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Focus on New Jersey Appraisal

Appraisal Rights

While Delaware isn’t the only state offering appraisal rights, not all of the remaining 49 states are appraisal-equal. New Jersey offers very little in terms of shareholder appraisal rights. N.J.S.A. 14A:11-1 provides a general proposition that shareholders have a right to dissent from corporate actions, but then it enumerates several restrictions. Mirroring Delaware law, New Jersey law includes a market-out exception for mergers, denying shareholders appraisal rights if the shares are listed on