Tennessee § 48-21-107 - Articles of merger or share exchange.

§ 48-21-107. Articles of merger or share exchange.

After a plan of merger or share exchange has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter, articles of merger or share exchange shall be executed on behalf of each party to the merger or share exchange by an officer or other duly authorized representative and shall set forth: The names of the parties to the merger or share exchange and the date on which the merger or share exchange occurred or is to be effective; If the charter or organic documents of the survivor of a merger are amended, or if a new corporation is created as a result of a merger, the amendments to the survivor’s charter or organic documents or the charter of the new corporation; If approval by the shareholders of a domestic corporation that is a party to the merger or exchange is not required by this chapter, a statement to that effect and the date on which the plan was adopted by the board of directors; If approval by the shareholders of a domestic corporation that is a party to the merger or exchange is required by this chapter, a statement to that effect and a statement that the plan was approved by the affirmative vote of the required percentage of all of: The votes entitled to be cast if there is no voting by voting groups; or The votes entitled to be cast by each voting group having the right to vote separately on the plan and the votes cast by the outstanding shares otherwise entitled to vote on the plan; and As to each foreign corporation and each other entity that was a party to the merger or share exchange, a statement that the plan and performance of its terms were duly authorized by all action required by the laws under which it was organized and by its charter or organic documents. The original of the articles of merger or share exchange shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing together with the required filing fee. A merger or share exchange takes effect upon the effective date of the articles of merger or share exchange. Acts 1986, ch. 887, § 11.05; 1994, ch. 776, § 44; T.C.A., § 48-21-105 ; Acts 2012, ch. 1051, § 39. Compiler's Notes. Former § 48-21-107 was transferred to § 48-21-109 effective January 1, 1995. Textbooks. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), Nos. 5-801, 5-803, 5-805, 5-807, 5-809.