Section 366 - Statement of division; effectiveness

15 PA Cons Stat § 366 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) General rule.--A statement of division shall be signed by the dividing association and delivered to the department for filing along with the certificates, if any, required by section 139 (relating to tax clearance of certain fundamental transactions).

(b) Contents.--A statement of division shall contain all of the following:

(1) With respect to the dividing association:

(i) its name;

(ii) its jurisdiction of formation;

(iii) its type;

(iv) if it is a domestic filing association, domestic limited liability partnership or registered foreign association, the address of its registered office, including street and number, if any, in this Commonwealth, subject to section 109 (relating to name of commercial registered office provider in lieu of registered address);

(v) if it is a domestic association that is not a domestic filing association or limited liability partnership, the address, including street and number, if any, of its principal office; and

(vi) if it is a nonregistered foreign association, the address, including street and number, if any, of:

(A) its registered or similar office, if any, required to be maintained by the laws of its jurisdiction of formation; or

(B) if it is not required to maintain a registered or similar office, its principal office.

(2) A statement as to whether the dividing association will survive the division.

(3) With respect to each resulting association created by the division:

(i) its name;

(ii) its jurisdiction of formation;

(iii) its type;

(iv) if it is a domestic filing association, domestic limited liability partnership or registered foreign association, the address of its registered office, including street and number, if any, in this Commonwealth, subject to section 109;

(v) if it is a domestic association that is not a domestic filing association or limited liability partnership, the address, including street and number, if any, of its principal office; and

(vi) if it is a nonregistered foreign association, the address, including street and number, if any, of:

(A) its registered or similar office, if any, required to be maintained by the laws of its jurisdiction of formation; or

(B) if it is not required to maintain a registered or similar office, its principal office.

(4) If the statement of division is not to be effective on filing, the later date or date and time on which it will become effective.

(5) A statement that the division was approved in the following ways:

(i) By a dividing association that is a domestic entity, in accordance with this chapter.

(ii) By a dividing association that is a foreign association, in accordance with the laws of its jurisdiction of formation.

(6) If the dividing association is a domestic filing entity and survives the division, any amendment to its public organic record approved as part of the plan of division.

(7) For each resulting association created by the division that is a domestic entity, its public organic record, if any, as an attachment. The public organic record does not need to state the name or address of an incorporator of a corporation, organizer of a limited liability company or similar person with respect to any other type of entity.

(8) For each new association that is a domestic limited liability partnership or a domestic limited liability limited partnership that is not using the alternative procedure in section 8201(f) (relating to scope), its statement of registration as an attachment.

(9) For each new association that is an electing partnership, its statement of election as an attachment.

(10) The property and liabilities of the dividing association that are to be allocated to each resulting association, but it shall not be necessary to list in the statement of division each individual liability or item of property of the dividing association to be allocated to a resulting association so long as the liabilities and property are described in a reasonable manner.

(c) Other provisions.--In addition to the requirements of subsection (b), a statement of division may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.

(d) New domestic entity.--If a new association is a domestic entity, its public organic record, if any, must satisfy the requirements of the laws of this Commonwealth, except that it does not need to be signed and may omit any provision that is not required to be included in a restatement of the public organic record.

(e) Filing of plan.--A plan of division that is signed by the dividing association and meets all of the requirements of subsection (b) may be delivered to the department for filing instead of a statement of division and on filing has the same effect. If a plan of division is filed as provided in this subsection, references in this chapter to a statement of division refer to the plan of division filed under this subsection.

(f) Effectiveness of statement of division.--A statement of division is effective as provided in section 136(c) (relating to processing of documents by Department of State).

(g) Effectiveness of division.--A division takes effect as follows:

(1) If the division is one in which all of the resulting associations are domestic associations, the division is effective when the statement of division is effective.

(2) If the division is one in which one or more of the resulting associations is a foreign association, the division is effective on the later of:

(i) the effectiveness of the statement of division; or

(ii) when the division is effective under the laws of each of the jurisdictions of formation of the foreign resulting associations.

(h) Coordination of transactions.--A new association may be a party to another transaction under this chapter that takes effect simultaneously with the division. The new association shall be deemed to exist before the effectiveness of the other transaction, but solely for the purpose of being a party to the other transaction. The plan relating to the other transaction shall be deemed to have been approved by the new association if the plan is approved by the dividing association in connection with its approval of the plan of division. The statement that is delivered to the department for filing with respect to the other transaction shall state that it was approved by the new association under this subsection.

(i) Cross references.--See sections 134 (relating to docketing statement) and 135 (relating to requirements to be met by filed documents).

(Nov. 21, 2016, P.L.1328, No.170, eff. 90 days)

2016 Amendment. Act 170 reletttered subsec. (h) to subsec. (i) and added a new subsec. (h).