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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64509</law_id><section_number>13.1-896</section_number><catch_line>Articles of merger</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-804.1</reference><reference>13.1-928.1</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="10">Virginia Nonstock Corporation 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> After a plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> has been adopted and approved as required by this Act, articles of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> shall be executed on behalf of each <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">merger</span>. The articles shall set forth: <a id="paragraph-234779" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, the names of the parties to the <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, and, for each <span class="dictionary">party</span> that is a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span>, the name of the <span class="dictionary">state</span> or country under whose <span class="dictionary">law</span> it is incorporated or formed; <a id="paragraph-234780" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> of a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> that is the <span class="dictionary">survivor</span> of a <span class="dictionary">merger</span> are amended, or if a new <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> is created as a result of a <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, as an <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> to the articles of <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, the amendments to the <span class="dictionary">survivor</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> or the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> of the new corporation; <a id="paragraph-234781" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The date the plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> was adopted by each <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> that was a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">merger</span>; <a id="paragraph-234782" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> If the plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> required approval by the <span class="dictionary">members</span> of a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> that was a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, either:
				a. A statement that the plan was approved by the unanimous consent of the <span class="dictionary">members</span>; or
				b. A statement that the plan was submitted to the <span class="dictionary">members</span> by the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> in accordance with this Act, and a statement of: <a id="paragraph-234783" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A41" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The designation of and number of votes entitled to be cast by each <span class="dictionary">voting group</span> entitled to vote separately on the plan; and <a id="paragraph-234784" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A41"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A42" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Either the total number of votes cast for and against the plan by each <span class="dictionary">voting group</span> entitled to vote separately on the plan or the total number of undisputed votes cast for the plan separately by each <span class="dictionary">voting group</span> and a statement that the number cast for the plan by each <span class="dictionary">voting group</span> was sufficient for approval by that <span class="dictionary">voting group</span>. <a id="paragraph-234785" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A42"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If the plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> was adopted by the directors without approval by the <span class="dictionary">members</span> of a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> that was a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, a statement that the plan of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> was duly approved by the vote of a majority of the directors in office, including the reason <span class="dictionary">member</span> approval was not required; and <a id="paragraph-234786" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> As to each <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> that was a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, a statement that the participation of the <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> was duly authorized as required by the <span class="dictionary">organic law</span> of the corporation or <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span>. <a id="paragraph-234787" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Articles of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> by the <span class="dictionary">survivor</span> of the <span class="dictionary">merger</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the articles of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> comply with the requirements of law and that all required fees have been paid, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of <span class="dictionary">merger</span>. Articles of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> filed under this section may be combined with any filing required under the <span class="dictionary">organic law</span> of any domestic <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> involved in the transaction if the combined filing satisfies the requirements of both this section and the other <span class="dictionary">organic law</span>. <a id="paragraph-234788" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-896/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13.1-243, 13.1-244; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2000, c. 53; 2003, c. 597; 2007, c. 925; 2009, c. 216.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
