注释: 《中华人民共和国公司法》(修订草案) 第33 条:“股东有权查阅有限责任公司的公司章程、股东会会议记录、董事会会议决议、监事会会议记录和财务会计报告。”第128 条:“股东有权查阅公司章程、股东名册、公司债券存根、股东大会会议记录、董事会会议决议、监事会会议决议、财务会计报告,对公司的经营提出建议或者质询。” [ii] Shaw v. AgriMark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d 464 , 467 (Del . 1995) (" Inspection right s have been viewed as an incident to t he stock2holder’s ownership of corporate property. . . . As a matter of selfprotection , t he stockholder was entitled to know how his agent s wereconducting t he affairs of t he corporation of which he or she was a part owner . " ) [iii] Rex v. Fraternity of Hostman , 93 Eng. Rep. 1144 (1745) . [iv] Shaw v. Agri - Mark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d 464 , 466 (Del . 1995) . [v] J ames W. Hurst , The Legitimacy of t he Business Corporation in t he Law of t he United States , 1780 - 1970 , at 89 (1970) . [vi] Shaw v. Agri - Mark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d at 467 ("As an equitable owner of t he corporation’s asset s , a stockholder possessed aright to reasonable information concerning t he conduct of corporate management , as well as t he condition of t he corporation’s businessand affairs. " ) . [vii] State ex rel . Thiele v. Cities Serv. Co. , 115 A. 773 , 776 (Del . 1922) : If it appears t hat [ t he stockholder ] seeks to exerciset he right for some purpose t hat is in no wise connected wit h his interest as a stockholder , but is entirely foreign to such interest , t hecourt which is asked to issue mandamus upon t he corporation to compel it to aid him in pursuing such a purpose , not only has t he rightunder t he statute to deny him t he writ , but it is it s duty in t he exercise of a sound discretion to do so. [viii] Davids v. Sillcox , 66 N. Y. S. 2d 508 , 514 (N. Y. Sup. Ct . 1946) ( recognizing t hat t he proper purpose requirement underNew York law included t he limitations and safeguards necessary to deny judicial consideration for " t he blackmailer , t he scandalmon2ger , t he irresponsible busybody and t rouble maker , t he professed seeker of information which is really intended to be used for some ul2terior purpose" ) . [ix] 1931 Mich. Pub. Act s 327 , section 45 ( requiring shareholders seeking inspection to own at least two percent of t he out2standing capital stock for at least t hree mont hs prior t hereto) ; N. Y. Law ch. 641 , section 10 (1933) ( requiring stockholders seekinginspection to be eit her stockholders of record for at least six mont hs immediately preceding demand or to be owners of at least five per2cent of all out standing shares of t he corporation) . [x] 商业公司法修正版sections 16. 01 - 16. 04. [xi] Id. section 16. 02. Many states rest rict t his right to shareholders t hat have held t heir stock for a stated period of time , usually six mont hs , or who hold more t han a specified percentage , usually five percent , of t he corporation’s stock. [xii] Id. section 16. 02 (c) , Offical Commentary , at 1721. [xiii] Id. section 16. 04. [xiv] Id. section 16. 02 ,Official Commentary ,at 1723. [xv] 21 Del . Laws ch. 273 , section 17 (1899) . [xvi] State ex rel . Nat’l Bank v. J essup & Moore Paper Co. , 88 A. 449 , 451 (Del . Sup. Ct . 1913) . [xvii] Shaw v. Agri - Mark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d 464 , 467 (Del . 1995) . [xviii] State ex rel . Foster v. Standard Oil Co. , 18 A. 2d 235 , 237 - 38 (Del . Super . Ct . 1941) . [xix] J efferis v. William D. Mullen Co. , 132 A. 687 , 688 (Del . Ch. 1926) . [xx] State ex rel . Waldman v. Miller - Wohl Co. , 28 A. 2d 148 , 153 (Del . Super . Ct . 1942) ; State ex rel . Miller v. Loft , Inc. ,156 A. 170 , 172 (Del . Super . Ct . 1931) . 就股东名册而言,如果原告不能表明查阅目的,被告就可以原告目的不正当来抗辩。 [xxi] State ex rel . Miller v. Loft , Inc. , 156 A. 170 , 171 - 72 (Del . Super . Ct . 1931) . [xxii] State ex rel . Foster v. Standard Oil Co. , 18 A. 2d 235 , 238 (Del . Super . Ct . 1941) [xxiii] Ernest L. Folk , III , Folk’s 1965 Report to t he Delaware Corporation Law Revision Committee (1965) . [xxiv] Memorandum f rom Irving Morris to t he Members of t he Delaware Corporation Law Revision Committee (Apr . 