Butterworths Company Secretarial Procedures and Precedents

This work is concerned, mainly, with the secretarial practice and procedures relative to private companies, although much of the work also relates to public companies. It covers such subjects as incorporation, capital, general administration, meetings, accounts and secretarial administration.;The text is looseleaf and can therefore be easily updated and enhanced by additional or amended precedents. The volume is printed on A4 paper to allow for ease of photocopying and the "marking up" of documents to suit individual needs. Many of the forms and documents provided can be photocopied and used without the need for retyping.;The work aims to be as comprehensive as possible and to provide notes and precedents for most of the procedures that are carried out for a private company: for example, precedents such as shareholder agreements, draft objects clauses and various forms of Articles.;While much of the work relates to public, as well as private, companies, additional Stock Exchange requirements are often required for quoted companies. Anyone carrying out any specific procedure for such a company is also recommended to consult the "Yellow Book" or a textbook dealing more specifically with public companies.;This text does not attempt to give a detailed exposition of the law and a certain background knowledge of company law is assumed. Appropriate references are provided to allow the user to consult the relevant legislation or, if appropriate, to seek a fuller explanation of the law from "Butterworths Company Law Service".;The book should be of value to accountants in practice who are instructed by their clients to carry out routine company secretarial procedures on their behalf. In the same way, solicitors should find the book useful in assisting clients with both routine and non-routine procedures. Both the qualified and unqualified company secretary should be able to use this work to deal quickly and effectively with company secretarial matters that arise from time to time.;The law is as stated at 1 December 1992.