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WY Stat § 17-16-1602 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 16 - Records and Reports|Section 17-16-1602 - Inspection of Records by Shareholders.

17-16-1602. Inspection of records by shareholders.| (a) A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the corporation's principal office, any of the records of the corporation described in W.S. 17-16-1601(e) if the shareholder gives the corporation written notice of the shareholder's demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy.  (b) A shareholder who has been of record for at least six (6) months immediately preceding his demand and who shall be the holder of record of at least five percent (5%) of all the outstanding shares of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the corporation, any of the following records of the corporation if the shareholder meets the requirements of subsection (c) of this section and gives the corporation written notice of the shareholder's demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy:  (i) Excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the board of directors, records of any action of a committee of the board of directors while acting in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation, minutes of any meeting of the shareholders, and records of action taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection under W.S. 17-16-1602(a);  (ii) Accounting records of the corporation; and  (iii) The record of shareholders.  (c) A shareholder may inspect and copy the records described in subsection (b) of this section only if:  (i) The shareholder's demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;  (ii) The shareholder describes with reasonable particularity his purpose and the records he desires to inspect; and  (iii) The records are directly connected with the shareholder's purpose.  (d) The right of inspection granted by this section may not be abolished or limited, but may be expanded, by a corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws.  (e) This section does not affect:  (i) The right of a shareholder to inspect records under W.S. 17-16-720 or, if the shareholder is in litigation with the corporation, to the same extent as any other litigant; or  (ii) The power of a court, independently of this act, to compel the production of corporate records for examination.  (f) For purposes of this section, "shareholder" includes a beneficial owner whose shares are held in a voting trust or by a nominee on his behalf.
WY Stat § 17-16-1603 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 16 - Records and Reports|Section 17-16-1603 - Scope of Inspection Right.

17-16-1603. Scope of inspection right.| (a) A shareholder's agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the shareholder he represents.  (b) The right to copy records under W.S. 17-16-1602 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 with a shareholder's demand to inspect the record of shareholders under W.S. 17-16-1602(b)(iii) by providing the shareholder with a list of its 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.
WY Stat § 17-16-1604 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 16 - Records and Reports|Section 17-16-1604 - Court Ordered Inspection.

17-16-1604. Court ordered inspection.| (a) If a corporation does not allow a shareholder who complies with W.S. 17-16-1602(a) to inspect and copy any records required by that subsection to be available for inspection, the district court of the county 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 W.S. 17-16-1602(b) and (c) may apply to the district court in the county 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, including reasonable counsel fees, 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.
WY Stat § 17-16-1605 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 16 - Records and Reports|Section 17-16-1605 - Inspection of Records by Directors.

17-16-1605. 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 district court of the county 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 inspection rights, unless the corporation establishes that the director is not entitled to those 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, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred in connection with the application unless the corporation proves that it refused inspection in good faith because it had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the director to inspect the records demanded.
WY Stat § 17-16-1606 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 16 - Records and Reports|Section 17-16-1606 - Exception to Notice Requirement.

17-16-1606. Exception to notice requirement.| (a) Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of this act to any shareholder, the notice shall not be required to be given if:  (i) Notice of two (2) consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings during the period between the two (2) consecutive annual meetings, have been sent to the shareholder at the shareholder's address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable; or  (ii) All, but not less than two (2), payments of dividends on securities during a twelve (12) month period, or two (2) consecutive payments of dividends on securities during a period of more than twelve (12) months, have been sent to the shareholder at the shareholder's address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable.  (b) If any shareholder shall deliver to the corporation a written notice setting forth the shareholder's then current address, the requirement that notice be given to the shareholder shall be reinstated.
WY Stat § 17-16-1620 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 16 - Records and Reports|Section 17-16-1620 - Financial Statements for Shareholders.

17-16-1620. Financial statements for shareholders.| (a) A corporation shall furnish, upon request, to its shareholders annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the corporation and one (1) 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 shall also be prepared on that basis. If detailed financial statements are not prepared for the corporation on an annual basis, then a copy of its federal income tax return will satisfy the requirements of this section.  (b) If the annual financial statements are reported upon by a public accountant, his report shall accompany them. If not, the statements shall be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the corporation's accounting records:  (i) 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  (ii) 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) A corporation shall mail, upon request, the annual financial statements to each shareholder within one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year. Thereafter, on written request from a shareholder who was not mailed the statements, the corporation shall mail the shareholder the latest financial statements.
WY Stat § 17-16-1622 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 16 - Records and Reports|Section 17-16-1622 - Other Reports to Shareholders.

