Prior to and for a period of five years following the effective date of the conversion, and in the case of the plans of conversion specified in subsections 1 and 3 of section 508B.3, five years following the date of distribution of consideration to the policyholders in exchange for their membership interests, a person, other than the reorganized company, other than an employee benefit plan or employee benefit trust sponsored by the reorganized company, or as otherwise specifically provided for in the plan of conversion, shall not directly or indirectly acquire or offer to acquire the beneficial ownership of more than five percent of any class of voting security of the reorganized company, and a person, other than the reorganized company or other than an employee benefit plan or employee benefit trust sponsored by the reorganized company, who acquires five percent or more of any class of voting security of the reorganized company prior to the conversion or as specifically provided for in the plan of conversion, shall not directly or indirectly acquire or offer to acquire the beneficial ownership of additional voting securities of the reorganized company, unless the acquisition is approved by the commissioner as not being contrary to the interests of the policyholders of the reorganized company or its life insurance company subsidiary and by the board of directors of the reorganized company. The commissioner and the board of directors may consider the factors set forth in section 490.1108A. The provisions of section 521A.3, except subsection 4, paragraph "a", shall be applicable to a proposed acquisition subject to this section. An approved plan of conversion may include a stock option plan. As used in this section, "beneficial ownership" means, with respect to a security, the sole or shared power to vote or direct the voting of the security or the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security.
85 Acts, ch 127, §13; 90 Acts, ch 1234, §17; 99 Acts, ch 165, §5; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §110, 125
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