2006 Minnesota Statutes

302A.691 EFFECTIVE DATE OR TIME OF CONVERSION; EFFECT.
    Subdivision 1. Effective date or time. A conversion is effective when the articles of
conversion are filed with the secretary of state or on a later date or at a later time specified in
the articles of conversion.
    Subd. 2. Effect on organization. (a) A converted organization is for all purposes the same
organization as the converting organization, having been incorporated or organized on the date
that the converting organization was originally incorporated or organized.
(b) When a conversion becomes effective:
(1) if the converted organization is a corporation, the converted organization has all the
rights, privileges, immunities, and powers, and is subject to all the duties and liabilities, of a
corporation incorporated under this chapter;
(2) if the converted organization is a limited liability company, the converted organization
has all the rights, privileges, immunities, and powers, and is subject to all the duties and liabilities,
of a limited liability company organized under chapter 322B;
(3) all property owned by the converting organization remains vested in the converted
organization;
(4) all debts, liabilities, and other obligations of the converting organization continue as
obligations of the converted organization;
(5) an action or proceeding pending by or against the converting organization may be
continued as if the conversion had not occurred; and
(6) all rights, privileges, immunities, and powers of the converting organization remain
vested in the converted organization.
    Subd. 3. Effect on shareholders or members. When a conversion becomes effective, each
share or membership interest in the converting organization is deemed to be converted into
shares or membership interests in the converted organization or, in whole or in part, into money
or other property to be received under the plan by the shareholders or the members, subject to
any dissenters' rights under section 302A.471, in the case of shareholders of the converting
organization, or section 322B.383, in the case of members of the converting organization.
History: 2004 c 199 art 14 s 28