(1) After an amendment to the articles of incorporation has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter, the corporation shall deliver to the department for filing articles of amendment which must be signed in accordance with s. 607.0120 and which must set forth:(a) The name of the corporation;
(b) The text of each amendment adopted, or the information required by s. 607.0120(11)(e), if applicable; (c) If an amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares, provisions for implementing the amendment if not contained in the amendment itself, which may be made dependent upon facts objectively ascertainable outside of the articles of amendment in accordance with s. 607.0120(11); (d) The date of each amendment’s adoption; and
(e) If an amendment:1. Was adopted by the incorporators or board of directors without shareholder approval, a statement that the amendment was duly adopted by the incorporators or by the board of directors, as the case may be, and that shareholder approval was not required;
2. Required approval by the shareholders, a statement that the number of votes cast for the amendment by the shareholders in a manner required by this chapter and by the articles of incorporation was sufficient for approval and if more than one voting group was entitled to vote on the amendment, a statement designating each voting group entitled to vote separately on the amendment, and a statement that the number of votes cast for the amendment by the shareholders in each voting group was sufficient for approval by that voting group; or
3. Is being filed pursuant to s. 607.0120(11)(e), a statement to that effect. (2) Articles of amendment shall take effect at the effective date determined pursuant to s. 607.0123. 