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GA Code § 14-4-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 5 - Renewal or Revival of Charter|§ 14-4-80. Renewal of Charter

  Any railroad, canal, navigation, express, or telegraph company heretofore incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly or by a certificate of the Secretary of State may have its charter renewed and its corporate existence extended for a period of 30 years by filing with the Secretary of State at any time within six months prior to the expiration of its charter an application signed with its corporate name and under its corporate seal, in which it shall state:   The name of the corporation;   When and how it was incorporated, giving the date of its original charter and all amendments and renewals thereto; and   That it desires a renewal of its charter as set out in the original charter and amendments thereto.  Upon filing such application, the corporation shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $100.00 to be paid by him into the state treasury.      Such corporation shall file with the application an abstract from the minutes of the corporation, duly certified by the president and secretary of the corporation, showing that the application for renewal has been authorized by resolution which has been duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting held for the purpose of passing upon such resolution.   Upon the filing of the application and abstract, the Secretary of State shall issue to the petitioning corporation a certificate under the seal of the state renewing its charter for a period of 30 years from the date of its expiration. The Secretary of State shall keep on file the application and abstract and shall record the application, the abstract, and the certificate granting the renewal in a book kept for that purpose.   Upon filing the application and abstract and the issuance of the certificate prescribed, the corporation shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the renewal of its charter; and the corporation shall be a body corporate and shall continue in existence for the space of 30 years with all the powers, privileges, and liabilities granted in the original charter and the amendments thereto, so far as the same are not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the state, in force on April 1, 1969, or thereafter.    (Ga. L. 1893, p. 88, §§ 1-3; Civil Code 1895, §§ 1836, 1837, 1838; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2193, 2194, 2195; Code 1933, §§ 22-501, 22-502, 22-503; Code 1933, §§ 22-4301, 22-4302, 22-4303, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 152, § 102; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 14.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 2478 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 67, 68.
GA Code § 14-4-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 5 - Renewal or Revival of Charter|§ 14-4-81. Revival of Expired Charter

  In all cases where a charter of any corporation incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly or by a certificate of the Secretary of State has expired and such corporation has continued in business in ignorance of such expiration, such charter may be revived in the same manner as original charters are procured from the Secretary of State at any time within ten years from the date of expiration, provided that a majority of the stockholders of the corporation at a regular or special meeting, notice of the purpose of the meeting having been given to the stockholders, shall have adopted a resolution asking for such revival and stating that all the stockholders shall be bound by the resolution.   Upon the issuance by the Secretary of State of a certificate reviving the corporation, all the property and other rights of the corporation shall continue in the corporation as so revived and the acts of such corporation in the period between the date of expiration and date of revival shall be thereby confirmed and held as the acts of the original corporation so revived. The corporation shall continue from the date of issuance of the certificate by the Secretary of State for the full period allowed by law for such corporations.    (Ga. L. 1912, p. 107, § 1; Ga. L. 1914, p. 96, § 2; Ga. L. 1933, p. 124, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 22-601, 22-602; Code 1933, §§ 22-4304, 22-4305, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 14.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 2478 et seq.
GA Code § 14-4-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 6 - Amendment of Charter|§ 14-4-100. Application for Amendment of Charter of Companies Incorporated by Act of General Assembly; Surrender of Certain Powers by Insurance Companies

