RA 11232 - One Person Corporation

Question 1

A One Person Corporation is?

Answer 1

A One Person Corporation is a corporation with a single stockholder.

Question 2

o Who may become One person Corporation

Answer 2

✓ Natural person
✓ Trust
✓ Estate of a person

Question 3

o Entities not allowed to form One Person Corporation

Answer 3

✓ Banks
✓ Non-bank financial institutions
✓ Quasi-banks
✓ Pre-need
✓ Trust entity/company
✓ Insurance
✓ Public entities
✓ Publicly listed entities
✓ Non-charted government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs)
✓ A natural person who is licensed to exercise a profession (CPA or Lawyers) for the purpose of exercising such profession except as
otherwise provided under special laws

Question 4

o Minimum Capital Stock Not Required for One Person Corporation - A One Person Corporation shall not be required to have a minimum authorized capital stock except as otherwise provided by special law.

Answer 4

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Question 5

o Articles of Incorporation of One Person Corporation. A One Person Corporation shall file articles of incorporation in accordance with the requirements under Section 14 of Revised Corporation Code. It shall likewise substantially contain the following:

✓ If the single stockholder is a trust or an estate, the name, nationality, and residence of the trustee, administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, custodian, or other person exercising fiduciary duties together with the proof of such authority to act on behalf of the trust or estate; and

✓ Name, nationality, residence of the nominee and alternate nominee, and the extent, coverage and limitation of the authority.

Answer 5

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Question 6

o Bylaws of One Person Corporation?

Answer 6

The One Person Corporation is not required to submit and file corporate bylaws.

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Question 7

o Display of Corporate Name or SUFFIX of One Person Corporation?

Answer 7

A One Person Corporation shall indicate the letters “OPC” either below or at the end of its corporate name.

Question 8

o Officers of One Person Corporation?

Answer 8

The single stockholder shall be the sole director and president of the One Person Corporation.

Question 9

o Appointment of Treasurer, Corporate Secretary, and Other Officers?

Answer 9

Within fifteen (15) days from the issuance of its certificate of incorporation, the One Person Corporation shall appoint a treasurer, corporate secretary, and other officers as it may deem necessary, and notify the Commission thereof within five (5) days from appointment. The single stockholder may not be appointed as the corporate secretary.

Question 10

o A single stockholder who is likewise the self-appointed treasurer of the corporation shall give a bond to the Commission in such a sum as may be required: Provided, That the said stockholder/treasurer shall undertake in writing to faithfully administer the One person
Corporation’s funds to be received as treasurer, and to disburse and invest the same according to the articles of incorporation as approved by the Commission. The bond shall be renewed every two (2) years or as often as may be required.

Answer 10

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Question 11

o Special Functions of the Corporate Secretary in One Person Corporation. - In addition to the functions designated by the One Person
Corporation, the corporate secretary shall (4):

Answer 11

✓ Be responsible for maintaining the minutes book and/or records of the corporation;
✓ Notify the nominee or alternate nominee of the death or incapacity of the single stockholder, which notice shall be given no later than five (5) days from such occurrence;

✓ Notify the Commission of the death of the single stockholder within five (5) days from such occurrence and stating in such notice
he names, residence addresses, and contact details of all known legal heirs; and

✓ Call the nominee or alternate nominee and the known legal heir to meeting and advise the legal heirs with regard to, among others, the election of a new director, amendment of the articles of incorporation, and other ancillary and/or consequential matters.

Question 12

o Nominee and Alternate Nominee of One Person Corporation. - The single stockholder shall designate a nominee and an alternate
nominee who shall, in the event of the single stockholder’s death or incapacity, take the place of the single stockholder as director and
shall manage the corporation’s affairs.

Answer 12

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Question 13

o The articles of incorporation shall state the names, residence addresses and contact details of the nominee and alternate nominee, as well as the extent and limitations of their authority in managing the affairs of the One Person Corporation until the stockholder, by self determination, regains the capacity to assume such duties.

o In case of death or permanent incapacity of the single stockholder, the nominee shall act as director and manage the affairs of the One
Person Corporation until the legal heirs of the single stockholder have been lawfully determined, and the heirs have designated one of them or have agreed that the estate shall be the single stockholder of the One Person Corporation.

o The alternate nominee shall sit as director and manage the One Person Corporation in case of the nominee’s inability, incapacity, death, or refusal to discharge the functions as director and manager of the corporation, and only for the same term and under the same
conditions applicable to the nominee.

