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CT Gen Stat § 33-927 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-927 - Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation.

 (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the Secretary of the State for filing a statement of change that sets forth: (1) Its name; (2) if the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of its current registered office and the street address of its new registered office; and (3) if the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of its current registered agent and the name of its new registered agent and the new agent's written consent, either on the statement or attached to it, to the appointment.(b) If a registered agent changes the street address of his business office, he may change the street address of the registered office of any foreign corporation for which he is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change and signing and delivering to the Secretary of the State for filing a statement of change that complies with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.(P.A. 94-186, S. 191, 215; P.A. 97-246, S. 33, 99; P.A. 11-147, S. 23.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (a) to combine former Subdivs. (2) and (3) into Subdiv. (2), thereby providing that the statement must set forth the street address of the current registered office only if the current registered office is to be changed, combine former Subdivs. (4) and (5) into new Subdiv. (3), thereby providing that the statement must set forth the name of the current registered agent only if the current registered agent is to be changed, and delete former Subdiv. (6) that had required the statement to set forth that, after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical, effective June 27, 1997; P.A. 11-147 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re agent signing statement “either manually or in facsimile”.
CT Gen Stat § 33-928 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-928 - Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.

 (a) The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign his agency appointment by signing and delivering to the Secretary of the State for filing the original and one exact or conformed copy of a statement of resignation. The statement of resignation may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.(b) After filing the statement, the Secretary of the State shall mail the copy to the foreign corporation at its principal office address shown in its most recent annual report.(c) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the thirty-first day after the date on which the statement was filed.(P.A. 94-186, S. 192, 215; P.A. 97-246, S. 34, 35, 99.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (a) to reduce from two to one the number of copies of the statement of resignation that must be delivered to the Secretary of the State and amended Subsec. (b) to delete the requirement that the Secretary of the State attach the filing receipt to one copy and mail that copy and the receipt to the registered office if not discontinued, effective June 27, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-932 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-932 - Withdrawal of foreign corporation.

 (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may not withdraw from this state until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the Secretary of the State.(b) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the Secretary of the State for filing. The application shall set forth: (1) The name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated; (2) that it is not transacting business in this state and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this state; (3) that it revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the Secretary of the State and his successors in office as its agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to transact business in this state; (4) a mailing address to which the Secretary of the State may mail a copy of any process served on him under subdivision (3) of this subsection; and (5) a commitment to notify the Secretary of the State in the future of any change in its mailing address.(c) After the withdrawal of the corporation is effective, service of process on the Secretary of the State as provided in section 33-929 is service on the foreign corporation.(P.A. 94-186, S. 194, 215; P.A. 97-246, S. 37, 38, 99.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (b) to provide in Subdiv. (3) that the appointment is of the Secretary of the State “and his successors in office” and amended Subsec. (c) to provide that service on the Secretary of the State is made “as provided in Sec. 33-929” rather than “under this section” and delete provision that required the Secretary of the State to mail a copy of the process to the foreign corporation, effective June 27, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-935 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-935 - Grounds for revocation.

 The Secretary of the State may commence a proceeding under section 33-936 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if: (1) The foreign corporation has failed to file its annual report with the Secretary of the State; (2) the foreign corporation does not pay within sixty days after they are due any license fees, franchise taxes or penalties imposed by sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, or other law; (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for sixty days or more; (4) the foreign corporation does not inform the Secretary of the State under section 33-927 or 33-928 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office has been discontinued within sixty days of the change, resignation or discontinuance; (5) an incorporator, director, officer or agent of the foreign corporation signed a document he knew was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of the State for filing; or (6) the Secretary of the State receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of the state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger.(P.A. 94-186, S. 195, 215; P.A. 95-252, S. 31, 36; P.A. 14-154, S. 4.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 95-252 deleted former Subdiv. (1) that had provided as a ground for the revocation of a certificate of authority the failure of a foreign corporation to deliver its annual report to the Secretary of the State within 60 days after it is due, renumbering the remaining Subdivs. accordingly, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 14-154 added new Subdiv. (1) re revocation of certificate of authority to transact business due to foreign corporation's failure to file annual report with Secretary of the State and redesignated existing Subdivs. (1) to (5) as Subdivs. (2) to (6), effective January 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 33-937 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-937 - Appeal from revocation.

