{"data":{"id":"us-vt/11a-v.s.a.-10.02","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"11A V.S.A. § 10.02","heading":"Amendment by board of directors","body":"Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation’s board of directors may adopt one 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 delete the name and address of the initial registered agent or registered office, if a statement of change is on file with the Secretary of State;\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 title to be made without shareholder action.","path":["Title 11A: Vermont Business Corporations","Chapter 010: Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws","Subchapter 001: ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/11A/010","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:06:22Z","sha256":"1d9b589aaa8079edb2b6b7a2584c5f0e453bb3ef23c2ddd51d9e91f8513d580b","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/11a-v.s.a.-10.01","next":"us-vt/11a-v.s.a.-10.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}