2023 Maryland Statutes › Corporations and Associations › Title 8 - Real Estate Investment Trusts › Subtitle 7 - Conversions of Real Estate Investment Trusts › Section 8-704 - Effects of Conversion

(a)    A conversion has the effects provided in this section.
(b)    (1)    This subsection applies on the conversion of a real estate investment trust to an other entity.
(2)    The real estate investment trust shall cease to exist as a real estate investment trust and shall continue to exist as the other entity into which the real estate investment trust has converted, and the other entity shall, for all purposes of the laws of this State, be deemed to be the same entity as the converting real estate investment trust.
(3)    (i)    All the assets of the real estate investment trust, including any legacies that it would have been capable of taking, shall vest in and devolve on the other entity without further act or deed and shall be the property of the other entity, and the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in the real estate investment trust shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of a conversion under this subtitle.
(ii)    The conversion of the real estate investment trust to an other entity does not affect, invalidate, terminate, suspend, or nullify any licenses, permits, or registrations granted to the real estate investment trust before the conversion.
(iii)    Confirmatory deeds, assignments, or similar instruments to evidence the conversion may be executed and delivered at any time in the name of the real estate investment trust by its last acting officers, or by the appropriate authorized persons, partners, officers, trustees, or members of the other entity.
(4)    (i)    The other entity shall be liable for all the debts and obligations of the real estate investment trust.
(ii)    An existing claim, action, or proceeding pending by or against the real estate investment trust may be prosecuted to judgment as if the conversion had not taken place, or, on motion of the other entity or any party, the other entity may be substituted as a party and a judgment against the real estate investment trust constitutes a lien on the property of the other entity.
(iii)    A conversion does not impair the rights of creditors or any liens on the property of the real estate investment trust.
(5)    Subject to the treatment of the ownership interests of the shareholders of the real estate investment trust under the articles of conversion and to the rights of an objecting shareholder under this subtitle, the ownership interests of the shareholders of the real estate investment trust shall cease to exist as shares of beneficial interest of the real estate investment trust and continue to exist as ownership interests in the other entity.
(6)    The conversion of the real estate investment trust to an other entity in accordance with articles of conversion under this subtitle does not affect any debts, obligations, or liabilities of the real estate investment trust or the personal liability of any person incurred before the conversion.
(7)    Unless otherwise provided in the articles of conversion, the converting real estate investment trust is not required to wind up its affairs or pay its liabilities and distribute its assets, and the conversion does not constitute dissolution or a transfer of assets or liabilities of the real estate investment trust.
(8)    A person becomes liable for any obligation incurred by the real estate investment trust before the completion of the conversion only to the extent provided for by the laws applicable to the other entity.
(c)    (1)    This subsection applies on the conversion of an other entity to a real estate investment trust.
(2)    The real estate investment trust, for all purposes of the laws of this State, shall be deemed to be the same entity as the converting other entity.
(3)    (i)    All the assets of the other entity, including any legacies that it would have been capable of taking, vest in and devolve on the real estate investment trust without further act or deed and shall be the property of the real estate investment trust, and the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in the other entity shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of a conversion under this subtitle.
(ii)    The conversion of the other entity to a real estate investment trust does not affect, invalidate, terminate, suspend, or nullify any licenses, permits, or registrations granted to the other entity before the conversion.
(iii)    Confirmatory deeds, assignments, or similar instruments to evidence the conversion may be executed and delivered at any time in the name of the other entity by the appropriate authorized persons, partners, officers, trustees, or members of the other entity or by the officers of the real estate investment trust.
(4)    (i)    The real estate investment trust shall be liable for all the debts and obligations of the other entity.
(ii)    An existing claim, action, or proceeding pending by or against the other entity may be prosecuted to judgment as if the conversion had not taken place, or, on motion of the other entity or any party, the real estate investment trust may be substituted as a party and a judgment against the other entity constitutes a lien on the property of the real estate investment trust.
(iii)    A conversion does not impair the rights of creditors or any liens on the property of the other entity.
(5)    The conversion of an other entity to a real estate investment trust in accordance with articles of conversion under this subtitle does not affect any debts, obligations, or liabilities of the other entity or the personal liability of any person incurred before the completion of the conversion.
(6)    A person remains liable for any obligation incurred by the other entity before the completion of the conversion only to the extent that the person would have been liable if the conversion had not occurred.
(7)    Subject to the treatment of the ownership interests of the owners of the other entity under the articles of conversion, the ownership interests of the owners of the other entity cease to exist as ownership interests in the converted other entity and continue to exist as shares of beneficial interest in the real estate investment trust.