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Nevis Business Corporation Ordinance 1984 - Intax Info

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“Surviving corporation” means the constituent corporation into which one or more other constituent<br />

corporations are merged; and<br />

“Consolidated corporation” means the new corporation into which two or more constituent<br />

corporations are consolidated.<br />

Merger or consolidation of domestic corporations<br />

90.(1) Two or more domestic corporations may merge or consolidate as provided in this part.<br />

(2) The board of each corporation proposing to participate in a merger or consolidation shall approve a<br />

plan of merger or consolidation setting forth:<br />

(i)<br />

(ii)<br />

(iii)<br />

(iv)<br />

(v)<br />

The name of each constituent corporation, and if the name of any of them has been<br />

changed, the name under which it was formed; and the name of the surviving<br />

corporation, or the name, or the method of determining it, of the consolidated<br />

corporation;<br />

As to each constituent corporation, the designation and number of outstanding shares<br />

of each class and series, specifying the classes and series entitled to vote and further<br />

specifying each class and series, if any, entitled to vote as a class;<br />

The terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation, including the<br />

manner and basis of converting the shares of each constituent corporation into shares,<br />

bonds or other securities of the surviving or consolidated corporation, or the cash or<br />

other consideration to be paid or delivered in exchange for shares of each constituent<br />

corporation, or a combination thereof,<br />

In case of merger, a statement of any amendment in the articles of incorporation of<br />

the surviving corporation to be effected by such merger; in case of consolidation, all<br />

statements required to be included in articles of incorporation for a corporation<br />

formed under this <strong>Ordinance</strong>, except statements as to facts not available at the time<br />

the plan of consolidation is approved by the board; and<br />

Such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger or consolidation as the<br />

board considers necessary or desirable.<br />

(3) The board of each constituent corporation, upon approving such plan of merger or consolidation, shall<br />

submit such plan to a vote of shareholders of each such corporation in accordance with the following:<br />

(i)<br />

(ii)<br />

Notice of the meeting, accompanied by a copy of the plan of merger or consolidation,<br />

shall be given to each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote; and<br />

The plan of merger or consolidation shall be authorized at a meeting of shareholders<br />

by vote of the holders of a majority of outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon,<br />

unless any class of shares of any such corporation is entitled to vote thereon as a<br />

class, in which event, as to such corporation, the plan of merger or consolidation<br />

shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of<br />

the shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class and of the total shares<br />

entitled to vote thereon. The shareholders of the outstanding shares of a class shall be<br />

entitled to vote as a class if the plan of merger or consolidation contains any<br />

provisions which, if contained in a proposed amendment to articles of incorporation,<br />

would entitle such class of shares to vote as a class.<br />

(4) After approval of the plan of merger or consolidation by the board and shareholders of each constituent<br />

corporation, the articles of merger or consolidation shall be executed in duplicate by each corporation by its<br />

president, vice president or managing director and by its secretary or an assistant secretary, and shall set forth:<br />

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