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What are the functions and how is an emergency board to fill a vacancy constituted?

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What are the functions and how is an emergency board to fill a vacancy constituted? An emergency board may be temporarily formed when a vacancy prevents the remaining directors from constituting a quorum, and critically, emergency action is required to prevent grave, substantial, and irreparable loss or damage to the corporation (SEC. 28, Revised Corporation

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What is the limit on the total yearly compensation for directors or trustees?

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What is the limit on the total yearly compensation for directors or trustees? In the absence of a provision in the bylaws fixing their compensation, directors or trustees shall not receive any compensation in their capacity as such, except for reasonable per diems (SEC. 29, Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines). However, stockholders representing a

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Under what conditions are directors, trustees, or officers liable jointly and severally for damages?

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Under what conditions are directors, trustees, or officers liable jointly and severally for damages? Directors or trustees are held jointly and severally liable for all resulting damages if they willfully and knowingly vote for or assent to patently unlawful acts of the corporation (SEC. 30, Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines). Liability also arises if

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What happens if a director or officer acquires an interest adverse to the corporation in a confidential matter?

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What happens if a director or officer acquires an interest adverse to the corporation in a confidential matter? A director, trustee, or officer is strictly prohibited from attempting to acquire, or actually acquiring, any interest adverse to the corporation in respect of any matter that was reposed in them in confidence (SEC. 30, Revised Corporation

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What procedure is followed if a corporation commences business but becomes continuously inoperative?

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What procedure is followed if a corporation commences business but becomes continuously inoperative? If a corporation has commenced its business but subsequently becomes inoperative for a period of at least five (5) consecutive years, the SEC may place it under delinquent status after due notice and hearing (SEC. 21, Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines).

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What are the fundamental roles and responsibilities of the board of directors or trustees?

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What are the fundamental roles and responsibilities of the board of directors or trustees? The board of directors or trustees is vested with the power to exercise the corporate powers, which are the fundamental legal capabilities of the entity (SEC. 22, Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines). The board is also responsible for conducting all

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What are the term lengths and qualification requirements for directors and trustees?

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What are the term lengths and qualification requirements for directors and trustees? Directors in a stock corporation are elected for a fixed term of one (1) year and must be holders of stocks registered in the corporation’s books (SEC. 22, Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines). Trustees in a nonstock corporation are elected for a

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What is the role and required percentage of independent directors in corporations vested with public interest?

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What is the role and required percentage of independent directors in corporations vested with public interest? Corporations deemed vested with public interest must have independent directors constituting at least twenty percent (20%) of their board (SEC. 22, Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines). An independent director is defined as a person who is free from

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What percentage of stock or membership is required to constitute a quorum for the election of directors or trustees?

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What percentage of stock or membership is required to constitute a quorum for the election of directors or trustees? For the election of directors or trustees, there must be present, either in person or through a written proxy, the owners of a majority of the outstanding capital stock (SEC. 23, Revised Corporation Code of the

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Describe the cumulative voting rights available to stockholders in stock corporations.

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Describe the cumulative voting rights available to stockholders in stock corporations. In stock corporations, stockholders entitled to vote possess the right to vote the number of shares standing in their own names in the stock books at the time of the election (SEC. 23, Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines). They have three options for

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