LD 1539
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LR 1942
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exchange for shares or other securities, eligible interests,
obligations, rights to acquire shares or other securities or
eligible interests, cash or other property or any combination
thereof pursuant to a plan of share exchange; or

 
B. All of the shares of one or more classes or series of
shares of a domestic corporation may be acquired by another
domestic or foreign business corporation or other eligible
entity in exchange for shares or other securities, eligible
interests, obligations, rights to acquire shares or other
securities or eligible interests, cash or other property or
any combination thereof pursuant to a plan of share
exchange.

 
2. Party to share exchange. A foreign corporation or a
foreign unincorporated an eligible entity may be a party to a
share exchange under this section only if the share exchange is
permitted by the laws under which the corporation or other
eligible entity is organized or governed.

 
3. Share exchange not contemplated in organic law. If the
organic law of a domestic unincorporated eligible entity does not
provide procedures for the approval of a share exchange, a plan
of share exchange may be adopted and approved and the share
exchange effectuated in accordance with the procedures, if any,
for a merger. If the organic law of a domestic unincorporated
eligible entity does not provide procedures for the approval of
either a share exchange or a merger, a plan of share exchange may
be adopted and approved, the share exchange effectuated and
appraisal rights exercised in accordance with the procedures in
this chapter and chapter 13. For the purposes of applying this
chapter and chapter 13:

 
A. The unincorporated eligible entity, its members or
interest holders, eligible interests and organic documents
taken together are deemed to be a domestic business
corporation, shareholders, shares and articles of
incorporation, respectively and vice versa as the context
may require; and

 
B. If the business and affairs of the unincorporated
eligible entity are managed by a group of persons that is
not identical to the members or interest holders, that group
is deemed to be the board of directors.

 
4. Plan of share exchange. A plan of share exchange must
include:

 
A. The name of each corporation or other eligible entity whose
shares or eligible interests will be acquired and the


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