Connecticut § 33-821a Abandoned merger or share exchange.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 33-821a — Abandoned merger or share exchange.

Connecticut § 33-821a

Title 33Corporations

Ch. 601Business Corporations

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 33-821a (2026).

Text

(a)Unless otherwise provided in a plan of merger or share exchange or in the law of the state or country under which a foreign corporation or a domestic or foreign other entity that is a party to a merger or a share exchange is organized or by which it is governed, after the plan has been adopted and approved as required by sections 33-815 to 33-820, inclusive, and at any time before the merger or the share exchange has become effective, the merger or the share exchange may be abandoned by any party thereto without action by the party's shareholders or owners of interests, in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan of merger or share exchange or, if no such procedures are set forth in the plan, in the manner determined by the board of directors of a corporation, or the manage

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(a) Unless otherwise provided in a plan of merger or share exchange or in the law of the state or country under which a foreign corporation or a domestic or foreign other entity that is a party to a merger or a share exchange is organized or by which it is governed, after the plan has been adopted and approved as required by sections 33-815 to 33-820, inclusive, and at any time before the merger or the share exchange has become effective, the merger or the share exchange may be abandoned by any party thereto without action by the party's shareholders or owners of interests, in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan of merger or share exchange or, if no such procedures are set forth in the plan, in the manner determined by the board of directors of a corporation, or the managers of an other entity, subject to any contractual rights of other parties to the merger or the share exchange. (b) If a merger or a share exchange is abandoned under subsection (a) of this section after a certificate of merger or share exchange has been filed with the Secretary of the State but before the merger or the share exchange has become effective, a statement that the merger or the share exchange has been abandoned in accordance with this section, signed on behalf of a party to the merger or the share exchange by an officer or other duly authorized representative of such party, shall be delivered to the Secretary of the State for filing prior to the effective date of the merger or the share exchange. Any such statement shall contain the name of each party to the merger or the share exchange, the date the merger or the share exchange was to become effective and the date the merger or the share exchange was abandoned. Upon filing, the statement shall take effect and the merger or the share exchange shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective.

Legislative History

(P.A. 03-18, S. 24; P.A. 11-147, S. 19.) History: P.A. 03-18 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 11-147 amended Subsec. (b) to require statement of abandonment be “signed” rather than “executed”.