Sec. 5909.
(1) The plan shall provide that any person or group of persons acting in concert shall not acquire, through public offering or subscription rights, more than 5% of the capital stock of the converted stock company or the stock of another corporation that is participating in the conversion plan, as provided in section 5905(1)(c)(i)(A) , (B), or (C), for 5 years from the effective date of the plan, except with the approval of the commissioner. This limitation does not apply to any entity that is to purchase 100% of the capital stock of the converted company as part of the plan of conversion approved by the commissioner.
(2) The plan shall provide that no director or officer or person acting in concert with a director or officer of the mutual company shall acquire any capital stock of the converted stock company or the stock of another corporation that is participating in the conversion plan, as provided in section 5905(1)(c)(i)(A), (B), or (C), for 3 years after the effective date of the plan, except through a broker/dealer, without the permission of the commissioner. This provision does not prohibit the directors and officers from purchasing stock through subscription rights received in the plan pursuant to section 5911(1) or from participating in a tax qualified stock benefit plan pursuant to section 5913.
(3) Stock options for the converted stock insurance company or the stock of another corporation that is participating in the conversion plan, as provided in section 5905(1)(c)(i)(A), (B), or (C), shall not be made available to the directors or officers of the company during the 2-year period following the effective date of the plan if the aggregate stock holdings of directors and officers exceed, or would exceed if the options were exercised, 25% of the total number of shares issued by the converted company if total assets of the company are less than $50,000,000.00, or 15% of the total number of shares issued for the converted company if total assets are more than $500,000,000.00. For converted companies with total assets of or between $50,000,000.00 and $500,000,000.00, the company size threshold for limiting stock options shall be interpolated.
History: Add. 1995, Act 215, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1995
Popular Name: Act 218