 (a) A foreign corporation may appeal the Secretary of the State's revocation of its certificate of authority to the Superior Court within thirty days after service of the certificate of revocation is effective under section 33-929. The foreign corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the Secretary of the State's certificate of revocation.(b) The court may summarily order the Secretary of the State to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.(c) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.(P.A. 94-186, S. 197, 215; P.A. 97-246, S. 88, 99.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “perfected” with “effective”, effective June 27, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-945 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-945 - Corporate records.

 (a) A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation.(b) A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.(c) A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.(d) A corporation shall maintain its records in the form of a document, including an electronic record, or in another form capable of conversion into paper form within a reasonable time.(e) A corporation shall keep a copy of the following records at its principal office: (1) Its certificate of incorporation or restated certificate of incorporation, all amendments to them currently in effect and any notices to shareholders referred to in subsection (l) of section 33-608 regarding facts on which a document is dependent; (2) its bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect; (3) resolutions adopted by its board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares and fixing their relative rights, preferences and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding; (4) the minutes of all shareholders' meetings and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting for the past three years; (5) all written communications to shareholders generally within the past three years, including the financial statements furnished for the past three years under section 33-951; (6) a list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers; and (7) its most recent annual report delivered to the Secretary of the State under section 33-953.(P.A. 94-186, S. 198, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 143, 254; P.A. 03-158, S. 12; P.A. 11-147, S. 24.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (e) to replace “articles” of incorporation with “certificate” of incorporation, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 03-158 amended Subsec. (e)(1) by adding provision re notices to shareholders of facts on which a document is dependent and by making a technical change; P.A. 11-147 amended Subsec. (d) to replace “in written form” with “in the form of a document, including an electronic record” and replace “written form” with “paper form”.
CT Gen Stat § 33-947 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-947 - Scope of inspection right.

 (a) A shareholder's agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the shareholder represented.(b) The right to copy records under section 33-946 includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies by xerographic or other means, including copies through an electronic transmission if available and so requested by the shareholder.(c) The corporation may comply at its expense with a shareholder's demand to inspect the record of shareholders under subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 33-946 by providing the shareholder with a list of shareholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of the shareholder's demand.(d) The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the shareholder. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production, reproduction or transmission of the records.(P.A. 94-186, S. 200, 215; P.A. 01-199, S. 27; P.A. 11-147, S. 27.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 01-199 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic or other means” with “the right to receive copies by xerographic or other means, including copies through an electronic transmission if available and so requested by the shareholder”, redesignated former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c) and amended to add “at its expense”, redesignated former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d) and amended to include the estimated cost of “transmission” of the records and made technical changes throughout section for purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 11-147 amended Subsec. (c) to make a technical change in statutory reference.Cited. 45 CS 101.
CT Gen Stat § 33-948 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-948 - Court-ordered inspection.

 (a) If a corporation does not allow a shareholder who complies with subsection (a) of section 33-946 to inspect and copy any records required by that subsection to be available for inspection, the superior court for the judicial district where the corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is located may summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the corporation's expense upon application of the shareholder.(b) If a corporation does not within a reasonable time allow a shareholder to inspect and copy any other record, the shareholder who complies with subsections (c) and (d) of section 33-946 may apply to the superior court for the judicial district where the corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is located for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.(c) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it shall also order the corporation to pay the shareholder's expenses incurred to obtain the order unless the corporation proves that it refused inspection in good faith because it had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the shareholder to inspect the records demanded.(d) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of the records by the demanding shareholder.(P.A. 94-186, S. 201, 215; P.A. 97-246, S. 40, 99; P.A. 09-55, S. 20; P.A. 11-147, S. 28.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “counsel fees” with “attorney's fees”, effective June 27, 1997; P.A. 09-55 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “costs, including reasonable attorney's fees” with “expenses”; P.A. 11-147 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes in statutory references.Cited. 45 CS 101.Subsec. (b):Law firm lacked probable cause to file complaint on behalf of shareholder to permit inspection of corporate records in matter where the offer to repurchase shares of stock held by shareholder had expired. 103 CA 20.
CT Gen Stat § 33-949 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-949 - Inspection of records by directors.

