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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58466</law_id><section_number>13.1-733</section_number><catch_line>Notice of intent to demand payment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-734</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> If a 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 submitted to a vote at a <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>&#x2019; meeting, a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> who wishes to assert appraisal rights with respect to any class or series of <span class="dictionary">shares</span>: <a id="paragraph-214278" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-733/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Must <span class="dictionary">deliver</span> to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">secretary</span> before the vote is taken <span class="dictionary">written</span> notice of the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to demand payment if the proposed action is effectuated; and <a id="paragraph-214279" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-733/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Must not vote, or cause or permit to be voted, any <span class="dictionary">shares</span> of such class or series in favor of the proposed action. <a id="paragraph-214280" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-733/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a 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">shareholders</span> by <span class="dictionary">written</span> consent, a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> who wishes to assert appraisal rights with respect to any class or series of <span class="dictionary">shares</span>: <a id="paragraph-214281" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-733/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Shall <span class="dictionary">deliver</span> to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">secretary</span> before the proposed action becomes effective <span class="dictionary">written</span> notice of the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to demand payment if the proposed action is effectuated, except that such <span class="dictionary">written</span> notice is not required if the notice required by subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Notice of appraisal rights" href="/13.1-732/">13.1-732</a> is given less than 25 days prior to the date such proposed action is effectuated; and <a id="paragraph-214282" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-733/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Shall not <span class="dictionary">sign</span> a consent in favor of the proposed action with respect to that class or series of <span class="dictionary">shares</span>. <a id="paragraph-214283" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-733/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If a corporate action specified in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Right to appraisal" href="/13.1-730/">13.1-730</a> does not require <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> approval 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>, a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> who wishes to assert appraisal rights with respect to any class or series of <span class="dictionary">shares</span> (i) shall <span class="dictionary">deliver</span> to the <span class="dictionary">secretary</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> before the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> are purchased pursuant to the offer <span class="dictionary">written</span> notice of the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to demand payment if the proposed action is effectuated; and (ii) shall not tender, or cause or permit to be tendered, any <span class="dictionary">shares</span> of such class or series in response to such offer. <a id="paragraph-214284" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-733/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> who fails to satisfy the requirements of subsection A, B, or C is not entitled to payment under this article. <a id="paragraph-214285" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-733/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13-85, 13.1-75, 13.1-78; 1956, c. 428; 1968, c. 733; 1972, c. 425; 1975, c. 500; 1984, c. 613; 1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765; 2007, c. 165; 2010, c. 782; 2015, c. 611; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
