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NH Rev Stat § 293-B:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-B - Treatment of New Hampshire Investment Trusts|Section 293-B:21 - Treasury Interests.

    293-B:21 Treasury Interests. –||Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument of a New Hampshire investment trust, a New Hampshire investment trust may acquire, by purchase, redemption, or otherwise, any beneficial interest in the New Hampshire investment trust held by a beneficial owner of the New Hampshire investment trust. Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument of a New Hampshire investment trust, any such interest so acquired by a New Hampshire investment trust shall be deemed canceled.|||Source. 2010, 149:2, eff. June 14, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-B:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-B - Treatment of New Hampshire Investment Trusts|Section 293-B:27 - Applicability.

    293-B:27 Applicability. –||To the extent that any provision of any other chapter of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated conflicts with any provision in this chapter, the provisions in this chapter shall be controlling, with respect to a New Hampshire investment trust or other investment entity.|||Source. 2010, 149:2, eff. June 14, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-B:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-B - Treatment of New Hampshire Investment Trusts|Section 293-B:28 - Short Title.

    293-B:28 Short Title. –||This chapter may be cited as the "New Hampshire Investment Trust Act."|||Source. 2010, 149:2, eff. June 14, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-B:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-B - Treatment of New Hampshire Investment Trusts|Section 293-B:29 - Other Trusts Not Affected.

    293-B:29 Other Trusts Not Affected. –||This chapter shall not be interpreted to limit or to enlarge the power of trusts that are organized under any other law and shall apply only to a New Hampshire investment trust as defined in RSA 293-B:2, IV and an other investment entity as defined in RSA 293-B:2, VI.|||Source. 2010, 149:2, eff. June 14, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-B:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-B - Treatment of New Hampshire Investment Trusts|Section 293-B:30 - Insurance Not Affected.

    293-B:30 Insurance Not Affected. –||This chapter shall not be interpreted to limit or to enlarge the power of any state-chartered or federally-chartered financial institution to engage in the business of insurance or in any activity requiring licensing under RSA 401 or RSA 405.|||Source. 2010, 149:2, eff. June 14, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:1 - Short Title, Application, and Effect of Chapter.

    293-C:1 Short Title, Application, and Effect of Chapter. –||I. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "New Hampshire Benefit Corporation Act."||II. This chapter shall be applicable to all benefit corporations.||III. The existence of a provision of this chapter shall not itself create an implication that a contrary or different rule of law is applicable to a business corporation that is not a benefit corporation. This chapter shall not affect a statute or rule of law that is applicable to a business corporation that is not a benefit corporation.||IV. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, RSA 293-A shall be generally applicable to all benefit corporations. A benefit corporation may be subject simultaneously to this chapter and one or more other chapters of this title, including RSA 294-A. The provisions of this chapter shall control over the provisions of RSA 293-A and RSA 294-A.||V. A provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a benefit corporation may not limit, be inconsistent with, or supersede a provision of this chapter.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:3 - Incorporation of Benefit Corporation.

    293-C:3 Incorporation of Benefit Corporation. –||A benefit corporation shall be incorporated in accordance with RSA 293-A:2.01 through RSA 293-A:2.07, but its articles of incorporation shall also state that it is a benefit corporation.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:4 - Election of Benefit Corporation Status.

    293-C:4 Election of Benefit Corporation Status. –||I. An existing business corporation may become a benefit corporation under this chapter by amending its articles of incorporation so that they contain, in addition to the requirements of RSA 293-A:2.02, a statement that the corporation is a benefit corporation. In order to be effective, the amendment shall be adopted by at least the minimum status vote.||II. The following rules apply to a merger, interest exchange, or conversion:||(a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b), if a domestic entity that is not a benefit corporation is a party to a merger or conversion or is the exchanging entity in a share exchange and the surviving, new, or resulting entity in the merger, conversion, or share exchange is to be a benefit corporation, the plan of merger, conversion, or share exchange shall be approved by the domestic entity by at least the minimum status vote.||(b) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply in the case of a corporation that is a party to a merger if the shareholders of the corporation are not entitled to vote on the merger pursuant to RSA 293-A:11.05.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:5 - Termination of Benefit Corporation Status.

    293-C:5 Termination of Benefit Corporation Status. –||I. A benefit corporation may terminate its status as such and cease to be subject to this chapter by amending its articles of incorporation to delete the provision required by RSA 293-C:3 or RSA 293-C:4, I to be stated in the articles of a benefit corporation. In order to be effective, the amendment shall be adopted by at least the minimum status vote.||II. The following rules apply to a merger, interest exchange, or conversion:||(a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b), if a plan of merger, conversion, or share exchange would have the effect of terminating the status of a business corporation as a benefit corporation, the plan shall be adopted by at least the minimum status vote in order to be effective.||(b) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply in the case of a corporation that is a party to a merger if the shareholders of the corporation are not entitled to vote on the merger pursuant to RSA 293-A:11.05.||III. Any sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a benefit corporation, unless the transaction is in the usual and regular course of business, shall not be effective unless the transaction is approved by at least the minimum status vote.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:6 - Corporate Purposes.

