2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 33 - Corporations
Chapter 601 - Business Corporations
Section 33-796 - Amendment by board of directors.

Unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, a corporation’s board of directors may adopt amendments to the corporation’s certificate of incorporation without shareholder approval: (1) To extend the duration of the corporation if it was incorporated at a time when limited duration was required by law; (2) to delete the names and addresses of the initial directors; (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 the State; (4) if the corporation has only one class of shares outstanding (A) to change each issued and unissued authorized share of the class into a greater number of whole shares of such class, or (B) to increase the number of authorized shares of the class to the extent necessary to permit the issuance of shares as a share dividend; (5) to change the corporate name by substituting the word “corporation”, “incorporated”, “company”, “Societa per Azioni” or “limited”, or the abbreviation “corp.”, “inc.”, “co.”, “S.p.A.” or “ltd.”, for a similar word or abbreviation in the name or by adding, deleting or changing a geographical attribution for the name; (6) to reflect a reduction in authorized shares, as a result of the operation of subsection (b) of section 33-684, when the corporation has acquired its own shares and the certificate of incorporation prohibits the reissue of the acquired shares; (7) to delete a class of shares from the certificate of incorporation, as a result of the operation of subsection (b) of section 33-684, when there are no remaining shares of the class because the corporation has acquired all shares of the class and the certificate of incorporation prohibits the reissue of the acquired shares; or (8) to make any other change expressly permitted by sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, to be made without shareholder approval.

(P.A. 94-186, S. 121, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 85, 254; P.A. 03-18, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 replaced “articles” of incorporation with “certificate” of incorporation where appearing, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 03-18 deleted reference to adoption of “one or more” amendments, replaced references to shareholder “action” with shareholder “approval”, amended Subdiv. (4) to designate existing provisions as Subpara. (A), make technical changes and add Subpara. (B) re increase in authorized shares to permit issuance of share dividend, added new Subdiv. (6) re reduction in authorized shares as a result of the operation of Sec. 33-684(b), added Subdiv. (7) re deletion of a class of shares as a result of the operation of Sec. 33-684(b), and redesignated existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (8), effective July 1, 2003.