Module 1 Flashcards
Three Forms of Business Organization
- Sole Proprietorship
- Partnership
- Corporation
The law that governs the rules and regulations in the establishment and operation of stock and non-stock corporations in the Philippines.
“The Corporation Code of the Philippines”
“The Corporation Code of the Philippines” characteristics
- Application for a Charter / Articles of Incorporation
- Shareholders (stock corporation)
- Members (non-stock)
- Life span of 50 years
T or F. A corporation is a juridical person and is created by operation of law
T. under Section 2 of the Corporation Code of the Philippines
“Section 2. Corporation defined – A corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law, having the right of succession and the powers, attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incidence to its existence.”
Breakdown of the Corporation definition:
- Artificial: not a natural person (living breathing person)
- Right of succession: continuity of operations. If a stockholder dies does that mean the corporation dies also? In partnerships, if a partner leaves the partnership, the relationship changes and therefore dissolves.
How is a Corporation formed?
a. 5-15 (15) natural persons of legal age and majority are residents of the PH – Sec. 10
i. Grandfather rule: 60-40; 60% Filipino owned
b. Corporator vs Incorporator – Sec. 5
i. Corporator – Shareholders (existing, involved in the ongoing ops)
ii. Incorporator – original corporators mentioned in the Articles Of Incorporation (founding team, getting everything setup legally)
A corporation can exercise only the powers expressly conferred upon it by _____ and its __________________, those implied from such powers expressly granted, and those that are incident to its existence.
law; articles of incorporation
How long can a corporation live?
a. Corporate term is for a period of max 50 years from date of incorporation
b. Extendible by another 50 years
c. Extension cannot be made 5 years before expiration. – Sec. 11
d. Perpertual unless AOI provides otherwise
What happens if the corporate charter is not used? – Sec. 22
a. Within 2 years – no formal organization or operations from date of incorporation
i. Deemed dissolved
b. If operations have started but stopped operations for 5 CONTINUOUS years
i. Ground for suspension or revocation of franchise or certificate of incorporation
ii. Delinquent, then 2 year to resume operation,if not certificate is revoked
Specific Express Powers of a Corporation under the Corporation Code
- Power to extend or shorten corporate term.
- Power to increase or decrease capital stock.
- Power to incur, create or increase bonded indebtedness
- Power to deny pre-emptive right.
- Power to sell, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose all or substantially all of its property
- Power to acquire its own shares
— AKA treasury shares
— Allowed as long as there is unrestricted retained earnings - Power to invest corporate funds in another corporation or business or for any other purposes.
- Power to declare dividends
- Power to enter into management contracts
What are the powers of a corporation?– Sec. 36
a. To sue and be sued in its corporate name;
b. Of succession
c. To adopt and use a corporate seal;
d. To amend its articles of incorporation;
e. To adopt by-laws,
f. In case of stock corporations: to issue or sell stocks and/or treasury stocks to subscribers
i. Nonstock: to admit members;
g. To enter into merger or consolidation;
h. To establish pension, retirement, and other plans
i. To purchase, receive, take or grant, hold, convey, sell, lease, pledge, mortgage and otherwise deal with such real and personal property, including securities and bonds of other corporations,
j. To make reasonable donations, including those for the public welfare or for hospital, charitable, cultural, scientific, civic, or similar purposes: Provided, That no corporation, domestic or foreign, shall give donations in aid of any political party or candidate or for purposes of partisan political activity;
k. To exercise such other powers as may be
essential or necessary
A corporation being a juridical person means that
- The debts of the corporation are not the debts of the stockholders, nor are the debts of the stockholders the debts of the corporation.
- In taxation, the income of the corporation is not the income of the stockholders who may be required to pay taxes on the dividends that they may derive from such income.
- In connection with corporate property or affairs, stockholders cannot maintain actions in their own name and they have no right to recover possession of property belonging to the corporation or to recover damages for injury thereto.
The company is responsible for all debt that is contracted in its name. Therefore, the stockholders cannot be held personally liable for these debts, though the percentage of the company they own might decrease in value. In that case, they are indirectly affected by debt.
Corporate Liability
Types of Corporation
- De Jure Corporation
- Stock Corporation
- Limited Liability Corporation
- Closed Corporation
- Public Company
One that has been created in strict compliance with all the legal requirements and whose right to exist as a corporation cannot be successfully attacked in a direct proceeding for that purpose by the State.
De Jure Corporation
One that is defectively created but there is an exercise of corporate rights and franchise resulting from an attempt in good faith to incorporate
De Facto Corporation
Difference of De Jure Corporation and De Facto Corporation
De Jure Corporation (by law)
* Real
* Genuine
* Nothing wrong with it
* corporation within the proper confines of the law
De Facto Corporation (by estoppel)
* Appears real
* Genuine
* With a sincere intent to form a corporation and an attempt to comply with all the requirements
* no proper form but holds themselves as such
One which has exercised corporate powers for such a length of time without interference by the State, and which, by fiction of law, is given the status of a corporation.
Incorporation by Prescription
One which is in reality not a corporation but is considered as one with respect to those who are precluded by their admission or conduct denying its existence
Corporation by Estoppel
As, a general rule, in a corporate form of business organization, the stockholders are not personally liable for corporate obligations and cannot be held liable to third persons who have claims against the corporation beyond their agreed subscriptions/contributions to the corporate capital. However, this privilege may be disregarded under the” Doctrine of Piercing the Corporate Veil.
Limited Liability Company
Close Corporation characteristics
1) All the corporation’s issued stocks of all classes shall be held of record by not more than a specified number of persons, not exceeding 20
2) All of the issued stocks of all classes shall be subject to one or more specified restrictions on transfer permitted by the corporation code
3) Not listed on any stock exchange or make any public offering of any of its stock of any class
Public Company/Listed Company
Listed on an exchange
OR
1) With assets in excess of 50,000,000
2) Has at least 200 shareholders which are holding at least 100 shares of a class of its equity securities
Classes of Corporation
- Stock Corporation
- Non-stock Corporation
One that has capital stock divided into shares and is authorized to distribute dividends or allotments of the surplus profits on the basis of shares held by its stockholders
Stock Corporation