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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Shareholders of any class or series of shares, members, or policyholders may participate in any meeting of shareholders, members, or policyholders by means of remote communication to the extent the board of directors authorizes such participation for such class or series. Participation as a shareholder, member, or policyholder by means of remote communication shall be subject to such guidelines and procedures as the board of directors adopts, and shall be in conformity with subsection 2.
2. Shareholders, members, or policyholders participating in a shareholders', members', or policyholders' meeting by means of remote communication shall be deemed present and may vote at such a meeting if the company has implemented reasonable measures to do all of the following:
a. Verify that each person participating remotely as a shareholder is a shareholder, that each person participating remotely as a member is a member, or that each person participating remotely as a policyholder is a policyholder.
b. Provide such shareholders, members, or policyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders, members, or policyholders, including an opportunity to communicate, and to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting, substantially concurrently with such proceedings.
3. Unless the bylaws require the meeting of shareholders, members, or policyholders to be held at a place, the board of directors may determine that any meeting of shareholders, members, or policyholders shall not be held at any place and shall instead be held solely by means of remote communication, but only if the company implements the measures specified in subsection 2.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Iowa Code Title XIII. Commerce [Chs. 505-554D] § 515.25. Remote participation in shareholders', members', or policyholders' meetings - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ia/title-xiii-commerce-chs-505-554d/ia-code-sect-515-25/
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