Pre-Incorporation Agreement

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.

Organize a newly incorporated Canadian corporation with these initial Directors Resolutions to Organize Corporation.

• These resolutions can be signed by all of the directors in lieu of holding a formal organizational meeting.
• The resolutions deal with the following matters:
  • appointing the corporate officers,
  • adopting the corporation's by-laws,
  • adopting a form of share certificate and issuing shares to the initial shareholders,
  • designating one or more officers as corporate signing authorities,
  • appointing a bank,
  • setting the fiscal year end of the corporation,
  • indemnifying each person who acts as a director or officer.
• These Canada Directors Resolutions to Organize Corporation are provided as a downloadable MS Word file which is fully editable.
• The documents can be used by corporations formed under any Business Corporations Act, whether federally or provincially. Different forms may be required for Quebec.

Adopt a set of Bylaws for a US business corporation with this downloadable standard form template for for-profit corporations.

• At a post-incorporation meeting the directors must adopt bylaws to regulate the management of the corporation.
• This template form covers all matters required to be addressed, including:
  • when and how meetings of shareholders and directors will be called and conducted,
  • how corporate officers will be appointed and what the respective duties are of each officer,
  • how notice must be given in order to comply with the by-laws, constating documents and State laws,
  • the form of stock certificates adopted by the corporation,
  • adoption of the corporate seal.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only by for-profit corporations formed in the United States.

Organize a newly incorporated for-profit corporation with this Organizational Forms Package for the USA. This package contains the following forms, which must be kept in the corporation's minute book:

1. By-laws of the corporation.
2. Subscription form for shares of stock.
3. Minutes of the first meeting of directors and shareholders following the incorporation.
4. Consent to Act form which must be signed by each director and officer before they can be appointed.
5. Resignation form to be signed by the first director / incorporator.
6. Indemnity of Director, by which the corporation indemnifies each director against any costs or damages incurred as a result of his/her acting as a director.
7. Register of directors and managers.
8. Stock issuance and transfer register.
9. Capitalization summary.
10. Ledgers containing details of all common stock, stock options and warrants issued and outstanding.

Every for-profit corporation in the United States must keep its constating documents and up-to-date corporate records in its minute book. You can download all of the forms you need in one package at one low price.