Code of Virginia - Title 13.1 Corporations - Section 13.1-706 Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors

§ 13.1-706. Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors

Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation's board of directors may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation's articles of incorporation without shareholder action:

1. To delete the names and addresses of the initial directors;

2. To delete the name and address of the initial registered agent or registered office, if a statement of change is on file with the Commission;

3. If the corporation has only one class of shares outstanding:

a. To change each issued and unissued authorized share of the class into a greater number of whole shares of that class; or

b. To increase the number of authorized shares of the class to the extent necessary to permit the issuance of shares as a share dividend;

4. To eliminate or change the par value of the shares of any class or series;

5. To change the corporate name by substituting the word "corporation," "incorporated," "company," or "limited," or the abbreviation "corp.," "inc.," "co." or "ltd.," or a similar word or abbreviation in the name, or by adding, deleting, or changing a geographic attribution for the name;

6. To make any other change expressly permitted by this chapter to be made without shareholder action; or

7. If the corporation is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares or classes of shares or series of shares within any class that the corporation is authorized to issue.

(1985, c. 522; 1989, c. 483; 1990, c. 292; 2005, c. 765; 2006, c. 330.)

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