{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-11-07","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-11-07","heading":"Merger or share exchange with foreign corporation.","body":"(a)\tOne or more foreign corporations may merge with one or more domestic corporations, and a foreign corporation may enter into a share exchange with a domestic corporation if:\n(1)\tIn a merger, the merger is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law each foreign corporation is incorporated and, to the extent applicable, each domestic or foreign corporation complies with that law in effecting the merger;\n(2)\tIn a share exchange, if the corporation whose shares will be acquired is a foreign corporation, the share exchange is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated and the foreign corporation and the acquiring domestic corporation comply with that law in effecting the share exchange;\n(3)\tThe foreign corporation complies with G.S. 55-11-05 if it is the surviving corporation of the merger or acquiring corporation of the share exchange; and\n(4)\tEach domestic corporation complies with the applicable provisions of G.S. 55-11-01 through G.S. 55-11-04 and, if it is the surviving corporation of the merger with G.S. 55-11-05.\n(b)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2005, c. 268, s. 24.\n(c)\tThis section does not limit the power of a foreign corporation to acquire all or part of the shares of one or more classes or series of a domestic corporation through a voluntary exchange or otherwise, or the power of a domestic corporation to acquire all or part of the shares of one or more classes or series of a foreign corporation through a voluntary exchange or otherwise. (1925, c. 77, s. 1; 1939, c. 5; 1943, c. 270; G.S., s. 55-165; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1973, c. 469, s. 35; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 2001-387, ss. 18, 19; 2005-268, s. 24.)","path":["Chapter 55. North Carolina Business Corporation Act.","Article 11. Merger and Share Exchange."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55/GS_55-11-07.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:57Z","sha256":"e7163b2e8292aca5900483a27c057cf22991908cd9ca95a15c99dadab2234bf5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-11-06","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-11-08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}