Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 30-22-303 - APPROVAL OF INTEREST EXCHANGE(a) A plan of interest exchange is not effective unless it has been approved: (1) By a domestic acquired entity: (A) In accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic law and organic rules for approval of an interest exchange;(B) If neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of an interest exchange, in accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic law and organic rules for approval of: (i) In the case of an entity that is not a business corporation or a limited cooperative association, a merger, as if the interest exchange were a merger;(ii) In the case of a business corporation, a merger requiring approval by a vote of the interest holders of the business corporation, as if the interest exchange were that type of merger; or(iii) In the case of a limited cooperative association, a transaction under this chapter; or(C) By all of the interest holders of the entity entitled to vote on or consent to any matter if: (i) In the case of an entity that is not a business corporation or limited cooperative association, neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of an interest exchange or merger; or(ii) In the case of a limited cooperative association, neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of an interest exchange or a transaction under this chapter; and (2) In a record, by each interest holder of a domestic acquired entity that will have interest holder liability for debts, obligations, and other liabilities that arise after the interest exchange becomes effective, unless, in the case of an entity that is not a business corporation or nonprofit corporation: (A) The organic rules of the entity provide in a record for the approval of an interest exchange or a merger in which some or all of its interest holders become subject to interest holder liability by the vote or consent of fewer than all the interest holders; and(B) The interest holder consented in a record to or voted for that provision of the organic rules or became an interest holder after the adoption of that provision.(b) An interest exchange involving a foreign acquired entity is not effective unless it is approved by the foreign entity in accordance with the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of formation.(c) Except as otherwise provided in its organic law or organic rules, the interest holders of the acquiring entity are not required to approve the interest exchange.[30-22-303, added 2015, ch. 243, sec. 19, p. 795.]Added by 2015 Session Laws, ch. 243,sec. 19, eff. 7/1/2015.