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creature of the state

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a entity may be formed only compliance (obey) state incorporation statute (law passed)

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limited liability

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liability limited to the amount invested (percentage)

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free transferability of corporate shares

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free to transfer shares by gift or sale

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perpetual (forever/ without end) existence

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corp. outlives owner

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centralized Management

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shareholders elect board of directors; board appoints officers

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public corporation

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owned and operated by the government

federal, state or local

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private corporation

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owned and operated by private persons

ex. apple, Microsoft.

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Profit Corporation

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founded to operate business for profit

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NonProfit Corporation

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profits are used for charity, education or scientific purposes

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domestic Corporation

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created under the laws of the given state.

so if formed in NY it is domestic

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foreign corp.

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doing business in another state in which it was not formed.

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publicly held corp.

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shares are owned by a large number of people and traded

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privately/closely held corp.

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owned by few shareholders and not traded

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types of corporation

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C-corporation
Subchapter S-Corporation
professionally corporation.

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C-corporation

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formed under law and subject to double taxation

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Subchapter S- Corp.

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taxed as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code

taxed one time if met the IRS requirements

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Professional Corp.

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corporation where duly license people may practice their profession. ex. CPA, Lawyers

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formation of a corp.

promoter

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person who takes preliminary steps to form a corporation

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promoter’s Contract

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promoters remain liable until pre-incorp. contracts or unless a novation is effected (you are responsible for any debt incurred before the formation of the corp.

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subscribers

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person who agrees to purchase initial stock in the corp.

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selection of the name

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must end in Corp, incorporated, inc. etc.

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incorporators

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the persons who signed the article of incorporation

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articles of incorporation

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organizational document of the corp. ( birth of the corp)

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organizational meeting

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first meeting, to adopt the bylaws and appoint officers.

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bylaws
rules governing internal management
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piercing the corporate veil
the court may disregard the the corporate entity when its used to defeat public convenience, commit wrong doing, protect fraud, or circumvent the law. the person is held liable for the wrong doing not the corp.
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debt security
source of capital creating no ownership promising to repay back funds lent to it
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bonds
a debts security
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rule of authority to issue debt securities
each corp. has the power to issue debt securities as determine by the board
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types of debt securities
unsecured bonds | secured bonds
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unsecured bonds
called debentures, if corp. defaults, bond holder looses everything
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secured bonds
when corp. defaults, bond holder gets his money back when the corp. sells asset or property
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equity security
source of capital creating ownerships interest
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shares
proportionate ownership interest in corp.
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treasury stock
shares acquired ( buy back ) by a corp.
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authority to issue
only the shares authorized in the articles of inc. may be issued.
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preemptive right
right of a shareholder to purchase a specific amount of shares at a specific rate to ensure that his percentage ownership does not decrease
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classes of shares
common stock | preferred stock
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common stock
stock, not having any special contracts
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preferred stock
superior usually bought by venture capitalist (people who want a cut in your corp.)
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preferred stock | dividend
must receive full dividends before common stock
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preferred stock | liquidation preferences
priority over common stock upon liquidation
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Types of dividends
cash dividends property dividends stock dividends stock splits
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cash dividends
most common distributed
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property dividend
distribution in form or property
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stock dividend
distribution of additional shares of stock
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stock split
shares broken into a greater number of shares
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legal restrictions on stock dividends: they should only be paid if the following test are satisfied
cash flow test | balance sheet test
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legal restrictions | cash flow test
a corp. must not be or become insolvent (unable to pay its debt)
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legal restrictions | balance sheet test
after paying dividends the corp. should equal Assets = liability + owners equity
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what if the board announces that its paying dividends?
then it is obligated to pay back dividends
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liability for improper dividends and distributions | board of directors
the director is liable for unlawful amount
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liability for improper dividends and distributions | shareholders
shareholders must return illegal dividends if he knew, resulted from his fraud or the corp. become insolvent.
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role of shareholders
not directly involved in the day to day operations of a LARGE corporation; but are indirectly involved because they elect the board of directors.
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shareholders meeting
exercise voting rights at both annual and special shareholders meeting.
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quorum for shareholders
minimum number necessary to make a business transaction
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election of directors
shareholders elect board at annual meeting
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removal of directors
shareholders may remove a director by majority vote with/ without cause or reason
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approval of fundamental changes
shareholder approval is required to charter amendments, acquisitions, and dissolution
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proxy
vote another's shares at meeting (can appoint somebody to vote for your shareholder at the shareholders meeting)
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right to inspect books and records for shareholders
they can request it if demand is made in good faith(honesty and fact), and proper purposes
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direct suits for shareholders
sues corp, on his shareholders behalf
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derivative suits by shareholder
sued by shareholder on behalf of corp. to enforce a right to the corp.
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what is an officer? and what do they do?
agents for or on behalf the corporation and they carry out decisions made by directors
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role of officers
CEO - Chief executive officer - Officers in charge of all other officers CFO - officer in charge of finance CMO - officer in charge of marketing COO - Officer in charge of logistic an operations CTO - chief talent officer - in charge of human resources
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function of the BOD
make business decision carried out by officers
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chairman of the BOD
director in charge of all the other directors
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capital structure
BOD decides how and and how much the corp. will raise capital
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fundamental changes for directors
have the power to amend or appeal the bylaws (change)
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dividends from BOD
directors declare amount and type of dividend to be paid
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management compensation from BOD
BOD decides own salary and officers
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vacancies on the board
may be filled by remaining BOD on majority vote
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Meeting of BOD
directors have power to bind corporation only when acting as the board. meaning every director should be present at the meeting at the same time. Either by facetime, or Phone convo also valid.
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Action taken without a meeting of the BOD
if consent is signed by all directors
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delegation of the BOARD powers
committees may be appointed to perform some not all of the boards functions
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directors inspection rights
right to inspect books, and records.
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duties of directors
duty of obedience - act with respective authority duty of diligence - exercise care and prudence duty of loyalty - loyalty to the corp.
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Business judgement rule
the BOD cannot be sued if decision made caused corp. to loose money, if they acted with due care, good faith, or with the best interest of the corp. at heart.
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charter amendments
making change to the articles of incorporations
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procedure of charter amendments
the BOD adopts a resolution (decision) that must be approved by majority vote of shareholders
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what happens if some decisions made by BOD affect shareholders?
shareholders should have a say
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combinations | merger
combination of assets of two or more corp. for form a new corp. A + B = C
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merger procedure
approval by directors and shareholders of EACH corp.
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acquisition
when one corp. buys another | A + B = A
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procedure for Acquisition
requires approval of the BOD and Shareholder of EACH corp. | there would be 4 meetings.
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Dissolution of a corp.
brought by BOD that is approved by shareholders
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what happens if shareholder vote against a dissolution
there won't be no dissolution
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legal entity
an entity apart from its shareholders

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