3807

(a) Every foreign corporation admitted to do business in the Commonwealth which shall change its corporate name, or enlarge, limit or otherwise change the business which it proposes to do in the Commonwealth, shall, within thirty (30) days after the time said change becomes effective, file with the Department of State a certificate, which shall set forth:\n(1) The name of the foreign corporation as it appears on the records of the Department of State.\n(2) The jurisdiction of its incorporation.\n(3) The date it was authorized to do business in the Commonwealth.\n(4) If the name of the foreign corporation has been changed, a statement of the name relinquished, a statement of the new name and a statement that the change of name has been effected under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and the date the change was effected.\n(5) If the business it proposes to do in the Commonwealth is to be enlarged, limited or otherwise changed, a statement reflecting such change and a statement that it is authorized to do in the jurisdiction of its incorporation the business which it proposes to do in the Commonwealth.\n(b) Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to transact

d a statement that it is authorized to do in the jurisdiction of its incorporation the business which it proposes to do in the Commonwealth.\n(b) Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth shall be the survivor of a merger permitted by the laws of the state or country in which it is incorporated, it shall, within thirty (30) days after the merger becomes effective, file with the Department of State a certificate, issued by the proper officer of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, attesting to the occurrence of such merger. If the merger has changed the corporate name of such foreign corporation or has enlarged, limited or otherwise changed the business it proposes to do in the Commonwealth, it shall also comply with subsection (a) of this section.\n(c) Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth ceases to exist because of a statutory merger or consolidation, it shall comply with § 3812 of this title.\nHistory —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 164, § 13.07.