| (1) |
A plan of merger may be amended only with the consent of each party to the plan, except as otherwise provided in the plan. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 48-2e-1124
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
- Limited partnership: means an entity formed under this chapter or which becomes subject to this chapter under 11, or Section 48-2e-1205. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
- Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Property: means all property, whether real, personal, or mixed or tangible or intangible, or any right or interest therein. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
| (2) |
A domestic merging limited partnership may approve an amendment of a plan of merger:
| (a) |
in the same manner as the plan was approved, if the plan does not provide for the manner in which it may be amended; or |
| (b) |
by the partners in the manner provided in the plan, but a partner that was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the merger is entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that will change:
| (i) |
the amount or kind of interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities, or any combination of the foregoing, to be received by the interest holders of any party to the plan; |
| (ii) |
the public organic record, if any, or private organic rules of the surviving entity that will be in effect immediately after the merger becomes effective, except for changes that do not require approval of the interest holders of the surviving entity under its organic law or organic rules; or |
| (iii) |
any other terms or conditions of the plan, if the change would adversely affect the partner in any material respect. |
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| (3) |
After a plan of merger has been approved and before a statement of merger becomes effective, the plan may be abandoned as provided in the plan. Unless prohibited by the plan, a domestic merging limited partnership may abandon the plan in the same manner as the plan was approved. |
| (4) |
If a plan of merger is abandoned after a statement of merger has been delivered to the division for filing and before the statement becomes effective, a statement of abandonment, signed by a party to the plan, must be delivered to the division for filing before the statement of merger becomes effective. The statement of abandonment takes effect on filing, and the merger is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of abandonment must contain:
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the name of each party to the plan of merger; |
| (b) |
the date on which the statement of merger was delivered to the division for filing; and |
| (c) |
a statement that the merger has been abandoned in accordance with this section. |
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Enacted by Chapter 412, 2013 General Session
