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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="2-208.1" title_number="2" title_name="Corporations in General -- Formation, Organization, and Operation" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Issuance of Securities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the board of directors of a corporation registered as an open–end company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 increases or decreases the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class that the corporation has authority to issue in accordance with § 2–105(c) of this title, the board shall file articles supplementary for record with the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The corporation may not issue any of the newly authorized stock prior to the time the articles supplementary are effective, as provided in this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Articles supplementary shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Both as of immediately before the increase or decrease and as increased or decreased:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The total number of shares of stock of all classes that the corporation has authority to issue;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The number of shares of stock of each class;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The par value of the shares of stock of each class or a statement that the shares are without par value; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>If there are any shares of stock with par value, the aggregate par value of all the shares of all classes;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A statement that the corporation is registered as an open-end company under the Investment Company Act of 1940; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A statement that the total number of shares of capital stock that the corporation has authority to issue has been increased or decreased by the board of directors in accordance with § 2-105(c) of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Articles supplementary shall be executed in the manner required by Title 1 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Articles supplementary are effective as of the later of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The time the Department accepts the articles for record; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The time established under the articles, not to exceed 30 days after the articles are accepted for record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The stock issued by a corporation prior to the time the articles supplementary with respect to the stock are effective shall cease to be voidable as a result of the failure to file the articles supplementary at the time the articles supplementary become effective; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A right or liability accrued by reason of the issuance of stock by a corporation prior to the time the articles supplementary with respect to the stock are effective shall be extinguished at the time the articles supplementary become effective, except to the extent that the person having the right or liability has acted detrimentally in reliance on the right or liability solely by reason of issuance of the stock.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
