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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346897</law_id><section_number>13.1-728.4</section_number><catch_line>Control share acquisition statement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-728.5</reference></referred_to_by><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="19" identifier="14.1">Control Share Acquisitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any acquiring <span class="dictionary">person</span> may, after any <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span> or before any proposed one, <span class="dictionary">deliver</span> a <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span> statement to the <span class="dictionary">public corporation</span> at its <span class="dictionary">principal office</span>. The <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span> statement shall set forth all of the following:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The identity of the acquiring <span class="dictionary">person</span> and each other member of any group of which the <span class="dictionary">person</span> is a part for purposes of determining the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> owned or to be owned, beneficially, by the acquiring <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-1294109" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-728.4/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A statement that the <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span> statement is given pursuant to this article. <a id="paragraph-1294110" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-728.4/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The number of <span class="dictionary">shares</span> of the issuing <span class="dictionary">public corporation</span> beneficially owned by the acquiring <span class="dictionary">person</span> and each other member of the group. <a id="paragraph-1294111" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-728.4/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The range of <span class="dictionary">voting power</span> under which the <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span> falls or would, if consummated, fall. <a id="paragraph-1294112" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-728.4/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A description in reasonable detail of the terms of the <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span> or the proposed <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span>, including but not limited to:
			a. The source of funds or other consideration and the <span class="dictionary">material</span> terms of the financial arrangements for the <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span>;<br/><br/>			b. Any plans or proposals of the acquiring <span class="dictionary">person</span> to liquidate the <span class="dictionary">public corporation</span>, to sell all or substantially all of its or its subsidiaries&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">assets</span>, to merge it or exchange its <span class="dictionary">shares</span> or the <span class="dictionary">interests</span> in its subsidiaries with any other <span class="dictionary">person</span>, to change the location of its principal executive office or a <span class="dictionary">material</span> portion of its business activities, to change materially its management or policies of employment, to alter materially its relations with suppliers or customers or the communities in which it operates, or to make any other <span class="dictionary">material</span> change in its business, corporate structure, management or personnel;<br/><br/>			c. Any plans or proposals of the acquiring <span class="dictionary">person</span> to acquire additional <span class="dictionary">shares</span> (including additional <span class="dictionary">shares</span> within the range set forth in the statement) or to dispose of any <span class="dictionary">shares</span>; and<br/><br/>			d. Such other information which could reasonably be expected to affect materially the decision of a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> with respect to granting voting rights to <span class="dictionary">shares</span> acquired or proposed to be acquired in the <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span>. <a id="paragraph-1294113" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-728.4/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span> has not taken place, representations of the acquiring <span class="dictionary">person</span>, together with a statement in reasonable detail of the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> upon which they are based, that the <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span>, if consummated, will not be contrary to <span class="dictionary">law</span>, and that the acquiring <span class="dictionary">person</span> has the financial capacity to make the proposed <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span>. For this purpose, financial capacity shall only be deemed to include (i) cash and cash equivalents in excess of normal working capital requirements and (ii) funds to be provided under legally binding commitments from financial institutions having the capability to advance such funds. If the funds to be provided under such commitments are included in the demonstration of financial capacity, the <span class="dictionary">control share acquisition</span> statement shall be accompanied by complete copies of all such commitments and a <span class="dictionary">written</span> description of all oral understandings concerning the terms and conditions of such commitments. <a id="paragraph-1294114" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-728.4/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 14; 2005, c. 765; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>WLR Foods, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc.</name><case_number>Civ. A. 94-012-H</case_number><citation>857 F. Supp. 496</citation><date>1994-06-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2008794/wlr-foods-inc-v-tyson-foods-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 857 F.Supp. 496 (1994) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="1"><name>WLR Foods, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc.</name><case_number>Civ. A. 94-012-H</case_number><citation>861 F. Supp. 1277</citation><date>1994-08-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2261568/wlr-foods-inc-v-tyson-foods-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 861 F.Supp. 1277 (1994) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
