Incorporation and Company Forms

Adopt any pre-incorporation contracts signed by a principal of a Canadian corporation on behalf of the company with this free template Directors' Resolution form.

• The Board of Directors resolve to adopt any contracts entered into by the authorized signing authority on behalf of the corporation prior to its incorporation.
• The corporation also releases the principal from any liability with respect to the contracts.
• It's common practice for a corporate insider to sign contracts prior to incorporating. This Directors' Resolution binds the corporation by the terms of the contracts as if it had signed on its own behalf.
• This form can be used by any corporation incorporated under a Business Corporations Act, whether under federal or provincial law. Not for use in Quebec.

Pass a Directors Resolution authorizing the payment of employee bonuses with this easy template for Canadian corporations.

• The Board of Directors authorizes bonuses be paid to certain employees, in specified amounts.
• The Board also sets the remuneration to be paid to the directors.
• This Directors Resolution template can be used by federal companies and by companies incorporated in any province or territory of Canada that has a Business Corporations Act. A French translation is required for use in Quebec.
• This downloadable template form can be reused as often as you like.

The directors of a US corporation can authorize the execution of a lease with this ready-made Directors' Resolution template.

• All material contracts, such as leases, must be approved and authorized by the Board of Directors before the corporation can enter into the contract and assume the obligations under the agreement.
• This standard form corporate resolution can be used by for-profit companies incorporated anywhere in the United States.
• Fill in the details of the lease, print the form and have it signed by all of the directors.
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Approve a change to the fiscal year end of a Canadian corporation with this free Directors Resolution form.

The template is a free download in MS Word format. If you don't have Word / Office, you can copy and paste the following text.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE DIRECTORS OF ________________________ (insert legal name of corporation)
(the "Corporation")

CHANGE OF YEAR END

WHEREAS the directors of the Corporation have determined that it is in the best interests of the Corporation to change the fiscal year end of the Corporation;
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the fiscal year end of the Corporation be the ___ day of ___________________ (insert month) of each year.

DATED at ______________________ (insert city, province) this ____ day of ____________, ________,

The undersigned being all of the directors of the Corporation, hereby adopt the foregoing resolutions pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act.


______________________________________
Signature of Director

Prepare a directors' resolution to change the fiscal year end of a U.S. corporation with this free downloadable template.

• The fiscal year end can only be changed by a resolution of the directors.
• This is a free resolution template in MS Word format.
• For use only by U.S. corporations.

The directors of a Canadian corporation can change its registered office by passing this Directors Resolution.

• The corporation's Board of Directors resolves to change the registered office from its current location to a new location.
• The corporate secretary is authorized to file the appropriate form of Notice with the applicable registry.
• The template can be used by any Canadian corporation formed under a Business Corporations Act, either federally or provincially. English version not valid in Quebec.
• Available as a fully editable download in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only within Canada.

Designate a financial institution to act as bankers for a Canadian corporation with this template Directors Resolution.

• Before the corporation sets up its bank accounts, the choice of a bank must be approved by the directors.
• The bank also requires all the proper corporate approvals to be given.
• This form can be downloaded and used by any business corporation in Canada, whether incorporated federally or in one of the provinces with a Business Corporations Act.
• Get your copy of the Directors Resolution to Designate Bank by adding the template to your shopping cart, then checkout using our secure transaction system. You can then download the form.

Designate the bank for a USA corporation with this template Directors Resolution.

• The Board of Directors resolves that the bank named in the Resolution will act as the corporation's banker.
• The Board authorizes the signing officers to sign and deliver all documents that the bank may require in order to open accounts and carry on the banking arrangements.
• This free corporate resolution form is available as a MS Word template.

Designate officers to act as corporate signing authorities with this template Directors' Resolution form.

• The Resolution must be passed by the Board of Directors to become effective.
• The directors decide which officers will have signing authority on behalf of the corporation, the types of documents the signing officers are authorized to sign, and whether an officer can sign alone or must sign jointly with other officers.
• This Directors Resolution to Designate Signing Officers form is not specifically intended for any country or jurisdiction and could be used in both Canada and the United States.
• The form is available as a MS Word template.

Prepare a Directors Resolution to authorize the issuance of new shares in a Canadian business corporation with this easy-to-use template.

• The directors accept the subscriptions for new shares and authorize the corporation to issue share certificates to the subscribers upon payment of the share price.
• Every time shares are issued, the directors must approve the issuance. And you can re-use this Directors Resolution form every time - just change the details of the share purchase.
• This is a reusable digital download that will save your corporate secretary lots of time and extra work.
• The form can be used by any privately owned corporation incorporated under a Business Corporations Act within Canada.