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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84694</law_id><section_number>13.1-737</section_number><catch_line>Payment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-738</reference><reference>13.1-739</reference><reference>13.1-740</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> Except as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="After-acquired shares" href="/13.1-738/">13.1-738</a>, within 30 days after the form required by subsection B 2 b of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Appraisal notice and form" href="/13.1-734/">13.1-734</a> is due, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall pay in cash to those <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> who complied with subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Perfection of rights; right to withdraw" href="/13.1-735.1/">13.1-735.1</a> the amount the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> estimates to be the <span class="dictionary">fair value</span> of their <span class="dictionary">shares</span> plus <span class="dictionary">interest</span>. <a id="paragraph-303540" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-737/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The payment to each <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> pursuant to subsection A shall be accompanied by: <a id="paragraph-303541" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-737/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The (i) 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> to be appraised, which shall be as of a date ending not more than 16 months before the date of payment 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 available, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall provide reasonably equivalent financial information, and (ii) the latest available quarterly financial statements of such <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, if any; <a id="paragraph-303542" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-737/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A statement of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s estimate of the <span class="dictionary">fair value</span> of the <span class="dictionary">shares</span>, which estimate shall equal or exceed the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s estimate given pursuant to subdivision B 2 c of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Appraisal notice and form" href="/13.1-734/">13.1-734</a>; and <a id="paragraph-303543" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-737/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A statement that <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> described in subsection A have the right to demand further payment under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer" href="/13.1-739/">13.1-739</a> and that if any such <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> does not do so within the time period specified in subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer" href="/13.1-739/">13.1-739</a>, such <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> shall be deemed to have accepted such payment under subsection A in full satisfaction of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s obligations under this article. <a id="paragraph-303544" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-737/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</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 subdivision B 1 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-303545" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-737/#C"><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; 2012, c. 706; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
