(a) Pursuant to this section, a mutual holding company may merge into a foreign mutual holding company that is domiciled in a state to which the converted insurer has transferred its domicile or will transfer its domicile concurrently with the merger. The merger shall be effected pursuant to an agreement of merger between the mutual holding company and the foreign mutual holding company in accordance with the General Corporation Law, to the extent not inconsistent with this section. The merger shall take effect upon filing the agreement of merger with the California Secretary of State after compliance with the following:

(1) Approval of the agreement of merger by a resolution of the majority of the board of directors of the mutual holding company and signing of the agreement of merger by the parties thereto.

(2) Approval of an amendment to the converted insurer’s plan of conversion in accordance with Section 11547 by a resolution of the majority of the board of directors of the converted insurer in order to reflect appropriately the merger and transfer of domicile.

(3) Submission of the agreement of merger and the amendment to the commissioner for consent in writing.

(4) Approval of the agreement of merger by a majority of the members of the mutual holding company who vote at a meeting called for that purpose.

(5) Approval of the amendment by a majority of the members of the mutual holding company who were members of the converted insurer and were entitled to vote on the original plan of conversion approved pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11536 and who vote at a meeting called for the purpose.

(6) Filing of the agreement of merger in the office of the commissioner after having been consented to and approved as contemplated by paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5).

(b) The submission to the commissioner prescribed in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) shall be accompanied by a filing fee of eight thousand one hundred dollars ($8,100), evidence that the foreign mutual holding company that will survive the merger is qualified as a foreign corporation under the General Corporation Law, and any other relevant information that the commissioner may require.

(c) The meetings of members prescribed in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (a) and shall be called by the board of directors, the chairperson of the board, or the president of the mutual holding company, and may be combined at a single meeting with separate voting by those eligible to vote on the matters referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (a). Notice of the meeting shall be given by mail to members entitled to vote at the meeting at least 30 days prior to the date set for the meeting. Voting shall be by ballot, in person, or by proxy. A quorum for each such matter consists of 5 percent of the members of the mutual holding company entitled to vote at the meeting on the matter.

(d) The commissioner shall consent to any proposed merger and amendment if he or she determines that the merger will be fair and equitable to the mutual holding company and its members.

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 740, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2007.)