379.035 Articles of incorporation for stock companies.

379.035. Articles of incorporation for stock companies. — When such incorporators propose to form a corporation for the purposes designated in section 379.010 , on the joint stock plan, the articles of incorporation or association comprised in the declaration in section 379.030 shall set forth:

(1) The name assumed by such corporation, and by which it shall be known;

(2) The place where the principal office for the transaction of its business shall be located;

(3) The specific kind or kinds of business which it proposes to transact;

(4) The amount of its capital stock, and the number of shares into which it shall be divided, and the manner in which it shall be paid up or secured;

(5) The manner in which the corporate powers granted by this chapter shall be exercised, showing the number of directors, which shall not be less than nine nor more than twenty-five; and such other particulars as may be necessary to make manifest the objects and purposes of the corporation, and the manner in which it is to be conducted.

(RSMo 1939 § 5909, A.L. 1989 S.B. 250) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5798; 1919 § 6208; 1909 § 7000