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Form 403—General Information

(Certificate of Correction)

The attached form is drafted to meet minimal statutory filing requirements pursuant to the relevant code provisions. This form and the information provided are not substitutes for the advice and services of an attorney and tax specialist.

Commentary

Subchapter C of chapter 4 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (BOC) governs a certificate of correction. A filing instrument that is an inaccurate record of the event or transaction evidenced by the instrument, that contains an inaccurate or erroneous statement, or that was defectively or erroneously signed, sealed, acknowledged or verified may be corrected by filing a certificate of correction (BOC §4.101). A filing instrument may be corrected to contain only those statements that the governing law authorizes or requires to be included in the original filing instrument. A certificate of correction may not alter, add, or delete a statement that by its alteration, addition or deletion would have caused the secretary of state to determine that the filing instrument did not conform to the requirements of applicable law at the time of filing (BOC § 4.102).

After the secretary of state files the certificate of correction, the filing instrument is considered to have been corrected on the date the filing instrument was originally filed with one exception. As to a person who is adversely affected by the correction, the filing instrument is considered to have been corrected on the date the certificate of correction is filed.

Instructions for Form

ｸItem 1—Entity Information: The certificate of correction must contain the legal name of the entity. If the certificate of correction corrects the name of the entity, the name as it currently appears on the records of the secretary of state should be stated. It is recommended that the file number assigned by the secretary of state be provided to facilitate processing of the document.

ｸItem 2—Filing Instrument to be Corrected: Identify the filing instrument to be corrected by

description and date of filing with the secretary of state. Example: “Certificate of formation filed on January 2, 2009.” If the filing instrument to be corrected is a merger, conversion or exchange, additional instructions are found on page 2 of this form.

Identification of Errors and Corrections: Corrections may be made to the entity name, registered agent name, registered office address, stated purpose, or stated duration by checking the applicable box in this section and stating, in corrected form, the portion of the instrument to be corrected. If the necessary corrections are other than those provided for by the check boxes, please use the section entitled “Identification of Other Errors and Corrections.”

Correction to Entity Name: The correction to an entity name will require the secretary of state to determine the availability of the entity name as corrected. If the entity name, as corrected, is the same as, deceptively similar to, or similar to the name of any existing domestic or foreign filing entity (other than the entity filing the correction), or any name reservation or registration filed with the secretary of state, the correction cannot be filed (BOC § 5.053).

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Correction to Registered Agent: Effective January 1, 2010, a person designated as the registered agent of an entity must have consented, either in a written or electronic form, to serve as the registered agent of the entity. Although the consent of the person designated as registered agent is required, a copy of the written or electronic consent need not be submitted with a certificate of correction that corrects the name of the registered agent.

Please note that the designation or appointment of a person as the registered agent by an organizer or a managerial official is an affirmation that the person named as registered agent in the corrected instrument has consented to serve as registered agent. (BOC § 5.2011, effective January 1, 2010) The liabilities and penalties imposed by sections 4.007 and 4.008 of the BOC apply with respect to a false statement in a filing instrument that names a person as the registered agent of an entity without that person’s consent. (BOC § 5.207)

Correction to Registered Office: The registered office address must be located at a street address where service of process may be personally served on the entity’s registered agent during normal business hours. Although the registered office is not required to be the entity’s principal place of business, the registered office may not be solely a mailbox service or telephone answering service (BOC § 5.201).

ｸIdentification of Other Errors and Corrections: This section of the form contains four text boxes that may be used to identify corrections to errors or inaccuracies in the filing instrument other than the provisions specifically described next to the check boxes in the section under “Identification of Errors and Corrections.” Use the areas provided to identify by reference or description those provisions to be added, altered or deleted by the correction. If the filing instrument to be corrected was defectively or erroneously signed, sealed, acknowledged or verified, a correctly executed instrument should be attached to the form as an exhibit.

ｸStatement of Correction: This section states that the purpose of the certificate of correction is to correct inaccuracies, errors or defects consistent with section 4.103 of the BOC.

ｸCorrection of Merger, Conversion or Exchange: If the filing instrument to be corrected is a merger, conversion or other instrument involving multiple entities, please include the names and file numbers for all entities which were parties to the transaction so that the secretary of state may index the certificate of correction to the record for each entity. If the space provided on page 5 of this form is not sufficient, include the information as an attachment to this form.

ｸEffectiveness of Filing: This section states the effectiveness of filing as provided in section 4.105 of the BOC.

ｸExecution: Pursuant to section 4.101(b) of the BOC, the certificate of correction must be signed by a person authorized by the BOC to sign the filing instrument to be corrected. Generally, a governing person or managerial official of the entity signs a filing instrument, including a certificate of correction.

