its directors; and  (B) Contains the position or recommendation of the board of directors or states that the board of directors takes no position or makes no recommendation concerning the proposed control share acquisition; and  (C) Contains a statement of any dissenters' rights accorded to shareholders of the issuing public corporation under W.S. 17-18-308.
WY Stat § 17-18-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 3 - Control Share Acquisitions|Section 17-18-306 - Voting Rights; Resolution.

17-18-306. Voting rights; resolution.| (a) Control shares acquired in a control share acquisition have the same voting rights accorded the shares before the control share acquisition only to the extent granted by resolution approved by the shareholders of the issuing public corporation.  (b) The resolution required by subsection (a) of this section shall be approved both by a majority of:  (i) All outstanding voting shares, including interested shares; and  (ii) All outstanding shares, excluding interested shares.  (c) In addition to the vote required by subsection (b) of this section, in the event the holders of the outstanding shares of a class are entitled to vote as a separate voting group and the proposed control share acquisition would, if fully carried out, result in any of the changes described in W.S. 17-16-1004(a), the resolution required by subsection (a) of this section shall be approved both by:  (i) Each voting group entitled to vote separately on a proposal by a majority of all votes entitled to be cast by that voting group, including all interested shares; and  (ii) Each voting group entitled to vote separately on a proposal by a majority vote of all the votes entitled to be cast by that voting group excluding all interested shares.
WY Stat § 17-18-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 3 - Control Share Acquisitions|Section 17-18-307 - Redemption.

17-18-307. Redemption.| (a) Control shares acquired in a control share acquisition may be redeemed by the corporation at fair value pursuant to the procedures adopted by the corporation at any time during the period ending sixty (60) days after the last acquisition of control shares by the acquiring person if the control shares are not accorded voting rights by the shareholders pursuant to W.S. 17-18-306.  (b) For purposes of this section, the procedures to be adopted by the corporation for determining the fair value to be paid for a share upon redemption are not required to take into account and may expressly disregard any increase or proposal for any increase in the price of the shares following the announcement or commencement of the control share acquisition or any proposal. The provisions of W.S. 17-18-308(b) do not apply to this section.  (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a control share acquisition to which the provisions of this article otherwise apply if, at the time the issuing public corporation receives an acquiring person statement with respect to the control share acquisition, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the issuing public corporation contain a provision expressly electing not to be governed by this section.
WY Stat § 17-18-308 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 3 - Control Share Acquisitions|Section 17-18-308 - Rights of Dissenters; "Fair Value" Defined.

17-18-308. Rights of dissenters; "fair value" defined.| (a) A shareholder of the issuing public corporation, other than the acquiring person, who does not vote in favor of the control share acquisition may dissent from any proposal to accord voting rights to the control shares over which voting power was or is to be acquired in the control share acquisition. Each shareholder dissenting from the proposal is entitled to receive the fair value of the shareholder's shares under W.S. 17-16-1301 through 17-16-1331 if the control shares acquired or to be acquired in the control share acquisition are accorded voting rights under W.S. 17-18-306 and the acquiring person has or is authorized to have a majority of all voting power.  (b) For purposes of this section, the fair value to be paid for a share of a dissenting shareholder may not be less than the highest price paid for a share by the acquiring person in the control share acquisition.  (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a control share acquisition to which the provisions of this article otherwise apply if, at the time the issuing public corporation receives an acquiring person statement with respect to the control share acquisition, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the issuing public corporation contain a provision expressly electing not to be governed by this section.
WY Stat § 17-18-309 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 3 - Control Share Acquisitions|Section 17-18-309 - Application.

17-18-309. Application.| (a) The provisions of this article shall not apply to a control share acquisition if, at the time the issuing public corporation receives an acquiring person statement with respect to the control share acquisition, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the issuing public corporation contain a provision expressly electing not to be governed by this article.  (b) A corporation which is not an issuing public corporation may provide in its articles of incorporation or bylaws that this article does not apply to control share acquisitions of shares of the corporation in the event it becomes an issuing public corporation.
WY Stat § 17-18-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 17-18-401 - No Effect on Other Actions; No Liability.

17-18-401. No effect on other actions; no liability.| This act does not effect, directly or indirectly, the validity of another action by the board of directors of a corporation, nor does it preclude the board of directors from taking other action in accordance with law. The board of directors incurs no liability for elections made or not made under this act.
WY Stat § 17-18-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 17-18-402 - Conflict of Laws.

17-18-402. Conflict of laws.| If a provision of this act conflicts with another provision of the Wyoming Business Corporation Act, the provision of this act controls.
WY Stat § 17-18-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 18 - Wyoming Management Stability Act|Article 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 17-18-403 - Prohibition Against Waivers.

17-18-403. Prohibition against waivers.| A condition, stipulation or other provision in an agreement or transaction between any shareholders of a corporation that purports to waive compliance with or the rights afforded stockholders under this act is void.
WY Stat § 17-19-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-101 - Short Title.

17-19-101. Short title.| This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act."
WY Stat § 17-19-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-102 - Reservation of Power to Amend or Repeal.

