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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78022</law_id><section_number>13.1-741.1</section_number><catch_line>Limitations on other remedies for fundamental transactions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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 for action taken before the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctions" href="/13.1-614/">13.1-614</a> or as provided in subsection B, the legality of a proposed or completed corporate action described in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Right to appraisal" href="/13.1-730/">13.1-730</a> may not be contested, nor may the corporate action be enjoined, set aside or rescinded, in a legal or <span class="dictionary">equitable</span> <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> by a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> after the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> have approved the corporate action. <a id="paragraph-279733" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-741.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Subsection A does not apply to a corporate action that: <a id="paragraph-279734" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-741.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Was not authorized and approved in accordance with the applicable provisions of:
				a. Article 11 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority to amend articles of incorporation" href="/13.1-705/">13.1-705</a> et seq.), Article 12 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-715.1/">13.1-715.1</a> et seq.), Article 12.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-722.1_1/">13.1-722.1:1</a> et seq.), Article 12.2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-722.8/">13.1-722.8</a> et seq.), or Article 13 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval" href="/13.1-723/">13.1-723</a> et seq.);
				b. The <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> or bylaws; or
				c. The resolution of the board of directors authorizing the corporate action; <a id="paragraph-279735" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-741.1/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Was procured as a result of <span class="dictionary">fraud</span>, a <span class="dictionary">material</span> misrepresentation, or an omission of a <span class="dictionary">material</span> <span class="dictionary">fact</span> necessary to make statements made, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; <a id="paragraph-279736" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-741.1/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Is an <span class="dictionary">interested transaction</span>, unless it has been recommended by the board of directors in the same manner as is provided in subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Director conflict of interests" href="/13.1-691/">13.1-691</a> or has been approved by the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> in the same manner as is provided in subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Director conflict of interests" href="/13.1-691/">13.1-691</a> as if the <span class="dictionary">interested transaction</span> were a director&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">conflict of interests</span> transaction; or <a id="paragraph-279737" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-741.1/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Is adopted or taken by less than unanimous consent of the voting <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Action without meeting" href="/13.1-657/">13.1-657</a> if:
				a. The challenge to the corporate action is brought by a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> who did not consent to the corporate action and as to whom notice of the approval of the corporate action was not effective at least 10 days before the corporate action was effected; and
				b. The <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> challenging the corporate action is commenced within 10 days after notice of the adoption or taking of the corporate action is effective as to the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> bringing the <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span>. <a id="paragraph-279738" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-741.1/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any remedial action with respect to corporate action described in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Right to appraisal" href="/13.1-730/">13.1-730</a> shall not limit the scope of, or be inconsistent with, any provision of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctions" href="/13.1-614/">13.1-614</a>. <a id="paragraph-279739" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-741.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2007, c. 165; 2008, c. 91; 2015, c. 611; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