19 , 1965)(on file wit h aut hor) . [xxv] Chancellor Collins J . Seitz , anot her member of t he Committee , responded to Morris’ letter by suggesting certain changes int he draft language , including t hat t he statute should contain some language making it clear t hat t his type of case should be given expe2dited t reatment in t he court system. Letter f rom Chancellor Collins J . Seitz to Irving Morris (Apr . 22 , 1965) (on file wit h aut hor) . [xxvi] Draft No. 2 was written in response to Chancellor Seitz’s comment s and attached to a Memorandum f rom Irving Morris to t heMembers of t he Delaware Corporation Law Revision Committee (Apr . 27 , 1965) (on file wit h aut hor) . [xxvii] Memorandum f rom Irving Morris to t he Members of t he Delaware Corporation Law Revision Committee (May 6 , 1965) (onfile wit h aut hor) . Draft No. 3 provided for an equitable owner of stock as well as a legal or equitable owner of a voting t rust certificateto have a right of inspection. Draft No. 4 confined t he right of inspection to stockholders of record or t heir attorneys or agent s. In hismemo to t he Committee , Morris indicated t hat he would recommend Draft No. 4. Id. [xxviii] Del . Code Ann. tit . 8 , section 220 (1993) . [xxix] Shaw v. Agri - Mark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d 464 , 468 (Del . 1995) ; Rainbow Navigation , Inc. v. Pan Ocean Navigation , Inc. ,535 A. 2d 1357 , 1360 (Del . 1987) . A beneficial owner may act t hrough a record holder to obtain inspection. [xxx] Del . Code Ann. tit . 8 , section 220 (1993) . [xxxi] 必要时,简易程序可以时间更短些。Id. (noting Sack v. Cadence Indus. Corp. , No. 4765 , 1975 WL 1962 (Del . Ch. Apr .9 , 1975) , in which hearing and final decision completed wit hin five days of filing complaint) . [xxxii] General Time Corp. v. Talley Indus. , Inc. , 240 A. 2d 755 (Del . Super . Ct . 1968) , in which t he court ruled t hat discoverynot related to t he stated purpose was irrelevant) ; 2 Folk et al . , supra note 15 , section 220. 8 ( scope of deposition is limited to mattersdealing wit h t he narrow issues in t he proceeding and not collateral issues) . [xxxiii] State ex rel . Miller v. Loft , Inc. , 156 A. 170 (Del . Super . Ct . 1931) ; General Time Corp. v. Talley Indus , Inc. , 240 A.2d 755 (Del . Super . Ct . 1968) . See also 2 Folk et al . , supra note 15 , section 220. 8 (discovery limited to document s t hat will be in2t roduced into evidence or referred to or relied on at t rial) . [xxxiv] Mite Corp . v. Heli - Coil Corp . , 256 A. 2d 855 , 857 - 58 (Del . Ch. 1969) (noting t hat " t he narrow nature of [ section 220 ]must be kept in mind in applying t he’proper purpose’ requirement . And t hat is important because t here is a continuing tendency to usea section 220 suit for broad defensive as well as ot her purposes in battles over corporate cont rol and acquisitions" ) . [xxxv] The Delaware statute expressly provides t hat " any stockholder [of record] ?shall , upon written demand under oat h. . . havet he right during t he usual hours of business to inspect for any proper purpose to inspect t he corporation’s stock ledger. . . . " Del . CodeAnn. tit . 8 , section 220 (1993) . [xxxvi] section220.1;H.R.16,131stGen.Assembly10,63Del.Lawsch.25,section9(1981). 出处:《北京政法职业学院学报》2005年第4期
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[i] 《中华人民共和国公司法》(修订草案) 第33 条:“股东有权查阅有限责任公司的公司章程、股东会会议记录、董事会会议决议、监事会会议记录和财务会计报告。”第128 条:“股东有权查阅公司章程、股东名册、公司债券存根、股东大会会议记录、董事会会议决议、监事会会议决议、财务会计报告,对公司的经营提出建议或者质询。”
[ii] Shaw v. AgriMark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d 464 , 467 (Del . 1995) (" Inspection right s have been viewed as an incident to t he stock2holder’s ownership of corporate property. . . . As a matter of selfprotection , t he stockholder was entitled to know how his agent s wereconducting t he affairs of t he corporation of which he or she was a part owner . " )
[iii] Rex v. Fraternity of Hostman , 93 Eng. Rep. 1144 (1745) .
