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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87218</law_id><section_number>13.1-732</section_number><catch_line>Notice of appraisal rights</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-733</reference><reference>13.1-741</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="15">Appraisal Rights and Other Remedies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Where any corporate action specified in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Right to appraisal" href="/13.1-730/">13.1-730</a> is to be submitted to a vote at a shareholders&#x2019; meeting and the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> has concluded that shareholders are or may be entitled to assert appraisal rights under this article, the meeting notice, or when no approval of such action is required pursuant to subsection G of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Action on a plan of merger or share exchange" href="/13.1-718/">13.1-718</a>, the offer made pursuant to subsection G of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Action on a plan of merger or share exchange" href="/13.1-718/">13.1-718</a> shall <span class="dictionary">state</span> the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s position as to the availability of appraisal rights.
			If the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> concludes that appraisal rights are or may be available, a copy of this article shall accompany the meeting notice or offer sent to those <span class="dictionary">record shareholders</span> who are or may be entitled to exercise appraisal rights. <a id="paragraph-312325" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In a <span class="dictionary">merger</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries" href="/13.1-719/">13.1-719</a>, the parent <span class="dictionary">entity</span> shall notify in <span class="dictionary">writing</span> all <span class="dictionary">record shareholders</span> of the subsidiary who are entitled to assert appraisal rights that the corporate action became effective. Such notice shall be sent within 10 days after the corporate action became effective and include the <span class="dictionary">materials</span> described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Appraisal notice and form" href="/13.1-734/">13.1-734</a>. <a id="paragraph-312326" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Where any corporate action specified in subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Right to appraisal" href="/13.1-730/">13.1-730</a> is to be approved by <span class="dictionary">written</span> consent of the shareholders pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Action without meeting" href="/13.1-657/">13.1-657</a> and the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> has concluded that shareholders are or may be entitled to assert appraisal rights under this article: <a id="paragraph-312327" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Written</span> notice stating the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s position as to the availability of appraisal rights shall be given to each <span class="dictionary">record shareholder</span> from whom a consent is solicited at the time consent of such shareholder is first solicited and shall be accompanied by a copy of this article; and <a id="paragraph-312328" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Written</span> notice stating the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s position as to the availability of appraisal rights shall be delivered together with the notice to nonconsenting and nonvoting shareholders required by subsections H and I of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Action without meeting" href="/13.1-657/">13.1-657</a>, may include the <span class="dictionary">materials</span> described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Appraisal notice and form" href="/13.1-734/">13.1-734</a>, and shall be accompanied by a copy of this article. <a id="paragraph-312329" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Where corporate action described in subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Right to appraisal" href="/13.1-730/">13.1-730</a> is proposed, or a <span class="dictionary">merger</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries" href="/13.1-719/">13.1-719</a> is effected, the notice referred to in subsection A, B, or C shall be accompanied by: <a id="paragraph-312330" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The annual financial statements specified in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Financial statements for shareholders" href="/13.1-774/">13.1-774</a> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> that issued the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> that may be subject to appraisal, which shall be as of a date ending not more than 16 months before the date of the notice and shall comply with subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Financial statements for shareholders" href="/13.1-774/">13.1-774</a>; provided that, if such annual financial statements are not reasonably available, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall provide reasonably equivalent financial information; and <a id="paragraph-312331" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The latest available quarterly financial statements of such <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, if any. <a id="paragraph-312332" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> A <span class="dictionary">public corporation</span>, or a corporation that ceased to be a <span class="dictionary">public corporation</span> as a result of the corporate action specified in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Right to appraisal" href="/13.1-730/">13.1-730</a>, may fulfill its responsibilities under subsection D by delivering the specified financial statements, or otherwise making them available, in any manner permitted by the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> if the corporation was a <span class="dictionary">public corporation</span> as of the date of the specified financial statements. <a id="paragraph-312333" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The right to receive the information described in subsection D may be waived in <span class="dictionary">writing</span> by a shareholder before or after the corporate action. <a id="paragraph-312334" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-732/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765; 2007, c. 165; 2012, c. 706; 2015, c. 611; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
