1. A corporation may elect to withhold payment required by section 351.910 from a dissenter unless he was the beneficial owner of the shares before the date set forth in the dissenters’ notice as the date of the first announcement to news media or to the shareholders of the terms of the proposed corporate action.

2. To the extent the corporation elects to withhold payment under subsection 1 of this section, after taking the proposed corporate action, it shall estimate the fair value of the shares and shall pay this amount to each dissenter who agrees to accept it in full satisfaction of his demand. The corporation shall send with its offer a statement of its estimate of the fair value of the shares and a statement of the dissenters’ right to demand payment under section 351.925.