Illinois Code § 11.35

§ 11.35.

Merger, consolidation or share exchange of domestic and foreign corporations. One or more foreign corporations and one or more domestic corporations may be merged or consolidated or their shares exchanged in the following manner, provided such merger, consolidation or exchange is permitted by the laws of the state under which each such foreign corporation is organized: (a) Each domestic corporation shall comply with the provisions of this Act with respect to the merger, consolidation or exchange, as the case may be, of domestic corporations and each foreign corporation shall comply with the applicable provisions of the laws of the state under which it is organized. (b) If the surviving or new corporation, as the case may be, is to be governed by the laws of any state other than this State, it shall comply with the provisions of this Act with respect to foreign corporations if it is to do business in this State, and in every case it shall file with the Secretary of State of this State: (1) an agreement that it may be served with process in this State in any proceeding for the enforcement of any obligation of any domestic corporation which is a party to such merger or consolidation and in any proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of a dissenting shareholder of any such domestic corporation against the surviving or new corporation, (2) an irrevocable appointment of the Secretary of State of this State as its agent to accept service of process in any such proceeding, and (3) an agreement that it will promptly pay to the dissenting shareholders of any such domestic corporation the amount, if any, to which they shall be entitled under the provisions of this Act with respect to the rights of dissenting shareholders. The effect of such merger or consolidation shall be the same as in the case of the merger or consolidation of domestic corporations. (c) If the acquiring corporation in a share exchange is governed by the laws of any state other than this State, it shall comply with the provisions of this Act with respect to foreign corporations if it is to do business in this State and, in every case, it shall file with the Secretary of State of this State: (1) an agreement that it may be served with process in this State in any proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of a dissenting shareholder of a domestic corporation whose shares are acquired against the acquiring corporation. (2) an irrevocable appointment of the Secretary of State of this State as its agent to accept service of process in any such proceeding, and (3) an agreement that it will promptly pay to the dissenting shareholders of such domestic corporation the amount, if any, to which they shall be entitled under the provisions of this Act with respect to the rights of dissenting shareholders. (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)