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NH Rev Stat § 293-A:2.06 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:2.06 - Bylaws.

    293-A:2.06 Bylaws. –||(a) The incorporators or board of directors of a corporation shall adopt initial bylaws for the corporation.||(b) The bylaws of a corporation may contain any provision that is not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation.||(c) The bylaws may contain one or both of the following provisions:||(1) A requirement that if the corporation solicits proxies or consents with respect to an election of directors, the corporation include in its proxy statement and any form of its proxy or consent, to the extent and subject to such procedures or conditions as are provided in the bylaws, one or more individuals nominated by a shareholder in addition to individuals nominated by the board of directors; and||(2) A requirement that the corporation reimburse the expenses incurred by a shareholder in soliciting proxies or consents in connection with an election of directors, to the extent and subject to such procedures or conditions as are provided in the bylaws, provided that no bylaw so adopted shall apply to elections for which any record date precedes its adoption.||(d) Notwithstanding RSA 293-A:10.20(b)(2), the shareholders in amending, repealing, or adopting a bylaw described in subsection (c) may not limit the authority of the board of directors to amend or repeal any condition or procedure set forth in or to add any procedure or condition to such a bylaw in order to provide for a reasonable, practicable, and orderly process.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:2.07 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:2.07 - Emergency Bylaws.

    293-A:2.07 Emergency Bylaws. –||(a) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the board of directors of a corporation may adopt bylaws to be effective only in an emergency defined in subsection (d). The emergency bylaws, which are subject to amendment or repeal by the shareholders, may make all provisions necessary for managing the corporation during the emergency, including:||(1) procedures for calling a meeting of the board of directors;||(2) quorum requirements for the meeting; and||(3) designation of additional or substitute directors.||(b) All provisions of the regular bylaws consistent with the emergency bylaws remain effective during the emergency. The emergency bylaws are not effective after the emergency ends.||(c) Corporate action taken in good faith in accordance with the emergency bylaws:||(1) binds the corporation; and||(2) may not be used to impose liability on a corporate director, officer, employee, or agent.||(d) An emergency exists for purposes of this section if a quorum of the corporation's directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:3.01 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:3.01 - Purposes.

    293-A:3.01 Purposes. –||(a) Every corporation incorporated under this chapter has the purpose of engaging in any lawful business unless a more limited purpose is set forth in the articles of incorporation.||(b) A corporation engaging in a business that is subject to regulation under another statute of this state may incorporate under this chapter only if permitted by, and subject to all limitations of, the other statute.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:3.02 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:3.02 - General Powers.

    293-A:3.02 General Powers. –||(a) Unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, every corporation has perpetual duration and succession in its corporate name and has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business and affairs, including without limitation power:||(1) to sue and be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name;||(2) to have a corporate seal, which may be altered at will, and to use it, or a facsimile of it, by impressing or affixing it or in any other manner reproducing it;||(3) to make and amend bylaws, not inconsistent with its articles of incorporation or with the laws of this state, for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the corporation;||(4) to purchase, receive, lease, or otherwise acquire, and own, hold, improve, use, and otherwise deal with, real or personal property, or any legal or equitable interest in property, wherever located;||(5) to sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property;||(6) to purchase, receive, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire; own, hold, vote, use, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge, or otherwise dispose of; and deal in and with shares or other interests in, or obligations of, any other entity;||(7) to make contracts and guarantees, incur liabilities, borrow money, issue its notes, bonds, and other obligations (which may be convertible into or include the option to purchase other securities of the corporation), and secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of its property, franchises, or income;||(8) to lend money, invest and reinvest its funds, and receive and hold real and personal property as security for repayment;||(9) to be a promoter, partner, member, associate, or manager of any partnership, joint venture, trust, or other entity;||(10) to conduct its business, locate offices, and exercise the powers granted by this chapter within or without this state;||(11) to elect directors and appoint officers, employees, and agents of the corporation, define their duties, fix their compensation, and lend them money and credit;||(12) to pay pensions and establish pension plans, pension trusts, profit sharing plans, share bonus plans, share option plans, and benefit or incentive plans for any or all of its current or former directors, officers, employees, and agents;||(13) to make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes;||(14) to transact any lawful business that will aid governmental policy; and||(15) to make payments or donations, or do any other act, not inconsistent with law, that furthers the business and affairs of the corporation.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:3.03 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:3.03 - Emergency Powers.

