                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ABANDONMENT OF MERGER (§ 13.1-1263.1)

A. Unless otherwise provided in the plan of merger or in the laws under which a
foreign business trust or a domestic or foreign other business entity that is a
party to a merger is organized or by which it is governed, after a plan of
merger has been approved as required by this article, and at any time before the
certificate of merger has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by a
domestic business trust that is a party to the plan without action by its
trustees or the holders of beneficial interests in accordance with any
procedures set forth in the plan or, if no procedures are set forth in the plan,
by a vote of the trustees and the holders of beneficial interests of the
business trust that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan
pursuant to &#xA7; 13.1-1258, subject to any contractual rights of other parties
to the plan of merger.

B. If a merger is abandoned after articles of merger have been filed with the
Commission but before the certificate of merger has become effective, in order
for the certificate of merger to be abandoned, all parties to the plan of merger
shall sign a statement of abandonment and deliver it to the Commission for
filing prior to the effective time and date of the certificate of merger. If the
Commission finds that the statement of abandonment complies with the
requirements of law, it shall issue a certificate of abandonment, effective as
of the date and time the statement of abandonment was received by the
Commission, and the merger shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become
effective.

C. The statement of abandonment shall contain:

   1. The name of each domestic and foreign business trust and other business
   entity that is a party to the merger and its jurisdiction of formation and
   entity type;

   2. When the survivor will be a domestic stock or nonstock corporation created
   by the merger, the name of the survivor set forth in the articles of merger;

   3. The date on which the articles of merger were filed with the Commission;

   4. The date and time on which the Commission&#8217;s certificate of merger
   becomes effective; and

   5. A statement that the merger is being abandoned in accordance with this
   section.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.