Filing an Amendment

An amendment filing changes information previously recorded during an initial filing. Some examples include restating articles of incorporation, changing the address of the registered agent or business entity (BE), terminating your corporation, renewing a fictitious name, correcting erroneous information, adding stock, or deleting officers. If an amendment changes the name of the corporation, the new name must pass a name availability search in order for the filing to be accepted.

Notes:

If another filing for the same business entity is in process or is of the same filing type as the current filing, you will be alerted to try again later. The current filing cannot be continued but can be restarted when the other filing has been completed (accepted/rejected).
Screens, fields and labels that display in images below are configurable based on your jurisdiction's implementation and may not reflect your filing type.
If you need to re-enter information, select the button labeled Previous to return to the screen you were on prior to the current screen.
If your filing requires a two-step review process, an internal Secretary of State processor must review your filing for compliance before it can be accepted or rejected. After making payment, you will be notified via the email address set up during account creation. To view correspondence for your filing, refer to Order Summary/Correspondence-BE for information about accessing your filing records.
Contact your jurisdiction's office if you have questions about this or any of the procedures outlined in SystemWORKS Help.

How to file an amendment:

Navigate to the Corporations Division dashboard.
Select the applicable amendment option from the dashboard. The File an Amendment for an Entity screen displays with the File an Amendment tab highlighted.
Enter the Charter No. and then select the File Amendment button. The Details screen displays.

You can search by name for the corporation if you do not know the charter number.

Select a Filing Type from the drop-down list, and then select the File Online button to display the General Information screen. Screens, labels and fields that display reflect the filing type and BE type based on your jurisdiction's implementation.

Revise the information as needed. For this filing type example, Articles of Amendment, the following information may be entered:

Enter the Amendment Adoption Date and Amended Article Number. The article number refers to one of the sections in the Articles of Incorporation initially filed when creating the corporation. In this example, Article One (name of the corporation) is being changed.

Select the Next: New Name button to display the associated screen, and enter the new Name.
Select Next: Amend Details and enter the changes.
Select Next: Share Increase and indicate whether share have or have not increased.
Select the Next: Outstanding button. The Outstanding Shares screen appears.
Enter the following information:

Outstanding Shares
Voting Shares
Outstanding shares class
Outstanding shares count

Select the Next: Voting button to display the Voting Shares screen.

If needed, upload any supporting documentation (select the Browse button to find your documents and then select Upload to attach them).
Enter the Class of shares that voted.
Enter the number of shares voted for and voted against in the applicable fields.

Select the Next: Share Details button. Enter information, as applicable.

Select the Next: Review Filing button to display the associated screen.

Review the filing for accuracy; edit information as needed.
Select the Acknowledgment check box.
Refer to Reviewing Your Filings for detailed information on reviewing and editing filings.