{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-308.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-308.05","heading":"Amendment by board of directors.","body":"Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation’s board of directors may adopt amendments to the corporation’s articles of incorporation without shareholder approval:\n\n(1)\nTo extend the duration of the corporation if it was incorporated at a time when limited duration was required by law;\n\n(2)\nTo delete the names and addresses of the initial directors;\n\n(3)\nTo change the information required by § 29-104.04\n\n(4)\nIf the corporation has only one class of shares outstanding:\n(A)\nTo change each issued and unissued authorized share of the class into a greater number of whole shares of that class; or\n(B)\nTo increase the number of authorized shares of the class to the extent necessary to permit the issuance of shares as a share dividend;\n\n(5)\nTo 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;\n\n(6)\nTo reflect a reduction in authorized shares, as a result of the operation of § 29-304.41(b), when the corporation has acquired its own shares and the articles of incorporation prohibit the reissue of the acquired shares;\n\n(7)\nTo delete a class of shares from the articles of incorporation, as a result of the operation of § 29-304.41(b), if there are no remaining shares of the class because the corporation has acquired all shares of the class and the articles of incorporation prohibit the reissue of the acquired shares; or\n\n(8)\nTo make any change expressly permitted by § 29-304.02(a) or (b) to be made without shareholder approval.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Business Corporations.","Subchapter VIII. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.","Part A. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-308.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"227e60f2d836a8a73063fd9e53a411389f05fbf12c1381eeaa9371d73ab121fa","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-308.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-308.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}