A. Unless otherwise provided in a plan of merger or in the laws under which a foreign limited liability company or a domestic or foreign other business entity that is a party to a merger is organized or by which the merger is governed, after the plan has been approved as required by this article, and at any time before the certificate of merger has become effective, it may be abandoned by a domestic limited liability company that is a party thereto without action by members in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan of merger or, if no procedures are set forth in the plan, by a vote of the members of the limited liability company that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan of merger pursuant to § 13.1-1071, subject to any contractual rights of other parties to the merger.
B. If a merger is abandoned under subsection A after articles of merger have been filed with the Commission but before the certificate of merger has become effective, a statement that the merger has been abandoned in accordance with this section, signed on behalf of a party to the merger, shall be delivered to the Commission for filing before the effective time and date of the certificate of merger. Upon filing, the statement shall take effect and the merger shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective.
2016, c. 288.