2023 Tennessee Code › Title 48 - CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS (§§ 48-1-101 — 48-250-115) › FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS CORPORATIONS (§§ 48-11-101 — 48-28-109) › Chapter 21 - MERGER, SHARE EXCHANGE AND CONVERSION (§§ 48-21-101 — 48-21-121) › Section 48-21-112 - Articles of entity conversion

(a)
After the conversion of a domestic business corporation to a domestic unincorporated entity has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter, articles of entity conversion shall be executed on behalf of the corporation by any officer or other duly authorized representative. The articles shall:
(1)
Set forth the name of the corporation immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the corporation is to be changed, which shall be a name that satisfies the organic law of the survivor;
(2)
State the type of unincorporated entity that the survivor will be;
(3)
Set forth a statement that the plan of entity conversion was duly approved by the shareholders in the manner required by this chapter and the charter; and
(4)
If the survivor is a filing entity, have attached the applicable public organic document; except that provisions that would not be required to be included in a restated public organic document may be omitted.
(b)
After the conversion of a domestic unincorporated entity to a domestic business corporation has been adopted and approved as required by the organic law of the unincorporated entity, articles of entity conversion shall be executed on behalf of the unincorporated entity by any officer or other duly authorized representative. The articles shall:
(1)
Set forth the name of the unincorporated entity immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the unincorporated entity is to be changed, which shall be a name that satisfies the requirements of §
48-14-101
;
(2)
Set forth a statement that the plan of entity conversion was duly approved in accordance with the organic law of the unincorporated entity; and
(3)
Have attached a charter; except that provisions that would not be required to be included in a restated charter of a domestic business corporation may be omitted.
(c)
After the conversion of a foreign unincorporated entity to a domestic business corporation has been authorized as required by the laws of the foreign jurisdiction, articles of entity conversion shall be executed on behalf of the foreign unincorporated entity by any officer or other duly authorized representative. The articles shall:
(1)
Set forth the name of the unincorporated entity immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the unincorporated entity is to be changed, which shall be a name that satisfies the requirements of §
48-14-101
;
(2)
Set forth the jurisdiction under the laws of which the unincorporated entity was organized immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the date on which the unincorporated entity was organized in that jurisdiction;
(3)
Set forth a statement that the conversion of the unincorporated entity was duly approved in the manner required by its organic law; and
(4)
Have attached a charter; except that provisions that would not be required to be included in a restated charter of a domestic business corporation may be omitted.
(d)
(1)
The articles of entity conversion shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing, together with the required filing fee, and shall take effect at the effective time provided in §
48-11-304
.
(2)
Articles of entity conversion filed under subsection (a) or (b) may be combined with any required conversion filing under the organic law of the domestic unincorporated entity if the combined filing satisfies the requirements of both this section and the other organic law.
(3)
The public organic document required to be attached by subsection (a) shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing, and shall take effect at the effective time of the articles of entity conversion. A filing fee for the public organic document shall be paid to the secretary of state in the amount specified for such public organic document by the applicable law governing the formation of such domestic unincorporated entity.
(4)
The charter required to be attached by subsection (b) or (c) shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing, and shall take effect at the effective time of the articles of entity conversion. The fee for filing the charter shall be paid in accordance with §
48-11-303
.
(e)
If the converting entity is a foreign unincorporated entity that is authorized to transact business in this state under a provision of law similar to chapter 25 of this title, its certificate of authority or other type of foreign qualification shall be cancelled automatically on the effective date of its conversion.
Acts 2000, ch. 623, § 2; 2006, ch. 620, § 63; 2012, ch. 1051, § 39.