501 Questions and Answers for Company Directors and Company Secretaries
Overview
“Everything the Company Director or Company Secretary needs to know.”
Clearly arranged and written in a no-nonsense, jargon-free style, this book offers concise, useful and practical answers through a wide variety of ‘day to day’ business scenarios encountered by Company Directors and Company Secretaries.
A goldmine of information, it will prove indispensable not just to Company Directors, Secretaries and their support staff but also to lawyers and accountants.
“This book seeks to act as a guide through the maze of legal terminology.”
Fully up to date with the latest law including the Companies Act 2006, which comes into fruition on the 1st October 2009, this work is straightforward and accessible.
Ultimately, it will enable its readers to create savings in time and professional fees, by avoiding those costly mistakes through its ‘easy to use’ reference system.
Book Details
- Format:
- Download (PDF)
- ISBN:
- 978 185418729 1
- Pages:
- 450
- Publication Date:
- 2010
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Content
Introduction
one: Company fundamentals
Basic questions
Companies limited by shares
Unlimited companies
Community interest companies
Shareholder agreements
Execution of documents and the company seal
Officers of the company
two: Company registration and company constitution
Company registration
Company constitution
Memorandum of association
Company name
Place of registration and the registered office
Objects clause and authorised share capital
Basic questions about articles
Some key points from the model articles
Changes to the articles
Disclosure of statutory information
three: Directors and company secretary
Directors
Restrictions on who can be a director
De facto and shadow directors
Alternate directors
Nominee directors
Appointment
Resignation, retirement and removal
Payment, expenses and service contract
Company secretary
four: Rights and duties of directors
Rights
Directors’ general duties
Substantial property transactions
Loans
five: Statutory registers and Companies House
Statutory registers
Register of members
Register of directors
Register of directors’ residential addresses
Register of charges
Register of interests disclosed
Companies house
Filing
Access to information
six: Shares, debentures and dividends
Shares
Debentures
Dividends
seven: Listed companies and corporate governance
Listed companies
Corporate governance
eight: Resolutions and notice
Resolutions
Notice
General
Notice periods
Contents of notices
nine: Meetings
Members’ meetings
Quorum
Annual general meeting
Chairman and conduct of meetings
Voting
Board meetings
Good board meetings
Minutes
Approval and afterwards
ten: Accounts and audit
Accounts
Audit
eleven: Financial difficulties, winding-up and striking-off
Financial difficulties
Administration
Receivership
Winding-up
Order of priority in the distribution of funds
Striking-off
At the instigation of the registrar