  Any insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express, or telegraph company, incorporated prior to April 1, 1969, by special Act of the General Assembly, may amend its charter so as to acquire any or all of the corporate powers and privileges granted to a like corporation under the Acts passed prior to April 1, 1969, or thereafter, providing for the grant of corporate powers and privileges to such companies by the Secretary of State, by filing with the Secretary of State an application signed with the corporate name stating the name and character of the corporation, the date of the original Act of incorporation and all amendments thereto, and that it desires an amendment to its charter by having granted to it the corporate powers and privileges granted to similar corporations by the Act or certain specified sections of the Act, providing for the grant of corporate powers and privileges to such corporations by the Secretary of State, and by paying to the Secretary of State the fee provided by law, to be paid by him into the state treasury. The company shall file along with the application an abstract from the minutes of the corporation, duly certified by the president and secretary of the corporation, which abstract shows that the application for amendment has been authorized by resolution which has been duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting held for the purpose of passing upon the resolution.   Whenever any insurance company incorporated by special Act of the General Assembly which is permitted by its charter to do other than a fire insurance business desires to abandon the same or any part thereof, it may, upon application to the Secretary of State, relinquish and surrender any or all of the powers and privileges granted to it for the conduct of such other business, provided no rights of contract are thereby violated.    (Ga. L. 1893, p. 89, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1840; Ga. L. 1902, p. 49, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 2197; Code 1933, § 22-505; Code 1933, § 22-4306, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 152, § 103.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 87.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 82 et seq.   ALR.    - Power of corporation to change obligations to stockholders, 117 A.L.R. 1290.
GA Code § 14-4-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 6 - Amendment of Charter|§ 14-4-101. Issuance of Certificate of Amendment to Acquire Powers; Form

 If application shall be made under subsection (a) of Code Section 14-4-100 to amend the charter of an insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express, or telegraph company incorporated by special Act of the General Assembly, the Secretary of State shall issue to the corporation the following certificate:   To whom it may concern - Greetings:   (Insert here name of petitioning corporation), a corporation created by an Act of the General Assembly of this state by an Act approved (insert here date of approval of Act), and Acts amendatory thereof, approved (insert here date of approval of amendatory Acts), having petitioned for an amendment of the charter of said corporation, in terms of the law in such case made and provided, the corporate powers and privileges set out in the Act (or certain specified sections of the Act), providing for the grant of corporate powers and privileges by the Secretary of State to (insert charter of company), are hereby conferred upon (insert name of company desiring amendment).   Witness my hand and the seal of this state, this __________ day of __________, ________.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 89, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1841; Ga. L. 1902, p. 49, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 2198; Code 1933, § 22-506; Code 1933, § 22-4307, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 14; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 11; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 14.)
GA Code § 14-4-102 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 6 - Amendment of Charter|§ 14-4-102. Issuance of Certificate of Amendment to Surrender Powers; Form

 If application shall be made by an insurance company under subsection (b) of Code Section 14-4-100 to amend its charter, the Secretary of State shall issue the insurance company the following certificate:   To whom it may concern - Greetings:   (Insert here name of petitioning insurance company), a corporation created by an Act of the General Assembly of this state by an Act approved (insert here date of approval of Act), and Acts amendatory thereof, approved (insert here date of approval of amendatory Acts), having petitioned for an amendment of the charter of said corporation, in terms of the law in such case made and provided, by (insert here the particular powers or privileges which said insurance company desires to relinquish or surrender), said amendment is hereby granted and allowed and made a part of the charter of the said (insert name of insurance company desiring amendment).   Witness my hand and the seal of this state, this ____ day of __________________, ________.   (Civil Code 1895, § 1841; Ga. L. 1902, p. 49, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 2198; Code 1933, § 22-507; Code 1933, § 22-4308, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 14.)
GA Code § 14-4-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 6 - Amendment of Charter|§ 14-4-103. Acceptance of Amendment Conclusively Presumed

 After the filing of an application for an amended charter under Code Section 14-4-100 and the issuance of the certificate prescribed in Code Section 14-4-101 or 14-4-102, the corporation shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the amendment specified and shall have, enjoy, and exercise all the corporate powers and privileges set out in the Act or the particular section of the Act specified in the application and certificate.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 89, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1842; Civil Code 1910, § 2199; Code 1933, § 22-508; Code 1933, § 22-4309, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 82 et seq.
GA Code § 14-4-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 6 - Amendment of Charter|§ 14-4-104. Secretary of State to Keep Record of Amendments

 The Secretary of State shall keep on file all applications and abstracts filed with him under Code Section 14-4-100 and a book in which he shall enter the names of all the companies obtaining amendments to charters under that Code section, the date of the amendment, and, if appropriate, the Act or portions of the Act adopted as an amendment.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 89, § 3; Civil Code 1895, § 1843; Civil Code 1910, § 2200; Code 1933, § 22-509; Code 1933, § 22-4310, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)
GA Code § 14-4-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 7 - Change of Name, Capital Stock, Place of Business, or Number of Directors|§ 14-4-120. Petition for Change of Name, Principal Office, Capital Stock, or Number of Directors

