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(805
ILCS 105/Art. 11 heading)
ARTICLE 11. MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION
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(805
ILCS 105/111.05) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.05)
Sec.
111.05. Right to merge or consolidate. Any two or more corporations
may merge into one such corporation or consolidate into a new
corporation by adopting a plan of merger or consolidation setting
forth:
(a)
The names of the corporations proposing to merge or consolidate,
and in the case of a merger, the name of the corporation into
which they propose to merge, which is hereinafter designated
as the surviving corporation, or in the case of a consolidation,
the name of the new corporation into which they propose to consolidate,
which is hereinafter designated as the new corporation;
(b)
The terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation;
(c)
In the case of a merger, a statement of any changes in the articles
of incorporation of the surviving corporation to be effected
by such merger, or in the case of a consolidation and with respect
to the new corporation, all of the statements required to be
set forth in articles of incorporation for corporations organized
under this Act; and
(d)
Such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger or
consolidation as are deemed necessary or desirable, including
provisions, if any, under which the proposed merger or consolidation
may be abandoned prior to the filing of articles of merger or
articles of consolidation by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.10) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.10)
Sec.
111.10. Merger of Domestic Corporation into Body Corporate and
Politic. A domestic corporation which carries on athletic sports
and promotes athletic interests among students of a State university
with which it is affiliated may be merged into a body corporate
and politic which manages and governs the State university. The
domestic not- for- profit corporation and the body
corporate and politic may accomplish such merger by adopting
a plan of merger setting forth:
(a)
The names of the domestic corporation and the body corporate
and politic which propose to merge; and the name of the body
corporate and politic into which they propose to merge, which
is hereinafter designated as the surviving corporation;
(b)
The terms and conditions of the proposed merger; and
(c)
Such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger as
are deemed necessary or desirable, including provisions, if any,
under which the proposed merger may be abandoned prior to the
filing of Articles of Merger in the office of the Secretary of
State.
(Source: P.A.
86- 6.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.15) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.15)
Sec.
111.15. Merger or consolidation by directors. Where a corporation
has no members or no members entitled to vote on mergers or consolidations,
a plan thereof shall be adopted at a meeting of the board of
directors upon receiving the affirmative vote of a majority of
the directors in office.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.20) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.20)
Sec.
111.20. Merger or consolidation by directors and members. Where
a corporation has members entitled to vote on mergers or consolidations,
a plan thereof shall be adopted in the following manner:
(a)
The board of directors shall adopt a resolution approving the
plan and directing that it be submitted to a vote at a meeting
of members entitled to vote on mergers or consolidations, which
may be either an annual or a special meeting.
(b)
Written or printed notice setting forth the proposed plan or
a summary thereof shall be given to each member entitled to vote
at such meeting within the time and in the manner provided in
this Act for the giving of notice of meetings of members. If
such meeting be an annual meeting, the proposed plan, or a summary
as aforesaid, may be included in the notice of such annual meeting.
(c)
At such meeting, at which there is a quorum of members, a vote
of the members entitled to vote on the proposed plan shall be
taken. The proposed plan shall be adopted by receiving the affirmative
vote of at least two- thirds of the votes present and voted
either in person or by proxy, unless any class of members is
entitled to vote as a class in respect thereof, in which event
the proposed plan shall be adopted by receiving the affirmative
vote of at least 2/3 of the votes of the class present and voted
either in person or by proxy.
(d)
The articles of incorporation or the bylaws of a corporation
may supersede the two- thirds vote requirement of subsection
(c) by specifying any smaller or larger vote requirement not
less than a majority of the votes which members entitled to vote
on such merger or consolidation shall vote, either in person
or by proxy, at a meeting at which there is a quorum.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.25) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.25)
Sec.
111.25. Articles of merger or consolidation.
(a)
Articles of merger or consolidation shall be executed by each
corporation and filed in duplicate in accordance with Section
101.10 of this Act and shall set forth:
(1)
the name of each corporation;
(2)
the plan of merger or consolidation;
(3)
as to each corporation where the plan of merger
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or
consolidation was adopted pursuant Section 111.15
of this Act:
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(i) a statement that the plan received the
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affirmative
vote of a majority of the directors in office, at
a meeting of the board of directors, and the date
of the meeting; or
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(ii)
a statement that the plan was adopted by
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written
consent, signed by all the directors in office, in
compliance with Section 108.45 of this Act; and
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(4)
as to each corporation where the plan of merger
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or
consolidation was adopted pursuant Section 111.20
of this Act:
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(i) a statement that the plan was adopted at a
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meeting
of members by the affirmative vote of members having
not less than the minimum number of votes necessary
to adopt the plan, as provided by this Act, the articles
of incorporation, or the bylaws, and the date of
the meeting; or
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(ii)
a statement that the plan was adopted by
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written consent, signed by members having not less than the minimum
number of votes necessary to adopt the plan, as provided
by this Act, the articles of incorporation or the
bylaws, in compliance with Section 107.10 of this
Act.
