(a) The president or, if provided in the bylaws, some other executive officer of each corporation shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, annually a full and correct statement of the affairs of the corporation, to include a balance sheet and a financial statement of operations for the preceding fiscal year.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the statement of affairs shall be submitted at the annual meeting of stockholders and, within 20 days after the meeting:
(1) Placed on file at the corporation’s principal office or at any other office or agency specified in the bylaws of the corporation, in written form; or
(2) Otherwise maintained by or on behalf of the corporation in any other form that complies with § 2–114 of this title.
(c) If a corporation is not required to hold an annual meeting of stockholders under a charter or bylaw provision adopted in accordance with § 2–501 of this title, within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year, the statement of affairs shall be:
(1) Placed on file at the corporation’s principal office or at any other office or agency specified in the bylaws of the corporation in written form; or
(2) Otherwise maintained by or on behalf of the corporation in any other form that complies with § 2–114 of this title.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 2 - Corporations in General -- Formation, Organization, and Operation
Subtitle 3 - Capital Accounts, Dividends, and Retirement of Shares
Section 2-302 - Capital Account
Section 2-303 - Determination of Amount of Stated Capital and Capital Surplus
Section 2-304 - Application of Capital Surplus
Section 2-305 - Expenses of Organization, Reorganization, and Financing
Section 2-306 - Reduction of Stated Capital
Section 2-308 - Surplus Considered Capital Surplus
Section 2-309 - Distributions; Stock Dividends and Stock Splits
Section 2-310 - Acquisition of Own Stock -- in General
Section 2-310.1 - Redemption of Own Stock -- Open-End Investment Companies
Section 2-310.2 - Shares Held in Fiduciary Capacity for Benefit of Other Class of Shares
Section 2-311 - Restrictions on Making Distributions