17-19-102. Reservation of power to amend or repeal.| The legislature shall have the power to amend or repeal all or part of this act at any time and all domestic and foreign corporations subject to this act shall be governed by the amendment or repeal.
WY Stat § 17-19-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-120 - Filing Requirements.

17-19-120. Filing requirements.| (a) A document shall satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the secretary of state.  (b) This act shall require or permit filing the document in the office of the secretary of state.  (c) The document shall contain the information required by this act. It may contain other information as well.  (d) The document shall be typewritten or printed.  (e) The document shall be in the English language. However, a corporate name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals, and the certificate of existence required of foreign corporations need not be in English if accompanied by an English translation acceptable to the secretary of state.  (f) The document shall be executed:  (i) By the chairman of the board of directors of a domestic or foreign corporation, by its president or by another of its officers;  (ii) If directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or  (iii) If the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.  (g) The person executing a document shall sign it manually and shall state beneath or opposite the signature his name and the capacity in which he signs. The document may, but need not, contain:  (i) The corporate seal;  (ii) An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary; or  (iii) An acknowledgment, verification or proof.  (h) If the secretary of state has prescribed a mandatory form for a document under W.S. 17-19-121, the document shall be in or on the prescribed form.  (j) The document shall be delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing and shall be accompanied by:  (i) One (1) exact or conformed copy (except as provided in W.S. 17-28-103);  (ii) The correct filing fee; and  (iii) Any past due or currently due franchise tax, license fee, other fee or penalty required by this act or other law.
WY Stat § 17-19-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-121 - Forms.

17-19-121. Forms.| (a) If the secretary of state so requires, use of forms provided by the secretary of state pursuant to this subsection is mandatory. The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for:  (i) An application for a certificate of existence;  (ii) A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state;  (iii) A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of withdrawal;  (iv) The annual report;  (v) A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of continuance; and  (vi) A foreign corporation's application for certificate of domestication.  (b) The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this act but their use is not mandatory.
WY Stat § 17-19-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-122 - Filing, Service and Copying Fees.

17-19-122. Filing, service and copying fees.| (a) The secretary of state shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered for filing:  Document Fee  (i) Articles of Incorporation......$50.00  (ii) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 65, § 2.  (iii) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 65, § 2.  (iv) Amendment of articles of incorporation.................................$25.00  (v) Application for certificate of authority ..............................................$50.00  (vi) Application for certificate of existence or authorization.................................$20.00  (vii) Application for conversion..........$75.00  (b) The secretary of state shall collect a fee of five dollars ($5.00) upon being served with process under this act.  (c) The secretary of state shall set and collect comparable filing, service and copying fees for those documents not listed in subsection (a) of this section.
WY Stat § 17-19-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-123 - Effective Date of Document.

17-19-123. Effective date of document.| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a document is effective:  (i) At the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the secretary of state's endorsement on the original document; or  (ii) At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.  (b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the 90th day after the date filed.
WY Stat § 17-19-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-124 - Correcting Filed Document.

17-19-124. Correcting filed document.| (a) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the secretary of state if the document:  (i) Contains an incorrect statement; or  (ii) Was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified or acknowledged.  (b) A document is corrected:  (i) By preparing articles of correction that:  (A) Describe the document, including its filing date, or attach a copy of the document to the articles of correction;  (B) Specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective; and  (C) Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution.  (ii) By delivering the articles of correction to the secretary of state for filing.  (c) Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.
WY Stat § 17-19-125 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-125 - Filing Duty of Secretary of State.

17-19-125. Filing duty of secretary of state.| (a) If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of W.S. 17-19-120, the secretary of state shall file it.  (b) The secretary of state files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing "Filed," together with his name and official title and the date and the time of filing, on both the original and copy of the document and on the receipt for the filing fee. After filing a document, except as provided in W.S. 17-28-103, the secretary of state shall deliver the document copy, with the filing fee receipt (or acknowledgment of receipt if no fee is required) attached, to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative. The secretary of state, in his discretion, may issue a certificate evidencing the filing of a document upon the payment of the requisite fee.  (c) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within fifteen (15) days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason or reasons for his refusal.  (d) The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. Filing or refusal to file a document does not:  (i) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part;  (ii) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or  (iii) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.
WY Stat § 17-19-126 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-126 - Appeal From Secretary of State's Refusal to File Document.

17-19-126. Appeal from secretary of state's refusal to file document.| (a) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document delivered to his office for filing, the domestic or foreign corporation may, within thirty (30) days after the return of the document, appeal the refusal to the district court of the county where the corporation's principal office is located in the state or, if the corporation does not have a principal office in the state, the district court of the county where its registered office is or will be located, or the district court of the county of residence of an incorporator for a domestic corporation, or in the district court of Laramie county. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the secretary of state's explanation of his refusal to file.  (b) The court may summarily order the secretary of state to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.  (c) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
WY Stat § 17-19-127 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-19-127 - Evidentiary Effect of Copy of Filed Document.

17-19-127. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.| A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the secretary of state, bearing his signature (which may be in facsimile) and the seal of this state, is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the secretary of state.