Statement or merger or stock exchange.

(a) After a plan of merger has been adopted and approved as required by this article, then a statement of merger shall be signed by each party to the merger except as provided in Section 10A-2A-11.05(a). The statement of merger must set forth:

(1) the name, type of organization, and mailing address of the principal office of each constituent organization, the jurisdiction of the governing statute of each constituent organization, and the respective unique identifying number or other designation as assigned by the Secretary of State, if any, of each constituent organization;

(2) the name, type of organization, and mailing address of the principal office of the surviving organization, the unique identifying number or other designation as assigned by the Secretary of State, if any, of the surviving organization, the jurisdiction of the governing statute of the surviving organization, and, if the surviving organization is created pursuant to the merger, a statement to that effect;

(3) the date of the filing of the certificate of formation, if any, and all prior amendments and the filing office or offices, if any, and where the certificate of formation is filed of each constituent organization which was formed under the laws of this state;

(4) the date the merger is effective under the governing statute of the surviving organization;

(5) if the surviving organization is to be created pursuant to the merger:

(A) if it will be a corporation, the corporation's certificate of incorporation; or

(B) if it will be an organization other than a corporation, any organizational document that creates the organization that is required to be in a public writing or in the case of a limited liability partnership, its statement of limited liability partnership;

(6) if the surviving organization exists before the merger, any amendments provided for in the plan of merger for the organizational document that created the organization that are in a public writing;

(7) a statement as to each constituent organization that the merger was approved as required by the organization's governing statute;

(8) if the surviving organization is a foreign organization not authorized to conduct activities and affairs in this state, the street and mailing address of an office for the purposes of Section 10A-2A-11.07(c);

(9) any additional information required by the governing statute of any constituent organization;

(10) if the plan of merger required approval by the stockholders of a corporation that is a constituent organization, a statement that the plan was duly approved by the stockholders and, if voting by any separate voting group was required, by each separate voting group, in the manner required by this chapter and the certificate of incorporation;

(11) if the plan of merger did not require approval by the stockholders of a corporation that is a constituent organization, a statement to that effect; and

(12) a statement that the plan of merger will be furnished by the surviving organization, on request and without cost, to any owner of any constituent organization which is a party to the merger.

(b) After a plan of stock exchange in which the acquired entity is a corporation has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter, a statement of stock exchange shall be signed by the acquired entity and the acquiring entity. The statement of stock exchange shall set forth:

(1) the name and mailing address of the principal office of the acquired entity, and the jurisdiction of its governing statute, and its unique identifying number or other designation as assigned by the Secretary of State, if any;

(2) the name, jurisdiction of formation, and type of entity of the corporation or foreign corporation that is the acquiring entity;

(3) a statement that the plan of stock exchange was duly approved by the acquired entity by:

(i) the required vote or consent of each class or series of stock included in the exchange; and

(ii) the required vote or consent of each other class or series of stock entitled to vote on approval of the exchange by the certificate of incorporation of the acquired entity; and

(4) if the stock exchange did not require the approval by the stockholders of a corporation that is a party to the stock exchange, a statement to that effect.

(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) or subsection (b), a statement of merger or stock exchange may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.

(d) The statement of merger or stock exchange shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing and, subject to subsection (e), the merger or stock exchange shall take effect at the effective date determined in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1.

(e) With respect to a merger in which one or more foreign organizations is a constituent organization or a foreign organization created by the merger is the surviving organization, the merger itself shall become effective at the later of:

(1) when all documents required to be filed in foreign jurisdictions to effect the merger have become effective, or

(2) when the statement of merger takes effect.

(f) A statement of merger filed under this section may be combined with any filing required under the governing statute governing any domestic organization involved in the transaction if the combined filing satisfies the requirements of this section, the other governing statute, and Article 4 of Chapter 1.

(g) After a merger becomes effective, if the surviving organization is a corporation, then, except for certified copies of the statement of merger permitted to be delivered to the judge of probate for filing pursuant to subsection (h), all filing instruments required to be filed under this title regarding that surviving organization shall be delivered for filing to the Secretary of State.

(h) A certified copy of the statement of merger required to be filed under this section may be filed in the real estate records in the office of the judge of probate in any county in which any constituent organization owned real property, without payment and without collection by the judge of probate of any deed or other transfer tax or fee. The judge of probate, however, shall be entitled to collect the filing fee of five dollars ($5). Any filing shall evidence chain of title, but lack of filing shall not affect the surviving organization's title to real property.

(Act 2019-94, §1.)