  Any railroad, insurance, express, telegraph, canal, or navigation company, whether incorporated by special Act of the General Assembly or by the Secretary of State under the general law, may have its corporate name, its principal office, the face value of each share of its capital stock, the number of its board of directors, or the amount of its capital stock changed by filing a petition in the office of the Secretary of State. The petition shall be signed with the corporate name and shall state the name and character of the corporation, the date of its original charter and all amendments thereto, and the fact that it desires an amendment to its charter changing its corporate name, its principal office, and the face value of each share of its capital stock, the number of its board of directors, or the amount of any or all of its capital stock, as the case may be.   Such company shall file with the petition a certified abstract from the minutes of the board of directors showing that the petition for the proposed amendment has been authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the capital stock entitled by the terms of the company's charter to vote thereon at a meeting of the stockholders called by resolution of the board of directors for the purpose of voting on the amendment; provided, however, if the petition is to change the principal office of the company, the certified abstract from the minutes shall show that the amendment was authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the capital stock of the company. The certified abstract from the minutes shall show also that notice of such meeting was mailed to each stockholder or, in the case of death, to his legal representatives or heirs at law and addressed to his last known residence at least ten days prior to the day of the meeting.   An affidavit made and signed in due form of law by the president or secretary of the company shall be attached to said petition, which affidavit shows that the petition has been published once a week for four weeks in that newspaper in which are published the sheriff's sales of the county in which the principal office of the company is located.    (Ga. L. 1895, p. 52, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1844; Ga. L. 1897, p. 26, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1907, p. 55, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 2201; Ga. L. 1913, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1925, p. 91, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 22-510, 22-511, 22-513, 22-514; Code 1933, §§ 22-4311, 22-4312, 22-4313, 22-4314, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 173, 233, 250 et seq., 359.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 139, 140, 242, 243.
GA Code § 14-4-121 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 7 - Change of Name, Capital Stock, Place of Business, or Number of Directors|§ 14-4-121. Issuance of Certificate of Change of Name, Principal Office, Capital Stock, or Number of Directors

 When the petition, abstract, and affidavit required by Code Section 14-4-120 have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, he shall issue to the petitioning company under the great seal of the state a certificate in the following form:   To all to whom these presents may come - Greetings:   Whereas, the (here insert name of petitioning corporation), a corporation created and existing under the laws of this state, has filed in this office, in terms of the law, a petition asking that its charter be amended by changing (its corporate name, or its principal office, or the face value of each share of its capital stock, or the number of its board of directors, or the amount of any or all of its capital stock, as the case may be) from ________ to ________ and has complied with all the requirements of the law in such cases made and provided; therefore, the State of Georgia hereby amends the charter of the said (insert name of company) by changing (its corporate name, or principal office, etc., as the case may be) from (insert old name, or old principal office, etc.) to (insert new name, or new principal office, etc.).   In witness whereof, these presents have been signed by the Secretary of State, and the great seal has been attached hereof at the capitol in Atlanta on this ________ day of ________________, ________.   (Ga. L. 1895, p. 52, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1845; Civil Code 1910, § 2202; Code 1933, § 22-515; Code 1933, § 22-4315, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 14.)
GA Code § 14-4-140 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 8 - Merger and Share Exchange|§ 14-4-140. Merger or Share Exchange Consolidation of Corporations Incorporated by Secretary of State

 Any two or more corporations incorporated by the Secretary of State under provisions other than Chapter 2 of this title, except banks and trust companies, may merge into a single corporation or enter into a share exchange in the manner set forth in Article 11 of Chapter 2 of this title.   (Code 1933, § 22-4401, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1102, § 33; Ga. L. 1989, p. 946, § 104; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1231, § 30.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 2227 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 891.
GA Code § 14-4-141 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 8 - Merger and Share Exchange|§ 14-4-141. Merger or Share Exchange Consolidation of Corporations Chartered by Secretary of State With Domestic Corporations Incorporated Under Chapter 2

