524.526 - FRACTIONAL SHARES.
524.526 FRACTIONAL SHARES. 1. A state bank may do any of the following: a. Issue fractions of a share or pay in money the value of fractions of a share. b. Arrange for disposition of fractional shares by the shareholders of the state bank. c. Issue scrip in registered or bearer form entitling the holder to receive a full share upon surrendering enough scrip to equal a full share. 2. Each certificate representing scrip must be conspicuously labeled "scrip" and must contain the information required by section 524.523, subsection 2. 3. The holder of a fractional share is entitled to exercise the rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote, to receive dividends, and to participate in the assets of the state bank upon liquidation, but only if the scrip provides for such rights. 4. The board of directors may authorize the issuance of scrip subject to any condition considered desirable, including either of the following: a. That the scrip will become void if not exchanged for full shares before a specified date. b. That the shares for which the scrip is exchangeable may be sold and the proceeds paid to the scrip holders.
Section History: Recent Form 95 Acts, ch 148, §43