Corporate Bylaws Form
Corporate Bylaws Form
Corporate Bylaws Form
OF
[Company], Inc.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of [City], County of
[County], State of [State]. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places
both within and without the State of [State] as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS
1. Time and Place of Meetings.
All meetings of the shareholders for the election of Directors or for any other
purpose shall be held at such time and place, within or without the State of [State], as
shall be designated by the Board of Directors.
In the absence of any such designation by the Board of Directors, each such
meeting shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation.
2. Annual Meetings.
An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held for the purpose of electing
Directors and transacting such other business as may properly be brought before the
meeting.
The date of the annual meeting shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
3. Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless
otherwise prescribed by law, may be called by the President and shall be called by the
Secretary (a) at the direction of a majority of the Board of Directors, or (b) at the
request in writing of shareholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital
stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.
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4. Notice of Meetings.
Written notice of each meeting of the shareholders stating the place, date and
time of the meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the
date of the meeting or, in the case of a merger, consolidation, share exchange,
dissolution or sale, lease or exchange of assets, not less than twenty nor more than
sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such
meeting.
The notice of any special meeting of shareholders shall state the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting is called.
5. Quorum.
The holders of a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to
vote at the meeting in question, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business,
except as otherwise provided by law.
If a quorum is not present or represented, the holders of the shares present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote shall have power, by
the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of such shares, to adjourn the meeting
to another time and/or place, without notice other than announcement at the meeting,
until a quorum shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which
a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might
have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than [##]
days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to
vote at the meeting.
6. Voting.
At all meetings of the shareholders each shareholder shall be entitled to vote, in
person or by proxy, the shares of voting stock owned by such shareholder of record on
the record date for the meeting.
When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless
the question is one upon which, by express provision of law or of the Articles of
Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall
govern and control the decision of such question.
Within such limits, the number of Directors shall be determined from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Directors. The Directors shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the shareholders, except as provided in 3 of this Article, and each Director
elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier
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resignation or removal.
Directors need not be shareholders.
3. Vacancies.
Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the
number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office though
less than a quorum, and each Director so chosen shall hold office until his successor is
elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal.
If there are no Directors in office, an election of Directors may be held in the
manner provided by law.
4. Place of Meetings.
The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either
within or without the State of [State].
5. Regular Meetings.
The Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting, to be known as the annual
meeting, immediately following each annual meeting of the shareholders.
Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such time and
at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.
No notice of regular meetings need be given.
6. Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President and
shall be called by the Secretary on the written request of any Director.
The person calling any special meeting shall give notice of the time and place
thereof but neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of the meeting
need be specified in such notice.
7. Quorum.
At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the total number of
Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a
majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the
act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law.
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If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the
Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
8. Chairman.
The Chairman of the Board, if one shall have been elected, shall act as
chairman at all meetings of the Board of Directors.
If a Chairman of the Board shall not have been elected or, if elected, is not
present, the President or, in the absence of the President, a Vice President who is a
member of the Board (and, if there is more than one such person, in the order
designated by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such designation, in the
order of their election), if any, or if no such Vice President is present, a Director chosen
by a majority of the Directors present, shall act as chairman at meetings of the Board of
Directors.
9. Executive Committee.
The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board,
may designate two or more Directors to constitute an Executive Committee, to serve as
such, unless the resolution designating the Executive Committee is sooner amended or
rescinded by the Board of Directors, until the next annual meeting of the Board or until
their respective successors are designated. The Board of Directors, by resolution
adopted by a majority of the whole Board, may also designate additional Directors as
alternate members of the Executive Committee to serve as members of the Executive
Committee in the place and stead of any regular member or members thereof who may
be unable to attend a meeting or otherwise unavailable to act as a member of the
Executive Committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member and all alternate
members who may serve in the place and stead of such member, the member or
members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or
not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another
Director to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Except as expressly limited by the [State] [cite specific code] (the "[State] Code")
or the Articles of Incorporation, the Executive Committee shall have and may exercise
all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the Corporation between the meetings of the Board of Directors.
The Executive Committee shall keep a record of its acts and proceedings, which
shall form a part of the records of the Corporation in the custody of the Secretary, and
all actions of the Executive Committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors at the
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Each committee shall keep a record of proceedings and report the same to the
Board of Directors to such extent and in such form as the Board of Directors may
require.
Unless otherwise provided in the resolution designating a committee, a majority
of all of the members of any such committee may select its Chairman, fix its rules or
procedure, fix the time and place of its meetings and specify what notice of meetings, if
any, shall be given.
11. Informal Action.
Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation or these by-laws, any
action required by the [State] Code to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors,
or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of any
committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing, setting forth
the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect
to the subject matter thereof, or by all the members of such committee, as the case may
be.
Any such consent shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or
committee.
12. Attendance by Telephone.
Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee designated by the Board
of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee,
by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such
participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
13. Compensation.
The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of
Directors, which may include their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of
the Board of Directors or of a committee.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
1. General.
The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and
shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
The Board of Directors may also elect a Chairman of the Board, one or more
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additional Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers
and such other officers and agents as it shall deem appropriate.
Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of
President and Secretary; provided, that where all the shares of the Corporation are
held by one shareholder the offices of President and Secretary may be held by one
person.
2. Term of Office.
The officers of the Corporation shall be elected at the annual meeting of the
Board of Directors and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.
Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at
any time by the Board of Directors.
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation required by this Article
shall be filled by the Board of Directors, and any vacancy in any other office may be
filled by the Board of Directors.
3. Chairman of the Board.
The Chairman of the Board, when elected, shall be the Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation and, as such, shall have general supervision, direction and control of
the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors, shall preside at meetings of shareholders and shall have such other
functions, authority and duties as customarily appertain to the office of the chief
executive of a business corporation or as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
4. President.
During any period when there shall be an office of Chairman of the Board, the
President shall be the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation and shall have such
functions, authority and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the
Chairman of the Board.
During any period when there shall not be an office of Chairman of the Board,
the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and, as such, shall
have the functions, authority and duties provided for the Chairman of the Board when
there is an office of Chairman of the Board.
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5. Vice President.
Each Vice President shall perform such duties and have such other powers as
may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board or the President.
6. Secretary.
The Secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings of the shareholders of the
Corporation and of the Board of Directors and shall perform like duties for the standing
committees when required.
The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice, if any, of all meetings of
the shareholders and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President, or these By-Laws.
The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and
the Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary any Assistant Secretary, shall have
authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it may be
attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the Corporation and to attest such affixing of the seal.
7. Assistant Secretary.
The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries
in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination,
then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event
of the Secretary's inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers
of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be
prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President or the
Secretary.
8. Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and
shall keep frill and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging
to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name
and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the
Board of Directors.
The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by
the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall
render to the Chairman of the Board, the President and the Board of Directors, at its
regular meetings or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all
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ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be
adopted by the Board of Directors.
The fact that the power to amend, alter, repeal or adopt the ByLaws has been
conferred upon the Board of Directors shall not divest the shareholders of the same
powers.
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