§1-924. Effect of domestication

A. When a domestication becomes effective, all of the following shall apply:

(1) The title to all real and personal property, both tangible and intangible, of the corporation remains in the corporation without any transfer, assignment, reversion, or impairment.

(2) The liabilities of the corporation remain the liabilities of the corporation.

(3) An action or proceeding pending against the corporation continues against the corporation as if the domestication had not occurred,

(4) The articles of domestication, or the articles of incorporation attached to the articles of domestication, constitute the articles of incorporation of a foreign corporation domesticating in this state,

(5) The shares of the corporation are reclassified into shares, other securities, obligations, rights to acquire shares or other securities, or into cash or other property in accordance with the terms of the domestication, and the shareholders are entitled only to the rights provided by those terms and to any appraisal rights they may have under the organic law of the domesticating corporation,

(6) The corporation is deemed to be all of the following:

(a) Incorporated under and subject to the organic law of the domesticated corporation for all purposes.

(b) The same corporation without interruption as the domesticating corporation.

(c) Incorporated on the date the domesticating corporation was originally incorporated.

B. When a domestication of a domestic business corporation in a foreign jurisdiction becomes effective, the foreign business corporation remains both of the following:

(1) Obligated under the laws of this state to pay promptly the amount, if any, to which shareholders who exercise appraisal rights in connection with the domestication are entitled under Part 13 of this Chapter.

(2) Subject to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of this state in accordance with R.S. 13:3201, and to service of process in accordance with law.

C. The owner liability of a shareholder in a foreign corporation that is domesticated in this state shall be as follows:

(1) The domestication does not discharge any owner liability under the laws of the foreign jurisdiction to the extent any such owner liability arose before the effective time of the articles of domestication.

(2) The shareholder shall not have owner liability under the laws of the foreign jurisdiction for any debt, obligation, or liability of the corporation that arises after the effective time of the articles of domestication.

(3) The provisions of the laws of the foreign jurisdiction shall continue to apply to the collection or discharge of any owner liability preserved by Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section, as if the domestication had not occurred.

(4) The shareholder shall have whatever rights of contribution from other shareholders are provided by the laws of the foreign jurisdiction with respect to any owner liability preserved by Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section, as if the domestication had not occurred.

Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.