Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 14. MONTANA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

Part 13. Appraisal Rights

Payment

35-14-1324. Payment. (1) Except as provided in 35-14-1325, within 30 days after the form required by 35-14-1322(2)(b)(ii) is due, the corporation shall pay in cash to those shareholders who complied with 35-14-1323(1) the amount the corporation estimates to be the fair value of their shares, plus interest.

(2) The payment to each shareholder pursuant to subsection (1) must be accompanied by:

(a) (i) financial statements of the corporation that issued the shares to be appraised, consisting of a balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than 16 months before the date of payment, an income statement for that year, and a cash flow statement for that year or, if those annual financial statements are not reasonably available, reasonably equivalent financial information; and

(ii) the latest interim financial statements of the corporation, if any;

(b) a statement of the corporation's estimate of the fair value of the shares, which must equal or exceed the corporation's estimate given pursuant to 35-14-1322(2)(b)(iii); and

(c) a statement that shareholders described in subsection (1) of this section have the right to demand further payment under 35-14-1326 and that if any shareholder does not do so within the time period specified in 35-14-1326(2), the shareholder is considered to have accepted the payment under subsection (1) of this section in full satisfaction of the corporation's obligations under this part.

History: En. Sec. 178, Ch. 271, L. 2019.