2023 Vermont Statutes
Title 11A - Vermont Business Corporations
Chapter 11 - Conversion, Merger, Share Exchange, and Domestication
§ 11.05. Amendment or abandonment of plan of conversion
§ 11.05. Amendment or abandonment of plan of conversion
(a) A domestic corporation may amend a plan of conversion:
(1) in the same manner the corporation approved the plan, if the plan does not specify how to amend the plan; or
(2) by its directors and shareholders as provided in the plan, but a shareholder who was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the conversion is entitled to vote on or consent to an amendment of the plan that will change:
(A) the amount or kind of consideration the shareholder may receive under the plan;
(B) the public organizational documents, if any, or private organizational documents of the converted organization in effect after the conversion, except for a change that the interest holders of the converted organization are not required to approve under its governing statute or organizational documents; or
(C) other terms or conditions of the plan if the change would adversely affect the shareholder in any material respect.
(b) A domestic general or limited partnership may amend a plan of conversion:
(1) in the same manner the partnership approved the plan, if the plan does not specify how to amend the plan; or
(2) by the partners as provided in the plan, but a partner who was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the conversion is entitled to vote on or consent to an amendment of the plan that will change:
(A) the amount or kind of consideration the partner may receive under the plan;
(B) the public organizational documents, if any, or private organizational documents of the converted organization in effect after the conversion, except for a change that the interest holders of the converted organization are not required to approve under its governing statute or organizational documents; or
(C) other terms or conditions of the plan if the change would adversely affect the partner in any material respect.
(c) A domestic limited liability company may amend a plan of conversion:
(1) in the same manner the company approved the plan, if the plan does not specify how to amend the plan; or
(2) by the managers or members as provided in the plan, but a member who was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the conversion is entitled to vote on or consent to an amendment of the plan that will change:
(A) the amount or kind of consideration the member may receive under the plan;
(B) the public organizational documents, if any, or private organizational documents of the converted organization in effect after the conversion, except for a change that the interest holders of the converted organization are not required to approve under its governing statute or organizational documents; or
(C) other terms or conditions of the plan if the change would adversely affect the member in any material respect.
(d)(1) After a domestic converting organization approves a plan of conversion, and before a statement of conversion takes effect, the organization may abandon the conversion as provided in the plan.
(2) Unless prohibited by the plan, the organization may abandon the plan in the same manner it approved the plan.
(e)(1) A domestic converting organization that abandons a plan of conversion pursuant to subsection (d) of this section shall deliver a signed statement of abandonment to the Secretary of State for filing before the statement of conversion takes effect.
(2) The statement of abandonment shall contain:
(A) the name of the converting organization;
(B) the date the Secretary of State filed the statement of conversion; and
(C) a statement that the converting organization has abandoned the conversion pursuant to this section.
(3) A statement of abandonment takes effect on filing, and on filing the conversion is abandoned and does not take effect. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; amended 2015, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § E.1, eff. July 1, 2017.)
