A Kentucky Statement of Merger is a legal document filed with the Kentucky Secretary of State that is used to form a new business entity from two or more existing business entities. The filing is the official document that creates the new business entity from the existing entities, and it must be done in order to legally combine the businesses. There are two types of Kentucky Statements of Merger: a Short Form and a Long Form. The Short Form is used when the merging entities are both domestic entities, meaning that they were both formed in Kentucky. The Long Form is used when one or more of the merging entities are foreign entities, meaning they were formed in a different state or country. The Kentucky Statement of Merger must include the following information: names and addresses of all merging entities, name and address of the surviving entity, date of merger, and a statement that the merger has been approved by the shareholders of all merging entities.