Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1210
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Annual statement
Official statutory text
A. A benefit corporation shall annually provide its
shareholders with a statement as to the corporation's promotion of
general public benefit and any specific public benefit identified in
the certificate of incorporation. The statement shall include:
1. The objectives the board of directors has established to
promote general public benefit and any specific public benefit;
2. The standards the board of directors has adopted to measure
the corporation's progress in promoting general public benefit and
any specific public benefit;
3. Objective factual information based on those standards
regarding the corporation's success in meeting the objectives for
promoting general public benefit and any specific public benefit;
and
4. An assessment of the corporation's success in meeting the
objectives and promoting general public benefit and any specific
public benefit.
B. The certificate of incorporation or bylaws of a benefit
corporation may require that the corporation:
1. Make the statement described in subsection A of this section
available to the public; and
2. Use a third-party standard in connection with or attain a
periodic third-party certification addressing the corporation's
promotion of general public benefit and any specific public benefit
identified in the certificate of incorporation.
C. The benefit statement and the assessment of the performance
of the benefit corporation in the benefit statement required by
subsection A of this section are not required to be audited or
certified by a third party.
D. A benefit corporation shall send its annual benefit
statement to each shareholder on the earlier of:
1. One hundred twenty (120) days following the end of the
fiscal year of the benefit corporation; or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 536
2. The same time that the benefit corporation delivers any
other annual report to its shareholders.
shareholders with a statement as to the corporation's promotion of
general public benefit and any specific public benefit identified in
the certificate of incorporation. The statement shall include:
1. The objectives the board of directors has established to
promote general public benefit and any specific public benefit;
2. The standards the board of directors has adopted to measure
the corporation's progress in promoting general public benefit and
any specific public benefit;
3. Objective factual information based on those standards
regarding the corporation's success in meeting the objectives for
promoting general public benefit and any specific public benefit;
and
4. An assessment of the corporation's success in meeting the
objectives and promoting general public benefit and any specific
public benefit.
B. The certificate of incorporation or bylaws of a benefit
corporation may require that the corporation:
1. Make the statement described in subsection A of this section
available to the public; and
2. Use a third-party standard in connection with or attain a
periodic third-party certification addressing the corporation's
promotion of general public benefit and any specific public benefit
identified in the certificate of incorporation.
C. The benefit statement and the assessment of the performance
of the benefit corporation in the benefit statement required by
subsection A of this section are not required to be audited or
certified by a third party.
D. A benefit corporation shall send its annual benefit
statement to each shareholder on the earlier of:
1. One hundred twenty (120) days following the end of the
fiscal year of the benefit corporation; or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 536
2. The same time that the benefit corporation delivers any
other annual report to its shareholders.
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