Shareholders own the company by buying and holding its shares, acting as the company's financial supporters. Directors are responsible for day-to-day management of the business and its operations. Being a shareholder does not automatically confer the right to have a say in how that company is run on a day-to-day basis.
Typically, a director is (or should be) a shareholder in the company. Directors are appointed, i.e. voted into office, by the shareholders of a company at a properly convened meeting of shareholders.
stock corporation is a type of corporation that does not issue stock. Instead of having shareholders, a nonstock corporation typically has Directors who have some other form of interest in the organization.
There is no legal requirement for a limited company director to also be a shareholder. So as a general rule, a person can be made a director, a shareholder, or both. The position of directors and shareholders differs in the remit of their role, their rights, and their responsibilities.
Owning shares in a company (i.e., being a shareholder) does not automatically make one a member of the company. In typical cases, a shareholder is also a member of the company. However, there can be instances where a person is a shareholder but not a member, and vice versa.
How to Transfer Ownership of a Corporation Consult your Articles of Incorporation and corporate bylaws. Contact the board of directors or shareholders. Find a buyer. Transfer ownership of stock. Inform the Secretary of State.
(a) Each corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, board and executive committee, if any, and shall keep at the office of the corporation in this state or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar in this state, a ...