Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 41 - Foreign Business Corporations
Section 4103 - Acquisition of foreign domiciliary corporation status


(a) Shareholding test.--A foreign corporation shall become a foreign domiciliary corporation under section 4102(a) (relating to foreign domiciliary corporations) on the first day of the sixth month following the month in which the corporation first has knowledge that the test has been met.
(b) Newly incorporated corporations.--Where the test under section 4102(a) is met at the time of initial issuance of shares of the corporation and continuously thereafter, foreign domiciliary corporation status when established shall be retroactive to the incorporation of the corporation.
(c) Foreign corporations with registered securities.--The exemption provided by section 4102(b)(1) shall terminate immediately upon the termination of the status of the corporation as a corporation described in that provision.
(d) Subsidiary corporations.--The exemption provided by section 4102(b)(2) shall terminate immediately upon the happening of any event whereby all of the shares of the corporation are no longer owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more registered corporations or corporations described in section 4102(b)(1).

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

Chapter 41 - Foreign Business Corporations

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 4101 - Application of article

Section 4102 - Foreign domiciliary corporations

Section 4103 - Acquisition of foreign domiciliary corporation status

Section 4104 - Termination of foreign domiciliary corporation status

Section 4121 - Admission of foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4122 - Excluded activities (Repealed)

Section 4123 - Requirements for foreign corporation names (Repealed)

Section 4124 - Advertisement of registration to do business

Section 4125 - Issuance of certificate of authority (Repealed)

Section 4126 - Amended certificate of authority (Repealed)

Section 4127 - Merger, consolidation or division of qualified foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4128 - Revocation of certificate of authority (Repealed)

Section 4129 - Advertisement of termination of registration to do business

Section 4130 - Change of address after withdrawal (Repealed)

Section 4131 - Registration of name (Repealed)

Section 4141 - Penalty for doing business without certificate of authority (Repealed)

Section 4142 - General powers and duties of qualified foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4143 - General powers and duties of nonqualified foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4144 - Registered office of qualified foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4145 - Applicability of certain safeguards to foreign domiciliary corporations

Section 4146 - Provisions applicable to all foreign corporations