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Stakeholders of The Corporation: 1. An Artificial Being
Stakeholders of The Corporation: 1. An Artificial Being
Stakeholders of The Corporation: 1. An Artificial Being
CORPORATION LAW
Introduction severally liable for the debts and the
liabilities of the OPC.
Stakeholders of the Corporation– State,
stockholders, directors, and officers, and Liability of the Corporation for Torts
creditors. Committed by its Officers/ Agents
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2. When should the corporation formally organized and commerce its business? Sec 18, par. 3 provides
that a private corporation organized under RCCP commences its corporate existence and juridical
personality from the date the Commission has issued a certificate of incorporation. Within 5 years from
the issuance of the COI.
3. When is a corporation considered to have formally organized and commenced its business? Completion
of the registration process and submission of all required permits and compulsory registrations.
4. What is the consequence if a corporation is placed in delinquent status?
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1. What are the revisions under the RCCP regarding Board of Directors or Trustees?
BP # 63 RA 11232
Enumerates which
corporations should have
independent directors
corporations covered by
Section 17.2; banks, quasi-
banks, non-stock savings
and loan savings
associations; pawnshops;
corporations engaged in
money service; preneed;
trust; and insurance
companies; other
corporations engaged in
businesses vested with
public interest similar to
those in #1 and 2.
Elections of the
Independent directors.
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Under the doctrine of centralized management, the directors as individually elected members of the
Board must be totally accountable only to the corporation and the stockholders, and not to the Board as
the possessor of all corporate powers.
XPN: The contracts are so unconscionable (extremely unjust) and oppressive as to amount to a wanton
destruction of the right of the minority.
Term – the time during which the officer may claim to hold office as of right and fixes the interval after
which the several incumbents shall succeed one another. Fixed by the law.
Tenure – represents the term during which the incumbent actually holds office. Holdover constitutes the
tenure.
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7. What corporations are required to have independent directors in their Boards?
Section 22 enumerates which corporations should have independent directors:
a. Corporations covered by Section 17.2 of SRC, specifically: (a). those whose securities are
registered with the SEC; (b). corporations listed with an exchange; and (c). corporations with
assets of at least Php 50 M and having 200 or more holders of shares, each holding at least 100
shares of a class of its equity shares;
b. Bank and quasi-banks, non-stock savings and loan associations (NSSLAs), pawnshops,
corporations engaged in money service business, preneed, trust and insurance companies, and
other financial intermediaries; and
c. Other corporations engaged in businesses vested with public interest similar to those in nos. 1 &
2 as may be determined by the SEC, after considering relevant factors that are connected to the
objective and purpose of requiring the election of an independent directors, such as: (a). extent
of minority ownership; (b). type of financial products or securities issued or offered to investors;
(c). public interest involved in the nature of business operations; and (d). other analogous
factors.
Stockholders or members of the corporation is vested with the right to elect member of the board of directors
or trustees.
Not allowed:
- Mere designation
- Automatic membership of board of directors
-present in person