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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Articles of charter surrender. Whenever a domestic business corporation, referred to in this section as the “corporation,” has adopted and approved, in the manner required by this subchapter, a plan of nonprofit conversion providing for the corporation to be converted to a foreign nonprofit corporation, articles of charter surrender must be executed on behalf of the corporation by an officer or other duly authorized representative of the corporation. The articles of charter surrender must set forth:
A. The name of the corporation;
B. A statement that the articles of charter surrender are being filed in connection with the conversion of the corporation to a foreign nonprofit corporation;
C. A statement that the foreign nonprofit conversion was duly approved by the shareholders in the manner required by this Act and the corporation's articles of incorporation; and
D. The corporation's new jurisdiction of incorporation.
2. Filing of articles of charter surrender. The articles of charter surrender must be delivered by the corporation to the Secretary of State for filing. The articles of charter surrender take effect on the effective time provided in section 125.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C. Maine Business Corporation Act § 934. Surrender of charter upon foreign nonprofit conversion - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-13-c-maine-business-corporation-act/me-rev-st-tit-13-c-sect-934/
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