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...ct if the articles as amended set forth all such provisions as are required in, and, except for an amendment to the articles described in division (B)(11) of this section, only such provisions as may properly be in, original articles filed at the time of adopting the amendment, and, if a change in issued shares is to be made, or if as the result of any amendment the stated capital of any class of shares is ...

...(A) If initial directors are not named in the articles, before subscriptions to shares have been received and before the incorporators have elected directors, the incorporators may adopt an amendment to the articles by a writing signed by them. If initial directors are named in the articles, or if the incorporators have elected directors and have not received subscriptions, then before subscriptions to shares have be...

...g power of the corporation on the proposal or, if the articles provide or permit, by the affirmative vote of a greater or lesser proportion, but not less than a majority, of such voting power, and by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of any particular class that is required by the articles. (b) Any amendment that would change or eliminate the classification of directors of an issuing public corpor...

...nded articles to consolidate the original articles and all previously adopted amendments to the articles that are in force at the time, or the shareholders at a meeting held for such purpose may adopt such amended articles by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the corporation on such proposal. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this...

...ment of the basis for such adoption, shall be filed with the secretary of state, and thereupon the articles shall be amended accordingly, any change of shares provided for in the amendment or amended articles shall become effective, and the amended articles shall supersede the existing articles. (2) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, when an amendment or amended articles are adopted by the...

... of such particular class are substantially prejudiced thereby and the articles do not expressly or by implication provide for or permit such amendment; (2) Changes the express terms of issued shares of a particular class that have preference in dividends or distributions or on liquidation over shares of any other class, in such manner as to discharge without payment of, or to adjust or eliminate rights to, ac...

...f has been entered pursuant to the federal Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 101, as amended, or if a plan of reorganization has been confirmed by the decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of any other applicable statute of the United States relating to reorganization of corporations, a corporation may put into effect and carry out any decrees and orders of the court in the bankrupt...

...saction from being effected, a lease, sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the assets, with or without the good will, of a corporation, if not made in the usual and regular course of its business, may be made upon the terms and conditions and for the consideration, that may consist, in whole or in part, of money or other property of any description, including shares o...

...ith respect to similar property of natural persons, at public or private sale, in such manner, at such time and place, on such notice by publication or otherwise, and on such terms, as the court adjudging or decreeing such sale deems equitable and proper, but it shall not be necessary to appraise such property or to advertise the sale thereof otherwise than as the court adjudges or decrees.

...nd, 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 domestic corporation formed by such consolidation, provided the provisions of Chapter 1704. of the Revised Code do not prevent the merger or consolidation from bein...

...is chapter, the merger or consolidation also must be permitted by the chapter of the Revised Code under which each domestic constituent entity exists and by the laws under which each foreign constituent entity exists. (B) The agreement of merger or consolidation shall set forth all of the following: (1) The name and the form of entity of each constituent entity and the state under the laws of which each constituent...

... a domestic corporation. The conversion also must be permitted by the chapter of the Revised Code or by the laws under which the converting entity will exist. (B)(1) The written declaration of conversion shall set forth all of the following: (a) The name and form of entity that is being converted, the name of the entity into which the entity will be converted, and the jurisdiction of formation of the converti...

...nd, 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 to be formed by such consolidation in a state under the laws of which a foreign constituent corporation exists, provided the provisions of Chapte...

...nd, if so provided, one or more additional domestic or foreign entities, may be merged into a surviving entity other than a domestic corporation, or a domestic corporation together with one or more additional domestic or foreign entities may be consolidated into a new entity other than a domestic corporation, to be formed by such consolidation. The merger or consolidation must be permitted by the chapter of the Revis...

... a domestic corporation. The conversion also must be permitted by the chapter of the Revised Code or by the laws under which the converted entity will exist. (B)(1) The written declaration of conversion shall set forth all of the following: (a) The name and form of entity that is being converted, the name of the entity into which the entity will be converted, the form of the converted entity, and the jurisdic...

...t exist. (B) The agreement of merger shall set forth the designation and the number of the outstanding shares of each class of each subsidiary constituent corporation and the number of shares of each such class owned by the surviving corporation. It shall also set forth any statements and matters that are required, and may set forth any provision that is permitted, in a merger under section 1701.78 of the Revised Co...

...oration. (B) The agreement of merger shall set forth the designation and the number of the outstanding shares of each class of the surviving subsidiary corporation and the number of shares of each such class owned by the parent constituent corporation. It shall also set forth any statements and matters that are required, and may set forth any provision that is permitted, in a merger under section 1701.78 of the Revi...

...merger governed by this section, was at all times a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the parent corporation and whose shares are issued in that merger solely to the shareholders of the parent corporation. (B) Pursuant to an agreement of merger between the constituent corporations as provided in this section and provided that the provisions of Chapter 1704. of the Revised Code do not prevent the merger f...

...rtificate of merger or consolidation shall be filed with the secretary of state that is signed by any authorized representative of each constituent corporation, partnership, or other entity. The certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall set forth only the information required by this section. (B)(1) The certificate of merger or consolidation shall set forth all of the follo...

...presentative of the converting entity shall be filed with the secretary of state. The certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall set forth only the information required by this section. (B)(1) The certificate of conversion shall set forth all of the following: (a) The name and the form of entity of the converting entity and the state under the laws of which the converting en...

...ger or consolidation becomes effective, all of the following apply: (1) The separate existence of each constituent entity other than the surviving entity in a merger shall cease, except that whenever a conveyance, assignment, transfer, deed, or other instrument or act is necessary to vest property or rights in the surviving or new entity, the officers, general partners, or other authorized representatives of the res...

...) Upon a conversion becoming effective, all of the following apply: (1) The converting entity is continued in the converted entity. (2) The converted entity exists, and the converting entity ceases to exist. (3) The converted entity possesses both of the following, and both of the following continue in the converted entity without any further act or deed: (a) Except to the extent limited by the requirements of ap...

...irectors of the acquiring corporation shall authorize such transaction. If the articles or regulations of the acquiring corporation require such transaction to be authorized by its shareholders, or if such transaction involves the issuance or transfer by the acquiring corporation of such number of its shares as entitle the holders to exercise one-sixth or more of the voting power of such corporation in the election o...

...tion of an issuing public corporation shall be made only with the prior authorization of the shareholders of such corporation in accordance with this section. (B) Any person who proposes to make a control share acquisition shall deliver an acquiring person statement to the issuing public corporation at the issuing public corporation's principal executive offices. Such acquiring person statement shall set forth all o...

...701.37, 1701.48, 1707.01, 1707.23, 1707.26, 1707.29, and 1707.99 and enacted sections 1701.831 and 1707.042 of the Revised Code, the general assembly found and continues to find that: (1) Existing Ohio corporate law was designed to deal with traditional methods of transfer of control of Ohio corporations. The tender offer has evolved as an alternative device to acquire control of a public corporation that has been i...