LD 1539
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LR 1942
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authorization of the issuance of the shares or other securities for
which the rights, options or warrants are exercisable.

 
2.__Limitations based on holdings.__The terms and conditions
of these rights, options or warrants, including those outstanding
on the effective date of this section, may include, without
limitation, restrictions or conditions that:

 
A.__Preclude or limit the exercise, transfer or receipt of
these rights, options or warrants by any person or persons
owning or offering to acquire a specified number or
percentage of the outstanding shares or other securities of
the corporation or by any transferee of the person; or

 
B.__Invalidate or void these rights, options or warrants
held by the person or the transferee.

 
Sec. B-58. 13-C MRSA §641, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

 
4.__Preemptive rights.__Nothing in this section detracts from
or takes away the preemptive rights that pertained to any shares
of a corporation that were issued and outstanding on June 30,
2003.__The rights may be altered by an amendment adopted pursuant
to chapter 10.

 
Sec. B-59. 13-C MRSA §703, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640,
Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

 
B. On application of a shareholder who signed a demand for
a special meeting valid under section 702 if:

 
(1) Notice of the special meeting was not given within
30 days after the date the demand was delivered to the
corporation's secretary corporation clerk; or

 
(2) The special meeting was not held in accordance
with the notice required by section 705, subsection 3.

 
Sec. B-60. 13-C MRSA §723, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

 
5. Death or incapacity of shareholder. The death or
incapacity of a shareholder who appointed a proxy does not affect
the right of a corporation to accept the proxy's authority unless
notice of the death or incapacity is received by the secretary
clerk or other an officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes
before the proxy exercises the proxy's authority under the
appointment.


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