Not earlier than thirty-one days after the date of the meeting of shareholders of the domestic company at which the plan of exchange was approved by such shareholders, a certificate setting forth the plan of exchange, the manner of the approval thereof by the directors of the acquiring corporation and the domestic company, and the manner of its approval by the shareholders of the domestic company and the vote by which approved by the shareholders of the domestic company, or setting forth that the plan of exchange has been abandoned, shall be signed on behalf of each such corporation by its president or a vicepresident and shall then be presented in triplicate to the commissioner at his office for filing. The commissioner shall file one copy of such certificate in his office and shall deliver copies bearing the date and time of filing endorsed thereon to the domestic company and the acquiring corporation. Upon the filing of such certificate, unless it sets forth that the plan of exchange has been abandoned, the plan of exchange and the issuance and exchange provided for therein shall become effective, unless a later date and time is specified in the plan of exchange, in which event the plan of exchange and the issuance and exchange provided for therein shall become effective upon such later date and time.
Source: L. 69: p. 533, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 72-27-5.