    293-C:6 Corporate Purposes. –||I. A benefit corporation shall have a purpose of creating general public benefit. This purpose is in addition to its purpose under RSA 293-A:7.||II. The articles of incorporation of a benefit corporation may identify one or more specific public benefits that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create in addition to its purposes under paragraph I and RSA 293-A:7. The identification of a specific public benefit under this paragraph shall not limit the purpose of a benefit corporation to create general public benefit under paragraph I.||III. The creation of general public benefit and specific public benefit under paragraphs I and II is in the best interests of the benefit corporation.||IV. A benefit corporation may amend its articles of incorporation to add, amend, or delete the identification of a specific public benefit that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create. In order to be effective, the amendment shall be adopted by at least the minimum status vote.||V. A professional corporation that is a benefit corporation does not violate RSA 294-A:2 by having the purpose to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:9 - Standard of Conduct for Officers.

    293-C:9 Standard of Conduct for Officers. –||I. Each officer of a benefit corporation shall consider the interests and factors described in RSA 293-C:7 in the manner provided in that section if:||(a) The officer has discretion to act with respect to a matter; and||(b) It reasonably appears to the officer that the matter may have a material effect on the creation by the benefit corporation of general public benefit or a specific public benefit identified in the articles of incorporation of the benefit corporation.||II. The consideration of interests and factors in the manner required by paragraph I shall not constitute a violation of RSA 293-A:8.42.||III. Except as provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, an officer shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for:||(a) An action or inaction as an officer in the course of performing the duties of an officer under this section if the officer performed the duties of the position in compliance with RSA 293-A:8.42 and this section; or||(b) Failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create general public benefit or specific public benefit.||IV. An officer shall not have a duty to a person that is a beneficiary of the general public benefit purpose or a specific public benefit purpose of a benefit corporation arising from the status of the person as a beneficiary.||V. An officer who makes a business judgment in good faith fulfills the duty under this section if the officer:||(a) Is not interested in the subject of the business judgment;||(b) Is informed with respect to the subject of the business judgment to the extent the officer reasonably believes to be appropriate under the circumstances; and||(c) Rationally believes that the business judgment is in the best interests of the benefit corporation.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:10 - Designation of Benefit Officer.

    293-C:10 Designation of Benefit Officer. –||I. A benefit corporation may have an officer designated the benefit officer.||II. A benefit officer shall have:||(a) The powers and duties relating to the purpose of the corporation to create general public benefit or specific public benefit provided:||(1) By the bylaws; or||(2) Absent controlling provisions in the bylaws, by resolutions or orders of the board of directors.||(b) The duty to prepare the benefit report required by RSA 293-C:12.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:11 - Right of Action.

    293-C:11 Right of Action. –||I. Except in a benefit enforcement proceeding, no person shall bring an action or assert a claim against a benefit corporation or its directors or officers with respect to:||(a) Failure to pursue or create general public benefit or a specific public benefit set forth in its articles of incorporation; or||(b) Violation of an obligation, duty, or standard of conduct under this chapter.||II. A benefit corporation shall not be liable for monetary damages under this chapter for any failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.||III. A benefit enforcement proceeding shall be commenced or maintained only:||(a) Directly by the benefit corporation; or||(b) Derivatively in accordance with RSA 293-A:7.40 through RSA 293-A:7.48 by:||(1) A person or group of persons that owned beneficially or of record at least 2 percent of the total number of shares of a class or series outstanding at the time of the act or omission complained of;||(2) A director;||(3) A person or group of persons that owned beneficially or of record 5 percent or more of the outstanding equity interests in an entity of which the benefit corporation is a subsidiary at the time of the act or omission complained of; or||(4) Other persons as specified in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the benefit corporation.||IV. For purposes of this section, a person is the beneficial owner of shares or equity interests if the shares or equity interests are held in a voting trust or by a nominee on behalf of the beneficial owner.||V. In an action commenced under this section, if it is determined that a corporation established pursuant to this chapter has failed to pursue a general public benefit or a specific public benefit set forth in its articles of incorporation, the secretary of state may revoke the corporation's status as a benefit corporation under this chapter.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-C:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-C - Benefit Corporations|Section 293-C:13 - Availability of Annual Benefit Report.

