(a) A public benefit corporation is a domestic for-profit corporation that is intended to produce a public benefit or benefits and to operate in a responsible and sustainable manner.
(b) To accomplish the purpose of the corporation described by Subsection (a), a public benefit corporation shall be managed in a manner that balances:
(1) the shareholders’ pecuniary interests;
(2) the best interests of those persons materially affected by the corporation’s conduct; and
(3) the public benefit or benefits specified in the corporation’s certificate of formation.

Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 21.953

  • Certificate of formation: means :
    (A) the document required to be filed with the filing officer under Chapter 3 to form a filing entity; and
    (B) if appropriate, a restated certificate of formation and all amendments of an original or restated certificate of formation. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means an entity governed as a corporation under Title 2 or 7. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Domestic: means , with respect to an entity, that the entity is formed under this code or the entity's internal affairs are governed by this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Person: means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, trust, association, or other organization, estate, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or other legal entity, or a protected series or registered series of a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002

(c) The name of the public benefit corporation specified in its certificate of formation may contain the words “public benefit corporation,” the abbreviation “P.B.C.,” or the designation “PBC.” If the name does not contain those words or that abbreviation or designation, before the issuance of unissued shares or the disposition of treasury shares and except as provided by Subsection (d), notice that the corporation is a public benefit corporation shall be given to any person:
(1) to whom the unissued shares are issued; or
(2) who acquires the treasury shares.
(d) Notice is not required to be provided under Subsection (c) if:
(1) the issuance or disposal of shares described by that subsection is under an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.); or
(2) at the time of the issuance or disposal of shares described by that subsection, the corporation has a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq.).
(e) § 5.054(a) does not apply to a public benefit corporation that includes in its name the words, abbreviation, or designation permitted by Subsection (c).

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