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2017 Iowa Code
Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES
Chapter 490 - BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
Section 490.624 - Share options.

Universal Citation: IA Code § 490.624 (2017)
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1 BUSINESS CORPORATIONS, §490.624 490.624 Share options. 1. A corporation may issue rights, options, or warrants for the purchase of shares or other securities of the corporation. The board of directors shall determine the terms upon which the rights, options, or warrants are issued, and the terms, including the consideration for which the shares or other securities are to be issued. The authorization by the board of directors for the corporation to issue such rights, options, or warrants constitutes authorization of the issuance of the shares or other securities for which the rights, options, or warrants are exercisable. 2. The terms and conditions of such rights, options, or warrants, including those outstanding on July 1, 1989, may include, without limitation, restrictions, or conditions that do any of the following: a. Preclude or limit the exercise, transfer, or receipt of such rights, options, or warrants by any person or persons owning or offering to acquire a specified number or percentage of the outstanding shares or other securities of the corporation or by any transferee or transferees of any such person or persons. b. Invalidate or void such rights, options, or warrants held by any such person or persons or any such transferee or transferees. 3. The board of directors may authorize one or more officers to do all of the following: a. Designate the recipients of rights, options, warrants, or other equity compensation awards that involve the issuance of shares. b. Determine, within an amount and subject to any other limitations established by the board and, if applicable, the stockholders, the number of such rights, options, warrants, or other equity compensation awards and the terms thereof to be received by the recipients, provided that an officer shall not use such authority to designate the officer or any other persons the board of directors may specify as a recipient of such rights, options, warrants, or other equity compensation awards. 89 Acts, ch 288, §44; 2007 Acts, ch 140, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §55, 116; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §8, 82 Wed Feb 08 04:08:34 2017 Iowa Code 2017, Section 490.624 (16, 1)
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