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...Any requirement imposed by law, the articles, the regulations, or the bylaws, with respect to the giving or sending of any notice or communication to any shareholder or director as such whose address as it appears upon the records of the corporation is outside of the United States, may be dispensed with, and no action taken shall be affected or invalidated by the failure to give or send any such notice or communicati...

...(A) Pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation between the constituent corporations as provided in this section, a domestic or foreign corporation and, if so provided, one or more additional domestic or foreign corporations may be merged into a domestic surviving corporation, or a domestic corporation together with one or more additional domestic or foreign corporations may be consolidated into a new domesti...

...(A) If the constituent entities in a merger or consolidation include entities that are not corporations, section 1701.78 of the Revised Code does not apply. If the constituent entities in a merger or consolidation include entities that are not corporations, the constituent entities may be merged into a domestic surviving corporation or may be consolidated into a new domestic corporation pursuant to an agreement of me...

...(A) Pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation between the constituent corporations as provided in this section, a domestic corporation and, if so provided, one or more additional domestic or foreign corporations may be merged into a foreign surviving corporation, or a domestic corporation together with one or more additional domestic or foreign corporations may be consolidated into a new foreign corporation...

...(A) If the constituent entities in a merger or consolidation include entities that are not corporations, the constituent entities may be merged or consolidated into a surviving or new entity that is not a domestic corporation, as provided in this section. Pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation between the constituent entities as provided in this section, a domestic corporation and, if so provided, one or...

...(A) A corporation shall give notice of a dissolution by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to each known creditor and to each person that has a claim against the corporation, including claims that are conditional, unmatured, or contingent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of future events. (B) The notice shall state all of the following: (1) That all claims shall be presented in writin...

...(A) Except as provided in this section and in sections 1702.41 and 1702.411 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall not accept for filing in the secretary of state's office any articles if the corporate name set forth in the articles is not distinguishable upon the secretary of state's records from any of the following: (1) The name of any other corporation, whether a nonprofit corporation or a business c...

...(A) The corporation shall maintain a record of its members containing the name and address of each member, the date of admission to membership, and, if members are classified, the class to which the member belongs. (B) A corporation may issue certificates evidencing membership in it, but a corporation incorporated on or after June 9, 1927, shall not issue certificates for shares. (C) Membership in a corporation ma...

...(A)(1) Pursuant to an agreement of merger between the constituent entities as provided in this section, a domestic corporation and, if so provided, one or more additional domestic or foreign entities, may be merged into a surviving entity other than a domestic corporation. Pursuant to an agreement of consolidation, a domestic corporation together with one or more additional domestic or foreign entities may be consoli...

...Any person intending to organize a corporation under the laws of another state, or any foreign corporation intending to transact business in this state or intending to change its name, may file in the office of the secretary of state, in writing and on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, an application for the exclusive use of a name to be used by that proposed or existing foreign corporation. If the secret...

...(A) A foreign corporation may surrender its license to transact business in this state in the manner provided in this section. (B) A certificate of surrender signed by any authorized officer, or by the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or other liquidator of such corporation, shall be filed with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, setting forth: (1) The name of the corporation and...

...The secretary of state shall be the agent of any foreign corporation licensed to do business in this state, upon whom process against it from any court in this state or from any public authorities may be served within this state if the designated agent cannot be found, if the corporation has failed to designate another agent when required to do so under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code, or if the licen...

...Except as otherwise expressly provided in sections 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, any notice, statement, certificate, or decision required or permitted by such sections to be given to a foreign corporation by any public authorities shall be deemed sufficiently given if mailed, postage prepaid, to such corporation at its principal office or at its principal office in this state, or to its designat...

...(A) The name of a limited liability company shall contain the words "limited liability company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C.," "LLC," "limited," "ltd.," or "ltd". (B) Except as provided in this section and in sections 1701.75, 1701.78, 1701.82, 1705.36, and 1705.37 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall not accept for filing in the secretary of state's office the articles of organization of a limited liab...

...(A) In order to form a limited liability company, one or more persons shall execute articles of organization and deliver the articles to the secretary of state for filing. The articles of organization shall set forth all of the following: (1) The name of the limited liability company; (2) The name and street address of the limited liability company's statutory agent and a written acceptance of the appointment tha...

...(A) A dissolved limited liability company may dispose of any known claims against it by following the procedures described in division (B) of this section at any time after the effective date of the dissolution of the limited liability company. (B) A dissolved limited liability company may give notice of its dissolution in a record to the holder of any known claim. The notice shall do all of the following: (1) Id...

...(A) A dissolved limited liability company may publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the dissolved limited liability company present them in accordance with the notice. (B) The notice described in division (A) of this section shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) It shall be posted prominently on the principal web site then maintained by the limited liability co...

...(A) In order for a foreign limited liability company or any one or more of its series to transact business in this state, the foreign limited liability company shall register with the secretary of state. Neither a foreign limited liability company nor any one or more of its series may transact business in this state until the registration has been approved by the secretary of state and the foreign limited liability c...

...(A) After a declaration of conversion is approved, both of the following apply: (1) A converting limited liability company shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a certificate of conversion. The certificate of conversion shall be signed as provided in division (A) of section 1706.17 of the Revised Code and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement that the converting limited liability compan...

...(A) A dissolved series may dispose of any known claims against it by following the procedures described in division (B) of this section, at any time after the effective date of the dissolution of the series. (B) A dissolved series may give notice of the dissolution in a record to the holder of any known claim. The notice shall do all of the following: (1) Identify the limited liability company and the dissolved s...

...(A) A dissolved series may publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the dissolved series present them in accordance with the notice. (B) The notice authorized by division (A) of this section shall meet all of the following criteria: (1) It shall be posted prominently on the principal web site then maintained by the limited liability company, if any, and provided to the secret...

...(A)(1) No control bid for any securities of a subject company shall be made pursuant to a tender offer or request or invitation for tenders until the offeror files with the division of securities the information prescribed in division (A)(2) of this section. The offeror shall deliver a copy of the information specified in division (A)(2) of this section, by personal service, to the subject company at its principal of...

...(A) No person who makes or opposes a control bid to offerees in this state shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (2) Engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fr...

...As used in sections 1707.05 to 1707.058 of the Revised Code: (A) "OhioInvests issuer" means an entity organized under the laws of this state, other than a general partnership, that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The entity satisfies the requirements of 17 C.F.R. 230.147A. (2) The entity meets at least one of the following conditions: (a) The principal office of the entity is located in this stat...

...The disclosure document provided to each prospective purchaser through an OhioInvests portal shall contain all of the following: (A) The following information regarding the OhioInvests issuer: (1) The type of entity it is; (2) The address and telephone number of its principal office; (3) Its formation history for the previous five years; (4) The identity of all persons owning more than ten per cent of any c...