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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71865</law_id><section_number>13.1-739</section_number><catch_line>Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-737</reference><reference>13.1-738</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> A <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> paid pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Payment" href="/13.1-737/">13.1-737</a> who is dissatisfied with the amount of the payment must notify the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">secretary</span> in <span class="dictionary">writing</span> of that <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s estimate of the <span class="dictionary">fair value</span> of the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> and demand payment of that estimate plus <span class="dictionary">interest</span>, less any payment under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Payment" href="/13.1-737/">13.1-737</a>. A <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> offered payment under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="After-acquired shares" href="/13.1-738/">13.1-738</a> who is dissatisfied with that offer must reject the offer and demand payment of the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s stated estimate of the <span class="dictionary">fair value</span> of the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> plus <span class="dictionary">interest</span>. <a id="paragraph-258920" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-739/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> who fails to notify the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">secretary</span> in <span class="dictionary">writing</span> of that <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s demand to be paid the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s stated estimate of the <span class="dictionary">fair value</span> plus <span class="dictionary">interest</span> under subsection A within 30 days after receiving the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s payment or offer of payment under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Payment" href="/13.1-737/">13.1-737</a> or <a class="law" title="After-acquired shares" href="/13.1-738/">13.1-738</a>, respectively, <span class="dictionary">waives</span> the right to demand payment under this section and shall be entitled only to the payment made or offered pursuant to those respective sections. <a id="paragraph-258921" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-739/#B"><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; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
