How to find corporate bylaws for a CA corporation???

How to find corporate bylaws for a CA corporation???

MMM42@nospam2.com (MMM42)	10/7/2004 7:27:23 PM
I am trying to find the legal document called "corporate bylaws" for a certain corporation based near San Francisco, CA. This is a corporation traded on NASDAQ. Technically, this corporation is incorporated in Delaware. However, the state of Delaware and state of California do not keep the corporate bylaws. e.g. the state of California only keeps Articles of Incorporation and some amendments. The county where the corporation is based does not keep any such documents either. The question is who outside the corporation itself keeps its corporate bylaws? I have not tried the SEC yet.



nospam@isp.com	10/7/2004 10:01:15 PM
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004, MMM42@nospam2.com (MMM42) wrote: [ How does one ordinarily obtain the bylaws for a publicly traded Delaware corporation whose principal place of business is in Calif.? I have not tried the SEC yet. ] Among the probably many alternatives, besides obtaining a copy from any number of financial investigative service firms (e.g., D&B, Bishops Services, Kroll, etc.) is to do exactly what you say you haven't yet tried (re. which, see the SEC's "Edgar" searchable database for whether copies may have been attached to This or That proxy or 10K or other SEC-filed document) if you have well-founded reasons (though in your posting/query you don't actually cite any) to believe that the corporation in question won't give you a copy if you were simply to ask.* _________________ * That you post your query in a law-related newsgroup suggests the desirability of not overlooking, at least to the extent of tryng as a practical matter to verify the applicability or not, of this actually quite basic if too often overlooked Principle of Law: Stragegizing how to climb in through a side window or to tunnel under the floor isn't always necessary if a knock on the front door probably would suffice.



"McGyver"	10/8/2004 10:16:01 AM
"MMM42" <MMM42@nospam2.com> wrote in message news:416596e4.1227049875@news-server.cfl.rr.com... I am trying to find the legal document called "corporate bylaws" for a certain corporation based near San Francisco, CA. This is a corporation traded on NASDAQ. Technically, this corporation is incorporated in Delaware. However, the state of Delaware and state of California do not keep the corporate bylaws. e.g. the state of California only keeps Articles of Incorporation and some amendments. The county where the corporation is based does not keep any such documents either. The question is who outside the corporation itself keeps its corporate bylaws? I have not tried the SEC yet. I don't remember whether bylaws are included as an attachment in filings of form 10k with the SEC. Good idea though, try them. Also check with NASDAQ, they certainly have a copy. There are no public sources outside of those two, because if the company is not publicly traded, there is no obligation to send the bylaws to anyone except stockholders. You can always call the company and ask. They may tell you the bylaws are posted on a website, or they may happily send you a copy. McGyver

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