Client Alert from the Business Services and Capital Formation Group - January 2009
— WARNING —
We have recently become aware that the document pictured below is being sent to numerous corporations throughout the State of Ohio. Be advised that it is NOT an official document. It does NOT have to be filed.
If you fill out the document and send it in, you are doing no more than paying the recipient $150 to send you some draft corporate minutes. Also be aware that you are disclosing information such as directors' names, shareholders' names and addresses and officers' names, among other data. THE DATA YOU ARE DISCLOSING IS NOT OTHERWISE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR MOST CORPORATIONS.
You may want to advise your staff about this alert so they do not routinely return the request.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information on this or other Business Services issues, please contact one of the attorneys in Walter & Haverfield's Business Services and Capital Formation Group.
WALTER & HAVERFIELD LLP
The Tower at Erieview
1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 3500, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1821
(216) 781-1212 tel | (216) 575-0911 fax | www.walterhav.com
The information in this Client Advisory is a summary of often complex legal issues and may not cover all of the "fine points" of a specific situation or court jurisdiction. Accordingly, it is not intended to be legal advice, which should always be obtained in consultation with an attorney.
