1. Except as provided in section 490.1325, within thirty days after the form required by section 490.1322, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), is due, the corporation shall pay in cash to those shareholders who complied with section 490.1323, subsection 1, the amount the corporation estimates to be the fair value of their shares, plus interest.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.1324

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law governing an unincorporated entity:
  • Shareholder: means a record shareholder. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a domestic or foreign corporation are divided. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The payment to each shareholder pursuant to subsection 1 must be accompanied by all of the following:

 a. (1) Financial statements of the corporation that issued the shares to be appraised, consisting of a balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than sixteen months before the date of payment, an income statement for that year, and a cash flow statement for that year; provided that, if such annual financial statements are not reasonably available, the corporation shall provide reasonably equivalent financial information.

 (2) The latest interim financial statements of such corporation, if any.
 b. A statement of the corporation’s estimate of the fair value of the shares, which estimate shall equal or exceed the corporation’s estimate given pursuant to section 490.1322, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (3).
 c. A statement that shareholders described in subsection 1 have the right to demand further payment under section 490.1326 and that if any such shareholder does not do so within the time period specified in section 490.1326, subsection 2, such shareholder shall be deemed to have accepted the payment under subsection 1 in full satisfaction of the corporation’s obligations under this subchapter.