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...inated, of, shareholders in, directors, officers, managers, employees, agents, or other representatives of, or consultants to, the surviving or new entity. (2) At least twenty days before consummation of any merger or consolidation of a domestic public benefit corporation pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this section, written notice, including a copy of the proposed plan of merger or consolidation, shall be delive...

...ames and addresses of its directors and officers; the name and address of a statutory agent; and, if desired, such other provisions with respect to the judicial dissolution and winding up as are considered necessary or desirable. A certified copy of such order forthwith shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, whereupon the corporation shall be dissolved. To the extent consistent with orders entered in...

...rs and all elections or appointments of officers chosen at such meeting shall be deemed valid, until the contrary is proved; and whenever a person who is not a member of a corporation has acted in good faith in reliance upon any such certified original or copy, it is conclusive in the person's favor. (D)(1) A certificate issued by the secretary of state confirming that a corporation is in good standing is, for seve...

...(A) No officer, director, employee, or agent of a corporation shall, either alone or with another or others, with intent to deceive: (1) Make, issue, deliver, transmit by mail, or publish any prospectus, report, circular, certificate, statement, balance sheet, exhibit, or document, respecting membership rights in, or the activities, assets, liabilities, earnings, or accounts of, a corporation, that is false in any m...

...(A) Except as provided in sections 1702.01 to 1702.58 of the Revised Code, the provisions of those sections shall apply only to domestic corporations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of those sections shall apply to all domestic corporations, whether formed under those sections or under previous laws of this state. (B) Special provisions in the Revised Code for the organization, cond...

...(A) Every nonprofit corporation, incorporated under the general corporation laws of this state, or previous laws, or under special provisions of the Revised Code, or created before September 1, 1851, which corporation has expressedly or impliedly elected to be governed by the laws passed since that date, and whose articles or other documents are filed with the secretary of state, shall file with the secretary of stat...

...A foreign corporation shall file a certificate of amendment with the secretary of state if, in amending its articles of incorporation, it modifies any of the information included in either its application for a license to transact business in this state or any amendment to that application. The certificate of amendment shall describe the modification of information, include a statement of its adoption together with a...

...ate, verified by the oath of one of its officers, setting forth, but not limited to, the following: (A) The name of the corporation; (B) The state under the laws of which it is incorporated; (C) The location of its principal office; (D) The corporate privileges it proposes to exercise in this state; (E) The appointment of a designated agent and the complete address of such agent, which shall comply with the...

...(A) Any foreign corporation may register its corporate name, if its corporate name is available for use under division (D) of section 1703.04 of the Revised Code, by filing in the office of the secretary of state an application, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, that contains the following information: (1) The exact corporate name to be registered; (2) The complete address of the principal office of t...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Corporation," "domestic corporation," "foreign corporation," "state," "articles," "shareholder," "person," "principal office," "express terms," "treasury shares," "parent corporation," "parent," "subsidiary corporation," "subsidiary," "combination," "transferee corporation," "majority share acquisition," "acquiring corporation," "voting shar...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Articles of organization" means the articles of organization described in section 1706.16 of the Revised Code, and those articles of organization as amended or restated. (B) "Assignment" means a transfer, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, or transfer by operation of law. (C) "Constituent limited liability company" means a constit...

...(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) "Exempt," as used in this section, means exempt from sections 1707.08 to 1707.11 and 1707.39 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the following securities are exempt, if the issuer or guarantor has the power of taxation or assessment for the purpose of paying the obligation represented by the security, or is in specific terms empowered by the laws of the state of i...

...xecutive management" includes executive officers, directors, governors, and managers.

... (E) No portal operator shall allow its officers, directors, or partners, or any person occupying similar status or performing similar function, to have a financial interest in an OhioInvests issuer using the services of the portal operator, or receive a financial interest in the OhioInvests issuer as compensation for services provided to, or for the benefit of, the OhioInvests issuer, in connection with the offer an...

...ors of the issuer prior to election of officers if it is an incorporated issuer, or by a licensed dealer, which description shall be on forms prescribed by the division and shall set forth: (1) The name of the issuer; (2) A brief description of the securities; (3) The amount of the securities to be offered after the filing of the description for sale in this state and, if all the securities are not to be offe...

...of the directors or trustees and of the officers of the issuer, if the issuer is a corporation or an unincorporated association; of all the members of the issuer, if the issuer is a limited liability company in which management is reserved to its members; of all the managers of the issuer, if the issuer is a limited liability company in which management is not reserved to its members; of all partners, if the issuer i...

...(A) No person shall act as a dealer, unless the person is licensed as a dealer by the division of securities, except when at least one of the following cases applies: (1) When the person is transacting business through or with a licensed dealer; (2) When the securities are the subject matter of one or more transactions enumerated in divisions (B) to (L), (O) to (R), and (U) to (Y) of section 1707.03, or in sectio...

...(A) Application for a dealer's license shall be made in accordance with this section and by filing with the division of securities the information, materials, and forms specified in rules adopted by the division, along with all of the following information: (1) The name and address of the applicant; (2) The location and addresses of the principal office and all other offices of the applicant; (3) A general desc...

...on and its agents, employees, partners, officers, directors, and shareholders from continuing, engaging in, or doing any acts in furtherance of, such acts, practices, or transactions, and may order such other equitable relief as the facts warrant.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Special improvement district" means a special improvement district organized under this chapter. (B) "Church" means a fellowship of believers, congregation, society, corporation, convention, or association that is formed primarily or exclusively for religious purposes and that is not formed for the private profit of any person. (C) "Church property" means property that is descri...

...d for the election of the directors and officers of all agricultural societies that receive any support out of the state or county treasuries, except the date for holding the election; (b) Any other rules that the director determines are necessary to carry out this chapter. (D) Except for section 1711.11 of the Revised Code, references made in this chapter to rules adopted by the director mean rules adopted under...

...s of members of the board of directors, officers, and employees of a county or independent agricultural society are not public offices, and persons holding those positions are eligible to hold any public office except for the office of county commissioner.

...ded by law, as are elections of county officers. The county board of elections must give fifteen days' notice of such submission by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, stating the amount of bonds to be issued, the purpose for which they are to be issued, and the time and places of holding such e...

...When the amendment referred to in section 1713.25 of the Revised Code is adopted by the board of trustees, a copy thereof with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by any authorized officer of such board and sealed with the corporate seal, stating the fact and date of such amendment, and that such copy is a true copy of the original amendment, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state. When...