Illinois Code § 205 ILCS 205/4011

Right to dissent.
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(a) A shareholder of a savings bank is entitled to dissent from and
obtain payment for his shares in the event of any of the following actions:

 
 
(1) Consummation of a plan of merger or consolidation 
 
or a plan of share exchange to which the savings bank is a party if (i) shareholder authorization for the merger or consolidation or the share exchange is required by this Act or the articles of incorporation, or (ii) the savings bank is a subsidiary that is merged with its parent or another subsidiary.

 
 
(2) Consummation of a sale, lease, or exchange of all 
 
or substantially all of the property and assets of the savings bank other than in the usual and regular course of business.

 
 
(3) An amendment of the articles of incorporation 
 
that materially and adversely affects rights in respect of a dissenter's shares because it:

 
 
 
(A) alters or abolishes a preferential right of 
 
 
shares;

 
 
 
(B) alters or abolishes a right in respect of 
 
 
redemption, including a provision respecting a sinking fund for the redemption or repurchase, of shares;

 
 
 
(C) limits or eliminates cumulative voting rights 
 
 
with respect to shares.

 
 
(4) Any other action taken pursuant to a shareholder 
 
vote if the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or a resolution of the board of directors provide that shareholders are entitled to dissent and obtain payment for their shares in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Act or as may be otherwise provided in the articles, bylaws, or resolution.

 
(b) A shareholder entitled to dissent and obtain payment for his shares
under this Section may not challenge the corporate action creating his
entitlement unless the action is fraudulent with respect to the shareholder
or the corporation or constitutes a breach of a fiduciary duty owed to the
shareholder.

 
(c) A record owner of shares may assert dissenters' rights as to fewer
than all the shares recorded in the person's name only if the person
dissents with respect to all shares beneficially owned by any one person
and notifies the savings bank in writing of the name and address of each
person on whose behalf the record owner asserts dissenters' rights. The
rights of a partial dissenter are determined as if the shares as to which
dissent is made and the other shares were recorded in the names of
different shareholders. A beneficial owner of shares who is not the
record owner may assert dissenters' rights as to shares held on that
person's behalf only if the beneficial owner submits to the savings bank
the record owner's written consent to the dissent before or at the same time
the beneficial owner asserts dissenters' rights.

or a plan of share exchange to which the savings bank is a party if (i) shareholder authorization for the merger or consolidation or the share exchange is required by this Act or the articles of incorporation, or (ii) the savings bank is a subsidiary that is merged with its parent or another subsidiary.
or substantially all of the property and assets of the savings bank other than in the usual and regular course of business.
that materially and adversely affects rights in respect of a dissenter's shares because it:
shares;
redemption, including a provision respecting a sinking fund for the redemption or repurchase, of shares;
with respect to shares.
vote if the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or a resolution of the board of directors provide that shareholders are entitled to dissent and obtain payment for their shares in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Act or as may be otherwise provided in the articles, bylaws, or resolution.

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