Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 3 - Entity Transactions
Section 332 - Plan of merger


(a) General rule.--A domestic entity may become a party to a merger by approving a plan of merger. The plan shall be in record form and contain all of the following:
(1) As to each merging association, its name, jurisdiction of formation and type.
(2) If the surviving association is to be created in the merger, a statement to that effect and the association's name, jurisdiction of formation and type.
(3) The manner, if any, of:
(i) converting some or all of the interests in a merging association into interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities, or any combination of the foregoing; or
(ii) canceling some or all of the interests in a merging association.
(4) If the surviving association exists before the merger, any proposed amendments to:
(i) its public organic record, if any; or
(ii) its private organic rules that are or are proposed to be in record form.
(5) If the surviving association is to be created in the merger:
(i) its proposed public organic record, if any; and
(ii) the full text of its private organic rules that are proposed to be in record form.
(6) Provisions, if any, providing special treatment of interests in a merging association held by any interest holder or group of interest holders as authorized by and subject to section 329 (relating to special treatment of interest holders).
(7) The other terms and conditions of the merger.
(8) Any other provision required by:
(i) the laws of this Commonwealth;
(ii) the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of a foreign merging or surviving association; or
(iii) the organic rules of a merging association.
(b) Optional contents.--In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a plan of merger may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.
(c) Cross reference.--See section 316 (relating to contents of plan).

Cross References. Section 332 is referred to in sections 8415, 8615, 8815 of this title.

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