Business Corporations Act s. 23

(1) The directors and shareholders of a corporation, their agents
and legal representatives may examine the records referred to in
section 21(1) during the usual business hours of the corporation
free of charge.
(2) A shareholder of a corporation is entitled on request and
without charge to one copy of the articles and bylaws and of any
unanimous shareholder agreement, and amendments to them.
(3) Creditors of a corporation and their agents and legal
representatives may examine the records referred to in section
21(1)(a), (c) and (d), other than a unanimous shareholder
agreement or an amendment to a unanimous shareholder
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agreement, during the usual business hours of the corporation on
payment of a reasonable fee and may make copies of those records.
(4) Any person may examine the records referred to in section
21(1)(c) and (d) during the usual business hours of the corporation
on payment of a reasonable fee and may make copies of those
records.
(5) If the corporation is a reporting issuer, any person, on payment
of a reasonable fee and on sending to the corporation or its agent
the statutory declaration referred to in subsection (9), may on
application require the corporation or its agent to furnish within 10
days from the receipt of the statutory declaration a list, referred to
in this section as the "basic list", made up to a date not more than
10 days before the date of receipt of the statutory declaration
setting out
(a) the names of the shareh olders of the corporation,
(b) the number of s hares owned by each shareholder, and
(c) the address of each shareholder,
as shown on the records of the corporation.
(6) A person requiring a corporation to supply a basic list may, if
the person states in the statutory declaration referred to in
subsection (5) that the person requires supplemental lists, require
the corporation or its agent on payment of a reasonable fee to
furnish supplemental lists setting out any changes from the basic
list in the information provided in it for each business day
following the date the basic list is made up to.
(7) The corporation or its agent shall furnish a supplemental list
required under subsection (6)
(a) on the date the basic list is furnished, if the information
relates to changes that took place prior to that date, and
(b) on the business day following the day to which the
supplemental list relates, if the information relates to
changes that take place on or after the date the basic list is
furnished.
(8) A person requiring a corporation to supply a basic list or a
supplemental list may also require the corporation to include in that
list the name and address of any known holder of an option or right
to acquire shares in the corporation.
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(9) The statutory declaration required under subsection (5) shall
state
(a) the name and address of the applicant,
(b) the name and address for se rvice of the body corporate if the
applicant is a body corporate, and
(c) that the basic list and an y supplemental lists obtained
pursuant to subsection (6) will not be used except as
permitted under subsection (11).
(10) If the applicant is a body corporate, the statutory declaration
shall be made by a director or officer of the body corporate.
(11) A list of shareholders obtained under this section must not be
used by any person except in connection with
(a) an effort to influence the voting of shareholders of the
corporation,
(b) an offer to acquire shares of the corporation, or
(c) any other matter relating to the affairs of the corporatio n.
(12) A person who, without reasonable cause, contravenes this
section is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than
$5000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than 6 months or
to both.
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representative actions or
applications for relief,
243(3)
take-over bids, fair value
applications, 200
security holders
business corporations
arrangements, applications, 193(2)
errors or omissions in records or
registers, order to rectify,
244
investigations, applications, 231
oppression or unfairness,
remedies, 242
representative actions, 239, 240
complainant, defined, 239(b)
lists, trust indentures, debt
obligations under, availability,
84
registered owners
personal representatives as, 50(7-
9)
rights, 50
registers, 49
security certificates, electronic form,
48(7.1)
security certificates, entitlement,
48(1)
trust indentures, default, notice, 89
security interests
defined, 1(ff)
service, 255-257
address for, restrictions, 19(c),
20(2)(c), 20(4)
after dissolution, 227(3)
agent for service or alternative agent,
256
definitions
send, 1(gg)
documents under Act, 255-257
electronic means, 255(5)-(6)
extra-provincial corporations,
288(7)-(8)
notice of intent to dissolve, 256(2)
post office boxes, designation, 19(d),
20(2)(c), 20(4)
registered mail, 256(1)(b)
registered office, 256
take-over bids, offerors' notices,
196(1)
services, shares, allotment and
issuance as consideration, 27
shareholders. See also proxies;
shareholders' meetings; unlimited
liability corporations
access to corporate records, 23
agreements, voting, 140
auditors
elections or appointments, review
applications, 144
removals or resignations, 165, 168
business corporations
acquisition of own shares, 33, 34
continuance outside Alberta,
approval, 189(1)
gifts of shares, authorization, 37
legal representatives, as
authorization, 33
liquidation
distribution of property,
222(1)(i)
final accounting and distribution
applications, notice,
224(3-4)
good faith provisions, 222(2)
monetary property distributions,
applications, 225
property distributions,
unknown, 228
restrictions, 32
liquidation and dissolution,
applications, 215
defined, 227(1)
delegation of powers, 220(2)
directors
attendance at meetings, 110
elections, cumulative voting, 107
elections or appointments, review
applications, 144
number, change, 112
removals or resignations, 109-110
vacancies, filing, 111, 112
dissenting, rights, 191, 192(7)
documents, service, 255(5)-(6)
electronic communications, 140(4-
5), 255(5)-(6)

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