(a) General rule.--Unless otherwise restricted by its organic rules, a plan of division of a domestic dividing association shall not require the approval of the interest holders of the dividing association if all of the following are satisfied:
(1) The plan does not do any of the following:
(i) alter the jurisdiction of formation of the dividing association;
(ii) provide for special treatment; or
(iii) amend in any respect the provisions of the organic rules of the dividing association, except amendments that may be made without the approval of the interest holders.
(2) Either:
(i) the dividing association survives the division and all the interests in the new associations are owned solely by the dividing association; or
(ii) the interests in each new association are distributed as provided in subsection (b).
(3) The organic rules of each new association do not change the rights, duties or obligations of the interest holders or governors from those of the interest holders or governors of the dividing association, regardless of whether the dividing association survives the division.
(b) Distribution of interests.--The requirements for distributing interests in each new association referred to in subsection (a)(2)(ii) are as follows:
(1) if the dividing association is not a limited partnership, the dividing association has only one class of interests outstanding and the interests in each new association and any securities issued by a new association are distributed pro rata to the interest holders of the dividing association; or
(2) if the dividing association is a limited partnership:
(i) it has only one class of general partners and one class of limited partners;
(ii) each new association is a limited partnership; and
(iii) all of the following apply:
(A) the general partner interests in each new association are distributed pro rata to the general partners of the dividing limited partnership;
(B) the limited partner interests in each new association are distributed pro rata to the limited partners of the dividing limited partnership; and
(C) no securities of any of the new associations are distributed to any of the interest holders of the dividing limited partnership.
Credits
2014, Oct. 22, P.L. 2640, No. 172, § 9, effective July 1, 2015. Amended 2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1791, No. 122, § 16, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2023].
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 364, PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 364
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
