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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346766</law_id><section_number>13.1-640</section_number><catch_line>Issued and outstanding shares</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="44" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="12" identifier="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="7">Shares and Distributions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the number of <span class="dictionary">shares</span> of each class or series authorized by the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span>. <span class="dictionary">Shares</span> that are issued are outstanding <span class="dictionary">shares</span> until they are reacquired, redeemed, converted, or canceled. <a id="paragraph-1293194" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-640/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The reacquisition, <span class="dictionary">redemption</span> or conversion of outstanding <span class="dictionary">shares</span> is subject to the limitations of subsection C of this section and to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Distributions to shareholders" href="/13.1-653/">13.1-653</a>. <a id="paragraph-1293195" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-640/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> At all times that <span class="dictionary">shares</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> are issued and outstanding, one or more <span class="dictionary">shares</span> that together have full voting rights and one or more <span class="dictionary">shares</span> that together are entitled to receive the net <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> upon dissolution shall be outstanding. <a id="paragraph-1293196" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-640/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
