That's for the state of Missouri. They're in KS, with their primary corporation being incorporated in Wyoming. Missouri appears to be completely irrelevant to their current business structure. Most likely, they started the registration process in Mo., then decided to bin it, and just let the thing resolve itself. Assuming, of course, it's actually even the same BF Labs. Their website doesn't seem to be working to be able to view the filings...
But at any rate, don't let a rational explanation get in the way of your FUD fest...
There is no penalty associated with "admin dissolution"?
What penalty? People voluntarily let businesses lapse all the time, that's why the dissolution process is in place. It essentially is a passive system to dissolve no longer functioning/needed business entities. If you don't manually renew it, it will automatically be dissolved after a certain amount of time. In what sense would it be reasonable for a state to penalize you for simply letting the thing lapse. Do you get penalized if you stop renewing your driver license, if you no longer live in that state? No, but if you want to renew it, you'll have to re-file some paperwork, and repay some fees, there's usually some sort of grace period that allows you to reinstate an expired license without having to re-file everything.
Business licensing works the same way. In some states, that grace period is up to 3 years. If you go back within 3 years and pay the normal annual fees, plus a nominal service charge (usually $10-$50) you can renew a lapsed business entity and immediately resume business operations within that state, often, this can be done on the state website.
Having formed, dissolved, restructured, bought, and sold several businesses, I can assure that it's really WAAAAY less of a big deal that a lot of people assume.
