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Subchapter
003
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JUDICIAL APPRAISAL OF SHARES
(Cite as: 11A V.S.A. § 13.31)
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§ 13.31. Court costs and counsel fees
(a) The court in an appraisal proceeding commenced under section 13.30 of this title shall determine all costs of the proceeding, including the reasonable compensation
and expenses of appraisers appointed by the court. The court shall assess the costs
against the corporation, except that the court may assess costs against all or some
of the dissenters, in amounts the court finds equitable, to the extent the court finds
the dissenters acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith in demanding payment
under section 13.28 of this title.
(b) The court may also assess the fees and expenses of counsel and experts for the respective
parties, in amounts the court finds equitable:
(1) against the corporation and in favor of any or all dissenters if the court finds the
corporation did not substantially comply with the requirements of sections 13.20 through 13.28 of this title; or
(2) against either the corporation or a dissenter, in favor of any other party, if the
court finds that the party against whom the fees and expenses are assessed acted arbitrarily,
vexatiously, or not in good faith with respect to the rights provided by this chapter.
(c) If the court finds that the services of counsel for any dissenter were of substantial
benefit to other dissenters similarly situated, and that the fees for those services
should not be assessed against the corporation, the court may award to these counsel
reasonable fees to be paid out of the amounts awarded the dissenters who were benefited. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.)