Restated Articles

The term "amended and restated" is used in corporate law to refer to an agreement or other document that has been amended one or more times in the past and is presented in its entirety (restated) including all amendments to date.

Amended and Restated What Amended means changed, i.e., that someone has revised the document. Restated means presented in its entirety, i.e., as a single, complete document. Accordingly, amended and restated means a complete document into which one or more changes have been incorporated.

What is the effect of an amended and restated agreement. When you amend and restate an agreement, typically the legal effect is to replace all prior agreements between the parties and replace them with one single document providing an up-to-date view of the parties' legal obligations.

A substituted contract is an agreement between parties that were involved in a previous contract. The substituted contract replaces the original contract, completely taking its place and discharging the terms of the original agreement.

What is a Trust Restatement? A Trust Restatement completely replaces all the provisions of the original revocable living trust with new provisions that meet the current goals of the creator of the trust.

Gerard Legagneur, Esq. As businesspersons, we amend contracts when they require minor changes, based on a subsequent agreement by the parties.In these instances, it is preferable to fully amend and restate the original agreement (sometimes called the existing agreement, the prior agreement, or something similar).

When you amend, you are making a change, adding or subtracting something. When you restating, you are rewriting the entire document, with the amendments incorporated into it.

Amended and Restated What Amended means changed, i.e., that someone has revised the document. Restated means presented in its entirety, i.e., as a single, complete document. Accordingly, amended and restated means a complete document into which one or more changes have been incorporated.