(1) After a plan of merger has been adopted and approved as required by RCW 24.03A.710 through 24.03A.750, articles of merger must be executed on behalf of each party to the merger by an officer or other authorized representative of the party. The articles of merger shall set forth:

(a) The names of the parties to the merger;

(b) If the articles of the surviving domestic nonprofit corporation are being changed, or if a new domestic nonprofit corporation is created as a result of a merger, the changes to the articles of the surviving corporation or the articles of the new corporation;

(c) If the plan of merger required approval by the members of a domestic nonprofit corporation that was a party to the merger, a statement that the plan was approved by the members and, if voting by any separate voting group was required, by each separate voting group entitled to vote, in the manner required by this chapter and the articles or bylaws;

(d) If the plan of merger did not require approval by the members of a domestic nonprofit corporation that was a party to the merger, a statement to that effect;

(e) If a party to the merger is a noncharitable corporation holding property for charitable purposes, and the survivor is not a charitable corporation, a statement that the attorney general has approved, or is deemed to have approved, the merger pursuant to RCW 24.03A.715; and

(f) As to each foreign nonprofit corporation or eligible entity that was a party to the merger, a statement that the participation of the foreign corporation or eligible entity was authorized as required by the organic law of the corporation or eligible entity.

(2) Terms of articles of merger may be made dependent on facts objectively ascertainable outside the articles in accordance with RCW 24.03A.060(3).

(3) Articles of merger must be delivered to the secretary of state for filing by the surviving entity of the merger and shall take effect at the effective time provided in RCW 23.95.210. Articles of merger filed under this section may be combined with any filing required under the organic law of any domestic eligible entity involved in the transaction if the combined filing satisfies the requirements of both this section and the other organic law.

Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.