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 PUBLIC IJ\.W 104-10—MAY 18, 1995 109 STAT. 155 Public Law 104-10 104th Congress An Act To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the purchase May 18, 1995 of common stock of Cook Inlet Region, and for other purposes. [H.R. 421] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PURCHASE OF SETTLEMENT COMMON STOCK OF COOK INLET REGION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(h) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4)(A) As used in this paragraph, the term 'Cook Inlet Regional Corporation' means Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated. "(B) The Cook Inlet Regional Corporation may, by an amendment to its articles of incorporation made in accordance with the voting standards under section 36(d)(1), purchase Settlement Common Stock of the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation and all rights associated with the stock from the shareholders of Cook Inlet Regional Corporation in accordance with any provisions included in the amendment that relate to the terms, procedures, number of offers to purchase, and timing of offers to purchase. "(C) Subject to subparagraph (D), and notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), the shareholders of Cook Inlet Regional Corporation may, in accordance with an amendment made pursuant to subparagraph (B), sell the Settlement Common Stock of the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation to itself. "(D) No sale or purchase may be made pursuant to this paragraph without the prior approval of the board of directors of Cook Inlet Regional Corporation. Except as provided in subparagraph (E), each sale and purchase made under this paragraph shall be made pursuant to an offer made on the same terms to all holders of Settlement Common Stock of the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation. "(E) To recognize the different rights that accrue to any class or series of shares of Settlement Common Stock owned by stockholders who are not residents of a Native village (referred to in this paragraph as 'non-village shares'), an amendment made pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall authorize the board of directors (at the option of the board) to offer to purchase— "(i) the non-village shares, including the right to share in distributions made to shareholders pursuant to subsections (j) and (m) (referred to in this paragraph as 'nonresident distribution rights'), at a price that includes a premium, in addition to the amount that is offered for the purchase of other village shares of Settlement Common Stock of the Cook Inlet

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