N.D. Cent. Code § 10-33-89
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10-33-89. Abandonment
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10-33-89. Abandonment
1. After a plan of merger or consolidation has been approved by each constituent
corporation under section 10-33-87 and before the effective date of the plan, it may be
abandoned:
a. If each constituent corporation has approved the abandonment at a meeting:
(1) By a majority of the members with voting rights voting on the issue; or
(2) If the corporation does not have voting members, by a majority of all
directors; or
b. If the plan itself provides for abandonment and the conditions for abandonment in
the plan are met.
2. A plan of merger or consolidation may be abandoned after it has been approved by
each constituent corporation and before the effective date of the plan, by a resolution
approved by a majority of all directors of the constituent corporation abandoning the
plan of merger or consolidation, subject to the contract rights of any other person
under the plan.
3. If articles of merger or consolidation have been filed with the secretary of state, but
have not yet become effective, articles of abandonment that comply with subsection 4
must be filed with the secretary of state by:
a. The constituent corporations, in the case of abandonment under subdivision a of
subsection 1;
b. The constituent corporations or any one of them, in the case of abandonment
under subdivision b of subsection 1; or
c. The abandoning corporation in the case of abandonment under subsection 2.
4. The articles of abandonment must contain:
a. The names of the constituent corporations;
b. The provision of this section under which the plan is abandoned; and
c. If the plan is abandoned under subsection 2, the text of the resolution approved
by the directors abandoning the plan.
1. After a plan of merger or consolidation has been approved by each constituent
corporation under section 10-33-87 and before the effective date of the plan, it may be
abandoned:
a. If each constituent corporation has approved the abandonment at a meeting:
(1) By a majority of the members with voting rights voting on the issue; or
(2) If the corporation does not have voting members, by a majority of all
directors; or
b. If the plan itself provides for abandonment and the conditions for abandonment in
the plan are met.
2. A plan of merger or consolidation may be abandoned after it has been approved by
each constituent corporation and before the effective date of the plan, by a resolution
approved by a majority of all directors of the constituent corporation abandoning the
plan of merger or consolidation, subject to the contract rights of any other person
under the plan.
3. If articles of merger or consolidation have been filed with the secretary of state, but
have not yet become effective, articles of abandonment that comply with subsection 4
must be filed with the secretary of state by:
a. The constituent corporations, in the case of abandonment under subdivision a of
subsection 1;
b. The constituent corporations or any one of them, in the case of abandonment
under subdivision b of subsection 1; or
c. The abandoning corporation in the case of abandonment under subsection 2.
4. The articles of abandonment must contain:
a. The names of the constituent corporations;
b. The provision of this section under which the plan is abandoned; and
c. If the plan is abandoned under subsection 2, the text of the resolution approved
by the directors abandoning the plan.
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