[iv] Shaw v. Agri - Mark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d 464 , 466 (Del . 1995) .
[v] J ames W. Hurst , The Legitimacy of t he Business Corporation in t he Law of t he United States , 1780 - 1970 , at 89 (1970) .
[vi] Shaw v. Agri - Mark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d at 467 ("As an equitable owner of t he corporation’s asset s , a stockholder possessed aright to reasonable information concerning t he conduct of corporate management , as well as t he condition of t he corporation’s businessand affairs. " ) .
[vii] State ex rel . Thiele v. Cities Serv. Co. , 115 A. 773 , 776 (Del . 1922) : If it appears t hat [ t he stockholder ] seeks to exerciset he right for some purpose t hat is in no wise connected wit h his interest as a stockholder , but is entirely foreign to such interest , t hecourt which is asked to issue mandamus upon t he corporation to compel it to aid him in pursuing such a purpose , not only has t he rightunder t he statute to deny him t he writ , but it is it s duty in t he exercise of a sound discretion to do so.
[viii] Davids v. Sillcox , 66 N. Y. S. 2d 508 , 514 (N. Y. Sup. Ct . 1946) ( recognizing t hat t he proper purpose requirement underNew York law included t he limitations and safeguards necessary to deny judicial consideration for " t he blackmailer , t he scandalmon2ger , t he irresponsible busybody and t rouble maker , t he professed seeker of information which is really intended to be used for some ul2terior purpose" ) .
[ix] 1931 Mich. Pub. Act s 327 , section 45 ( requiring shareholders seeking inspection to own at least two percent of t he out2standing capital stock for at least t hree mont hs prior t hereto) ; N. Y. Law ch. 641 , section 10 (1933) ( requiring stockholders seekinginspection to be eit her stockholders of record for at least six mont hs immediately preceding demand or to be owners of at least five per2cent of all out standing shares of t he corporation) .
[x] 商业公司法修正版sections 16. 01 - 16. 04.
[xi] Id. section 16. 02. Many states rest rict t his right to shareholders t hat have held t heir stock for a stated period of time , usually six mont hs , or who hold more t han a specified percentage , usually five percent , of t he corporation’s stock.
[xii] Id. section 16. 02 (c) , Offical Commentary , at 1721.
[xiii] Id. section 16. 04.
[xiv] Id. section 16. 02 ,Official Commentary ,at 1723.
[xv] 21 Del . Laws ch. 273 , section 17 (1899) .
[xvi] State ex rel . Nat’l Bank v. J essup & Moore Paper Co. , 88 A. 449 , 451 (Del . Sup. Ct . 1913) .
[xvii] Shaw v. Agri - Mark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d 464 , 467 (Del . 1995) .
[xviii] State ex rel . Foster v. Standard Oil Co. , 18 A. 2d 235 , 237 - 38 (Del . Super . Ct . 1941) .
[xix] J efferis v. William D. Mullen Co. , 132 A. 687 , 688 (Del . Ch. 1926) .
[xx] State ex rel . Waldman v. Miller - Wohl Co. , 28 A. 2d 148 , 153 (Del . Super . Ct . 1942) ; State ex rel . Miller v. Loft , Inc. ,156 A. 170 , 172 (Del . Super . Ct . 1931) . 就股东名册而言,如果原告不能表明查阅目的,被告就可以原告目的不正当来抗辩。
[xxi] State ex rel . Miller v. Loft , Inc. , 156 A. 170 , 171 - 72 (Del . Super . Ct . 1931) .
