35-1-819. Merger or share exchange with foreign corporation. (1) One or more foreign corporations may merge or enter into a share exchange with one or more domestic corporations if:
     (a) in a merger, the merger is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law each foreign corporation is incorporated and each foreign corporation complies with that law in effecting the merger; or
     (b) in a share exchange, the corporation whose shares will be acquired is a domestic corporation, whether or not a share exchange is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law the acquiring corporation is incorporated;
     (c) the foreign corporation complies with 35-1-816 and if it is the surviving corporation of the merger or acquiring corporation of the share exchange; and
     (d) each domestic corporation complies with the applicable provisions of 35-1-813 through 35-1-815 and 35-1-818 and, if it is the surviving corporation of the merger or acquiring corporation of the share exchange, with the provisions of 35-1-816.
     (2) When the merger or share exchange takes effect, the surviving foreign corporation of a merger and the acquiring foreign corporation of a share exchange is considered:
     (a) to have appointed the secretary of state as its agent for service of process in a proceeding to enforce any obligation or the rights of dissenting shareholders of each domestic corporation party to the merger or share exchange; and
     (b) to have agreed that it will promptly pay to the dissenting shareholders of each domestic corporation party to the merger or share exchange the amount, if any, to which they are entitled under 35-1-826 through 35-1-839.
     (3) This section does not limit the power of a foreign corporation to acquire all or part of the shares of one or more classes or series of a domestic corporation through a voluntary exchange or otherwise.

     History: En. Sec. 130, Ch. 368, L. 1991.