2019 Mississippi Code
Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act
Article 11 - Merger and Share Exchange.
§ 79-4-11.01. Definitions
- As used in this chapter:
(a) “Merger” means a business combination pursuant to Section 79-4-11.02.
(b) “Organizational documents” means the basic document or documents that create, or determine the internal governance of, an eligible entity.
(c) “Party to a merger” or “party to a share exchange” means any domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity that will:
(1) Merge under a plan of merger;
(2) Acquire shares or eligible interests of another corporation or eligible entity in a share exchange; or
(3) Have all of its shares or eligible interests or all of one or more classes or series of its shares or eligible interests acquired in a share exchange.
(d) “Share exchange” means a business combination pursuant to Section 79-4-11.03.
(e) “Survivor” in a merger means the corporation or eligible entity into which one or more other corporations or eligible entities are merged. A survivor of a merger may preexist the merger or be created by the merger.
