Arkansas § 4-33-1102 Limitations on mergers by public benefit or religious corporations

Arkansas Statutes

§ 4-33-1102 — Limitations on mergers by public benefit or religious corporations

Arkansas § 4-33-1102

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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-33-1102 (2026).

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(a)Without the prior approval of the circuit court of the county in which the corporation's principal office (or, if none in this state, its registered office) is located, a public benefit or religious corporation may merge only with:

(1)a public benefit or religious corporation;

(2)a foreign corporation that would qualify under this chapter as a public benefit or religious corporation; or (3) a mutual benefit corporation, provided the public benefit or religious corporation is the surviving corporation and continues to be a public benefit corporation or religious corporation after the merger.

(b)Without an order of the circuit court of the county in which the corporation's principal office (or, if none in this state, its registered office) is located, no member of a public benefit or

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(a) Without the prior approval of the circuit court of the county in which the corporation's principal office (or, if none in this state, its registered office) is located, a public benefit or religious corporation may merge only with: (1) a public benefit or religious corporation; (2) a foreign corporation that would qualify under this chapter as a public benefit or religious corporation; or (3) a mutual benefit corporation, provided the public benefit or religious corporation is the surviving corporation and continues to be a public benefit corporation or religious corporation after the merger. (b) Without an order of the circuit court of the county in which the corporation's principal office (or, if none in this state, its registered office) is located, no member of a public benefit or religious corporation may receive or keep anything as a result of a merger other than a membership or membership in the surviving public benefit or religious corporation. The court shall approve the transaction if it is in the public interest.