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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 14 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter 765<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 734<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63612,"section_number":"13.1-728.5","catch_line":"Meeting of shareholders","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-728.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":150529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66018,"identifier":"13.1-728.6","token":"13.1\/9\/14.1\/13.1-728.6","url":"\/13.1-728.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-728.6\/","token":"13.1\/9\/14.1\/13.1-728.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice to shareholders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-728.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If a special meeting of shareholders<\/span> is required to be called pursuant to § 13.1-728.5<\/a>, notice of the special meeting shall be given by the public corporation<\/span> to all shareholders<\/span> of record as of the record date<\/span> set for the meeting, whether or not entitled to vote at the meeting. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notice of the special or annual shareholders<\/span>’ meeting at which the voting rights are to be considered shall include or be accompanied by the following: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A copy of the control share acquisition<\/span> statement delivered pursuant to this article; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A statement by the board of directors of its position or recommendation, or that it is taking no position or making no recommendation, with respect to the granting of voting rights to shares<\/span> acquired in the control share acquisition<\/span> or the proposed control share acquisition<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS (\u00a7 13.1-728.6)\n\nA. If a special meeting of shareholders is required to be called pursuant to\n§ 13.1-728.5, notice of the special meeting shall be given by the public\ncorporation to all shareholders of record as of the record date set for the\nmeeting, whether or not entitled to vote at the meeting.\n\nB. Notice of the special or annual shareholders’ meeting at which the\nvoting rights are to be considered shall include or be accompanied by the\nfollowing:\n\n 1. A copy of the control share acquisition statement delivered pursuant to\n this article; and\n\n 2. A statement by the board of directors of its position or recommendation, or\n that it is taking no position or making no recommendation, with respect to the\n granting of voting rights to shares acquired in the control share acquisition\n or the proposed control share acquisition.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 14; 2005, c. 765; 2019, c. 734.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}