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MO Rev Stat § 379.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.530 - Special meeting to be called — notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.530. Special meeting to be called — notice. — After drafting the proposed articles of association, it shall be the duty of the directors of said company to call a special meeting, if a stock company, of its stockholders; if a mutual company, of its policyholders; or if a stock and mutual company, of its stockholders and its policyholders in the mutual department, by a notice, which shall be published at least once a week in some newspaper of general circulation in the city, county or town in which said company is located, the first insertion to be not less than sixty days, the last to be not less than one nor more than six days, previous to the day on which such meeting shall be held, but if there be no newspaper published therein, then in some newspaper published in the next nearest county, and by posting up a handbill in the office of said company; said notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and the objects thereof, and shall further state where a draft of the proposed articles of association can be seen and examined. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5993)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5882; 1919 § 6292
MO Rev Stat § 379.535 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.535 - Propositions for reorganization and extension of corporate existence to be voted on.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.535. Propositions for reorganization and extension of corporate existence to be voted on. — 1. At the time and place designated, the proposition as to the reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of such company under the general laws of the state, increase of capital stock if necessary, and adoption of the proposed articles of association, as submitted or amended, shall be voted upon.  2. If a stock company, the assent of the person holding a majority in amount of the capital stock issued by the company and then outstanding, or if it be a mutual company, the assent of a majority in number of the policyholders thereof, or if it be a stock and mutual company, the assent of the persons holding a majority in amount of the capital stock issued by the company and then outstanding and a majority in number of the policyholders in the mutual department of the company, shall be requisite for the adoption of the propositions submitted; and in addition, any company doing a stock and mutual business may submit and determine in the same manner, and decide upon continuing either of the two plans of insurance and discontinuing the other; provided, that the right of any stockholder or policyholder not assenting to such proposition to have paid or distributed to him his equitable interest or proportion, if any, in the net assets which such company might have at the time limited by law or its charter for the termination of its corporate existence shall not be prejudiced by such reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of such company, but the value of such equitable interest or proportion in such net assets shall be secured and paid to him as herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5994)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5883; 1919 § 6293
MO Rev Stat § 379.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.540 - Articles to be acknowledged and declaration of proceeding to be made.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.540. Articles to be acknowledged and declaration of proceeding to be made. — 1. If the assent is obtained as provided in section 379.535, the directors of the company, or a majority of them, or any five stockholders, may sign and acknowledge the articles of association adopted in the same manner provided for the acknowledgment of deeds, and the president and secretary of the meeting shall draw up a declaration in the form of an affidavit verified by them, which shall set forth the proceedings of the meeting, the propositions acted upon, the number of votes cast upon each proposition submitted, the number of votes cast in favor of and the number of votes cast against the same, and, if it be a stock company, the amount of stock held respectively by those voting in favor of and against the same, and if the company be a stock company the amount of stock held by persons not voting, or if a mutual company the number of policyholders not voting, or if a stock and mutual company the amount of stock held by persons not voting and the number of policyholders in the mutual department not voting upon such propositions; to which declaration shall be attached the articles of association as adopted by the meeting and acknowledged as aforesaid.  2. Said declaration and articles of association shall thereupon be delivered to the board of directors and shall be by them submitted to and filed with the director of the department of commerce and insurance of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5995)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5884; 1919 § 6294
MO Rev Stat § 379.545 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.545 - Duty of director.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.545. Duty of director. — Said director, if satisfied that the said propositions for reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of the company under the general laws and articles of association have been duly adopted, and that the said articles of association are in conformity with the general insurance statutes of this state, and that said articles of association have been submitted to the attorney general in accordance with the requirements of section 379.040, if a stock company, or of section 379.065, if a mutual company, and have been found by him to be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and not inconsistent with the constitution of this state, or that of the United States, and have been delivered back to him so certified, shall comply with all the requirements of said sections 379.040 and 379.065 and shall so certify upon said declaration and shall deliver to said company a certified copy of said articles and his certificate, together with authority to reorganize thereunder. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5996)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5885; 1919 § 6295
MO Rev Stat § 379.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.550 - Board to accept certificate — file with secretary of state — fee — new board — notify director.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   379.550. Board to accept certificate — file with secretary of state — fee — new board — notify director. — 1. Upon receiving the certificate and authority aforesaid, the board of directors shall by resolution accept the same, and shall file with the secretary of state a copy of said articles of association and of the certificate and authorization of said director, and the corporate existence of said company shall thereupon be deemed and held extended and continued for the period mentioned in said articles of association, and a certificate by the secretary of state, under the seal of the state, that said corporation has been duly organized and its corporate existence extended and continued for such period shall be taken by all courts as evidence of the continued corporate existence of such company.  2. They shall also, at the time of filing said articles, pay to the state director of revenue the fee required of new companies on filing articles of corporation.  3. If a new board of directors is designated in the articles of association, they shall at the time originally limited by law or the charter of the company for the termination of its corporate existence enter upon the performance of their duties.  4. After such time the board of directors of the company shall make the necessary changes, if any, in the stock and business of the company to conform to the articles of association and the general insurance statutes of this state, and shall thereupon notify the director of the fact that the company is prepared to continue operations under the general insurance statutes and articles of association aforesaid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5997, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 331)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5886; 1919 § 6296
