Article16.
Records and Reports.
Part 1. Records.
§ 55‑16‑01. Corporate records.
(a) A corporation shallkeep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its incorporators,shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholdersor board of directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by acommittee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors onbehalf of the corporation.
(b) A corporation shallmaintain appropriate accounting records.
(c) A corporation orits agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permitspreparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, inalphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of sharesheld by each.
(d) A corporation shallmaintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversioninto written form within a reasonable time.
(e) A corporation shallkeep a copy of the following records at its principal office:
(1) Its articles orrestated articles of incorporation and all amendments to them currently ineffect;
(2) Its bylaws orrestated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;
(3) Resolutions adoptedby its board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares, andfixing their relative rights, preferences, and limitations, if shares issuedpursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;
(4) The minutes of allshareholders' meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders withouta meeting, for the past three years;
(5) All writtencommunications to shareholders generally within the past three years and thefinancial statements required to be made available to the shareholders for thepast three years under G.S. 55‑16‑20;
(6) A list of the namesand business addresses of its current directors and officers; and
(7) Its most recentannual report delivered as required by G.S. 55‑16‑22. (1901,c. 2, ss. 38, 45; Rev., ss. 1180, 1181; C.S., s. 1170; G.S., s. 55‑107;1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1969, c. 751, s. 14; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1997‑475,s. 6.6.)