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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 2. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS · Article 11. MERGER AND SHARE EXCHANGE · Part 1. MERGER AND SHARE EXCHANGE

14-2-1104. Merger with subsidiary.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A parent corporation that owns at least 90 percent of the outstanding shares of each class and series of a subsidiary corporation may merge the subsidiary into itself or into another such subsidiary or merge itself into the subsidiary without the approval of the board of directors or shareholders of the subsidiary.#

  2. (b)

    The board of directors of the parent shall adopt a plan of merger that sets forth:#

    1. (1)

      The names of the parent and subsidiary; and#

    2. (2)

      The manner and basis of converting the shares of the parent or subsidiary into shares or other securities, obligations, rights to acquire shares or other securities, cash, other property, or any combination thereof, and if any shares of any holder of a class or series of shares are to be converted in a manner or basis different from any other holder of shares of such class or series, the manner or basis applicable to such holder.#

  3. (c)

    If, as provided under subsection (a) of this Code section, approval of a merger by the subsidiary’s shareholders is not required, the surviving corporation shall, within ten days after the effective date of the merger, notify each of the subsidiary’s shareholders that the merger has become effective.#

  4. (d)

    Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this Code section, a merger between a parent and a subsidiary shall be governed by the provisions of Article 11 of this chapter applicable to mergers generally.#

  5. (e)

    Any of the terms of the plan of merger may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside of the plan of merger, provided that the manner in which such facts shall operate upon the terms of the merger is clearly and expressly set forth in the plan of merger. As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘facts’’ includes, but is not limited to, the occurrence of any event, including a determination or action by any person or body, including the corporation.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 14-2-1104, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 8; Ga. L. 2003, p. 897, § 8; Ga. L. 2006, p. 825, § 11/SB 469.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2003, ‘‘of this Code section’’ was inserted in subsection (c).

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘The Acquisition Process and the Closely-Held Corporation: Selected Legal Aspects,’’ see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 567 (1985).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t14-(v12)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, pages 393 to 394; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 f2fad2b71b39.