KRS 272.311: Merger or consolidation -- Procedures -- Articles to be filed and recorded -

- Contents -- Effect.

(1) A plan of merger or consolidation shall be adopted in the following manner:

(a) The board of each merging or consolidating association shall adopt a

resolution approving the proposed plan, and directing that it be submitted to a

vote at a meeting of the association members, which may be at either an

annual or a special meeting. Written or printed notice of the meeting shall be

given to each member of t he association entitled to vote at such meeting. The

notice shall state that the proposed plan of merger or consolidation will be

considered and acted upon at the meeting, and a copy or a summary of the

plan of merger or plan of consolidation shall be incl uded in or enclosed with

such notice. Each notice shall be mailed by first -class mail at such time that

not less than ten (10) full days shall elapse between the date of mailing the

notice and the date of the meeting, and shall be mailed to each member of the

association at his last known address as it appears on the records of the

association. The proposed plan shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of not

less than two -thirds (2/3) of the votes entitled to be cast by members present

in person, or by pro xy (if permitted by the bylaws), and voting at such

meeting;

(b) By the affirmative vote of not less than two -thirds (2/3) of its members, the

board of directors of a parent association may approve on behalf of a wholly -

owned subsidiary association a plan of merger or consolidation; and

(c) After the approval by the members, and at any time prior to the filing of

articles of merger or articles of consolidation, the merger or consolidation may

be abandoned pursuant to provisions set forth in the plan of merg er or

consolidation.

(2) Upon the approval of the members, articles of merger or articles of consolidation

shall be executed, filed and recorded as provided in KRS 271B.11 -050. A copy of

the articles of merger or articles of consolidation endorsed by the Secretary of State,

with the fact and time of recording in his office, shall be filed with the dean of the

College of Agriculture of the University of Kentucky and with the Commissioner,

Department of Agriculture.

(3) The articles of merger or the articles of consolidation shall set forth:

(a) The plan of merger or the plan of consolidation; and

(b) A statement setting forth the date of the meeting of the members of each

association at which the plan was adopted; that the meeting was duly called

and that a quorum was present; and that such plan received an affirmative vote

of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the votes entitled to be cast by members.

(4) The time when the merger or consolidation is effected is determined by the

provisions of KRS 271B.11-060.

(5) When the merger or consolidation has been effected:

(a) The several associations, parties to the plan of merger or plan of

consolidation, shall be a single association which, in the case of a merger,

shall be the association designated as the surviving association, and, in the

case of a consolidation, shall be the new association;

(b) The separate existence of all associations which are parties to the plan of

merger or plan of consolidation, except the surviving association or new

association, shall cease;

(c) The surviving association or new association shall have all the rights,

privileges, franchises, immunities, and powers and shall be subject to all the

duties and liabilities of an association organized under KRS 272.101 to

272.341;

(d) The survivin g association or new association shall, to the extent consistent

with its articles of incorporation as established or changed by the merger or

consolidation, possess all the rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises, of

both public and private nature, of each of the merging or consolidating

associations; and all property, real, personal and mixed; and all debts due on

any account; and all choses in action; and every other interest, of or belonging

to or due to each of the associations so merged or cons olidated, shall be taken

and deemed to be transferred to and vested in such surviving association or

new association without further act or deed; and the title to any real estate,

wheresoever situated, or any interest therein, shall vest in the surviving

association or new association and shall not revert or be in any way impaired

by reason of the merger or consolidation;

(e) The surviving association or new association shall be responsible for all the

liabilities, contracts or other obliga tions and penalties of each of the

associations so merged or consolidated; and any claim existing or action or

proceeding, civil or criminal, pending by or against any of the associations

may be prosecuted as if the merger or consolidation had not taken place, or the

surviving association or new association may be substituted in its place; and

any judgments rendered against any of the merged or consolidated

associations may be enforced against the surviving association or new

association. Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of

any merged or consolidated association shall be impaired by the merger or

consolidation; and

(f) The articles of incorporation of a surviving association shall be deemed to be

amended to the extent, if any, that changes in its articles of incorporation are

stated in the plan of merger. The articles of consolidation of a new association

shall be deemed to be its articles of incorporation.