Arkansas § 4-27-1002 - Amendment by board of directors.

Full text of Arkansas Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 4-27-1002 — Amendment by board of directors., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 4-27-1002. Amendment by board of directors.

Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation's board of directors may adopt one (1) or more amendments to the corporation's articles of incorporation without shareholder action: to extend the duration of the corporation if it was incorporated at a time when limited duration was required by law; to delete the names and addresses of the initial directors; to change the information required by § 4-20-105(a); to change each issued and unissued authorized share of an outstanding class into a greater number of whole shares if the corporation has only shares of that class outstanding; to change the corporate name by substituting the word “corporation”, “incorporated”, “company”, “limited”, or the abbreviation “corp.”, “inc.”, “co.”, or “ltd.”, for a similar word or abbreviation in the name, or by adding, deleting, or changing a geographical attribution for the name; or to make any other change expressly permitted by this chapter to be made without shareholder action.

Source: official Arkansas text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 4-27-1002 ("Amendment by board of directors.") is part of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Arkansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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