Florida Statutes
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 607.0101-607.193)
607.1320 - Notice of appraisal rights.


(1) If a proposed corporate action described in s. 607.1302(1) is to be submitted to a vote at a shareholders’ meeting, the meeting notice (or, where no approval of such action is required pursuant to s. 607.11035, the offer made pursuant to s. 607.11035) must state that the corporation has concluded that shareholders are, are not, or may be entitled to assert appraisal rights under this chapter. If the corporation concludes that appraisal rights are or may be available, a copy of ss. 607.1301-607.1340 must accompany the meeting notice or offer sent to those record shareholders entitled to exercise appraisal rights.
(2) In a merger pursuant to s. 607.1104, the parent corporation must notify in writing all record shareholders of the subsidiary who are entitled to assert appraisal rights that the corporate action became effective. Such notice must be sent within 10 days after the corporate action became effective and include the materials described in s. 607.1322.
(3) If a proposed corporate action described in s. 607.1302(1) is to be approved by written consent of the shareholders pursuant to s. 607.0704:
(a) Written notice that appraisal rights are, are not, or may be available must be sent to each shareholder from whom a consent is solicited at the time consent of such shareholder is first solicited, and, if the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are or may be available, a copy of ss. 607.1301-607.1340 must accompany such written notice; and
(b) Written notice that appraisal rights are, are not, or may be available must be delivered, at least 10 days before the corporate action becomes effective, to all nonconsenting and nonvoting shareholders, and, if the corporation has concluded that appraisal rights are or may be available, a copy of ss. 607.1301-607.1340 must accompany such written notice.

(4) Where a corporate action described in s. 607.1302(1) is proposed or a merger pursuant to s. 607.1104 is effected, and the corporation concludes that appraisal rights are or may be available, the notice referred to in subsection (1), paragraph (3)(a), or paragraph (3)(b) must be accompanied by:
(a) Financial statements of the corporation that issued the shares that may be or are subject to appraisal rights, consisting of a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year ending not more than 16 months before the date of the notice, an income statement for that fiscal year, and a cash flow statement for that fiscal year; however, if such financial statements are not reasonably available, the corporation must provide reasonably equivalent financial information; and
(b) The latest available interim financial statements, including year-to-date through the end of the interim period, of such corporation, if any.

(5) The right to receive the information described in subsection (4) may be waived in writing by a shareholder before or after the corporate action is effected.
History.—s. 120, ch. 89-154; s. 35, ch. 93-281; s. 32, ch. 97-102; s. 24, ch. 2003-283; s. 164, ch. 2019-90; s. 44, ch. 2020-32.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI - Business Organizations

Chapter 607 - Florida Business Corporation Act

Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 607.0101-607.193)

607.0101 - Short title; applicability.

607.0102 - Reservation of power to amend or repeal.

607.0120 - Filing requirements.

607.0121 - Forms.

607.0122 - Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.

607.0123 - Effective time and date of document.

607.0124 - Correcting filed document; withdrawal of filed record before effectiveness.

607.0125 - Filing duties of the department.

607.0126 - Appeal from department’s refusal to file document.

607.0127 - Certificates to be received in evidence; evidentiary effect of certified copy of filed document.

607.0128 - Certificate of status.

607.0130 - Powers of department.

607.01401 - Definitions.

607.0141 - Notice.

607.0143 - Qualified director.

607.0201 - Incorporators.

607.0202 - Articles of incorporation; content.

607.0203 - Incorporation.

607.0204 - Liability for preincorporation transactions.

607.0205 - Organizational meeting of directors.

607.0206 - Bylaws.

607.0207 - Emergency bylaws.

607.0208 - Forum selection.

607.0301 - Purposes and application.

607.0302 - General powers.

607.0303 - Emergency powers.

607.0304 - Lack of power to act.

607.0401 - Corporate name.

607.04021 - Reserved name.

607.0403 - Registered name; application; renewal; revocation.

607.0501 - Registered office and registered agent.

607.0502 - Change of registered office or registered agent.

607.0503 - Resignation of registered agent.

607.05031 - Change of name or address by registered agent.

607.05032 - Delivery of notice or other communication.

607.0504 - Service of process, notice, or demand on a corporation.

607.0505 - Registered agent; duties.

607.0601 - Authorized shares.

