The annual meeting should be held on the date and time designated in the bylaws. All shareholders who are entitled to vote are entitled to written notice of the annual meeting as well as any special meeting. Notice must include the date, time and place of the meeting and how shareholders may attend.
Annual Shareholder Meeting and Annual Board of Director Meeting. California law requires ALL California corporations, even those owned by a single shareholder, to hold an annual meeting of the shareholder(s) for the purpose of electing the board of directors.
Shareholder action taken by written consent is universally recognized as a valid approval by shareholders and this is expressly confirmed by California statute. The 10-day waiting period acts to delay the effectiveness of the action, which hinders a corporation's ability to act with speed and efficiency when necessary.
Existing Statute. This means that where an acquiring party owns more than 50%, but less than 90% of the shares of the target corporation prior to the merger, unanimous shareholder approval is required for the transaction to occur.
(a) Meetings of shareholders may be held at any place within or without this state as may be stated in or fixed in ance with the bylaws. If no other place is stated or so fixed, shareholder meetings shall be held at the principal office of the corporation.
A Shareholders' Consent to Action Without Meeting, or a consent resolution, is a written statement that describes and validates a course of action taken by the shareholders of a particular corporation without a meeting having to take place between directors and/or shareholders.
If your business is set up and registered as a Corporation, you're required by law to hold an annual shareholder meeting and to document the meeting with minutes.
9510(a): Each corporation shall keep: (1) Adequate and correct books and records of account. (2) Minutes of the proceedings of its members. board and committees of the board. (3) A record of its members giving their names and addresses and the class of membership held by each. (b) Minutes shall be kept in written form.
Adding shareholders to a California corporation involves selling corporate stock. When someone receives shares of stock, they officially become a shareholder. The bylaws detail the rules for selling stock and adding shareholders, but typically, existing shareholders approve the stock sale.