§428-901.5 Foreign mergers.  (a)  Whenever a foreignentity authorized to transact business in this State shall be a party to astatutory merger permitted by the laws of the state or country under the lawsof which it is organized, and the foreign entity shall be the surviving entity,it shall, within sixty days after the merger becomes effective, file with thedirector a certificate evidencing the merger, duly authenticated by the properofficer of the state or country under the laws of which the statutory mergerwas effectuated.  The certificate evidencing the merger shall be evidence of achange of name if the name of the surviving entity is changed thereby.  If thecertificate is in a foreign language a translation attested to under oath ofthe translator shall accompany the certificate.

(b)  Whenever a foreign entity authorized totransact business in this State shall be a party to a statutory mergerpermitted by the laws of the state or country under the laws of which it isorganized, and that entity shall not be the surviving entity, the survivingentity shall, within sixty days after the merger becomes effective, file withthe director a certificate evidencing the merger in the form prescribed bysubsection (a). [L 2002, c 41, §5; am L 2003, c 124, §75; am L 2004, c 121,§46]