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Control share acquisition--Voting rights.

SDCL § 47-33-8
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47-33-8. Control share acquisition--Voting rights. Unless the corporation's articles expressly provide, before the control share acquisition, that §§ 47-33-8 to 47-33-16, inclusive, do not apply to control share acquisitions of shares of the corporation, the shares of a domestic public corporation acquired by an acquiring person in a control share acquisition that exceed the threshold of voting power of any of the ranges specified in subdivision 47-33-9(4) shall have only the voting rights as shall be accorded to them pursuant to § 47-33-12. SL 1990, ch 369, § 201.
Source: South Dakota Legislature (sdlegislature.gov)URL: https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/47-33-8Fetched: 10/20/2026

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