1. A corporation may elect to withhold payment required by section 490.1324 from any shareholder who was required to, but did not certify that beneficial ownership of all of the shareholder’s shares for which appraisal rights are asserted was acquired before the date set forth in the appraisal notice sent pursuant to section 490.1322, subsection 2, paragraph “a”.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.1325

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law governing an unincorporated entity:
  • Shareholder: means a record shareholder. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a domestic or foreign corporation are divided. See Iowa Code 490.140
 2. If the corporation elected to withhold payment under subsection 1, within thirty days after the form required by section 490.1322, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), is due, the corporation shall notify all shareholders who are described in subsection 1 regarding all of the following:

 a. Of the information required by section 490.1324, subsection 2, paragraph “a”.
 b. Of the corporation’s estimate of fair value pursuant to section 490.1324, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.
 c. That they may accept the corporation’s estimate of fair value, plus interest, in full satisfaction of their demands or demand appraisal under section 490.1326.
 d. That those shareholders who wish to accept such offer shall so notify the corporation of their acceptance of the corporation’s offer within thirty days after receiving the offer.
 e. That those shareholders who do not satisfy the requirements for demanding appraisal under section 490.1326 shall be deemed to have accepted the corporation’s offer.
 3. Within ten days after receiving the shareholder’s acceptance pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “d”, the corporation shall pay in cash the amount it offered under subsection 2, paragraph “b”, plus interest to each shareholder who agreed to accept the corporation’s offer in full satisfaction of the shareholder’s demand.
 4. Within forty days after delivering the notice described in subsection 2, the corporation shall pay in cash the amount it offered to pay under subsection 2, paragraph “b”, plus interest to each shareholder described in subsection 2, paragraph “e”.