{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-309.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-309.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Acquired corporation” means the domestic or foreign corporation whose shares are acquired in a share exchange.\n\n(2)\n“Acquiring corporation” means the domestic or foreign corporation that acquires shares in a share exchange.\n\n(3)\n“Merger” means a business combination pursuant to § 29-309.02.\n\n(4)\n“Party to a merger” or “party to a share exchange” means any domestic or foreign corporation that will:\n(A)\nMerge under a plan of merger;\n(B)\nAcquire shares of another corporation or an eligible entity in a share exchange; or\n(C)\nHave all of its shares or all of one or more classes or series of its shares acquired in a share exchange.\n\n(5)\n“Share exchange” means a business combination pursuant to § 29-309.03.\n\n(6)\n“Survivor” in a merger means the corporation into which one or more other corporations are merged. A survivor of a merger may preexist the merger or be created by the merger.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Business Corporations.","Subchapter IX. Merger and Share Exchanges."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-309.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0bf9438ad19871d260013bad987c52d7d010e00bfe63b9c3be439356ed5b6da5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-308.22","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-309.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}