Nevada Code § 78.438

Combination prohibited within 2 years after stockholder becomes interested; exception; action on proposal
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1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 78.433 to 78.437 , inclusive, a resident domestic
corporation may not engage in any combination with any interested stockholder
of the resident domestic corporation for 2 years after the date that the person
first became an interested stockholder unless the combination meets all of the
requirements of the articles of incorporation of the resident domestic
corporation and:
(a) The combination or the transaction by which
the person first became an interested stockholder is approved by the board of
directors of the resident domestic corporation before the person first became
an interested stockholder; or
(b) The combination is approved by the board of
directors of the resident domestic corporation and, at or after that time, the
combination is approved at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of
the resident domestic corporation, and not by written consent, by the
affirmative vote of the holders of stock representing at least 60 percent of
the outstanding voting power of the resident domestic corporation not
beneficially owned by the interested stockholder or the affiliates or
associates of the interested stockholder.
2. If a proposal in good faith regarding a
combination is made in writing to the board of directors of the resident
domestic corporation, the board of directors shall respond, in writing, within
30 days or such shorter period, if any, as may be required by the Securities
Exchange Act, setting forth its reasons for its decision regarding the
proposal.
3. If a proposal in good faith to enter
into a transaction by which the person will become an interested stockholder is
made in writing to the board of directors of the resident domestic corporation,
the board of directors, unless it responds affirmatively in writing within 30
days or such shorter period, if any, as may be required by the Securities
Exchange Act, is considered to have disapproved the transaction.

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