17-16-1622. Other reports to shareholders.| (a) If a corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a director under W.S. 17-16-851 through 17-16-854 in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, the corporation shall report the indemnification or advance in writing to the shareholders with or before the notice of the next shareholders' meeting.  (b) If a corporation issues or authorizes the issuance of shares for promissory notes or for promises to render services in the future, the corporation shall report in writing to the shareholders the number of shares authorized or issued, and the consideration received by the corporation, with or before the notice of the next shareholders' meeting.
WY Stat § 17-16-1701 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 17 - Transition Provisions|Section 17-16-1701 - Application to Existing Domestic Corporations.

17-16-1701. Application to existing domestic corporations.| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act applies to domestic corporations in existence on its effective date that were incorporated under any general statute of this state providing for incorporation of corporations for profit if power to amend or repeal the statute under which the corporation was incorporated was reserved.  (b) For corporations incorporated in Wyoming prior to the effective date of this act, the cumulative voting and shareholder preemptive rights provisions contained in former W.S. 17-1-123 and 17-1-130 are continued for a period of four (4) years from the effective date of this act unless the corporation amends its articles of incorporation to provide otherwise.
WY Stat § 17-16-1702 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 17 - Transition Provisions|Section 17-16-1702 - Applications to Qualified Foreign Corporations.

17-16-1702. Applications to qualified foreign corporations.| A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state on the effective date of this act is subject to this act but is not required to obtain a new certificate of authority to transact business under this act.
WY Stat § 17-16-1703 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 17 - Transition Provisions|Section 17-16-1703 - Saving Provisions.

17-16-1703. Saving provisions.| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the repeal of a statute by this act does not affect:  (i) The operation of the statute or any action taken under it before its repeal;  (ii) Any ratification, right, remedy, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the statute before its repeal;  (iii) Any violation of the statute, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred because of the violation, before its repeal; or  (iv) Any proceeding, reorganization or dissolution commenced under the statute before its repeal, and the proceeding, reorganization or dissolution may be completed in accordance with the statute as if it had not been repealed.  (b) If a penalty or punishment imposed for violation of a statute repealed by this act is reduced by this act, the penalty or punishment if not already imposed shall be imposed in accordance with this act.
WY Stat § 17-16-1801 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 18 - Domestication and Continuance of Foreign Corporations; Transfer of Domestic Corporations|Section 17-16-1801 - Domestication of Foreign Corporations.

17-16-1801. Domestication of foreign corporations.| Any corporation incorporated under the laws of any of the several states of the United States for any purpose except acting as an insurer as defined in W.S. 26-1-102(a)(xvi), or acting as a financial institution as described by W.S. 13-1-101(a)(ix) may become a domestic corporation of this state by delivering or causing to be delivered to the secretary of state articles of domestication. Upon filing the articles of domestication, the secretary of state shall issue to the foreign corporation a certificate of domestication which shall continue the corporation as if it had been incorporated under this act. The articles of domestication, upon being filed by the secretary of state, constitute the articles of the domesticated foreign corporation and it shall thereafter have all the powers and privileges and be subjected to all the duties and limitations granted and imposed upon domestic corporations under the provisions of the Wyoming Business Corporation Act. A corporation does not become a resident for the purpose of W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-118 solely because it becomes a domestic corporation under this section.
WY Stat § 17-16-1802 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 16 - Wyoming Business Corporation Act|Article 18 - Domestication and Continuance of Foreign Corporations; Transfer of Domestic Corporations|Section 17-16-1802 - Application for Certificate of Domestication; Articles of Domestication.

