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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this article:
(a) “Interests” means the proprietary interests in an other entity.
(b) “Merger” means a business combination pursuant to section one thousand one hundred two of this article.
(c) “Organizational documents” means the basic document or documents that create, or determine the internal governance of, an other entity.
(d) “Other entity” means any association or legal entity, other than a domestic or foreign corporation, organized to conduct business, including, but not limited to, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, joint stock companies and business trusts.
(e) “Party to a merger” or “party to a share exchange” means any domestic or foreign corporation or other entity that will either:
(1) Merge under a plan of merger;
(2) Acquire shares or interests of another corporation or an other entity in a share exchange; or
(3) Have all of its shares or interests or all of one or more classes or series of its shares or interests acquired in a share exchange.
(f) “Share exchange” means a business combination pursuant to section one thousand one hundred three of this article.
(g) “Survivor” in a merger means the corporation or other entity into which one or more other corporations or other entities are merged. A survivor of a merger may preexist the merger or be created by the merger.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 31D. West Virginia Business Corporation Act § 31D-11-1101. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-31d-west-virginia-business-corporation-act/wv-code-sect-31d-11-1101/
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