    293-C:13 Availability of Annual Benefit Report. –||I. A benefit corporation shall send its annual benefit report to each shareholder on the earlier of:||(a) 120 days following the end of the fiscal year of the benefit corporation; or||(b) The same time that the benefit corporation delivers any other annual report to its shareholders.||II. A benefit corporation shall post all of its benefit reports on the public portion of its Internet website, if any; but the compensation paid to directors and financial or proprietary information included in the benefit reports may be omitted from the benefit reports as posted.||III. If a benefit corporation does not have an Internet website, the benefit corporation shall provide a copy of its most recent benefit report, without charge, to any person that requests a copy, but the compensation paid to directors and financial or proprietary information included in the benefit report may be omitted from the copy of the benefit report provided.||IV. Concurrently with the delivery of the benefit report to shareholders under paragraph I, the benefit corporation shall deliver a copy of the benefit report to the secretary of state for filing, but the compensation paid to directors and financial or proprietary information included in the benefit report may be omitted from the benefit report as delivered to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $35 for filing a benefit report.||V. If the secretary of state determines that a benefit corporation established pursuant to this chapter fails to make available its annual benefit report pursuant to RSA 293-C:12 and RSA 293-C:13, the secretary of state shall administratively dissolve the corporation in accordance with the procedures in RSA 293-A:14.21.|||Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 294-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 294-A - Professional Corporations|Section 294-A:1 - Definition; Professional Service; Professional Corporations.

    294-A:1 Definition;  Professional Service;  Professional Corporations. –||In this chapter:||I. "Disqualified person" means a natural person, corporation, partnership, fiduciary, trust, association, government agency, or other entity which for any reason is or becomes ineligible under this chapter to own shares issued by a professional corporation.||II. "Domestic professional corporation" means a professional corporation as defined in RSA 294-A:1, V.||III. "Foreign professional corporation" means a corporation for profit organized for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the laws of this state.||IV. "Licensing authority" means the officer, board, agency, court or other authority in this state which has the power to license, register, certificate, or otherwise grant legal authorization to render a professional service.||V. "Professional corporation" means a corporation for profit organized under this chapter.||VI. "Professional service" means any service which may lawfully be rendered only by certified public accountants, public accountants, architects, attorneys, podiatrists, chiropractors, dentists, pharmacists, professional engineers, land surveyors, registered professional nurses, optometrists, physicians and surgeons, physician assistants, psychologists, veterinarians, and all other professionals licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise authorized and permitted to practice independently under the provisions of RSA 309-B, 310-A, 311, 315, 316-A, 317-A, 318, 326-B, 327, 328-D, 329, 329-B, 330-A, or 332-B and which may not lawfully be rendered by a corporation organized under the law of this state applicable to business corporations.||VII. "Qualified person" means a natural person, general partnership, or professional corporation which is eligible under this chapter to own shares issued by a professional corporation.|||Source. 1981, 236:1. 1985, 339:10. 1993, 300:2. 1996, 24:1. 2012, 233:9, eff. July 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 294-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 294-A - Professional Corporations|Section 294-A:2 - Permissible Purposes of Professional Corporations.

    294-A:2 Permissible Purposes of Professional Corporations. –||I. Except as provided in RSA 294-A:2, II, professional corporations may be organized under this chapter only for the purpose of rendering professional services, including necessary related services, within a single profession.||II. A professional corporation may be incorporated for the purpose of rendering professional services within 2 or more professions and for any purpose or purposes of this state for which corporations may be organized under the law of this state applicable to business corporations to the extent that the combination of professional purposes or of professional and business purposes is permitted by the licensing laws of this state applicable to such professions and rules adopted under those laws.|||Source. 1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 294-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 294-A - Professional Corporations|Section 294-A:3 - Prohibited Activities.

    294-A:3 Prohibited Activities. –||A professional corporation shall not engage in any profession or business other than the profession or professions and businesses permitted by its articles of incorporation, except that a professional corporation may invest its funds in real estate, mortgages, stocks, bonds, or any other type of investment.|||Source. 1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 294-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 294-A - Professional Corporations|Section 294-A:4 - General Powers.

    294-A:4 General Powers. –||A professional corporation shall have the powers enumerated in the law of this state applicable to business corporations, except that a professional corporation may be a promoter, general partner, member, associate, or manager only of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise engaged only in rendering professional services or carrying on business permitted by the articles of incorporation of the corporation.|||Source. 1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 294-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 294-A - Professional Corporations|Section 294-A:5 - Rendering Professional Services.

    294-A:5 Rendering Professional Services. –||A professional corporation, domestic or foreign, may render professional services in this state only through those persons permitted to render such services by the appropriate licensing authority. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed:||I. To require that any person who is employed by a professional corporation must be licensed to perform services for which no license is otherwise required;||II. To prohibit the rendering of professional services by a licensed natural person acting in his individual capacity. Any such person may also be a shareholder, director, officer, employee, or agent of a professional corporation, domestic or foreign; or||III. To prohibit the rendering of professional services by a person acting under the supervision or control of a licensed natural person.|||Source. 1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 294-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 294-A - Professional Corporations|Section 294-A:6 - Right of Corporation to Acquire its own Shares.

    294-A:6 Right of Corporation to Acquire its own Shares. –||A professional corporation may purchase its own shares from a disqualified person without regard to the availability of capital or surplus for the purchase. However, no purchase of or payment for its own shares shall be made at a time when the corporation is insolvent or when the purchase or payment would make it insolvent.|||Source. 1981, 236:1, eff. Feb. 1, 1982.|