Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-437.11
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Amendment of articles of incorporation - Change of
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location without amending articles.
(a) A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation by
complying with the following requirements:
(1) The proposed amendment shall be first approved by the board
of trustees and shall then be submitted to a vote of the members at
any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set
forth the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment, with such
changes as the members shall choose to make therein, shall be deemed
to be approved on the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds
of those members voting thereon at such meeting; and
(2) Upon such approval by the members, articles of amendment
shall be executed and acknowledged on behalf of the cooperative by
its president or vice president and its corporate seal shall be
affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The articles of
amendment shall recite in the caption that they are executed
pursuant to this act and shall state: (a) the name of the
cooperative; (b) the address of its principal office; (c) the date
of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the
Secretary of State; and (d) the amendment to its articles of
incorporation. The president or vice president executing such
articles of amendment shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit
stating that the provisions of this section were duly complied with.
Such articles of amendment and affidavit shall be submitted to the
Secretary of State for filing as provided in this act.
(b) A cooperative may, without amending its articles of
incorporation, upon authorization of its board of trustees, change
the location of its principal office by filing a certificate of
change of principal office, executed and acknowledged by its
president or vice president under its seal attested by its
secretary, in the office of the Secretary of State and also in each
county office in which its articles of incorporation or any prior
certificate of change of principal office of such cooperative has
been filed. Such cooperative shall also, within thirty (30) days
after the filing of such certificate of change of principal office
in any county office, file therein certified copies of its articles
of incorporation and all amendments thereto, if the same are not
already on file therein.
(a) A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation by
complying with the following requirements:
(1) The proposed amendment shall be first approved by the board
of trustees and shall then be submitted to a vote of the members at
any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set
forth the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment, with such
changes as the members shall choose to make therein, shall be deemed
to be approved on the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds
of those members voting thereon at such meeting; and
(2) Upon such approval by the members, articles of amendment
shall be executed and acknowledged on behalf of the cooperative by
its president or vice president and its corporate seal shall be
affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The articles of
amendment shall recite in the caption that they are executed
pursuant to this act and shall state: (a) the name of the
cooperative; (b) the address of its principal office; (c) the date
of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the
Secretary of State; and (d) the amendment to its articles of
incorporation. The president or vice president executing such
articles of amendment shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit
stating that the provisions of this section were duly complied with.
Such articles of amendment and affidavit shall be submitted to the
Secretary of State for filing as provided in this act.
(b) A cooperative may, without amending its articles of
incorporation, upon authorization of its board of trustees, change
the location of its principal office by filing a certificate of
change of principal office, executed and acknowledged by its
president or vice president under its seal attested by its
secretary, in the office of the Secretary of State and also in each
county office in which its articles of incorporation or any prior
certificate of change of principal office of such cooperative has
been filed. Such cooperative shall also, within thirty (30) days
after the filing of such certificate of change of principal office
in any county office, file therein certified copies of its articles
of incorporation and all amendments thereto, if the same are not
already on file therein.
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