SS · Business Corporations Act
Part 20 — General
255 Sending of notices and documents to shareholders and directors
the articles or the bylaws to be sent to a shareholder or director of a
corporation may be sent by mail addressed to, or may be delivered
personally to,
(a) the shareholder at the share holder's latest address as shown
in the records of the corporation or its transfer agent, and
(b) the director at the directo r's latest address as shown in the
records of the corporation or in the last notice filed under
section 106 or 113.
(2) For the purpose of the service of a notice or document, a
director named in a notice sent by a corporation to the Registrar
under section 106 or 113 and filed by the Registrar is presumed to
be a director of the corporation referred to in the notice.
(3) A notice or document sent by mail in accordance with
subsection (1) to a shareholder or director of a corporation is
deemed to be received by the shareholder or director at the time it
would be delivered in the ordinary course of mail unless there are
reasonable grounds for believing that the shareholder or director
did not receive the notice or document at that time or at all.
(4) If a corporation sends a notice or document to a shareholder in
accordance with subsection (1) and the notice or document is
returned on 2 consecutive occasions because the shareholder cannot
be found, the corporation is not required to send any further notices
or documents to the shareholder until the shareholder informs the
corporation in writing of the shareholder's new address.
(5) Unless the corporation's bylaws, articles or other governing
documents expressly provide otherwise, a notice or document
required to be sent, served or delivered under this section or section
256 or 257 may be sent by electronic means in accordance with the
provisions of the Electronic Transactions Act.
RSA 2000
(6) A notice or document sent by electronic means under
subsection (5) is deemed to have been received, served or delivered
at the time it would be received in the ordinary course of electronic
means despite the fact that it is returned as undeliverable.
RSA 2000 cB-9 s255;2005 c8 s56;2021 c18 s59