Indiana Code 23-1-40-7. Foreign corporations; participation in merger or share exchange
(1) in a merger, the merger is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law each foreign corporation is incorporated and each foreign corporation complies with that law in effecting the merger;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-1-40-7
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(3) the foreign corporation complies with section 5 of this chapter if it is the surviving corporation of the merger or acquiring corporation of the share exchange; and
(4) each domestic corporation complies with the applicable provisions of sections 1 through 4 of this chapter and, if it is the surviving corporation of the merger or acquiring corporation of the share exchange, with section 5 of this chapter.
(b) Upon the merger or share exchange taking effect, the surviving foreign corporation of a merger and the acquiring foreign corporation of a share exchange is deemed:
(1) to appoint the secretary of state as its agent for service of process in a proceeding to enforce any obligation or the rights of dissenting shareholders of each domestic corporation party to the merger or share exchange; and
(2) to agree that it will promptly pay to the dissenting shareholders of each domestic corporation party to the merger or share exchange the amount, if any, to which they are entitled under IC 23-1-44.
(c) This section does not limit the power of a foreign corporation to acquire all or part of the shares of one (1) or more classes or series of a domestic corporation through a voluntary exchange or otherwise.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.24.