Montana Code 35-14-922. Articles of domestication — effectiveness
35-14-922. Articles of domestication — effectiveness. (1) After:
Terms Used In Montana Code 35-14-922
- 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.
- Domesticated corporation: means the domesticating corporation as it continues in existence after a domestication. See Montana Code 35-14-901
- Domesticating corporation: means the domestic corporation that approves a plan of domestication pursuant to 35-14-921 or the foreign corporation that approves a domestication pursuant to the organic law of the foreign corporation. See Montana Code 35-14-901
- Domestication: means a transaction pursuant to 35-14-920 through 35-14-924. See Montana Code 35-14-901
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)a plan of domestication of a domestic corporation has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter; or
(b)a foreign corporation that is a domesticating corporation has approved a domestication as required under its organic law, articles of domestication must be signed by the domesticating corporation. The articles must set forth:
(i)the name of the domesticating corporation and its jurisdiction of formation;
(ii)the name of the domesticated corporation and its jurisdiction of formation; and
(iii)if the domesticating corporation is:
(A)a domestic corporation, a statement that the plan of domestication was approved in accordance with this part; or
(B)a foreign corporation, a statement that the domestication was approved in accordance with its organic law.
(2)If the domesticated corporation is a domestic corporation, the articles of domestication must have attached articles of incorporation of the domesticated corporation that satisfy the requirements of 35-14-202. Provisions that would not be required to be included in restated articles of incorporation may be omitted from the articles of incorporation attached to the articles of domestication.
(3)The articles of domestication must be delivered to the secretary of state for filing and take effect on the effective date determined in accordance with 35-14-123.
(4)If the domesticated corporation is a domestic corporation, the domestication becomes effective on the date the articles of domestication are effective. If the domesticated corporation is a foreign corporation, the domestication becomes effective on the later of:
(a)the date and time provided by the organic law of the domesticated corporation; or
(b)the date the articles of domestication are effective.
(5)If the domesticating corporation is a foreign corporation that is registered to do business in this state under part 15 of this chapter, its registration statement is canceled automatically when the domestication becomes effective.