(1) Articles of for-profit conversion must be executed on behalf of the converting corporation by an officer of the corporation. The articles shall set forth:

(a) If the surviving corporation is a domestic business corporation, the name of the corporation immediately before the filing of the articles of for-profit conversion and if that name does not satisfy the requirements of RCW 23B.04.010, or the corporation desires to change its name in connection with the conversion, a name that satisfies the requirements of RCW 23B.04.010;

(b) Whether the corporation is holding assets for charitable purposes;

(c) If the corporation is holding assets for charitable purposes, that the attorney general has approved, or is deemed to have approved, the for-profit conversion pursuant to RCW 24.03A.770(4);

(d) If the surviving corporation is a foreign for-profit corporation, its name after the conversion and its jurisdiction of incorporation;

(e) If the nonprofit corporation has members with voting rights with respect to the for-profit conversion, a statement that the plan of for-profit conversion was approved by the members in the manner required by this chapter and the articles or bylaws; and

(f) Where there are no members or no members having voting rights with respect to the for-profit conversion, a statement to that effect, the date of the meeting of the board at which the amendment was adopted, and a statement that the amendment received the vote of a majority of directors in office.

(2) If the surviving corporation is a domestic for-profit corporation, then the articles of for-profit conversion shall either contain all of the provisions that RCW 23B.02.020 requires to be set forth in articles of incorporation of a domestic for-profit corporation and any other desired provisions permitted under Title 23B RCW, or have attached articles of incorporation that satisfy the requirements of RCW 23B.02.020. In either case, provisions that would not be required to be included in restated articles of incorporation of a domestic for-profit corporation may be omitted, except that the name and address of the initial registered agent of the for-profit corporation must be included.

(3) The articles of for-profit conversion and articles of incorporation, if a separate document, must be delivered to the secretary of state for filing, and take effect at the effective time provided in RCW 23.95.210.

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