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RSA 293-A:1.20 · Requirements for Documents; Extrinsic Facts
293-A:1.20 Requirements for Documents; Extrinsic Facts. –
Copy linkA document must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the secretary of state.
Copy linkThis chapter must require or permit filing the document in the office of the secretary of state.
Copy linkThe document must contain the information required by this chapter. It may contain other information as well.
Copy linkThe document must be typewritten or printed or, if electronically transmitted, it must be in a format that can be retrieved or reproduced in typewritten or printed form.
Copy linkThe document must be in the English language. A corporate name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.
Copy linkby the chairman of the board of directors of a domestic or foreign corporation, by its president, or by another of its officers;
Copy linkif directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or
Copy linkif the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.
Copy linkThe person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite the person's signature the person's name and the capacity in which the document is signed. The document may but need not contain:
Copy linkIf the secretary of state has prescribed a mandatory form for the document under RSA 293-A:1.21, the document must be in or on the prescribed form.
Copy linkThe document must be delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing and shall be accompanied by the correct filing fee, and any franchise tax, license fee, or penalty required by this chapter or other law. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the secretary of state.
Copy linkWhenever a provision of this chapter permits any of the terms of a plan or a filed document to be dependent on facts objectively ascertainable outside the plan or filed document, the following provisions apply:
Copy linkThe manner in which the facts will operate upon the terms of the plan or filed document shall be set forth in the plan or filed document.
Copy linkany of the following that is available in a nationally recognized news or information medium either in print or electronically: statistical or market indices, market prices of any security or group of securities, interest rates, currency exchange rates, or similar economic or financial data;
Copy linka determination or action by any person or body, including the corporation or any other party to a plan or filed document; or
Copy linkthe terms of, or actions taken under, an agreement to which the corporation is a party, or any other agreement or document.
Copy link"filed document" means a document filed with the secretary of state under any provision of this chapter except RSA 293-A:15 or RSA 293-A:16.21; and
Copy linkThe following provisions of a plan or filed document may not be made dependent on facts outside the plan or filed document:
Copy linkAny required statement in a filed document of the date on which the underlying transaction was approved or the manner in which that approval was given.
Copy linkIf a provision of a filed document is made dependent on a fact ascertainable outside of the filed document, and that fact is not ascertainable by reference to a source described in RSA 293-A:1.20(j)(2)(i) or a document that is a matter of public record, or the affected shareholders have not received notice of the fact from the corporation, then the corporation shall file with the secretary of state articles of amendment setting forth the fact promptly after the time when the fact referred to is first ascertainable or thereafter changes. Articles of amendment under RSA 293-A:1.20(j)(5) are deemed to be authorized by the authorization of the original filed document or plan to which they relate and may be filed by the corporation without further action by the board of directors or the shareholders. Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
Copy linkSource note
Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
Source history
- 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014
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