The Certificate of Incorporation is a legal document that establishes a corporation as a legal entity and contains basic rules for governance of the corporation.
One decision to make when incorporating is “How many shares do you want to authorize?” A common misconception is that the number of authorized shares (which appears in the certificate…
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Provisions in a company’s certificate of incorporation that increase the number of shares of common stock into which preferred stock when the company sells stock at a lower price.
The number of authorized shares is the maximum number of shares the corporation is permitted to issue, and is set forth in the certificate of incorporation.
With India’s strong ties with Silicon Valley and its maturing tech and startup ecosystem, outside investments in Indian companies are becoming increasingly common. However, the Indian economic and legal regime…
The organizational meeting is an initial meeting in which the basic organizational formalities of the corporation are determined.
The Board of Directors of a company are the people elected by the stockholders to be responsible for the management of the company.
Formal rules adopted by a corporation that establish how it will be governed.
So you’ve decided to incorporate as (or convert into) a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). In your Certificate of Incorporation you have chosen a public benefit, or mission statement. Now…
Departing Directors Board members tend to stay with companies for a relatively long time, but, like employees, sometimes it makes sense for a board member to leave. Here is what I…
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