Iowa Code 686C.5 – Adjustment
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 686C.5
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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.
- Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
686C.5 Adjustment.
1. Except as provided in subsections 2, 3, and 4, the fair market value of total gross assets
at the time of a merger or consolidation shall increase annually at a rate equal to the sum of the prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall street journal published for each calendar year since the merger or consolidation, unless the prime rate is not published in that edition of the Wall street journal, in which case any reasonable determination of the prime rate on the first day of the year may be used, plus one percent.
2. The rate determined under subsection 1 shall not be compounded.
3. The adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall continue as provided in subsection 1 until the date the adjusted value is first exceeded by the cumulative amounts of successor asbestos-related liabilities paid or committed to be paid by or on behalf of the successor corporation or a predecessor or by or on behalf of a transferor after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined.
4. No adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall be applied to any liability insurance that may be included in the total gross assets pursuant to § 686C.4, subsection 2.
2017 Acts, ch 11, §23
1. Except as provided in subsections 2, 3, and 4, the fair market value of total gross assets
at the time of a merger or consolidation shall increase annually at a rate equal to the sum of the prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall street journal published for each calendar year since the merger or consolidation, unless the prime rate is not published in that edition of the Wall street journal, in which case any reasonable determination of the prime rate on the first day of the year may be used, plus one percent.
2. The rate determined under subsection 1 shall not be compounded.
3. The adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall continue as provided in subsection 1 until the date the adjusted value is first exceeded by the cumulative amounts of successor asbestos-related liabilities paid or committed to be paid by or on behalf of the successor corporation or a predecessor or by or on behalf of a transferor after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined.
4. No adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall be applied to any liability insurance that may be included in the total gross assets pursuant to § 686C.4, subsection 2.
2017 Acts, ch 11, §23