Section 27-3-1-5 - Vesting of title to shares without physical transfer or deposit of certificates; rights represented by outstanding certificates(a) Upon the plan of exchange becoming effective, the exchange provided for therein shall be deemed to have been consummated, each shareholder of the domestic company shall cease to be a shareholder of such company, the ownership of all shares of the issued and outstanding stock of the domestic company, except shares payment of the value of which is required to be made by the domestic company or the acquiring corporation pursuant to section 3 of this chapter, shall vest in the acquiring corporation automatically without any physical transfer or deposit of certificates representing such shares, and all shares payment of the value of which is required to be made by the domestic company or the acquiring corporation pursuant to section 3 of this chapter shall be deemed no longer outstanding shares of the domestic company. The acquiring corporation shall thereupon become the sole shareholder of the domestic company and shall have all of the rights, privileges, immunities, and powers and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be subject to all of the duties and liabilities to the extent provided by law of a shareholder of an insurance company organized or reorganized under IC 27-1 or any statute enacted prior to March 8, 1935.(b) Certificates representing shares of the domestic company prior to the plan of exchange becoming effective, except certificates representing shares payment of the value of which is required to be made pursuant to section 3 of this chapter and bearing a notation thereon that objection and demand pursuant to such section have been made, shall, after the plan of exchange becomes effective, represent: (i) shares of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other securities issued by the acquiring corporation; and(ii) the right, if any, to receive such cash or other consideration upon such terms as shall be specified in the plan of exchange; provided, that the plan of exchange may specify that all certificates representing shares of stock of the domestic company, except certificates representing shares payment of the value of which is required to be made pursuant to section 3 of this chapter, shall after the plan of exchange becomes effective represent only the right to receive shares of stock or other securities issued by the acquiring corporation or cash or other consideration or any combination thereof upon such terms as shall be specified in the plan of exchange. Certificates representing shares of the domestic company with respect to which an objection and demand have been made pursuant to section 3 of this chapter and bearing a notation thereon that such objection and demand have been made, shall, after the plan of exchange becomes effective, represent only the right to receive payment therefor, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(Formerly: Acts 1967, c.61, s.5.) As amended by P.L. 252-1985, SEC.141.