When must the surviving entity give an appraisal claimant notice of the transaction's effective date?

Under 8 Del. C. 262(d)(1), the surviving, resulting or converted entity notifies the qualifying demanding stockholders and beneficial owners of transaction effectiveness within ten days after the effective date. This company notice follows the meeting-approval route. It is separate from the earlier appraisal-rights notice and from a claimant's Court petition.

Responsible actor. The surviving, resulting or converted entity responsible for the statutory effective-date notice.

Obtain the transaction's actual effective-date record rather than substituting the stockholder vote, public announcement or another holder's receipt date.

Establish that the transaction follows subsection (d)(1)'s meeting route and identify the qualified demanding recipients.

Separate the premeeting notice of available appraisal rights, the holder's demand before the vote and this later notice of effectiveness.

Establish the meeting-approval route, actual transaction effectiveness and recipients who meet section 262(d)(1), including qualifying beneficial-owner demands under subsection (d)(3). A consent, tender-offer or short-form transaction requires the separate subsection (d)(2) analysis. This nominal ten-day calculation does not establish appraisal entitlement or completed notice.

1. The established effective date of the transaction governed by section 262(d)(1)
2. Count ten calendar days after the established effective date. Do not omit intermediate Saturdays, Sundays or holidays using Chancery Rule 6(a). That rule's statutory scope addresses events in Court proceedings. The encoded corporate rule leaves the nominal final date unchanged for review. It does not promise an automatic extension when that date falls on a weekend, holiday or court-closure day.
3. Give the statutory effective-date notice to the required recipients and preserve the notice, recipient list and evidence of the applicable completed delivery. A notice to an attorney or a public announcement does not establish notice to every required claimant. Confirm the applicable statutory delivery method. Court filing, clerk receipt and court opening hours do not complete this corporate act.

Current Delaware Code section 262 and retained Chancery rules reviewed. An editorial check does not establish an amendment commencement date. Establish the statutory version applicable to the actual transaction before relying on the nominal calculation.

Reviewed coverage combines the current Delaware Code with the retained June 1, 2026 Chancery compilation. Supported calculators cover established events and final dates from June 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027. This editorial boundary is not statutory commencement or a finding of lateness. Earlier events, backward periods crossing the boundary and later results require renewed edition review. No computed or paid date is supplied outside this coverage.

Fictitious example

Fictitious meeting-approved transaction. Effectiveness, qualifying demanding recipients, corporate notice method and applicable version are separately established.

Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish entitlement, completed corporate acts or filing, legally effective service, applicable statutory version or an extension. Establish the meeting-approval route, actual transaction effectiveness and recipients who meet section 262(d)(1), including qualifying beneficial-owner demands under subsection (d)(3). A consent, tender-offer or short-form transaction requires the separate subsection (d)(2) analysis. This nominal ten-day calculation does not establish appraisal entitlement or completed notice.

Qualified demanding recipients

The notice obligation identifies the stockholders who complied with subsection (d)(1) and did not vote for or consent to the transaction, plus beneficial owners who demanded under subsection (d)(3). Sending a general announcement does not establish this recipient list.

Different approval routes

Subsection (d)(2) supplies a distinct notice and demand framework for section 228, 251(h), 253 or 267 transactions. Its first and second notices and tender-offer comparison cannot be substituted for this meeting-route notice.

Effective corporate notice

For a notice to a corporate stockholder, check the applicable section 232 method, address and electronic-notice qualifications. Mail, courier and email do not necessarily become effective at the same event. Do not assume a court eFiling notification gives this statutory notice.

No court counting shortcut

Chancery Rule 6(a)'s short-period exclusion applies to its specified Court proceedings. This corporate notice does not acquire the court's omitted weekends, mail addition or closure extension merely because an appraisal petition may later be filed.

Editorial coverage

Reviewed coverage combines the current Delaware Code with the retained June 1, 2026 Chancery compilation. Supported calculators cover established events and final dates from June 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027. This editorial boundary is not statutory commencement or a finding of lateness. Earlier events, backward periods crossing the boundary and later results require renewed edition review. No computed or paid date is supplied outside this coverage.

• Establish the meeting-approval route, actual transaction effectiveness and recipients who meet section 262(d)(1), including qualifying beneficial-owner demands under subsection (d)(3). A consent, tender-offer or short-form transaction requires the separate subsection (d)(2) analysis. This nominal ten-day calculation does not establish appraisal entitlement or completed notice.
• The date is limited to this stated component and its established facts.

• Obtain the transaction's actual effective-date record rather than substituting the stockholder vote, public announcement or another holder's receipt date.
• Establish that the transaction follows subsection (d)(1)'s meeting route and identify the qualified demanding recipients.
• Separate the premeeting notice of available appraisal rights, the holder's demand before the vote and this later notice of effectiveness.
• The notice obligation identifies the stockholders who complied with subsection (d)(1) and did not vote for or consent to the transaction, plus beneficial owners who demanded under subsection (d)(3). Sending a general announcement does not establish this recipient list.
• Subsection (d)(2) supplies a distinct notice and demand framework for section 228, 251(h), 253 or 267 transactions. Its first and second notices and tender-offer comparison cannot be substituted for this meeting-route notice.
• For a notice to a corporate stockholder, check the applicable section 232 method, address and electronic-notice qualifications. Mail, courier and email do not necessarily become effective at the same event. Do not assume a court eFiling notification gives this statutory notice.
• Chancery Rule 6(a)'s short-period exclusion applies to its specified Court proceedings. This corporate notice does not acquire the court's omitted weekends, mail addition or closure extension merely because an appraisal petition may later be filed.