Section 106 - Termination of benefit corporation status.

UT Code § 16-10b-106 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) A benefit corporation may terminate its status as a benefit corporation and cease to be subject to this chapter by amending its articles of incorporation to delete the provision required by Section 16-10b-104 or 16-10b-105 to be stated in the articles of incorporation of a benefit corporation. To be effective, the amendment must be adopted by at least the minimum status vote.

(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), if a plan of merger or share exchange would have the effect of terminating the status of a business corporation as a benefit corporation, the plan must be adopted by at least the minimum status vote to be effective. (b) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply in the case of a corporation that is a party to a merger if the shareholders of the corporation are not entitled to vote on the merger pursuant to Section 16-10a-1104.

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), if a plan of merger or share exchange would have the effect of terminating the status of a business corporation as a benefit corporation, the plan must be adopted by at least the minimum status vote to be effective.

(b) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply in the case of a corporation that is a party to a merger if the shareholders of the corporation are not entitled to vote on the merger pursuant to Section 16-10a-1104.

(3) A sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a benefit corporation, unless the transaction is in the usual and regular course of business, is not effective unless the transaction is approved by at least the minimum status vote.