Your corporation may at some point decide to pay dividends on issued shares or to issue new shares to fund business growth.

Corporate Stock: Issue Shares and Pay Dividends explains the ins and outs of dividends and shares, including how types of dividends and shares differ and when the law allows your corporation to pay out dividends or issue new shares.

Written in plain English, this eFormKit provides 19 resolutions to approve the issuance of new shares and the payment of cash, stock and property dividends to shareholders, including:

• Declaration of Stock Dividend
  
• Authorization of Cash Dividend Payable in Installments
  
• Declaration of Year-End Stock Dividend
  
• Declaration of Regular and Extra Stock Dividend
  
• Declaration of Accumulated Stock Dividend to Preferred Shareholders
  
• Authorization of Property Dividend to Shareholders
  
• Basic Approval of the Issuance of Shares
  
• Sale and Issuance of Shares for Property
  
• Sale and Issuance of Shares for Indebtedness Canceled
  
• Sale and Issuance of Shares for Services
  
• Sale and Issuance of Shares for Assets of a Business
  
• Bill of Sale and Agreement
  
• Issuance of Shares in Exchange for Trademark, Service Mark, Patent or Copyright Assignment
  
• Issuance of Shares in Exchange for Cash and Promissory Note

With Corporate Stock: Issue Shares and Pay Dividends you'll be able to share the wealth without worrying about what may lurk in the fine print.

• Declaration of Cash Dividend
• Authorization of Cash Dividend Payable in Installments
• Declaration of Year-End Dividend
• Declaration of Regular and Extra Dividend
• Declaration of Accumulated Dividend to Preferred Shareholders
• Authorization of Property Dividend to Shareholders
• Approval of the Issuance of Shares
• Sale and Issuance of Shares of Property
• Sale and Issuance of Shares for Indebtedness Canceled
• Sale and Issuance of Shares for Services
• Sale and Issuance of Capital Stock for Assets and Liabilities of a Business
• Bill of Sale and Agreement
• Issuance of Shares in Exchange for Assignment of Trademark, Service Mark, Patent or Copyright Assignment
• Issuance of Shares in Return for Cash and Promissory Note
• Written Consent to Action Without Meeting
• Certification of Board or Shareholder Action
  Affidavit of Corporate Decision-Making
  Acknowledgement

Part I: Introduction
Part II: Preparing Stock Issuance Resolutions
Part III: Preparing Stock Dividend Resolutions
Part IV: How to Approve Resolutions by Written Consent
Part V: How to Prepare a Certification, Affidavit or Acknowledgment of Corporate Resolutions
Appendix: Print-Only Forms

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