BU231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: W. M. Keck Observatory, Hollinger Inc., Whistleblower
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Articles: name/number in order to gain protection of the separate legal entity, it needs to announce to the world that it is a corporation, company name needs to end with ltd. , limited, co. , company, corp. , or. Corporation: head office (you pick where it is, authorized capital (share structure/classes, number of directors type of businesses. Contents of the minute book documents of record: articles of incorporation, bylaws (approval by shareholders, special resolutions (2/3 majority approval by shareholders, i. e. windup of company s. 210 (3) cbca: minutes of shareholder meetings, minutes of directors meetings the only thing not in the minutes is who said what, who voted which way (shareholders don"t get to see those) registers (shareholder, director, share transfers) Raising money: equity/capital issue shares (issued capital & paid up capital) initially has a nominal value (par, preferred/common, dividend and redemption, debt, bond/debentures.
