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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79230</law_id><section_number>13.1-604.1</section_number><catch_line>Filings with the Commission pursuant to reorganization</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>56-9</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="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Filing requirements" href="/13.1-604/">13.1-604</a>, <a class="law" title="Articles of incorporation" href="/13.1-619/">13.1-619</a>, <a class="law" title="Amendment of articles of incorporation by the board of directors and shareholders" href="/13.1-707/">13.1-707</a>, <a class="law" title="Action on a plan of merger or share exchange" href="/13.1-718/">13.1-718</a>, <a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/13.1-722.4/">13.1-722.4</a>, <a class="law" title="Action on plan of conversion" href="/13.1-722.11/">13.1-722.11</a>, or <a class="law" title="Dissolution by directors and shareholders" href="/13.1-742/">13.1-742</a>, whenever, pursuant to any applicable <span class="dictionary">statute</span> of the <span class="dictionary">United States</span> relating to reorganizations of <span class="dictionary">corporations</span>, a plan of reorganization of a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> has been confirmed by the <span class="dictionary">decree</span> or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may put into effect and carry out the plan and <span class="dictionary">decrees</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> relative thereto, (i) through one or more amendments to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> containing terms and conditions permitted by this chapter; (ii) through a plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, <span class="dictionary">share exchange</span>, domestication, or conversion; or (iii) through dissolution or termination, without action by the board of directors or <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> to carry out the plan of reorganization ordered or decreed by such <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under federal <span class="dictionary">statute</span>. <a id="paragraph-283678" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">individual</span> or <span class="dictionary">individuals</span> designated by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> articles of amendment, <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, <span class="dictionary">share exchange</span>, domestication, conversion, dissolution, or termination, which, in addition to the matters otherwise required or permitted by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to be set forth therein, shall set forth: <a id="paragraph-283679" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>; <a id="paragraph-283680" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any provision relating to the amendment or amendments; plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, <span class="dictionary">share exchange</span>, domestication, or conversion; or dissolution or termination approved by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>; <a id="paragraph-283681" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> and the date of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">decree</span> approving the amendment, plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, <span class="dictionary">share exchange</span>, domestication, conversion, dissolution, or termination; <a id="paragraph-283682" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The title and case number, if any, of the reorganization <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">decree</span> was entered; and <a id="paragraph-283683" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A statement that the <span class="dictionary">court</span> had <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> under federal <span class="dictionary">statute</span>. <a id="paragraph-283684" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the articles of amendment, <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, <span class="dictionary">share exchange</span>, domestication, conversion, dissolution, or termination comply with the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span> and that all required fees have been paid, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of amendment, <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, <span class="dictionary">share exchange</span>, domestication, conversion, dissolution, or termination. <a id="paragraph-283685" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> This section does not apply after entry of a final <span class="dictionary">decree</span> in the reorganization <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> even though the <span class="dictionary">court</span> retains <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> for limited purposes unrelated to consummation of the reorganization plan. <a id="paragraph-283686" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-604.1/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 194; 2005, c. 765; 2012, c. 130; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
