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Alberta Self Incorporation Kit Content
1. Starting Your Business in Alberta as a Corporation
2. Why Choose a Corporation
3. Steps to incorporating a new company in Alberta
3.1 Choosing a name
3.1.1 Distinctiveness
3.1.2 Confusion with other names or trade-marks
3.1.3 Legal element
3.1.4 Accepted legal elements
3.1.5 Unacceptable terms
3.1.6 Applying for a corporate name
3.1.7 Keeping your good name
3.2 Preparing your articles of incorporation
What is included in the articles of incorporation
Language of the articles
Share structure and shareholders
The share structure of your corporation
Classes of Shares
Your corporation's shareholders
Becoming a shareholder
Rights and responsibilities of shareholders
Ceasing to be a shareholder
Transfer of shares
Shareholder resolutions
Ordinary resolutions
Special resolutions
Unanimous resolutions
Shareholders' meetings
Calling a shareholders' meeting
Annual meetings
The notice for the annual meeting must address the following issues
Annual shareholders' meetings must have on the agenda, at a minimum:
Location of the shareholders' meeting
Shareholders Special meetings
Resolution in lieu of a shareholders' meeting
Resolutions should be kept in the corporation's records
Quorum
Electronic voting
Minutes of the meeting
Shareholder agreements
Management of the corporation and relations among shareholders
Right to sit on the board
Higher shareholder approval than the Alberta Business Corporation Act
Future obligations
Future purchase of shares
Common Types of Share Classes
Common Shares
Non-Voting Shares
Preferred Shares
Restrictions on Share Transfers
Shares and Voting
3.3 Establishing the initial registered office address and first board of directors
Your corporation's board of directors
Director requirements
Canadian residency
Directors as shareholders
Mandate of the directors
Directors' terms ends
Vacancy on the board of directors
No directors
Duties and liabilities of directors and officers
Duty of care
Remaining informed
Preventing conflicts of interest
Specific liabilities
Protection from liability
Meetings of the board of directors
Making, repealing and amending by-laws
Appointing officers
Decisions requiring director approval
3.4 Filing the appropriate forms and paying the fee
3.4.1 Instructions to complete articles of incorporation Form
3.4.2 Instructions to complete Notice of Directors or Notice of Change of Directors Form
3.4.3 Instructions to complete Notice of Address Form
3.5 Processing your application
4. Complete Bylaws, Organizational Minutes & Issue Shares
5. Organizing your corporation
5.1 First directors
5.2 Organizational meeting
5.3 At this meeting, the directors can
5.4 Making by-laws
5.5 Among other things, your by-laws can
5.6 Issuing shares
5.7 Appointing the officers
5.8 First meeting of shareholders
5.9 At this meeting, the shareholders:
6. Keeping your corporation in good standing
6.1 Filing an annual return
6.2 Purpose of the Annual Return
6.3 Deadline of Annual Returns
6.4 Consequences of not filing an annual return
6.5 Filing a change of registered office address
6.6 Filing changes regarding directors
7. Maintaining corporate records
8. Purchase a Minute Book
9. Other corporate obligations
9.1 Appointing auditors
9.2 Preparing financial statements
9.3 Sharing financial statements
10. Obtain Other Permits & Licenses
11. Obtain a Business number
12. Opening Your Bank Account
13. Incorporation Application Forms and Supporting Documents
Incorporation Application Instructions
Incorporation Supporting Documents
Incorporation Supporting Documents Instructions