Filing a Merger

Merger filings can be submitted online. If your filing requires a two-step review process, an internal Secretary of State processor must review your filing for compliance before it can be accepted or rejected. After making payment, you will be notified via the email address set up during account creation.

Notes:

1. If another filing for the same business entity is in process or is of the same filing type as the current filing, you will be alerted to try again later. The current filing cannot be continued but can be restarted when the other filing has been completed (accepted/rejected).  
2. Screens, fields and labels that display are based on your jurisdiction's implementation and may not reflect your filing type.
3. If you need to re-enter information, select the button labeled Previous to return to the screen you were on prior to the current screen.
4. If your filing requires a two-step review process, an internal Secretary of State processor must review your filing for compliance before it can be accepted or rejected. After making payment, you will be notified via the email address set up during account creation. To view correspondence for your filing, refer to Order Summary/Correspondence-BE for information about accessing your filing records.
5. Contact your jurisdiction's office if you have questions about this or any of the procedures outlined in SystemWORKS Help.

How to process a merger filing:

1. After logging in, select File a Merger.

2. Select the Corporation Type, Domesticity and Merger Filing type from the drop-down lists.
3. Enter the number of corporations involved in the merger filing.
4. Browse for and select the applicable filing document (refer to Attaching Documents for detailed information). An error message displays if you attempt to attach more than one filing document.
• Browse for and select supporting documents, if needed.
• For Filed documents the upload file format is TIFF / TIF only. For Supporting documents, upload file format is PDF/TIFF/TIF only. Multiple supporting documents are allowed.

5. Select Next: Shopping Cart to display the shopping cart. If any modifications are needed, select the applicable button and make your changes; refer to Managing Shopping Cart-BE for more information.

6. If changes are not needed, select the Next: Payment button to process your payment. Refer to Managing Payments for details.

7. The Payment Information screen displays, showing details about your payment.

8. Select the View Documentation button to view/print your order. Refer to Order Summary/Correspondence-BE for details.

Related Information

Attaching Documents

Managing Payments

Managing Shopping Cart-BE

Order Summary/Correspondence-BE