Answer 13

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Question 14

o Change of Nominee or Alternate Nominee of One Person Corporation - the singe stockholder may, at any time, change its nominee and alternate nominee by submitting to the Commission the names of the new nominees and their corresponding written consent. For this purpose, the articles of incorporation need not be amended.

Question 15

o Minute Book of one Person Corporation. - A One Person Corporation shall maintain a minutes book which shall contain all actions,
decisions, and resolutions taken by the One Person Corporation.

Question 16

o Records in Lieu of Meetings of One Person Corporation.

• When action is needed on any matter, it shall be sufficient to prepare a written resolution, signed and dated by the single stockholder; and recorded in the minutes book of the One Person Corporation. The date of recording in the minutes for all purposes under this Code.

Question 17

o Reportorial Requirements of One Person Corporation.

The One Person Corporation shall submit the following within such period as the Commission may prescribe:

✓ Annual financial statements audited by an independent certified public accountant: Provided, That if the total assets or total
liabilities of the corporation are less than Six hundred thousand pesos (₱600,000.00), the financial statements shall be certified
under oath by the corporation’s treasurer and president;

✓ A report containing explanations or comments by the president on every qualification, reservation, or adverse remark or disclaimer made by the auditor in the latter’s report;
✓ A disclosure of all self-dealings and related party transactions entered into between the One Person Corporation and the single
stockholder; and

✓ Other reports as the Commission may require.
* For the purpose of this provision, the fiscal year of a One Person Corporation shall be that set forth in its articles of
incorporation or, in the absence thereof, the calendar year.
* The Commission may place the corporation if it fails to submit the reportorial requirements three (3) times, consecutively or
intermittently, within a period of five (5) years.

Question 18

o Liability of Single Shareholder in One Person Corporation.

A sole shareholder claiming limited liability has the burden of affirmatively showing that the corporation was adequately financed. Where the single stockholder cannot prove that the property of the One Person Corporation is independent of the stockholder’s personal property, the stockholder shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts and other liabilities of the One Person Corporation. The principles of piercing the corporate veil applies with equal force to One Person Corporations as with other corporations.

Question 19

o Conversion from an Ordinary Corporation to a One Person Corporation.

Answer 19

When a single stockholder acquires all the stocks of an ordinary stock corporation, the later may apply for conversion into a One Person Corporation, subject to the submission of such documents as the Commission may require. If the application for conversion is approved, the Commission shall issue a certificate of filing of amended articles of incorporation reflecting the conversion. The One Person Corporation converted from an ordinary stock corporation shall succeed the
later and be legally responsible for all the latter’s outstanding liabilities as of the date of conversion.

Question 20

o Conversion from One Person Corporation to an Ordinary Stock Corporation.

A One Person Corporation may be converted into an ordinary stock corporation after due notice to the Commission of such fact and of the circumstances leading to the conversion, and after compliance with all other requirements for stock corporations under this Code and applicable rules

o Such notice shall be filed with the Commission within sixty (60) days from the occurrence of the circumstances leading to the conversion into an ordinary stock corporation. If all requirement a have been complied with, the Commission shall issue a certificate of filing or amended articles of incorporation reflecting the conversion.

o In case of death of the single stockholder, the nominee or alternate nominee shall transfer the shares to the duly designated legal heir or estate within seven (7) days from receipt of either an affidavit of heirship or self-adjudication executed by a sole heir, or any other legal document declaring the legal heirs of the single stockholder and notify the Commission of the transfer.

o Within sixty (60) days from the transfer of the shares, the legal heirs shall notify the Commission of their decision to either wind up and dissolve the One Person Corporation or convert it into an ordinary stock corporation. The ordinary stock corporation converted from One Person Corporation shall succeed the latter and be legally responsible for all the latter’s outstanding liabilities as of the date of conversion.