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Choosing The Share Structure Of A Washington Business Corporation, Douglas Shaw Palmer

Washington Law Review

The principals in a business corporation can make part of their investment in the corporation in the form of loans, and they can defer decision on this until after incorporation. They must, however, make some part of their investment in the form of an ownership or share interest, and they must provide for this in their articles of incorporation. For Washington corporations the choice of these provisions is needlessly complicated by the existing Business Corporation Act. And no improvement is in sight under the American Bar Association- American Law Institute Model Business Corporation Act (hereinafter, "Model Act") which is being …