Title 10A — Title 10A

(a) This chapter and the provisions of Chapter 1, to the extent applicable to business corporations, shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Business Corporation Law. (b) This chapter and the provisions of Chapter 1, to the extent applicable to business corporations, apply…

(a) Whenever any filing instrument is to be filed with the Secretary of State or in accordance with this chapter, such instrument shall be executed as follows: (1) Except as provided in subsection (a)(3), the certificate of incorporation, and any other instrument to be filed befo…

(a) The Secretary of State, upon request and payment of the requisite fee, shall furnish to any person a certificate of existence for a corporation if the writings filed in the office of the Secretary of State show that the corporation has been incorporated under the laws of this…

As used in this chapter, unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) AUTHORIZED STOCK means the stock of all classes and series a corporation or foreign corporation is authorized to issue. (2) BENEFICIA…

(a) A notice under this chapter must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable in the circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, words in a notice or other communication under this chapter must be in English. (b) A notice or other communicat…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following identified as a stockholder in a corporation’s current record of stockholders constitutes one stockholder: (1) three or fewer co-owners; (2) a corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or other entity; and (3) the trustees, guardians…

2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-495, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) A “qualified director” is a director who, at the time action is to be taken under: (1) Section 10A-2A-2.02(b)(6), is not a director (i) to whom the limitation or elimination of the duty of…

(a) A corporation has delivered written notice or any other report or statement under this chapter, the certificate of incorporation, or the bylaws to all stockholders who share a common address if: (1) the corporation delivers one copy of the notice, report, or statement to the …

In this article: (1) “Corporate action” means any action taken by or on behalf of the corporation, including any action taken by the incorporator, the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an officer or agent of the corporation or the stockholders. (2) “Date …

(a) A defective corporate action shall not be void or voidable if ratified in accordance with Section 10A-2A-1.47 or validated in accordance with Section 10A- 2A-1.52. (b) Ratification under Section 10A-2A-1.47 or validation under Section 10A-2A-1.52 shall not be deemed to be the…

(a) To ratify a defective corporate action under this section (other than the ratification of an election of the initial board of directors under subsection (b)), the board of directors shall take action ratifying the action in accordance with Section 10A-2A-1.48, stating: (1) th…

(a) The quorum and voting requirements applicable to a ratifying action by the board of directors under Section 10A-2A-1.47(a) shall be the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified at the time the ratifying action is taken. (b) If …

(a) Unless stockholder approval is required under Section 10A-2A-1.47(c), prompt notice of an action taken under Section 10A-2A-1.47 shall be given to each holder of valid and putative stock, regardless of whether entitled to vote, as of (i) the date of such action by the board o…

From and after the validation effective time, and without regard to the 120-day period during which a claim may be brought under Section 10A-2A-1.52: (a) Each defective corporate action ratified in accordance with Section 10A-2A-1.47 shall not be void or voidable as a result of t…

(a) If the defective corporate action ratified under this Division D of Article 1 would have required under any other section of this chapter a filing instrument to be delivered to a filing officer for filing and either (i) the filing instrument requires any change to give effect…

(a) Upon application by the corporation, any successor entity to the corporation, a director of the corporation, any stockholder, beneficial stockholder or unrestricted voting trust beneficial owner of the corporation, including any stockholder, beneficial stockholder or unrestri…

Division B of Article 3 of Chapter 1 shall not apply to this chapter. History: (Act 2023-503, §4.)

(a) A corporation may amend its certificate of incorporation at any time to add or change a provision that is required or permitted in the certificate of incorporation as of the effective date of the amendment or to delete a provision that is not required to be contained in the c…

If a corporation has not yet issued stock, its board of directors, or its incorporators if it has no board of directors, may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation’s certificate of incorporation. History: (Act 2019-94, §1.)

If a corporation has issued stock, an amendment to the certificate of incorporation shall be adopted in the following manner: (a) The proposed amendment shall first be adopted by the board of directors. (b) Except as provided in Sections 10A-2A-10.05, 10A-2A-10.07, and 10A-2A- 10…

(a) The holders of the outstanding stock of a class are entitled to vote as a separate voting group (if stockholder voting is otherwise required by this chapter) on a proposed amendment to the certificate of incorporation if the amendment would: (1) effect an exchange or reclassi…

Unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, a corporation’s board of directors may adopt amendments to the corporation’s certificate of incorporation without stockholder approval: (a) to extend the duration of the corporation if it was incorporated at a time when …

(a) After an amendment to the certificate of incorporation has been adopted and approved in the manner required by this chapter and by the certificate of incorporation, the corporation shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a certificate of amendment, which must set f…

(a) A corporation’s board of directors may restate its certificate of incorporation at any time, without stockholder approval, to consolidate all amendments into a single document. The restated certificate of incorporation may amend the certificate of incorporation with those ame…

(a) A corporation’s certificate of incorporation may be amended without action by the board of directors or stockholders to carry out a plan of reorganization ordered or decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction under the authority of a law of the United States if the certific…

(a) An amendment to the certificate of incorporation does not affect a cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation, a proceeding to which the corporation is a party, or the existing rights of persons other than the stockholders. An amendment changing a corpora…

