Minutes of Annual Directors Meeting | USA

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.
• The form is available in MS Word format and is fully editable and reusable. Buy, download, use as often as needed.

Draft up a Pre-Incorporation Agreement between the incorporators of a new company with this easy-to-use template.

Purpose of Agreement

A Pre-Incorporation Agreement can be used by the incorporating founders need to enter into binding contracts for the company before it is officially registered. Examples of this could include setting up business bank accounts, signing a lease, and purchasing equipment and other assets.

Issue of Initial Shares

The Agreement sets out the process for issuing initial shares of stock to each of the incorporators, and the consideration for the shares.

Right of First Refusal

Each incorporator agrees not to sell or transfer their initial shares without first offering the shares to the corporation and to the other shareholders, who have right of first refusal.

Management of the Business

The incorporators agree to employ one of the parties as manager of the corporation's business.

Format and Use

This Pre-Incorporation Agreement template is available as a fully customizable Microsoft Word document. It is a generic form that contains no references to specific laws, so it can be used in many jurisdictions.

Use this standard template form to take minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors of a for-profit corporation.

• This is a generic USA template which can be modified by adding State-specific details.
• The template covers the following meeting agenda items:
  • constitution of the meeting,
  • determining if a quorum was met,
  • dispensing with old business from any previous meeting(s),
  • dealing with new business coming before the meeting, and
  • termination of the meeting.
• You can download the template Minutes form immediately after purchasing it, and use it as your standard format for each meeting of the company's directors.

Hire an actor on a loan-out basis with this USA Actor Loan Out Agreement for SAG Members.

• The performer will provide his/her services during principal photography, as well as pre-production (rehearsals, production meetings, etc.) and post-production services (reshoots, ADR, etc.).
• The actor will be paid a weekly rate for the services rendered, and a portion of the net profits of the picture as deferred compensation.
• The relationship between the actor and the producer is not that of employee and employer. The actor is an employee of his/her loan-out corporation, and not the producer. The corporation is responsible for withholding and/or paying all amounts required to be paid with respect to the actor's employment and compensation.
• The actor will be provided with transportation, a vehicle, an expense allowance, living accommodation, and dressing room facilities.
• The actor will get screen credit and credit in paid advertising for the motion picture.
• The actor agrees not to do anything that is prohibited under any policy of insurance covering the actor that is obtained by the producer.
• The file includes a Letter of Inducement from the performer, which makes representations about the performer's relationship to the loan-out corporation, and indemnifies the producer against any claims resulting from the performer's work on the picture.
• You can customize the USA Actor Loan Out Agreement for SAG Members, and re-use it on future film projects. Download your copy now.

Give notice to members of a U.S. corporation's Board of Directors about an upcoming meeting with this free template.

• A copy of the Notice must be provided to each of the directors prior to the meeting in accordance with the notice requirements set out in the corporation's bylaws and the governing law.
• The Notice form can be used for corporations incorporated anywhere in the United States.
• This is a free downloadable template in MS Word format.