(1) If a proposed corporate action requiring appraisal rights under section 7-113-102 (1) becomes effective, the corporation shall deliver a written appraisal notice and form to all shareholders that may be entitled to assert appraisal rights.
(2) The appraisal notice required by subsection (1) of this section shall be sent no earlier than the date the corporate action specified in section 7-113-102 (1) became effective, and no later than ten days after that date, and must:
(a) Include a form that:
Specifies the first date of any announcement to shareholders, made before the datethe corporate action became effective, of the principal terms of the proposed corporate action;
If the announcement was made, requires the shareholder asserting appraisal rights tocertify whether beneficial ownership of those shares for which appraisal rights are asserted was acquired before that date; and
Requires the shareholder asserting appraisal rights to certify that the shareholder didnot vote for or consent to the transaction; (b) State:
Where the form must be sent, where certificates for certificated shares must be deposited, and the date by which those certificates must be deposited, which date must not be earlier than the date for receiving the required form under subsection (2)(b)(II) of this section;
A date by which the corporation must receive the form, which date must not befewer than forty nor more than sixty days after the date the appraisal notice and form are required to be sent pursuant to the introductory portion to subsection (2) of this section, and state that the shareholder waives the right to demand appraisal with respect to the shares unless the form is received by the corporation by the specified date;
The corporation's estimate of the fair value of the shares;
That, if requested in writing, the corporation will provide to the shareholder sorequesting, within ten days after the date specified in subsection (2)(b)(II) of this section, a statement of the number of shareholders that return the forms by the specified date and the total number of shares owned by them; and
The date by which the notice to withdraw under section 7-113-204 must be received,which date must be within twenty days after the date specified in subsection (2)(b)(II) of this section; and
(c) Be accompanied by a copy of this article 113.
Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-086), ch. 166, p. 1954, § 56, effective July 1, 2020.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 7-113-203 as it existed prior to July 1, 2020.