 (a) A director of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy the books, records and documents of the corporation at any reasonable time to the extent reasonably related to the performance of the director's duties as a director, including duties as a member of a committee, but not for any other purpose or in any manner that would violate any duty to the corporation.(b) The superior court for the judicial district where the corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is located may order inspection and copying of the books, records and documents at the corporation's expense, upon application of a director who has been refused such inspection rights, unless the corporation establishes that the director is not entitled to such inspection rights. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.(c) If an order is issued, the court may include provisions protecting the corporation from undue burden or expense, and prohibiting the director from using information obtained upon exercise of the inspection rights in a manner that would violate a duty to the corporation, and may also order the corporation to reimburse the director for the director's expenses incurred in connection with the application.(P.A. 01-199, S. 28; P.A. 09-55, S. 21.)History: P.A. 09-55 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “the director's costs, including reasonable counsel fees” with “the director's expenses”.
CT Gen Stat § 33-950 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-950 - Exception to notice requirement.

 (a) Whenever notice would otherwise be required to be given under any provision of sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, to a shareholder, such notice need not be given if:(1) Notices to the shareholders of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, have been sent to such shareholder at such shareholder's address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable or could not be delivered; or(2) All, but not less than two, payments of dividends on securities during a twelve-month period, or two consecutive payments of dividends on securities during a period of more than twelve months, have been sent to such shareholder at such shareholder's address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable or could not be delivered.(b) If any such shareholder delivers to the corporation a written notice setting forth such shareholder's current address, the requirement that notice be given to such shareholder shall be reinstated.(P.A. 01-199, S. 29; P.A. 11-147, S. 25.)History: P.A. 11-147 amended Subsec. (a) to rephrase prefatory language, replace “Notice” with “Notices to the shareholders” and include notices that “could not be delivered” in Subdiv. (1) and include payments of dividends that “could not be delivered” in Subdiv. (2).
CT Gen Stat § 33-951 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-951 - Financial statements for shareholders.

 (a) A corporation, except a corporation required by law to file financial reports with the Banking Commissioner, the Insurance Commissioner or the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall furnish its shareholders annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income statement for that year, and a statement of changes in shareholders' equity for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements must also be prepared on that basis.(b) If the annual financial statements are reported upon by a public accountant, his report must accompany them. If not, the statements must be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the corporation's accounting records: (1) Stating his reasonable belief whether the statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation; and (2) describing any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the statements prepared for the preceding year.(c) Such corporation shall deliver the annual financial statements to each shareholder within one hundred twenty days after the close of each fiscal year. Thereafter, on written request from a shareholder to whom the statements were not delivered, the corporation shall deliver to such shareholder the latest financial statements. Any delivery of financial statements by electronic transmission permitted by this section must be in a manner authorized by the shareholder. A public corporation may fulfill its responsibilities under this subsection by delivering the specified financial statements, or otherwise making them available, in any manner permitted by the applicable rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.(P.A. 94-186, S. 202, 215; P.A. 03-84, S. 22; P.A. 09-55, S. 30; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 03-84 changed “Commissioner of Banking” to “Banking Commissioner” in Subsec. (a), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 09-55 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “mail” and “mailed” with “deliver” and “delivered”, add requirement that delivery by electronic transmission be in a manner authorized by the shareholder, add provision re public corporation may fulfill its responsibilities by delivering or making available the financial statements in a manner permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and make technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 33-952 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-952 - Other reports to shareholders.

 Section 33-952 is repealed, effective October 1, 2001.(P.A. 94-186, S. 203, 215; P.A. 01-199, S. 47.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-954 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-954 - Failure to file report. Incorrect report.

 (a) Any corporation required to file annual reports as provided in section 33-953, which fails to file its annual report on or before the due date thereof, shall be in default in respect thereof until the same is filed.(b) The Secretary of the State shall not accept for filing a report from a corporation until any default for failure to file any prior report is cured. If the Secretary of the State finds that any annual report received from a corporation does not conform to law, he may return it to the corporation for correction. If the report is returned for correction and is not received by the Secretary of the State in corrected form on or before the due date thereof, the corporation shall be in default for failure to file its report. If the report is returned for failure to file any previous report and is not returned with any such previous report on or before the due date of the current report, the corporation shall be in default for failure to file two reports.(P.A. 94-186, S. 205, 215; P.A. 95-252, S. 32, 36; P.A. 96-271, S. 146, 254.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 95-252 deleted Subsec. (c) that had required the Secretary of the State to effect the administrative dissolution of a corporation that is in default of filing its annual report, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re filing fee for corrected report filed after the due date thereof, effective January 1, 1997.