[xxii] State ex rel . Foster v. Standard Oil Co. , 18 A. 2d 235 , 238 (Del . Super . Ct . 1941)
[xxiii] Ernest L. Folk , III , Folk’s 1965 Report to t he Delaware Corporation Law Revision Committee (1965) .
[xxiv] Memorandum f rom Irving Morris to t he Members of t he Delaware Corporation Law Revision Committee (Apr . 19 , 1965)(on file wit h aut hor) .
[xxv] Chancellor Collins J . Seitz , anot her member of t he Committee , responded to Morris’ letter by suggesting certain changes int he draft language , including t hat t he statute should contain some language making it clear t hat t his type of case should be given expe2dited t reatment in t he court system. Letter f rom Chancellor Collins J . Seitz to Irving Morris (Apr . 22 , 1965) (on file wit h aut hor) .
[xxvi] Draft No. 2 was written in response to Chancellor Seitz’s comment s and attached to a Memorandum f rom Irving Morris to t heMembers of t he Delaware Corporation Law Revision Committee (Apr . 27 , 1965) (on file wit h aut hor) .
[xxvii] Memorandum f rom Irving Morris to t he Members of t he Delaware Corporation Law Revision Committee (May 6 , 1965) (onfile wit h aut hor) . Draft No. 3 provided for an equitable owner of stock as well as a legal or equitable owner of a voting t rust certificateto have a right of inspection. Draft No. 4 confined t he right of inspection to stockholders of record or t heir attorneys or agent s. In hismemo to t he Committee , Morris indicated t hat he would recommend Draft No. 4. Id.
[xxviii] Del . Code Ann. tit . 8 , section 220 (1993) .
[xxix] Shaw v. Agri - Mark , Inc. , 663 A. 2d 464 , 468 (Del . 1995) ; Rainbow Navigation , Inc. v. Pan Ocean Navigation , Inc. ,535 A. 2d 1357 , 1360 (Del . 1987) . A beneficial owner may act t hrough a record holder to obtain inspection.
[xxx] Del . Code Ann. tit . 8 , section 220 (1993) .
[xxxi] 必要时,简易程序可以时间更短些。Id. (noting Sack v. Cadence Indus. Corp. , No. 4765 , 1975 WL 1962 (Del . Ch. Apr .9 , 1975) , in which hearing and final decision completed wit hin five days of filing complaint) .
[xxxii] General Time Corp. v. Talley Indus. , Inc. , 240 A. 2d 755 (Del . Super . Ct . 1968) , in which t he court ruled t hat discoverynot related to t he stated purpose was irrelevant) ; 2 Folk et al . , supra note 15 , section 220. 8 ( scope of deposition is limited to mattersdealing wit h t he narrow issues in t he proceeding and not collateral issues) .
[xxxiii] State ex rel . Miller v. Loft , Inc. , 156 A. 170 (Del . Super . Ct . 1931) ; General Time Corp. v. Talley Indus , Inc. , 240 A.2d 755 (Del . Super . Ct . 1968) . See also 2 Folk et al . , supra note 15 , section 220. 8 (discovery limited to document s t hat will be in2t roduced into evidence or referred to or relied on at t rial) .
[xxxiv] Mite Corp . v. Heli - Coil Corp . , 256 A. 2d 855 , 857 - 58 (Del . Ch. 1969) (noting t hat " t he narrow nature of [ section 220 ]must be kept in mind in applying t he’proper purpose’ requirement . And t hat is important because t here is a continuing tendency to usea section 220 suit for broad defensive as well as ot her purposes in battles over corporate cont rol and acquisitions" ) .
[xxxv] The Delaware statute expressly provides t hat " any stockholder [of record] ?shall , upon written demand under oat h. . . havet he right during t he usual hours of business to inspect for any proper purpose to inspect t he corporation’s stock ledger. . . . " Del . CodeAnn. tit . 8 , section 220 (1993) .
[xxxvi] section220.1;H.R.16,131stGen.Assembly10,63Del.Lawsch.25,section9(1981). 出处:《北京政法职业学院学报》2005年第4期