(1) 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 on behalf of the corporation by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors, and a record of all waivers of notices of meetings of shareholders, meetings of the board of directors, or any meetings of committees of the board of directors.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 16-10a-1601

  • Address: includes :
              (1)(b)(i) a post office box number;
              (1)(b)(ii) a rural free delivery route number; and
              (1)(b)(iii) a street name and number. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Articles of incorporation: include :
         (4)(a) amended and restated articles of incorporation;
         (4)(b) articles of merger; and
         (4)(c) a document of a similar import to those described in Subsections (4)(a) and (b). See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Bylaws: includes amended bylaws and restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Principal office: means the office, in or out of this state, designated by a domestic or foreign corporation as its principal office in the most recent document on file with the division providing the information, including:
         (25)(a) an annual report;
         (25)(b) an application for a certificate of authority; or
         (25)(c) a notice of change of principal office. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Shareholder: means :
              (34)(a)(i) the person in whose name a share is registered in the records of a corporation; or
              (34)(a)(ii) the beneficial owner of a share to the extent recognized pursuant to Section 16-10a-723. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
(2) A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.
(3) A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of the names and addresses of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of shareholders:

     (3)(a) that is arranged by voting group and within each voting group by class or series of shares;
     (3)(b) that is in alphabetical order within each class or series; and
     (3)(c) that shows the address of and the number of shares of each class and series held by each shareholder.
(4) A corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in any form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.
(5) A corporation shall keep a copy of the following records at its principal office:

     (5)(a) its articles of incorporation currently in effect;
     (5)(b) its bylaws currently in effect;
     (5)(c) the minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;
     (5)(d) all written communications within the past three years to shareholders as a group or to the holders of any class or series of shares as a group;
     (5)(e) a list of the names and business addresses of its current officers and directors;
     (5)(f) its most recent annual report delivered to the division under Section 16-10a-1607; and
     (5)(g) all financial statements prepared for periods ending during the last three years that a shareholder could request under Section 16-10a-1605.