(a) A protected series of a domestic limited partnership may convert to a registered series of such domestic limited partnership by complying with this section and filing in the office of the Secretary of State in accordance with § 17-206 of this title:
(1) A certificate of conversion of protected series to registered series that has been executed in accordance with § 17-204 of this title; and
(2) A certificate of registered series that has been executed in accordance with § 17-204 of this title.
Each of the certificates required by this subsection shall be filed simultaneously in the office of the Secretary of State and, if such certificates are not to become effective upon their filing as permitted by § 17-206(b) of this title, then each such certificate shall provide for the same effective date or time in accordance with § 17-206(b) of this title.
An existing series may not become a registered series other than pursuant to this § 17-222 of this title.
(b) If the partnership agreement specifies the manner of authorizing a conversion of a protected series of such limited partnership to a registered series of such limited partnership, the conversion of a protected series to a registered series shall be authorized as specified in the partnership agreement. If the partnership agreement does not specify the manner of authorizing a conversion of a protected series of such limited partnership to a registered series of such limited partnership and does not prohibit a conversion of a protected series to a registered series, the conversion shall be authorized by approval:
(1) By all general partners associated with such protected series; and
(2) By limited partners who own more than 50% of the then current percentage or other interest in the profits of such protected series owned by all of the limited partners associated with such series.
In any event, the conversion of a protected series of a limited partnership to a registered series of such limited partnership also shall require the approval of any person who, at the effective date or time of such conversion, shall be a general partner associated with such registered series.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed, the conversion of a protected series of a limited partnership to a registered series of such limited partnership pursuant to this section shall not require such limited partnership or such protected series of such limited partnership to wind up its affairs under § 17-803 or § 17-218 of this title or pay its liabilities and distribute its assets under § 17-804 or § 17-218 of this title, and the conversion of a protected series of a limited partnership to a registered series of such limited partnership shall not constitute a dissolution of such limited partnership or a termination of such protected series. When a protected series of a limited partnership has converted to a registered series of such limited partnership pursuant to this section, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, the registered series shall be deemed to be the same series as the converting protected series and the conversion shall constitute a continuation of the existence of the protected series in the form of such registered series.
(d) In connection with a conversion of a protected series of a limited partnership to a registered series of such limited partnership pursuant to this section, rights or securities of or interests in the protected series which is to be converted may be exchanged for or converted into cash, property, rights or securities of or interests in the registered series into which the protected series is being converted or, in addition to or in lieu thereof, may be exchanged for or converted into cash, property, rights or securities of or interests in any other business entity, may remain outstanding or may be canceled.
(e) If a protected series shall convert to a registered series in accordance with this section, a certificate of conversion of protected series to registered series executed in accordance with § 17-204 of this title shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State in accordance with § 17-206 of this title. The certificate of conversion of protected series to registered series shall state:
(1) The name of the limited partnership and, if it has been changed, the name under which its certificate of limited partnership was originally filed;
(2) The name of the protected series and, if it has been changed, the name of the protected series as originally established;
(3) The name of the registered series as set forth in its certificate of registered series filed in accordance with subsection (a) of this section;
(4) The date of filing of the original certificate of limited partnership of the limited partnership with the Secretary of State;
(5) The date on which the protected series was established;
(6) The future effective date or time (which shall be a date or time certain) of the conversion if it is not to be effective upon the filing of the certificate of conversion of protected series to registered series; and
(7) That the conversion has been approved in accordance with this section.
(f) A copy of the certificate of conversion of protected series to registered series certified by the Secretary of State shall be prima facie evidence of the conversion by such protected series to a registered series of such limited partnership.
(g) When any conversion shall have become effective under this section, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, all of the rights, privileges and powers of the protected series that has converted, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to such protected series, as well as all other things and causes of action belonging to such protected series, shall remain vested in the registered series to which such protected series has converted and shall be the property of such registered series, and the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in such protected series shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of this chapter; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of such protected series shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the protected series that has converted shall remain attached to the registered series to which such protected series has converted, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties had originally been incurred or contracted by it in its capacity as such registered series. The rights, privileges, powers and interests in property of the protected series that has converted, as well as the debts, liabilities and duties of such protected series, shall not be deemed, as a consequence of the conversion, to have been transferred to the registered series to which such protected series of such limited partnership has converted for any purpose of the laws of the State of Delaware.
(h) A partnership agreement may provide that a protected series of a limited partnership shall not have the power to convert to a registered series of such limited partnership as set forth in this section.