If the correction relates to a certificate of formation, the certificate of correction would be signed by a person authorized to sign the certificate of formation. If the correction relates to a merger, conversion or exchange transaction, the certificate of correction need not be signed on behalf of each entity named in the filing instrument being corrected. In the case of a merger, the certificate of correction must be signed by a person authorized to act in regard to a surviving entity in the merger.

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In the case of a conversion, the certificate of correction must be signed on behalf of the converted entity. In the case of an exchange, the certificate of correction must be signed by an acquiring entity.

The certificate of correction need not be notarized. However, before signing, please read the statements on this form carefully. A person commits an offense under section 4.008 of the BOC if the person signs or directs the filing of a filing instrument the person knows is materially false with the intent that the instrument be delivered to the secretary of state for filing. The offense is a Class A misdemeanor unless the person’s intent is to harm or defraud another, in which case the offense is a state jail felony.

ｸPayment and Delivery Instructions: The filing fee for a certificate of correction is $15. Fees may be paid by personal checks, money orders, LegalEase debit cards, or American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa credit cards. Checks or money orders must be payable through a U.S. bank or financial institution and made payable to the secretary of state. Fees paid by credit card are subject to a statutorily authorized convenience fee of 2.7 percent of the total fees.

Submit the completed form in duplicate along with the filing fee. The form may be mailed to P.O. Box 13697, Austin, Texas 78711-3697; faxed to (512) 463-5709; or delivered to the James Earl Rudder Office Building, 1019 Brazos, Austin, Texas 78701. If a document is transmitted by fax, credit card information must accompany the transmission (Form 807). On filing the document, the secretary of state will return the appropriate evidence of filing to the submitter together with a file- stamped copy of the document, if a duplicate copy was provided as instructed.

Revised 05/11

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Entity Information

1. The name of the filing entity is:

State the name of the entity as currently shown in the records of the secretary of state. If the certificate of correction corrects the name of the entity, state the present name and not the name as it will be corrected.

The file number issued to the filing entity by the secretary of state is:

Filing Instrument to be Corrected

2. The filing instrument to be corrected is :

The date the filing instrument was filed with the secretary of state:

mm/dd/yyyy

Identification of Errors and Corrections

(Indicate the errors that have been made by checking the appropriate box or boxes; then provide the corrected text.)

The entity name is inaccurate or erroneously stated. The corrected entity name is:

The registered agent name is inaccurate or erroneously stated. The corrected registered agent name is:

Corrected Registered Agent

(Complete either A or B, but not both.)

A. The registered agent is an organization (cannot be entity named above) by the name of:

OR

B. The registered agent is an individual resident of the state whose name is:

First

Middle

Last Name

Suffix

The person executing this certificate of correction affirms that the registered agent, whose name is being corrected by this certificate, consented to serve as registered agent at the time the filing instrument being corrected took effect.

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The registered office address is inaccurate or erroneously stated. The corrected registered office address is:

Corrected Registered Office Address

		TX
Street Address (No P.O. Box)	City	State Zip Code

The purpose of the entity is inaccurate or erroneously stated. The purpose is corrected to read as follows:

The period of duration of the entity is inaccurate or erroneously stated.

The period of duration is corrected to read as follows:

Identification of Other Errors and Corrections

(Indicate the other errors and corrections that have been made by checking and completing the appropriate box or boxes.)

Other errors and corrections. The following inaccuracies and errors in the filing instrument are corrected as follows:

Add Each of the following provisions was omitted and should be added to the filing instrument. The identification or reference of each added provision and the full text of the provision is set forth below.

Alter The following identified provisions of the filing instrument contain inaccuracies or errors to be corrected. The full text of each corrected provision is set forth below:

Delete Each of the provisions identified below was included in error and should be deleted.

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Defective Execution The filing instrument was defectively or erroneously signed, sealed, acknowledged or verified. Attached is a correctly signed, sealed, acknowledged or verified instrument.

Statement Regarding Correction

The filing instrument identified in this certificate was an inaccurate record of the event or transaction evidenced in the instrument, contained an inaccurate or erroneous statement, or was defectively or erroneously signed, sealed, acknowledged or verified. This certificate of correction is submitted for the purpose of correcting the filing instrument.

Correction to Merger, Conversion or Exchange

The filing instrument identified in this certificate of correction is a merger, conversion or other instrument involving multiple entities. The name and file number of each entity that was a party to the transaction is set forth below.

Entity name

Entity name

Effectiveness of Filing

After the secretary of state files the certificate of correction, the filing instrument is considered to have been corrected on the date the filing instrument was originally filed except as to persons adversely affected. As to persons adversely affected by the correction, the filing instrument is considered to have been corrected on the date the certificate of correction is filed by the secretary of state.

Execution

The undersigned signs this document subject to the penalties imposed by law for the submission of a materially false or fraudulent instrument and certifies under penalty of perjury that the undersigned is authorized under the provisions of law governing the entity to execute the filing instrument.

Date:

By:

Signature of authorized person

Printed or typed name of authorized person (see instructions)

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