(a) When any corporation desires to issue any shares of stock of any class or of any series of any class of which the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other rights, if any, or the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, if any, shall not have been set forth in the certificate of incorporation or in any amendment thereto but shall be provided for in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of directors pursuant to authority expressly vested in it by the certificate of incorporation or any amendment thereto, a certificate of designations setting forth a copy of the board resolution or resolutions and the number of shares of stock of the class or series as to which the resolution or resolutions apply shall be executed and delivered to the Secretary of State for filing and shall become effective in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1. If the certificate of incorporation vests authority in the board of directors to determine the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other rights, if any, or the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, if any, of any class or series of stock, the board of directors is authorized to do so to the same extent permitted under Section 10A-2A-6.01.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-2A-6.02

  • 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.
  • certificate of incorporation: as used in this chapter is synonymous to the term "certificate of formation" used in Chapter 1. See Alabama Code 10A-2A-1.40
  • 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.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Unless otherwise provided in any resolution or resolutions described in subsection (a), the number of shares of stock of any class or series to which the resolution or resolutions apply may be increased (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by a certificate likewise executed and delivered to the Secretary of State for filing setting forth a statement that a specified increase or decrease therein had been authorized and directed by a resolution or resolutions likewise adopted by the board of directors. In case the number of the authorized shares shall be decreased the number of shares so specified in the certificate shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the first resolution or resolutions.
(c) When no shares of any authorized class or series are outstanding, either because none were issued or because no issued shares of any authorized class or series remain outstanding, a certificate setting forth a resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of directors that none of the authorized shares of that class or series are outstanding, and that none will be issued subject to the certificate of designations previously filed with respect to that class or series, may be executed and delivered to the Secretary of State for filing and shall become effective in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1, and when the certificate becomes effective, it shall have the effect of eliminating from the certificate of incorporation all matters set forth in the certificate of designations with respect to that class or series of stock.
(d) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, if no shares of stock have been issued of a class or series of stock established by a resolution of the board of directors, the voting powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other rights, if any, or the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, may be amended by a resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of directors. A certificate which:

(1) states that no shares of the class or series have been issued;
(2) sets forth a copy of the resolution or resolutions; and
(3) if the designation of the class or series is being changed, indicates the original designation and the new designation, shall be executed and delivered to the Secretary of State for filing and shall become effective in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1.
(e) When any certificate filed under this section becomes effective, it shall have the effect of amending the certificate of incorporation; except that neither the filing of that certificate nor the filing of a restated certificate of incorporation pursuant to Section 10A-2A-10.07 shall prohibit the board of directors from subsequently adopting resolutions as authorized by this section.
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