(a) General rule.--Except as provided in section 318 (relating to excluded entities and transactions) or this section, by complying with this subchapter:
(1) A domestic or foreign association may acquire all of one or more classes or series of the issued and outstanding interests of a domestic entity in exchange for interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities or any combination of the foregoing.
(2) A domestic entity may acquire all of one or more classes or series of the issued and outstanding interests of a foreign association in exchange for interests, securities, obligations, money, other property, rights to acquire interests or securities or any combination of the foregoing.
(b) Foreign associations.--By complying with the applicable provisions of this subchapter:
(1) A foreign association may be the acquiring association in an interest exchange under this subchapter regardless of whether the laws of its jurisdiction of formation authorizes an interest exchange.
(2) A foreign association may be the acquired association in an interest exchange under this subchapter only if the interest exchange is authorized by the laws of its jurisdiction of formation.
(c) Protected agreements.--If a protected agreement of a domestic entity other than a business corporation contains a provision that applies to a merger of the entity but does not refer to an interest exchange, the provision shall apply to an interest exchange in which the domestic entity is the acquired association as if the interest exchange were a merger until the provision is amended after July 1, 2015.
(d) Excluded entities.--The following domestic entities shall not be the acquired association in an interest exchange:
(1) a health maintenance organization;
(2) a hospital plan corporation; or
(3) a professional health service organization.
(e) Transitional provision.--A reference in either of the following to a share exchange means an interest exchange:
(1) in a provision of the organic rules of a domestic business corporation which took effect before July 1, 2015; or
(2) in a statute of this Commonwealth that took effect before July 1, 2015.
(f) Cross reference.--See section 314 (relating to regulatory conditions and required notices and approvals).
(Nov. 3, 2022, P.L.1791, No.122, eff. 60 days)
2022 Amendment. Act 122 amended subsecs. (a) and (e).
Cross References. Section 341 is referred to in section 1106 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Chapter 3 - Entity Transactions
Section 311 - Short title of chapter
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 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