Arkansas § 4-28-307 Domestic corporations - Effect of merger or consolidation

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§ 4-28-307 — Domestic corporations - Effect of merger or consolidation

Arkansas § 4-28-307

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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-28-307 (2026).

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When the merger or consolidation of domestic corporations has been effected:

(1)The several corporations parties to the plan of merger or consolidation shall be a single corporation, which in the case of a merger shall be that corporation designated in the plan of merger as the surviving corporation and, in the case of consolidation, shall be the new corporation provided for in the plan of consolidation;

(2)Subject to § 4-28-308 , the separate existence of all corporations party to the plan of merger or consolidation, except the surviving or new corporation, shall cease;

(3)The surviving or new corporation shall have all the rights, privileges, immunities, and powers and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of a corporation organized under the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporatio

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When the merger or consolidation of domestic corporations has been effected: (1) The several corporations parties to the plan of merger or consolidation shall be a single corporation, which in the case of a merger shall be that corporation designated in the plan of merger as the surviving corporation and, in the case of consolidation, shall be the new corporation provided for in the plan of consolidation; (2) Subject to § 4-28-308 , the separate existence of all corporations party to the plan of merger or consolidation, except the surviving or new corporation, shall cease; (3) The surviving or new corporation shall have all the rights, privileges, immunities, and powers and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of a corporation organized under the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, § 4-28-201 et seq.; (4) The surviving or new corporation shall possess all the rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises, of a public as well as of a private nature, of each of the merging or consolidating corporations; (5) All real, personal, and mixed property, all debts due on whatever account, all other choses in action, and all and every other interest of or belonging to or due to each of the corporations so merged or consolidated shall be taken and deemed to be transferred to and vested in the single corporation without further act or deed; (6) The surviving or new corporation shall thenceforth be responsible and liable for all the liabilities and obligations of each of the corporations so merged or consolidated, and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against any of the corporations may be prosecuted as if the merger or consolidation had not taken place or the surviving or new corporation may be substituted in its place. Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of any such corporations shall be impaired by merger or consolidation; and (7) In the case of a merger, the articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, if any, that changes in its articles of incorporation are stated in the plan of merger, and, in the case of a consolidation, the statements set forth in the articles of consolidation and which are required or are permitted to be set forth in the articles of incorporation of corporations organized under the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, § 4-28-201 et seq., shall be deemed to be the articles of incorporation of the new corporation.