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LR 3899
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section 10501, subsection 18 or any other law of this State and is
not transferable.

 
7.__Election of directors.__Directors of the mutual holding
company must be elected by plurality vote of all members voting
in that election in person or by proxy.__If the mutual holding
company takes any action, other than election of its directors,
that would require a vote of policyholders if the mutual holding
company were a mutual insurer, then that action requires a vote
of members of the mutual holding company.

 
§3490.__Conversion of mutual holding company

 
1.__Approval of reorganization plan.__A mutual holding company
may be reorganized in accordance with a plan of reorganization:

 
A.__Approved by the superintendent, if the superintendent
finds the plan to be fair and equitable, after a hearing of
which notice has been given to the company's members
pursuant to section 230; and

 
B.__Approved by vote of not less than 2/3 of the company's
members voting on the plan in person, by proxy or by mail at
a meeting of members called by the company for that purpose.__
The mutual holding company shall provide reasonable notice
to its members and determine the procedure for the meeting,
subject to approval by the superintendent. The plan must
specify that only persons who were members both at least one
year before the submission of the plan and on a subsequent
date before the vote found reasonable by the superintendent
are entitled to vote.__Each member is entitled to one vote.

 
2.__Membership interests disposition.__A plan of
reorganization pursuant to subsection 1 must provide for
extinguishment of the membership interests in the mutual holding
company and may provide for either:

 
A.__The conversion of the mutual holding company into a
stock corporation, in which event the consideration, if any,
distributed to members of the mutual holding company must be
equal to that required under section 3477; or

 
B.__The distribution to eligible members of the mutual holding
company of consideration consisting of all assets of the mutual
holding company, including all stock of the reorganized insurer
or any stock holding company owned by the mutual holding company,
or other consideration having equivalent aggregate value. The
form of the other


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