Michigan § 450.1712 - Merger of parent and subsidiary corporations; certificate of merger.
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§ 450.1712. Merger of parent and subsidiary corporations; certificate of merger.
After a plan of merger is adopted as provided in section 711, a certificate of merger shall be executed and filed on behalf of the parent corporation and shall set forth all of the following:
The statements required by section 701(2)(a) and (d) and the manner and basis of converting shares of each constituent corporation as set forth in the plan of merger.
The number of outstanding shares of each class of each subsidiary corporation that is a party to the merger and the number of shares of each class owned by the parent corporation.
A statement of any assumed names of merging corporations transferred to the surviving corporation as authorized by section 217(3), specifying each transferred assumed name and the name of the corporation from which it is transferred. The certificate may include a statement of corporate names or assumed names of merging corporations that are to be treated as newly filed assumed names of the surviving corporation pursuant to section 217(4).
The merger shall become effective in accordance with section 131.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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