New Jersey § 14A:10-6 Effect of merger or consolidation

New Jersey Statutes

§ 14A:10-6 — Effect of merger or consolidation

New Jersey § 14A:10-6

Title 14ACORPORATIONS, GENERAL

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 14A:10-6 (2026).

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When a merger or consolidation has become effective:

(a)The 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 a consolidation, shall be the new corporation provided for in the plan of consolidation.

(b)The separate existence of all parties to the plan of merger or consolidation, except the surviving or new corporation, shall cease.

(c)Such surviving or new corporation shall, to the extent consistent with its certificate of incorporation as amended or established by the merger or consolidation, possess all the rights, privileges, powers, immunities, purposes and franchises, both public and private, of each of the merging

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When a merger or consolidation has become effective: (a) The 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 a consolidation, shall be the new corporation provided for in the plan of consolidation. (b) The separate existence of all parties to the plan of merger or consolidation, except the surviving or new corporation, shall cease. (c) Such surviving or new corporation shall, to the extent consistent with its certificate of incorporation as amended or established by the merger or consolidation, possess all the rights, privileges, powers, immunities, purposes and franchises, both public and private, of each of the merging or consolidating corporations. (d) All real property and personal property, tangible and intangible, of every kind and description, belonging to each of the corporations so merged or consolidated shall be vested in the surviving or new corporation without further act or deed; and the title to any real estate, or any interest therein, vested in any of such corporations shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of such merger or consolidation. (e) The surviving or new corporation shall be liable for all the obligations and liabilities of each of the corporations so merged or consolidated; and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against any of such corporations may be enforced as if such merger or consolidation had not taken place. Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon, or security interests in, the property of any of such corporations shall be impaired by such merger or consolidation. (f) In the case of a merger, the certificate of incorporation of the surviving corporation shall, without further act or deed, be amended to the extent, if any, stated in the plan of merger; and, in the case of a consolidation, the statements set forth in the certificate of consolidation and which are required or permitted to be set forth in the certificate of incorporation of corporations organized under this act shall be the certificate of incorporation of the new corporation.
L.1968, c.350.