Prior to the effective date of an amendment of the certificate of incorporation or of a restated certificate for which shareholder approval is required under the provisions of this act, such amendment or such restated certificate may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the resolution of the shareholders approving such amendment or such restated certificate or in any resolution subsequently adopted by the shareholders. If a certificate of amendment or a restated certificate has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State prior to such abandonment, a certificate of abandonment shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The certificate shall state that the amendment or the restated certificate has been abandoned in accordance with the provisions therefor set forth in the resolution of the shareholders.
N.J.S. § 14A:9-6