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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 490.1330, Code 1999, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this
  1  4 division, if the corporation is a bank holding company as
  1  5 defined in section 524.1801, fair value, at the election of
  1  6 the bank holding company, may be determined as provided in
  1  7 section 524.1406, subsection 3, prior to giving notice under
  1  8 section 490.1320 or 490.1322.  The fair value as determined
  1  9 shall be included in any notice under section 490.1320 or
  1 10 490.1322, and section 490.1328 shall not apply.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 490.1301, subsection 4, Code 1999, is
  1 12 amended to read as follows:
  1 13    4.  "Fair value", with respect to a dissenter's shares,
  1 14 means the value of the shares immediately before the
  1 15 effectuation of the corporate action to which the dissenter
  1 16 objects, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in
  1 17 anticipation of the corporate action unless exclusion would be
  1 18 inequitable.  With respect to a dissenter's shares that are
  1 19 the shares of a corporation that is a bank holding company as
  1 20 defined in section 524.1801, the factors identified in section
  1 21 524.1406, subsection 3, paragraph "a", shall also be
  1 22 considered.
  1 23    Sec. 3.  Section 524.1406, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1 24 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1 25    3.  a.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision in chapter
  1 26 490, division XIII, in determining the fair value of the
  1 27 shareholder's shares under this section of a bank organized
  1 28 under this chapter or a bank holding company as defined in
  1 29 section 524.1801 in a transaction or event in which the
  1 30 shareholder is entitled to the rights and remedies of a
  1 31 dissenting shareholder, due consideration shall be given to
  1 32 valuation issues acknowledged and authorized by the Internal
  1 33 Revenue Code, as defined in section 422.3 factors recognized
  1 34 for federal and estate tax purposes, including discounts for
  1 35 minority interests and discounts for lack of marketability.
  2  1 However, any payment made to dissenting shareholders under
  2  2 section 490.1325 shall be in an amount not less than the
  2  3 stockholders' equity in the bank disclosed in its last
  2  4 statement of condition filed under section 524.220 or the
  2  5 total equity capital of the bank holding company disclosed in
  2  6 the most recent report filed by the bank holding company with
  2  7 the board of governors of the federal reserve system, divided
  2  8 by the number of shares outstanding.
  2  9    b.  Prior to giving notice of a meeting at which a
  2 10 shareholder of a bank organized under this chapter or a bank
  2 11 holding company as defined in section 524.1801 would be
  2 12 entitled to assert dissenter's rights, a bank the rights and
  2 13 remedies of a dissenting shareholder, such bank or bank
  2 14 holding company may seek a declaratory judgment to establish
  2 15 the fair value for purposes of section 490.1301, subsection 4,
  2 16 of shares held by such shareholders who would have a right to
  2 17 dissent.  Another cause of action or a counterclaim shall not
  2 18 be joined with such a declaratory action.  A declaratory
  2 19 judgment shall be filed in the county where the bank's
  2 20 principal place of business of the bank or bank holding
  2 21 company is located.  The court shall appoint an attorney to
  2 22 represent minority shareholders.  All shareholders of the bank
  2 23 or bank holding company shall be served with notice of the
  2 24 action and be advised of the name, address, and telephone
  2 25 number of the attorney appointed to represent minority
  2 26 shareholder interests shareholders.  The attorney appointed to
  2 27 represent minority shareholders shall select an appraiser to
  2 28 give an opinion of the fair value of such shares.  The bank or
  2 29 bank holding company may select an appraiser to give an
  2 30 opinion on the fair value and the attorney shall select an
  2 31 appraiser to give an opinion on fair value of the shares of
  2 32 the bank or bank holding company.  Any shareholder may
  2 33 participate individually and present evidence of the fair
  2 34 value of such shareholder's shares.  All court costs,
  2 35 appraiser's fees, and the fees and expenses of the attorney
  3  1 appointed to represent the minority shareholders shall be
  3  2 assessed against the bank or the bank holding company.  A
  3  3 judgment in the action shall not determine fair value for a
  3  4 share to be less than the stockholders' equity in the bank
  3  5 disclosed in its last statement of condition filed under
  3  6 section 524.220 or the total equity capital of the bank
  3  7 holding company disclosed in the most recent report filed by
  3  8 the bank holding company with the board of governors of the
  3  9 federal reserve system, divided by the number of shares
  3 10 outstanding.  A final judgment in the action shall establish
  3 11 fair value for the purposes of chapter 490, division XIII and
  3 12 shall be disclosed to the shareholders in the notice to
  3 13 shareholders of the meeting to approve the transaction that
  3 14 gives rise to dissenters' rights.  If the proposed transaction
  3 15 is approved by the shareholders, upon consummation of the
  3 16 proposed transaction the fair value so established shall be
  3 17 paid to all shareholders each shareholder entitled to payment
  3 18 for their the shareholder's shares upon receipt of such
  3 19 shareholders' shareholder's share certificates.  
  3 20                           EXPLANATION
  3 21    This bill provides for the determination of value of the
  3 22 shares of a dissenting shareholder of a bank holding company.
  3 23 The procedure for determining such fair value is similar to
  3 24 the procedure for the determination of the value of the shares
  3 25 of a dissenting shareholder of a bank organized under Code
  3 26 chapter 524.
  3 27    The bill provides that any payment made to dissenting
  3 28 shareholders under Code section 490.1325 shall be in an amount
  3 29 not less than the stockholders' equity in the bank disclosed
  3 30 in its last statement of condition filed under Code section
  3 31 524.220 or the total equity capital of the bank holding
  3 32 company disclosed in the most recent report filed by the bank
  3 33 holding company with the board of governors of the federal
  3 34 reserve system, divided by the number of shares outstanding.
  3 35    The bill provides in determining the fair value of the
  4  1 shares of a bank holding company under Code chapter 490, the
  4  2 factors identified under Code section 524.1406 must be
  4  3 considered.  The bill also provides that a corporation that is
  4  4 a bank holding company may elect to have the fair value of the
  4  5 bank holding company's shares determined under Code section
  4  6 524.1406, notwithstanding the provisions of Code chapter 490,
  4  7 relating to corporations.  
  4  8 LSB 5893SV 78
  4  9 mj/as/5
     

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