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(b)
When the provisions of this Section have been complied with,
the Secretary of State shall file the articles of merger
or consolidation.
(Source: P.A.
91- 357, eff. 7- 29- 99;
92- 33, eff. 7- 1- 01.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.35) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.35)
Sec.
111.35. Merger or consolidation of domestic and foreign corporations.
One or more domestic corporations and one or more foreign corporations
may be merged or consolidated in the following manner, provided
such merger or consolidation is permitted by the laws of the
State or country under which each such foreign corporation is
organized:
(a)
Each domestic corporation shall comply with the provisions of
this Act with respect to the merger or consolidation, as the
case may be, of domestic corporations and each foreign corporation
shall comply with the applicable provisions of the laws of the
State or country under which it is organized.
(b)
If the surviving or new corporation, as the case may be, is to
be governed by the laws of any State or country other than this
State, it shall comply with the provisions of this Act with respect
to foreign corporations if it is to conduct its affairs in this
State, and in every case it shall file with the Secretary of
State of this State:
(1)
An agreement that it may be served with process in this State
in any proceeding for the enforcement of any obligation of any
domestic corporation which is a party to such merger or consolidation;
and
(2)
An irrevocable appointment of the Secretary of State of this
State as its agent to accept service of process in any such proceeding.
(c)
The effect of such merger or consolidation shall be the same
as in the case of the merger or consolidation of domestic corporations,
except, if the surviving or new corporation is to be governed
by the laws of any State or country other than this State, only
to the extent that the laws of such other State or country shall
otherwise provide.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.37) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.37)
Sec.
111.37. Merger of domestic corporations and domestic or foreign
corporations for profit.
(a)
One or more domestic corporations and one or more domestic or
foreign corporations for profit may merge into one of such domestic
corporations or consolidate into a new domestic corporation,
provided that such merger or consolidation is permitted by the
laws of the state or country under which each such foreign corporation
for profit is organized.
(b)
Each domestic corporation shall comply with the provisions of
this Act with respect to the merger or consolidation of domestic
corporations, each domestic corporation for profit shall comply
with the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of 1983,
as amended, with respect to merger or consolidation of domestic
corporations for profit, each foreign corporation for profit
shall comply with the laws of the State or country under which
it is organized, and each foreign corporation for profit having
a certificate of authority to transact business in this State
under the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of 1983,
as amended, shall comply with the provisions of such Act with
respect to merger or consolidation of foreign corporations for
profit.
(c)
The plan of merger or consolidation shall set forth, in addition
to all matters required by Section 111.05 of this Act, the manner
and basis of converting shares of each merging or consolidating
domestic or foreign corporation for profit into membership or
other interests of the surviving domestic corporation, or into
cash, or into property, or into any combination of the foregoing.
(d)
The effect of a merger or consolidation under this Section shall
be the same as in the case of a merger or consolidation of domestic
corporations.
(Source: P.A.
93- 59, eff. 7- 1- 03.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.40) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.40)
Sec.
111.40. Effective date of merger or consolidation. The merger
or consolidation shall become effective upon the filing of the
articles of merger or consolidation by the Secretary of State
or on a later specified date, not more than 30 days subsequent
to the filing of the articles of merger or consolidation by the
Secretary of State, as may be provided for in the plan.
(Source: P.A.
92- 33, eff. 7- 1- 01.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.45) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.45)
Sec.
111.45. Recording of articles of merger or consolidation. The
articles of merger or consolidation shall be returned to the
surviving or new corporation, as the case may be, or to its representative,
and such articles, or a copy thereof certified by the Secretary
of State, shall be filed for record within the time prescribed
by Section 101.10 of this Act in the office of the Recorder of
each county in which the registered office of each merging or
consolidating corporation may be situated, and in the case of
a consolidation, in the office of the Recorder of the county
in which the registered office of the new corporation shall be
situated.
(Source: P.A.
92- 33, eff. 7- 1- 01.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.50) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.50)
Sec.
111.50. Effect of merger or consolidation. When such merger or
consolidation has been effected:
(a)
The several corporations parties to the plan of merger or consolidation
shall be a single corporation, which, in the case of a merger,
is that corporation designated in the plan of merger as the surviving
corporation, and, in the case of a consolidation, is the new
corporation provided for in the plan of consolidation.