    293-A:3.03 Emergency Powers. –||(a) In anticipation of or during an emergency defined in subsection (d), the board of directors of a corporation may:||(1) modify lines of succession to accommodate the incapacity of any director, officer, employee, or agent; and||(2) relocate the principal office, designate alternative principal offices or regional offices, or authorize the officers to do so.||(b) During an emergency defined in subsection (d), unless emergency bylaws provide otherwise:||(1) notice of a meeting of the board of directors need be given only to those directors whom it is practicable to reach and may be given in any practicable manner, including by publication and radio; and||(2) one or more officers of the corporation present at a meeting of the board of directors may be deemed to be directors for the meeting, in order of rank and within the same rank in order of seniority, as necessary to achieve a quorum.||(c) Corporate action taken in good faith during an emergency under this section to further the ordinary business affairs of the corporation:||(1) binds the corporation; and||(2) may not be used to impose liability on a corporate director, officer, employee, or agent.||(d) An emergency exists for purposes of this section if a quorum of the corporation's directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:3.04 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:3.04 - Ultra Vires.

    293-A:3.04 Ultra Vires. –||(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the validity of corporate action may not be challenged on the ground that the corporation lacks or lacked power to act.||(b) A corporation's power to act may be challenged:||(1) in a proceeding by a shareholder against the corporation to enjoin the act;||(2) in a proceeding by the corporation, directly, derivatively, or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative, against an incumbent or former director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation; or||(3) in a proceeding by the attorney general under RSA 293-A:14.30.||(c) In a shareholder's proceeding under subsection (b)(1) to enjoin an unauthorized corporate act, the court may enjoin or set aside the act, if equitable and if all affected persons are parties to the proceeding, and may award damages for loss (other than anticipated profits) suffered by the corporation or another party because of enjoining the unauthorized act.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:3.05 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:3.05 - Trust Powers.

    293-A:3.05 Trust Powers. –||(a) A corporation shall have trust powers to the extent that it:||(1) Does not transact business with the general public; or||(2) Is a bank as defined in RSA 383-A:2-201(a)(3) and is authorized to engage in trust business in this state under RSA 383-A, RSA 383-B, RSA 383-C, or RSA 383-D.||(b) Trust powers include the power to act as a trustee or other fiduciary, a trust advisor as defined in RSA 564-B:1-103(27), or a trust protector as defined in RSA 564-B:1-103(28).||(c) For purposes of subsection (a)(1), a corporation does not transact business with the general public to the extent that the corporation:||(1) Qualifies as a family office under 15 U.S.C. section 80b-2(a)(11)(G); or||(2) Offers and provides its services only to persons who would qualify as family clients as defined in RSA 383-D:2-201(b)(5) if the corporation was chartered as a family trust company under RSA 383-D.||(d) For purposes of subsection (c)(2), a corporation may use any reasonable method for:||(1) Identifying a designated relative as defined in RSA 383-D:2-201(b)(2); and||(2) Selecting a method for determining family members as described in RSA 383-D:4-402(b)(2) or (c).||(e) A corporation described in subsection (a)(1) shall be exempt from RSA Title 35 and shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the New Hampshire bank commissioner.||(f) To the extent that a corporation other than a corporation described in subsection (a)(2) transacts business with the general public, the following shall apply:||(1) Any action by the corporation shall not be void or voidable solely by reason of the corporation transacting business with the general public.||(2) Each of the corporation's directors and officers shall be personally, jointly, and severally liable for all liabilities created by the corporation transacting business with the general public, including any breach of a fiduciary duty to a member of the general public.||(3) A director's or officer's liability under subsection (f)(2) is in addition to any civil or criminal penalties imposed by applicable law.||(g) This section does not restrict the rights and remedies of any person affected by a corporation's exercise of trust powers, including the right to commence a judicial proceeding seeking:||(1) A remedy for a breach of trust under RSA 564-B:10-1001;||(2) Damages for a breach of trust under RSA 564-B:10-1002; or||(3) Damages under RSA 564-B:10-1003.|||Source. 2017, 257:32, eff. July 18, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:4.02 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:4.02 - Reserved Name.

    293-A:4.02 Reserved Name. –||(a) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a corporate name by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the secretary of state finds that the corporate name applied for is available, the secretary of state shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable 120-day period.||(b) The owner of a reserved corporate name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the secretary of state a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:4.03 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:4.03 - Registered Name.