MO Rev Stat § 379.555 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.555 - Examination of company and certificate to do business.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.555. Examination of company and certificate to do business. — 1. If, upon examination made by him, the said director shall find that the company has been duly reorganized as provided by this chapter and that its capital is such as set forth in the articles of association, and that its assets, capital, premium notes and investments are of not less amount or value than required of new companies organized under the insurance statutes of this state, and that such company is in sound and solvent condition, according to the insurance statutes of this state, he shall deliver to the officers a certificate to that effect, and an authorization to do business under the general insurance statutes of this state.  2. Any and all special privileges, if any, contained in the original charter of the company or contrary to or not conferred by said articles of association and the general insurance statutes of this state shall cease and determine at the time originally limited by law or its charter for the termination of its corporate existence, and thereafter, unless sooner determined by proceedings under the general insurance statutes, said company shall continue as a corporation and possess all the powers and franchises conferred by and be subject to all the provisions of the general insurance statutes of this state, and for the term specified in the articles of association; provided, however, that said company as reorganized shall not be deemed a new corporation, nor shall such reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of said company under the general insurance statutes change or affect the title of said company to its assets, nor change or affect its members nor its policies of insurance or other obligations and contracts then existing; but all such shall remain, belong to and be obligatory upon said company as reorganized, in the same manner and with the same effect as under its charter and before such reorganization they pertained to and were held by and were obligatory upon said company, subject to the general insurance and corporation laws of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5998)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5887; 1919 § 6297
MO Rev Stat § 379.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.560 - Value of equitable interests of nonassenting stockholders or policyholders to be paid to them.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.560. Value of equitable interests of nonassenting stockholders or policyholders to be paid to them. — If the assent be obtained as provided in section 379.535, but there be any stockholders or policyholders who have not at such meeting given their assent to such propositions to reorganize and extend and continue the corporate existence of the company under the general insurance statutes of the state, and such stockholders or policyholders shall not thereafter and prior to the expiration of the time herein provided for the filing of the petition of said company in the circuit court have delivered to such company their written assent or ratification of such propositions, then such equitable interests or proportions, if any, as such stockholders or policyholders not so assenting or ratifying such propositions have in the net assets which such company had at the time originally limited by law or its charter for the termination of its corporate existence shall be ascertained and paid and distributed to them as herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5999)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5888; 1919 § 6298
MO Rev Stat § 379.565 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.565 - Suit in circuit court to determine value.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.565. Suit in circuit court to determine value. — In such event, said company shall within six months after the time originally limited by law or its charter for the termination of its corporate existence file a petition in equity in the circuit court of the county where its principal office or place of business shall be located setting forth in its petition the facts regarding the proceedings taken by it toward such reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of such company, the condition of the company and a description of its assets at the time so as aforesaid limited for the termination of its corporate existence, and if a stock company the amount of its capital stock and the number of stockholders and the amount of the stock held by them, respectively, assenting to or ratifying and not assenting to or ratifying such reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of such company, or if a mutual company the number of policyholders respectively assenting to or ratifying and not assenting to or ratifying the same, or if a stock and mutual company the number of stockholders respectively assenting to or ratifying and not assenting to or ratifying the same and the amount of stock held by them respectively and the number of policyholders in the mutual department respectively assenting to or ratifying and not assenting to or ratifying the same, and praying the court to ascertain and by its judgment and decree to determine the persons who were such stockholders or policyholders of said company at the time originally limited by law or its charter for the termination of its corporate existence who have not assented to or ratified such reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of such company and the value of their respective equitable interests or proportions, if any, in the net assets which such company had at the time originally limited by law or its charter for the termination of its corporate existence, and authorizing and directing it to pay to such persons the value of their respective equitable interests or proportions in such net assets in full satisfaction of their respective claims and interests in such assets. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5999)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5888; 1919 § 6298