(b)
The separate existence of all corporations parties
to the plan of merger or consolidation, except the surviving
or new corporation, shall cease.
(c)
Such surviving or new corporation has all the rights, privileges,
immunities, and powers and is subject to all the duties and liabilities
of a corporation organized under this Act; however, this subsection
(c) does not apply to a surviving corporation which manages and
governs a State university.
(d)
Such surviving or new corporation shall thereupon and thereafter
possess all the rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises,
of a public or private nature, of each of the merging or consolidating
corporations; and all property, real, personal, and mixed, and
all debts due on whatever account, and all other choses in
action, and all and every other interest, of or belonging to
or due to each of the corporations so merged or consolidated,
shall be taken and deemed to be transferred to and vested in
such single corporation without further act or deed; and the
title to any real estate, or any interest therein, vested in
any of such corporations shall not revert or be in any way impaired
by reason of such merger or consolidation.
(e)
Such surviving or new corporation shall thenceforth be responsible
and liable for all the liabilities and obligations of each of
the corporations so merged or consolidated; and any claim existing
or action or proceeding pending by or against any of such corporations
may be prosecuted to judgment as if such merger or consolidation
had not taken place, or such surviving or new corporation may
be substituted in its place. Neither the rights of creditors
nor any liens upon the property of any such corporations shall
be impaired by such merger or consolidation.
(f)
In case of a merger, the articles of incorporation of the surviving
corporation are deemed to be amended to the extent, if any, that
changes in its articles are stated in the articles of merger;
and, in the case of a consolidation, the articles of incorporation
of the new corporation are set forth in the articles of consolidation.
(Source: P.A.
86- 6; 86- 697; 86- 1028.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.55) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.55)
Sec.
111.55. Sale, lease or exchange of assets
in usual and regular conduct of its affairs; mortgage or pledge
of assets. The sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of
all, or substantially all, the property and assets of a corporation,
when made in the usual and regular course of the conduct of the
affairs of the corporation, and a pledge or mortgage of the property
and assets of a corporation, may be made upon such terms and
conditions and for such considerations, which may consist, in
whole or in part, of money or property, real or personal, including
shares of any other corporation for profit, domestic or foreign,
as shall be authorized by its board of directors; and in such
case no authorization or consent of the members entitled to vote
shall be required.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/111.60) (from Ch. 32, par. 111.60)
Sec.
111.60. Sale, lease or exchange of assets,
other than in usual and regular conduct of its affairs. A sale,
lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or substantially
all, the property and assets, with or without the good will,
of a corporation, if not made in the usual and regular course
of the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, may be made
upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which
may consist, in whole or in part, of money or property, real
or personal, including shares of any other corporation, domestic
or foreign, as may be authorized in the following manner:
(a)
Where a corporation has no members or no members entitled to
vote on the sale, lease or exchange of assets, such action may
be adopted by the board of directors upon receiving the affirmative
vote of a majority of the directors in office.
(b)
Where a corporation has members entitled to vote on the sale,
lease or exchange of assets, such action may be adopted if:
(1)
The board of directors shall adopt a resolution recommending
such sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition and directing
the submission thereof to a vote at a meeting of members entitled
to vote which may be either an annual or a special meeting.
(2)
Written notice stating that the purpose, or one of the purposes,
of such meeting is to consider the sale, lease, exchange, or
other disposition of all, or substantially all, the property
and assets of the corporation shall be given to each member entitled
to vote within the time and in the manner provided by this Act
for the giving of notice of meetings of members. If such meeting
be an annual meeting, such purpose may be included in the notice
of such annual meeting.
(3)
At such meeting the members entitled to vote on such matter may
authorize such sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition and
fix, or may authorize the board of directors to fix, any or all
of the terms and conditions thereof and the consideration to
be received by the corporation therefor.
Such authorization shall require the affirmative vote of two- thirds
of the votes present and voted either in person or by proxy unless
any class of members is entitled to vote at a class in respect
thereof, in which event the proposed action shall be adopted
by receiving the affirmative vote of at least two- thirds
of the votes of the class present and voted either in person
or by proxy.
(4)
After such authorization by a vote of members, the board of directors
nevertheless, in its discretion, may abandon such sale, lease,
exchange, or other disposition of assets, subject to the rights
of third parties under any contracts relating thereto, without
further action or approval by members entitled to vote.
(5)
The articles of incorporation or the bylaws of a corporation
may supersede the two- thirds vote requirement of this Section
by specifying any smaller or larger vote requirement not less
than a majority of the votes which members entitled to vote on
the matter shall vote, either in person or by proxy, at a meeting
at which there is a quorum.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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