Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 3 - Entity Transactions
Section 313 - Relationship of chapter to other provisions of law


A transaction under this chapter to which a business corporation is a party may not impair any right or obligation that a person has under, and may not make applicable or inapplicable to the corporation, any provision of section 2538 (relating to approval of transactions with interested shareholders) or 2539 (relating to adoption of plan of merger by board of directors) or Subchapters E (relating to control transactions), F (relating to business combinations), G (relating to control-share acquisitions), H (relating to disgorgement by certain controlling shareholders following attempts to acquire control), I (relating to severance compensation for employees terminated following certain control-share acquisitions) and J (relating to business combination transactions - labor contracts) of Chapter 25, nor shall it change the standard of care applicable to the directors under Subchapter B of Chapter 17 (relating to fiduciary duty) unless, in addition to the requirements of this chapter:
(1) If the corporation does not survive the transaction, the transaction satisfies any requirements of the provision applicable to the transaction.
(2) If the corporation survives the transaction, the approval of the transaction is by a vote of the shareholders or directors which would be sufficient to impair the right or obligation under the provision or make the provision applicable or inapplicable to the corporation or change the standard of care. A transaction that causes the corporation to cease to be a registered corporation or to cease to be a registered corporation described in a particular provision shall not be considered a transaction rendering the provision inapplicable to the corporation for purposes of this section.
(a) Antitakeover provisions.--(Deleted by amendment).
(b) Transitional provision.--(Deleted by amendment).
(Nov. 3, 2022, P.L.1791, No.122, eff. 60 days)

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

Chapter 3 - Entity Transactions

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 311 - Short title of chapter

Section 312 - Definitions

Section 313 - Relationship of chapter to other provisions of law

Section 314 - Regulatory conditions and required notices and approvals

Section 315 - Nature of transactions

Section 316 - Contents of plan

Section 317 - Contractual dissenters rights in entity transactions

Section 318 - Excluded entities and transactions

Section 319 - Party to plan or transaction

Section 320 - Submission of matters to interest holders

Section 321 - Approval by business corporation

Section 322 - Approval by nonprofit corporation

Section 323 - Approval by general partnership

Section 324 - Approval by limited partnership

Section 325 - Approval by limited liability company

Section 326 - Approval by professional association

Section 327 - Approval by business trust

Section 328 - Approval by unincorporated nonprofit association

Section 329 - Special treatment of interest holders

Section 330 - Alternative means of approval of transactions

Section 331 - Merger authorized

Section 332 - Plan of merger

Section 333 - Approval of merger

Section 334 - Amendment or abandonment of plan of merger

Section 335 - Statement of merger; effectiveness

Section 336 - Effect of merger

Section 341 - Interest exchange authorized

Section 342 - Plan of interest exchange

Section 343 - Approval of interest exchange

Section 344 - Amendment or abandonment of plan of interest exchange

Section 345 - Statement of interest exchange; effectiveness

Section 346 - Effect of interest exchange

Section 351 - Conversion authorized

Section 352 - Plan of conversion

Section 353 - Approval of conversion

Section 354 - Amendment or abandonment of plan of conversion

Section 355 - Statement of conversion; effectiveness

Section 356 - Effect of conversion

Section 361 - Division authorized

Section 362 - Plan of division

Section 363 - Approval of division

Section 364 - Division without interest holder approval

Section 365 - Amendment or abandonment of plan of division

Section 366 - Statement of division; effectiveness

Section 367 - Effect of division

Section 368 - Allocation of liabilities in division

Section 371 - Domestication authorized

Section 372 - Plan of domestication

Section 373 - Approval of domestication

Section 374 - Amendment or abandonment of plan of domestication

Section 375 - Statement of domestication; effectiveness

Section 376 - Effect of domestication

Section 381 - Grounds for administrative dissolution or cancellation

Section 382 - Procedure and effect

Section 383 - Reinstatement

Section 384 - Rejection of reinstatement