Massachusetts · statute · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110F · 4 active provisions
Section 1. A corporation shall not engage in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless: (a) prior to such date the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination o…
Section 2. The restrictions contained in section one shall not apply if: (a) the corporation's original articles of organization contain a provision expressly electing not to be governed by this section; (b) the corporation, by action of its board of directors, adopts an amendment to its by-laws within ninety days of t…
Section 3. As used in this chapter, the following words, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, shall have the following meanings:— (a) ''Affiliate'', a person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. (b) ''As…
Section 4. No provision of a corporation's articles of organization or by-laws shall require, for any vote of stockholders required by this chapter, a greater vote of stockholders than that specified in this chapter.