(a) A restated certificate of incorporation takes effect when the filing of the restated certificate of incorporation takes effect as provided by Article 4 of Chapter 1. (b) On the date and time the restated certificate of incorporation takes effect, the original certificate of i…

(a) A corporation’s stockholders may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws. (b) A corporation’s board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws, unless: (1) the certificate of incorporation, Section 10A-2A-10.21 or, if applicable, Section 10A-2A-10.22, reserves…

Requiring a Meeting Place. (a) A bylaw that increases a quorum or voting requirement for the board of directors or that requires a meeting of stockholders to be held at a place may be amended or repealed: (1) if originally adopted by the stockholders, only by the stockholders, un…

(a) Unless the certificate of incorporation (i) specifically prohibits the adoption of a bylaw pursuant to this section, (ii) alters the vote specified in Section 10A-2A- 7.28(a), or (iii) provides for cumulative voting, a corporation may elect in its bylaws to be governed in the…

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms mean: (1) ACQUIRED ENTITY means the corporation or foreign corporation that will have all of one or more classes or series of its stock acquired in a stock exchange. (2) ACQUIRING ENTITY means the…

(a) A corporation may merge with one or more other constituent organizations pursuant to this article, and a plan of merger, if: (1) the governing statute of each of the other organizations authorizes the merger; (2) the merger is not prohibited by the law of a jurisdiction that …

(a) By complying with this Article 11: (1) a corporation may acquire all of the stock of one or more classes or series of stock, of another corporation or foreign corporation, in exchange for stock or other securities, obligations, rights to acquire stock or other securities, cas…

In the case of a corporation that is a constituent organization or the acquired entity in a stock exchange, the plan of merger or stock exchange shall be adopted in the following manner: (a) The plan of merger or stock exchange shall first be adopted by the board of directors. (b…

(a) A domestic or foreign parent entity that owns stock of a corporation which carries at least 90 percent of the voting power of each class and series of the outstanding stock of that subsidiary corporation that has voting power may (i) merge that subsidiary corporation into its…

(a) After a plan of merger has been adopted and approved as required by this article, then a statement of merger shall be signed by each party to the merger except as provided in Section 10A-2A-11.05(a). The statement of merger must set forth: (1) the name, type of organization, …

(a) When a merger becomes effective: (1) the surviving organization continues or, in the case of a surviving organization created pursuant to the merger, comes into existence; (2) each constituent organization that merges into the surviving organization ceases to exist as a separ…

(a) After a plan of merger or stock exchange has been adopted and approved as required by this Article 11, and before the statement of merger or stock exchange has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by a corporation that is a party to the plan without action by its stock…

This article is not exclusive. This article does not preclude a corporation from merging or exchanging its stock under law other than this chapter. History: (Act 2019-94, §1.)

(a) No approval of the stockholders is required, unless the certificate of incorporation otherwise provides: (1) to sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the corporation’s assets in the usual and regular course of business; (2) to mortgage, pledge, dedicate…

(a) A sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of assets, other than a disposition described in Section 10A-2A-12.01, requires approval of the corporation’s stockholders if the disposition would leave the corporation without a significant continuing business activity. A corpor…

In this Article 13: (1) AFFILIATE means a person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person or is a senior executive of that person. For purposes of Section 10A-2A- 13.02(b)(4), a perso…

(a) A stockholder is entitled to appraisal rights, and to obtain payment of the fair value of that stockholder’s stock, in the event of any of the following corporate actions: (1) consummation of a merger to which the corporation is a party (i) if the corporation is a subsidiary …

(a) A record stockholder may assert appraisal rights as to fewer than all the shares of stock registered in the record stockholder’s name but owned by a beneficial stockholder or a voting trust beneficial owner only if the record stockholder objects with respect to all shares of …

(a) Where any corporate action specified in Section 10A-2A-13.02(a) is to be submitted to a vote at a stockholders’ meeting, the meeting notice (or where no approval of the corporate action is required pursuant to Section 10A-2A-11.04(j), the offer made pursuant to Section 10A-2A…

Consenting. (a) If a corporate action specified in Section 10A-2A-13.02(a) is submitted to a vote at a stockholders’ meeting, a stockholder who wishes to assert appraisal rights with respect to any class or series of stock: (1) shall deliver to the corporation, before the vote is…

(a) If a corporate action requiring appraisal rights under Section 10A-2A-13.02(a) becomes effective, the corporation shall deliver a written appraisal notice and form required by subsection (b) to all stockholders who satisfy the requirements of Section 10A-2A-13.21(a), (b), or …

(a) A stockholder who receives notice pursuant to Section 10A-2A-13.22 and who wishes to exercise appraisal rights shall sign and return the form sent by the corporation and, in the case of certificated stock, deposit the stockholder’s certificates in accordance with the terms of…

(a) Except as provided in Section 10A-2A-13.25, within 30 days after the form required by Section 10A-2A-13.22(b)(2)(ii) is due, the corporation shall pay in cash to those stockholders who complied with Section 10A-2A-13.23(a) the amount the corporation estimates to be the fair v…

(a) A corporation may elect to withhold payment required by Section 10A-2A-13.24 from any stockholder who was required to, but did not certify that beneficial ownership of all of the stockholder’s stock for which appraisal rights are asserted was acquired before the date set fort…