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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54067</law_id><section_number>13.1-664</section_number><catch_line>Shares held by intermediaries and nominees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-603</reference><reference>13.1-770</reference></referred_to_by><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="8">Shareholders</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s board of directors may establish a procedure under which a <span class="dictionary">person</span> on whose behalf <span class="dictionary">shares</span> are registered in the name of an intermediary or nominee may elect to be treated by the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> as the <span class="dictionary">record shareholder</span> by filing with the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">secretary</span> a beneficial ownership certificate. The terms, conditions, and limitations of this treatment shall be specified in the procedure. To the extent such <span class="dictionary">person</span> is treated under such procedure as having rights or <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> that the <span class="dictionary">record shareholder</span> otherwise would have, the <span class="dictionary">record shareholder</span> shall not have those rights or <span class="dictionary">privileges</span>. <a id="paragraph-198480" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The procedure shall specify: <a id="paragraph-198481" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The types of intermediaries or nominees to which it applies; <a id="paragraph-198482" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The rights or <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> that the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> recognizes in a <span class="dictionary">person</span> with respect to whom a beneficial ownership certificate is filed; <a id="paragraph-198483" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The manner in which the procedure is selected, which shall include that the beneficial ownership certificate be signed or assented to by or on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">record shareholder</span> and the <span class="dictionary">person</span> on whose behalf the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> are held; <a id="paragraph-198484" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The information that must be provided when the procedure is selected; <a id="paragraph-198485" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The period for which selection of the procedure is effective; <a id="paragraph-198486" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Requirements for notice to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> with respect to the arrangement; and <a id="paragraph-198487" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The form and contents of the beneficial ownership certificate. <a id="paragraph-198488" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#B7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The procedure may specify any other aspects of the rights and duties that may be included in a beneficial ownership certificate. <a id="paragraph-198489" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-664/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