607.0602 - Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.

607.0603 - Issued and outstanding shares.

607.0604 - Fractional shares.

607.0620 - Subscriptions for shares.

607.0621 - Issuance of shares.

607.0622 - Liability for shares issued before payment.

607.0623 - Share dividends.

607.0624 - Share rights, options, warrants, and awards.

607.0625 - Form and content of certificates.

607.0626 - Shares without certificates.

607.0627 - Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities.

607.0628 - Expenses of issue.

607.0630 - Shareholders’ preemptive rights.

607.0631 - Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares.

607.06401 - Distributions to shareholders.

607.0701 - Annual meeting.

607.0702 - Special meeting.

607.0703 - Court-ordered meeting.

607.0704 - Action by shareholders without a meeting.

607.0705 - Notice of meeting.

607.0706 - Waiver of notice.

607.0707 - Record date.

607.0709 - Remote participation in annual and special meetings of shareholders.

607.0720 - Shareholders’ list for meeting.

607.0721 - Voting entitlement of shares.

607.0722 - Proxies.

607.0723 - Shares held by intermediaries and nominees.

607.0724 - Acceptance of votes and other instruments.

607.0725 - Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.

607.0726 - Action by single and multiple voting groups.

607.0728 - Voting for directors; cumulative voting.

607.0729 - Voting procedures; inspectors of election.

607.0730 - Voting trusts.

607.0731 - Voting agreements.

607.0732 - Shareholder agreements.

607.0741 - Standing.

607.0742 - Complaint; demand and excuse.

607.0743 - Stay of proceedings.

607.0744 - Dismissal.

607.0745 - Discontinuance or settlement; notice.

607.0746 - Proceeds and expenses.

607.0747 - Applicability to foreign corporations.

607.0748 - Shareholder action to appoint custodians or receivers.

607.0749 - Provisional director.

607.0750 - Direct action by shareholder.

607.0801 - Requirement for and duties of board of directors.

607.0802 - Qualifications of directors.

607.0803 - Number of directors.

607.0804 - Election of directors by certain voting groups; special voting rights of certain directors.

607.0805 - Terms of directors generally.

607.0806 - Staggered terms for directors.

607.0807 - Resignation of directors.

607.0808 - Removal of directors by shareholders.

607.08081 - Removal of directors by judicial proceedings.

607.0809 - Vacancy on board.

607.08101 - Compensation of directors.

607.0820 - Meetings.

607.0821 - Action by directors without a meeting.

607.0822 - Notice of meetings.

607.0823 - Waiver of notice.

607.0824 - Quorum and voting.

607.0825 - Committees.

607.0826 - Submission of matters for a shareholder vote.

607.0830 - General standards for directors.

607.0831 - Liability of directors.

607.0832 - Director conflicts of interest.

607.0833 - Loans to officers, directors, and employees; guaranty of obligations.

607.0834 - Liability for unlawful distributions.

607.08401 - Required officers.

607.0841 - Duties of officers.

607.08411 - General standards for officers.

607.0842 - Resignation and removal of officers.

607.0843 - Contract rights of officers.

607.0850 - Definitions.

607.0851 - Permissible indemnification.

607.0852 - Mandatory indemnification.

607.0853 - Advance for expenses.

607.0854 - Court-ordered indemnification and advance for expenses.

607.0855 - Determination and authorization of indemnification.

607.0857 - Insurance.

607.0858 - Variation by corporate action; application of ss. 607.0850-607.0859.

607.0859 - Overriding restrictions on indemnification.

607.0901 - Affiliated transactions.

607.0902 - Control-share acquisitions.

607.1001 - Authority to amend the articles of incorporation.

607.1002 - Amendment by board of directors.

607.10025 - Shares; combination or division.

607.1003 - Amendment by board of directors and shareholders.

607.1004 - Voting on amendments by voting groups.

607.1005 - Amendment before issuance of shares.

607.1006 - Articles of amendment.

607.1007 - Restated articles of incorporation.

607.1008 - Amendment pursuant to reorganization.

607.1009 - Effect of amendment.

607.1020 - Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.

607.1021 - Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders.

607.1022 - Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors.

607.1023 - Bylaw provisions relating to the election of directors.

607.1101 - Merger.

607.1102 - Share exchange.

