(a) Any changes that may be made in the relative rights, preferences and limitations of the authorized shares of any class by any certificate of amendment which does not eliminate such shares from authorized shares or change them into shares of another class, shall not for the purpose of any statute or rule of law effect an issue of a new class of shares.
(b) No amendment or change shall affect any existing cause of action in favor of or against the corporation, or any pending suit to which it shall be a party, or the existing rights of persons other than stockholders; and in the event the corporate name shall be changed, no suit brought by or against the corporation under its former name shall abate for that reason.
(c) A holder of any adversely affected shares who does not vote for or consent in writing to the taking of such action shall, subject to and by complying with the provisions of section six thousand twenty-two, have the right to dissent and to receive payment for such shares, if the certificate of amendment (1) alters or abolishes any preferential right of any outstanding shares having preferences; or (2) creates, alters or abolishes any provision or right in respect of the redemption of any outstanding shares; or (3) alters or abolishes any preemptive right of such holder to acquire shares or other securities; or (4) excludes or limits the right of such holder to vote on any matter, except as such right may be limited by the voting rights given to new shares then being authorized of any existing or new class.