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.
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.
A) It must clearly state the date, time and place of the meeting as also the purpose of the meeting. b) The notice must be issued on the authority of a resolution of the Board of directors. c) The notice should be signed by a person authorised by the Board.
Key Takeaways. The record date is the cutoff date set by a company to determine which shareholders are officially "on the books" and therefore will receive a declared dividend or distribution.
Annual shareholder meetings require a notice period of at least 21 days. The notice period can be shortened with the expressed consent of all shareholders. The notice should include all the basic meeting details and other important pieces of documentation, such as the meeting agenda.
Annual meeting refers to the shareholders' general meeting held yearly on the date or ing to the formula by which such a meeting date will be fixed, as prescribed in the corporation's bylaws. The purpose of the annual meeting is for shareholders to elect the directors.
A General Meeting is simply a meeting of shareholders and 21 days' notice must be given to shareholders, but this can be reduced to 14 days, or increased to 28 days, in certain situations.