(1) When a merger takes effect:
(a) Every other corporation party to the merger shall merge into the surviving corporation and the separate existence of every corporation, except the surviving corporation, shall cease;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 271B.11-060

  • Articles of incorporation: include amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Kentucky Statutes 271B.1-400
  • 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.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Kentucky Statutes 271B.1-400
  • Share: means the unit into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Kentucky Statutes 271B.1-400

(b) The title to all property, whether real, personal, or intangible, owned by each corporation party to the merger shall be vested in the surviving corporation without reversion or impairment;
(c) The surviving corporation shall have all liabilities of each corporation party to the merger;
(d) A proceeding pending against any corporation party to the merger may be continued as if the merger did not occur or the surviving corporation may be substituted in the proceeding for the corporation whose existence ceased;
(e) The articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be amended to the extent provided in the articles of merger; and
(f) The shares of each corporation party to the merger that are to be converted into shares, obligations, or other securities of the surviving or any other corporation or into cash or other property shall be converted, and the former holders of the shares shall be entitled only to the rights provided in the articles of merger or to their rights under Subtitle 13.
(2) When a share exchange takes effect, the shares of each acquired corporation shall be exchanged as provided in the articles of share exchange, and the former holders of the shares shall be entitled only to the exchange rights provided in the articles of share exchange or to their rights under Subtitle 13.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 10, effective June 24, 2015. — Amended
2012 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 91, effective July 12, 2012. — Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
23, sec. 119, effective January 1, 1989.