Arizona Revised Statutes - Title 10, Chapter 34 - MERGERS AND OTHER RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS-NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=10 (official Arizona State Legislature site). Retrieved 2026-07-07. Section range: Sec: 10-11101-10-11108. 5 sections.

Index of included sections


10-11101. Definitions

A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Plan" means a plan of merger, interest exchange, conversion, domestication or division, as applicable.

2. "Transaction" means a merger, an interest exchange, a conversion, a domestication or a division, as applicable.

B. Except for terms defined in chapters 24 through 40 of this title or unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this article have the same meanings prescribed in section 29-2102.

 


10-11102. Entity restructuring transactions

A. If its board of directors adopts and, if required by section 10-11103, its members and other persons approve a plan, a domestic corporation may be a party to or otherwise undertake a transaction by adopting a plan and otherwise complying with this article and:

1. Title 29, chapter 6, article 2 for a merger.

2. Title 29, chapter 6, article 3 for an interest exchange.

3. Title 29, chapter 6, article 4 for a conversion.

4. Title 29, chapter 6, article 5 for a domestication.

5. Title 29, chapter 6, article 6 for a division.

B. The effective time and date of the transaction are as provided in title 29, chapter 6.  Except as expressly set forth in this article, the procedures regarding the effect of and all other aspects of the transaction are governed by title 29, chapter 6.

C. This section does not limit the power of a corporation to acquire all or part of the interests of another entity through a voluntary exchange or otherwise.

 


10-11103. Action on plan

A. If the members of a domestic corporation or other persons are entitled to vote on or approve the plan, except as provided in subsection G of this section, after adopting a plan, the board of directors of the corporation shall submit the plan for approval by its members and the other persons.

B. For a plan to be approved all of the following must occur:

1. The board of directors recommends the plan to the members, unless the board of directors determines that because of a conflict of interest or other special circumstances it should not make a recommendation and communicates the basis for its determination to the members with the plan.

2. The members entitled to vote on the plan approve the plan.

3. Each person whose approval is required by the articles of incorporation for a transaction of the kind contemplated by the plan approves the plan in writing.

C. The board of directors may condition its submission of the plan on any basis.

D. If the corporation submits the transaction for member action at a membership meeting, the corporation shall notify each member of the proposed membership meeting at which the plan is to be submitted for approval in accordance with section 10-3705. The notice shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is to consider the plan and shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the plan.

E. Unless chapters 24 through 40 of this title, the articles of incorporation or the board of directors acting pursuant to subsection C of this section requires a greater vote or voting by class, the plan to be authorized shall be approved by a majority of the votes cast or a majority of the voting power of the class, whichever is less.

F. Voting by a class of members is required on a plan if the plan contains a provision that, if contained in a proposed amendment to articles of incorporation or bylaws, would entitle the class of members to vote as a class on the proposed amendment under section 10-11004 or 10-11022. The plan is approved by a class of members by two-thirds of the votes cast by the class or a majority of the voting power of the class, whichever is less.

G. Unless the articles of incorporation otherwise require, action by the members of a domestic corporation that is the surviving corporation on a plan of merger is not required if all of the following conditions exist:

1. The articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation will not differ, except for amendments enumerated in section 10-11002, from its articles of incorporation before the merger.

2. Each member of the surviving corporation who was a member immediately before the effective date of merger will hold the same number of memberships with identical designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights immediately after the effective date of merger.

3. The number of voting members existing immediately after the merger, plus the number of voting memberships issuable as a result of the merger, will not exceed more than twenty per cent the total number of voting memberships of the surviving corporation existing immediately before the merger.

4. The number of memberships, if any, that entitle the holders of the memberships to participate without limitation in distributions existing immediately after the merger, plus the number of participating memberships issuable as a result of the merger, will not exceed the total number of participating memberships existing immediately before the merger by more than ninety per cent.

 

 


10-11105. Statement of merger or interest exchange; publication or posting

Within sixty days after the commission approves the filing, either of the following must occur:

1. A copy of the statement of merger or interest exchange shall be published. An affidavit evidencing the publication may be filed with the commission.

2. The commission shall input the information regarding the approval into the database as prescribed by section 10-130.

 


10-11108. Requests, devises and gifts

Unless the will or other instrument otherwise specifically provides, any bequest, devise, gift, grant or promise that is contained in a will or other instrument of donation, subscription or conveyance, that is made to a domestic nonprofit corporation and that takes effect or remains payable after the transaction inures, as applicable, to the surviving entity in a merger, the acquiring entity in an interest exchange, the converted entity in a conversion, the domesticated entity in a domestication and, as specified in the statement of division, one or more of the resulting entities in a division.