607.1103 - Action on a plan of merger or share exchange.

607.11035 - Shareholder approval of a merger or share exchange in connection with a tender offer.

607.1104 - Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries.

607.11045 - Holding company formation by merger by certain corporations.

607.1105 - Articles of merger or share exchange.

607.1106 - Effect of merger or share exchange.

607.1107 - Abandonment of a merger or share exchange.

607.11920 - Domestication.

607.11921 - Action on a plan of domestication.

607.11922 - Articles of domestication; effectiveness.

607.11923 - Amendment of a plan of domestication; abandonment.

607.11924 - Effect of domestication.

607.11930 - Conversion.

607.11931 - Plan of conversion.

607.11932 - Action on a plan of conversion.

607.11933 - Articles of conversion; effectiveness.

607.11934 - Amendment to a plan of conversion; abandonment.

607.11935 - Effect of conversion.

607.1201 - Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval.

607.1202 - Shareholder approval of certain dispositions.

607.1301 - Appraisal rights; definitions.

607.1302 - Right of shareholders to appraisal.

607.1303 - Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners.

607.1320 - Notice of appraisal rights.

607.1321 - Notice of intent to demand payment.

607.1322 - Appraisal notice and form.

607.1323 - Perfection of rights; right to withdraw.

607.1324 - Shareholder’s acceptance of corporation’s offer.

607.1326 - Procedure if shareholder is dissatisfied with offer.

607.1330 - Court action.

607.1331 - Court costs and counsel fees.

607.1332 - Disposition of acquired shares.

607.1333 - Limitation on corporate payment.

607.1340 - Other remedies limited.

607.1401 - Dissolution by incorporators or directors.

607.1402 - Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders; dissolution by written consent of shareholders.

607.1403 - Articles of dissolution.

607.1404 - Revocation of dissolution.

607.1405 - Effect of dissolution.

607.1406 - Known claims against dissolved corporation.

607.1407 - Other claims against dissolved corporation.

607.1408 - Claims against dissolved corporations; enforcement.

607.1409 - Court proceedings.

607.1410 - Director duties.

607.1420 - Administrative dissolution.

607.1422 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.

607.1423 - Judicial review of denial of reinstatement.

607.1430 - Grounds for judicial dissolution.

607.1431 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.

607.1432 - Receivership or custodianship.

607.1433 - Judgment of dissolution.

607.1434 - Alternative remedies to judicial dissolution.

607.1435 - Provisional director.

607.1436 - Election to purchase instead of dissolution.

607.14401 - Deposit with Department of Financial Services.

607.1501 - Authority of foreign corporation to transact business required; activities not constituting transacting business.

607.15015 - Governing law.

607.1502 - Effect of failure to have a certificate of authority.

607.1503 - Application for certificate of authority.

607.1504 - Amended certificate of authority.

607.1505 - Effect of a certificate of authority.

607.1506 - Corporate name of foreign corporation.

607.1507 - Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.

607.1508 - Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.

607.1509 - Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.

607.15091 - Change of name or address by registered agent.

607.15092 - Delivery of notice or other communication.

607.15101 - Service of process, notice, or demand on a foreign corporation.

607.1520 - Withdrawal and cancellation of certificate of authority for foreign corporation.

607.1521 - Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity.

607.1522 - Withdrawal on dissolution, merger, or conversion to certain nonfiling entities.

607.1523 - Action by Department of Legal Affairs.

607.1530 - Revocation of certificate of authority to transact business.

607.15315 - Reinstatement following revocation of certificate of authority.

607.1532 - Judicial review of denial of reinstatement.

607.1601 - Corporate records.

607.1602 - Inspection of records by shareholders.

607.1603 - Scope of inspection right.

607.1604 - Court-ordered inspection.

607.1605 - Inspection rights of directors.

607.1620 - Financial statements for shareholders.

607.1622 - Annual report for department.

607.1701 - Application to existing domestic corporation.

607.1702 - Application to qualified foreign corporations.

607.1703 - Interrogatories by department; other powers of department.

607.1711 - Application to foreign and interstate commerce.

607.1805 - Procedures for conversion to professional service corporation.

607.1904 - Estoppel.

607.1907 - Saving provision.

607.1908 - Severability clause.

607.193 - Supplemental corporate fee.