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 to:

(1) delete the names and addresses of the initial directors;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 33-10-102

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

(2) 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;

(3) 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;

(4) 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

(5) make any other change expressly permitted by Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title to be made without shareholder action.