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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347092</law_id><section_number>13.1-897.1</section_number><catch_line>Abandonment of a merger</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="44" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="13" identifier="10">Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="12" identifier="11">Merger</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Unless otherwise provided in the plan of merger or in the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> under which a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> or a domestic or foreign <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> that is a <span class="dictionary">party to a merger</span> is organized or by which it is governed, after a plan of merger has been adopted and approved as required by this article, and at any time before the certificate of merger has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> that is a party to the plan without action by its <span class="dictionary">members</span> in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan of merger or, if no such procedures are set forth in the plan, in the manner determined by the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span>, subject to any contractual rights of other parties to the plan of merger. <a id="paragraph-1295200" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-897.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a merger is abandoned after the articles of merger have been filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> but before the certificate of merger has become effective, in <span class="dictionary">order</span> for the certificate of merger to be abandoned, all parties to the plan of merger shall <span class="dictionary">sign</span> a statement of abandonment and <span class="dictionary">deliver</span> it to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for filing prior to the effective time and date of the certificate of merger. If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the statement of abandonment complies with the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of abandonment, effective as of the time and date the statement of abandonment was received by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, and the merger shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective. <a id="paragraph-1295201" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-897.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The statement of abandonment shall contain: <a id="paragraph-1295202" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-897.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of each domestic and <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> and <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> that is a party to the merger and its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span> and entity type; <a id="paragraph-1295203" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-897.1/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> When the <span class="dictionary">survivor</span> will be a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">domestic stock corporation</span> created by the merger, the name of the <span class="dictionary">survivor</span> set forth in the articles of merger; <a id="paragraph-1295204" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-897.1/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The date on which the articles of merger were filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; <a id="paragraph-1295205" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-897.1/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The date and time on which the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s certificate of merger becomes effective; and <a id="paragraph-1295206" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-897.1/#C4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A statement that the merger is being abandoned in accordance with this section. <a id="paragraph-1295207" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-897.1/#C5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2007, c. 925; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
