Lesson 6 Flashcards
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is a type of business
organization that is legally separate from its
owners.
corporation
It is created through a legal process
that it can own property, enter into contracts, sue,
and be sued
corporation
a corporation is independent
from its owners
Legal Entity
Owners are only responsible for the business’ debts up to
the amount of shareholdings.
Limited Liability
continues to exist even there are change of
owners.
Unlimited life/Perpetual Existence
a legal person in
itself which can buy, own, sell property, sue
and be sued
Separate legal entity
Ownership
can be easily transferred by buying or selling
shares of stocks.
Transferability of Shares:
Managed by a
Board of Directors and executives
Governance Structure
Owned by shareholders
who invest money in exchange for shares.
Stock Corporation
Formed for social,
Educational, or charitable purpose (non-profit
Organizations) example: Red Cross
Non-Stock Corporation
stated that a Corporation
is an artificial being created by the operation of
the law.
< Its life is limited stated in the articles of the
Corporation but not exceed 50 years subject for
Extension not longer than 50 years.
BP # 68, Section 2
Issued by the
SEC; its date of issuance is the beginning of
the corporation’s juridical personality
Certificate of Incorporation
Refers to the corporators mentioned in the articles of incorporation who originally formed and composed the corporation.
Incorporated
Five to
fifteen individuals legal age and majority are
residents of the Philippines may form a private
corporation for any lawful purpose or purposes.
Section 10 of the Corporation Code
is the governing
bodies of the stock corporation.
The Board of Directors
is the governing bodies
of the non-stock corporation.
The Board of Trustees
An entity where capital
is in the form of capital stock divided into
shares;
: Dividend refers as corporate earnings
] distributed to shareholders.
Stock Corporation
Solely for charitable,
religious, educational, cultural or similar
purpose (no sharing of income among members)
Non-Stock Corporation
Formed for the
government .
Public Corporation
Formed for private
purpose/benefit.
Private Corporation
Owns controlling
interest in another corporation by more than 50%.
Parent Corporation
Investee corporation
in which the parent corp. has controlling interest.
Subsidiary Corporation
Limited to selected or
family members.
Closed Corporation
Open to any persons
intending to become a stockholder or member
of the corporation.
Open Corporation