FAQs
Q. What is an Article of Amendment?
A. An Article of Amendment is a document filed with your state of formation, or if applicable with any states in which your company has foreign qualified to transact business, to enact a specific change to the information included in your company’s formation or qualification documents.
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Q. Can you help me file an amendment if I didn’t form my company with BizFilings?
A. Even if you didn’t place your original formation order with BizFilings, we can prepare and file the necessary share amendment documents for your business in any state.
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Q. What information do I need to have before I place my order?
A. When ordering your purpose amendment with BizFilings, please have the following general information ready:
- State of formation
- Entity type
- Company name
- Formation date
- Current business purpose
- Company contact information
- Director(s) name(s) & address(es)
- Officer(s) name(s) & address(es)
- Current authorized shares
- New authoized shares
- Current par value
- New par value
- Current preferred shares (if applicable)
- New preferred shares (if applicable)
- Current preferred par value (if applicable)
- New preferred par value (if applicable)
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Q. Why would I need to change the authorized shares of stock and/or par value?
A. Common reasons for this include seeking venture capital or additional investors.
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Q. When do companies need to file a share amendment?
A. A company would need to file a share amendment if they were looking to increase or lower the total number of authorized shares or stock or the par value.
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