companymeans a limited liability company of a type listed in Annex II that carries out a cross-border conversion;
company being dividedmeans a company which, in the process of a cross-border division, transfers all its assets and liabilities to two or more companies in the case of a full division, or transfers part of its assets and liabilities to one or more companies in the case of a partial division or division by separation;
converted companymeans a company formed in a destination Member State as a result of a cross-border conversion.
cross-border conversionmeans an operation whereby a company, without being dissolved or wound up or going into liquidation, converts the legal form under which it is registered in a departure Member State into a legal form of the destination Member State, as listed in Annex II, and transfers at least its registered office to the destination Member State, while retaining its legal personality;
departure Member Statemeans a Member State in which a company is registered prior to a cross-border conversion;
destination Member Statemeans a Member State in which a converted company is registered as a result of a cross-border conversion;
divisionmeans an operation whereby:
recipient companymeans a company newly formed in the course of a cross-border division;