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  1  1                                           HOUSE FILE 2197
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT 
  1  4 RELATING TO THE DETERMINATION OF FAIR VALUE OF THE SHARES
  1  5    OF DISSENTING SHAREHOLDERS OF A BANK OR BANK HOLDING COMPANY.
  1  6 
  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  8 
  1  9    Section 1.  Section 490.1330, Code 1999, is amended by
  1 10 adding the following new subsection:
  1 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this
  1 12 division, if the corporation is a bank holding company as
  1 13 defined in section 524.1801, fair value, at the election of
  1 14 the bank holding company, may be determined as provided in
  1 15 section 524.1406, subsection 3, prior to giving notice under
  1 16 section 490.1320 or 490.1322.  The fair value as determined
  1 17 shall be included in any notice under section 490.1320 or
  1 18 490.1322, and section 490.1328 shall not apply.
  1 19    Sec. 2.  Section 490.1301, subsection 4, Code 1999, is
  1 20 amended to read as follows:
  1 21    4.  "Fair value", with respect to a dissenter's shares,
  1 22 means the value of the shares immediately before the
  1 23 effectuation of the corporate action to which the dissenter
  1 24 objects, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in
  1 25 anticipation of the corporate action unless exclusion would be
  1 26 inequitable.  With respect to a dissenter's shares that are
  1 27 the shares of a corporation that is a bank holding company as
  1 28 defined in section 524.1801, the factors identified in section
  1 29 524.1406, subsection 3, paragraph "a", shall also be
  1 30 considered.
  1 31    Sec. 3.  Section 524.1406, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1 32 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1 33    3.  a.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision in chapter
  1 34 490, division XIII, in determining the fair value of the
  1 35 shareholder's shares under this section of a bank organized
  2  1 under this chapter or a bank holding company as defined in
  2  2 section 524.1801 in a transaction or event in which the
  2  3 shareholder is entitled to the rights and remedies of a
  2  4 dissenting shareholder, due consideration shall be given to
  2  5 valuation issues acknowledged and authorized by the Internal
  2  6 Revenue Code, as defined in section 422.3 factors recognized
  2  7 for federal and estate tax purposes, including discounts for
  2  8 minority interests and discounts for lack of marketability.
  2  9 However, any payment made to dissenting shareholders under
  2 10 section 490.1325 shall be in an amount not less than the
  2 11 stockholders' equity in the bank disclosed in its last
  2 12 statement of condition filed under section 524.220 or the
  2 13 total equity capital of the bank holding company disclosed in
  2 14 the most recent report filed by the bank holding company with
  2 15 the board of governors of the federal reserve system, divided
  2 16 by the number of shares outstanding.
  2 17    b.  Prior to giving notice of a meeting at which a
  2 18 shareholder of a bank organized under this chapter or a bank
  2 19 holding company as defined in section 524.1801 would be
  2 20 entitled to assert dissenter's rights, a bank the rights and
  2 21 remedies of a dissenting shareholder, such bank or bank
  2 22 holding company may seek a declaratory judgment to establish
  2 23 the fair value for purposes of section 490.1301, subsection 4,
  2 24 of shares held by such shareholders who would have a right to
  2 25 dissent.  Another cause of action or a counterclaim shall not
  2 26 be joined with such a declaratory action.  A declaratory
  2 27 judgment shall be filed in the county where the bank's
  2 28 principal place of business of the bank or bank holding
  2 29 company is located.  The court shall appoint an attorney to
  2 30 represent minority shareholders.  All shareholders of the bank
  2 31 or bank holding company shall be served with notice of the
  2 32 action and be advised of the name, address, and telephone
  2 33 number of the attorney appointed to represent minority
  2 34 shareholder interests shareholders.  The attorney appointed to
  2 35 represent minority shareholders shall select an appraiser to
  3  1 give an opinion of the fair value of such shares.  The bank or
  3  2 bank holding company may select an appraiser to give an
  3  3 opinion on the fair value and the attorney shall select an
  3  4 appraiser to give an opinion on fair value of the shares of
  3  5 the bank or bank holding company.  Any shareholder may
  3  6 participate individually and present evidence of the fair
  3  7 value of such shareholder's shares.  All court costs,
  3  8 appraiser's fees, and the fees and expenses of the attorney
  3  9 appointed to represent the minority shareholders shall be
  3 10 assessed against the bank or the bank holding company.  A
  3 11 judgment in the action shall not determine fair value for a
  3 12 share to be less than the stockholders' equity in the bank
  3 13 disclosed in its last statement of condition filed under
  3 14 section 524.220 or the total equity capital of the bank
  3 15 holding company disclosed in the most recent report filed by
  3 16 the bank holding company with the board of governors of the
  3 17 federal reserve system, divided by the number of shares
  3 18 outstanding.  A final judgment in the action shall establish
  3 19 fair value for the purposes of chapter 490, division XIII and
  3 20 shall be disclosed to the shareholders in the notice to
  3 21 shareholders of the meeting to approve the transaction that
  3 22 gives rise to dissenters' rights.  If the proposed transaction
  3 23 is approved by the shareholders, upon consummation of the
  3 24 proposed transaction the fair value so established shall be
  3 25 paid to all shareholders each shareholder entitled to payment
  3 26 for their the shareholder's shares upon receipt of such
  3 27 shareholders' shareholder's share certificates.  
  3 28 
  3 29 
  3 30                                                             
  3 31                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  3 32                               Speaker of the House
  3 33 
  3 34 
  3 35                                                             
  4  1                               MARY E. KRAMER
  4  2                               President of the Senate
  4  3 
  4  4    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  4  5 is known as House File 2197, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  4  6 
  4  7 
  4  8                                                             
  4  9                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  4 10                               Chief Clerk of the House
  4 11 Approved                , 2000
  4 12 
  4 13 
  4 14                            
  4 15 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  4 16 Governor
     

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