78.3783 - “Acquisition” defined.
78.3783 “Acquisition” defined.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “acquisition” means the direct or indirect acquisition of a controlling interest.
2. “Acquisition” does not include any acquisition of shares in good faith, and without an intent to avoid the requirements of NRS 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive:
(a) By an acquiring person authorized pursuant to NRS 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive, to exercise voting rights, to the extent that the new acquisition does not result in the acquiring person obtaining a controlling interest greater than that previously authorized; or
(b) Pursuant to:
(1) The laws of descent and distribution;
(2) The enforcement of a judgment;
(3) The satisfaction of a pledge or other security interest; or
(4) A merger, exchange, conversion, domestication or reorganization effected in compliance with the provisions of NRS 78.622, 92A.200 to 92A.240, inclusive, or 92A.270 to which the issuing corporation is a party.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 756; A 1991, 1236; 1995, 2099; 2001, 1372, 3199)