 A corporation which has received its charter from the Secretary of State under provisions other than Chapter 2 of this title, other than a bank or trust company, may merge or enter into a share exchange with a domestic corporation or corporations governed by Chapter 2 of this title in accordance with Code Section 14-2-1108.   (Code 1933, § 22-4402, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1102, § 34; Ga. L. 1989, p. 946, § 105; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1231, § 31.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 2237 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 891.
GA Code § 14-4-142 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 8 - Merger and Share Exchange|§ 14-4-142. Merger or Share Exchange Consolidation of Corporations Chartered by Secretary of State With Foreign Corporations

 A corporation which has received its charter from the Secretary of State under provisions other than Chapter 2 of this title, other than a bank or trust company, may merge or enter into a share exchange with one or more foreign corporations in accordance with Code Section 14-2-1107.   (Code 1933, § 22-4403, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1102, § 35; Ga. L. 1989, p. 946, § 106; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1231, § 32.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 2255 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 891.
GA Code § 14-4-143 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 8 - Merger and Share Exchange|§ 14-4-143. Right of Stockholder to Dissent From Merger or Share Exchange Consolidation - Demand for Payment of Value of Stock

 If any corporation incorporated by the Secretary of State under provisions other than Chapter 2 of this title, except banks and trust companies, merges or enters into a share exchange with another corporation pursuant to Code Section 14-4-140, 14-4-141, or 14-4-142, the rights of shareholders of such corporation to dissent from and obtain payment of the fair value of their shares in connection with such merger or share exchange shall be governed by provisions of Article 13 of Chapter 2 of this title.   (Code 1933, § 22-4404, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1231, § 33.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 2192 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 896 et seq.   ALR.    - Construction and effect of provision for payment of dissenting stockholders in statutes relating to merger, consolidation, or reorganization of banks or other corporations, 162 A.L.R. 1237; 174 A.L.R. 960.   Timeliness and sufficiency of dissenting stockholder's notice of his objection to consolidation or merger and of his demand for payment for his shares, 40 A.L.R.3d 260.   Valuation of stock of dissenting stockholders in case of consolidation or merger of corporation, sale of its assets, or the like, 48 A.L.R.3d 430.
GA Code § 14-4-144 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 8 - Merger and Share Exchange|§ 14-4-144. Arbitration of Value of Stock

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1231, § 34, effective July 1, 1993.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.
GA Code § 14-4-145 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 8 - Merger and Share Exchange|§ 14-4-145. Appeal From Appraisal

 Within ten days after an appraisal is filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court pursuant to Code Section 14-4-144, either the dissenting stockholder or the corporation may enter an appeal in writing to the superior court from the finding of the arbitrators. At the term succeeding and convening not less than 20 days after the filing of the appeal, the judge of the superior court shall cause an issue to be made and tried by a jury as to the value of the stock with the same right to move for a new trial and to seek appellate review as applies in other cases.   (Code 1933, § 22-4406, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Valuation of stock of dissenting stockholders in case of consolidation or merger of corporation, sale of its assets, or the like, 48 A.L.R.3d 430.
GA Code § 14-4-146 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 8 - Merger and Share Exchange|§ 14-4-146. Cessation of Stockholders' Rights and Transfer of Stock to Corporation

 Upon making demand in writing for the value of his stock under Code Section 14-4-143, a stockholder shall forfeit all rights with respect to such stock except the right to receive payment therefor. Upon payment of the agreed value of the stock or of the value of the stock on final judgment, the stockholder shall transfer his stock to the surviving or resulting corporation.   (Code 1933, § 22-4407, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)
GA Code § 14-4-147 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 4 - Secretary of State Corporations|Article 8 - Merger and Share Exchange|§ 14-4-147. Enforcement Against Corporation of Judgment Determining Value of Stock

 In the event the surviving or resulting corporation shall fail to pay the amount of a judgment determining the value of a dissenting stockholder's stock within ten days after the judgment becomes final, execution shall issue thereon and said judgment shall be enforced as other judgments of the superior court are enforced.   (Code 1933, § 22-4408, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)