I. Simple Processing
(For Stock and Non-Stock Corporations)

A type of processing where the Digital Certificate of Amendment is automatically issued upon approval of the application. For the purpose of processing the following applications in the system, only the signed and notarized/apostilled/authenticated system-generated forms of the Amendment Form, Monitoring Clearance/Affidavit of Undertaking for Monitoring and Affidavit of Undertaking for Post-Evaluation should be uploaded.

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1. Subjects of Amendment in the Articles of Incorporation:
   1. Prefatory Clause;
   2. Corporate Name/Business Name;
   3. Primary Purpose;
   4. Secondary Purpose;
   5. Change in the Principal Office Address;
   6. Terms of Existence;
   7. Increase or Decrease in the Number of the Board of Directors/Trustees;
   8. Features of Shares, except if simultaneously filed with an application for increase of capital stock, or reclassification/declassification of shares;
   9. Provision for the Undertaking to Change Name;
   10. Fiscal Year for One Person Corporations (OPCs);
   11. Provision for Transfer of Stock and Rights of Stockholders or Interest (e.g. Right of First Refusal, Pre-Emptive Rights);
   12. Amendment of a Corporation Sole;
   13. Provision for Tax Exemption for Non-Stock;
2. Subjects of Amendment in the By-Laws:
   1. Adoption of Corporate Name in the By-Laws;
   2. Date of Annual Meeting of the stockholders/members;
   3. Fiscal Year;
   4. Audit of Books and Dividends;
   5. Seal;
   6. Subscription, Issuance and Transfer of Shares;
   7. Suspension, Expulsion and Termination of Membership;
   8. The Form for Proxies of Stockholders/Members and the Manner of Voting Them;
   9. The Manner of Election or Appointment, Qualification, Functions, and the Term of Office of All Officers other than Directors/Trustees;
   10. The Place and Manner of Calling and Conducting Regular Meetings of the Stockholders/Members;
   11. The Powers, Qualifications, Duties, Term, and Compensation of Directors/Trustees;
   12. The Required Quorum in Meetings of Stockholders/Members;
   13. The Time, Place, and Manner of Calling and Conducting Regular or Special Meetings of the Directors/Trustees;
   14. The Time, Place, and Manner of Calling and Conducting Special Meetings of the Stockholders/Members;
   15. Amendments of Amended By-Laws concerning two (2) to four (4) provisions thereof;

II. Regular Processing
(For Stock, Non-Stock Corporations and Partnerships)

This process involves encoding amendment provisions reflected in the Amended Articles of Incorporation/By-Laws/New-By-Laws/Articles of Partnership. The information undergoes review, and if found complete and correct, the assessed filing fee is displayed in the Payment Assessment Form (PAF). After the payment of the assessed filing fees, the hard copies of the amendment documents are required to be submitted to the Commission for further review. If found compliant with all of the requirements, the original signed copy of the Certificate will be issued.

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1. New By-Laws;
2. Amendments of By-Laws concerning five (5) or more provisions;
3. Dissolution
   • through shortening of corporate term where the proposed expiration is one (1) year or more than one (1) year, as stipulated under Section 136 of the RCC and MC No. 05, series of 2022 or
   • through shortening of corporate term where the proposed expiration is less than one (1) year, as stipulated under Section 136 of the RCC and MC No. 05, series of 2022;
4. Amendment of Articles of Partnership;
5. Dissolution of Partnerships;
6. Conversion of Stock Corporations to Non-Stock Corporations;
7. Conversion of OPC to Ordinary Stock Corporation OSC;
8. Conversion of OSC to OPC; and
9. Conversion of Corporation Sole to Ordinary Non-Stock Corporation.