A. A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, upon filing in the office of the public regulation commission [secretary of state] a statement setting forth:

(1)     the name of the corporation;

(2)     the address of its registered office;

(3)     if the address of its registered office is changed, the address to which the registered office is to be changed;

(4)     the name of its registered agent; (5)     if its registered agent is changed:

(a) the name of its successor registered agent; and

(b) a statement executed by the successor registered agent acknowledging his acceptance of the appointment by the filing corporation as its registered agent, if the agent is an individual, or a statement executed by an authorized officer of a corporation that is the successor registered agent in which the officer acknowledges the corporation’s acceptance of the appointment by the filing corporation as its registered agent, if the agent is a corporation; and

(6)     that the address of its registered office and the address of the business office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical.

B. The statement shall be executed by the corporation by an authorized officer and delivered to the public regulation commission [secretary of state]. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the statement conforms to the provisions of the Business Corporation Act, it shall file the statement in its office, and upon the filing, the change of address of the registered office or the appointment of a new registered agent, or both, shall become effective.

C. A registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign as agent upon filing a written notice of resignation with the public regulation commission [secretary of state], which shall mail immediately a copy of it to the corporation at its principal office in the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated. The appointment of the agent shall terminate upon the expiration of thirty days after receipt of the notice by the commission [secretary of state].

D. If a registered agent changes the street address of the registered agent’s business office, the registered agent may change the street address of the registered office of any corporation for which the registered agent is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change and signing, either manually or in facsimile, and delivering to the public regulation commission [secretary of state] for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of this section but need not be responsive to Paragraph (5) of Subsection A of this section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.