N.M. Stat. § 53-13-1
Right to amend articles of incorporation.
A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation from time to time in as many
respects as may be desired, so long as its articles of incorporation, as amended,
contain only such provisions as might be lawfully contained in original articles of
incorporation at the time of making the amendment and, if a change in shares or the
rights of shareholders, or an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of shares or
rights of shareholders is to be made, provisions as may be necessary to effect the
change, exchange, reclassification or cancellation. In particular, and without limitation
upon the general power of amendment, a corporation may amend its articles of
incorporation from time to time to:
A. change its corporate name and, if different, include any name under which it
proposes to transact business in New Mexico;
B. change its period of duration;
C. change, enlarge or diminish its corporate purposes;
D. increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares or shares of any class that
the corporation has authority to issue;
E. provide or eliminate any provision with respect to the minimum consideration for
any shares or class of shares;
F. exchange, classify, reclassify or cancel all or any part of its shares, whether
issued or unissued;
G. change the designation of all or any part of its shares, whether issued or
unissued, and to change the preferences, limitations and relative rights in respect of all
or any part of its shares, whether issued or unissued;
H. change the shares of any class, whether issued or unissued, into a different
number of shares of the same class or into the same or a different number of shares of
other classes;
I. create new classes of shares having rights and preferences, either prior and
superior or subordinate and inferior, to the shares of any class then authorized, whether
issued or unissued;
J. cancel or otherwise affect the right of the holders of the shares of any class to
receive dividends that have accrued but have not been declared;
K. divide any preferred or special class of shares, whether issued or unissued, into
series and fix and determine the designation of the series and the variations in the
relative rights and preferences as between the shares of the series;
L. authorize the board of directors to establish, out of authorized but unissued
shares, series of any preferred or special class of shares and fix and determine the
relative rights and preferences of the shares of any series so established;
M. authorize the board of directors to fix and determine the relative rights and
preferences of the authorized but unissued shares of series theretofore established in
respect of which either the relative rights and preferences have not been fixed and
determined or the relative rights and preferences theretofore fixed and determined are
to be changed;
N. revoke, diminish or enlarge the authority of the board of directors to establish
series out of authorized but unissued shares of any preferred or special class and fix
and determine the relative rights and preferences of the shares of any series so
established; or
O. limit, deny or grant to shareholders of any class the preemptive right to acquire
additional shares of the corporation, whether then or thereafter authorized.