Sec. 20. (a) A surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter has the power and is authorized, from time to time, to issue the surviving corporation‘s or successor corporation’s obligations for any corporate purpose. The obligations may be authorized by one (1) or more resolutions of the board and may bear the date or dates, mature at the time or times, not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, bear interest at any rate, payable semiannually, be in the denominations, be in the form, either coupon or registered, carry the registration privileges, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment, at the place or places, and be subject to the terms of redemption, not exceeding the principal amount of the obligations plus accrued interest, as the board’s resolution or resolutions may provide.

     (b) The obligations may be sold in the manner and upon the terms as the board may determine at not less than the principal amount of the obligations plus accrued interest.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-17.5-20

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • successor corporation: means a corporation that is formed from a consolidation of two (2) or more corporations under this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-1-17.5-5
  • surviving corporation: means the corporation that remains after a merger of two (2) or more corporations under this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-1-17.5-6
     (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any obligations and related interest coupons, if any, issued under this chapter must possess all the qualities of negotiable instruments.

As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1.