Montana § 35-14-730 Voting Trusts

Montana Statutes

§ 35-14-730 — Voting Trusts

Montana § 35-14-730

Title 35CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Ch. 14MONTANA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

Part 7Shareholders

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Mont. Code Ann. § 35-14-730 (2026).

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35-14-730 . Voting trusts.

(1)One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust, which may include anything consistent with its purpose, and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all voting trust beneficial owners, together with the number and class of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the corporation at its principal office.

(2)A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee's name.

(3)Limits, if any, on the duration of a voting tru

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35-14-730 . Voting trusts. (1) One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust, which may include anything consistent with its purpose, and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all voting trust beneficial owners, together with the number and class of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the corporation at its principal office.
(2) A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee's name.
(3) Limits, if any, on the duration of a voting trust are as set forth in the voting trust. A voting trust that became effective prior to June 1, 2020, remains governed by the statute concerning duration then in effect unless the voting trust is amended to provide otherwise by unanimous agreement of the parties to the voting trust.