Alberta Share Classes - 2 Common, 3 Preferred Dividend Bearing

Prepare the Annual Resolutions of the shareholders and directors of a Canadian business corporation with this package of forms.

• In small privately held corporations, it is common to pass Resolutions instead of holding a formal annual meeting, to deal with all the business that must be covered in the corporation's annual meeting.
• This package is a convenient time-saver for corporate lawyers and paralegals. It contains the following template forms:

1. 1. Resolution of the directors appointing the corporate officers and approving the financial statements.
   2. Resolution of the voting shareholders approving the financials and electing the directors.
   3. Resolution of all of the shareholders appointing auditors or waiving the audit requirement.
   4. Cover letter to be sent by a law firm to its corporate clients, enclosing the forms and giving instructions to the client.

• This package of Canada Annual Resolutions Forms can be used for federal companies and in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nunavut, Yukon and Northwest Territories. French language translation required for Quebec.

Create voting, non-voting and redeemable share classes for an Alberta corporation with this Schedule to the Articles of Incorporation

• The Schedule sets out the rights and restrictions attaching to the following classes of shares:
  • Class A and B voting dividend bearing shares;
  • Class C and D nonvoting dividend bearing shares;
  • Class E nonvoting redeemable retractable dividend bearing shares, with rights on dissolution in priority to other classes;
  • Class F voting redeemable retractable nondividend bearing shares, with rights on dissolution in priority to other classes except Class E shares.
• The Schedule must be attached to the Articles of Incorporation or Amendment and submitted to Corporate Registry in accordance with the Business Corporations Act (Alberta).
• Available in MS Word format.

Set the agenda for an annual shareholders meeting of a Canadian corporation with this template form and procedural guide.

• The agenda form covers:
  • the items of business that are required to be dealt with in the meeting (such as the annual election of the directors),
  • a set of guidelines for conducting the meeting, and
  • the procedure for taking a poll if any shareholder requests a poll to be taken.
• This is a reusable and fully editable form in MS Word format.
• Intended for use only for companies incorporated in Canada under a provincial or federal Business Corporations Act.

Every new business corporation incorporated in Alberta must adopt this general by-law (By-law No. 1) to set out how the company's affairs will be conducted.

• The corporate by-laws form part of the company's governing documents, together with the Articles of Incorporation. The provisions of the by-laws comply with the Alberta Business Corporations Act.
• The bylaws govern such things as the holding and conduct of shareholder and director meetings, the composition of the Board of Directors, and the issuance of shares.
• The corporation will indemnify each person who acts as a director and/or officer against any costs, charges or expenses he or she may incur by reason of having been a director or officer of the corporation.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in the Province of Alberta, Canada.

Download this template Bylaw Number One (General Bylaw) for a Canadian corporation.

• A corporation's bylaws set out how the business of the corporation will be conducted.
• These bylaws set out:
  • how shareholder meetings are to be called and held, and the procedure for voting,
  • procedures for calling, holding and voting at meetings of the board of directors,
  • how officers will be appointed and what the duties of each officer are,
  • indemnity of directors and officers by the corporation with respect to actions taken by them in discharging their duties,
  • how notices and other corporate documents are to be signed.
• This Bylaw template can be used for Canadian companies incorporated under a Business Corporations Act, whether incorporated federally or provincially. This form is not valid in Quebec.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in Canada.