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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85723</law_id><section_number>13.1-1258</section_number><catch_line>Approval</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1263.1</reference><reference>50-73.48:3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Virginia Business Trust Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Merger</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Unless otherwise provided in the <span class="dictionary">articles of trust</span> or the <span class="dictionary">governing instrument</span> of a <span class="dictionary">business trust</span>, a merger shall be approved by each <span class="dictionary">business trust</span> that is to merge by the affirmative vote of the <span class="dictionary">trustees</span> and the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding beneficial interests of such <span class="dictionary">business trust</span>. <a id="paragraph-307014" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1258/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A merger need be approved only by the <span class="dictionary">trustees</span> of a successor <span class="dictionary">business trust</span> if: <a id="paragraph-307015" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1258/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The merger does not reclassify or change its outstanding beneficial interests or otherwise <span class="dictionary">amend</span> its <span class="dictionary">articles of trust</span> or <span class="dictionary">governing instrument</span>; and <a id="paragraph-307016" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1258/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The beneficial interests to be issued or delivered in the merger are not more than twenty percent of the beneficial interests of the same class or series outstanding immediately before the merger becomes effective. <a id="paragraph-307017" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1258/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The merger shall be approved by any <span class="dictionary">other business entity</span> <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger in the manner required by the articles of incorporation or charter, declaration of trust, partnership agreement, or other organizational document of the <span class="dictionary">other business entity</span> and the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where the <span class="dictionary">other business entity</span> is organized. <a id="paragraph-307018" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1258/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 621.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
