Tex. Gov't Code § 4005.009 · Subchapter A. EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, AND ASSET SALES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The exemption provided by Section 4005.001 applies to the issuance or sale of securities by one corporation to another corporation or to the security holders of the corporation pursuant to a vote by one or more classes of those security holders, as required by the certificate of formation, certificate of incorporation, or applicable corporation statute, in connection with:
(1) a merger;
(2) a consolidation; or
(3) a sale of corporate assets.
(b) The exemption provided by Section 4005.001 applies to an issuance or sale described by Subsection (a) only if the security holders do not pay, give, or promise any consideration, and are not obligated to pay or give any consideration, for the securities issued or sold other than the corporation's securities held by the security holders at the time of the issuance or sale.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2022.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.4005.htm
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