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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77913</law_id><section_number>13.1-641</section_number><catch_line>Fractional shares</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Shares and Distributions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Unless the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> provide otherwise, a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may, if authorized by its board of directors, <span class="dictionary">issue</span> fractions of a share or in lieu of doing so may: <a id="paragraph-279375" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Pay in cash the value of fractions of a share; <a id="paragraph-279376" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Issue</span> scrip in registered or bearer form entitling the holder to receive a full share upon surrendering enough scrip to equal a full share; or <a id="paragraph-279377" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Arrange for <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of fractional <span class="dictionary">shares</span> held by the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>. <a id="paragraph-279378" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each certificate representing scrip shall be conspicuously labeled &#x201C;Scrip&#x201D; and shall contain the applicable information required by subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Form and content of certificates evidencing shares" href="/13.1-647/">13.1-647</a>. <a id="paragraph-279379" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The holder of a fractional share is entitled to exercise the rights of a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>, including the rights to vote and to receive <span class="dictionary">distributions</span>, including <span class="dictionary">distributions</span> upon dissolution. The holder of scrip is not entitled to any rights of a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> unless the scrip provides for them. <a id="paragraph-279380" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The board of directors may authorize the issuance of scrip subject to any condition, including that: <a id="paragraph-279381" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The scrip will become void if not exchanged for full <span class="dictionary">shares</span> before a specified date; and <a id="paragraph-279382" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">shares</span> for which the scrip is exchangeable may be sold by the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> and the proceeds paid to the scrip holders. <a id="paragraph-279383" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> When a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> is to pay in cash the value of fractions of a share such value shall be determined by the board of directors. A good faith <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the board of directors as to the value of a fractional share is conclusive. <a id="paragraph-279384" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-641/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-21; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 1966, c. 466; 1975, c. 500; 1984, c. 613; 1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