17-16-1802. Application for certificate of domestication; articles of domestication.| (a) A foreign corporation, in order to procure a certificate of domestication shall file articles of domestication with the secretary of state, which articles shall include and set forth:  (i) A certified copy of its original articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto or its equivalent basic corporate charter or other authorization, and a certificate of good standing not more than thirty (30) days old;  (ii) The name of the corporation and the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated;  (iii) The date of incorporation and the period of duration of the corporation;  (iv) The address of the principal office of the corporation and the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated;  (v) The address of the proposed registered office of the corporation in this state, and the name of its proposed registered agent in this state at that address;  (vi) The purpose or purposes of the corporation which it proposes to pursue in the transaction of business in this state;  (vii) The names and addresses of the directors and officers of the corporation;  (viii) A statement of the aggregate number of shares or other ownership units which the corporation has authority to issue, itemized by classes, par value of shares, shares without par value and series, if any, within a class;  (ix) A statement of the aggregate number of issued shares or other ownership units itemized by classes, par value of shares, shares without par value and series, if any, within a class;  (x) A statement that the corporation accepts the constitution of this state in compliance with the requirement of article 10, section 5 of the Wyoming constitution;  (xi) Any additional information as may be necessary or appropriate to enable the secretary of state to determine whether the corporation is entitled to a certificate of domestication evidencing its authority to transact business in this state, and to determine and assess the fees and license taxes under the laws of this state.
WY Stat § 17-17-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 17 - Close Corporation Supplement|Article 1 - Provisions|Section 17-17-101 - Short Title.

17-17-101. Short title.| This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Statutory Close Corporation Supplement."
WY Stat § 17-17-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 17 - Close Corporation Supplement|Article 1 - Provisions|Section 17-17-102 - Application of Wyoming Business Corporation Act and the Provisions of w.s. 17-3-101 Through 17-3-104.

17-17-102. Application of Wyoming Business Corporation Act and the provisions of W.S. 17-3-101 through 17-3-104.| (a) The Wyoming Business Corporation Act applies to statutory close corporations to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.  (b) This chapter applies to a professional corporation organized under W.S. 17-3-101 through 17-3-104 whose articles of incorporation contain the statement required by W.S. 17-17-103(a), except insofar as W.S. 17-3-101 through 17-3-104 contain inconsistent provisions.  (c) This chapter does not repeal or modify any statute or rule of law that is or would apply to a corporation that is organized under the Wyoming Business Corporation Act and the provisions of W.S. 17-3-101 through 17-3-104 and that does not elect to become a statutory close corporation under W.S. 17-17-103.
WY Stat § 17-17-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 17 - Close Corporation Supplement|Article 1 - Provisions|Section 17-17-103 - Definition and Election of Statutory Close Corporation Status.

17-17-103. Definition and election of statutory close corporation status.| (a) A statutory close corporation is a corporation whose articles of incorporation contain a statement that the corporation is a statutory close corporation.  (b) A corporation having thirty-five (35) or fewer shareholders may become a statutory close corporation by amending its articles of incorporation to include the statement required by subsection (a) of this section. For corporations formed prior to January 1, 1990, the amendment shall be approved by all of the holders of the votes of each class or series of shares of the corporation, whether or not otherwise entitled to vote on amendments. For corporations formed on or after January 1, 1990, the amendment must be approved by the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes of each class or series of shares of the corporation, voting as separate voting groups, whether or not otherwise entitled to vote on amendments. If the amendment is adopted, a shareholder who voted against the amendment is entitled to assert dissenters' rights under W.S. 17-16-1301 through 17-16-1331.
WY Stat § 17-17-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 17 - Close Corporation Supplement|Article 1 - Provisions|Section 17-17-110 - Notice of Statutory Close Corporations Status on Issued Shares.

17-17-110. Notice of statutory close corporations status on issued shares.| (a) The following statement must appear conspicuously on each share certificate issued by a statutory close corporation:  The rights of shareholders in a statutory close corporation may differ materially from the rights of shareholders in other corporations. Copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws, shareholders' agreements, and other documents, any of which may restrict transfers and affect voting and other rights, may be obtained by a shareholder on written request to the corporation.  (b) Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the corporation shall send to the shareholders a written notice containing the information required by subsection (a) of this section.  (c) The notice required by this section satisfies all requirements of this chapter and of W.S. 17-16-627 that notice of share transfer restrictions be given.  (d) A person claiming an interest in shares of a statutory close corporation which has complied with the notice requirement of this section is bound by the documents referred to in the notice. A person claiming an interest in shares of a statutory close corporation which has not complied with the notice requirement of this section is bound by any documents of which he, or a person through whom he claims, has knowledge or notice.  (e) A corporation shall provide to any shareholder upon his written request and without charge copies of provisions that restrict transfer or affect voting or other rights of shareholders appearing in articles of incorporation, bylaws, or shareholders' or voting trust agreements filed with the corporation.