    293-A:4.03 Registered Name. –||(a) Any corporation organized and existing under the laws of any state or territory of the United States may register its corporate name under this chapter, provided its corporation name is available as required by RSA 293-A:4.01.||(b) A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by RSA 293-A:15.06, by delivering to the secretary of state for filing an application:||(1) setting forth its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by RSA 293-A:15.06, the state or country and date of its incorporation, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and||(2) accompanied by a certificate of good standing (or a document of similar import) from the state or country of incorporation.||(c) The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application until the close of the calendar year.||(d) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (b), between October 1 and December 31 of the preceding year. The renewal application when filed renews the registration for the following calendar year.||(e) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may thereafter qualify the foreign corporation to transact business in New Hampshire under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation thereafter incorporated under this chapter or by another foreign corporation thereafter authorized to transact business in this state. The registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated or the foreign corporation qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign corporation under the registered name.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:5.01 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:5.01 - Registered Office and Registered Agent.

    293-A:5.01 Registered Office and Registered Agent. –||(a) Each corporation must continuously maintain in this state:||(1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and||(2) a registered agent, who may be:||(i) an individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;||(ii) a corporation organized or authorized under RSA 292, RSA 293-A, or RSA 294-A whose business office is identical with the registered office;||(iii) a limited liability company formed or authorized under RSA 304-C whose business office is identical with the registered office; or||(iv) a limited liability partnership formed or authorized under RSA 304-A:44 whose business office is identical with the registered office.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:5.02 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:5.02 - Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent.

    293-A:5.02 Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent. –||(a) A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth:||(1) the name of the corporation;||(2) the street address of its current registered office;||(3) if the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office;||(4) the name of its current registered agent;||(5) if the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent; and||(6) 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.||(b) If the street address of a registered agent's business office changes, the agent may change the street address of the registered office of any corporation for which the agent is the registered agent by delivering a signed written notice of the change to the corporation and delivering to the secretary of state for filing a signed statement that complies with the requirements of subsection (a) and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:5.03 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:5.03 - Resignation of Registered Agent.

    293-A:5.03 Resignation of Registered Agent. –||(a) A registered agent may resign the agent's appointment by signing and delivering to the secretary of state for filing the signed original and one exact or conformed copy of a statement of resignation. The statement may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.||(b) After filing the statement the secretary of state shall mail the copy to the corporation at its principal office.||(c) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the 31st day after the date on which the statement was filed.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:5.04 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:5.04 - Service on Corporation.

    293-A:5.04 Service on Corporation. –||(a) A corporation's registered agent is the corporation's agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the corporation.||(b) If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the corporation at its principal office. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of:||(1) the date the corporation receives the mail;||(2) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the corporation; or||(3) five days after its deposit in the U.S. Mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.||(c) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means of serving a corporation.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:6.01 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:6.01 - Authorized Shares.

    293-A:6.01 Authorized Shares. –||(a) The articles of incorporation must set forth any classes of shares and series of shares within a class, and the number of shares of each class and series, that the corporation is authorized to issue. If more than one class or series of shares is authorized, the articles of incorporation must prescribe a distinguishing designation for each class or series and must describe, prior to the issuance of shares of a class or series, the terms, including the preferences, rights, and limitations, of that class or series. Except to the extent varied as permitted by this section, all shares of a class or series must have terms, including preferences, rights, and limitations that are identical with those of other shares of the same class or series.||(b) The articles of incorporation must authorize:||(1) one or more classes or series of shares that together have unlimited voting rights, and||(2) one or more classes or series of shares (which may be the same class or classes as those with voting rights) that together are entitled to receive the net assets of the corporation upon dissolution.||(c) The articles of incorporation may authorize one or more classes or series of shares that:||(1) have special, conditional, or limited voting rights, or no right to vote, except to the extent otherwise provided by this chapter;||(2) are redeemable or convertible as specified in the articles of incorporation:||(i) at the option of the corporation, the shareholder, or another person or upon the occurrence of a specified event;||(ii) for cash, indebtedness, securities, or other property; and||(iii) at prices and in amounts specified, or determined in accordance with a formula;||(3) entitle the holders to distributions calculated in any manner, including dividends that may be cumulative, noncumulative, or partially cumulative; or||(4) have preference over any other class or series of shares with respect to distributions, including distributions upon the dissolution of the corporation.||(d) Terms of shares may be made dependent upon facts objectively ascertainable outside the articles of incorporation in accordance with RSA 293-A:1.20(j).||(e) Any of the terms of shares may vary among holders of the same class or series so long as such variations are expressly set forth in the articles of incorporation.||(f) The description of the preferences, rights and limitations of classes or series of shares in RSA 293-A:6.01(c) is not exhaustive.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|