A corporation amending its articles of incorporation shall deliver to the division for filing articles of amendment setting forth:

(1) the name of the corporation;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 16-10a-1006

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Articles of incorporation: include :
         (4)(a) amended and restated articles of incorporation;
         (4)(b) articles of merger; and
         (4)(c) a document of a similar import to those described in Subsections (4)(a) and (b). See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deliver: includes delivery by mail or another means of transmission authorized by Section 16-10a-103, except that delivery to the division means actual receipt by the division. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Shareholder: means :
              (34)(a)(i) the person in whose name a share is registered in the records of a corporation; or
              (34)(a)(ii) the beneficial owner of a share to the extent recognized pursuant to Section 16-10a-723. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
(2) the text of each amendment adopted;
(3) if an amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares, provisions for implementing the amendment if not contained in the amendment itself;
(4) the date of each amendment’s adoption;
(5) if an amendment was adopted by the incorporators or board of directors without shareholder action, a statement to that effect and that shareholder action was not required; and
(6) if an amendment was approved by the shareholders:

     (6)(a) the designation, number of outstanding shares, number of votes entitled to be cast by each voting group entitled to vote separately on the amendment, and number of votes of each voting group indisputably represented at the meeting; and
     (6)(b) either the total number of votes cast for and against the amendment by each voting group entitled to vote separately on the amendment or the total number of undisputed votes cast for the amendment by each voting group and a statement that the number of votes cast for the amendment by each voting group entitled to vote separately on the amendment was sufficient for approval by that voting group.