California Corporations Code

§ 12539

CORP § 12539 Effective Sep 29, 2006Div. 3 · Title 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 10 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Subject to the provisions of Section 12530, the merger of any number of corporations with any number of foreign corporations, foreign business corporations, or domestic corporations may be effected if the foreign corporations are authorized by the laws under which they are formed to effect the merger. The surviving corporation may be any one of the constituent corporations and shall continue to exist under the laws of the state or place of its incorporation.

(b)If the surviving corporation is a cooperative corporation, the merger proceedings with respect to that corporation and any domestic disappearing corporation shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and other applicable laws of this state, but if the surviving corporation is a foreign corporation, then, subject to the requirements of subdivision (d) and Section 12533, the merger proceedings may be in accordance with the laws of the state or place of incorporation of the surviving corporation.

(c)If the surviving corporation is a cooperative corporation, the agreement and the officers’ certificate of each constituent corporation shall be filed as provided in Section 12535 and thereupon, subject to subdivision (c) of Section 12214, the merger shall be effective as to each corporation; and each foreign disappearing corporation that is qualified for the transaction of intrastate business shall, by virtue of the filing, automatically surrender its right to transact intrastate business.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 773, Sec. 30. Effective September 29, 2006.