MO Rev Stat § 379.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.570 - Publication of notice — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.570. Publication of notice — proceedings. — 1. On the filing of said petition with the clerk of said court, it shall be the duty of said clerk to cause a notice to be published in some newspaper published in the county where the cause is pending, and if there is no newspaper published in said county, then in some newspaper published in the next nearest county, addressed to all whom it may concern, and setting forth the filing of said petition and stating briefly the object and general nature of the petition and that a judgment and decree will be entered in said cause at the next term of the said court after due publication of said notice, as prayed in said petition.  2. And at the next term of said court after due publication of said notice, as herein provided, the court shall hear the said petition and the evidence which may be produced by the petitioner and by any person interested in such company as a stockholder, if it be a stock company, or as a policyholder if it be a mutual company, or as a stockholder or a policyholder in its mutual department if it be a stock and mutual company, at the time originally limited by law or its charter for the termination of the corporate existence of such company who has not assented to or ratified such reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of such company, and shall make and enter its judgment and decree ascertaining and determining the number and names of the persons who were stockholders if it be a stock company, or who were policyholders if it be a mutual company, or who were stockholders or policyholders in its mutual department if it be a stock and mutual company, of said company at the time originally limited by law or its charter for the termination of its corporate existence who have not assented to or ratified such reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of such company and the value of their respective equitable interests or proportions in its net assets at that time, and authorizing and directing such company to pay to them respectively the value of their equitable interests or proportions in such net assets as thus ascertained and determined in full satisfaction of their respective claims and interests in such net assets; and thereupon payment by said company to such stockholders or policyholders of the value of their respective equitable interests or proportions in such net assets as thus ascertained and determined such stockholders or policyholders shall have no further claims or interests in such assets of said company; provided, that the court may, if it deem it advisable, refer the matter to some suitable person as referee to hear said matter and ascertain and report to the court his findings concerning the same, as in other cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6000)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5889; 1919 § 6299
MO Rev Stat § 379.575 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.575 - Who may appear — proceedings, how governed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.575. Who may appear — proceedings, how governed. — 1. Any person interested in such company as a stockholder, if it be a stock company, or as a policyholder if it be a mutual company, or as a stockholder or a policyholder in its mutual department, at the time originally limited by law or its charter for the termination of its corporate existence who has not assented to or ratified such reorganization and extension and continuance of the corporate existence of such company shall be entitled to appear as a defendant and be heard in said cause.  2. The proceedings in such cause shall, as near as may be, conform to and be governed by the laws regulating practice in civil cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6001)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5890; 1919 § 6300
MO Rev Stat § 379.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.580 - Costs — by whom paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.580. Costs — by whom paid. — All costs of such proceeding prior to and including the judgment and decree of the court, or, if the matter be referred, prior to and including the filing and approval of the referee's report, shall be paid by the petitioner, and the court, as to all costs made subsequent thereto, shall make such order as in its discretion may be deemed just. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6002)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5891; 1919 § 6301
MO Rev Stat § 379.585 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.585 - Company having special charter may accept general insurance laws.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.585. Company having special charter may accept general insurance laws. — Any insurance company, other than life, incorporated and organized under the laws of this state, and now doing business in this state, may surrender its charter, and accept in lieu of said charter the provisions of the general insurance statutes, and reorganize thereunder in the manner herein set forth. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5941)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5830; 1919 § 6240; 1909 § 7031
MO Rev Stat § 379.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.590 - Content of articles of association.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.590. Content of articles of association. — When any such company desires to avail itself of the provisions of sections 379.585 to 379.625, the directors thereof shall draw up articles of association which shall set forth  (1) The name of the company;  (2) The place where the principal office for the transaction of business shall be located;  (3) The specific kind of business it proposes to transact;  (4) The manner in which the corporate powers granted under the general insurance statutes shall be exercised, showing the number of directors, which shall not be more than thirteen nor less than nine, and such other particulars as may be necessary to make manifest the objects and purposes of the corporation; provided, however, that the name of the corporation shall not be changed, nor shall the object or plan of business embrace any others than those designated in the existing charter, nor embrace more than under the general insurance statutes of this state can be carried on by any one corporation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5942)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5831; 1919 § 6241; 1909 § 7032
MO Rev Stat § 379.595 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions|Chapter 379 - Insurance Other Than Life|Section 379.595 - Additional requirements of articles of association.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   379.595. Additional requirements of articles of association. — 1. If such company be a stock company, then the articles of association shall set forth, in addition to the requirements of section 379.590, the amount of capital stock, the number of shares in which it shall have been divided, and the amount which has been paid upon each share, and if the capital stock is less than that required by general statutes, it shall be increased to at least that amount.  2. If such company be a mutual company, its articles of association shall set forth, in addition to what is required by section 379.590, the number of policyholders, the amount of premium notes, their face value, the amount of assessments paid thereon, and in all cases the amount of cash and other assets, itemized, held and owned by such company; provided, that the aggregate amount of the assets shall not be of less value than required by new companies organizing under the insurance statutes of this state concerning mutual companies. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5943)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5832; 1919 § 6242; 1909 § 7033