Iowa Code 524.539 – Voting trust
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1. Any number of shareholders of a state bank may create a voting trust for the purpose of conferring upon a trustee or trustees the right to vote or otherwise represent their shares, for a period of not to exceed ten years, by entering into a written voting trust agreement specifying the terms and conditions of the voting trust, by depositing a counterpart of the agreement with the state bank at its principal place of business, by delivery of a copy of the voting trust agreement to the superintendent and by transferring their shares to such trustee or trustees for the purposes of the agreement. The counterpart of the voting trust agreement so deposited with the state bank is subject to examination for any proper purpose during usual business hours by a shareholder of the state bank, in person or by agent or attorney, or by any holder of a beneficial interest in the voting trust, in person or by agent or attorney.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 524.539
- Bank: means a corporation organized under this chapter, a national bank, a federal savings association, or an out-of-state bank. See Iowa Code 524.103
- Person: means as defined in section 4. See Iowa Code 524.103
- Shareholder: means one who is a holder of record of shares in a state bank. See Iowa Code 524.103
- Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a state bank incorporated as a stock corporation are divided. See Iowa Code 524.103
- 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
- State bank: means any bank incorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after January 1, 1970, and any "state bank" incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state and doing business as such on January 1, 1970, or a bank organized as a mutual corporation under this chapter. See Iowa Code 524.103
- Superintendent: means the superintendent of banking of this state. See Iowa Code 524.103
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
2. This section shall not affect the validity of any agreement, relative to the voting of shares, in effect prior to July 1, 1995.