1. In addition to the requirements of section 499.47B, in any case where a cooperative association issues its common stock or membership, or subscriptions for common stock or membership, or both, as a part or all of the consideration for the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, the property and assets of another cooperative association, the issuance of such common stock or membership, or subscriptions for common stock or membership, or both, shall be authorized by the issuing cooperative association in the following manner:

 a. The board of directors shall adopt a resolution recommending the issuance of the common stock or membership, or subscriptions for common stock or membership, or both, and directing the submission thereof to a vote at a meeting of the membership, which may be either an annual or special meeting.
 b. Written or printed notice shall be given to each member of record entitled to vote at the meeting within the time and in the manner provided in this chapter for the giving of notice of meetings to members, and, whether the meeting be an annual or a special meeting, shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes of the meeting, is to consider the proposed issuance of common stock or membership, or subscriptions for common stock or membership, or both, as consideration for all or a part of the property and assets of the other cooperative association.
 c. At the meeting the membership may authorize the issuance and may fix, or may authorize the board of directors to fix, any or all of the terms and conditions thereof and the property and assets to be received as consideration. Such authorization shall be approved if a majority of the voting members present vote in the affirmative.
 d. After such authorization by a vote of members, the board of directors nevertheless, in its discretion, may abandon the issuance, without further action or approval by the members.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 499.47C

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Association: means a corporation formed under this chapter. See Iowa Code 499.2
  • cooperative association: means any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 499.43A
  • 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
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Merger: means the uniting of two or more cooperative associations into one cooperative association, in such manner that one of the merging associations retains its corporate existence and absorbs the others, which cease to exist as corporate entities. See Iowa Code 499.61
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. If a cooperative association, in connection with its acquisition of property or assets of another cooperative association, agrees to solicit common stock or membership, or subscriptions for common stock or membership to the members of the cooperative association selling such property or assets, the agreement shall not itself constitute the issuance of common stock or membership, or subscriptions for common stock or membership as described in this section. This section shall not apply to a merger as defined in section 499.61.
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