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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64739</law_id><section_number>13.1-652</section_number><catch_line>Corporation&amp;#8217;s acquisition of its own 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> A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may acquire its own <span class="dictionary">shares</span>, and <span class="dictionary">shares</span> so acquired constitute authorized but unissued <span class="dictionary">shares</span> of the same class, if any, but undesignated as to series. <a id="paragraph-235593" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-652/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> prohibit the reissuance of acquired shares or if the board of directors has authorized the reduction in the number of <span class="dictionary">authorized shares</span> by the number of shares acquired, the number of <span class="dictionary">authorized shares</span> shall be reduced by the number of shares acquired effective when the certificate of amendment is effective. The <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall <span class="dictionary">deliver</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for filing articles of amendment that shall set forth: <a id="paragraph-235594" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-652/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>; <a id="paragraph-235595" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-652/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The reduction in the number of <span class="dictionary">authorized shares</span>, itemized by class and series; <a id="paragraph-235596" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-652/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The total number of <span class="dictionary">authorized shares</span>, itemized by class and series, remaining after reduction of the shares; and <a id="paragraph-235597" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-652/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A statement that the reduction in the number of <span class="dictionary">authorized shares</span> was required by the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> or was adopted by the board of directors without <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> approval pursuant to this section, with the date of adoption. <a id="paragraph-235598" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-652/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The articles of amendment may be adopted by the board of directors without <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> action. <a id="paragraph-235599" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-652/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the articles of amendment comply with the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span> and that all required fees have been paid, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of amendment. <a id="paragraph-235600" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-652/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13.1-65, 13.1-66; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765; 2019, c. 734; 2020, c. 1226.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
