{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-4-27-1002","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1002","heading":"Amendment by board of directors.","body":"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:\n(1) to extend the duration of the corporation if it was incorporated at a time when limited duration was required by law;\n(2) to delete the names and addresses of the initial directors;\n(3) to change the information required by § 4-20-105(a);\n(4) 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;\n(5) 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\n(6) to make any other change expressly permitted by this chapter to be made without shareholder action.","path":["Title 4 Business and Commercial Law","Subtitle 3. Corporations and Associations","Chapter 27 Business Corporation Act of 1987","Subchapter 10 — Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws","Part A: Amendment of Articles of Incorporation"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ar.code/release78.2020.11.06/gov.ar.code.title.04.odt","current_through":"2020-11-06","vintage":"Arkansas Code Release 78 (2020-11), retrieved 2026-09-17; absent from the newer snapshot, which serves other sections of this chapter, so it may since have been repealed or amended","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:07:03Z","sha256":"a039e03898f5e89775a7991d00a87ac4c3291608367b4ea38b6c8e8492f7b2e0","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-4-27-1001","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-4-27-1003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}