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Iowa Code § 490.1303 (2026)

Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial shareholders

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1. A record shareholder may assert appraisal rights as to fewer than all the shares registered in the record shareholder’s name but owned by a beneficial shareholder or a voting trust beneficial owner only if the record shareholder objects with respect to all shares of a class or series owned by the beneficial shareholder or the voting trust beneficial owner and notifies the corporation in writing of the name and address of each beneficial\n\nTue Dec 09 22:07:44 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 490 (142, 1) 109 BUSINESS CORPORATIONS, §490.1320\n\nshareholder or voting trust beneficial owner on whose behalf appraisal rights are being asserted. The rights of a record shareholder who asserts appraisal rights for only part of the shares held of record in the record shareholder’s name under this subsection shall be determined as if the shares as to which the record shareholder objects and the record shareholder’s other shares were registered in the names of different record shareholders. 2. A beneficial shareholder and a voting trust beneficial owner may assert appraisal rights as to shares of any class or series held on behalf of the shareholder only if such shareholder does all of the following: a. Submits to the corporation the record shareholder’s written consent to the assertion of such rights no later than the date referred to in section 490.1322, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2). b. Does so with respect to all shares of the class or series that are beneficially owned by the beneficial shareholder or the voting trust beneficial owner. 89 Acts, ch 288, §133; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §80, 125; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §91; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §160, 230

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490.1304 through 490.1319 Reserved.\n\n PART 2 PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISE OF APPRAISAL RIGHTS

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: EMC Ins. Grp., Inc. v. Gregory M. Shepard (Iowa 2021).
EMC Ins. Grp., Inc. v. Gregory M. Shepard (Iowa 2021). · cites it 15× “” Iowa Code § 490.1303 (2)(a) (emphasis added).”
EMC Ins. Grp., Inc. v. Gregory M. Shepard (Iowa 2021). · cites it 15× “” Iowa Code § 490.1303 (2)(a) (emphasis added).”
— Iowa Code § 490.1303(2)(a) — 2 cases
EMC Ins. Grp., Inc. v. Gregory M. Shepard (Iowa 2021). “” Iowa Code § 490.1303 (2)(a) (emphasis added).”
EMC Ins. Grp., Inc. v. Gregory M. Shepard (Iowa 2021). “” Iowa Code § 490.1303 (2)(a) (emphasis added).”
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